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| Beings | Festivals | Figures | Locations | Objects | Practices |
| figure in Latin script | figure | description | religion/folklore | group | group in Latin script | group in English |
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| Abe no Seimei | 安倍晴明 | onmyōji |
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| 'Aḇrāhām | אַבְרָהָם
Ἀβρᾱᾱ́μ Ābrahām إِبْرَاهِيْمُ
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prophet |
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| Asklēpiós | Ἀσκληπιός | god of medicine, healing, rejuvenation and physicians |
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| Aithḗr | Αἰθήρ | primordial god and personification of the upper sky |
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| Agní | अग्नि | god of fire |
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| Ahurō Mazdā̊ | 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬋 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬛𐬃
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lord of wisdom, god of the sky |
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| Akṣobhya | अक्षोभ्य
阿閦佛 མི་བསྐྱོད་པ་ พระอักโษภยพุทธะ |
lord of Abhirati |
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पञ्चतथागत
五智如來 พระธยานิพุทธะ |
Pañcatathāgata | Five Tathāgatas |
| Alaz | Alaz | god of fire |
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| almáttki Áss | almáttki Áss | god |
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| Amamikyu | 阿摩美久、阿摩彌姑 | creation goddess of the Ryukyu Islands |
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| Amaterasu | 天照 | goddess of the sun |
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| Ame-no-Uzume | 天宇受売、天鈿女 | goddess of dawn |
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| Amitābha | अमिताभ
阿彌陀佛 འོད་དཔག་མེད་, ཚེ་དཔག་མེད་ อมิตาภพุทธะ |
Buddha |
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पञ्चतथागत
五智如來 พระธยานิพุทธะ |
Pañcatathāgata | Five Tathāgatas |
| Amoghasiddhi | अमोघसिद्धि
不空成就佛 དོན་ཡོད་གྲུབ་པ་ พระอโมฆสิทธิพุทธะ |
Buddha |
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पञ्चतथागत
五智如來 พระธยานิพุทธะ |
Pañcatathāgata | Five Tathāgatas |
| Amphitrítē | Ἀμφιτρίτη | queen of the sea; goddess of the sea |
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| Anánkē | Ἀνάγκη | personification of necessity and inevitability |
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| Anansi, Ananse | Anansi, Ananse | trickster |
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| Aphrodī́tē | Αφροδίτη | goddess of love, lust, passion, pleasure, beauty and sexuality |
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| Apóllōn | Ᾰ̓πόλλων
Apollō |
god of oracles, healing, archery, music and arts, light, knowledge, herds and flocks, and protection of the young |
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| Apulu | 𐌖𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌀 | god of the sun and light, thunder and lightning, healing and plague |
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| Ares | Ἄρης | god of war and courage |
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| ʾÁrīʾēl | אֲרִיאֵל
Ἀριήλ |
angel |
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| Artemis | Ἄρτεμις | goddess of nature, childbirth, wildlife, healing, the hunt, sudden death, animals, virginity, young women, and archery |
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| Asase Ya, Asase Afua | Asase Ya, Asase Afua | goddess of earth, fertility, love, peace, procreation, sky, and truth |
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| Asmodeus, Ashmedai | אַשְמְדּאָי
Ἀσμοδαῖος آشماداي
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king of demons |
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| Astaroth, Ashtaroth, Astarot, Asteroth | אַשְמְדּאָי
Ἀσμοδαῖος آشماداي
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devil |
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| Astarte | 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕
Ᾰ̓στᾰ́ρτη |
goddess of war, beauty, hunting and love |
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| Athēnâ | Ἀθηνᾶ | goddess of wisdom, warfare and handicraft |
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| Atum | tm
ⲁⲧⲟⲩⲙ |
primordial god |
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| Âu Cơ | 甌姬 | mountain snow goddess |
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| Ay Ata | 𐰖:𐱃𐰀
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moon god |
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| ʿǍzarʾēl | עֲזַרְאֵל
Αζραήλ عَزْرَائِيل، عِزْرَائِيل
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angel of death |
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| Baeuqloxdoh | Baeuqloxdoh | supreme god |
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| Bai Baianai | 𐰉𐰀𐰖 𐰉𐰀𐰖𐰀𐰣𐰀𐰖
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spirit of forests, animals and patron of hunters |
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| Báidì | 白帝 | god |
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五方上帝 | Wǔfāng Shàngdì | Highest Gods of the Five Regions |
| Báiwúcháng | 白無常 | one of the two gods escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld |
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| Baldr, Balldr | Baldr, Balldr | god |
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| Baraḵʾēl | בַּרַכְאֵל
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archangel |
