| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Nyambe" | Africa | One of Nyambe's creations was Kamunu, the first human being. Nyambe gave Kamunu the task of naming all the other creations and told the human being that all the animals were his siblings. As such he should look after them. Lozi, South West Africa |
| God name "Nyambe" | Zambia | God of war. Zambia |
"Nyambi" | Africa | In the beginning Nyambi made all things. He made animals, birds. At that time he lived on earth with his wife, Nasilele. Africa |
| God name "Nyame" | Ghana | A supreme being called Nyame, whose sons were lesser gods. Each son served a different purpose: one,Anansi, was a Rainmaker, another the Sunshine. Worship of Nyame was the exclusive preserve of the king through his priests; lesser people worshiped her sons. Ghana |
| God name "Nyame" | Akan / southern Ghana, West Africa | Creator god. An androgynous being symbolized in his male aspect by the Sun, and his female aspect by the moon. He gave mankind its soul and is the controller of destiny. He enjoys a dedicated priesthood and is worshiped in the form of a tree trunk. Also Odomankoma; Onyame; Onyanko pon; Totrobonsu.... |
| Goddess name "Nyame Akan" | Ghana | a creator god / goddess and androgynous being |
| Goddess name "Nyamwezi" | Africa | Goddess of justice Africa |
| Spirit name "Nyan" | Tibet | spirits who live in Forests and mountains. Tibet |
| God name "Nyankopon" | Ashanti | God of the Sun Ashanti |
| God name "Nyasaye" | Margoli | Chief god Margoli |
| God name "Nyasi" | Kenya | The supreme being and creator god who controls birth and death. Kenya |
| Goddess name "Nyavirezi" | Rwanda | Goddess of lions, and the representation of a mortal figure with sacred character. Rwanda |
| Goddess name "Nyavirezi" | Rwanda / central Africa | Lion goddess. According to legend she was originally a mortal daughter of the tribal chief. While walking, she was trans formed into a lioness. Though returning to human form, she occasionally became leonine again and, in this guise, slew at least one husband who discovered her secret.... |
| Nymph name "Nycteus" | Greek | A son of Hyrieus by the nymph Clonia, brother of Lycus and Orion, and husband of Polyxo, by whom he became the father of Antiope. Greek |
"Nyege" | Australia | The supreme being at Fowler's Bay, Australia |
| God name "Nyesoa" | Africa | The creator god of the French Ivory Coast. Africa |
| God name "Nyimpo" | Ghana | The remote supreme being and creator god. The Effutu, Ghana |
| God name "Nymphae" | Greek | The name of a numerous clåśś of inferior female divinities, though they are designated by the title of Olympian, are called to the meetings of the gods in Olympus, and described as the daughters of Zeus. But they were believed to dwell on earth in groves, on the summits of mountains, in rivers, streams, glens, and grottoes. Greek |
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