Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Morongo" | Zimbabwe | Goddess of the evening star, gave birth to the animals of creation and then went on to create humans. Zimbabwe |
Goddess name "Ninhursaga" | Sumeria | Mother divinity and goddess of wild animals, plants and fertility. Sumeria |
"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 |
"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 |
Deities name "Obosom" | Akan | A generic name for the lessor gods, sometimes referred to as the deities. These spirits are embodied in the wind, rivers, oceans, streams, trees, mountains, rocks, animals, and other objects. Akan |
King name "Old Man" | Blackfoot | Came from the south, making the mountains, the prairies, and the Forests as he påśśed, the birds and the animals too. He traveled north making things as he went and arranging the world as we see it today. Blackfoot |
Goddess name "Omorca" | Babylonian | The goddess who was sovereign of the universe when it was first created. It was covered with water and darkness, but contained some few animals of monster forms, representations of which may be seen in the Temple of Bel. Babylonian |
God name "Orunmila" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | God of destiny. He accompanied the creator god OLODUMARE at the creation of the world and when the destinies of mankind were decided. He is consulted in an oracular capacity at IFA and makes decisions on such matters as choice of sacrificial animals. He is also a god of healing and in many households enjoys personal shrines which include palm nuts, fragments of ivory and sea shells.... |
God name "Pasupati" | Hindu | God of animals and the protector of cattle. Hindu |
God name "Pasupati (lord of animals)" | Hindu / India | God of animals. His consort is Svaha and his son is SANMUKHA. He is thought to have been derived from an earlier pre-Indo Aryan deity worshiped by the Indus Valley civilization as a horned god with three faces, sitting surrounded by animals. In Hindu culture regarded as an aspect of S IVA and depicted standing upon a corpse.... |
God name "Patrimpas" | Europe | One of the trinity of gods and is the god of spring, joy, peace, maturity, abundance, as well the care of domestic animals, ploughed fields, and crops. Eastern Europe |
Spirit name "Peju'lpe" | Yukaghir / Siberia | Aes guardian spirits look at the well being of animals under their care & benevolent to the hunter so long as he observes the rules and kills only when necessary |
Deities name "Peju'lpe" | Yukaghir / southeastern Siberia | Guardian spirits. Attendant deities who look after the well-being of animals in their care. They are benevolent toward the hunter so long as he observes certain regulations and kills only when necessary.... |
Spirit name "Peju'lpe Yukaghir" | Siberia | Guardian spirits, who look at the well being of animals under their care and benevolent to the hunter so long as he observes the rules and kills only when necessary Siberia |
God name "Phobetus" | Greek | God of dreams by animals Greek |
God name "Picvu'ciri" | Chukchee / Eastern Siberia | God of hunters. A diminutive figure who rides on a sled drawn by mice. He is the guardian of reindeer and other animals and is invoked by sacrifice, usually of camp dogs.... |
Goddess name "Poloknalai" | Kafir / Afghanistan | A goddess of animals |
Goddess name "Poloknalai Kafir" | Afghanistan | Goddess of animals Afghanistan |