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| Bathalà/Maykapál | Bathalà/Maykapál | the supreme being and creator of the Universe |
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| Beelzebub, Baʿal Zebub | בַּעַל־זְבוּב
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demon |
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| Belial, Beliar | בְּלִיַּעַל
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devil |
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| Belphegor, Beelphegor | בעל פְּעוֹר
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devil |
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| Benzaiten | 弁才天、弁財天 | goddess of all that flows: water, music, arts, love, wisdom, wealth, fortune |
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七福神 | Shichifukujin | Seven Gods of Fortune |
| Bhūmi | भुमि | goddess of the Earth |
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| Beowulf | Bēowulf | hero |
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| Bíā | Βία | personification of force |
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| Boréas, Borrhâs | Βορέας, Βορρᾶς | god of the north wind, storms, and winter |
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| Bragi | Bragi | god of poetry |
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| Brahmā | ब्रह्मा | creator of the Universe; god of creation, knowledge, and the Vedas |
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| Bùdài, Qìcǐ | 布袋、契此 | buddha of the future |
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七福神 | Shichifukujin | Seven Gods of Fortune |
| Gautama | गौतम | Buddha |
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| Burkut | Bürküt | eagle god |
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| Cáishén | 財神 | god of wealth |
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| Cāngdì | 蒼帝 | god |
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五方上帝 | Wǔfāng Shàngdì | Highest Gods of the Five Regions |
| Cāngjié | 倉頡 | historian |
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| Cáo Guójiù | 曹國舅 | immortal |
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八仙 | Bāxiān | Eight Immortals |
| Cernunnos | Cernunnos | god |
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| Chaac | Chaahk | god of rain, thunder, and lightning |
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| Cháng'é, Héng'é | 嫦娥、姮娥 | goddess of the Moon |
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| Chénghuángshén | 城隍神 | settlement protector |
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| Chìdì | 赤帝 | god |
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五方上帝 | Wǔfāng Shàngdì | Highest Gods of the Five Regions |
| Chīyóu | Txiv Yawg
蚩尤 |
leader of Nine Lí tribe |
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| Chrónos | Χρόνος | personification of time |
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| Chử Đồng Tử | 褚童子 | divinity |
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四不死 | Tứ bất tử | Four Immortals |
| Cizin | Cizin | god of death |
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| Cocijo, Guziu | Cocijo, Guziu | god of lightning |
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| Daikokuten | 大黒天 | god of wealth, fortune, the household, agriculture, fertility, sexuality and war |
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七福神 | Shichifukujin | Seven Gods of Fortune |
| Dàodé Tiānzūn, Tàishàng Lǎojūn | 道德天尊、太上老君 | god |
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三清 | Sānqīng | Three Pure Ones |
| Dattātreya | दत्तात्रेय | paradigmatic monk |
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| Dažʹbóg | Дажьбо́г | god of the Sun |
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| Dellingr | Dellingr | god |
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| Dēmḗtēr | Δημήτηρ | goddess of the harvest, agriculture, fertility, and sacred law |
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| Dhṛtarāṣṭra | धृतराष्ट्र
持國天王、提頭頼吒 ཡུལ་འཁོར་སྲུང ท้าวธตรฐ |
god |
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चतुर्महाराज
四大天王 จาตุมหาราชิกา |
Caturmahārājakayikas | Four Heavenly Kings |
| Diana | Diana | goddess of the hunt, wild animals, fertility and the Moon |
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| Diónūsos | Διόνυσος | god of wine, vegetation, fertility, festivity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre |
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| Durgā | दुर्गा | mother goddess; goddess of power, strength and protection |
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| Dzahui, Dzahui | Dzahui, Dzahui | god of rain |
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| Ebisu | 恵比寿、恵比須 | god of water, fisheries, business and wealth |
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七福神 | Shichifukujin | Seven Gods of Fortune |
| Eileíthuia | Εἰλείθυια | goddess of childbirth |
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| Enki, Ea, Ae | 𒀭𒂗𒆠
𒀭𒂍𒀀 |
god of water |
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| Enlil, Elil, Ellil, Nunamnir | 𒀭𒂗𒆤
𒀭𒂗𒆤 |
god of the wind, air, earth and storms |
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| Ēṓs, Héōs, Aúōs, Āṓs | Ἠώς, Ἕως, Αὔως, Ἀώς | personification of the dawn |
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| Éris | Ἔρις | goddess of strife and discord |
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| Erkliğ Han | Erkliğ Han | god of space |
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| Èrláng Shén | 二郎神 | god |
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| Erlik | Erlik | god of death and the underworld |
