| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Wak" | Ethiopia | The Father of the Universe, the omniscient sky god who is åśśociated with Rains and thunder. Ethiopia |
| God name "Waka" | Oromo / Ethiopia | Creator god. Largely syncretized with the Christian god, but regularly invoked in the morning.... |
| Goddess name "Waka-H ru-Me" | Shinto / Japan | Sun goddess. Arguably the younger sister of the great Shinto Sun goddess AMATERASU, or an early manifestation, she is åśśociated with the morning Sunrise. Also involved with weaving the garments of the KAMI.... |
| Goddess name "Waka-Sa-Na-Me-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | Agricultural goddess. The deity specifically concerned with the transplanting of young rice. A daughter of Ha-Yama-To-No-Kami and O-Ge-Tsu-Hime. Generally served by Buddhist priests. See also WAKA-TOSHI-NO-KAMI and KUKU-TOSHI-NO-KAMI.... |
| God name "Waka-Toshi-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | Agricultural god. The deity specifically concerned with the growing of young rice. A son of Ha-Yama-To-No-Kami and O-GeTsu-Hime. Generally served by Buddhist priests. See also WAKA-SA-NA-ME-NO-KAMI and KUKU-TOSHI-NO-KAMI.... |
| Goddess name "Wakahirume" | Japan | The favourite maiden of the Japanese Sun goddess Amaterasu. Wakahirume fell onto her shuttle and fatally punctured her vag***. Japan |
| Spirit name "Wakai Taaika" | Dakota Indian / USA | Creator god. A remote and vaguely defined deity invoked by the shamans of the tribe. Also a generic term equating to the spirit which, in an animistic and shamanistic religion, all things existing in nature possess.... |
"Wakan" | Lakota | Powerful or sacred in the language of the Lakota Sioux |
"Wakan Tanka" | Lakota | The term for the sacred or the Divine. Lakota |
| God name "Wakantanka" | Sioux | The name of God is Wakantanka. The name of the Lord is Itankan. Sioux |
| King name "Waking a Witch" | Britain | If a witch was obdurate, the most effectual way of obtaining a confession was by what was termed "waking her." For this purpose an iron bridle or hoop was bound across her face with four prongs thrust into her mouth. The "bridle" was fastened behind to the wall by a chain in such a manner that the victim was unable to lie down; and in this position she was kept sometimes for several days, while men were constantly by to keep her awake. Britain |
| God name "Wakinyan" | Dakota | The Thunderer, the one who is the voice of God. Dakota |
"Wakon'da" | N American | A power by which things are brought to påśś. and through this mysterious life and power all things are related to one another and to man." Wakon'da is both a force and a state of being. Omaha, Native American |
| Spirit name "Wakonda" | Sioux | The strong spirit and the one who sent the mosquitoes. Sioux |
| Spirit name "Wakonea" | Omaha Indian / USA | Creator god. A remote and vaguely defined deity invoked by the shamans of the tribe. Also a generic term equating to the spirit which, in an animistic and shamanistic religion, all things existing in nature possess.... |
| Goddess name "Wakwiyo" | Tewa | Goddess of the winds. Tewa |
"Wal" | Ethiopia | The omnipresent and omniscient supreme being of the Madin. Ethiopia |
"Wali-sa-yali-ze-win" | Ojibway | The Creator, and the Light. Ojibway |
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