Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Oro" | Tahiti | A god of both war and peace in Polynesia. During peacetime he was called Oro-i-Te-Tea-Moe ("Oro with the spear down"). He is a son of Tangaroa and Hina-Tu-A-Uta, and father of Hoa-Tapu, Toi-Mata, Ai-Tupuai and Mahu-Fatu-Rau. Tahiti |
God name "Oro" | Polynesian / Tahiti | God of war. One of the sons of TANGAROA.... |
God name "Oro Polynesia/" | Tahiti | A god of war |
God name "Orotalt" | Greek | According to the Greek writers, was the Bacchus of the ancient Arabs. This, however, is a mistake, for the word is a corruption of Allah Taala; God the Most High. |
Supreme god name "Orotalt" | Pre - Islamic / Arabian | Tutelary god. Thought to equate with the northern Arabian god RUDA (Ruldaiu). Mentioned by Herodotus in Hellenic times as a supreme god and possibly syncretized with DIONYSOS.... |
God name "Orotalt of" | Lake | A tutelary god |
Goddess name "Orthia" | Sparta | a locally worshipped mother goddess of later syncretized with the more widely accepted maternal deities such as Kybele |
Goddess name "Orthia" | Sparta | Mother goddess. Locally worshiped and probably soon syncretized with the more widely recognized maternal deities of Asia Minor such as KYBELE.... |
God name "Orunmila" | Nigeria | God of mercy and destiny. Yoruba, Nigeria |
God name "Orunmila" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | God of destiny. He accompanied the creator god OLODUMARE at the creation of the world and when the destinies of mankind were decided. He is consulted in an oracular capacity at IFA and makes decisions on such matters as choice of sacrificial animals. He is also a god of healing and in many households enjoys personal shrines which include palm nuts, fragments of ivory and sea shells.... |
God name "Osande" | Ovimbundu / central Angola, southwest Africa | Guardian deity. A benign elderly god who forms an integral part of ancestor worship. Considered to be the founder of each family lineage.... |
God name "Osande Ovimbundu" | Angola | A benevolent god that is a guardian deity |
God name "Osandobua Edo" | Benin | A benign creator god that controls prosperity, health & happiness |
God name "Osanobua" | Edo / Benin, West Africa | Creator god. The father of the god OLOKUN, he is regarded as a benevolent deity controlling prosperity, health and happiness.... |
God name "Osanyin" | Africa | God of Medicine and herbs. Africa |
God name "Oshala" | Brazil | In Brazil a god of creation. |
God name "Oshats" | Mexico | A sky god and the Sun. The Sia, Pueblo Indians. New Mexico |
God name "Oshe" | Yoruba | God of thunder and lightning. Yoruba |