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| Érōs | Ἔρως | god of love, lust, desire and sex; primordial god and personification of love |
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| Esege Malan | Эсеге Малан | creator god |
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| Etügen Eke | Etügen Eke | earth goddess |
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| Fènghuáng | 鳳凰 | bird |
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| Forseti | Forseti | god of justice and reconciliation |
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| Fukurokuju | 福禄寿 | god of the fortune |
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七福神 | Shichifukujin | Seven Gods of Fortune |
| Fúxī | 伏羲 | culture hero |
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| Fúxīng | 福星 | god of fortune |
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三星 | Sānxīng | Three Stars |
| Gavri'él | גַּבְרִיאֵל
Γαβριήλ Gabriēl جَبْرَائِيل، جِبْرَائِيل
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archangel |
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| Gaîa | Γαῖᾰ | personification of the Earth |
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| Gaṇeśa | गणेश | god of new beginnings, wisdom and luck; remover of obstacles; supreme god (Ganapatya) |
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| Geb | gbb | god of the Earth |
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| Guān Yǔ | 關羽 | military general |
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| Guānshìyīn | 觀世音 | bodhisattva associated with compassion |
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| Guðrún | Guðrún
Kriemhilt |
noble woman |
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| Gunnarr | Gunnarr
Gunther |
king of Burgundy |
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| Hā́idēs, Ploútōn | ᾍδης, Πλούτων | king of the Underworld; god of the dead and riches |
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| Hán Xiāngzǐ | 韓湘子 | immortal |
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八仙 | Bāxiān | Eight Immortals |
| Hanumān | हनुमान् | god of wisdom, strength, courage, devotion and self-discipline |
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| Hasinaw-uk-kamuy | ハシナウ・ウｸ・カムイ | goddess of the hunt |
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| Hé Xiāngū | 何仙姑 | immortal |
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八仙 | Bāxiān | Eight Immortals |
| Hḗbē | Ἥβη | goddess of eternal youth and old age, prime of life, and forgiveness; cupbearer to the gods |
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| Hekátē | Ἑκᾰ́τη | goddess of magic, spells, the moon, the night, crossroads, and ghosts |
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| Hēidì | 黑帝 | god |
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五方上帝 | Wǔfāng Shàngdì | Highest Gods of the Five Regions |
| Heimdallr | Heimdallr | god |
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| Hēiwúcháng | 黑無常 | one of the two gods escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld |
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| Hḗlios | Ἥλιος | personification of the Sun |
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| Hēmérā | Ἡμέρα | personification of day |
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| Hḗphaistos | Ἥφαιστος | god of fire, volcanoes, metalworking, artisans, metallurgy, carpenters, forges, sculpting, and blacksmiths |
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| Hḗrā | Ἥρα | queen of the gods; goddess of marriage, women, marital harmony and the protector of women during childbirth |
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| Heracles, Alkaios, Alkeidēs | Ἡρακλῆς, Ἀλκαῖος, Ἀλκείδης | divine hero |
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| Hercules | Hercules | hero |
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| Hermês | Ἑρμῆς | god of boundaries, roads, travelers, merchants, thieves, athletes, shepherds, commerce, speed, cunning, language, oratory, wit and messages |
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| Hermóðr | Hermóðr | god |
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| Hestíā | Ἑστία | goddess of the domestic and civic hearth, the home, sacred and sacrificial fire, virginity, family and the state |
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| Himiko | 卑弥呼 | shamaness-queen |
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| Hippolytē | Ἱππολύτη | queen of the Amazons |
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| Höðr | Höðr | god |
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| Högni | Hǫgni
Hagen |
warrior |
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| Hóngjūn Lǎozǔ | 鴻鈞老祖 | ancestor of immortals |
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| Hœnir, Hǿnir | Hœnir, Hǿnir | god |
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| Hòutǔ | 后土 | goddess of all land and earth |
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| Hòu Yì | 后羿 | archer |
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| Huā Mùlán | 花木蘭 | heroin |
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| Huángdì | 黃帝 | god |
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五方上帝 | Wǔfāng Shàngdì | Highest Gods of the Five Regions |
| Huītzilōpōchtli | Huītzilōpōchtli | god of war and will, lord of the Sun and fire; patron god of the Mexica; ruler of the south |
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| Hunahpu | Hunahpu | hero |
