Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Iphis" | Greek | A young man of humble parentage who died for love of Anaxarete. Greek |
"Iphitus" | Greek | A son of Naubolus, and father of Schedius, Epistrophus, and Eurynome, in Phocis, was likewise one of the Argonauts.Greek |
"Iphthima" | Greek | A daughter of Icarius, and sister of Penelope. Athena åśśumed the appearance of Iphthime, when she appeared to the unfortunate mother of Telemachus.Greek |
Goddess name "Ipy" | Egypt | A mother goddess that occasionally will wet nurse the king |
Goddess name "Ipy" | Egypt | Mother goddess. In the Pyramid Texts Ipy appears occasionally as a benevolent guardian and wet nurse to the king. She is also perceived to exert a benign influence on amulets. Depicted as a hippopotamus or anthropomorphically with a hippo's head. Also Ipet.... |
Goddess name "Ipy aka Ipet" | Egypt | Apet, Opet, a benign hippopotamus goddess known as a protective and nourishing deity. Egypt |
Goddess name "Irene" | Greek | A goddess of peace |
Goddess name "Irene aka Eirene" | Greek | Goddess of peace and of spring. Greek |
Spirit name "Irik" | Borneo | A primeval creator spirit, in the form of a bird, who created the earth; with Ara, created mankind from clay. The Sea Dyaks of Sarawak, Borneo |
God name "Irioba" | Tanzania | Iriuba, Enokwe. The Sun, the sky, the only real god who created the world and all that it contains. Tanzania |
"Iris" | Greek | A daughter of Thaumas (whence she is called Thaumantias) and Electra, and sister of the Harpies. Greek |
Goddess name "Iris" | Greek / Roman | Goddess of the Rainbow, or the Rainbow itself. In clåśśic mythology she is called the messenger of the gods when they intended discord, and the Rainbow is the bridge or road let down from heaven for her accommodation. When the gods meant peace they sent Mercury. Greek / Roman |
Goddess name "Iris (rainbow)" | Greek / Roman | Messenger goddess. The special attendant of the goddess HERA, Iris is a virgin goddess who forms the Rainbow bridge between heaven and earth. Depicted with wings and carrying a staff.... |
God name "Irma" | Peru | An early coastal name of the creator god. Peru |
God name "Irmin" | Germanic | The mythical founder of the Hermiones tribe, son of Mannus, war god, Germanic |
God name "Irmin" | Germanic | war god. Probably equating with TIWAZ, the name implies one of great strength. In Saxony, there is the so-called Irmin pillar which may be a reference to the deity.... |
"Irminsul" | Saxons | The pillar that was said to connect heaven and earth, represented by oak or wooden pillars venerated by the Saxons. |
Angel name "Irmiongot" | Germanic | This possibly Irmin, found in The Hildebrandslied, strangely the poem shows Christian influence |