| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Jotun" | Norse | A giant. The giants were the earliest created beings and Thor frequently contends with them. Famous giants are: Ymer, Hymer, Hrungner, Orvandel, Gymer, Skrymer, Vafthrudner and Thjåśśe. Norse |
"Jotunheim" | Norse | Jotunheimer. The Utgaard; the home of the giants in the outermost parts of the earth. Norse |
| God name "Jove" | Greek | He who thunders from on high, archaic latin for the father god, and is another name for Jupiter |
| Goddess name "Jubbu jang sangne" | Brazil | The goddess of the Jurema & a sacred tree |
| Goddess name "Jubbu-jang-sange" | Brazil | Goddess of the jurema (a sacred tree). The tree provides a narcotic used in inducing visions. Bakairi Brazil |
"Juck Shilluck" | Africa | This is the creator of the world |
| Goddess name "Juga Or Jugalis" | Greek | That is, the goddess of marriage, occurs as a surname of Juno, in the same sense as the Greek Zygia. |
| God name "Juggernaut or Jaggernaut" | Crow | The Hindu god Jagganath. The word is a corruption of the Sanscrit jagannatha (lord of the world). The temple of this god is in a town of the same name in Orissa. king Ayeen Akbery sent a learned Brahman to look out a site for a temple. The Brahman wandered about for many days, and then saw a crow dive into the water, and having washed, made obeisance to the element. This was selected as the site of the temple. While the temple was a-building the rajah had a prophetic dream, telling him that the true form of Vishnu should be revealed to him in the morning. When the rajah went to see the temple he beheld a log of wood in the water, and this log he accepted as the realisation of his dream, enshrined it in the temple, and called it Jagannath. |
| Goddess name "Jugumishanta" | New Guinea | Creator goddess and Mother of earth. New Guinea |
"Jukun" | Nigeria | The creator of the Shido and Chido people. Nigeria |
| Spirit name "Julana" | Jumu | A lecherous spirit who surprises women by burrowing beneath the sand. He was alive, and wandered the earth with his father, Njirana, during the Dreamtime. Jumu, Australian aboriginal |
| God name "Julunggul" | Aus | A creator god that was the bringer of culture & identified with of the Rainbow-snake |
| Goddess name "Julunggul" | Australia | A Rainbow snake goddess, who oversaw the maturing and initiation of boys into manhood. She was a fertility goddess, åśśociated with rebirth and the weather. Australia |
"Julus" | Roman | The eldest son of Ascanius, who claimed the government of Latium, but was obliged to give it up to his brother Silvius. Roman |
| Spirit name "Juma" | Finnish / Mari / Ugart | God of the sky, whose name is also åśśociated with spirits of earth, water, wind, and the home. Finnish / Mari / Ugart |
| Supreme god name "Jumala" | Finland | A generic name for a major deity. Originally the name given by the Finns to the sky, the sky-god, and the supreme god. Later taivas and Ukko were used as the names for the sky and the sky-god. The word means god and was later used for the Christian God. The origin of the word is unknown some possible explanations are derivation from Jomali, the supreme deity of the Permians and origination from the Estonian word jume. |
| Supreme god name "Jumala" | Finnland | The supreme god of the ancient Finns and Lapps. The word is sometimes used by the Scandinavian poets for the Almighty. |
| Deity name "Jumis" | Latvia | deity of the Fields and fertility. Latvia |
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