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| Inaba no Shirousagi | 因幡の白兎 | hare |
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| Inari | 稲荷 | god of foxes, fertility, rice, tea and sake, agriculture and industry, and general prosperity and worldly success |
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| Inanna, Ishtar | 𒀭𒈹
𒀭𒈹 |
goddess of love, war and fertility |
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| Indra | इन्द्र | king of the devas; king of Svarga; god of weather, lightning, thunder, storms and rain |
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| Inti | Inti | sun god |
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| Ἶρις | Îris | goddess of the rainbow |
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| Isis | ꜣst | goddess of warfare, health, marriage and love |
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| Ítreksjóð | Ítreksjóð | god |
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| Itzamna | Itzamna | creator god |
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| Izanagi, Izanaki | 伊邪那岐、伊耶那岐、伊弉諾 | creator god |
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| Izanami | 伊邪那美、伊耶那美、伊弉冉、伊弉弥 | creator goddess |
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| Jegudiel | יַחְדִּיאֵל
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archangel |
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| Jerahmeel | יְרַחְמְאֵל
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archangel |
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| Jīnchán | 金蟾 | toad that brings good fortune |
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| Jīngwèi | 精衛 | goddess |
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| Jiǔwěihú | 九尾狐 | fox |
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| Yōp̄īʾēl | יוֹפִיאֵל
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archangel |
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| Juḥā, Naṣr al-Dīn | جُحَا، نصر الدين
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trickster |
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| Juno | Iūnō | queen of the gods; goddess of marriage and childbirth |
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| Jupiter | Iūpiter, Iuppiter | king of the gods; god of the sky and Diurnal thunder |
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| Jurōjin | 寿老人 | god of longevity |
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七福神 | Shichifukujin | Seven Gods of Fortune |
| Kaguya-hime | かぐや姫 | princess from the Moon |
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| Kayra | 𐰴𐰖𐰺𐰀
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creator god |
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| Kʼawiil | Kʼawiil | god associated with lightning, serpents, fertility and maize |
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| Kʼinich Ajaw | Kʼinich Ajaw | sun god |
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| Kālī | काली | mother goddess; goddess of time, change, creation, power, destruction and death |
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| Kamuy-huci | カムイフチ | goddess of the hearth |
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| Kārtikeya | कार्तिकेय | god of victory and war; commander of the gods |
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| King Arthur | Brenin Arthur
Arthur Gernow Roue Arzhur Roi Arthur |
king of Britain |
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| Kisshōten | 吉祥天 | goddess of fortune |
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| Krátos | Κράτος | personification of strength |
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| Kṛṣṇa | कृष्ण | god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; lord of yogis; Svayam Bhagavan (Krishnaism-Vaishnavism) |
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| Kṣitigarbha | क्षितिगर्भ
地藏 ་ཡི་སྙིང་པོ་ พระกษิติครรภ |
bodhisattva |
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| Kuāfù | 夸父 | giant |
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| Kubai | Kubai | goddess of birth and children |
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| Kushinadahime, Kushiinadahime, Inadahime | 櫛名田比売、奇稲田姫、稲田姫 | goddess of rice, agriculture, marriage, love, childbirth, and child rearing |
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| Kūn | 鯤 | giant fish |
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| Kyzaghan | 𐰚𐰃𐰔𐰀𐰏𐰀𐰣
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god of war |
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| K’uk’ulkan | K’uk’ulkan | serpent |
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| Lạc Long Quân, Sùng Lãm | 貉龍君、崇纜 | king of the Hồng Bàng dynasty |
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| Lakṣmī, Śrī | लक्ष्मी, श्री | mother goddess; goddess of prosperity, fortune, wealth, power, abundance, beauty and maya; supreme goddess (Vaishnavism); Para Brahman |
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| Lán Cǎihé | 藍采和 | immortal |
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八仙 | Bāxiān | Eight Immortals |
| Laon | Laon | supreme creator goddess |
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| Lētṓ | Λητώ | childhood goddess |
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| Leviathan | לִוְיָתָן
Λεβιάθαν |
sea serpent |
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| Lǐ Tiěguǎi | 李鐵拐 | immortal |
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八仙 | Bāxiān | Eight Immortals |
| Liễu Hạnh | 柳杏 | divinity |
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四不死 | Tứ bất tử | Four Immortals |
