Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Nun" | Egypt | The name by which ancient Egyptians called both the mysterious underworld from where life was renewed and the primordeal god residing there. |
Goddess name "Nun" | Egypt | Primordial god. One of the eight deities of the OGDOAD representing chaos, he is coupled with the goddess NAUNET and appears in anthropomorphic form but with the head of a frog. No cult is addressed to Nun but he is typically depicted holding aloft the solar barque or the Sun disc. He may appear greeting the rising Sun in the guise of a baboon. Nun is otherwise symbolized by the presence of a sacred cistern or lake as in the sanctuaries of Karnak and Dendara.... |
Goddess name "Nunbarsegunu" | Sumerian | An alternate name for the Goddess Nisaba, mother of Ninlil, the Sumerian goddess of fertility, in particular of the date palm and the reed. Sumerian |
Goddess name "Nunda Igehi" | Cherokee | Goddess of healing, headaches, and blisters Cherokee |
God name "Nurelli (Nooralie)" | Australian aboriginal | Creator god. Chiefly revered among the Wiimbaio aborigines living in the area of the Murray River, he is believed to have created the land of Australia and then brought law and order to humankind. His son is Gnawdenoorte.... |
God name "Nus ku" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | God of light. The son of ENLIL. Also a god of fire, he is symbolized by a lamp. Sanctuaries have been identified at Harran and Neirab.... |
God name "Nusku" | Babylon | God of light and fire. Babylon |
Goddess name "Nut" | Egypt | Goddess of the sky and the heavens. Egypt |
Goddess name "Nyakaya" | Shilluk / Sudan | Crocodile goddess. A deity resid ing in the Nile, she is the consort of Okwa and the mother of the first Shilluk king. Shilluks continue to sacrifice to Nyakaya.... |
God name "Nyame" | Akan / southern Ghana, West Africa | Creator god. An androgynous being symbolized in his male aspect by the Sun, and his female aspect by the moon. He gave mankind its soul and is the controller of destiny. He enjoys a dedicated priesthood and is worshiped in the form of a tree trunk. Also Odomankoma; Onyame; Onyanko pon; Totrobonsu.... |
Goddess name "Nyame Akan" | Ghana | a creator god / goddess and androgynous being |
God name "Nyasi" | Kenya | The supreme being and creator god who controls birth and death. Kenya |
Goddess name "Nyavirezi" | Rwanda | Goddess of lions, and the representation of a mortal figure with sacred character. Rwanda |
Goddess name "Nyavirezi" | Rwanda / central Africa | Lion goddess. According to legend she was originally a mortal daughter of the tribal chief. While walking, she was trans formed into a lioness. Though returning to human form, she occasionally became leonine again and, in this guise, slew at least one husband who discovered her secret.... |
God name "Nyimpo" | Ghana | The remote supreme being and creator god. The Effutu, Ghana |
God name "Nymphae" | Greek | The name of a numerous clåśś of inferior female divinities, though they are designated by the title of Olympian, are called to the meetings of the gods in Olympus, and described as the daughters of Zeus. But they were believed to dwell on earth in groves, on the summits of mountains, in rivers, streams, glens, and grottoes. Greek |
God name "Nysa" | Greek | A daughter of Aristaeus, who was believed to have brought up the infant god Dionysus, and from whom one of the many towns of the name of Nysa was believed to have derived its name. Greek |
God name "Nyx" | Greek | Nox or night personified. Homer calls her the subduer of gods and men, and relates that Zeus himself stood in awe of her. Greek |