Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Odin/ Othin/ Oden/ Wotan" | Norse | A god of war, death, wisdom & divination. Chief of the gods |
Supreme god name "Oduduwa" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Creator goddess. The consort, or alternatively the daughter, of the supreme god OLODUMARE. She is perceived as the substance, or matrix, of the earth which Olodumare impregnated to generate life. She is also a goddess of war and her sons include the great heroic Yoruba god OGUN. According to some traditions Oduduwa is also perceived as a god.... |
God name "Ogoun/ Ogun" | Haiti / Vodun | A god of war & fire |
God name "Ogun" | Nago / Edo / Yoruba / W Africa | A god of iron, hunting & war |
God name "Ogun" | Edo / Benin, West Africa | God of war, hunting and metalwork. This rather loosely defined deity was sent by the god OSANOBUA to cut open the land to allow crops to be planted. He is the strength inherent in metals and piles of metal objects are left beside his sanctuaries. As a god of war he defends the tribe and is depicted wearing armor and with red eyes. As a god of hunters and farmers he is generally benevolent.... |
God name "Ogun Edo" | Benin | A god of war that was sent to cut up the land to allow crops to the planted |
Goddess name "Olwen" | Welsh | A daughter of the king of the Giants and goddess of summer and war. Welsh |
God name "Onuris" | Egypt / Hellenic | A god of hunting & war |
Goddess name "Onuris [Greek]" | Egypt | God of hunting and war. Onuris is first known from This, near Abydos in Upper Egypt. In later times his main cult center was at Samannud in the Nile delta. His consort is the lion goddess Mekhit. Onuris is generally depicted in human form as a bearded figure wearing a crown with four plumes and wielding a spear or occasionally holding a rope. He is sometimes accompanied by Mekhit in iconography. Seen as a hunter who caught and slew the enemies of RE, the Egyptian Sun god, some legends place him close to the battle between HORUS and SETH. In clåśśical times, Onuris became largely syncretized with the Greek war god ARES. Also Anhuret (Egyptian).... |
God name "Onuris aka Anhur" | Egypt | Slayer of Enemies God of hunting and war and the personification of royal warriors. Egypt |
God name "Oro" | Tahiti | A god of both war and peace in Polynesia. During peacetime he was called Oro-i-Te-Tea-Moe ("Oro with the spear down"). He is a son of Tangaroa and Hina-Tu-A-Uta, and father of Hoa-Tapu, Toi-Mata, Ai-Tupuai and Mahu-Fatu-Rau. Tahiti |
God name "Oro" | Polynesian / Tahiti | God of war. One of the sons of TANGAROA.... |
God name "Oro Polynesia/" | Tahiti | A god of war |
Goddess name "Oya" | West Indies | Goddess of the ancestors, war, the cemetery and the Rainbow. West Indies |
Goddess name "Oya" | Yoruba | A warrior goddess of fire, Rainstorms, justice & the wind |
Goddess name "Oya-Yansan" | Yoruba | Goddess of the Niger River. She is seen in aspects of warrior-goddess of wind, lightning, fertility, fire and magic. She creates hurricanes and tornadoes and guards the underworld. Yoruba |
God name "Paeon" | Crete | God of war Greek / Crete |
God name "Paeon/ Paiawon" | Greek / Crete | A war god |