Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Ganesa" | Hindu | Son of Siva and Parbutta; also called Gunputty, the elephant god. The god of wisdom, fore-thought, and prudence. The Mercury of the Hindus. Hindu |
Goddess name "Ganga" | Hindu | Goddess of mercy, cleaning, health, rivers and happiness. Hindu |
Goddess name "Ganga" | Hindu / Puranic | River goddess. Guardian deity of the Ganges. The elder daughter of HIMAVAN and MENA, she is the sister of PARVATI and the consort of VIS'NU and AGNI. She is also the second consort of SIVA. Ganga is regarded as a symbol of purity and is frequently depicted with Brahma washing the raised foot of VIS'NU TRIVIKRAMA. According to tradition she was a heavenly river brought to earth and caught by Siva in his hair to soften the shock of her fall. She rides on a fish or water monster. Color:... |
God name "Gangaditya" | India | The Sun god of the Murshodabad District. India |
Goddess name "Gangir" | Mesopotamia | Goddess Mesopotamia / Sumeria |
Goddess name "Gangir" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Goddess. One of the seven daughters of the goddess Baba, known chiefly at Lagas'. Also, and more properly, Hegir-Nuna.... |
Goddess name "Gangir/ Hegir-Nuna" | Mesopotamia / Sumeria | A goddess |
God name "Ganymede" | Greek | A mortal boy that was given immortality & the job of cup bearer to the gods |
God name "Ganymedes" | Greek | According to Homer and others, he was a son of Tros by Calirrhoe, and a brother of Ilus and Assaracus. Being the most beautiful of all mortals, he was carried off by the gods that he might fill the cup of Zeus, and live among the eternal gods. Greek |
God name "Gao Yao" | China | God of judgment China |
God name "Gao Yao/ Ting-jian" | China | A god of judgment |
Goddess name "Gaomei" | China | Ancient goddess and first mother was called Kao Mi in the Ching Dynasty and was changed into a male divinity during the Japanese occupation. China |
God name "Gapn" | Syria | This god appears as a messenger of Baal & is absent in ritual texts |
Goddess name "Garbh Ogh" | Ireland | Giantess and goddess of the hunt Ireland |
God name "Gardaitis" | Lithuania | A god of ships and sailors. Lithuania |
Goddess name "Gardrofa" | Norse | The goddess Gnaa has a horse by name Hofvarpner. The sire of this horse is Hamskerper, and its mother is Gardrofa. Norse |
God name "Gardua" | Hindu | Archaic Sun god Hindu / Vedic |
Goddess name "Garmangabis" | British | Goddess known from a single inscription found at Lanchester, Durham. British |