Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Bacabs" | Mayan | They stand at the four corners of the world supporting the heavens. Mayan |
Deities name "Bacabs" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Attendant gods. Four deities identified with points of the compåśś and colors, thus Hobnil (red) resides in the east, Can Tzicnal (white) in the north, Zac Cimi (black) in the west and Hozanek (yellow) in the south. They are also identified as the Toliloch (opossum actors) in the Codex Dresden, where each carries the image of the ruling god for the incoming year on his back. Hobnil is also a patron deity of beekeepers.... |
God name "Bacax" | Roman / Africa | Cave god known from inscription at Crita. Roman / Africa |
God name "Bacax" | Roman - North African | Local god. A rare example of a named deity from this region, thought to have been worshiped as a cave god. Known from inscription at Cirta [Constantine].... |
"Bacchanalia" | Greek | Dionysius and the Bacchanalia. Greek |
God name "Bacchantes" | Greek | The female devotees of the god Dionysus |
Nymph name "Bacche" | Greek | One of the Nysaian nymphs who, along with Macris, Erato, Bromie and Nysa hid Bacchus in their cave and nurtured him. |
"Bacchis" | Egyptian | A sacred bull which changed its colour every hour of the day. Egyptian |
God name "Bacchus" | Greek | The youthful, beautiful, but effeminate god of wine. He is also called both by Greeks and Romans Dionysus. |
"Bachelor" | Hebrew | One of the names given to Satan, when he appeared in the guise of a great he-goat, for the purpose of intercourse with the witches. Hebrew |
Goddess name "Bachu" | Chibcha | Goddess who started the human race, turned her and her mate into dragons. Chibcha |
"Bacis" | Greek | Seems to have been originally only a common noun derived from to speak, and to have signified any prophet or speaker. In later times, however, Bacis was regarded as a proper noun, and the ancients distinguish several seers of this name. Greek |
God name "Backlum Chaam" | Mayan | God of male sexuality and of sex. Mayan |
"Bactrian Sage Zoroaster" | Zoroaster | A native of Bactria, about 500 BCE. |
Goddess name "Badb" | Brazil | A much feared serpent goddess |
Goddess name "Badb" | Brazil | Much feared serpent goddess. Brazil |
Goddess name "Badb" | Celtic / Irish | war goddess. One of the aspects of the MORRIGAN. Capable of changing shape at will. She confronts the Irish hero Cu Chulainn before a battle and terrifies him by turning into Badb Catha, the crow and harbinger of death.... |
Goddess name "Badb/ Bodva" | Irish | A goddess of war |