Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Wong Taisin (the great immortal Wong)" | Chinese | God. Probably an incarnation or avatara of the god HUANG TI (the yellow emperor), he is considered benevolent. Closely åśśociated with a district in Kowloon which is named after him. His cult arrived in Hong Kong in 1915 from Kwangtung in the form of a painting brought by a man and his son. It was installed in a small temple in Wanchai. In 1921 a larger sanctuary was built, from public funds, facing the sea and backed by Lion Rock.... |
Goddess name "Xi-Wang-mu" | Chinese | Goddess of immortality. Chinese |
Goddess name "Xiwangmu" | Chinese | The Daoist Goddess of Immortality, owner of the heavenly Peach Garden, and the queen of Paradise. Chinese |
Goddess name "Yamunia" | Hindu | River goddess of the eponymous tributary to the Ganges. Hindu |
Goddess name "Yang Chen" | Buddhist | Goddess of learning and teaching Buddhist |
God name "Yangombi" | Bantu | God of creation Bantu |
Goddess name "Yanguang Pusa" | China | Goddess of healing and eyes China |
God name "Yanwang" | China | God of death China |
Goddess name "Yen Kuang Niang Niang" | Chinese | Mother goddess. One of a group of nine dark ladies who have a protective function. She cures the eye disease ophthalmia.... |
God name "Yen Wang" | China | God of death China |
Goddess name "Yingxi Niang" | China | Goddess of happiness China |
God name "Yu Ch'iang" | China | God of the ocean wind China |
God name "Yu Huang Shang Ti" | China | Yu Huang Shang Ti, God China |
Supreme god name "Yu Huang Shang Ti" | Taoist / Chinese | Supreme god. He achieved paramount prominence during the Sung Dynasty and the Jade Emperor is his earthly, mortal incarnation. As a deity he is remote and out of touch with ordinary people. No iconography is applied to him and he has no physical description. He engendered the universe from chaos and is the unifying principle of the cosmos which is perceived to be divided into thirty-six heavens above the earth. Also SHANG TI; Shang Di.... |
God name "Yu-Chiang" | Chinese | God of ocean winds. He is depicted with the body of a bird and a human face.... |
God name "Yu-ti" | Taoist / Chinese | sky god. The title by which the Jade Emperor, the most senior deity in the Taoist pantheon, is commonly known. He emerges as a deity circa AD 1000-1100 during the Sung Dynasty. The Chinese emperor is his earthly and more accessible incarnation.See also Yu HUANG SHANG TT.... |
God name "Zaguguayu" | Bolivia | A creator god of the Guarayu whose brothers are Abaangui and Mbir. Bolivia |
Goddess name "Zaramama" | Peru | ("grain mother") or Mama Zara was the Inca mythology goddess of grain. She was åśśociated with maize that grew in multiples or were similarly strange. These strange plants were sometimes dressed as dolls of Zaramama. She was also åśśociated with willow trees. Peru |