| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Nicor" | Scandinavian | A sea-devil, in Scandinavian mythology, who eats sailors. It was three fathoms long, with the body of a bison-bull, and the head of a cat, the beard of a man, and tusks an ell long, lying down on its breast. |
| Angel name "Nidbai" | Nazorean | Ned-vay (and Silmai) - Two angelic ones who make baptisms valid on a spiritual level. heavenly Helpers of earthly Nazoreans in becoming pure. "He who established prayers." Signs with the pure sign in baptism. Early Nazorean |
"Nike" | Greek | Personified triumph. She was a daughter of Pallas and Styx, and the sister of Cratos, Bia, and Zelus. Nike and her siblings were all attendants of Zeus. Greek |
| Goddess name "Nike" | Greco - Roman | Goddess of victory. Depicted as a winged messenger bringing the laurel wreath to the victor of battle. Though of Greek origin, appearing in the Theogony of Hesiod, she was adopted by the Romans and worshiped extensively throughout Asia Minor, including Sardis. In some depictions the goddess ATHENA carries NIKE as a small winged figure. Also VICTORIA (Roman).... |
| Goddess name "Niladevi (black goddess)" | Hindu / Puranic | Consort of the god V IS NU. Mentioned only in the Vaikhanasagama text as the third wife of Vis nu, no art representation of this goddess has been discovered. She may be identical with the goddess Pinnai known in Tamilspeaking regions.... |
"Nilalohita" | Hindu | Sent by Shiva to take birth on earth to drive away the insanity of the people under the preachings of the Mayavadis and to propagate Srouta Sivaradhya Sampradayam. Hindu |
"Nimrod" | Genesis | A mighty hunter before the Lord, which the Targum says means a "sinful hunting of the sons of men." Pope says of him, he was "a mighty hunter, and his prey was man". The legend is that the tomb of Nimrod still exists in Damascus, and that no dew ever "falls" upon it, even though all its surroundings are saturated with it. Genesis |
| Goddess name "Nin Ezan [La]/ Gula" | Sumeria | A goddess of healing |
| Goddess name "Nin Ezen (La)" | Sumerian | Goddess. An alternative name for the goddess of healing, GULA.... |
| Goddess name "Nin Me En" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Goddess. Probably equating to NINMENA.... |
| Goddess name "Nin Ur" | Babylon | Goddess with jurisdiction over a varying number of minor gods. Babylon |
| Goddess name "Nin-Anna" | Babylon | Beer goddess was a venerable and long-lasting deity. All hail to the ale. Babylon |
| Goddess name "Nin-Ezan" | Sumeria | Goddess of healing. Sumeria |
| God name "Ninazu" | Sumeria | A god of the underworld, and of healing. Sumeria |
| God name "Ninazu" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Chthonic god. Less frequently encountered in the texts than NERGAL. Son of ENLIL and NINLIL or, in alternative traditions, of ERES KIGAL and the father of Ning-is-zida. The patron deity of Es nunna until superseded by TISPAK. His sanctuaries are the E-sikil and E-kurma. Also identified as a god of healing, he is (unlike Nergal) generally benevolent.... |
"Nindara" | Nijin | Who gives advice on the rooftops; you who among powerful lords are, who among rulers hold the staff, a shepherd who oversees the teeming people; who strides about the city's squares by night at the middle of the watch; you who open the gates at daybreak, who make their doors stand open onto the street: you have great Divine powers, more than anyone could require. Nijin |
| Goddess name "Ningal (great queen)" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Reed goddess. Ningal is the daughter of ENKI and NINGIKUGA and the consort of the moon god NANNA by whom she bore UTU... |
| Goddess name "Ningikuga" | Sumeria | ("Lady of the Pure Reed"). A goddess of reeds and marshes. She was one of the consorts of Enki, by whom she became the mother of Ningal, and the daughter of An and Nammu. Sumeria |
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