| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Demon name "Garuda (the devourer)" | Hindu / Vedic | Archaic Sun god and Divine vehicle. Originally depicted as a solar deity, Garuda evolved into a bird-like human hybrid who became the deified mount of VIS'NU. Also a chief adversary of nagas (snake-like demons), which he devours. In early depictions Garuda has a parrot's beak. Said to have been born from an egg, the son of Vinata and KASYAPA. Epithets include Amrtaharana, Garutman, Tarksya. Attributes: conch, club, lotus and nectar, but may also bear the attributes of Vis'nu.(2) Mount or vahana of VAJRAPANI. Buddhist. Attributes: flower, horse-head, noose, skin and staff. Three-eyed and three-headed.... |
| God name "Gekka O" | Japan | God of marriage Japan |
| God name "Ghantapani" | Buddhist | God running a round with a bell in his hand Buddhist / Mahayana |
| God name "Hachiman" | Japan | A god of war that was based on an actual emperor, his sacred animal is the dove |
| God name "Hachiman" | Shinto / Japan | God of war and peace. A deity whose origins are confused. The name does not appear in either of the sacred texts of Shintoism, but such a deity was probably worshiped in the distant past with the alternative title of HimeGami or Hime-O-Kami. The cult center was on the southern island of Kyushu at Usa. In modern Shintoism, Hachiman originates as a member of the imperial dynasty. Named Ojin-Tenno and born in AD 200 to the empress Jingu-Kogo, he greatly improved the living standards and culture of Japan during his remarkable reign. The place of his birth was marked by a sanctuary and several centuries after his death, a vision of a child KAMI appeared there to a priest. The kami identified himself by the Chinese ideogram representing the name Hachiman, and thus the link developed. The site is, today, the location of a magnificent shrine, the Umi-Hachiman-Gu, where Hachiman has been perceived as a god of war. Soldiers departing for battle once took with them relics from the shrine. Hachiman is also a deity of peace and a guardian of human life and, when pacifism dominated Japan during the post-war era, he became more strongly identified in the latter context.... |
| God name "Hachiman/ Hime-Gami/ Hime-O-Kami" | Japan / Shinto | A god of war & peace |
| Goddess name "Hami-Yasu-Hime" | Japan | Goddess of potters Japan / Shinto |
| God name "Hani-Yasu-Hiko" | Japan / Shinto | God of potters. Japan / Shinto |
| Goddess name "Hani-Yasu-Hiko" | Shinto / Japan | God of potters. The consort of HANI-YASU-HIME, he is one of the clay deities made from the faeces of the primordial goddess IZANAMI.... |
| Goddess name "Hani-Yasu-Hime" | Shinto / Japan | Goddess of potters. The consort of HANI-YASU-HIKO, she is one of the clay deities made from the faeces of the primordial goddess IZANAMI.... |
| God name "Hapantalli" | Egypt | God of the Nile, fish, barley, grain, herbs, water, dew, and fertility. Egypt |
| God name "Hapantalli aka Hapantalliyas" | Irsirra | He took his place at the moon-god's side when he fell from heaven on the 'kilammar'. Irsirra |
| God name "Hapantalli/ Hapi/ Hapy" | Egypt | A god of the Nile, fish, barley, grain, herbs, water, dew, & fertility |
| God name "Hapantalliyas/ Hapantalli" | Hittite | He took his place at the moon god's side |
| God name "Hara-Yama-Tsu-Mi" | Japan / Shinto | God of mountains concerned with the wooded mountain slopes. Japan / Shinto |
| God name "Hara-Yama-Tsu-Mi" | Shinto / Japan | mountain god. Particularly the deity of wooded mountain slopes.... |
| Goddess name "Hariti (green or stealing)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) Mother goddess. One of the group of MATARAS (mothers) who are the patrons of children. Considered by some to be identical with the goddess Vriddhi. Her consort is Pancika, alternatively KUBERA. In her destructive aspect she steals and eats children. Particularly known from the north and northwest of India. Attribute: a child may be held at her hip, sometimes being eaten.(2) Plague goddess. Buddhist. Associated with smallpox. Also regarded in some texts as the goddess of fertility.... |
| Goddess name "Harti" | Japan / China | demoness whom Buddha converted to a goddess who protects children instead of eating them. Japan / China |
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