Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Nymph name "Iasion" | Greek | Also called Iasius, was, according to some, a son of Zeus and Electra, tLe daughter of Atlas, and a brother of Dardåñuś (Theogony of Hesiod 970 ) but others called him a son of Corythus and Electra, of Zeus and the nymph Hemera, or of Ilithyius, or of Minos and the nymph Pyronia.Greek |
Goddess name "Iaso" | Greek | A daughter of Asclepius or Amphiaraus, and sister of Hygieia, was worshipped as the goddess of recovery. Greek |
"Iasus 1" | Greek | A son of Phoroneus, and brother of Pelasgus and Agenor, or Arestor. |
"Iasus 2" | Greek | A son of Argus and Evadne, a daughter of Strymon, or a son of Peitho, the father of Agenor, and father of Argus Panoptes. |
"Iasus 3" | Greek | A son of Argus Panoptes and Ismene, the daughter of Asopus, and the father of Io. |
"Iasus 4" | Greek | A son of Io. |
"Iasus 5" | Greek | A son of Triopas, grandson of Phorbas, and brother of Agenor. |
"Iasus 6" | Greek | An Arcadian, a son of Lycurgus and Cleophile or Eurynome, a brother of Ancaeus and Amphidamas, and the husband of Clymene, the daughter of Minyas, by whom he became the father of Atalante. |
"Iasus 7" | Greek | A son of Eleuther, and father of Chaeresileus. |
"Iasus 9" | Greek | A son of Sphelus, the commander of the Athenians in the Trojan war, was slain by Aeneias. |
"Iatiku & Nautsiti Acoma" | NA | The sisters who created man |
Spirit name "Iatiku and Nautsiti" | Acoma | Sisters who, when giving life to the snakes and fishes, accidentally created the evil spirit. Acoma. Native American |
"Ibath" | Irish | One of the two sons of Magog, one of the ancestors of the Irish |
God name "Ibis or Nile-bird" | Egypt | The Egyptians call the sacred Ibis Father John. It is the avatar' of the god Thoth, who in the guise of an Ibis escaped the pursuit of Typhon. The Egyptians say its white plumage symbolises the light of the Sun, and its black neck the shadow of the moon, its body a heart, and its legs a triangle. It was said to drink only the purest of water, and its feathers to scare or even kill the crocodile. Egypt |
"Iblis" | Islamic | The Islamic version of the Jewish / Christian devil |
God name "Ibmel" | Finland | A sky god and a general name for various gods. Finland |
"Ibofanga" | Creek | Aka Hisagita-Imisi, Hisagitaimisi. The Master of breath, created the world and all other things. The Creek, Georgia |
God name "Icarius" | Greek | Also called Icarus and Icarion. An Athenian, who lived in the reign of Pandion, and hospitably received Dionysus on his arrival in Attica. The god showed him his gratitude by teaching him the cultivation of the vine, and giving him bags filled with wine. Icarius now rode about in a chariot, and distributed the precious gifts of the god; but some shepherds whom their friends intoxicated with wine, and who thought that they were poisoned by Icarius, slew him, and threw his body into the well Anygrus, or buried it under a tree. Greek |