| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Harimagadas" | Islands | Holy Maidens who sacrificed themselves by jumping from a towering cliff into the sea. This act was meant to propitiate the sea-god and prevent him from sinking their island. Canary Islands |
| Goddess name "Harimella/ Viradechthis" | Scotland | A goddess of Tungrain origin |
| Goddess name "Hariti" | Buddhist | A plague goddess åśśociated with smallpox |
| Goddess name "Hariti" | Buddhist | Goddess for the protection of children, easy delivery, happy child rearing and parenting, harmony between husband and wife, love, and the well-being and safety of the family. Women without children also pray to Kishimojin to help them become pregnant. Originally, Hariti was a cannibalistic demon. She had hundreds of children whom she loved and doted upon, but to feed them, she abducted and killed the children of others. Buddhist |
| 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.... |
| God name "Harmachis" | Greek | Another form of the Egyptian god Horus |
| God name "Harmachis [Greek]" | Egypt | Form of the god HORUS. Harmachis is Horus as the Sun god. Inscriptions from the New kingdom (circa 1550-1000 BC) identify the sphinx at Giza as Harmachis looking toward the eastern horizon. Also Har-em-akhet (Egyptian).... |
| God name "Harmonia" | Greek | A daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, or, according to others, of Zeus and Electra, the daughter of Atlas, in Samothrace. When Athena åśśigned to Cadmus the government of Thebes, Zeus gave him Harmoia for his wife, and all the gods of Olympus were present at the marriage. Cadmus on that day made her a present of a peplus and a necklace, which he had received either from Hephaestus or from Europa. Greek |
| God name "Haroeris" | Greek | Another form of the Egyptian god Horus, but this time as an adult |
| God name "Haroeris [Greek]" | Egypt | Form of the god HORUS as a man. The name distinguishes the mature deity from HARPOKRATES, the child Horus. In this form he avenges his father, OSIRIS, and regains his kingdom from SETH, his uncle. He is depicted as the falcon god. Also Harueris; Har-wer (both Egyptian); HARENDOTES.... |
| God name "Harpocrates" | Greek | The Greek form of the Egyptian god Har-pi-kruti (Horus the Child), made by the Greeks and Romans the god of silence. This arose from a pure misapprehension. It is an Egyptian god, and was represented with its "finger on its mouth," to indicate youth, but the Greeks thought it was a symbol of silence. Greek |
| God name "Harpokrates" | Greek | Another form of the Egyptian god Horus, as a child sitting on his mother's knee |
| Goddess name "Harpokrates [Greek]" | Egypt | Form of the god HORUS as a child. Generally depicted sitting on the knee of his mother, the goddess ISIS, often suckling at the left breast and wearing the juvenile side-lock of hair. He may also be invoked to ward off dangerous creatures and is åśśociated with crocodiles, snakes and scorpions. He is generally representative of the notion of a god-child, completing the union of two deities. Also Har-pa-khered (Egyptian).... |
| God name "Harsomtus [Greek]" | Egypt | Form of the god HORUS. In this form Horus unites the northern and southern kingdoms of Egypt. He is depicted as a child comparable with HARPOKRATES. At the Edfu temple, he is identified thus as the offspring of Horus the elder and HATHOR. Also Har-mau (Egyptian).... |
| God name "Hastehogan" | Navaho / USA | Chief house god. Also a god of farming identified with the west and the sky at Sunset. Regarded as a benevolent deity who aids mankind and cures disease. Believed to live in a cave system near San Juan. He also has a malevolent aspect in which he can cast evil spells. His priest wears a blue mask, at the bottom of which is a horizontal yellow band representing evening light, with eight vertical black strokes representing Rain. It is decorated with eagle and owl feathers.... |
| God name "Hastsbaka" | Navaho / USA | Male elder of the gods. Otherwise of uncertain status. His priest wears a blue buckskin mask with a fringe of hair, a spruce collar and a scarlet loin cloth with a leather belt decorated with silver and with a fox pelt dangling from the back. He is otherwise naked and painted white. He holds a whitened gourd rattle, which may be decorated with spruce twigs, in his right hand, and a wand of spruce in his left hand. Also Yebaka.... |
| God name "Hastseltsi" | Navaho / USA | God of racing. He organizes and oversees athletic races. The priest who impersonates him has to be a good runner and challenges others, using high-pitched squeaking calls. If the priest wins, the contender is whipped with a yucca scourge. If the contender wins, there is no penalty! A fastidious deity who avoids contact with any unclean objects. His ceremonial mask is a domino shape covering mouth and throat with white shells over the eyes and mouth.... |
| Goddess name "Hastseoltoi" | Navaho / USA | Goddess of hunting. She may be seen as the consort of the war god NAYENEZGANI. She carries two arrows, one in each hand, and wears a quiver and bow case. Navaho tradition dictates that no pictures are drawn of this deity.See also ARTEMIS.... |
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