Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Gigantes" | Greek | According to Homer, they were a gigantic and savage race of men, governed by Eurymedon, and dwelling in the distant west, in the island of Thrinacia; but they were extirpated by Eurymedon on account of their insolence towards the gods. Greek |
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 |
God name "Gilgames" | Sumeria | Early historical king of Uruk, who later became and deified and was considered a god of the underworld. Sumeria |
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 "Gillian" | British | Goddess spring. British |
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.... |
God name "Giszida" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / BabylonianAkkadian | God. See Nin-giszida. See also NINGISZIDA.... |
God name "Glanis" | France | A Gaulish god åśśociated with a healing spring at the town of Glanum in the Alpilles mountains of Provence in southern France. |
God name "Glaucus" | Greek | This sea god went around muttering prophesies |
Goddess name "Glipzo" | Discworld | The Howondalandish tribe of this Goddess believed that their ancestors resided in the moon. After a signal from their ancestors they were urged to kill anyone who didn't believe in Glipzo. Three years later the tribe was destroyed by a rock falling out of the sky, as a result of a star exploding a billion years before. Discworld |
Goddess name "Gnowee" | Australia | Sun goddess who lived on earth before there was a Sun. Gnowee's baby son wandered off while she was gathering yams and she began searching for him carrying a large torch. She continues to do so and her torch is the Sun. Australia |
God name "Gobannon" | Celtic | The god of metalworking and the patron of blacksmiths, mechanics, and craftsman. Celtic |
God name "Gobnu" | Irish | A god of skills to include Ale brewing |
Ghost name "God" | Christian | The deity held by Christians to be the supreme reality and the sole creator of life, the universe and everything. A triple deity made up of four parts: God the Father, God the Son, God the Son in human form and the Holy ghost. |
God name "God of Evolution" | Discworld | Is found 'sculpting' animals and since he hasn't figured out reproduction yet, he makes every animal unique. Although no-one believes in the God of Evolution, he survives thanks to his own strong belief. He does not believe in himself, because he is an atheist, but he believes in what he does. Discworld |
God name "God of the Gaps" | Creationism | The god who made everything that cannot yet be explained scientifically. Shrinks in power with each new scientific advance. Creationism |
God name "Gonaqade't" | Chilkat / American north Pacific coast | Sea god. By tradition he brings power and good fortune to all who see him. He appears in several guises, rising from the water as a gaily painted house inlaid with blue and green Haliotis shell, or as the head of a huge fish, or as a painted war canoe. Generally depicted in art as a large head with arms, paws and fins.... |
Goddess name "Govannon" | Welsh | A smith and the son of the goddess Don. He killed his nephew, Dylan Eil Don, not knowing who he was. One of the tasks given to Culhwch if he were to win the hand of Olwen was to get Gofannon to sharpen Amaethon's plough. Welsh |