Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Hermus" | Roman | God of rivers Roman |
God name "Hermus" | Roman | River god. A sanctuary has been identified at Sardis.... |
God name "Heron" | Egypt | God appearing on the monuments of the Greek and Roman eras, thought to be a horseman god Egypt |
Goddess name "Hi'aika" | Hawaiian | Goddess. The daughter of HAUMEA and younger sister of PELE, the volcano goddess, Hi'aika is the mistress of the dance and especially of the hula. Separate traditions identify her with LAKA, the god of the hula and the son of KANE, the god of light; and with a goddess, Na Wahine, the daughter of the primordial creator principle KEAWE. The hula was designed to give a formalized structure to the enactment of myths and among the favorite topics is the romance between Pele and the hero Lohiau. According to mythology Hi'aika was entrusted with a mission to find Lohiau on Pele's behalf and to bring him back to her, a mission that subsequently enflamed the jealousy of Pele over her sister's developing relationship with Lohiau, and brought about his death in Pele's fiery lava.... |
Spirit name "Hiisi" | Finnish | Group of evil spirit that worked with Lempo and Paha. They were skilled sorcerers and necromancers who enjoyed banging sacred drums and chanting. Finnish |
God name "Himerus" | Greco - Roman | God of desire. Member of the Olympian pantheon and attendant on APHRODITE (VENUS).... |
"Hippona" | Roman | Was regarded as the protectress of horses. Images of her, either statues or paintings, were frequently seen in niches of stables. Roman |
"Honos" | Roman | Honor, Honus, the personification of honour at Rome. Roman |
God name "Honus" | Roman | God of military honors. Depicted as a youthful warrior carrying a lance and cornucopia.... |
God name "Honus/ Honos" | Roman | The god of military honors |
Goddess name "Hora" | Roman | Goddess of beauty Roman |
God name "Horus-Harpocrates" | Greek / Roman | the god of quiet life and silence. Greek / Roman |
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 "Hyesistos" | Greco - Roman | Local tutelary god. Known from the region of the Bosphorus circa 150 BC until AD 250. As late as the fourth century AD there are mentions in texts of bypsistarii in Cappadocia, who seem to have been unorthodox, Greek-speaking, Jewish fringe sectarians. The word bypsistos occurs in the Septuagint version of the Vetus Testamentum and means almighty.... |
Goddess name "Hygeia" | Roman / Greek | Goddess of health and the daughter of ?sculapios. Her symbol was a serpent drinking from a cup in her hand. Roman / Greek |
Goddess name "Hygieia" | Greek | Goddess of health. The daughter of ASKLEPIOS, the physician god of healing. Hygieia was also a remedial drink made from wheat, oil and honey. She is depicted as Hygieia-Salus in a marble group sculpture in the Vatican, with Asclepius (the Roman god of healing) and the snake, which she is touching.... |
God name "Hymeiaios" | Greco - Roman | God of marriage. Member of the Olympian pantheon and attendant on APHRODITE (VENUS). Depicted with wings and carrying a torch, and invoked at the wedding ceremony.... |
God name "Hymenaios" | Greek / Roman | A god of marriage |