Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Gatumdug/ Gula" | Mesopotamia / Sumeria / Babylon / Akkadia | A fertility goddess as well as the tutelary goddess of Lagas |
Goddess name "Gauri" | Hindu | A form of the mighty Durga & a goddess of spring |
Goddess name "Gauri" | Hindu | The Goddess of marital felicity and longevity; she is worshipped particularly by ladies to seek the long life of their husbands. Hindu |
Goddess name "Gauri" | India | The Goddess of Spring, Wishes, Equality, Fertility, Harvest, Humour, beauty and Protection. India |
Goddess name "Gauri (whitish brilliant)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | (1) Goddess. Consort of the god VARUNA, said to have been created at the churning of the ocean of milk. An epithet of PARVATI as a goddess of the corn. Also a SAKTI of Mahesvara, a minor aspect of S IVA. Her attendant animal is a lion or a wolf. Attributes: fish, Forest garland, image of GANESA, lotus, mirror, rosary, trident and water jar. Three-eyed. Also Varuni.(2) Goddess. Buddhist. One of eight GAURIS of terrible appearance. Attributes: head and noose.(3) Messenger goddess. Jain [India]. A SASANADEVATA. Also one of sixteen VIDYADEVIS or goddesses of learning headed by SARASVATI. Color: white. Attribute: a hook.... |
Goddess name "Gav" | Vedic | earth goddess and the Cosmic cow. Vedic |
Goddess name "Gbenebeka" | Nigeria | A goddess from the sky and mother of the Ogonu. Nigeria |
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 "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 "Geofon" | British | Goddess of the ocean British |
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 "Geshtin-Ana" | Mesopotamia / Sumeria | Minor goddess who takes Dumuzi's place in the Netherworld for six months every year. Mesopotamia / Sumeria |
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.... |