Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Nissaba" | Sumeria | Nisaba or Nidaba, goddess of fertility, in particular of the date palm and the reed. In Assyrian times, she came to be regarded as the goddess of writing, learning and astrology. Sumeria |
Goddess name "Nit" | Egypt | Goddess of weaving, war, hunting and the Red Crown, creator deity, mother of Ra. Egypt |
"Nit" | Irish | One of the attendants of queen Mab. Irish |
"Nitufta" | Nazorean | Drop who abode for 444,000 myriad of years in Her own abode. Female element of the Creator. Early Nazorean |
Goddess name "Niu" | Taiwanese | Goddess who Presides over the Birth of Mortals. Taiwanese |
Goddess name "Niu She" | China | Goddess of literacy. China |
"Niu Wang" | China | The guardian of cattle. China |
"Nix" | German | Kind busy-body. Little creatures not unlike the Scotish brownie and German kobold. They wear a red cap, and are ever ready to lend a helping hand to the industrious and thrifty. "Another tribe of water-fairies are the Nixes, who frequently åśśume the appearance of beautiful maidens."- T. F. T. Dyer: Folk-lore of plants |
"Nixi Dii" | Roman | A general term, which seems to have been applied by the Romans to those divinities who were believed to åśśist women at the time when they were giving birth to a child. Before the cella of Minerva, on the Capitol, there were three statues, which were designated as Dii Nixi. Roman |
God name "Nixies" | Teutonic | The counterpart of the Greek water nymphs, and by the river-gods of the Rhine. Teutonic |
God name "Njirana" | Africa | A god, father of Julana, who was alive during the Dreamtime. |
God name "Njord" | Norse | A god of fertility, war, sea and windsþ |
God name "Njord" | Norse | A van, vanagod. He was husband of Skade, and father of Frey and Freyja. He dwells in Noatun. Norse |
God name "Njord" | Norse | One of the Vanir and the god of wind, fertile land along the seacoast, as well as seamanship, sailing and fishing. Norse |
God name "Njord" | Scandinavia | A god of fishing, prosperity & ships |
Monster name "Nkadimpemba" | Kongo | The word coined by the missionaries in the Kongo to convey their ideas of that prong-tailed fire-loving monster they call the Christians' devil |
God name "Nkuando" | Zaire | The god of death and hunters. Zaire |
Deity name "Nkundo" | Zaire | A language, not a deity. Zaire |