| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Gon-Po Peng" | Tibet | mountain god and the great guardian of Tantrism. Tibet |
| Goddess name "Govannon" | Welsh | A smith and the son of the goddess Don. He killed his nephew, Dylan Eil Don, not knowing who he was. One of the tasks given to Culhwch if he were to win the hand of Olwen was to get Gofannon to sharpen Amaethon's plough. Welsh |
| God name "Guçúɱatz" | Mayan | ("feathered serpent";) was a feathered snake god, one ofthe gods who created earth and humanity. Mayan |
| God name "Gukumatz" | Mayan | Feathered serpent";, a feathered snake god, one of the gods who created earth and humanity. Mayan |
| God name "Gukumatz" | Mayan / Quiche, Mesoamerican / Guatemalan highlands | sky god. The son of the creator gods E QUAHOLOM and E ALOM, and equating to the feathered serpent god of Aztec religion, QUETZALCOATL.... |
| Goddess name "Gul-Ses" | Hittite | Collective name for goddesses of fate. They dispense good or evil, life or death. Also Hutena (Hurrian).... |
| God name "Gul-ses" | Hittite | Scribes of the gods who dispense good, evil, life and death Hittite |
| Goddess name "Gul-ses/ Gul-ases" | Hittite | These goddesses apparently are the scribes of the gods that dispense good, evil, life & death |
| Goddess name "Gunabibi" | Australian aboriginal | Creator goddess. Also known as Kunapipi, she is extensively revered by aborigines in northern Australia, including the Yolngu people. Her cult bears some similarity to that of the Greek mother goddess DEMETER and to Tantric cults in India. For this reason the cult is thought to have been introduced from Asia to Arnhem Land and then to other parts of the Australian continent as early as the sixth century. Mythology indicates that Gunabibi has been perceived as a deity who came from the sea or the rivers during the Dreamtime but who reigns now over dry land. Among modern aborigines she is the subject of esoteric rituals which also involve the great serpent Yulunggul with whom Gunabibi has been closely involved.... |
| Goddess name "Hapy" | Egypt | Fertility god of the Nile flood. Inhabits caverns adjacent to the Nile cataracts and oversees the annual inundation of the Nile valley. His court includes crocodile gods and frog goddesses. There are no known sanctuaries to Hapy. He is depicted in anthropomorphic form but androgynous, with prominent belly, pendulous breasts and crowned with water plants. He may hold a tray of produce. At Abydos he is depicted as a two-headed goose with human body.See also KHNUM.... |
| God name "Harsiese" | Egypt | Form of the god HORUS. Specifically when personifying the child of ISIS and OSIRIS. According to the Pyramid Texts, Harsiese performs the opening of the mouth rite for the dead king.... |
| God name "Hastseltsi" | Navaho / USA | God of racing. He organizes and oversees athletic races. The priest who impersonates him has to be a good runner and challenges others, using high-pitched squeaking calls. If the priest wins, the contender is whipped with a yucca scourge. If the contender wins, there is no penalty! A fastidious deity who avoids contact with any unclean objects. His ceremonial mask is a domino shape covering mouth and throat with white shells over the eyes and mouth.... |
| God name "Hephaestus" | Greek | The god of fire, was, according to the Homeric account, the son of Zeus and Hera The Romans, when speaking of the Greek Hephaestus, call him Vulcan or Vulcåñuś, although Vulcåñuś was an original Italian divinity. Later traditions state that he had no father, and that Hera gave birth to him independent of Zeus, as she was jealous of Zeus having given birth to Athena independent of her. Greek |
| Goddess name "Hi'iaka" | Hawaii | The patron goddess of Hawaiii and the hula dancers, and lived in a sacred grove where she spent her days dancing with the Forest spirits. |
| God name "Hi'lina" | Haida Indian / Queen Charlotte Island, Canada | Tribal god. The personification of the thunderbird known to many Indian tribes. The noise of the thunder is caused by the beating of its wings, and when it opens its eyes there is lightning. The thunder clouds are its cloak.... |
| Goddess name "Hiko-Sashiri-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | God of carpenters. One of several minor deities involved in the building of a sacred hall of great beauty, used to entice the Sun goddess Amaterasu from her cave. Linked with the god TAOKI-HO-OI-NO-KAMI.... |
| God name "Hiranyagarbha (golden egg)" | Hindu / Vedic | Creator god. Identified in the opening of the Rg Veda, as the god of the golden seed emerging from the cosmic egg. The halves of the shell become sky and earth, and the yolk becomes the Sun. The embryo impregnates the primordial waters.... |
| God name "Hotu-matua" | s | The legendary founding father of Easter Island arrived from over the sea with a fleet of his family and followers after surviving a great catastrophe. The god of earthquakes, Poku, had upended Hotu-matua's homeland with a crowbar, sinking Hiva into the ocean depths. Lemuria, Mu |
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