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God name "Mal" | Early Dravidian / Tamil | Creator god. Probably equating with a syncretization of VIS'NU and KRSNA. The name implies a deity of great stature. In Sangam texts, his face is like the moon, his eyes are lotuses and his CAKRA is the beams of the Sun. Also TIRUMAL.... |
Goddess name "Mawu" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | (1) moon goddess. The sister of the Sun god LISA. She is also considered to bestow fertility and motherhood and is generally benevolent in nature.(2) sky god. Ewe [Togo, West Africa]. Among the tribe neighboring the Fon. Mawu is perceived as male and a creator deity. He favors the color white and is also benevolent and generous in nature.... |
Goddess name "Meiess" | Pre - Christian Latvian | moon god. Consort of the Sun goddess SAULE. He is a guardian deity of travelers and military expeditions.... |
Deity name "Myesyats" | Slavic | moon deity Slavic |
God name "Ni" | Chimu Indian / pre - Columbian South America / coastal areas of Peru | Sea god. A significant deity in the pantheon, revered by fishermen. Often linked with SI, the moon god.... |
Deity name "Old Man of the Moon" | Chinese | Old Man of the moon. The Chinese deity who links in wedlock predestined couples. |
God name "Owiot" | Luiseno Indian / California, USA | moon god. The ancestral deity of the tribe.... |
God name "Owiot Luiseno" | Cal us | the moon god who is the ancestral deity of this tribe |
Deity name "Rahu (seizer)" | Hindu | Primordial cosmic deity. The son of KASYAPA or RUDRA, according to legend he seizes the Sun and moon to generate eclipses. Rahu is depicted with four hands and a tail, or as a head alone, his body having been destroyed by VISNU. He stands upon a lion or in a chariot drawn by eight black horses. Color: dark blue. Attributes: half moon, knife, sword and trident.... |
Spirit name "Ratnaparamita" | Buddhist | Philosophical deity. spiritual offspring of RATNASAMBHAVA. Color: red. Attributes: jeweled staff and moon on a lotus.... |
God name "Selardi" | Urartian / Armenia | moon god. The counterpart of the Mesopotamian deity SIN.... |
Goddess name "Selene (radiant)" | Greek | moon goddess. The daughter of HYPERION (a TITAN) and sister of the Sun god HELIOS. The tutelary deity of magicians, she rides in a chariot drawn by two horses. According to legend she fell in love with the sleeping Endymion. She becomes largely syncretized with HEKATE and in Roman culture equates with the goddess LUNA.... |
Deity name "Sin" | Chaldean | deity of the moon. Chaldean |
Deity name "Tsukiyomi" | Japan | deity, of uncertain gender, of the moon. Japan |
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