| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Hephaestus" | Greek | The god of fire, was, according to the Homeric account, the son of Zeus and Hera The Romans, when speaking of the Greek Hephaestus, call him Vulcan or Vulcåñuś, although Vulcåñuś was an original Italian divinity. Later traditions state that he had no father, and that Hera gave birth to him independent of Zeus, as she was jealous of Zeus having given birth to Athena independent of her. Greek |
| God name "Hermanubis" | Egyptian | A god who combined Hermes with Anubis. He was popular during the period of Roman domination. Depicted as having a human body and jackal head, with the sacred caduceus that belonged to the Greek god Hermes, he represented the Egyptian priesthood. |
| Goddess name "Hesat" | Egypt | Goddess of birth. Minor guardian of pregnant and nursing mothers whose milk, the beer of Hesat, nourishes humanity. Identified in some texts as the mother of ANUBIS. Depicted as a cow.... |
| Goddess name "Hine-Ahu-One (maiden formed of the earth)" | Polynesian / including Maori | Chthonic goddess. Engendered by the god TANE when he needed a consort because, with the exception of the primordial earth mother PAPATUANUKU, all the existing gods of creation were male. Tane created her out of the red earth and breathed life into her. She became the mother of HINE-ATA-UIRA.... |
| God name "Huang Ti" | China | God of architecture and Astral god, some myths relate that Huang-ti manufactured and used "miraculous tripods" which were made in the "likeness of the Great Infinite," Tao, the concealed engine of the Universe. He also invented the compåśś. China |
| God name "Igigi" | Mesopotamia | Collective name for the group of younger sky gods. They were the gods of heaven, in contrast to the Anunnaki, who were the gods of the earth. Mesopotamia |
| God name "Igigi" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Collective name of a clåśś of gods. The group of younger sky gods in the pantheon headed by ENLIL (ELLIL). They are often described in the texts in conjunction with the ANUNNAKI.... |
| God name "Ilabrat" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Minor god. The attendant and minister of state of the chief sky god ANU.... |
| Deities name "Imiut" | Egypt | Minor chthonic god. One of the attendant deities of the necropolis, he is linked with ANUBIS, and in pre-dynastic times was represented by a skin hung on a pole.... |
| God name "Inachus" | Greek | A river god and king of Argos, is described as a son of Oceåñuś and Tethys. By a Melian nymph, a daughter of Oceåñuś, or, according to others, by his sister Argeia, he became the father of Phoroneus and Aegialeus, to whom others add Io, Argos Panoptes, and Phegeus or Pegeus. Greek |
| Goddess name "Inanupdikile" | Panama | A goddess of Rain |
| God name "Is tanu" | Hittite | Sun god. A god of judgment, depicted bearing a winged Sun on his crown or headdress, and a crooked staff.... |
| Deities name "Isdes" | Egypt | Chthonic god of death. Known from the Middle kingdom onward he is one of the minor deities concerned with the judgment of the dead. He became syncretized with ANUBIS.... |
| God name "Istanu" | Hittite | A god of judgment who was also a Sun god |
| God name "Jåñuś" | Roman | Two faced god of beginnings, arches, doors, entrances and gates Roman |
| God name "Kakka" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | Minor god. He was the attendant and minister of state to both ANU and ANS AR, and is known particularly from the text of Nergal and Ere skigal.... |
| God name "Kaleda" | Selavonic | The god of peace, somewhat similar to the Latin Jåñuś. His feast was celebrated on the 24th of December. Selavonic |
| Goddess name "Kebechet" | Egypt | Chthonic snake goddess. The daughter of ANUBIS who was involved in the cult of the dead as the deity responsible for libations. She is depicted as a serpent.... |
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