| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Cerridwen" | Welsh / Scotland | moon Goddess, Grain Goddess. Welsh Bards called themselves Cerddorion (sons of Cerridwen). Welsh / Scotland |
| Goddess name "Cessair" | Ireland | The first ruler of Ireland and a well known pre-Celtic Mother Goddess figure much like Dana. Ireland |
| Goddess name "Cethlion" | Ireland | Goddess of the sea and the Formorians. Was called "crooked teeth. Ireland |
| Supreme god name "Cghene" | Nigeria | The supreme God of the Isoko people in southern Nigeria. He is believed to have created the world and all peoples, including the Isoko. Cghene is beyond human comprehension and is only known by his actions. Because the God is so distant and unknown he has no temples or priests, and no prayers or sacrifices are offered directly to him. |
| God name "Ch'I-You" | China | God of weapons, dancers, smiths and war. China |
| God name "Ch'eng Huang" | China | God of the land, ditches, moats and the people. China |
| God name "Chaac" | Mayan | God of Rain and Thunder. Mayan |
| God name "Chac" | Mayan | Gods of lightning, Rain, thunder, wind and fertility. Mayan |
| God name "Chac" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Rain god(s). Not part of the hierarchy of Mayan gods, but worshiped with great devotion at local level. Originally there was a god, Chaac, who was of huge size and who taught mankind Agriculture. He was regarded as the god of thunder, lightning, Rain and bread, and of milpas (smallholdings) and their produce. Also God B.... |
| God name "Chac Uayab Xoc" | Mayan | A fish god and the patron deity of fishermen. He blessed their catches, yet also ate them if they drowned. Mayan |
| God name "Chac Xib Chac" | Mayan | God of sacrifice and war. Mayan |
| God name "Chaitanya" | Hindu / Puranic | Mendicant god. A deified mortal who became one of the many incarnations of the god VIS NU. Born at Nadiya in AD 1484, he died at Puri in 1527. Chaitanya was a sickly child who, according to legend, was left to his fate, hanging in a tree to die, but was revived by the gods and thus became deified. He was married twice before adopting a strict ascetic existence at the age of twenty-four, from which time he traveled extensively, eventually settling in the holy city of Benares. He is remembered as a great social reformer. His main sanctuary at Nadiya includes a small statue of KRSNA to whom he devoted himself.... |
| Deities name "Chalchiuhtlatonal (jade glowing)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of water. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the Tlaloc complex, generally concerned with Rain, Agriculture and fertility.... |
| Goddess name "Chamunda" | Hindu | An emanation from the forehead of the goddess Durga to encounter the demons Chanda and Munda. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Chanda aka Chandi" | Hindu | The goddess Durga in the form she åśśumed for the destruction of the Asura called Mahisha. Hindu |
| God name "Chandra" | Vedic | God of the moon Vedic |
| God name "Chang Fei" | China | God of war and butchers. China |
| God name "Chang Fei" | Chinese | God of war. The counterpart of the god KUAN TI and often linked iconographically with him and the god LIU PEI, Chang Fei rules over the dark half of the year—autumn and Winter. Like the seasons he represents he is characterized by drunkenness and wildness. According to tradition he was wounded by his subordinates while in a drunken stupor. He is depicted with a black face, a bushy beard and wild staring eyes giving him a ferocious appearance.... |
Table of Gods
Your guide to the World gods, spirits,
demons and legendary monsters
1996 - 2024 Copyright © Godfinder.org
