| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Nehebka" | Egypt | serpent-headed Goddess who aided Anubis in the embalming and funeral rites. Egypt |
| Goddess name "Neit" | Celtic / Irish | God of war. A minor deity identified as the consort of the goddess MORRIGAN in her aspect as Nemain. Also the grandfather of Balor, he was killed at the second legendary Battle of Moytura.... |
| Goddess name "Neith" | Egypt | Net, Neit, Nit, creator goddess and of war, the hunt and domestic arts. In later times she was also thought to have been an androgynous demiurge - a creation deity - who had both male and female attributes. Egypt |
| Goddess name "Nekhbet" | Egypt / Upper | Local mother goddess. Known from Nekhab (el-Kab), she is generally depicted in the form of a vulture with one or both wings spread and holding the symbols of eternity in her talons. Nekhbet is known from at least 3000 BC and is mentioned in the Pyramid Texts as the great white cowa familiar epithet in respect of Egyptian mother or creator goddesses.... |
| Goddess name "Nekmet Awai" | Egypt | A goddess of justice and in |
| Goddess name "Nemain" | Celtic | A goddess of war, and possibly an aspect of the Morrigan. Her name means 'panic' or 'frenzy', and causing it among warriors was her specialty. Celtic |
| Goddess name "Nemain" | Ireland | One of the triune crone goddesses of battle Ireland |
| Goddess name "Nemesis" | Greco - Roman | Goddess of justice and revenge. The dreaded deity who, with the Furies, is responsible for transporting the souls of the guilty to Tartarus. She is also described as the deification of indignation. Her presence may be symbolized by the fabulous winged griffon. Her cult was predominantly at Rhamnus (Attica), where a magnificent temple was built in her honor in the fifth century BC, and in Smyrna. She also had a temple at Iconium in Asia Minor. According to legend, ZEUS raped her and she bore HELEN in consequence. In certain respects she provides a parallel with the goddess ERINYS. Her cult became one of morality.... |
| Goddess name "Nemetona" | Roman / Celtic | Goddess of sacred groves. Consort to the Roman deity MARS. Evidenced at places such as Bath (England) and Mainz (Germany); but also in place names which include the etymological base nemeton (a shrine).... |
| Goddess name "Nephthys [Greek]" | Egypt | Funerary goddess. Nephthys is the younger sister of ISIS, OSIRIS and SETH, who are the offspring of the chthonic god GEB and the sky goddess NUT in the Ennead genealogy of Egyptian deities defined by the priests of Heliopolis. Nephthys is depicted in human form wearing a crown in the style of the hieroglyphic for a mansion, the translation of her Egyptian name. She can also take the form of a hawk watching over the funeral bier of Osiris. According to legend Nephthys liaised briefly with Osiris and bore the mortuary god ANUBIS. She is said to guide the dead Egyptian ruler through the dark underworld and to weep for him. Also Neb-hut (Egyptian).... |
| Goddess name "Neret" | Egypt | Vulture goddess of strength, fear, and theft. Egypt |
| Goddess name "Nergal" | Babylon | One of the divinities who ruled the netherworld, amorality personified, and a goddess of war and death. Babylon |
| Goddess name "Nerrivik" | Inuit | Sea goddess. The mother of all sea creatures, invoked by fishermen and seal hunters.See also SEDNA.... |
| Goddess name "Neti" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Chthonic underworld god. Chief gatekeeper of the netherworld. The servant of the goddess ERES KIGAL. Neti features prominently in the epic legend of Inanas Descent into the underworld when he opens the seven gates of the realm and admits the goddess, removing one emblem of her power at the threshold of each gate.... |
| Goddess name "Nidaba" | Sumeria | Goddess of fertility, in particular of the date palm and the reed. Sumeria |
| Goddess name "Nike" | Greco - Roman | Goddess of victory. Depicted as a winged messenger bringing the laurel wreath to the victor of battle. Though of Greek origin, appearing in the Theogony of Hesiod, she was adopted by the Romans and worshiped extensively throughout Asia Minor, including Sardis. In some depictions the goddess ATHENA carries NIKE as a small winged figure. Also VICTORIA (Roman).... |
| Goddess name "Nikkal" | Canaan | Great Lady and Fruitful. Goddess of the fruits of the earth. Canaan |
| Goddess name "Nikkal" | Western Semitic / Syrian | moon goddess. The consort of the moon god Jarih and probably evolved from the Mesopotamian pantheon.... |
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