Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Izanami-No-Kami/ Izamnami" | Japan / Shinto | A creator goddess who died and giving birth to the fire god as well as the primeval female goddess |
God name "Izquitecatl" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Fertility god. One of the group clåśśed as the Ometochtli complex personifying the maguey or agave plant from which a potent drink called pulque is brewed.... |
"Jack Frost" | Discworld | Leaves frosty tracings on icy windows. Can draw anything, but happens to really like fern patterns. Mentioned in Hogfather, when the newly created Verruca Gnome convinced him to branch out from ferns, feathers, and paisley. Discworld |
Angel name "Jacob's Ladder" | Genesis | A ladder seen by the patriarch Jacob in a vision. It was set on the earth, and reached to heaven, and angels seemed to be ascending and descending on it. Genesis |
"Jalang" | Guinea, Mali | The all-powerful supreme being of the Mdinge. |
God name "Jambhala (devouring)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. An emanation of AKSOBHYA, RATNASAMBHAVA or Vajrasattva, or a collective emanation of the five DHYANIBUDDHAS, he is the equal of the Hindu god KUBERA. His SAKTI is VASUDHARA and he may stand upon a man or a conch. Color: blue or white. Attributes: arrow, bow, cup, hook, Ichneumon fly, image of Aksobhya in the hair, jewel, noose, other jewels, staff, sword and trident. Threeheaded, each head representing one of the three named Dhyanibuddhas.... |
"Jambuscha" | Hebrew | Adam's preceptor, according to the pre-Adamites. Sometimes called Boan, and sometime Zagtith. Hebrew |
King name "Jamshid" | Persia | king of the Genii, famous for a golden cup full of the elixir of life. This cup, hidden by the genii, was discovered while digging the foundations of Persepolis. Persia |
God name "Jana" | Roman | Two faced god of beginnings, arches, doors, entrances and gates. Roman |
Goddess name "Janguli" | Buddhist | Goddess of healing and snakebites. Buddhist |
God name "Jåñuś" | Roman | Two faced god of beginnings, arches, doors, entrances and gates Roman |
"Japetus" | Greek | A son of Uråñuś and Ge, a Titan and brother of Cronus, Oceåñuś, Coeus, Hyperion, Tethys, Rhea, etc. According to Apollodorus he married Asia, the daughter of his brother Oceåñuś, and became by her the father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius, who was slain by Zeus in the war against the Titans, and shut up in Tartarus. Greek |
Deity name "Jarilo" | Slavic | A major Proto-Slavic deity of vegetation, fertility and spring, also åśśociated with war and harvest. |
God name "Jarri" | Hittite | God of plague and pestilence, was also a god who helped the king in battle Hittite |
God name "Jarri" | Hittite / Hurrian | Plague god. Also war god known as the lord of the bow who protected the king in battle.... |
Hero name "Jason" | Greek | I.e. the healer or atoner, a name which the hero was said to have received from Cheiron, his instructor, having before been called Diomedes. The chief exploits of this hero are related in the article Argonautae, and we therefore confine ourselves now to his personal history. Greek |
God name "Jawhe" | Israel | Thought to be God of mountains prior to becoming the god of Israel,Mount Sinai is his suspected mountain Israel |
God name "Jawhe/ Jahve/ Jehovah" | Israel | Thought to be a mountain god prior to becoming the god of Israel, Mount Sinai is his suspected mountain |