Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Roma" | Greek / Roman | Tutelary goddess. The deity was actually conceived by the Greeks and shrines were set up at centers including Smyrna and Ephesus.... |
"Romulus and Remus" | Roman | Romulus, which is only a lengthened form of Romus, is simply the Roman people represented as an individual, and must be placed in the same category as Aeolus, Dorus, and Ion, the reputed ancestors of the Aeolians, Dorians, and lonians, owing to the universal practice of antiquity to represent nations as springing from eponymous ancestors. Roman |
"Romus" | Greek | 1. A son of Odysseus and Circe. |
God name "Rongerik and Rongelap" | Islands | Brothers gods of the Marshall Islands. |
God name "Rongo" | Maori | God of cultivated plants. Rongo, with his brothers Tu, Tane, Tawhirimatea, Tangaroa, and Haumia-tiketike, separated the primordial parents Rangi and Papa to allow daylight into the world. Maori |
God name "Rongomai" | Polynesian / Maori | Whale god. He is the son of TANGAROA, the creator deity responsible for the oceans and the fish, and the father of KAHUKURA, the deity responsible for the appearance of the Rainbow. He is also regarded as the ancestor of several Maori clans. Various traditions are åśśociated with Rongomai. In some regions of New Zealand he is also regarded as a god of war and is thought to have discovered the magic arts during a visit to the underworld, including the power of kaiwhatu, a preventative charm against witchcraft. Rongomai is sometimes mistakenly identified with RONGOMATANE, or Rongo, though the latter is generally considered a distinct personality. As the god responsible for the well-being of whales Rongomai may take the form of a whale, a guise in which he once challenged MARU, a more widely recognized New Zealand war god. Separate mythology places him in the heavens in the form of a comet.... |
Goddess name "Rongomatane" | Polynesian / including Maori | God of Agriculture. He is the father of cultivated food and the special gardener of the kumara or sweet potato which is a vital crop in Polynesia. In New Zealand the first sweet potatoes are offered to Rongomatane. In the traditions of the Hervey Islands, Rongo is one of the five sons of the moon god, Vatea, and the mother goddess, Papa.... |
God name "Rongommatane" | Polynesia | The god of Agriculture, especially the sweet potato |
"Ropt" | Norse | The name by which Odin is known in Valhalla. Norse |
Angel name "Rorex" | Nazorean | The angel invoked to counteract Alath, the demon of disease. Has been awol throughout all recorded history. Early Nazorean |
"Roskva" | Norse | The name of the maiden follower of Thor. She symbolizes the ripe fields of harvest. Norse |
Goddess name "Rosmerta" | Gaul | A fertility goddess and a deity of abundance. Gaul |
Goddess name "Rosmerta (great provider)" | Roman / Celtic / British / Gallic | Fertility goddess. Consort to the god Mercury. Probably locally worshiped and often depicted carrying a basket of fruit, purse or cornucopia. She and Mercury frequently appear together. In addition to her purse, she may bear a twin-headed ax or, alternatively, she may carry Mercury's caduceus (snake-entwined wand).See also MERCURIUS.... |
Goddess name "Rozanica" | Slavic | Glistening goddess who predicts the fate of the new-born. Slavic |
Demon name "Rpa" | Enochian | A cacodemon. Enochian |
Demon name "Rrb" | Enochian | A cacodemon. Enochian |
Demon name "Rrl" | Enochian | A cacodemon. Enochian |
God name "Rsabha (the bull)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | God. An unusual avatara of VIS'NU. Said to be similar to the Jain deity Rsabhanatha and therefore may represent an attempt to meld the two religions by absorbing Jainism locally.... |