Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Dechtere aka Dechtire" | Ireland | Goddess who alternately takes on the images of maiden, mother and crone. Ireland |
God name "Dedun aka Dedwen" | Egypt | God who was the lord and giver of incense, depicted as a lion. Egypt |
Goddess name "Devaki (divine)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. Daughter of Devaka and consort of the mythical king VASUDEVA, Devaki bore eight sons, including KRSNA and BALARAMA. Her brother Kamsa believed that the eighth child would kill him and he slaughtered the first six sons. In order to save the remaining two, VISNU implanted the seed of his avataras in Devaki's womb (in the form of hairs from his head), before transferring Balarama to the womb of the goddess ROHINI and Krsna to Yasoda, the wife of a cowherd, Nanda.... |
Spirit name "Devas aka daeva" | Hindu | A type of celestial being that appears in both Persian mythology and Hinduism. Named after a Sanskrit word meaning "god," the deva emerged in Hindu teachings as a spiritual being, serving the supreme beings. |
God name "Dewden aka Dedun" | Nubian | A Nubian god worshipped since at least 2400BC. There is much uncertainty about his original nature, especially since he was depicted as a lion, but the earliest known information indicates that he had become a god of incense. |
Goddess name "Diang" | Sudan | cow goddess and the wife of the first human, Omara, sent by the creator god. Her son is Okwa, who married the crocodile goddess Nyakaya. Shilluk, Sudan |
Goddess name "Diang" | Shilluk / Sudan | cow goddess. Living along the west bank of the Nile, the Shilluk perceive Diang as the consort of the first human, Omara, sent by the creator god. Her son is Okwa, who married the crocodile goddess NYAKAYA. Thus the three main elements of Shilluk life are contained in their religious beginningsmen (sky), cows (earth) and crocodiles (water).... |
Supreme god name "Dievas aka Dievs" | Latvia | The supreme god in the pre-Christian religion of Lithuanians, where Dievas was understood to be the supreme being of the world. Latvia |
Goddess name "Dirona aka Sirona" | Gaul | Serona, Sarona, Dirona, Sthirona. The Star Goddess of Gaul |
God name "Dis Pater / Dispater" | Celtic | Dis Pater aka Dispater, was a Roman and Celtic god of the underworld. |
Goddess name "Doda aka Dodola" | Serbia | Goddess of Rain Serbia |
God name "Duamutef aka Tuamutef" | Egypt | Was one of the Four sons of Horus and a funerary god who protected the stomach and small intestines of mummified corpses. Egypt |
Goddess name "Durjata" | Buddhist | Minor goddess who waits on the god Buddhakapala Buddhist / Mahayana |
Goddess name "Durjaya (unconquerable)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of the god BUDDHAKAPALA.... |
Goddess name "Easter aka Eastre" | Saxons | A putative goddess of the Anglo-Saxons |
Goddess name "Ekastaka" | India | Goddess of healthy children India |
Supreme god name "El aka Ymvh" | Hebrew / Phoenicia / Canaan / Levant | The supreme god, the father of mankind and all creatures, the husband of the Goddess Asherah. He also doubles as a storm god. Hebrew / Phoenicia / Canaan / Levant |
Goddess name "Elphame aka Elphlane" | Scotland | Elphane, Goddess of death and disease. Scotland |