| Língbǎo Tiānzūn | 靈寶天尊 | god |
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三清 | Sānqīng | Three Pure Ones |
| Lóðurr | Lóðurr | god |
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| Loki | Loki | god |
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| Lóngwáng | 龍王 | dragon king; god of water and weather |
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| Lǚ Dòngbīn | 呂洞賓 | immortal |
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八仙 | Bāxiān | Eight Immortals |
| Lùxīng | 祿星 | god of emoluments |
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三星 | Sānxīng | Three Stars |
| Magni | Magni | god |
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| Mahākāla | महाकाल
大黑天 མ་ཧཱ་གཱ་ལ། มหากาล |
god of time, maya, creation, destruction and power |
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| Mágoi | Μάγοι
Magi |
three unnamed wise men |
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| Mágū | 麻姑 | immortal associated with elixir of life; protector of women |
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| Manqu Qhapaq | Manqu Qhapaq | founder of the Inca civilisation |
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| Mâni | مانی
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prophet |
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| Máni | Máni | personification of the Moon |
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| Mañjuśrī | मञ्जुश्री
文殊師利 འཇམ་དཔལ་ |
bodhisattva who represents prajñā |
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| Mars | Mārs | god of war, guardian of agriculture and the Roman people |
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| Miryám | מִרְיָם
Μαριάμ Maria مَرْيَم
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mother of Yēšū́aʿ |
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| Mẫu Địa Tiên, Lục Cung Thánh Mẫu | 母地仙、陆宮聖母 | mother goddess |
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四府 | Tứ Phủ | Four Palaces |
| Mẫu Thoải, Thủy Cung Thánh Mẫu | 母水、水宮聖母 | mother goddess |
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四府 | Tứ Phủ | Four Palaces |
| Mẫu Thượng Ngàn, Lâm Cung Thánh Mẫu | 母上𡶨、林宮聖母 | mother goddess |
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四府 | Tứ Phủ | Four Palaces |
| Mẫu Thượng Thiên, Mẫu Đệ Nhất | 母上天、母第一 | mother goddess |
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四府 | Tứ Phủ | Four Palaces |
| Māui | Māui | culture hero, trickster |
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| Māzǔ | 媽祖 | goddess of the sea |
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| Meili | Meili | god |
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| Mercury | Mercurius | god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication, travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery, merchants and thieves |
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| Mergen | 𐰢𐰼𐰏𐰤
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god of abundance and wisdom |
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| Mîḵāʾēl | מִיכָאֵל
Μῐχᾱήλ Michaēl مِيكَائِيل
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archangel |
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| Mímir, Mim | Mímir, Mim | god |
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| Minerva | Minerva | goddess of poetry, medicine, commerce, weaving, the crafts and wisdom |
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| Mixcōhuātl, Camaxtle | Mixcōhuātl, Camaxtle | god of hunting, war, and of many tribes; the Milky Way |
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| Móði | Móði | god |
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| Modimo, Molimo | Modimo, Molimo | creator god, supreme god and god of the sky |
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| Momotarō | 桃太郎 | hero |
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| Moshé, Mūsā | מֹשֶׁה
Μωϋσῆς Mōsēs, Mōȳsēs مُوسَىٰ
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prophet |
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| Muḥammad | مُحَمَّد
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prophet |
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| Mukuru | Mukuru | supreme creator |
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| Nanna, Sin, Suen | 𒀭𒋀𒆠
𒀭𒂗𒍪 |
god of the Moon |
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| Némesis | Νέμεσις | goddess of retribution |
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| Nephthys | nbt-ḥwt | goddess of mourning, the night/darkness, temple service, childbirth, the dead, protection, magic, health, embalming and beer |
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| Neptune | Neptūnus | god of the sea |
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| Nézhā | 哪吒 | protection god |
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| Ngai | Ngai | supreme god |
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| Nī́kē | Νῑ́κη | goddess of victory |
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| Ninhursag, Damgalnuna, Ninmah | 𒀭𒎏𒄯𒊕
𒀭𒎏𒄯𒊕 |
mother goddess; goddess of fertility, mountains and rulers |
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| Nuógōng | 傩公 | highest god |
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| Nuópó | 傩婆 | highest goddess |
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| Nut | nwt
Ⲛⲉ |
goddess of the sky, stars, cosmos, mothers, astronomy and the Universe |
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| Nǚwā | 女媧 | culture hero |
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| Nyambe | Nyambe | god of creation |
