Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Daeira" | Greek | the knowing, a divinity connected with the Eleusinian mysteries. A daughter of Oceåñuś, and became by Hermes the mother of Eleusis but others called her a sister of Styx. Greek |
"Vica Pota" | Roman | the Victor and Conqueror (quae vincit et potitur), was a Roman divinity of victory. |
Goddess name "Syria Dea" | De | the Syrian goddess, a name by which the Syrian Astarte or Aphrodite is sometimes designated. This Astarte was a Syrian divinity, resembling in many points the Greek Aphrodite, and it is not improbable that the latter was originally the Syrian Astarte, the opinions concerning whom were modified after her introduction into Greece; for there can be no doubt that the worship of Aphrodite came from the East to Cyprus, and thence was carried into the south of Greece. Lucian, De Syria Dea |
God name "Veiovis" | Etruscan | Vedius, "little Jupiter" or "the destructive Jupiter," and identified with Pluto. But Veiovis seems to designate an Etruscan divinity of a destructive nature, whose fearful lightnings produced deafness in those who were to be struck by them, even before they were actually hurled. He was represented as a youthful god armed with arrows, and his festival fell before the nones of March. |
"Harihara" | India | Twin divinity composed of Visnu and Siva. India |
"Sa" | Babylonian | The remote and inscrutable divinity of the cosmic deep. Babylonian |
"Soteira" | Greece | The personification of safety or recovery was worshipped as a divinity in Greece, and had a Temple and a statue at Patrae. |
Hero name "Peitho" | Greek | The personification of Persuasion (Suada or Suadela among the Romans), was worshipped as a divinity at Sicyon, where she was honoured with a temple in the agora. (The History of Herodotus, VIII) Peitho also occurs as a surname of other divinities, such as Aphrodite, whose worship was said to have been introduced at Athens by Theseus and of Artemis. Greek |
"Libertas" | Roman | The personification of Liberty, was worshipped at Rome as a divinity. Roman |
Hero name "Oetosyrus" | Greek | The name of a Scythian divinity whom Herodotus identifies with the Greek Apollo. (Herodotus, iv.) Greek |
"Magbabaya" | Philippines | The highest and most powerful divinity, the creator and the sources of all life. Philippines |
God name "Osiris" | Egyptian | The great Egyptian divinity, and husband of Isis. According to Herodotus they were the only divinities that were worshipped by all the Egyptians (Herodotus ii). Osiris is described as a son of Rhea and Helios. Osiris was the god of the Nile. |
Goddess name "Bellona" | Greek | The goddess of war among the Romans. It is very probable that originally Bellona was a Sabine divinity whose worship was carried to Rome by the Sabine settlers. Greek |
God name "Hephaestus" | Greek | The god of fire, was, according to the Homeric account, the son of Zeus and Hera The Romans, when speaking of the Greek Hephaestus, call him Vulcan or Vulcåñuś, although Vulcåñuś was an original Italian divinity. Later traditions state that he had no father, and that Hera gave birth to him independent of Zeus, as she was jealous of Zeus having given birth to Athena independent of her. Greek |
"Salacia" | Greek | The female divinity of the sea among the Romans, and the wife of Neptune. |
"Cephissus" | Greek | The divinity of the river Cephissus, is described as a son of Pontus and Thalåśśa, and the father of Diogeneia and Narcissus, who is therefore called Cephisius. Greek |
"Poeninus" | Roman / Celtic | The divinity of the Pennines, Britain. Roman / Celtic |
"Gohone" | Haudenosaunee | The divinity of Winter, and things åśśociated with that season. Haudenosaunee |