Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Rumpiipumpii" | Woopie | The goddess of jolly bonking and moist afternoon frolics. Woopie |
"Rumrok" | India | The supreme being of the Didayis, India |
God name "Rundas" | Hittite | God of fortune who is åśśociated with hunting. Hittite |
God name "Rundas" | Hittite / Hurrian | God of fortune. Also åśśociated with hunting, he is symbolized by a double eagle carrying prey in its talons.... |
"Rurema" | Zaire | The supreme being of the pygmies of lake Kivu. Zaire |
Goddess name "Rusalky" | Slavic | Multiple goddess of spring and plant growth. A water-sprite who lives in streams. Slavic |
"Rusor" | Roman | A Roman divinity, was worshipped as one of the companions of Tellus, by which was personified the power of nature (the earth) of bringing forth to light the seeds entrusted to her. |
Spirit name "Ryangombe" | Rwanda / East Africa | Tutelary god. An ancestral deity and king of the spirit world who has an oracular capacity.... |
God name "Ryujin" | Shinto / Japan | dragon god. A deity controlling thunder and Rain and probably the most significant of the group of weather gods known as the RAIJIN. He is of Chinese origin and more Buddhist than Shinto. He does not appear in the sacred Shinto texts Kojiki or Nibongi, but enjoys shrines in many Shinto sanctuaries and is worshiped by farmers, particularly in times of drought. He lives in the sea, lakes and large ponds from which he ascends in mists and winds. He generates dark Rain clouds which then burst. His main festival takes place in June.... |
"Rzionr Nrzfm" | Enochian | The Divine name ruling the sub-element of Fire. Enochian |
God name "S ar" | Western Semitic / Syrian | God of the dawn. Generally linked with the god of evening, S ALIM.... |
God name "S e ab" | Egypt | Minor god of wine and oil presses. Known from circa 3000 BC until the end of Egyptian history, circa AD 400. In later iconography he is depicted as a lion, but more generally is in human form. Sezmu had a definite cult following in the fertile Faiyum region of the Nile valley, but was probably represented in most sanctuaries, particularly where ritual unguents were made and stored. He is recognized in both benign and malevolent roles. In the latter he is reputed to squeeze human heads like grapes, but in beneficent mood he provides aromatic oils and ointments.... |
Deities name "Sa" | Kono / eastern Guinea, West Africa | Chthonic creator god. One of a pair of creator deities, with ALATANGANA. Sa inhabited the primeval swamps before the sky or the light existed and before there were any living things on earth. He had a daughter who eloped with Alatangana and bore fourteen children, three pairs of black and four pairs of white, all of whom spoke different languages and to whom Sa gave the tools of survival.... |
God name "Sabazios" | Phrygian / northwestern Turkey | God. Eventually Hellenized, identified with ZEUS and DIONYSOS and linked with Dionysiac mysteries, appearing in Athens from circa 400 BC. His device is a right hand cast in bronze and decorated with symbols representing his benevolence. His influence extended into Roman culture where he reached a height of popularity circa AD 200. As late as AD 300 there are frescoes of Sabazios in the tomb of Vibia whose husband was a priest of the god's cult.... |
God name "Sadrapa" | Phoenician | protector of snakes and a god of healing. Phoenician |
God name "Sadrapa" | Western Semitic / Syrian / / Pontic | God of healing. He is depicted on reliefs as a youth holding a scorpion or snake. Known originally from Palmyra, his popularity spread to Carthage and, during the Hellenic period, to the Greek coast. Also Satrapis (Greek).... |
Goddess name "Sadwes" | Persia | A goddess Rain, of storms, thunder, lightning, hail, snow |
"Safa" | Arabian | The hill on which Adam and Eve came together, after having been parted for two hundred years, during which time they wandered homeless over the face of the earth. Arabian |