Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Fu Hsi" | China | God of fishing nets,vegetation, of happiness and the inventor of writing. China |
God name "Fu Shen" | China | God of happiness. China |
God name "Fu Shen" | Chinese | God of luck. He is often linked in iconography with TSAI SHEN, god of wealth, and SHOU LAO, god of longevity. Usually depicted with his son, and wearing blue robes, which sig nify his official position.... |
God name "Fu-His" | China | God of Agriculture / vegetation and inventor of writing. China |
God name "Fu-Hsing" | China | God of happiness and bat. In charge of destiny, fate, love, happiness, and success. China |
Deities name "Fukurokuju" | Shinto / Japan | God of luck. One of seven deities in Shintoism concerned with fortune. He is allegedly a Chinese hermit who lived during the Sung dynasty and whose name means happiness, wealth and longevity. He is depicted as a little old man, bald and with a prominent high forehead. He carries a Book of sacred teachings tied to his staff. Other occasional attributes include a crane, deer or tortoise.... |
God name "Gao Yao" | China | God of judgment China |
God name "Gao Yao/ Ting-jian" | China | A god of judgment |
Goddess name "Gaomei" | China | Ancient goddess and first mother was called Kao Mi in the Ching Dynasty and was changed into a male divinity during the Japanese occupation. China |
Goddess name "Ge Gu" | China | Goddess of health and Medicine China |
Goddess name "Gish" | Kafir / Afghanistan | God of war. Known chiefly among the Kati people in the southern Hindukush. Gish seems partly modeled on the Aryan (Vedic) god INDRA (see also INDR). One of the offspring of the creator god IMRA, his mother is named as Utr; she carried him for eighteen months before he wrenched himself from her belly, stitching her up with a needle. His consort is the goddess SANJU. He slaughters with great efficiency but is considered lacking in graces and intellect, emerging in a generally boorish light (see also THOR). His home is a fortress of steel atop a mythical walnut tree propped up by his mother which provides nourishment and strength for his warriors. The Rainbow is a sling with which he carries his quiver. Gish is åśśociated chiefly with the villages of Kamdesh and Shtiwe but has been worshiped throughout the Kafir region with the sacrifice of hornless oxen, particularly prior to combat. A feast was given in his honor if the outcome was successful. Also Giwish.... |
Goddess name "Gnowee" | Australia | Sun goddess who lived on earth before there was a Sun. Gnowee's baby son wandered off while she was gathering yams and she began searching for him carrying a large torch. She continues to do so and her torch is the Sun. Australia |
God name "God of Prosperity" | Chinese | One of the Gods found in Malaysia and is very important to local Malaysian Chinese especially businessmen. Chinese |
God name "Gong Gong" | China | water god who is responsible for the great floods, together with his åśśociate, Xiang Yao who has nine heads and the body of a snake. China |
God name "Gou Mang & Ru Shu" | China | These are the messengers of the sky god |
God name "Gou Mang and Ru Shu" | China | Messengers of the sky god China |
God name "Guan Di" | Chinese | The god of martial arts. Chinese |
Goddess name "Guan Yin" | China | Goddess of mercy China |