| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Shing-moo" | China | A nature goddess. She was the mother of perfect intelligence, and gave birth to a saviour son through an immaculate conception. China |
| Hero name "Shingebis" | Indian | A diver who dared the North wind to single combat. The Indian Boreas rated him for staying in his dominions after he had routed away the flowers, and driven off the sea-gulls and herons. Shingebis laughed at him, and the North wind went at night and tried to blow down his hut and put out his fire. As he could not do this, he defied the diver to come forth and wrestle with him. Shingebis obeyed the summons, and sent the blusterer howling to his home. American Indian |
| Monster name "Shita" | Hopi | A large monster who lived somewhere in the west, and used to come to the village of Oraibi to devour children. Often also grown people were eaten by the monster. The people became very much alarmed over the matter, and especially the village chief was very much worried over it. Finally he concluded to ask the Pookonghoyas for åśśistance. Hopi. |
| Goddess name "Shitala" | Hindu | A goddess invoked to get rid of small pox, chicken pox and grant fertility or children. Hindu |
| Spirit name "Shito Dama" | Japan | An astral spirit, bright red and shaped like a fireball. Japan |
| God name "Shiu Fang" | China | God of embankments China |
| Supreme god name "Shiva" | Hindu | The supreme God in Shaivism, a formless, timeless and spaceless Supreme God. Hindu |
| God name "Shiwanni" | Mexico | The god who created the heavens, and with Shiwanoka, his wife, created the Zuni Indians. New Mexico |
| God name "Shomde" | Afghanistan | Local creator god of the Hindu Kush, Afghanistan |
| God name "Shomde" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Creator god of localized observance. Known from various villages in the southern Hindukush. Shomde is regarded either as equating or senior to the more generally recognized god IMRA. According to observers he provides gold, silver and silk as well as butter, cheese, cream and flour. The main sanctuary was probably at the village of Dewa and in various wooden sculptures Shomde is depicted in human form. Also Wushum; Usum.... |
| God name "Shoney" | Scotland | Sea faeries living off the coast of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Originally a single god of the North Sea Ireland / Scotland / Manx |
"Shong Li-Kuan" | Taoist / Chinese | Immortal being. One of the eight immortals of Taoist mythology, he was once a mortal being who achieved immortality through his lifestyle. Attributes include a fan which he waves over the dead to revive them.See also BA XIAN.... |
| Demon name "Shong-Kui" | Taoist / Chinese | God of literature. According to tradition he committed suicide when he failed in his examinations. Also a guardian deity against demons, his attribute is a sword.... |
| God name "Shoten" | Japan | God of gamblers, prostitutes, merchants, speculators, procurers, actors, and geishas. Japan |
| God name "Shou Hsing" | China | A god of longevity |
| God name "Shou Lao" | China | A god of longevity that started out as an astral deity |
| God name "Shou Lao" | Chinese | God of longevity. He originates as an astral deity but comes to head the heavenly ministry responsible for setting the span of a person's life. He is also known as Nan-ji Hsian Weng, the ancient of the South Pole. His sacred animal is the crane, embodiment of long life.... |
| God name "Shou-Hsing" | Chinese | Chinese god of long life and old age. He was the keeper of the Book with the life spans of men. |
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