| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Planet name "Soma" | Hindu | The moon, born from the eyes of Atri, son of Brahma; made the sovereign of plants and planets. Soma ran away with Tara (Star), wife of Vrihaspata, preceptor of the gods, and Buddha was their offspring. Hindu |
| God name "Soma" | Scandinavian | To drink the Soma. To become immortal. In the Vedic hymns the Soma is the moon-plant, the juice of which confers immortality, and exhilarates even the gods. It is said to be brought down from heaven by a falcon. Scandinavian |
| God name "Ta ab" | Pre - Islamic southern Arabian | moon god. He also has an oracular function.... |
| God name "Ta'lab" | Arabia | The moon god in pre-Islamic southern Arabia. |
| God name "Ta'lab" | Arabia | God of the moon in pre-Islamic southern Arabia. His oracle was consulted for advice. |
| Angel name "Tagriel" | Christians | angels of the Mansions of the moon. There are twenty-eight angels, who rule in the twenty-eight mansions of the moon |
| Goddess name "Taio" | Lakalai | Goddess of the moon. Lakalai |
| Supreme god name "Tanik" | Phoenician / Pontic / Carthaginian | moon goddess. Known largely from inscriptions at various sites along the North African coast and linked with the goddess ASTARTE. Her symbol is a triangular device with horizontal bars supporting a moon disc. Both deities are described as ladies of the sanctuary. Tanit was the supreme goddess at Carthage, known as the face of BAAL, until usurped by the Roman goddess JUNO; she survived under the name CAELESTIS. The goddess CERES was also worshiped in the TANIT temple at Carthage. Also Tenit.... |
| Goddess name "Tanit" | Carthage | Goddess of the moon. Phoenicia and Carthage |
| God name "Tara" | Vedic | Soma, the moon, carried Tara off with him, which brought about the great war in heaven between the gods and the asuras. Brahma put an end to the war and had Tara restored to Brihaspati. |
| God name "Tecciztecatl" | Aztec | God of the moon. Aztec |
| God name "Tecciztecatl (conch shell lord)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | moon god. In cosmogony, when on the fifth day of creation the gods sat in judgment to elect the new Sun god, NANAHUATL and Tecciztecatl cremated themselves in the sacred fire. The heart of Nanahuatl ascended to become the new Sun and that of Tecciztecatl became the moon. Tradition suggests that Nanahuatl is diseased and impoverished but of great courage, while Tecciztecatl is wealthy and a coward. Alternatively, the pair are sons of QUETZALCOATL and of TLALOC and were hurled into the fire by their fathers. Also one of the group clåśśed as the TEZCATLIPOCA complex. NOTE: eventually all the gods sacrificed them selves for mankind.... |
| Goddess name "Thea" | Greek | Goddess. One of the TITANS, consort of HYPERION and mother of the Sun god HELIOS and of the goddesses EOS (dawn) and SELENE (moon). Also Theia.... |
| God name "Thoth" | Egypt | A god of astronomy, science, death, education, wisdom, geometry, law, magic, mathematics, Medicine, the moon & surveying |
| Goddess name "Tlaltecuhtli" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic creator goddess. In Aztec cosmogony, Tlaltecuhtli is a monstrous, toad-like figure whose body is cleaved in two by the gods TEZCATLIPOCA and QUETZALCOATL to fashion heaven and earth. The ruler of the second of the thirteen heavens known at the time of the Spanish conquest, Ilhuicatl Tlalocan Ipan Metztli (the heaven of the Paradise of the Rain god over the moon), she is also one of the group clåśśed as the MICTLANTECUHTLI complex. She is said to swallow the Sun each evening and disgorge it in the dawn. She also devours the blood and hearts of sacrificial victims and the souls of the dead.See also CIPACTLI.... |
| Goddess name "Tokakami" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of death. His chief antagonist is the moon goddess METSAKA.... |
| God name "Tororut" | Pokot / Suk / Uganda / western Kenya, East Africa | Creator god. He is invoked in a special annual ceremony, which involves the sacrifice of an ox, to ensure safety of crops and cattle. The same ritual is performed in times of drought, famine or plague. His brother is ASIS the Sun god. His consort is SETA and their children include the Rain god ILAT, ARAWA the moon and TOPOH the evening star.... |
| Angel name "Tsaphiel" | Nazorean | Anangel governing the moon. Early Nazorean |
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