Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Giltine" | Lithuania | The goddess of death whose sacral bird is the owl. Giltine proclaims disaster. She goes with the goddesses of black death. Lithuania |
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.... |
Goddess name "Gita" | Buddhist | Mother goddess Buddhist / Tibet |
Goddess name "Gleii" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | moon goddess. The consort of the Sun god LISA and the mother of a large number of minor astral deities, the gletivi, who became the stars of heaven.... |
Goddess name "Gleti" | Benin | Goddess of the moon Benin |
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 |
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 |
Goddess name "Govannon" | Celtic / Welsh | God of skills. Son of the goddess DON.See also GOBNIU.... |
Goddess name "Grahamatrka" | Buddhist | A goddess whose name means demon mother |
Goddess name "Grahamatrka" | Buddhist | Goddess whose name means demon mother. Buddhist |
Goddess name "Grahamatrka (demon motber)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. One of the forms of VAIROCANA. Attributes: arrow, bow, lotus and staff. Three-headed.... |
Goddess name "Grainne" | Ireland / Scotland / Manx | Master herbalist and Goddess of the Sun. Ireland / Scotland / Manx |
Goddess name "Gramadevata" | India | Generic term for a local tutelary deity. Such deities are identified as not being served by Brahman priests. Most are goddesses e.g. CAMUNDA, DURGA and KALI. Generally they are invoked in small villages where they guard boundaries and fields and are represented by a painted stone, but they are also to be found in larger towns and cities.... |
Goddess name "Gratiae" | Greek | Greek Triple goddessess similary to the Graces. |
Goddess name "Gratiae" | Roman | Goddesses. The counterparts of the Greek Charites. Identified with the arts and generally depicted with long flowing tresses, but otherwise naked.... |
Goddess name "Great Mother" | Celtic | Represents the female principle of creation. Goddess of fertility, the moon, summer, flowers, love, healing, the seas, water. Celtic |
Goddess name "Guabancex" | Caribbean | Goddess of the winds and Rain Taino / Caribbean |