Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Eadon" | Ireland | Goddess of poetry. Ireland |
God name "Easal" | Ireland / Manx | God of abundance and prosperity. He gave the sons of Tuirrean seven magic pigs, which reappeared the day after they were eaten. Ireland / Manx |
God name "Eate" | Basque | God of fire and storms. Basque |
Goddess name "Ebech" | Canaan | Old mountain god who was overcome by Inanna, the goddess of war, love and the planet Venus. Canaan |
Goddess name "Ebhlinne" | Ireland | Goddess of Munster and midsummer, once a Sun or fire Goddess. Ireland |
God name "Ebisu" | Japan | God of fishermen, good luck, and workingmen, as well as the guardian of the health of small children. Japan |
God name "Ebisu" | Shinto / Japan | God of luck. The most popular of seven gods of fortune recognized in Shintoism and frequently linked with the god DAIKOKU. He is depicted as a fat, smiling and bearded fisherman holding a fishing rod in one hand and a sea bream in the other. The name does not appear in the clåśśical sacred texts Nibongi and Kojiki, but Ebisu is known to have been worshiped in ancient times among fishermen. From about the sixteenth century his character changed and he became a deity åśśociated with profit. Thus he is a patron of commerce and his picture hangs in most establishments. He is perhaps syncretized with the gods HIRUKO and KOTO-SHIRO-NUSHI. He may also be identified with Fudo, the god of knowledge. He does not join the rest of the Shinto pantheon in the great October festival at Izumo because he is deaf. His festival is celebrated concurrently in his own temple.... |
God name "Ebore" | Benin | sky god. Nigeria and Benin |
Goddess name "Ececheira" | Greek | Goddess of armistices and peace Greek |
Goddess name "Echtghe" | Ireland | Believed to be another form of Dana, the first Great Mother Goddess of Ireland. |
God name "Edeke" | Uganda | God of calamity and disasters. Uganda |
God name "Edeke" | Teso / Uganda, East Africa | God of disasters. The antagonist of the creator god APAP, Edeke is propitiated during times of famine and plague.... |
God name "Edeke Teso" | Uganda | A god of disasters |
God name "Egata" | Basque | A God who warns of approaching fire and windstorms. Basque |
Goddess name "Egeria" | Roman | Goddess of childbirth of midwives, fountains and justice. Roman |
Goddess name "Egeria" | Roman | Fertility goddess. deity of oak trees whose priestess enacted an annual sacred marriage with the king of Rome, who took the part of JUPITER. The festival is a variation of that celebrating the marriage of ZEUS and HERA which took place in Athens. A number of springs and lakes were sacred to her.... |
God name "Egres" | Karelian / Finland | Fertility god. The deity responsible for the turnip crop. Also Akras.... |
God name "Egres/ Akras Karelian" | Finland | A fertility god in charge of the the turnip crop |