| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Khons(u) (wanderer)" | Egypt / Upper | moon god. Recognized from at least 2500 BC but best known during the New kingdom (mid-sixteenth century BC). A significant deity at Thebes, where he is described as an offspring of AMUN and MUT. His sacred animal is the baboon. There is a Khonsu precinct as part of the Temple of Amun in the Karnak complex. From the Greco-Roman period there exists a sanctuary of Kom-ombo where Khonsu is seen as the offspring of the crocodile god SOBEK and the mother goddess HATHOR. Depicted anthropomorphically or with a falcon's head, but in either case enveloped in a close-fitting robe. He wears a crown consisting of a crescent moon subtending a full moon orb.... |
| God name "Khons[u]/ Khons Hor" | Egypt | A god of healing & the moon |
| God name "Khonuum" | Pygmies / Africa | The chief god |
| God name "Khopun" | Slavonic | River god. He drowned people in retribution for their misdeeds. Slavonic |
| God name "Khu" | Vietnamese | the brother of the Vietnamese god of fishermen. |
| God name "Khyung-Gai mGo-Can" | Buddhist / Tibet | Local god. Equating to the Hindu god GARUDA.... |
| God name "Ki (the great one)" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Archetypal chthonic principle. According to some traditions, Ki is the daughter of ANS'AR and KIS'AR and consort of AN. As the cosmos came into being, An took the role of god of heaven and Ki became the personification of the earth and underworld. She is the mother of the god of the air, ENLIL, with whom she descended from the heavens. Some authorities argue that she was never regarded as a deity. There is no evidence of a cult and the name appears in a limited number of Sumerian creation texts. The name URAS (tilth) may relate.See also ANTU(M).... |
| Goddess name "Kianda" | Angola | A goddess of the sea. She was traditionally worshipped by throwing offerings such as food and clothing into the sea. Angola |
| God name "Kianda" | Kimbundu / Angola, southern Africa | God of the sea. Guardian of the Atlantic Ocean and its creatures. Invoked by fishermen who place offerings on the spéñïś. His presence may be symbolized by a skull.... |
| God name "Kianda Kimbundu" | Angola | The god of the sea & fish |
| God name "Kianto" | Mayan | The god of foreign aliens, and the disease they brought with them. Mayan |
| God name "Kianto Lacandon" | Maya | This is the god of foreigners & all diseases |
| God name "Kibuka" | Buganda / Uganda, East Africa | God of war. The brother of the creator god MUKASA, said to reside on the island of Sese. According to tradition, he secured victory in war for the Buganda by taking the form of a cloud which hovered above their enemies and Rained spears and arrows. He apparently enjoyed a succession of temples in the past which housed the hidden statue of the god and his sacred shield.... |
| Goddess name "Kihe Wahine" | Hawaii | Kindly goddess of demons, who from the the goodness of her heart is also a goddess of lizards Hawaii |
| God name "Kinich Ahau" | Mayan | God of war and the Sun. Mayan |
| God name "Kinich Kakmo" | Maya | He is the Sun god & is symbolized by the Macaw |
| God name "Kinich Kakmo" | Mayan | God of the Sun and is symbolized by the Macaw. Mayan |
| God name "Kinnar (divine lyre)" | Western Semitic | Musician god. Mentioned in Ugaritic texts and known from Phoenicia. Probably equating with the Syrian ADONIS. Also Kinnur.... |