Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Baba" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Fertility goddess. Locally worshiped in Lagas, where Gudea built her a temple. Also Bau.... |
God name "Babes" | Roman | In Rome, the god who caused infants to utter their first cry. |
God name "Babi" | Egypt | Malevolent god. Known from as early as the Old kingdom (circa 2700 BC). Babi is seen as a violent and hostile deity whose presence can be highly dangerous during the ceremony of the Weighing of the Heart in the Hall of the Two Truths (see also AMMUT). Conversely he can also act in a protective capacity. Closely åśśociated with sexual virility in the underworld, Babi is ithyphallic. A god active in the darkness, his śéméñ serves variously as the mast on the underworld ferry boat, and the bolt on heaven's doors. Depicted as an ithyphallic male baboon.... |
Deities name "Bacabs" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Attendant gods. Four deities identified with points of the compåśś and colors, thus Hobnil (red) resides in the east, Can Tzicnal (white) in the north, Zac Cimi (black) in the west and Hozanek (yellow) in the south. They are also identified as the Toliloch (opossum actors) in the Codex Dresden, where each carries the image of the ruling god for the incoming year on his back. Hobnil is also a patron deity of beekeepers.... |
God name "Bacax" | Roman / Africa | Cave god known from inscription at Crita. Roman / Africa |
God name "Bacax" | Roman - North African | Local god. A rare example of a named deity from this region, thought to have been worshiped as a cave god. Known from inscription at Cirta [Constantine].... |
God name "Bacchantes" | Greek | The female devotees of the god Dionysus |
God name "Bacchus" | Greek | The youthful, beautiful, but effeminate god of wine. He is also called both by Greeks and Romans Dionysus. |
Goddess name "Bachu" | Chibcha | Goddess who started the human race, turned her and her mate into dragons. Chibcha |
God name "Backlum Chaam" | Mayan | God of male sexuality and of sex. Mayan |
Goddess name "Badb" | Brazil | A much feared serpent goddess |
Goddess name "Badb" | Brazil | Much feared serpent goddess. Brazil |
Goddess name "Badb" | Celtic / Irish | war goddess. One of the aspects of the MORRIGAN. Capable of changing shape at will. She confronts the Irish hero Cu Chulainn before a battle and terrifies him by turning into Badb Catha, the crow and harbinger of death.... |
Goddess name "Badb/ Bodva" | Irish | A goddess of war |
Goddess name "Badb/ Odva/ Badb Catha" | Irish | A goddess of war |
Goddess name "Badi Mata" | Hindu | Mother goddess Hindu |
Goddess name "Badi Mata" | Hindu / northern Indian | Mother goddess. A SAKTI and one of the seven SAPTAMATARAS (mothers) who in later Hinduism became regarded as of evil intent, attacking children during puberty. Particularly recognized in Bengal.... |
God name "Baeldaeg aka Baldag" | Saxons | Teutonic god of the day, of light-the name used among the Saxons and Westphalians. |