| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Nicaea" | Greek | A nymph, the daughter of the river-god Sangarius and Cybele. A påśśionate huntress of exquisite beauty, she was beloved by a shepherd, Hymnus, who followed her and watched her closely. She finally became angry and shot him with one of her arrows. Greek |
"Nicephorus" | Greek | Bringing victory, occurs as a surname of several divinities, such as Aphrodite. |
"Nike" | Greek | Personified triumph. She was a daughter of Pallas and Styx, and the sister of Cratos, Bia, and Zelus. Nike and her siblings were all attendants of Zeus. Greek |
| 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).... |
| God name "Nilus" | Greek | The god of the river Nile in Egypt, is said to have been a son of Oceåñuś and Thetys, and father of Memphis and Chione. Pindar calls him a son of Cronos. Greek |
"Niobe" | Greek | 1. A daughter of Phoroneus, and by Zeus the mother of Argus and Pelasgus. In other traditions she is called the mother of Phoroneus and wife of Inachus. 2. A daughter of Tantalus by the Pleiad Taygete or the Hyad Dione, or, according to others, a daughter of Pelops and the wife of Zethus or Alalcomeneus, while Parthenius relates quite a different story, for he makes her a daughter of Assaon and the wife of Philottus, and relates that she entered into a dispute with Leto about the beauty of their respective children. Greek |
"Nireus" | Greek | 1. A son of Charopus and Aglaia, was, next to Achilles, the handsomest among the Greeks at Troy, but unwarlike. He came from the island of Syme (between Rhodes and Cnidus), and commanded only three ships and a small number of men. According to Diodorus he also ruled over a part of Cnidus, and he is said to have been slain by Eurypylus or Aeneias. His beauty became proverbial. |
| God name "Nixies" | Teutonic | The counterpart of the Greek water nymphs, and by the river-gods of the Rhine. Teutonic |
"Nomius" | Greek | A surname of divinities protecting the pastures and shepherds, such as Apollo, Pan, Hermes, and Aristaeus. Greek |
| God name "Nomos" | Greek | A personification of law, described as the ruler of gods and men. Greek |
| Goddess name "Nortia" | Etruscan | Goddess of fate. She enjoyed an important sanctuary at Volsini, where her presence was symbolized by a large nail. In a New Year rite, the nail was hammered into a block of wood, probably derived from an old fertility ritual symbolizing the impregnation of life into the new year. She has been identified with the Greek goddess TYCHE.... |
"Notos" | Greek | The south wind and bringer of the storms of late summer and autumn. Greek |
| God name "Notus" | Roman | God of the southwest winds. Derived from a Greek model. Also Auster.... |
| Nymph name "Nycteus" | Greek | A son of Hyrieus by the nymph Clonia, brother of Lycus and Orion, and husband of Polyxo, by whom he became the father of Antiope. Greek |
| God name "Nymphae" | Greek | The name of a numerous clåśś of inferior female divinities, though they are designated by the title of Olympian, are called to the meetings of the gods in Olympus, and described as the daughters of Zeus. But they were believed to dwell on earth in groves, on the summits of mountains, in rivers, streams, glens, and grottoes. Greek |
| God name "Nysa" | Greek | A daughter of Aristaeus, who was believed to have brought up the infant god Dionysus, and from whom one of the many towns of the name of Nysa was believed to have derived its name. Greek |
| Nymph name "Nyseides" | Greek | The nymphs of Nysa, who are said to have reared Dionysus, and whose names are Cisseis, Nysa, Erato, Eriphia, Bromia, and Polyhymno. (Apollodorus iii, Metamorphoses III, Fasti by Ovid, Hymns of Orpheus) Greek |
| God name "Nyx" | Greek | Nox or night personified. Homer calls her the subduer of gods and men, and relates that Zeus himself stood in awe of her. Greek |
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