Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Cian" | Ireland | God of Medicine who went to retrieve a cow which had been stolen by Balor. Ireland |
God name "Dedun aka Dedwen" | Egypt | God who was the lord and giver of incense, depicted as a lion. Egypt |
God name "Dwyn/ Dwynwen" | Celtic | A god of love |
God name "Flins" | Wendish | The god of death. Wendish |
God name "Glaucus" | Greek | This sea god went around muttering prophesies |
Goddess name "Govannon" | Welsh | A smith and the son of the goddess Don. He killed his nephew, Dylan Eil Don, not knowing who he was. One of the tasks given to Culhwch if he were to win the hand of Olwen was to get Gofannon to sharpen Amaethon's plough. Welsh |
Goddess name "Gwen" | Celtic | Goddess of happiness who was so beautiful that no one could live if they looked at her to long. Celtic |
God name "Gwendion/ Gwydyon" | Welsh | A god of war |
Goddess name "Gwenn Teir Bronn" | Celtic | Goddess of motherhood. Celtic |
Goddess name "Henwen" | Welsh | A sow Goddess. Welsh |
God name "Hermes" | Greek | A son of Zeus and Maia, the daughter of Atlas, was born in a cave of Mount Cyllene or in Olympus. In the first hours after his birth, he escaped from his cradle, went to Pieiria, and carried off some of the oxen of Apollo. The herald and messenger of the gods, of his travelling from place to place and the concluder of treaties and the promoter of social intercourse and of commerce among men. Regarded as the maintainer of peace, and as the god of roads, who protected travellers, and punished those who refused to åśśist travellers who had mistaken their way. Greek |
Supreme god name "Hlam Shua" | Eskimo | The Supreme God of the Eskimo whose favourite animal went into convulsions and caused the earth to quake. Kodiak Island, Alaska |
God name "Hsuan Wen hua" | China | God of hair, hairdressers, shampoo and hair moisturisers. |
God name "Hu" | Celts | Hu, Ceridwen, and Craiwy. Cherusci, A three-headed god called Triglat. |
God name "Hymir or Hymer" | Norse | A giant with whom Thor went fishing when he caught the Midgard-serpent. His wife was the mother of Tyr. Tyr and Thor went to him to procure a kettle for ?ger in which to brew ale for the gods. . Norse |
God name "Ika ere" | Polynesian | Fish god. The son of Punga and grandson of TANGAROA, the sea and creator god, he is revered in various regions of Polynesia as the progenitor of all life in the sea, especially fish. His brother is Tu-Te-Wanawana, the deity responsible for the well-being of lizards, snakes and other reptiles. When fierce storms arose at the time of creation under the control of TAWHIRIMATEA, the god of winds, mythology records that Tu-Te-Wanawana went inland to escape the devastation while Ikatere took to the safety of the sea. The incident became known as the schism of Tawhirimatea and has resulted in an eternal conflict between TANE(MAHUTA) the Forest god and Tangaroa, the sea god.... |
Demon name "Immat" | Kafir / Afghanistan | demonic god. A deity to whom sacrifices were addressed in the Ashkun villages of southwestern Kafiristan. Legend has it that Immat carries off twenty virgin daughters every year. A festival includes blood sacrifice and dances by twenty carefully selected young priestesses.... |
God name "Jar'Edo Wens" | Australian | A god of earthly knowledge and physical might, created by Altjira to ensure that people did not get too arrogant or self-conceited. He is åśśociated with victory and intelligence. Australian aboriginal |