Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Horus" | Egypt | Hor, Heru-ur, the Elder Son of Nut and Seb. A sky god whose eyes are the Sun and the moon. The falcon symbolizes him. Egypt |
God name "Horus" | Egypt | The god of the sky, and the son of Osiris. His mother is Isis. Since he was god of the sky, Horus became depicted as a falcon, or as a falcon-headed man. Egypt |
God name "Horus" | Egypt | Horus the Younger A solar deity, god of the rising Sun, of light, Son of Osiris and Isis. The latter taught him the arts of magick and healing through oracles. He absorbed and was identified with the other Horus gods-the Heru group. Egypt |
God name "Horus" | Egyptian | The Mighty One of Transformations. Egyptian god, the son of Isis and Osiris. God of the all-seeing eye. His animal is the falcon. |
God name "Horus" | Egyptian | The Egyptian day-god, represented in hieroglyphics by a sparrow-hawk, which bird was sacred to him. He was son of Osiris and Isis, but his birth being premature he was weak in the lower limbs. As a child he is seen carried in his mother's arms, wearing the pschent or atf, and seated on a lotus-flower with his finger on his lips. As an adult he is represented hawk-headed. Strictly speaking, Horus is the rising Sun, Ra the noonday Sun, and Osiris the setting Sun. |
God name "Horus-Harpocrates" | Greek / Roman | the god of quiet life and silence. Greek / Roman |
Goddess name "Hosia" | Greek | Goddess of holy rituals Greek |
God name "Hospitalis" | Roman | The guardian or protector of the law of hospitality, the title is applied to a distinct clåśś of gods, though their names are not mentioned. The great protector of hospitality was Jupiter, at Rome called Jupiter hospitalis. Roman |
God name "Hotei" | Japan | God of happiness and one of the seven gods of luck. If you rub his belly, you will receive good fortune. Japan |
God name "Hotei" | Shinto / Japan | God of luck. One of seven gods of fortune known in Shintoism. He is depicted with a large belly and dressed in the robes of a Buddhist priest. Attributes include a fan and a large sack on his shoulder which never stops to give, despite continuous demand.... |
Goddess name "Hotogov Mailgan" | Siberia | Goddess of heaven at night Siberia / Buriat |
Goddess name "Hotr(a) (invoker)" | Hindu / Vedic | Minor goddess of sacrifices. She is invoked to appear on the sacrificial field before a ritual and is particularly identified with the act of prayer. Usually åśśociated with the goddess SARASVATI.... |
Goddess name "Hotr[a]" | Hindu / Vedic | A minor goddess of sacrifices |
Goddess name "Hotra" | Hindu | Minor goddess of sacrifices Hindu / Vedic |
God name "Hotu-matua" | s | The legendary founding father of Easter Island arrived from over the sea with a fleet of his family and followers after surviving a great catastrophe. The god of earthquakes, Poku, had upended Hotu-matua's homeland with a crowbar, sinking Hiva into the ocean depths. Lemuria, Mu |
God name "Hou T'u" | China | God of the earth China |
Goddess name "Hours" | Egypt | underworld goddesses, the 12 daughters of Re Egypt |
Goddess name "Hours" | Egypt | underworld goddesses. The twelve daughters of the Sun god RE. They act in concert against the adversaries of Re and control the destiny of human beings in terms of each person's life span, reflecting the supremacy of order and time over chaos. The Hours are sometimes represented on the walls of royal tombs in anthropomorphic form with a five-pointed star above the head. Also Horae (Greek).... |