Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Waka-H ru-Me" | Shinto / Japan | Sun goddess. Arguably the younger sister of the great Shinto Sun goddess AMATERASU, or an early manifestation, she is åśśociated with the morning Sunrise. Also involved with weaving the garments of the KAMI.... |
Goddess name "Wakahirume" | Japan | The favourite maiden of the Japanese Sun goddess Amaterasu. Wakahirume fell onto her shuttle and fatally punctured her vag***. Japan |
Goddess name "Walo" | Australia | Goddess of war and the Sun. Australia |
God name "Waptokwa" | Brazil | The Sun and creator god. Shavante, Brazil |
God name "Wasterzhi" | North Ossetia | The god of war and of the Sun. He is frequently depicted as a cavalryman with a long beard, riding on a white horse. |
Goddess name "Wepwawet" | Egypt | God of påśśage. Depicted as a jackal, Wepwawet began as a god of Upper Egypt, but his cult spread along the whole of the Nile valley. According to Pyramid Texts, he was born beneath a tamarisk tree in the sanctuary of the goddess WADJET at Buto. He is also closely linked with the falcon god HORUS. He is perceived preceding the ruler either to or from battle, or to the afterlife, when his adze is used to break open the mouth of the dead person. In a similar context he is linked to the Sun god RE when he opens the dawn sky to the deceased. As a god of påśśage, he also opens the way to the womb.... |
Goddess name "Whope" | Lakota | The daughter of the Sun Wi and the moon, a goddess of peace and the wife of the south wind. Lakota |
Goddess name "Whope" | Sioux / USA | Goddess. The daughter of WI, the Sun god, and consort of the south wind. She is credited with giving the Sioux Indian the pipe of peace through which (narcotic) they commune with the great spirit WAKAN TANKA.... |
God name "Wi" | Lakota | The Sun god of the Lakota. |
Goddess name "Wi" | Sioux / USA | Sun god. The father of the goddess WHOPE, his sacred animal is the bison.... |
Goddess name "Wuriupranili" | Australia | Solar goddess who carries a torch that is the Sun. Australian Aboriginal |
Goddess name "Wuriupranili" | Australian aboriginal | Sun goddess. The position of Wuriupranili in the godly hierarchy is unclear, but mythology explains that she carries a burning torch made from tree bark and that she travels from east to west each day before descending to the western sea and using the embers to light her way through the underworld beneath the earth. The colors of the Sunrise and Sunset are said to be a reflection of the red ocher body paints with which she adorns herself.... |
Goddess name "Wuruntemu" | Hatti land | 'Sun Goddess and mistress of the Hatti lands, the queen of heaven and earth. |
Goddess name "Wurusemu" | Hittite | Goddess of the Sun of Arrina. Hittite |
Goddess name "Wurusemu/ Wuruntemu" | Hittite | The Sun goddess of Arrina |
Goddess name "Xatel Ekwa" | Hungary | Goddess of war and the Sun. She who rode through the air on three horses. Hungary |
Goddess name "Xi He" | Chinese | Goddess of Light and Mother of the Ten Suns. Chinese |
God name "Xixarama" | Colombia | Principal god and father of the Sun and the moon. Colombia |