| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Ge Gu" | China | Goddess of health and Medicine China |
| Goddess name "Gefion" | Scandinavia | A vegetation and fertility goddess. Scandinavia |
| Goddess name "Gefjon" | Germanic / Nordic / Icelandic | Goddess of Agriculture. One of the AESIR deities and an attendant of the goddess FRIGG according to tradition mentioned by Snorri in the Edda. She bore four giant sons whom she turned into oxen and used them to plough a tract of land which was then towed out to sea to become Zeeland (Sjaeland). She is also said to have founded a royal Danish dynasty. Also Gefiun.... |
| Goddess name "Gefjun or Gefjon" | Norse | A goddess. She is a maid, and all those who die maids become her maid-servants. She is present at ?ger's feast. Odin says she knows men's destinies as well as he does himself. Norse |
| Goddess name "Gefn" | German | German Mother goddess in charge of Spring, Sun, Winter, Fertility, Foresight, Growth, health, love, Magic and Protection. |
| Goddess name "Gendenwitha" | Iroquois | Goddess of the dawn and the morning star Iroquois |
| Goddess name "Genetaska" | Iroquois | Goddess of justice, fairness and of peace. Tradition and Unity are important to her. Iroquois |
| Goddess name "Geras" | Greek | God of old age. A son of Nyx and Erebus, he was depicted as a tiny shrivelled up old man. Geras' opposite was Hebe the goddess of youth. Greek |
| Goddess name "Gerd" | Scandinavia | earth goddess who married Freyr. She was a giantess, and considered very beautiful. Scandinavia |
| Goddess name "Gestinanna" | Sumerian | An oracular Goddess and an interpreter of dreams. Also fond of sheep. Sumerian |
| Goddess name "Gestin-Ana" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Chthonic goddess. The sister of DUMUZI and consort of Ningisida. The so-called heavenly grape-vine, this minor goddess is involved in the account of Dumuzi trying to escape from his fate at the hands of INANA and ERESKIGAL. In her house he is changed into a gazelle before being caught and finally transported to the underworld.... |
| Goddess name "Ghantakarna (ears like bells)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | God of healing. An attendant of SIVA, worshiped as a guardian against diseases of the skin. Attributes: bell with noose, and hammer. NOTE: there is also a poorly defined goddess Ghantakarni.... |
| Goddess name "Giia" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Mother goddess. One of a group of Astamataras (mothers). Color: red. Attributes: Indian gong and lute.... |
| Goddess name "Gilfaethwy" | Celtic | A son of the goddess Don and brother of Gwydion and Arianrhod in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi. His uncle Math ap Mathonwy, king of Gwynedd, must keep his feet in the lap of a young virgin at all times unless he is going to war. Celtic |
| Goddess name "Giliiie" | Pre - Christian Lithuanian | Goddess of death. She is said to enter the house of a dying person, dressed in a white gown, and suffocate them.... |
| Goddess name "Giriputri" | Bali | Goddess of mountains and water. Bali |
| Goddess name "Gish" | Kafir / Afghanistan | God of war. Known chiefly among the Kati people in the southern Hindukush. Gish seems partly modeled on the Aryan (Vedic) god INDRA (see also INDR). One of the offspring of the creator god IMRA, his mother is named as Utr; she carried him for eighteen months before he wrenched himself from her belly, stitching her up with a needle. His consort is the goddess SANJU. He slaughters with great efficiency but is considered lacking in graces and intellect, emerging in a generally boorish light (see also THOR). His home is a fortress of steel atop a mythical walnut tree propped up by his mother which provides nourishment and strength for his warriors. The Rainbow is a sling with which he carries his quiver. Gish is åśśociated chiefly with the villages of Kamdesh and Shtiwe but has been worshiped throughout the Kafir region with the sacrifice of hornless oxen, particularly prior to combat. A feast was given in his honor if the outcome was successful. Also Giwish.... |
| Goddess name "Gleii" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | moon goddess. The consort of the Sun god LISA and the mother of a large number of minor astral deities, the gletivi, who became the stars of heaven.... |
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