Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Heng o" | China | Goddess of the moon China |
God name "Henkhesesui" | East | Ram headed, winged, beetle god of the east wind Egypt |
Spirit name "Heno" | Iroquois | God of the sky and the spirit of thunder. Iroquois |
Spirit name "Heno/ Hinu/ Hino" | Iroquois | The sky god & the spirit of thunder |
Goddess name "Henwen" | Welsh | A sow Goddess. Welsh |
God name "Hephaestos" | Greek | A god of volcanoes, fire & metal working |
God name "Hephaestus" | Greek | The god of fire, was, according to the Homeric account, the son of Zeus and Hera The Romans, when speaking of the Greek Hephaestus, call him Vulcan or Vulcåñuś, although Vulcåñuś was an original Italian divinity. Later traditions state that he had no father, and that Hera gave birth to him independent of Zeus, as she was jealous of Zeus having given birth to Athena independent of her. Greek |
God name "Hephaistos" | Greek | The god of smiths and metal-workers was the son of Hera. He was born lame, and his mother was so displeased at the sight of him that she flung him out of Olympus. Other accounts say that Zeus threw him out for taking his mother's part in a quarrel which occurred between them. Hephaistos's lameness, according to this account, was the consequence of his fall. He was a whole day falling, and at last alighted in the island of Lemnos, which was thenceforth sacred to him. Greek |
Goddess name "Heqt" | Egypt | Goddess of life and childbirth, equipped with a frog's head Egypt |
Goddess name "Hera/ Here" | Greek | A goddess of childbirth, marriage, motherhood, of the sky, & storms |
God name "Herabe" | Huli | God who causes insanity. Huli |
Goddess name "Here Ketit" | Egypt | A lion headed goddess who breathes fire on the evil deceased |
Goddess name "Heret-Kau" | Egypt | underworld goddess of the old kingdom Egypt |
Goddess name "Heret-Kau" | Egypt / Lower | underworld goddess. Very little is known of Heret-Kau. She was recognized chiefly in the Old kingdom (27th to 22nd centuries BC), apparently concerned with guardianship of the deceased in the afterlife and sometimes appearing as a figurine in attendance on ISIS in building foundations.... |
God name "Herma" | Greek | In ancient Greece, before his role as protector of merchants and travelers, Hermes was a phallic god, åśśociated with fertility, luck, roads and borders. His name comes from the word herma (plural hermai) referring to a square or rectangular pillar of stone, terracotta, or bronze; a bust of Hermes' head, usually with a beard, sat on the top of the pillar, and male genitals adorned the base. Greek |
God name "Hermanubis" | Egyptian | A god who combined Hermes with Anubis. He was popular during the period of Roman domination. Depicted as having a human body and jackal head, with the sacred caduceus that belonged to the Greek god Hermes, he represented the Egyptian priesthood. |
Goddess name "Hermaphroditos" | Greek | God (Goddess) of uncertain status. The offspring of HERMES and APHRODITE and the lover of the water nymph Salmakis. Tradition has it that their påśśion for one another was so great that they merged into a single androgynous being.... |
God name "Hermensul or Ermensul" | Christian | A Saxon deity, worshipped in Westphalia. Charlemagne broke the idol, and converted its temple into a Christian church. Probably it was a war-god. |