| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Iamus" | Greek | A son of Apollo and Evadne, was initiated in the art of prophecy by his father, and was regarded as the ancestor of the famous family of seers, the Lamidae at Olympia. Greek |
| God name "Ih P'en" | Mayan | Chthonioc fertility god, concerned with the growth of plants as well as family, property and other wealth Mayan |
| Goddess name "Ih P'eu" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic fertility god. The deity concerned with the growth of plants, and consort of the bean goddess IX KANAN. He is also god of family life, property and other wealth. The couple are invoked as a single personality with the sacrificeof turkeys and chickens at sowing time. Ih Fen may be represented sowing maize seed.... |
| God name "Kuladevata (family god)" | Hindu | Generic name of a household god. The god is chosen by a family to be their guardian deity and they all åśśemble at his temple, as and when necessary, for worship. Also Kulanayaka.... |
| Goddess name "Kuladevi" | Hindu | The family Goddess. Another name for Durga. Hindu |
| God name "Kulika (of good family)" | Hindu | Snake god. One of a group of seven MAHANAGAS. Attributes: rosary and water jar. Three-eyed.... |
| Spirit name "Lo'cin-coro'mo" | Yukaghir / southeastern Siberia | Hearth spirit. The guardian of the household who migrates with the family. Also Lo'cil, Yegi'le.... |
| King name "Magpyr family" | Discworld | A family of vampires who attempted to invade the kingdom of Lancre. Discworld |
| God name "Majas Gars" | Pre - Christian Latvian | household god. Invoked until very recent times in country districts as a deity who would bring prosperity to the family home.... |
| God name "Nang Lha" | Tibet | Personal family guardian type of house god Tibet |
| God name "Nang Lha" | Tibetan | house god. A personal family guardian depicted with the head of a pig. He is propitiated with libations.... |
"Obiism" | Egyptian | serpent-worship. From Egyptian Ob (the sacred serpent). The African sorceress is still called Obi. The Greek ophis is of the same family. Moses forbade the Israelites to inquire of Ob, which we translate wizard. |
| Spirit name "Osande" | Angola | Guardian deity and the spirit of the much-honoured founder of the family of man. Ovimbundu, Angola |
| God name "Osande" | Ovimbundu / central Angola, southwest Africa | Guardian deity. A benign elderly god who forms an integral part of ancestor worship. Considered to be the founder of each family lineage.... |
| God name "Penates" | Romans | The household gods of the Romans, both in regard to a private family and to the state, as the great family of citizens: hence we shall have to distinguish between private and public Penates. |
| Goddess name "Pietas" | Roman | The goddess of duty to the state, gods and family and a personification of the Roman virtue of piety. Roman |
| God name "Pietas" | Roman | Minor god. A sanctuary dedicated to him circa 191 BC is still in existence in Rome. He became Pietas Augusta and is åśśociated with family solidarity and patriotism.... |
| God name "Pryderi" | Celtic / Welsh | Chthonic god. The son of PWYLL and RHIANNON. According to tradition, he was abducted as an infant from his cradle by a huge talon or claw, with the implication that the abduction was instigated by an adversary from the underworld, perhaps the family of Gwawl, a rejected suitor of Rhiannon. Pryderi was found in a stable and rescued by Teirnyon, who brought the child up as his son. Eventually the true parents of Pryderi were identified and he was returned to his family. His consort is Cigfa and he succeeded Pwyll to the title Lord of Dyfed.'... |
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