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| Nyankapon-Nyame-Odomankoma | Nyankapon-Nyame-Odomankoma | supreme god and sky father |
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| Nýx | Νύξ | personification of night |
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| Nzambi a Mpungu | Nzambi a Mpungu | supreme god, eternal sky father, god of the Sun |
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| Nzambici | Nzambici | Moon, Earth and sky mother |
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| Od iyesi | Ут Иясе | god of fire |
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| Óðinn | Óðinn | god |
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| Óðr | Óðr | god |
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| Ọlọrun | Ọlọrun | monarch of the heavens, supreme monarch of gods, sky, Earth, Universe |
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| Osiris | wsjr | god of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life and vegetation |
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| Oya | Oya | orisha of storms, wind, thunder, lightning, the dead |
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| Pán | Πάν | god of nature, the wild, shepherds, flocks, and mountain wilds |
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| Pángǔ | 盤古 | primordial being; creation figure |
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| Pariacaca | Pariacaca | god of storms; creator god |
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| Pārvatī, Umā, Gaurī | पार्वती, उमा, गौरी | mother goddess; goddess of power, nourishment, devotion, motherhood, fertility, and harmony; supreme goddess (Shaivism) |
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| Péng | 鵬 | giant bird transformed from Kūn |
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| Persephónē | Περσεφόνη | queen of the underworld; goddess of the dead, the underworld, grain and nature |
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| Perunŭ | Перунъ | god of the sky, lightning, thunder, war, justice and physical realm |
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| Phóbos | Φόβος | personification of fear |
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| Píxiū | 貔貅 | hybrid creature |
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| Poseidôn | Ποσειδῶν | king of the sea; god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses |
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| Presbyter Ioannes | Presbyter Ioannes | patriarch, presbyter and king |
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| Príāpos | Πρίαπος | god of fertility, vegetables, nature, livestock, fruit, beekeeping, sex, genitals, masculinity, and gardens |
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| Qʼuqʼumatz | Qʼuqʼumatz | god of wind and rain (Kʼicheʼ) |
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| Qamata | Qamata | god |
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| Qílín | 麒麟 | hybrid creature |
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| Qín Qióng | 秦瓊 | military general |
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| Quetzalcoatl | Quetzalcoatl | god of life, light and wisdom, lord of the day and the winds; ruler of the west |
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| Ra | rꜥ
𒊑𒀀 𐤓𐤏 ⲣⲏ |
god of the Sun |
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| Rādhā | राधा | primordial goddess, mother goddess, hladini shakti; goddess of love, compassion, and devotion; supreme goddess (Krishnaism) |
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| Rāma | राम | the ideal man; embodiment of dharma |
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| Ratnasambhava | रत्नसम्भव
寶生如來 རིན་ཆེན་འབྱུང་གནས་, རིན་ཆེན་འབྱུང་ལྡན་ |
Buddha |
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पञ्चतथागत
五智如來 พระธยานิพุทธะ |
Pañcatathāgata | Five Tathāgatas |
| Robin Hood | Robin Hood | heroic outlaw |
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| Rukmiṇī | रुक्मिणी | mother goddess; goddess of fortune |
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| Rafa'el | רָפָאֵל
Ραφαήλ سمسمائيل، سمائل
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archangel |
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| Rhéā | Ῥέᾱ | mother goddess |
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| Ruhanga | Ruhanga | creator and sky god |
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| Ryūjin | 龍神 | tutelary god of the sea |
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| Samantabhadra | समन्तभद्र
普賢 ཀུན་ཏུ་བཟང་པོ་ |
bodhisattva associated with practice and meditation |
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| Sandalp̄ōn | סַנְדַּלְפוֹן
Σανδαλφών |
archangel |
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| Sarasvatī | सरस्वती | goddess of knowledge, music, art, speech and learning; personification of the Saraswati River |
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| Śārīʾēl | שָׂרִיאֵל
Σαριηλ ⲥⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ |
archangel |
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| Satī | सती | goddess of power, marital felicity and longevity |
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| Šəʾaltīʾēl | שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל
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archangel |
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| Selḗnē | Σελήνη | personification of the Moon |
