Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Warna" | Scilly Isles | Goddess of healing charms and ship wreckers. |
Goddess name "Warrta" | Hindu | A goddess of happiness |
God name "Wasterzhi" | North Ossetia | The god of war and of the Sun. He is frequently depicted as a cavalryman with a long beard, riding on a white horse. |
God name "Watauinewa" | Tierra del Fuego | The Ancient of Days, "The One Who Does Not Change." The supreme omnipresent and beneficent god of the Yahgan, Tierra del Fuego |
Goddess name "Weiwobo" | China | Goddess of female Energy China |
Supreme god name "Wele" | Africa | Supreme god of the Kavirondo, Africa |
God name "Well of Wisdom" | Scandinavian | This was the well under the protection of the god Mimir. Odin, by drinking thereof, became the wisest of all beings. Scandinavian |
God name "Wen-chang" | Chinese | God of literature and writing. Chinese |
God name "Wenchang Wen-ch'ang" | China | Wen Ch'ang, god of literature. China |
God name "Weng Shiang" | Taoist / Chinese | God of literature. His name tablet hangs on the wall in many Chinese houses.... |
God name "Wepwawet" | Egypt | God of war and of the funerary cult Egypt |
God name "Wepwawet" | Egyptian | Jackal god of war and funerary cult leader. Egyptian |
Goddess name "Wepwawet" | Egypt | God of påśśage. Depicted as a jackal, Wepwawet began as a god of Upper Egypt, but his cult spread along the whole of the Nile valley. According to Pyramid Texts, he was born beneath a tamarisk tree in the sanctuary of the goddess WADJET at Buto. He is also closely linked with the falcon god HORUS. He is perceived preceding the ruler either to or from battle, or to the afterlife, when his adze is used to break open the mouth of the dead person. In a similar context he is linked to the Sun god RE when he opens the dawn sky to the deceased. As a god of påśśage, he also opens the way to the womb.... |
God name "Wer" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | storm god. A minor deity linked with ADAD and AMURRU. His attendant is the fierce guardian of the pine Forest, Huwawa, the focus of one of the Gilgames epic sagas. Cult centers include Afis, south of Aleppo.... |
God name "Were" | Africa | Supreme Creator God. North West Africa |
God name "Were Luo'" | A chief god | |
God name "Weri Kumbamba" | Gishu / Uganda, East Africa | Creator god. A deity embodied in rocks and specifically invoked before and after cirçúɱcision to ensure the speedy recovery of the patient.... |
God name "Whanin" | Korea | The creator god whose son, Whanung, was sent to earth accompanied by three celestial helpers of wind, cloud and Rain. Whanung descended from heaven to Mt. Taebaksan and named it the City of God. Korea |