Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Inapirikuri" | Venezuela | The primordial god who drew mankind from the ground and gave them their moral precepts. Venezuela |
Goddess name "Inar (rice-grower)" | Shinto / Japan | God (Goddess) of foodstuffs. The popular name of a god(dess) worshiped under the generic title Miketsu-No-Kami in the Shi-Den sanctuary of the imperial palace, but rarely elsewhere. The deity displays gender changes, develops many personalities and is revered extensively in Japan. Inari is often depicted as a bearded man riding a white fox but, in pictures sold at temple offices, (s)he is generally shown as a woman with long flowing hair, carrying sheafs of rice and sometimes, again, riding the white fox. Inari sanctuaries are painted bright red, unlike most other Shinto temples. They are further characterized by rows of wooden portals which form tunnels leading to the sanctuary. Sculptures of foxes are prolific (an animal endowed, in Japanese tradition, with supernatural powers) and the shrines are decorated with a special device, the Hoju-No-Tama, in the shape of a pear surrounded by small flames. Often identified with the food goddess TOYO-UKE-BIME.... |
Goddess name "Inara" | Hurrian | The daughter of the storm-god Teshub or Tarhunt and the goddess of the wild animals of the steppe. Hurrian |
Goddess name "Inara" | Hittite / Hurrian | Minor goddess. Daughter of the weather god TESUB. In the legendary battle with the dragon Illuyankas she åśśists her father to triumph over evil.... |
Goddess name "Inaras" | Hittite | The goddess of the wild animals of the steppe |
Goddess name "Inaras" | Hittite | Goddess of the wild animals of the steppe. The one who set a trap for Illuyankas. Hittite |
God name "Inari" | Japan / Shinto | God of fertility, rice, Agriculture, and foxes. Inari's foxes, or kitsune, are pure white and act as his messengers. Japan / Shinto |
Goddess name "Inazuma" | Shinto / Japan | Goddess of lightning. The socalled consort of the rice. In certain regions when lightning hits a rice field bamboos are erected around the spot to signify that it has been sanctified by the fire of heaven. Also Ina-Bikari (light of rice) and Ina-Tsurubi (fertility of rice).... |
"Incubus" | Roman | A nightmare, anything that weighs heavily on the mind. At one time supposed to consort with women an their sleep. Roman |
God name "Indagarra" | Burundi | The supreme being and god of judgment after death created a man and a woman. Under him is Ryangombe. The Wa-Twa, Burundi |
"Indara" | Indonesia | The Maiden, the earth. With Ilai, the Sun, they are the supreme powers of the Torajas. They created mankind, but not plants and animals. Celebes, Indonesia |
"Indeesa" | Tanzania | The creator gooddess who caused no afflictions and is invoked for inner reflection. Tanzania |
"India" | Indian | Numerous Indian tribes keep Yuletide as a religious festival. |
God name "Indr" | Afghanistan | Tutelary and weather god. Afghanistan |
God name "Indra" | Hindu | A god of Rain, storms, thunder & clouds |
God name "Indra" | Hindu | The king of the gods and ruler of the heavens, the god of thunder and Rain and a great warrior who symbolises courage and strength. His mount is an elephant called Airavata and he has a golden chariot drawn by ten thousand horses. Hindu |
God name "Indra" | Mongolia | The god of the Sun and of light, åśśociated with the east. Mongolia |
Goddess name "Indrani" | Hindu | The goddess of wrath and jealousy, and a daughter of Puloman, a demon who was killed by Indrani's future husband, Indra. She is beautiful and has one-thousand eyes. She is åśśociated with lions and elephants. Hindu |