Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Weatta" | Christian | An agel of the seal. Early Christian |
"Web of Life" | Roman | The destiny of an individual from the cradle to the grave. The allusion is to the three Fates who, according to Roman mythology, spin the thread of life, the pattern being the events which are to occur. |
Deity name "Wei Cheng" | China | deity who guards the back door. China |
Goddess name "Weiwobo" | China | Goddess of female Energy China |
"Welchanos" | Greek | Minor divinity of vegetation and fertility. Greek |
"Wele" | Abaluyia | The supreme being and the creator of the world and of mankind. Abaluyia |
Supreme god name "Wele" | Africa | Supreme god of the Kavirondo, Africa |
"Weleliideh" | Shawnees | Mythic locality of the sacred groves. Shawnees |
God name "Well of Wisdom" | Scandinavian | This was the well under the protection of the god Mimir. Odin, by drinking thereof, became the wisest of all beings. Scandinavian |
God name "Wen-chang" | Chinese | God of literature and writing. Chinese |
God name "Wenchang Wen-ch'ang" | China | Wen Ch'ang, god of literature. China |
Spirit name "Wendigo" | Anishinaabe | A spirit in Anishinaabe mythology. It has also become a stock horror character much like the vampire or werewolf, although these fictional depictions often do not bear much resemblance to the original mythology. |
God name "Weng Shiang" | Taoist / Chinese | God of literature. His name tablet hangs on the wall in many Chinese houses.... |
God name "Wepwawet" | Egypt | God of war and of the funerary cult Egypt |
God name "Wepwawet" | Egyptian | Jackal god of war and funerary cult leader. Egyptian |
Goddess name "Wepwawet" | Egypt | God of påśśage. Depicted as a jackal, Wepwawet began as a god of Upper Egypt, but his cult spread along the whole of the Nile valley. According to Pyramid Texts, he was born beneath a tamarisk tree in the sanctuary of the goddess WADJET at Buto. He is also closely linked with the falcon god HORUS. He is perceived preceding the ruler either to or from battle, or to the afterlife, when his adze is used to break open the mouth of the dead person. In a similar context he is linked to the Sun god RE when he opens the dawn sky to the deceased. As a god of påśśage, he also opens the way to the womb.... |
God name "Wer" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | storm god. A minor deity linked with ADAD and AMURRU. His attendant is the fierce guardian of the pine Forest, Huwawa, the focus of one of the Gilgames epic sagas. Cult centers include Afis, south of Aleppo.... |
God name "Were" | Africa | Supreme Creator God. North West Africa |