| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Spirit name "Nanabush/ Manabozho/ Wisaaka/ Glooscap" | Algonquin | The creator & good spirit |
| Deities name "Nanahuati (rumor)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Creator god. In cosmogony, when on the fifth day of creation the gods sat in judgment to elect the new Sun god, Nanahuatl and TECCIZTECATL cremated themselves in the sacred fire. The heart of Nanahuatl ascended to become the new Sun and that of Tecciztecatl became the moon. Tradition suggests that Nanahuatl is diseased and impoverished but of great courage, while Tecciztecatl is wealthy and a coward. In an alternative tradition, in which Nanahuatl is the son of QUETZALCOATL and Tecciztecatl is the son of TLALOC, both deities are hurled into the fire by their fathers. NOTE: eventually all the gods sacrificed themselves so that mankind might be engendered from their remains. Also Nanahuatzin.... |
| God name "Nanahuatl" | Aztec | Creator god Aztec |
| Deity name "Nanai" | Sumeria | Stellar deity Sumeria |
| Goddess name "Nanaja" | Akkadia | war and goddess of fertility Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia |
| Goddess name "Nanaja" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | Fertility goddess. She is also a war goddess who became syncretized with the Babylonian TAS METU.... |
| God name "Nanan Bouclou" | Ewe | God of herbs and Medicine Ewe |
| God name "Nanautzin" | Aztec | God of disease Aztec |
| Goddess name "Nandi" | India | Goddess of happiness and joy India |
| God name "Nandi(n) (rejoicing)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Bull god. Generally åśśociated with S IVA as a bull-vehicle and an embodiment of fertility. Color: white. The image usually stands in an anteroom of the temple guarding the place where the statue of S iva is located. A S iva devotee touches the image's testicles on entry to a shrine. In anthropomorphic form he may be known as Nandisa.... |
| God name "Nandi[n]" | Hindu | Bull god Hindu |
| God name "Nang Lha" | Tibet | Personal family guardian type of house god Tibet |
| God name "Nang Lha" | Tibetan | house god. A personal family guardian depicted with the head of a pig. He is propitiated with libations.... |
| Goddess name "Nanna" | Germanic | A goddess of plants & flowers |
| Goddess name "Nanna" | Germanic | Goddess of plants and flowers. Germanic |
| Goddess name "Nanna" | Norse | A goddess of the moon |
"Nanna" | Norse | Daughter of Nep (bud); mother of Forsete and wife of Balder. She dies of grief at the death of Balder. Norse |
| God name "Nanna" | Sumeria | God of the moon. Sumeria |
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