| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Nymph name "Venilia" | Roman | A Roman divinity connected with the winds (venti) and the sea. Virgil and Ovid describe her as a nymph, a sister of Amata, and the wife of Faunus, by whom she became the mother of Turnus, Jutuma, and Canens. Aeneid x. Metamorphoses by Ovid xiv.) |
| God name "Venkata" | Hindu | Form of the god of Visnu Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| God name "Venkata" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Form of the god V ISNU. According to the Aditya Purana, Venkata is a deity of considerable importance in southern India. The name does not occur in the north. He is worshiped extensively by Hindus but particularly in the Tamil shrine of Tirupati where there is argument that the deity depicted is SIVA or KARTTIKEYA. The image appears to carry attributes of Vis'nu on the left and Siva on the right. Also Venkatesa.... |
| God name "Venti" | Greek | The winds. They appear personified even in the Homeric poems, but at the same time they are conceived as ordinary phenomena of nature. The master and ruler of all the winds is Aeolus, but the other gods also, especially Zeus, exercise a power over them. Greek |
| Goddess name "Venus" | Greek | The goddess of love among the Romans, and more especially of sensual love. Previously to her identification with the Greek Aphrodite, she was one of the least important divinities in the religion of the Romans, and it is observed by the ancients themselves, that her name was not mentioned in any of the doçúɱents relating to the kingly period of Roman history. |
| Goddess name "Venus/ Dion/ Cytherea" | Roman | A goddess of love, beauty, springtime, vineyards |
| Goddess name "Verbeia" | British | Goddess of the Wharfe and Avon rivers. British |
| God name "Verbti" | Pre - Christian Albanian | God of fire. He is åśśociated with the north winds. Under Christian influence he becomes identified with the devil.... |
| King name "Verdandi" | Norse | One of the three norns, along with Urd and Skuld. Her name literally is the present tense of be or "to be" and is commonly translated as "in the making" or "that which is happening / becoming". She is the present moment. Norse |
| Supreme god name "Vere-pas" | Russia | The supreme god, the god who is above'. The Ezra, Russia |
| God name "Verethragna" | Persian / Iran | God of victories. He is embodied by the wild boar which possesses iron-shod feet to crush opponents and is perceived to be present in the wind.... |
| God name "Verethragna Persia" | Iran | The god of victory, he is perceived to be present in the wind |
| God name "Verevctor" | Roman | A minor god of plowing who was åśśociated with the sacrifices to Tellus & Ceres |
| Goddess name "Veritas" | Roman | The goddess of truth and a daughter of Saturn. Roman |
"Veronica" | Christian | It is said that a maiden handed her handkerchief to Jesus on His way to Calvary. He wiped the sweat from his brow, returned the handkerchief to the owner, and went on. The handkerchief was found to bear a perfect likeness of the Saviour, and was called Vera-Iconica (true likeness), and the maiden was ever after called St. Veronica. One of these handkerchiefs is preserved at St. Peter's church in Rome, and another in Milan cathedral. Christian |
| Goddess name "Verticordia" | Roman | Changer of the Heart, an attribute of Venus, the goddess who turns the hearts of men. Roman |
| God name "Vertumnus" | Roman | Is said to have been an Etruscan divinity whose worship was introduced at Rome by an ancient Vulsinian colony. The name signifies "the god who changes or metamorphoses himself." For this reason the Romans connected Vertumnus with all occurrences to which the verb verto applies, such as the change of seasons, purchase and sale, the return of rivers to their proper beds,etc. But in reality the god was connected only with the transformation of plants, and their progress from being in blossom to that of bearing fruit. Roman |
| Goddess name "Vertumnus" | Roman | Minor god of gardens and orchards. Of Etruscan origin, he is the consort of the goddess POMONA. Usually represented with garden implements and offered fruit and flowers. He was celebrated annually in the Vertumnalia festival on August 13.... |
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