| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Hidesato" | Japan | The centipede stomping god of Japan |
"Hierax" | Greek | 1. the name of two mythical personages, respecting whom nothing of interest is related. 2. A musician of the Mythic period, before the Trojan war. He is said to have invented the Hieracian measure and to have been the friend and disciple of Olympus the musician. He died young. Greek |
"Hiia" | Nazorean | Hayya - The Life, the Living Ones. Early Nazorean |
| Deities name "Hiia Rba" | Nazorean | Hayya Raba - 'Great Life', Ultimate Male and Female deities (Kuntazangpo and Kuntazangmo on the Bonpos and Nyingmas, Zurvan) Early Nazorean |
| Spirit name "Hiisi" | Finnish | Group of evil spirit that worked with Lempo and Paha. They were skilled sorcerers and necromancers who enjoyed banging sacred drums and chanting. Finnish |
"Hike aka Heka" | Egypt | The deification of magic, his name being the egyptian word for magic. Egypt |
| Goddess name "Hiko-Sashiri-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | God of carpenters. One of several minor deities involved in the building of a sacred hall of great beauty, used to entice the Sun goddess Amaterasu from her cave. Linked with the god TAOKI-HO-OI-NO-KAMI.... |
| Goddess name "Hikoboshi" | Shinto / Japan | Astral god. The consort of the star goddess AME-NO-TANABATA-HINE-NOMIKOTO. The two are, according to mythology, deeply in love. Their festival was merged with the Tibetan Bon festival of the dead, the Ullumbana. Also Kengyu-Sei.... |
"Himerus" | Greek | The personification of longing love, is first mentioned by Hesiod, where he and Eros appear as the companions of Aphrodite. He is sometimes seen in works of art representing erotic circles and in the temple of Aphrodite at Megara, he was represented by Scopas, together with Eros and Pothus. Greek |
"Himinbjorg [Heaven" | Norse | Help, defense; hence heaven defender]. Heimdal's dwelling. Norse |
| Goddess name "Hina" | Hawaii | A moon goddess and the mother of Maui, whom she once asked to slow down the Sun so days would last longer. A dual goddess, portrayed with two heads symbolizing day and night. She was a guardian of the underworld and patron of artisans and craftsmen. Hawaii |
| Goddess name "Hina" | Polynesian / Tahiti | moon goddess. In local traditions the daughter of the god TANGAROA and creatrix of the moon, which she governs. She lives in one of its dark spots representing groves of trees which she brought from earth in a canoe and planted. She is also represented as the consort of Tangaroa. Hina probably evolved in Tahiti from the Polynesian underworld goddess HINE-NUITE-PO. Also SINA (Samoa); Ina (Hervey Islands).... |
| Goddess name "Hina-Uri" | Polynesian | moon goddess. Also known as HINA, Ina or SINA, she is the sister of MAUI and the consort of Irewaru. Tradition has it that she can manifest herself in two forms according to the lunar phases. Her role is åśśociated with fertility and her cult may have been imported from Asia, since SIN is the name of a western Asiatic moon god also closely åśśociated with fertility rites.... |
| Goddess name "Hine-Ahu-One (maiden formed of the earth)" | Polynesian / including Maori | Chthonic goddess. Engendered by the god TANE when he needed a consort because, with the exception of the primordial earth mother PAPATUANUKU, all the existing gods of creation were male. Tane created her out of the red earth and breathed life into her. She became the mother of HINE-ATA-UIRA.... |
| Goddess name "Hine-Ata-Uira (daughter of the sparkling dawn)" | Polynesian / including Maori | Goddess of light. The daughter of the creator god TANE and HINEAHU-ONE. She did not remain a sky goddess but descended into the underworld, where she became the personification of death, HINE-NUITE-PO.... |
| Goddess name "Hine-Nui-Te-Po (great woman of the night)" | Polynesian / including Maori | Chthonic underworld goddess. Originally she was HINE-ATAUIRA, the daughter of TANE and HINE-AHUONE, but she descended to rule over the underworld. She is depicted in human form but with eyes of jade, hair of seaweed and teeth like those of a predatory fish.... |
| Goddess name "Hinglaj(-Mata)" | Hindu | Mother goddess. Locally worshiped in northern India and particularly in Baluchistan.... |
| Goddess name "Hinglaj-Mata" | Hindu | Mother goddess Hindu |
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