Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Opochtli" | Aztec | A god of hunting and fishing. Aztec |
God name "Opochtli (left)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor god of lake fishermen and hunters. One of the group clåśśed as the TLALOC complex.... |
God name "Ori (mind)" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | God of wisdom. The deity who, in heaven, guides the soul but who also acts as a personal guardian, controlling individual mental ability, so that one person becomes wise and another foolish.... |
God name "Oriax" | Goethe | God of Divination and Transformation. Goethe |
God name "Orisanla" | Nigeria | Orishanla, sky god who was designated to be the creator of earth and living things. Nigeria |
God name "Orisanla" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | sky god. Delegated by OLODUMARE as a creator of earth and living things.... |
God name "Orlog" | Scandinavia | The Old Norse for cycle of fate, or for the unalterable destiny of the world. Orlog encompåśśes all, including the gods. One aspect of Orlog is the "Ragnarok." Orlog is the collective wyrd of the world as a whole, whereas "wyrd" is more individual. Scandinavia |
God name "Oro" | Tahiti | A god of both war and peace in Polynesia. During peacetime he was called Oro-i-Te-Tea-Moe ("Oro with the spear down"). He is a son of Tangaroa and Hina-Tu-A-Uta, and father of Hoa-Tapu, Toi-Mata, Ai-Tupuai and Mahu-Fatu-Rau. Tahiti |
Supreme god name "Orotalt" | Pre - Islamic / Arabian | Tutelary god. Thought to equate with the northern Arabian god RUDA (Ruldaiu). Mentioned by Herodotus in Hellenic times as a supreme god and possibly syncretized with DIONYSOS.... |
Goddess name "Orthia" | Sparta | Mother goddess. Locally worshiped and probably soon syncretized with the more widely recognized maternal deities of Asia Minor such as KYBELE.... |
God name "Orunmila" | Nigeria | God of mercy and destiny. Yoruba, Nigeria |
God name "Orunmila" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | God of destiny. He accompanied the creator god OLODUMARE at the creation of the world and when the destinies of mankind were decided. He is consulted in an oracular capacity at IFA and makes decisions on such matters as choice of sacrificial animals. He is also a god of healing and in many households enjoys personal shrines which include palm nuts, fragments of ivory and sea shells.... |
God name "Osande" | Ovimbundu / central Angola, southwest Africa | Guardian deity. A benign elderly god who forms an integral part of ancestor worship. Considered to be the founder of each family lineage.... |
God name "Osande Ovimbundu" | Angola | A benevolent god that is a guardian deity |
God name "Osandobua Edo" | Benin | A benign creator god that controls prosperity, health & happiness |
God name "Osanobua" | Edo / Benin, West Africa | Creator god. The father of the god OLOKUN, he is regarded as a benevolent deity controlling prosperity, health and happiness.... |
God name "Osanyin" | Africa | God of Medicine and herbs. Africa |
God name "Oshats" | Mexico | A sky god and the Sun. The Sia, Pueblo Indians. New Mexico |