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| Set, Seth | stẖ | god of deserts, storms, disorder, violence and foreigners |
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| Shàngdì | 上帝 | highest god |
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| Shénnóng | 神農 | culture hero |
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| Shēnshū | 神荼 | one of the two gods who feed evil spirits to tigers |
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| Shòuxīng | 壽星 | god of longevity |
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三星 | Sānxīng | Three Stars |
| Shu | šw | god of peace, lions, air and wind |
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| Shuten-dōji | 酒呑童子 | demon leader |
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| Sigurðr | Sigurðr
Sîvrit |
one who killed a dragon |
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| Sinbad | سِنْدِبَاد
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sailor |
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| Sītā | सीता | mother goddess; goddess of beauty and devotion |
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| Śiva, Mahādevá | शिव, महादेव | god of time; lord of yogis; the cosmic dancer; patron of yoga; meditation and arts; master of poison and medicine; the supreme being (Shaivism) |
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| Ṣaṣṭhī | षष्ठी | goddess of children, reproduction, childbirth, mid-wives |
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| Suìrén | 燧人 | culture hero |
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| Sūn Wùkōng | 孫悟空 | monkey king |
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| Supay | Supay | god of death |
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| Sūrya | सूर्य | god of the Sun; ruler of the planets |
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| Susanoo | 素戔嗚、須佐之男 | god of the sea, storms and fields |
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| Svarožicĭ, Sovarogŭ | Сварожиць, Соварогъ | god of fire; god of protection and war |
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| Tàibái Jīnxīng | 太白金星 | god |
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| Tamamo-no-Mae | 玉藻前 | fox spirit |
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| Tản Viên Sơn Thánh, Sơn Tinh | 傘圓山聖、山精 | god of Ba Vì mountain range |
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四不死 | Tứ bất tử | Four Immortals |
| Tāne | Tāne | god of forests and birds (Māori); god of beauty and peace (Tahitian) |
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| Tāwhirimātea, Tāwhiri | Tāwhirimātea, Tāwhiri | god of weather |
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| Tefnut | tfn.t
ⲧϥⲏⲛⲉ |
god of moisture, moist Air, dew and rain |
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| Tengri | 𐰚𐰇𐰚:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃
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supreme god |
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| Terra | Terra | Earth |
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| Tēzcatlipōca | Tēzcatlipōca | god of providence, the invisible and darkness, lord of the Night; ruler of the north |
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| Thánatos | Θᾰ́νᾰτος | personification of peaceful death |
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| Thánh Gióng, Phù Đổng Thiên Vương, Sóc Thiên Vương | 聖揀、扶董天王、朔天王 | folk hero |
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四不死 | Tứ bất tử | Four Immortals |
| Thémis | Θέμις | goddess of justice, divine law, divine order, and custom |
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| Tiki | Tiki | the first man |
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| Tláloc | Tláloc | god of rain |
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| Tōnacācihuātl | Tōnacācihuātl | goddess of the creation |
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| Tōnacātēcuhtli | Tōnacātēcuhtli | god of the creation |
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| Trần Quốc Tuấn, Hưng Đạo Đại Vương | 陳國峻、興道大王 | prince, stateman, military commander |
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| Triptólemos | Τριπτόλεμος | patron of the Eleusinian mysteries; founder of agriculture; judge of the afterlife |
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| Tsukuyomi | 月読 | god of the Moon |
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| Tǔdìgōng | 土地公 | tutelary god of a specific location |
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| Tūmatauenga | Tūmatauenga | primary god of war, hunting, cooking, fishing, and food cultivation |
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| Týr | Týr | god |
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| Þórr | Þórr | god |
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| Ülgen | 𐰈𐰞𐰏𐰅𐰣
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creator god |
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| ʾŪrīʾēl | אוּרִיאֵל
Οὐριήλ ⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ |
archangel |
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| Ullr | Ullr | god |
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| Umay | 𐰆𐰢𐰖
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goddess of newborn children and souls |
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| Unkulunkulu | Unkulunkulu | supreme creator |
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| Ouranós | Οὐρᾰνός | personification of the sky and the heavens |
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| Urcuchillay | Urcuchillay | god that watches over animals |
