Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Supreme god name "Oduduwa" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Creator goddess. The consort, or alternatively the daughter, of the supreme god OLODUMARE. She is perceived as the substance, or matrix, of the earth which Olodumare impregnated to generate life. She is also a goddess of war and her sons include the great heroic Yoruba god OGUN. According to some traditions Oduduwa is also perceived as a god.... |
Goddess name "Okeanides" | Greco - Roman | Sea deities. Minor goddesses åśśigned the guardianship of oceans by the great gods and invoked by seafarers. In alternative tradition, they are river gods, the sons of OKEANOS.... |
Spirit name "Okitsu-Hiko" | Japanese | Is a divinity in Japanese Shinto. His name literally translates to "Great Land Master", and he was originally the ruler of Izumo Province, until he was replaced by Ninigi. In compensation, he was made ruler of the unseen world of spirits and magic. He is believed a god of nation-building, farming, business and Medicine. |
God name "Oko (hoe)" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | God of Agriculture. According to tradition he descended from heaven and lived at a farm near the town of Irao, where he attained a great age. One day he disappeared, leaving only his staff which was taken as a symbol of his presence. Annually, at the start of the Rainy season, a festival with strong fertility emphasis is held in his honor.... |
God name "Ometeoti (two god)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Primordial being. According to some traditions, the dual principle personified in a bisexual force which the Aztecs believed to be the only reality, all else being illusory. Ometeotl rules in the highest (thirteenth) heaven, Omeyocan (place of duality) which rests above Sun, moon, wind and other elements. Ometeotl impregnated itself to engender the four TEZCATLIPOCAS (aspects of the Sun). Another female aspect, COATLICUE, gave birth to the national Aztec god HUITZILOPOCHTLI. No formal cult existed for Ometeotl, but he was considered to be present in every aspect of ritual.See also TONACATECUHTLI and TONACACIHUATL.... |
Spirit name "Oreades" | GrecoRoman | Animistic spirits of the mountains. Female personalities åśśigned the guardianship of mountains by the great gods. Invoked by travelers to ensure their safety.... |
God name "Oriax" | Goethe | God of Divination and Transformation. Goethe |
God name "Osande" | Ovimbundu / central Angola, southwest Africa | Guardian deity. A benign elderly god who forms an integral part of ancestor worship. Considered to be the founder of each family lineage.... |
God name "Otshirvani" | Siberia | The creator god, and with Chagan-Shukuty, the creators of man. Central Siberia |
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 |
Goddess name "Pajau Yan" | Cambodian | Goddess of health and healing who was sent to live in the moon, where she provides flowers to the newly dead to ease their transition as they move into the underworld. Cambodian |
God name "Pak Tai" | China | Astral god of war China / Taoist |
God name "Pak Tai/ Hsuan T'ien/ Shang Ti" | Chinese / Taoist | An astral god of war |
God name "Pallian" | Australia | God Australia |
God name "Pancamukha-Patradeva" | Buddhist | God, a beggar Buddhist |
God name "Pancamukha-Patradeva" | Buddhist | God. A bowl-god. Attributes: an alms bowl in each of sixteen hands. Five-headed.... |
Supreme god name "Paneu" | Kafir / Afghanistan | A collective term for seven gods. The Divine brothers are cast as the hunters and henchmen of the supreme goddess DISANI. Each is equipped with a golden bow and quiver. They are generally portrayed as merciless and malignant forces. Also Paradik, Purron.... |