Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Indra" | Hindu | The king of the gods and ruler of the heavens, the god of thunder and Rain and a great warrior who symbolises courage and strength. His mount is an elephant called Airavata and he has a golden chariot drawn by ten thousand horses. Hindu |
God name "Indra" | Mongolia | The god of the Sun and of light, åśśociated with the east. Mongolia |
Goddess name "Indrani" | Hindu | The goddess of wrath and jealousy, and a daughter of Puloman, a demon who was killed by Indrani's future husband, Indra. She is beautiful and has one-thousand eyes. She is åśśociated with lions and elephants. Hindu |
Goddess name "Indrani" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | Goddess of wrath. Daughter of Puloman, a demonic figure killed by the god INDRA, and the SAKTI and consort of Indra. One of seven MATARAS (mothers) who in later Hinduism became regarded as of evil intent. Also one of a group of eight ASTAMATARAS personifying jealousy (also named Aindri in this capacity). In another grouping one of nine NAVASAKTIS or astral deities who, in southern India, rank higher than the SAPTAMATARAS. Her attendant animal is either an elephant or a lion. Attributes: hook, rosary, Santana flower, staff and waterjar. One thousand-eyed. Also Aindri; Mahendri; Paulomi; Saci; Sujata.... |
Goddess name "Inemes" | Micronesia | Goddess of love and of sexuality Micronesia |
God name "Infoniwoo" | Taiwanese | God of child-birth and generation. Taiwanese |
Goddess name "Inghean" | Ireland | One of the sisters who made up a triple goddess and goddess of summer. Ireland |
God name "Inguma" | Basque | The god of dreams. He was regarded as a malevolent force who entered houses at night and plagued the residents with nightmares. Basque |
Goddess name "Inkanyamba" | Zulu / southern Africa | storm god. The deity specifically responsible for tornados and perceived as a huge snake coiling down from heaven to earth. According to some Zulu authorities, Inkanyamba is a goddess of storms and water.... |
Goddess name "Inkosikasi" | Africa | A Chicken hypnotist and a beneficent sky goddess. The Zulu, South Africa |
Goddess name "Inlti (sun)" | Inca / pre - Columbian South America / Peru, etc | Sun god. His consort is the moon goddess MAMA-KILYA. Inti was depicted as a trinity in the sanctuaries in Cuzco, possibly in deference to the Christian Trinity. The Temple of the Sun is reported to have housed images, in gold, of all the sky gods in the Inca pantheon on more or less equal terms, since the Sun is regarded as one of many great celestial powers. Inti may also have been depicted as a face on a gold disc. The socalled fields of the Sun supported the Inca priesthood. The three Sun deities are Apo-Inti (lord Sun), Cori-Inti (son Sun) and Inti-Wawqi (sun brother). The Sun god(s) is perceived as the progenitor of the Inca rulers at Cuzco through two childrena son Manco Capac and his sister / consort Mama Ocllo Huaco. The Quechua Indians of the central Andes call the same deity Inti Huayna Capac and perceive him as part of a trinity with the Christian god and Christ.... |
God name "Inmar" | Votyak / Finno - Ugric | sky god(dess). The name became incorporated into Christian tradition and interpreted as the mother of God.... |
Goddess name "Inmar Votyak" | Finnish / Ugric | A sky goddess that was taken over by the Christians and called of the Mother of God |
Goddess name "Innana" | Sumeria | Goddess of love, procreation, and war Sumeria. |
God name "Insitor" | Roman | God concerned with the sowing of crops and a helper of Ceres. Roman |
God name "Intal (gods their father)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of fire. Associated with paternalism and one of the group clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex.... |
God name "Inti" | Inca | God of war and the Sun and a patron deity of Tahuantinsuyu. Inca |
God name "Intonsus" | Greek | I. e. unshorn, a surname of Apollo and Bacchus, alluding to the eternal youth of these gods, as the Greek youths allowed their hair to grow until they attained the age of manhood, though in the case of Apollo it may also allude to his being the god of the Sun, whence the long floating hair would indicate the rays of the Sun. Greek |