Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Naenia" | Roman | A dirge or lamentation such as was uttered at funerals, either by relatives of the deceased or by hired persons. At Rome Naenia was personified and worshipped as a goddess, who even had a chapel, which, however, as in the case of all other gods in connection with the dead, was outside the walls of the city, near the porta Viminalis. The object of this worship was probably to procure rest and peace for the departed in the lower world. Roman |
Goddess name "Nagadya" | Uganda | Goddess who causes the Rains to fall, allowing food to grow. Uganda |
God name "Nagakumara" | Jain | One of the group the gods with the title of bhvanavasi who were åśśociated with Rain and thunder Jain |
Deities name "Nagaraja" | Hindu | Snake god. The generic title of a deity equating with the terms mahoraga (great serpent) or nagadeva. Such deities were worshiped in India as early as the Indus Valley civilization (prior to 1700 BC).... |
Goddess name "Nagawonyi" | Uganda | Goddess who, along with Nagadya, causes the Rains to fall, allowing food to grow. Uganda |
Goddess name "Nagini" | Jain / India | Goddess. The counterpart of the Hindu goddess MANASA.... |
God name "Naguai" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Tutelary deity. A generic name for a personal god. A nagual generally takes the form of an animal and it may be adopted either by a mortal being or by another deity.... |
God name "Nah-hunte" | Elamite | God of the Sun. Elamite |
God name "Nahi" | Arabia | The patron god of Thamud, in northern Arabia. |
God name "Nahi" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Guardian god. Generally of benevolent nature.... |
Deities name "Nahui Ehecati" | Aztec / mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor water god. One of the group of deities belonging to the TLALOC complex. Also (4)Ehecatl.... |
God name "Nahui Oiiin (earthquake sun)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Creator god. According to most of the codices, at the time of the Spanish conquest there had been four previous world ages, each represented by a Sun and terminated by a cataclysm. Ollin, the fifth Sun, was created at Teotihuacan and at the conquest was just under 2,000 years old. It is presided over by the god TONATIUH. Each creation is considered to last 2028 x 52 terrestrial years and the present one is destined to be destroyed by a great earthquake. Tradition has it that Ollin was originally a sickly or humble deity named NANAHUATL (the diseased one). Also (4)Ollin; Ollintonatiuh.... |
God name "Nahuti Ehecatl" | Aztec | The god Ehecatl sacrifices all the gods, and then with a powerful wind makes the Sun begin to move. Aztec |
God name "Nahuti Ollin Tonatiuh" | Aztec | ("Movement of the Sun") was the Sun god. The Aztec people considered him the leader of Tollan, their heaven. He was also known as the fifth Sun, because the Aztecs believed that he was the Sun that took over when the fourth Sun was expelled from the sky. Aztec |
God name "Nahuti Ollin/ Ollin/ Ollintonatiuh" | Aztec | A creator god |
Supreme god name "Nai" | Gan / Accra, Ghana, West Africa | God of the ocean. The second-in-command to the supreme god ATAA NAA NYONGMO. His eldest daughter is the goddess ASHIAKLE.... |
God name "Nai Gan" | Ghanna | A god of the ocean |
God name "Nai No Kami" | Japan | God of earthquakes. Japan |