Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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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.... |
"Nyambe" | Africa | One of Nyambe's creations was Kamunu, the first human being. Nyambe gave Kamunu the task of naming all the other creations and told the human being that all the animals were his siblings. As such he should look after them. Lozi, South West Africa |
"Nyambi" | Africa | In the beginning Nyambi made all things. He made animals, birds. At that time he lived on earth with his wife, Nasilele. Africa |
God name "Nyame" | Ghana | A supreme being called Nyame, whose sons were lesser gods. Each son served a different purpose: one,Anansi, was a Rainmaker, another the Sunshine. Worship of Nyame was the exclusive preserve of the king through his priests; lesser people worshiped her sons. Ghana |
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 / 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.... |
"Nyege" | Australia | The supreme being at Fowler's Bay, Australia |
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 "Nyyrikki" | Finland | The god of hunting, son of Tapio. |
"Nzakomba" | Congo | The supreme being of the Lulanga. Upper Congo |
God name "Nzambi" | Bakongo / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Creator god. He created the first mor tal pair or, in alternative tradition, an androgy nous being in the guise of a palm tree called Muntu Walunga (the complete person). He also endowed this being with intelligence. In wooden sculptures the tree bears a woman's head and breast on one side and a bearded face on the other. Eventually the tree divided into two sepa rate sexes. Also Nyambi; Nzambe; Yambe; Zambi.... |
Deities name "Nzapa" | Ngbandi / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Creator god. One of seven deities invoked at Sunrise each morning. The progenitor of all life on earth, he also gave mankind laws and controls destiny or fate. He has four children who specifically appear in the guise of palm trees.... |
Goddess name "Nze" | Ngbandi / Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa | moon god. One of the seven children of KETUA, the god of fortune and LOMO, the goddess of peace. He is closely linked with women and fertility. At menstruation he is said to have cut the girl and, during pregnancy, the moon is dark for her.... |
Spirit name "O'Meal Na'kwaxdax" | BC Canada | A tribal spirit, the chief of the anciects who's siblings are the myth people |
Spirit name "O'meai" | Na'kwaxdax Indian / British Columbia, Canada | Tribal spirit. The chief of the ancients who lives in Narrow Entrance at Open Plain and whose siblings are the myth people.... |