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| Utu, Shamash | 𒀭𒌓
𒀭𒌓 |
god of the Sun and justice |
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| Vairocana | वैरोचन
大日如來、毘盧遮那佛 རྣམ་པར་སྣང་མཛད་ พระไวโรจนพุทธะ |
Buddha; dharmakāya (Hàn Buddhism); primordial Buddha (Vajrayāna) |
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पञ्चतथागत
五智如來 พระธยานิพุทธะ |
Pañcatathāgata | Five Tathāgatas |
| Vaiśravaṇa | वैश्रवण
多聞天王、毘沙門天王 རྣམ་ཐོས་སྲས་ ท้าวกุเวร |
god |
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चतुर्महाराज
四大天王 จาตุมหาราชิกา / 七福神 |
Caturmahārājakayikas
/ Shichifukujin |
Four Heavenly Kings
/ Seven Gods of Fortune |
| Váli | Váli | god |
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| Varuṇa | वरुण | god of the sky, oceans, and water |
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| Vāyu | वायु |
god of air, wind, and breath |
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| Vé | Vé | god |
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| Velesŭ, Volosŭ | Велесъ, Волосъ | god of the Earth, waters, forests, underworld, music, magic, trickery, cattle and wealth |
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| Venus | Venus | goddess of love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory |
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| Vesta | Vesta | goddess of the hearth, home, family, virginity and sacred fire |
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| Vichama | Vichama | god of death |
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| Viracocha, Wiraqocha, Huiracocha | Viracocha, Wiraqocha, Huiracocha | creator god |
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| Vili | Vili | god |
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| Víðarr | Víðarr | god |
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| Viṣṇu | विष्णु | god of preservation; god of time; the protector of good; bestower of karma; the supreme being (Vaishnavism) |
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| Virūḍhaka | विरूढक
增長天王、毘樓勒叉 འཕགས་སྐྱེས་པོ ท้าววิรุฬหก |
god |
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चतुर्महाराज
四大天王 จาตุมหาราชิกา |
Caturmahārājakayikas | Four Heavenly Kings |
| Virūpākṣa | विरूपाक्ष
廣目天王、毘樓博叉 སྤྱན་མི་བཟང ท้าววิรูปักษ์ |
god |
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चतुर्महाराज
四大天王 จาตุมหาราชิกา |
Caturmahārājakayikas | Four Heavenly Kings |
| Vulcanus | Vulcanus | god of fire, metalworking, and the forge |
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| Wèi Zhēng | 魏徵 | politician and historian |
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| William Tell | Wilhelm Tell
Guillaume Tell Guglielmo Tell Guglielm Tell |
mountain climber and marksman |
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| Xièzhì | 獬豸 | creature |
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| Xīpe Totēc | Xīpe Totēc | god of ritual flaying and agriculture, lord of seasons, regeneration and crafts, patron of goldsmiths; ruler of the east |
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| Xīwángmǔ | 西王母 | mother goddess |
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| Xuánzàng | 玄奘 | monk |
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| Xbalanque | Xbalanque | hero |
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| Yamata no Orochi | 八岐大蛇、八俣遠呂智、八俣遠呂知 | eight-head eight-tail dragon |
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| Yatagarasu | 八咫烏 | three-legged crow and guiding deity |
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| Yer Tanrı | Yer Tanrı | Earth god |
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| Yēšū́aʿ | יֵשׁוּעַ
Ἰησοῦς Yyšw عِيسَىٰ
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prophet; son of the God (Christianity) |
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| Yìnglóng | 應龍 | god of rains |
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| Yopaat | Yopaat | storm god |
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| Yùchí Róng, Yùchí Gōng | 尉遲融、尉遲恭 | military general |
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| Yuánshǐ Tiānzūn | 元始天尊 | god |
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三清 | Sānqīng | Three Pure Ones |
| Yùhuáng, Yùdì | 玉皇、玉帝 | primordial god |
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| Yuki-onna | 雪女 | spirit |
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| Yùlǜ | 鬱壘 | one of the two gods who feed evil spirits to tigers |
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| Zartošt | زرتشت
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prophet |
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| Ζέφυρος | Zéphuros | god of the west wind |
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| Zeús | Ζεύς | king of the gods; god of the sky, lightning, thunder, Law, and order |
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| Zàojūn, Zàoshén | 灶君、灶神 | god protecting the hearth and family |
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| Zhāng Guǒlǎo | 張果老 | immortal |
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八仙 | Bāxiān | Eight Immortals |
| Zhōng Kuí | 鍾馗 | vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings |
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| Zhōnglí Quán | 鍾離權 | immortal |
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八仙 | Bāxiān | Eight Immortals |
| Zhùróng | 祝融 | god of fire and the south |
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| Zhyge Alu | Zhyge Alu | hero |
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