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List of Gods : "sky" - 373 records

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Name ▲▼Origin ▲▼Description ▲▼
God name
"Ubelluris"
Hittite A mountain god who carried the western edge of the sky on his shoulders. Hittite

"Uchtsiti"
Acoma Your father, Uchtsiti made you, and it is he who has made the world, the Sun which you have seen, the sky, and many other things which you will see. But Uchtsiti says the world is not yet completed, not yet satisfactory, as he wants it. This is the reason he has made you. Uchtsiti first made the world. He threw a clot of his own blood into space and by his power it grew and grew until it became the earth. Then Uchtsiti planted you in this and by it you were nourished as you developed. Acoma
God name
"Ukko"
Finnish God of Rain storms, thunder, weather and the sky. Finnish
God name
"Ukko (old man)"
Finland The god of the sky and thunder, related to Thor (Estonian Taara).
Spirit name
"Ulutuyer Ulu Toyon"
Siberia Ulu-Toyon. The chief of the 'dark' spirits is Ulutuyer-Ulu-Toyon, 'Onmipotent Lord'. He is always described as living in the western sky, and, in contrast to the inactive Art-Toyon-Aga, he is the personification of action and of the påśśions. Ulu-Toyon is not always harmful to men, for he gives to them one of his souls, sur, and defends them from the attacks of abåśśylar. The Yakut, Siberia
God name
"Umvelinkwangi/ Umvelinqangi"
Zulu / S Africa The sky god
God name
"Umvelinqangi"
Zulu The sky God who has a voice like thunder and is known to send down lightning bolts. He descended from heaven to marry Uthlanga and created the primeval reeds from which Unkulunkulu emerged. Zulu
Goddess name
"Uni"
Etruscan Tutelary goddess. The consort of the sky god TIN and linked with the region of Perugia....
Goddess name
"Uras"
Sumeria Urash, a goddess of earth, and one of the consorts of the sky god An. She is the mother of the goddess Nininsinna. Sumeria
Goddess name
"Uras"
Mesopotamian / Sumerian Chthonic earth goddess. One of the named consorts of the sky god AN and the mother of NIN'INSINNA....
Goddess name
"Usas"
Hindu / Vedic Goddess of the dawn. The daughter of Dyaus and, according to some texts, the consort of the Sun god SURYA. An auspicious deity, Usas brings the dawn, heralding Surya, and drives away darkness. She is the all-seeing eye of the gods. In the Rg Veda she is depicted as a beautiful young virginal figure who rides in a hundred chariots. She sets all things in motion and can render strength and fame to her devotees. In addition to being perceived as a sky goddess, she is also drawn as a mother goddess in the guise of a cow. Epithets include “mother of the gods” and “mother of cows.” She is invoked to give the boon of longevity, but a more malignant aspect reveals her as a huntress who wastes human life. Usas sometimes enjoys a domestic worship as a guardian hearth goddess who drives away darkness and evil spirits. She disappears, however, from the later traditions of Hinduism....
King name
"Utixo"
Khoi A benevolent deity who lived in the sky, sending Rain for the crops, and speaking with thunder. Khoi
Deity name
"Va'irgin (I exist)"
Chukchee / eastern Siberia Supreme being. A remote and poorly defined character who lives in the zenith of the sky and who created the world. Comparable with the Koryak deity TENANTO'MWAN....
God name
"Vairacocha"
Inca The creator god worshipped by the Huari, the Inca, and the Chavin as a distant relative of their sky god, was portrayed as a fair skinned man with a white beard who wore sandals and a long robe, and carried a staff.
God name
"Wak"
Ethiopia The Father of the Universe, the omniscient sky god who is åśśociated with Rains and thunder. Ethiopia
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....

"Whaitiri"
Maori A personification of thunder, and the grandmother of Tawhaki and Karihi, who married a mortal chief. She invented the toilet, showed humans how to use it, and returned to the sky, where she still lives. Maori

"Wolaro"
Australia The creator of the sky of heaven and earth and of everything that walks, crawls, swims or flies. Australia
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