Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Nohuichana" | Mexico | Goddess of fish and hunting. Mexico |
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.... |
Spirit name "Nommo" | Dogon / West Africa | Generic title of a group of gods. The primordial spirits at the head of whom is the creator god AMMA. They are åśśoci ated with Rain and fertility and have imparted cer tain skills to mankind.... |
God name "Nomos" | Greek | A personification of law, described as the ruler of gods and men. Greek |
Goddess name "Nona" | Roman | Minor goddess of birth. Responsible for the ninth month of gestation, she is often linked with the goddess DECIMA. In later Roman times she becomes one of a trio of goddesses of fate, with Decima and MORTA, the goddess of death, collectively known as the PARCAE.... |
God name "Nong" | Afghanistan | God of Winter and cold weather who lives in a glacier, he does not like women Afghanistan |
God name "Nong" | Kafir / Afghanistan | God of Winter and cold weather. Nong lives in a glacier. He cracks the ice and is seen in the melt water. He is perceived as a misogynist and depicted in a wooden effigy, though whether in human form is unclear. His cult center seems to have been the village of Zumu in the southern Hindukush. Also Zuzum.... |
God name "Norna" | Scandinavia | The well of Urda, where the gods sit in judgment, and near which is that "fair building" whence proceed the three maidens called Urda, Verdandi, and Skulda (Past, Present, and Future). Scandinavia |
God name "Norov" | Russia | God of grain, corn and wheatfields. Russia |
God name "Nosenga" | Korekore / Shona / Zimbabwe, southern Africa | Tribal god. He is accessible to mankind through a mortal medium or oracle known as ĥōřé, who lives in the town of the tribal chief and is consulted only with the chief's permission. Nosenga has several human priestess consorts who are wedded to him in chastity in the fashion of Christian nuns.... |
Goddess name "Nsongo" | Bangala / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | moon goddess. The sister and consort of the supreme Sun god LIBANZA. In the epic legend of Nsongo and Lianja she is the twin sister and consort of a deified folk-hero.... |
Goddess name "Nu Kua" | China | Primordial goddess and inventor of the flute China |
Goddess name "Nu Kua" | Chinese | Creator goddess. A primordial deity who may be androgynous and who engendered mankind out of lumps of yellow clay. The invention of the flute is also attributed to her. Also NuGua.... |
God name "Nuada" | Irish | Silver Arm a king of the Tuatha De Danann. He is cognate with the Gaulish and British god Nodens. His Welsh equivalent is Nudd or Lludd Llaw Eraint. Irish |
God name "Nuadu" | Ireland | Tribal god of healing and water Ireland |
God name "Nuggan" | Discworld | Nuggan is the locally worshipped monotheistic and omnipotent God of Borogravia, but elsewhere he is known as the God of Paperclips, Correct Things in the Right Place in Small Desk Stationery Sets, and Unnecessary Paperwork. He usually sports a fussy little moustache. Discworld |
Goddess name "Nuliayoq" | Inuit | The queen of the deep who became a goddess of rivers and inlets. Inuit |
Goddess name "Numeria or Numerius" | Roman | A praenomen given to those who were born quickly; and that women in childbirth were accustomed to pray to a goddess Numeria, who must have been a deity of some importance, as the pontifex mentioned her in the ancient prayers. Roman |