| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Gwen" | Celtic | Goddess of happiness who was so beautiful that no one could live if they looked at her to long. Celtic |
| Goddess name "Gwenn Teir Bronn" | Celtic | Goddess of motherhood. Celtic |
| Goddess name "Gwydion" | Celtic / Welsh | God of war. His mother is DON the Welsh mother goddess. He allegedly caused a war between Gwynedd and Dyfed. He visited the court of PRYDERI, son of RHIANNON, in Dyfed, and stole his pigs. In the ensuing combat Gwydion used magic powers and slew Pryderi. He seems to have underworld links, hence the route taken by the dead, the milky Way, was named Caer Gwydion.... |
| Goddess name "HUITZILPOCHTLI" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Blue hummingbird on left foot. Sun god, patron god of the Aztec nation. The tutelary god of the Aztecs who also regarded him as a war god. He is the southern (blue) aspect or emanation of the Sun god TEZCATLIPOCA, the so-called high-flying Sun, and the head of the group clåśśed as the Huitzilpochtli complex. He is regarded, in alternative tradition, as one of the four sons of Tezcatlipoca. His mother is the decapitated earth goddess COATLICUE, from whose womb he sprang fully armed. He slaughtered his sister (moon) and his 400 brothers (stars) in revenge for the death of his mother, signifying the triumph of Sunlight over darkness.... |
| Goddess name "Habetrot" | Anglo-Celtic | Goddess of healing and spinning and all who wore the clothing she made would never fall ill. Anglo-Celtic |
| Goddess name "Habetrot" | Celtic | A goddess of spell casting on the wheel of the year |
| Goddess name "Hadad" | Western Semitic / Syrian / Phoenician | weather god. Derived from the Akkadian deity ADAD. In texts found at the site of the ancient Canaanite capital of Ugarit [Ras Samra] , the name of Hadad apparently becomes a substitute for that of BAAL. His voice is described as roaring from the clouds and his weapon is the thunderbolt. His mother is the goddess ASERAH. During Hellenic times he was predominantly worshiped at Ptolemais and Hierapolis. His Syrian consort is ATARGATIS, who overshadowed him in local popularity at Hierapolis. Statues of the two deities were carried in procession to the sea twice yearly. According to the Jewish writer Josephus, Hadad also enjoyed a major cult following at Damascus in the eighth and ninth centuries BC. By the third century BC the Hadad-Atargatis cult had extended to Egypt, when he becomes identified as the god SUTEKH. In the Greek tradition his consort becomes HERA.See also ADAD.... |
| Goddess name "Haka" | Polynesia | The goddess who, along with her husband Tetoo, created the sky and the earth. Polynesia |
| Goddess name "Hakea" | Polynesian, Hawaii | Goddess of the underworld. Her role was generally shared with the chthonic goddess Miru.... |
| Goddess name "Hala" | Kassite / Iraq | Goddess of healing. Probably later syncretized with the Akkadian goddess GULA.... |
| Goddess name "Halsodyne" | Greek | That is, "the sea-fed," or the sea-born goddess, occurs as a surname of Amphitrite and Thetys. Greek |
| Goddess name "Hamavehae" | Roman | Trinity of mother goddesses Roman / Rhineland |
| Goddess name "Hamavehae" | Roman / Celtic / Rhineland | Mother goddesses. A trio of matres known from inscriptions.... |
| Goddess name "Hammu Mata" | Hindu | Mother goddess. Locally worshiped by the Bhils.... |
| Goddess name "Hani-Yasu-Hiko" | Shinto / Japan | God of potters. The consort of HANI-YASU-HIME, he is one of the clay deities made from the faeces of the primordial goddess IZANAMI.... |
| Goddess name "Hani-Yasu-Hime" | Shinto / Japan | Goddess of potters. The consort of HANI-YASU-HIKO, she is one of the clay deities made from the faeces of the primordial goddess IZANAMI.... |
| Goddess name "Hannahanna" | Hittite | Mother Goddess who recommends to the storm-god that he pay the Sea-god the bride-price for the Sea-god's daughter on her wedding to Telipinu. Hittite |
| Goddess name "Hannahannas" | Hittite / Hurrian | the mother goddess |
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