Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Spirit name "Negafok" | Inuit | Cold weather spirit who lowers the temperature in Winter. Inuit |
Goddess name "Ninlil" | Sumeria | lady of the open field). After her death, she became the goddess of the air, like Enlil. She may be the Goddess of the South wind referred to in the story of Adapa, as her husband Enlil was åśśociated with northerly Winter storms. Sumeria |
God name "Nong" | Afghanistan | God of Winter and cold weather who lives in a glacier, he does not like women Afghanistan |
God name "Nong" | Kafir / Afghanistan | God of Winter and cold weather. Nong lives in a glacier. He cracks the ice and is seen in the melt water. He is perceived as a misogynist and depicted in a wooden effigy, though whether in human form is unclear. His cult center seems to have been the village of Zumu in the southern Hindukush. Also Zuzum.... |
God name "Nong/ Zuzum" | Kafir / Afghanistan | The god of Winter & cold weather that lives in a glacier, he does not like women |
"Pisces (the fishes)" | Greek | Winter signs. (Greek, zo-on, living creatures.) |
Goddess name "Poshjo Akka" | Saami | Goddess of Winter Saami / Lappland |
Spirit name "Qeskina'qu (big light)" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | sky spirit. One of the sons of QUIKINNA'QU, he is the apotheosis of daylight, a precious commodity during the long Winter months.... |
Goddess name "Rheda" | German | A valkirie and goddess of the Winter. German |
Goddess name "Rind" | Norse | Goddess of Winter. Norse |
"Sakhadai" | Siberia | The personification of fire who gives life to the newborn Winter Sun. Siberia |
God name "Sampsa" | Finnish | vegetation god who gives life to seed who lies dormant through the Winter. Finnish |
God name "Sampsa (sedge)" | Pre - Christian Finnish | vegetation god. He is perceived as a giver of life to seed which lies dormant through the Winter months. His unnamed consort, to whom he is wed in a form of sacred marriage which takes place at sowing time, is also his stepmother.... |
Planet name "Saturnus" | Roman | Astral god. Identified with the planet Saturn, but thought to have originated as an agricultural deity concerned with sowing of seed. A sanctuary existed on the Roman forum from as early as 450 BC, also functioning as the imperial treasury. Saturnus was celebrated in the Saturnalia festival (December 17-19) during which masters and slaves exchanged roles and candles were given as gifts to symbolize the Winter darkness.... |
"Set" | Egypt | The son of Seb and Nut, is the brother of Osiris, Isis, and Nephthys; and the father of Anubis by Nephthys. Set stole the light from the Sun, resulting in autumn and Winter. Egypt |
Goddess name "Snegurochka" | Russia | Goddess and Winter Russia |
Goddess name "Tonan" | Aztec | Goddess of the Winter solstice. Aztec |
God name "Tsa'qamae" | Qwe'gsotenox Indian / British Columbia, Canada | God of salmon migration. The so-called head Winter dancer, his attributes include head ring and neck ring of bark to which heads are attached.... |