Monday, May 9, 1977

Deities of youth

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of youth)

Idun (이둔)Norsethe goddess of youth


Links

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Deities of wisdom

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of wisdom)

AsetEgyptianthe supreme goddess of magic and wisdom
Athena (아테나)Greekthe city, handicrafts, agriculture, wisdom
Minerva (미네르바)Romanthe Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena
Odin (오딘)Norsewar, wisdom, battle, death, magic, poetry, victory, hunt
SarasvatiIndiana goddess of speech, wisdom and learning


Links

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Deities of winter

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of winter)

Skadi (스카디)NorseNorse goddess
Uller (울레르)NorseNorse god


Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of wind and/or hurricane [風]

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of wind and/or hurricane [風])

TezcatlipocaNahuatlthe night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, sorcery, beauty, war and strife.


Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of west

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of west)

White TigerChineseone of four symbols


Links

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Deities of wealth [富]

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of wealth [富])


Freyja (프레이야)Norsea goddess of love, beauty, fertility and wealth
關羽 (관우, GuānYǔ)Chinesea god of wealth


Links

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Deities of water, sea, ocean and/or river

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of water, sea, ocean and/or river)

AbnobaGaulishShe has been interpreted to be a forest and river goddess, and is known from about nine epigraphic inscriptions.
Ægir (아에기르)Norsethe god of seashore and ocean
AmphitriteGreeksea
Mazu (媽祖)Chinesesea, ocean, 바다, 해양
Neptunus (넵투누스)Romanthe Roman equivalent of the Greek god Poseidon
Poseidon (포세이돈)Greeksea, ocean, 바다, 해양
Rán (란)Norsesea goddess, wife of Ægir
河伯 (하백)Chinese河神
若 (약)Chinese海神


Links

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Deities of war and/or battle

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of war and/or battle

AgasayaSemiticAgasaya, "The Shrieker," is a Semitic war goddess who was merged into Ishtar in her identity as warrior of the sky.
Ares (아레스)Greekthe god of war
BellonaRomanRoman goddess
Odin (오딘)Norsethe god of war, wisdom, battle, death, magic, poetry, victory, hunt
TezcatlipocaNahuatlthe god of the night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, sorcery, beauty, war and strife.


Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of vine

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of vine)

BacchusRomanvine
Dionysus (디오니소스)Greekvine


Links

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Deities of victory

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of victory)

Nike (니케)Greekvictory
Odin (오딘)Norsewar, wisdom, battle, death, magic, poetry, victory, hunt


Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of vengeance

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of vengeance)

ErinyesGreekThe Erinyes (Ερινύες) or Eumenides (or Furies in Roman mythology) were female personifications of vengeance.
InvidiaRomanInvidia was the sense of envy or jealousy, who might be personified for strictly literary purposes, as a goddess, a Roman equivalent to Nemesis in Greek mythology.
NemesisGreekNemesis (in Greek, Νέμεσις), also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia ("the goddess of Rhamnous"), at her sanctuary at Rhamnous, north of Marathon, in Greek mythology was the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris, vengeful fate personified as a remorseless goddess.
PoenaRomanPoena (also Poine) is the spirit of punishment and the attendant of punishment to Nemesis, the goddes of divine retribution. The Latin word poena, "pain, punishment, penalty", gave rise to English words such as subpoena.


Links

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Deities of underworld and/or hell

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of underworld and/or hell)

AchthonianGreekAchthonian was a goddess of Earth and the underworld from Greek mythology.
AlaIgboAla, also known as Ale, Alla and Ane/Ani in Igbo mythology is the goddess of fertility, who also rules the underworld.
ProserpinaRomanRoman goddess


Links

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Deities of tutelary [守護]

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of tutelary [守護])

AbgalArabianAbgal is a pre-Islamic north Arabian god, known from the Palmyrian desert regions as a tutelary god of Bedouins and camel drivers.


Links

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Deities of thunder [雷]

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of thunder [雷])

Lei Gong (雷公)Chinesethunder, 번개, 雷


Links

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Deities of temptation

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of temptation)

TezcatlipocaNahuatlthe night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, sorcery, beauty, war and strife.


Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of tears

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of tears)

Baldr (발드르)Norsethe god of tears and light


Links

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Deities of sun

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of sun)

SólNorseSól is the goddess of the sun, a daughter of Mundilfari and Glaur and the wife of Glen, and the name of the Younger Futhark's rune.


Links

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Deities of summer

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of summer)

AestasRomanAestas ("summer", or "summer heat") is the Roman personification of summer.
CreiddyladCeltic, WelshWelsh goddess of Summer and Flowers


Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association
http://www.thaliatook.com/OGOD/aestas.html

Deities of star (星)

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of star [星])

AušrinėLithuanianAušrinė is a Lithuanian feminine deity of the Morning Star (Venus) in the Lithuanian mythology.


Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of spring

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of spring)

AtaeginaLusitanianAtaegina (Portuguese: Atégina) was the goddess of rebirth (spring), fertility, nature, and healing in the Lusitanian mythology, in the cultural area of Lusitania.
FloraRomanFlora was a goddess of flowers and the season of spring.


Links

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Deities of south

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of south)

Zhū Què (朱雀)Chineseone of four symbols


Links

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Deities of smith

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of smith)

Athena (아테나)Greekthe city, handicrafts, agriculture, wisdom, heroic endeavour


Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of sky and weather

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of sky and weather)

AditiIndia (Hindu)a Hindu goddess of the sky, consciousness, the past, the future and fertility. Also mother of the gods.


Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of rulership

Deities by association (gods or goddesses of rulership)

TezcatlipocaNahuatlthe night sky, the night winds, hurricanes, the north, the earth, obsidian, enmity, discord, rulership, divination, temptation, sorcery, beauty, war and strife.


Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Sunday, May 8, 1977

Deities of animals

Deities of animals

AegaGreekAega ("goat" or "gust of wind"; also Aex) was a minor Nature goddess, goddess of domesticated animals.
DemeterGreekthe goddess of grain and fertility, the pure nourisher of the youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law


Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Deities of agriculture

Deities of agriculture, corn, grain and/or harvest


Acca Larentia (Acca Laurentia)Romana mythical woman, later goddess, in Roman mythology
AthenaGreekthe goddess of the city, handicrafts, agriculture, and wisdom
CeresRomanthe Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Demeter
DemeterGreekthe goddess of grain and fertility, the pure nourisher of the youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law
MinervaRomanthe Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena


Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association