Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Huchi" | Japan | Goddess of fire and of volcanic eruptions. The name Fuji is believed to be derived from "Huchi" or "Fuchi", the words for the Aino Goddess of Fire. Japan |
Goddess name "Huitaca" | Chibcha | Goddess of the moon, intoxication, jolly bonking and letting the good times roll. Chibcha |
Goddess name "Huixtocihuatl" | Aztec | Goddess of the ocean and salt. Aztec |
Goddess name "Huixtocihuatl (lady of Huixtorin)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Goddess of salt-makers. One of the group clåśśed as the TLALOC complex, generally involved with Rain, Agriculture and fertility.... |
Goddess name "Hulda" | German | Goddess of marriage and fecundity, who sent bridegrooms to maidens and children to the married. German |
Goddess name "Hung Sheng (boly one)" | Chinese | Guardian god. A deity who protects fishing boats and their crews against danger at sea in the Southern Ocean. His role is similar to that of the goddess KUAN YIN. Little is known of the origin of Hung Sheng, but he was allegedly a mortal who died on the thirteenth day of the second moon, which falls two days before the spring equinox when the sea dragon king, Lung Wang, is believed to leave the ocean and ascend into the heavens. The god is propitiated with cakes made from the first grain of the year, on the fifth day of the fifth month and in some traditions he is seen as an aspect of the sea dragon king.... |
Goddess name "Hunthaca" | Guatemala | Goddess of the moon. Guatemala |
Goddess name "Hur ki" | Babylon / Mesopotamia | Not the Goddess of the moon, just a very naughty girl. Babylon / Mesopotamia |
Goddess name "Huruing Wuhti" | Hopi | In the Hopi Indian creation story, they were a pair of women who survived the Great Flood. The Huruing Wuhti were later venerated as mother goddesses, because they gave birth to the Hopi people. |
Goddess name "Hyeios" | Greek | God of sleep. One of the sons of the goddess of the night NYX and the brother of THANATOS.... |
Goddess name "Hygeia" | Roman / Greek | Goddess of health and the daughter of ?sculapios. Her symbol was a serpent drinking from a cup in her hand. Roman / Greek |
Goddess name "Hygieia" | Greek | Goddess of health. The daughter of ASKLEPIOS, the physician god of healing. Hygieia was also a remedial drink made from wheat, oil and honey. She is depicted as Hygieia-Salus in a marble group sculpture in the Vatican, with Asclepius (the Roman god of healing) and the snake, which she is touching.... |
Goddess name "Hymenaeus" | Greek | This poor god is the goddess of marriage |
Goddess name "Hyperopia" | Discworld | The Goddess of Shoes. She has a small following that gathers in the Temple of Small Gods and worships the Sacred Lace of Hyperopia. Named after the technical term for long-sightedness, and it is possible that she is inspired by the Greek goddess Nike, and the shoes named after her. Discworld |
Goddess name "Iabet" | Egypt | The goddess of the Eastern Desert, of fertility and rebirth. She was a personification of the land of the east. Egypt |
Goddess name "Iambe" | Greek | Daughter of Pan and Echo, and a slave of Metaneira, the wife of Hippothoon. Others call her a slave of Celeus. The extravagant hilarity displayed at the festivals of Demeter in Attica was traced to her for it is said that when Demeter, in her wanderings in search of her daughter, arrived in Attica, Iambe cheered the mournful goddess by her jokes. Greek |
Goddess name "Ianagi & Izanami" | Japan | The god & goddess that created Japan |
Goddess name "Iarila" | Russia | Goddess of Spring and fertility. She leads the dance at the Summer Solstice. Russia |