Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Naraaana" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Creator god. More or less synonymous with VIS'NU, but specifically describing the embodiment of the abode of man. He is said to have sucked his toe while sailing the primeval ocean on a banana leaf, until his own inspiration created the world. Often depicted supported by the bird god GARUDA.See also NARA.... |
God name "Narkissos" | Greek | Minor god. The son of the river god Kephissos, he wasted away after falling in love with his own image reflected in water. The gods took pity on him and changed him into the flower of the same name. In Roman religion he becomes Narcissus.... |
Goddess name "Nat" | Norse | night-goddess, daughter of Mimer (Wisdom) and sister of Urd (Fate). She brings to mankind refreshment and inspiration. Her lover is Delling, the red elf of dawn, and their son is Dag (Day). Norse |
God name "Neoldian" | Discworld | The Blacksmith of the Gods. He forged the Golden Falchion and engraved it with the words "For the Strongest - Lagunculae Leydianae Non Accedunt" (Batteries Not Included). He also repaired Leonard of Quirm's 'Kite', enabling it to return safely back to Ankh-Morpork. Discworld |
Goddess name "Nin Ezan [La]/ Gula" | Sumeria | A goddess of healing |
Goddess name "Nin Ezen (La)" | Sumerian | Goddess. An alternative name for the goddess of healing, GULA.... |
Goddess name "Nin-Ezan" | Sumeria | Goddess of healing. Sumeria |
God name "Ninazu" | Sumeria | A god of the underworld, and of healing. Sumeria |
God name "Ninazu" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Chthonic god. Less frequently encountered in the texts than NERGAL. Son of ENLIL and NINLIL or, in alternative traditions, of ERES KIGAL and the father of Ning-is-zida. The patron deity of Es nunna until superseded by TISPAK. His sanctuaries are the E-sikil and E-kurma. Also identified as a god of healing, he is (unlike Nergal) generally benevolent.... |
God name "Ningizzida" | Sumeria | 'Lord of the Tree of Life'. A fertility god sometimes depicted as a serpent with a human head, but later he became a god of healing and magic. The companion of Dumuzi (Tammuz) with whom it stood at the gate of heaven. Sumeria |
Goddess name "Ninkarrak" | Assyria | Goddess of healing. Assyria |
Goddess name "Nirriti" | Hindu / Vedic | A goddess of corruption, decay, disease, healing & of destruction of evil |
God name "Njord" | Norse | One of the Vanir and the god of wind, fertile land along the seacoast, as well as seamanship, sailing and fishing. Norse |
God name "Nom -No-Su une" | Shinto / Japan | God of Sumo wrestlers. Accord ing to tradition in the Nihongi text he came to prominence during the reign of the emperor Suinin Tenno when he matched and worsted a strong man, Kuyahaya, in a wrestling contest. He killed the latter by aiming a kick at his ribs.... |
God name "Nuadu" | Ireland | Tribal god of healing and water Ireland |
Goddess name "Nunda Igehi" | Cherokee | Goddess of healing, headaches, and blisters Cherokee |
God name "Ocelus" | British | God of healing åśśociated with the god Roman Mars. British |
God name "Ocelus" | Roman / Celtic / British | God of healing. He becomes largely syncretized with the Roman god MARS, thus there is an inscription to Mars Ocelus at Carlisle.... |