| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Nus ku" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | God of light. The son of ENLIL. Also a god of fire, he is symbolized by a lamp. Sanctuaries have been identified at Harran and Neirab.... |
| Goddess name "Nyavirezi" | Rwanda / central Africa | Lion goddess. According to legend she was originally a mortal daughter of the tribal chief. While walking, she was trans formed into a lioness. Though returning to human form, she occasionally became leonine again and, in this guise, slew at least one husband who discovered her secret.... |
| Nymph name "Nycteus" | Greek | A son of Hyrieus by the nymph Clonia, brother of Lycus and Orion, and husband of Polyxo, by whom he became the father of Antiope. Greek |
| God name "Nyx" | Greek | Nox or night personified. Homer calls her the subduer of gods and men, and relates that Zeus himself stood in awe of her. Greek |
| Hero name "Oetylus" | Greek | A son of Amphianax, and grandson of Antimachus of Argos. The Laconian town of Oetylus was believed to have received its name from him, and he there enjoyed heroic honours. Greek |
"Oewiros" | Greek | A personification of dream, and in the plural of dreams. According to Homer Dreams dwell on the dark spéñïśs of the western Oceåñuś, and the deceitful dreams come through an ivory gate, while the true ones issue from a gate made of horn. Hesiod (Theogony. 212) calls dreams the children of night, and Ovid, who calls them children of Sleep, mentions three of them by name, viz. Morpheus, Icelus or Phobetor, and Phantasus. Euripides called them sons of Gaea, and conceived them as genii with black wings. Greek |
| God name "Olodumare" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Creator god. He engendered the god OBATALA as his deputy. The souls of the dead are expected to make confession to Olodumare. When he created the earth, he filled a snail's shell with dirt, placed inside it a hen and a pigeon and threw it down, whereupon the hen and pigeon began to scatter the earth and create land. Olodumare then sent a chameleon to report on progress. Sand was added, followed by a palm, a coconut and a kola nut tree. When these were established the god placed on earth the first sixteen humans. Also Alaaye; Elemii; Olojo Oni; Olorun; Orishanla.... |
| God name "Olodumare/ Alaaye/ Elemii/ Olojo/ Oni/ Olorun/ Orishanla" | Yoruba / Nigeria | A creator god to whom the souls of the dead are expected to make a confession |
"Olojo Oni" | Yoruba | The owner and controller of this day and of the daily happenings. All men and women totally depend on the Supreme Being. Yoruba |
| Deities name "Ome Tochtii" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Fertility god. Slaughtered and then revived by TEZCATLIPOCA. Head of the group clåśśed as the Ometochtli complex of fertility deities who personified the maguey plant and the intoxicating drink brewed from it, pulque or octli. Also (2) Tochtli.... |
| God name "Ometeoti (two god)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Primordial being. According to some traditions, the dual principle personified in a bisexual force which the Aztecs believed to be the only reality, all else being illusory. Ometeotl rules in the highest (thirteenth) heaven, Omeyocan (place of duality) which rests above Sun, moon, wind and other elements. Ometeotl impregnated itself to engender the four TEZCATLIPOCAS (aspects of the Sun). Another female aspect, COATLICUE, gave birth to the national Aztec god HUITZILOPOCHTLI. No formal cult existed for Ometeotl, but he was considered to be present in every aspect of ritual.See also TONACATECUHTLI and TONACACIHUATL.... |
| Goddess name "Omorca" | Babylonian | The goddess who was sovereign of the universe when it was first created. It was covered with water and darkness, but contained some few animals of monster forms, representations of which may be seen in the Temple of Bel. Babylonian |
| Demon name "Oni" | Japanese | The demons and ogres of Japanese folklore |
| Spirit name "Oniata" | Iroquois | spirit of springs, naughty women and lewd jokes. Iroquois |
| God name "Onuris aka Anhur" | Egypt | Slayer of Enemies God of hunting and war and the personification of royal warriors. Egypt |
| God name "Orcus" | Roman | A chthonic underworld god |
| God name "Orcus" | Roman | Chthonic underworld god. Modeled on the Greek god HADES.... |
| Demon name "Ordog" | Christian | A demonic creature from Hungarian mythology. It personifies the dark aspects of the world. Later it is identified with the Christian devil. |
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