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Inanna, Innin, Ninnin
Inanna is an important goddess of the ancient Near East... Inanna is the icon of love and fertility and warfare. Inanna is the daughter of either the sky god Anu or the storm god Enlil, or the moon-god...
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Aatxe, Ersai, Aatxegorri, Aatxegori, Beigorri, Txaalgorri, Zezengorri
Aatxe means "calf" in Basque. In Basque folklore, Aatxe is a demonic shapeshifting spirit that takes the form of a bull and occasionally a human. He is a master shape-shifter but favors the appearance...
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Dumuzi, Damuzid,Tammus, Thammus, Temmus, the Shepherd, lord of sheepfolds, Duʾzu
Dumuzi is the Sumerian god of vegetation and fertility, and also of the underworld... Dumuzi means "faithful or true son" in Sumerian... In the Sumerian Descent of Inanna he is the consort of the...
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Nerio, Neriene, Nerienis, Duellona, Anatolian Ma, 'Valour', Magni, Bellola
Nerio is a goddess of war in Roman folklore... Very little is known about her, and the ancients themselves were doubtful as to the correct form of her name... Although this goddess did not play a...
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Dagon, Dgn, Dagnu, Dagon, Dagana, Daguna, Dagan
Dagon is the Mesopotamian (Assyro-Babylonian) god of agriculture in Biblical times. The god of farming was the father of no less than the king of gods, Baal Hadad, and was, insofar as the deity takes...
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Rhea, Rheia, Rheiê, Rheê
Rheia, the daughter of Gaia and Uranus, the Titanis mother of the gods, and a goddess of female fertility, motherhood, and generation. Her name means "flow" and "ease". Rhea was seen by the classical...
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Haumia Tiketike, Haumia
Haumia Tiketike, the son of Rangi and Papa, is the god of uncultivated food, i.e. wild berries and roots, wild plant, and fernroot, a staple food of the Māori; the indigenous Polynesian people of New...
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Sprites
The term is generally used in reference to elf-like creatures, including fairies, and similar beings (although not earth beings), but can also signify various spiritual beings, including ghosts. In...
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Oynyena Maria, Fiery Mary, Mary the Fiery One
Oynyena Maria in Slavonic and Polish folklore is the "Fiery Mary," a fire goddess who assists and counsels the thunder god Piorun... Oynyena Maria may have been a fire goddess who later became...
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Ymir, Aurgelmir, Orgelmir, seldom: (Brimir, Bláinn)
Ymir (pronounced “EE-meer", meaning Scream) is an old Norse hermaphroditic giant and the first creature to come into being in the Norse creation narrative... He is the ancestor of all jötnar (Jötunn)....
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Brigid, Brighid, Fiery Arrow/Power, Brid, Brigindo, Brigandu, Brigan,...
Breo Saighead, or the "Fiery Arrow or Power," is a Celtic three-fold goddess, the daughter of The Dagda, and the wife of Bres. Known by many names, Brighid's three aspects are: (1) Fire of Inspiration...
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Asteria, Delos, Asterie, Astraea, Astrea, Starry, Falling star
Asteria, the daughter of the Titan Coeus and Phoebe, is the Titan goddess of the oracles and prophecies of night, including prophetic dreams, the reading of the stars (astrology), and necromancy. She...
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Portunus, Portunes, Portumnes
Portumnus, in Roman folklore, is originally the god of gates and doors (Lat. porta), and as such identified with Janus and represented with a key in his hand. He is also assoiated with keys,...
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Amazons, Amazónes
The Amazons are a nation of women dwelling near the river Thermodon in Greek folklore... Other historiographers place them in Asia Minor,or more often Ancient Libyē. They are, as a race, regarded as...
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Agni
(Sorath M. l, p. 637) The fire is also a great purifier. It purifles the metal. Agni is one of the three chief gods in the Rig Veda. Agni personifies fire; (Sanskrit: “Fire”). He is one of the 8...
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Nagual, Nagua, Nahual
Nagual or Nahual (both pronounced [na'wal]) is a human being who has the power to magically turn him- or herself into an animal form, most commonly donkeys, turkeys, and dogs, but also other and more...
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Anapos, Anapus
Anapos is the river-god of eastern Sikelia (Sicily). When Anapos opposed the kidnapping of Persephone along with the nymph Cyane, Hades turned them into a river (the river Anapo in southern Sicily)...
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Ereshkigal, Allatum, Allatu
Ereshkigal is the "queen of darkness" in Sumerian folklore... In Sumerian cosmogony, she is originally a sky goddess, who was carried off by force to the Sumerian Underworld by the dragon, Kur, and...
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Hebat, Kheba, Khepat, Hepatu, Hepit
Hebat is the Hurrian mother goddess of beauty, fertility and royalty, and probably sun. She is the wife of the supreme god Teshub, and the mother of Sharrumas. She may be identical to the sky-goddess...
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Coyote
Coyote is a Trickster Figure and a symbol in Native American Culture and oral tradition... The Coyote based on the coyote (Canis latrans) animal. This character is usually male and is generally...
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