| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Iphigeneia" | Greek | According to the most common tradition, a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra but, according to others, a daughter of Theseus and Helena, and brought up by Clytaemnestra only as a foster-child. Agamemnon had once killed a stag in the grove of Artemis, or had boasted that the goddess herself could not hit better, or, according to another story, in the year in which Iphigeneia was born, he had vowed to sacrifice the most beautiful thing which that year might produce, but had afterwards neglected to fulfil his vow.Greek |
"Iphimedeia" | Greek | A daughter of Triops, and the wife of Aloeus. Being in love with Poseidon, she often walked to the sea, and collected its waters in her lap, whence she became, by Poseidon, the mother of the Aloadae, Otus and Ephialtes.Greek |
"Iphimedusa" | Greek | wife of Euchenor. |
"Iphis" | Greek | A young man of humble parentage who died for love of Anaxarete. Greek |
"Iphitus" | Greek | A son of Naubolus, and father of Schedius, Epistrophus, and Eurynome, in Phocis, was likewise one of the Argonauts.Greek |
"Iphthima" | Greek | A daughter of Icarius, and sister of Penelope. Athena åśśumed the appearance of Iphthime, when she appeared to the unfortunate mother of Telemachus.Greek |
| Goddess name "Ipy" | Egypt | A mother goddess that occasionally will wet nurse the king |
| Goddess name "Ipy" | Egypt | Mother goddess. In the Pyramid Texts Ipy appears occasionally as a benevolent guardian and wet nurse to the king. She is also perceived to exert a benign influence on amulets. Depicted as a hippopotamus or anthropomorphically with a hippo's head. Also Ipet.... |
| Goddess name "Ipy aka Ipet" | Egypt | Apet, Opet, a benign hippopotamus goddess known as a protective and nourishing deity. Egypt |
| Goddess name "Irene" | Greek | A goddess of peace |
| Goddess name "Irene aka Eirene" | Greek | Goddess of peace and of spring. Greek |
| Spirit name "Irik" | Borneo | A primeval creator spirit, in the form of a bird, who created the earth; with Ara, created mankind from clay. The Sea Dyaks of Sarawak, Borneo |
| God name "Irioba" | Tanzania | Iriuba, Enokwe. The Sun, the sky, the only real god who created the world and all that it contains. Tanzania |
"Iris" | Greek | A daughter of Thaumas (whence she is called Thaumantias) and Electra, and sister of the Harpies. Greek |
| Goddess name "Iris" | Greek / Roman | Goddess of the Rainbow, or the Rainbow itself. In clåśśic mythology she is called the messenger of the gods when they intended discord, and the Rainbow is the bridge or road let down from heaven for her accommodation. When the gods meant peace they sent Mercury. Greek / Roman |
| Goddess name "Iris (rainbow)" | Greek / Roman | Messenger goddess. The special attendant of the goddess HERA, Iris is a virgin goddess who forms the Rainbow bridge between heaven and earth. Depicted with wings and carrying a staff.... |
| God name "Irma" | Peru | An early coastal name of the creator god. Peru |
| God name "Irmin" | Germanic | The mythical founder of the Hermiones tribe, son of Mannus, war god, Germanic |
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