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List of Gods : "Spain" - 13 records

Name ▲▼Origin ▲▼Description ▲▼

"Balisarda or Balisardo"
Spain Rogero's sword, made by a sorceress, and capable of cutting through enchanted substances.
God name
"Candamius"
Romano - Iberian Astral god. Known from inscriptions and place-names in northern Spain and syncretized with Jupiter....

"Caraculiambo"
Spain The giant that Don Quixote intended should kneel at the feet of Dulcinea. (Cervantes: Don Quixote.)
Goddess name
"Chokmah"
Spain Goddess of order and wisdom Spain
King name
"Fierabras"
Babylon Son of Balan, king of Spain. The greatest giant that ever walked the earth. For height of stature, breadth of shoulder, and hardness of muscle he never had an equal. He possessed all Babylon, even to the Red Sea; was seigneur of Russia, Lord of Cologne, master of Jerusalem, and even of the Holy Sepulchre.
God name
"Imyapa"
Inca / pre - Columbian South America / Peru, etc weather god. Also perceived as a thunder god, he became syncretized with Santiago, the patron saint of Spain. The Indians called Spanish firearms Ilyapa. Also Inti-Ilyapa; Coqi-Ilya; Illapa; Katoylla....
Spirit name
"Llorna"
Spain this female spirit Lehrer's people to their, normally, drowning in bogs, swamps, etc.

"Malambruno"
Spain The giant, first cousin of queen Maguncia, of Canday'a, who enchanted Antonomasia and her husband, and shut them up in the tomb of the deceased queen. The infanta he transformed into a monkey of bråśś, and the knight into a crocodile. Don Quixote achieved their disenchantment by mounting the wooden horse called Clavileno.
Goddess name
"Matronit"
Spain Goddess of chastity, promiscuity, and motherhood. Spain
Goddess name
"Pachamama"
Inca A dragoness fertility goddess who presided over planting and harvesting. She caused earthquakes. After conquest by Catholic Spain her image was replaced by the Virgin Mary. Inca

"Papimany"
Rabelais The country of the Papimans; the country subject to the Pope, or any priest-ridden country, as Spain. Rabelais

"Pillars of Hercules"
Spain The opposite rocks at the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea, one in Spain and the other on the African continent. The tale is that they were bound together till Hercules tore them asunder in order to get to Gades (Cadiz). The ancients called them Calpe and Abyla; we call them Gibraltar Rock and Mount Hacho, on which stands the fortress of Ceuta.
God name
"Sarapis"
Late Egypt God. Known only from the Greco-Roman period of the early Ptolemies (fourth century BC) but persisting in Europe until second or third century AD. In Egyptian religion Sarapis is a hybridization of certain aspects of OSIRIS, the underworld god, and APIS, the bull god, who symbolizes the earthly presence of PTAH. Sarapis is perceived to epitomize both the fertility of the land and the life of the sacred bull after death. In Greek mythology he takes on aspects of ZEUS, HELIOS, ASKLEPIOS and DIONYSOS. He was worshiped extensively in the Roman Empire period. A sanctuary at York in England was dedicated by a soldier of the sixth legion, and magnificent statues were discovered in the Walbrook Mithraeum in London, and at Merida in Spain. Also Seraphis (Greek)....