Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Quetzalcoatl" | Aztec | A great teacher, according to the traditions of the Toltecs, who came to them from Tullan or Yucatan and dwelt for twenty years among the people, teaching them to follow a virtuous life, to cease all wars and violent deeds of any kind, to abolish human and animal sacrifices and instead to give offerings of bread and flowers. Aztec |
God name "Quetzalcoatl" | Toltec | God of the air and presided over commerce, fertility, wind and of wisdom. Toltec |
God name "Quetzalcoatl/ Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli" | Aztec | A manifestation of Sun the god, he is a savior of his people as well & there is not enough room here to tell his story |
God name "Quiabelagayu" | Maya | God of boozy afternoons and lazy Sunday bonking sessions. Maya |
God name "Quiahuitl" | Aztec | The creator god / Sun deity of the third of the five world ages |
God name "Quiahuitl" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Creator god. The Sun deity representing the third of the five world ages each of which lasted for 2,028 heavenly years, each heavenly year being fiftytwo terrestrial years. Assigned to the element fire and presided over by the Rain god TLALOC. According to tradition, the age ended in a cataclysmic destruction caused by a great fiery Rain. The human population perished and in doing so were transformed into dogs, turkeys and butterflies. Illustrated by the Stone of the Four Suns [Yale Peabody Museum]. Also Quiauhtonatiuh; Tletonatiuh.... |
"Quikinna'qu" | British | The first man. He was the only survivor of an island that had been transformed into a whale by the Thunderbird. Chuckchee, British Columbia |
Goddess name "Quilla" | Inca | moon goddess married to Inti, the Sun god. Inca |
"Quinanes" | Central America | A race of giants whose traditions were prevalent at the time of the conquest of Central America. |
"Quinkini" | Siberia | Founder of the world. Koryak, Siberia |
"Quinkini A'qu" | Koryak / Siberia | The founder of the world |
Goddess name "Quinoa-Mama" | Peru | Minor goddess in charge of rabbits. Peru |
Goddess name "Quinoa-Mama" | PreColumbian Indian / Peru | Minor goddess of the quinoa crop. Models of the deity were made from the leaves of the plant and kept for a year before being burned in a ritual to ensure a good quinine harvest.... |
Goddess name "Quinuama" | Inca | Goddess of grain. Inca |
God name "Quirinus" | Roman | An early god of the Roman state. |
God name "Quirinus" | Roman | A god of war & the tutelary god of the Sabines |
God name "Quirinus" | Roman | God of war. One of a triad of warrior gods including JUPITER and MARS. He originated as the tutelary god of the Sabines, living on the Quirinal, one of the seven hills of Rome. His warrior status is primarily one of defense and he is depicted bearded and in a compromise of military and clerical clothing. The myrtle is sacred to him.... |
Goddess name "Quootis Hooi" | Chinook | Creator goddess who hatched mankind from thunderbird eggs. Chinook |