Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "ADONIS (lord)" | Lebanon / Syria | Fertility and vegetation god. Adonis is modeled on the Mesopotamian dying vegetation god DUMUZI (Hebrew: Tammuz). He appears as a youthful deity. The river Adonis [Nahr Ibrahim] is sacred to him largely because its waters flow red after heavy Winter Rains, having become saturated with ferrous oxide. In Hellenic tradition he is the son of the mythical Cyprian king Cinyras and his mother is MYRRHA. According to Hesiod he is also the son of Phoenix and Alphesiboea. He is the consort of APHRODITE. Tradition has it that he was killed by a boar during a hunting expedition and is condemned to the underworld for six months of each year, during which the earth's vegetation parches and dies under the summer Sun and drought. He was honored in a spring festival when priests in effeminate costume gashed themselves with knives. Frequently depicted nude and sometimes carrying a lyre. Also ATTIS (Phrygian); ATUNIS (Etruscan).... |
God name "ALLAH" | Nabataean / Arabic | The creator god of Islam. Perceived in preIslamic times as the creator of the earth and water. Named by the prophet Muhammad as the one true god and given a hundred names or epithets in the Qur'an, ninety-nine of which are known to mankind and accounted on the rosary beads; the final name remains a mystery. No representation of Allah is made in art.... |
Goddess name "Aasith" | Egypt | Goddess of the hunt, war, and the desert Egypt / Syria |
Goddess name "Abnoba" | Celtic | Goddess of the hunt, similar to the Roman Diana. Celtic |
God name "Afi" | Abkhaz | God of Rain and thunderstorms who does not tolerate women using his name. Abkhaz |
God name "Age" | Africa | God of animals. Revered by hunters in the savannah regions. Benin, West Africa |
God name "Age" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | God of animals. Revered by hunters in the savannah regions.... |
God name "Age Fon" | Benin / W Africa | Revered by hunters he is the god of animals |
God name "Agnikumara" | Jain / India | They are youthful appearing gods åśśociated with Rain & thunder |
God name "Agnikumara" | Jain / India | God. One of the groups under the general title of BHAVANAVASI (dwelling in places). They have a youthful appearance and are åśśociated with Rain and thunder.... |
God name "Agreus" | Phonecian | Lesser God of hunting. Brother of Halieus. Phonecian |
God name "Agrotes" | Phonecian | Lesser God of the earth, horses, hunting, and wanderers. Appears as a charioteer, sometimes accompanied by packs of dogs. Phonecian |
God name "Ah Bolom Tzacab" | Mayan | Meaning "the lead-nosed god," he was a god of Agriculture, thunder and Rain. He was depicted with a leaf in his nose. Mayan |
God name "Ah Bolon Dz'acab" | Mayan | Fertility god åśśociated with Rain and thunder Mayan |
God name "Ah Bolon Dz'acab (many generations)" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic fertility god. A god identified with Rain and thunder. Also strongly linked with Agriculture and young crops. Possibly a vegetation avatara of the iguana god ITZAM NA. Attributes include a leaf-like ornament worn in the nose. Also God K.... |
God name "Ah Can Čú𝔪" | Mayan | Hunter god; protector of the animals Mayan |
God name "Ah Can Čú𝔪/ Acaum" | Maya | A hunter & protector of the animals god |
Deities name "Ah Cancun" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Hunting god. One of a number of deities in Mayan religion identified with the hunt and the protection of animals. Also Acanum.... |