| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Balor" | Ireland | God of war, death, inspiration, conquest, martial arts, sky, and fate. Ireland |
| God name "Baron Samedi" | Haiti / Vodun | The god of death magic & the underworld |
| Goddess name "Bean Sidhe" | Celtic | A Banshee an goddess of death.Celtic |
| Goddess name "Bera Pennu" | Northern Indian | vegetation goddess. Worshiped by the Khonds in Bengal. She was the recipient of human sacrifice to ensure good harvest, particularly of the spice turmeric, and as a protection against disease and infirmity. The sacrificial victim or meriab was youthful, often kept for years as a holy person before death and was always either the offspring of a previous sacrificial victim, or purchased from impoverished families for the purpose. He or she was generally strangled, sometimes in the fork of a tree, after days of festivities. In other instances the victim was cut up alive.... |
| Goddess name "Calounger" | Brazil | death goddess and / or Goddess of the sea Brazil |
| God name "Chamer" | Mayan | A god of death, particularly popular in Guatemala. He was married to Ixtab. Mayan |
| God name "Chamer" | Mayan / Chorti, Mesoamerican / eastern Guatemala | God of death. Appears as a skeleton dressed in white. His consort is Xtabai. Attributes include a scythe with a bone blade, probably copied from the traditions of Christian immigrants.... |
| God name "Cizin" | Mayan | God of death Mayan |
| God name "Cizin (stench)" | Mayan / Yucatec / other tribes, Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of death. The most important death god in the Mayan cultural area. Said to live in Metnal, the Yucatec place of death, and to burn the souls of the dead. He first burns the mouth and åñuś and, when the soul complains, douses it with water. When the soul complains of this treatment, he burns it again until there is nothing left. It then goes to the god Sicunyum who spits on his hands and cleanses it, after which it is free to go where it chooses. Attributes of Cizin include a fleshless nose and lower jaw, or the entire head may be depicted as a skull. Spine and ribs are often showing. He wears a collar with death eyes between lines of hair and a long bone hangs from one earlobe. His body is painted with black and particularly yellow spots (the Mayan color of death).... |
| God name "Crnobog" | Slavic | God of death. Slavic |
| God name "Crnobog/ Crnoglav" | Slavic | A black god of death |
| God name "Cromm Cruaich" | Ireland | Ancient deity, a harvest, death and sacrificial God. It is thought human sacrifices were once made to him at Samhain. Ireland |
| Goddess name "Crone" | Ireland | Third aspect of the Triple goddess. She signifies old age or death, Winter, the end of all things, the waning moon, post-mentrual phases of women's lives. Ireland |
| God name "Čú𝔪 Hau" | Maya | A god of death |
| God name "Čú𝔪 Hau" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic god of death. One of several names for a death god listed in the codices.... |
| God name "Čú𝔪hau" | Mayan | God of death. Mayan |
| Goddess name "Dabaiba" | Panama | Mother of Creation and a goddess of thunder and lightning and in whose honour slaves were burnt to death.. Panama |
| God name "Dagda" | Ireland | God of the earth, death, rebirth and long life. He was famous as a warrior, harpist and he liked his porridge. Ireland |
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