| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Rind" | Norse | A personification of the hard frozen earth. Mother of Vale. The loves of Odin and Rind resemble those of Zeus and Europa in Greek legends. Norse |
| Goddess name "Ruamoko" | Polynesian / Maori | God of volcanoes and earthquakes. According to tradition, Ruamoko is the youngest son of RANGINUI and PAPATUANUXU and is possessed by a formidable temper. When his older siblings set about separating the prime parents from their eternal lovemaking in order to allow light into the space between sky and earth, he was enraged and his boisterous tantrum became revealed in the violence of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. Ruamoko is of less importance than PELE, the chief volcano goddess of Polynesia, who is revered mainly in Hawaii.... |
| Nymph name "Salmacis" | Greek | The nymph of the well Salmacis, near the mausoleum at Halicarnåśśus. The nymph fell in love with Hermaphroditos and tried to win his affections, but in vain. Greek |
| God name "Sama" | Dravidian / Tamil / southern India | Obscure heroic god. Known circa first to fifth century AD. The younger brother of the god of love KAMA and equating to SAMBA, worshiped in northern India.... |
| Planet name "Samiasa" | Jewish | A seraph, who fell in love with Aholibamah, a granddaughter of Cain, and when the flood came, carried her under his wing to some other planet. Jewish |
| Goddess name "Selene (radiant)" | Greek | moon goddess. The daughter of HYPERION (a TITAN) and sister of the Sun god HELIOS. The tutelary deity of magicians, she rides in a chariot drawn by two horses. According to legend she fell in love with the sleeping Endymion. She becomes largely syncretized with HEKATE and in Roman culture equates with the goddess LUNA.... |
"Semele" | Greek | A daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, at Thebes, and accordingly a sister of Ino, Agave, Autonoe, and Polydorus. She was beloved by Zeus and Hera, stimulated by jealousy, appeared to her in the form of her aged nurse Beroe, and induced her to pray Zeus to visit her in the same splendour and majesty with which he appeared to Hera. Greek |
| Goddess name "Siebog" | Wendish | The god of love and marriage. He is consort to the goddess of love and marriage Sieba. Wendish |
"Sirens" | Greek | Mythical beings who were believed to have the power of enchanting and charming, by their song, any one who heard them. When Odysseus, in his wanderings through the Mediterranean, came near the island on the lovely beach of which the Sirens were sitting, and endeavouring to allure him and his companions, he, on the advice of Circe, stuffed the ears of his companions with wax, and tied himself to the mast of his vessel, until he was so far off that he could no longer hear their song. Greek |
| Goddess name "Siwa" | Slavic | Fertility and love goddess. Slavic |
| Goddess name "Sjofn" | Norse | One of the goddesses. She delights in turning men's hearts to love. Norse |
"Staphylus" | Greek | A son of Dionysus and Ariadne, or of Theseus and Ariadne, was one of the Argonauts (Apollodorus i). By Chrysothemis he became the father of three daughters, Molpadia, Rhoeo, and Parthenos. Rhoeo was beloved by Apollo, and Staphylus, believing that she was with child by some one else, locked her up in a chest and threw her into the sea. Greek |
| Goddess name "Sulmanitu" | W Semitic | The fertility goddess concerned with love & war |
| Goddess name "Sulmanitu" | Western Semitic | Fertility goddess. Concerned with love and war; also has underworld connections. Recognized chiefly at Sidon, but included in the Ugaritic pantheon. Thought by some authors to be the immediate derivation of the biblical Shulamite woman (Vetus Testamentum song of Solomon 6:13).... |
| Goddess name "Sulmanitu W" | Semitic | , Goddess of fertility concerned with love and war Semitic |
"Theophane" | Greek | A daughter of Bisaltes, who, in consequence of her extraordinary beauty, was beleaguered by lovers, but was carried off by Poseidon to the isle of Crinissa. As the lovers followed her even there, Poseidon metamorphosed the maiden into a sheep and himself into a ram, and all the inhabitants of the island into animals. Greek |
| Goddess name "Tlazolteotl/ Ixcuiname" | Aztec | A goddess of death, filth, love, licentiousness, sex, sport, gambling, uncertainty, witchcraft, intoxication & pleasure |
| Deity name "Tu Er Shen" | Chinese | A Chinese deity who manages the love and sex between men. His name literally means "rabbit deity". |
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