| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Wakan Tanka" | Lakota | The term for the sacred or the Divine. Lakota |
| God name "Wakantanka" | Sioux | The name of God is Wakantanka. The name of the Lord is Itankan. Sioux |
| King name "Waking a Witch" | Britain | If a witch was obdurate, the most effectual way of obtaining a confession was by what was termed "waking her." For this purpose an iron bridle or hoop was bound across her face with four prongs thrust into her mouth. The "bridle" was fastened behind to the wall by a chain in such a manner that the victim was unable to lie down; and in this position she was kept sometimes for several days, while men were constantly by to keep her awake. Britain |
| God name "Wakinyan" | Dakota | The Thunderer, the one who is the voice of God. Dakota |
"Wakon'da" | N American | A power by which things are brought to påśś. and through this mysterious life and power all things are related to one another and to man." Wakon'da is both a force and a state of being. Omaha, Native American |
| Spirit name "Wakonda" | Sioux | The strong spirit and the one who sent the mosquitoes. Sioux |
| Spirit name "Wakonea" | Omaha Indian / USA | Creator god. A remote and vaguely defined deity invoked by the shamans of the tribe. Also a generic term equating to the spirit which, in an animistic and shamanistic religion, all things existing in nature possess.... |
| Goddess name "Wakwiyo" | Tewa | Goddess of the winds. Tewa |
"Wal" | Ethiopia | The omnipresent and omniscient supreme being of the Madin. Ethiopia |
"Wali-sa-yali-ze-win" | Ojibway | The Creator, and the Light. Ojibway |
| Angel name "Wallim" | Christian | An angel of the 1st heaven. Early Christian |
| Goddess name "Walo" | Australia | Goddess of war and the Sun. Australia |
| Goddess name "Walutahanga" | Melanesia | The eight-fold snake goddess who was born to a human mother. Melanesia |
| God name "Wamala" | Bunyoro / Uganda, East Africa | God of plenty. A sanctuary has existed near the royal palace and Wamala is propitiated to give the boon of children, domestic animals and crops. He is also seen in an oracular capacity and has an official intermediary.... |
| Spirit name "Wamara" | Tanzania | The supreme spirit and sovereign ruler of the universe. Tanzania |
"Wan-Aisa" | Honduras | Dawan. The creator of the world and the father of humankind. Honduras |
"Wanadi" | Venezuela | Celestial father, maker of the Sun, the moon and all beings. Venezuela |
"Wandering Jew" | Greek | (1) Of Greek tradition. Aristeas, a poet who continued to appear and disappear alternately for above 400 years, and who visited all the mythical nations of the earth. |
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