Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Oshe" | Yoruba | God of thunder and lightning. Yoruba |
God name "Oshossi" | Yoruba | God of the Forest and hunting. Yoruba |
Goddess name "Oshun" | Yoruba | A goddess of healing, fertility & rivers |
God name "Osiris" | Egyptian | The great Egyptian divinity, and husband of Isis. According to Herodotus they were the only divinities that were worshipped by all the Egyptians (Herodotus ii). Osiris is described as a son of Rhea and Helios. Osiris was the god of the Nile. |
God name "Osowo" | Nigeria | The supreme being, a sky god, who is also identified with or represented by the big tree which is worshipped. Indem, Nigeria |
Goddess name "Ostara" | Germanic | Sun goddess. Associated with the coming of spring and one of the derivations of the term Easter, she equates with the Anglo-Saxon deity EOSTRE.... |
Goddess name "Ostara/ Easter" | Germanic | A goddess of spring & the Sun |
Goddess name "Ostaraki (covering)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of BUDDHAKAPALA.... |
Goddess name "Osun" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | River goddess. The daughter of Oba Jumu and Oba Do and the consort of the god SHANGO. The guardian deity of the river Osun, revered particularly in the towns and villages along the banks of the river where sacred weapons are kept in her shrines. Also a goddess of healing. She is worshiped particularly by women and is honored in an annual festival, the Ibo-Osun, during which new cultic priestesses are selected.... |
God name "Othin" | Scandinavian | The god of magic, but there is no other reference to his ever having disguised himself as a witch. Poetic Eddas |
God name "Ouranos" | Greek | Primordial god of heaven. The creator and incestuous consort of the earth mother GAIA with whom he engendered six giant sonsOKEANOS, Koeos, Kreos, HYPERION, IAPETOS and KRONOSand six daughtersKlymene, RHEA, THEA, THETIS, MNEMOSYNE and Phoebethe twelve collectively being known as the TITANS. fearing their power, Ouranos hurled them into the abyss of Tartaros and chained them up.... |
God name "Ourea" | Greek | The Protogenoi of the mountains, and according to the Theogony of Hesiod, children of Gaia and the Greek personifications of mountains. Each mountain was said to have its own god. Greek |
God name "Oxlahun Ti Ku" | Mayan | Literally the Thirteen Gods, are probably the gods of the thirteen heavens of the Maya cosmos, but they are usually treated as a single god. Mayan |
Goddess name "Oya-Yansan" | Yoruba | Goddess of the Niger River. She is seen in aspects of warrior-goddess of wind, lightning, fertility, fire and magic. She creates hurricanes and tornadoes and guards the underworld. Yoruba |
God name "P:erende" | Albanian | A storm god that lets you know he is around with thunder & lightning. It was used by the Christians to identify their god in that region |
Goddess name "Pa-bil-sag" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Tutelary god of Isin. The consort of the goddess NIN'INSINNA. Identified with the city of Larak (lost), texts describe Pabilsag journeying to Nippur and presenting the god ENLIL with gifts. He is given the epithet of the wild bull with multicolored legs.... |
Goddess name "Pachamama" | Inca | A dragoness fertility goddess who presided over planting and harvesting. She caused earthquakes. After conquest by Catholic Spain her image was replaced by the Virgin Mary. Inca |
Goddess name "Padma (lotus)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) Snake god. One of a group of seven MAHANAGAS. Attributes: rosary and water jar. Three-eyed.(2) Goddess. An incarnation of LAKSMI, the consort of an avatara of VIS NU. She is depicted as emanating from the padma or lotus (Nelumbium speciosum) which is the symbol of creation and one of the most important iconographic devices in Hinduism. Also KAMALA.... |