Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Ghasmari (voracious)" | Buddhist | Goddess of terrifying appearance. One of a group of eight GAURIS. Color: green. Attributes: staff with bell.... |
King name "Gian ben Gian" | Arabia | king of the Ginns or Genii, and founder of the Pyramids. He was overthrown by Azazil or Lucifer. Arabia |
Angel name "Gibborim" | Genesis | Mighty Men of Renown, the offspring of angels and human women or descendants of Abel who married the daughters of Cain. The gibborim are genarlaly regarded as evil. Genesis |
God name "Gibini" | Gishu / Uganda, East Africa | Plague god. Associated with the smallpox god ENUNDU, he is propitiated with offerings of vegetables and is symbolized by special trees planted near the house.... |
"Gicholan" | Siberia | The supreme being "The-One-on-High". Siberia |
"Gicholetinvilan" | Siberia | The supreme being "The-Master-on-High". Siberia |
Spirit name "Gidim" | Sumerian | The spirits of the dead, living in the Netherworld. Sumerian |
God name "Gidja" | Australia | God of the moon. He can bestow the power of Dreamwalking. Australia |
God name "Gigantes" | Greek | According to Homer, they were a gigantic and savage race of men, governed by Eurymedon, and dwelling in the distant west, in the island of Thrinacia; but they were extirpated by Eurymedon on account of their insolence towards the gods. Greek |
Goddess name "Gilfaethwy" | Celtic | A son of the goddess Don and brother of Gwydion and Arianrhod in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi. His uncle Math ap Mathonwy, king of Gwynedd, must keep his feet in the lap of a young virgin at all times unless he is going to war. Celtic |
God name "Gilgames" | Sumeria | Early historical king of Uruk, who later became and deified and was considered a god of the underworld. Sumeria |
Goddess name "Giliiie" | Pre - Christian Lithuanian | Goddess of death. She is said to enter the house of a dying person, dressed in a white gown, and suffocate them.... |
Goddess name "Gillian" | British | Goddess spring. British |
"Gilling" | Norse | Father of Suttung, who possessed the poetic mead. He was slain by Fjalar and Galar. Norse |
"Ginnunga-ga" | Norse | The great yawning gap, the premundane abyss, the chaos or formless void, in which dwelt the supreme powers before the creation. In the eleventh century the sea between Greenland and Vinland (America) was called Ginnunga-gap. Norse |
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.... |
God name "Giszida" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / BabylonianAkkadian | God. See Nin-giszida. See also NINGISZIDA.... |
Spirit name "Gitche Manitou" | Algonquin | The Great spirit, the Creator of all things and the Giver of Life. Algonquin |