Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Zagreus" | Greek | A surname of the mystic Dionysus, whom Zeus, in the form of a dragon, is said to have begotten by Persephone, previously to her being carried off by Pluto. Greek |
God name "Zaguguayu" | Bolivia | A creator god of the Guarayu whose brothers are Abaangui and Mbir. Bolivia |
"Zahr'iil" | Nazorean | The underworld bride of Hibil-Ziwa who hovers over the bed of the pregnant women. Early Nazorean |
God name "Zaka" | Haiti | Agriculture god Haiti / Vodun |
God name "Zakar" | Babylonian | God of dreams as messages from the gods. Babylonian |
"Zakkum" | Koran | A tree growing in the Muhammadan hell, from which a food is prepared for the damned of inexpressible bitterness. "How will it be for him whose food is Zakkum?"- The Koran. |
"Zal" | Persian | Son of Sam Neriman, exposed on Mount Elburz, because he was born with white hair, and therefore supposed to be the offspring of a deer. He was brought up by the wonderful bird Seemurgh, and when claimed by his father, received from the foster-bird a feather to give him insight into futurity. Persian |
God name "Zalmoxis" | Greek | A legendary social and religious reformer, regarded as the only true god by the Thracian Dacians. According to Herodotus (IV), the Getae, who believed in the immortality of the soul, looked upon death merely as going to Zalmoxis, as they knew the way to become immortals. Greek |
God name "Zalmoxis" | Thracian | sky god. Known from the writings of Herodotus. According to tradition he lived for some time on earth and then became ruler of the underworld. His makeup may have been influenced by the Osirian cult in Egypt.... |
"Zam" | Iranian | The Indo-Iranian concept for "earth", prototyped as a chemical element in ancient philosophy, and as a minor divinity in Zoroastrianism and later Persian mythology. |
God name "Zamama" | Hittite | A Hittite war god. His Hurrian name was Astabis. |
God name "Zamba" | Zaire | A god of the Yaunde who created the earth. Cameroon and Zaire |
"Zambi" | Angola | The supreme being |
Spirit name "Zan-Hazazban" | Nazorean | A spirit ruling over a purgatory. Early Nazorean |
"Zanaharibe" | Madagascar | The ruler of the Zanahary. His wife is Andriamanitra. Madagascar |
God name "Zanahary" | Madagascar | The creator gods in the indigenous mythology of Madagascar. Some Zanahary gods are good, while others are evil; some are male, and others are female. |
God name "Zanahary/ Zanaharibe Railanitra" | Madagascar | He was the creator god |
King name "Zanclus" | Roman | A mythical king, and son of Gegenus, from whom the town of Zancle in Sicily derived its name. |