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ADAD:
Akkadian name of the
Babylonian-Assyrian god of thunder and storms, meaning
"thunder." Adad is
called Ishkur in Sumerian. He
is also known by the Akkadian name Ramman,
meaning "thunderer."
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ADONAI:
"My lord."
Because Yahweh's name was forbidden to be spoken, this
name was used to refer to the god of the
Israelites.
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ADONIS: Greek
myth name of a beautiful youth who was loved by Aphrodite. He was killed while
hunting a boar and the anemone flower sprang from his
blood. His name derives from Hebrew Adonai,
meaning "my lord."
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AEOLUS: Latin form of Greek
Aiolos,
myth name of the god of winds, meaning "nimble; quick-moving."
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AETHER:
"Light/upper air." Greek myth name of one
of the first gods, the son of Erebos
and Nyx. He is
the god of the pure, upper air that only the gods
breathe, as opposed to the gloomy, lower "aer"
breathed by mortals.
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AHRIMAN:
"Devil; evil spirit." Middle Persian form of
Avestan Angra
Mainyu, myth name of the god of darkness, death and
destruction, and the number one enemy of Ahura
Mazda.
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AHTI:
Another name for Finnish Lemminkainen,
myth name of a god of magic, a sorcerer said to be able
to "sing the sand into pearls."
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AHTO: Finnish myth name of
a god of
sea and fishing, known as the "wave-host." He was described as having a beard of
moss. He dwelled in an underwater palace called Ahtola
with his cold-hearted wife Vellamo.
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AHURA MAZDA:
"Divinity of wisdom." Persian myth name of the
uncreated creator of everything in the universe, whose
archenemy is Ahriman. In Avestan, Ahura
is the term for a good
divinity. Mazda stands for wisdom.
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AKU: Babylonian
myth name of a god of the moon, meaning
"moon."
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ALAUNUS:
Celtic myth name of a god of the sun, healing and prophecy, meaning
"shining one."
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ALLAH: Arabic name meaning
"the deity." It is the Muslim word for God.
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AMUN:
Egyptian myth name of a god of wind and air, meaning
"the hidden one."
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ANANTA: Hindi myth name
meaning "infinite; without end." This is the name of another incarnation
of Vishnu.
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ANGRA MAINYU:
"Evil spirit; devil." Persian myth name of the source of all evil,
and the twin
brother and main enemy of the god Ahura Mazda.
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ANHUR: Egyptian
myth name of a sky god, meaning "skybearer,"
or "brings back the distant one."
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ANIL:
Hindi myth name of a god of the wind, meaning "air,
wind."
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ANPU:
Egyptian myth name of a
jackal-headed god of the underworld, meaning "royal
child."
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AODH: Myth name of a Celtic sun god.
It is the Irish and Scottish Gaelic form of Áed,
meaning "fire."
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AONGHUS:
Scottish/Gaelic myth name of a god of youth and love,
composed of Celtic elements meaning "one/only
choice."
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APOLLO:
"Destroyer." Latin form of Apollon, the original Greek form of
Apollo's name. He was the god of archery, healing,
light, poetry, prophecy, music, and the sun. He was the
son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of
Artemis,
goddess of the hunt and moon. The meaning of his name is
disputed and there are many suggestions. However, the
ancient Greeks always associated his name with the word apollymi,
meaning "to destroy."
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ARAWN:
Welsh myth name of the Lord of Annwn ("un-world; under-world"), possibly meaning "unrestrained wildness."
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ARES: Greek myth name of
the son of Zeus and Hera. Identified with Roman
Mars.
Derived from the Greek word ares, meaning
"battle strife; ruination."
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ARISTAIOS:
"Excellence." Greek myth name of a son of Apollo
and a mortal woman, who was raised on ambrosia
and made immortal by Gaia.
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ARJUNA:
Hindi myth name of a son of Indra, meaning
"white."
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ARUN: "Redness
of the rising sun." Hindi myth name of the
charioteer of the rising sun. He is believed to be a
cripple having no thighs.
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ARUNA:
"Sun." Hindi myth name of the sun. Also
considered an alternative name for Arun,
the charioteer of the sun.
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ASKLEPIOS:
Greek myth name of a
demigod who learned the secret of life and death from a
serpent, possibly meaning "gives well-being."
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ATHAMUS:
Greek myth name of the father of Phrixus, meaning
"rich harvest."
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ATLAS:
Greek myth name of a Titan. As the story goes, he was
punished by Zeus for siding with the Titans in their war
against the Olympians, by being forced to bear the
weight of the heavens and earth on his shoulders. The
meaning of his name is disputed. One interesting theory suggests that Atlas did not bear the weight of the
"world" on his shoulders but, instead, the
"sky," and that his name meant "the one
who could not withstand."
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ATON:
"Solar disk." Egyptian myth name of the
creator of the universe, a sun god represented by the
sun's disk.
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ATTIS:
"Papa." Myth name of the son of the Phrygian
goddess Cybele
who was driven mad by his mother's advances and
castrated himself.
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BA'AL:
Semitic name of several storm gods, derived from the word ba'al,
meaning either "lord" or "possessor."
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BACCHUS:
Roman name for Greek Dionysos,
myth name of the god of revelry and the intoxicating power of wine. It is
the Latin form of Greek Bakchos, meaning "to
shout."
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BALADEVA:
"Strength of God." Hindi myth name of the elder brother of Sri Krishna, derived from the elements bala "strength" and deva
"god."
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BALDER:
English form of Old Norse Baldr, myth name of a son of
Odin and Frigg, meaning "prince."
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BEL:
"Shining." Bel or Beli is the name of a Welsh ancestor-deity
which derives from the same root (bel-) as Celtic Belenus,
but Bel's character and attributes are different from Belenus.
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BELENUS:
"Shining." Celtic myth
name of a god of fire and healing. In the Roman period he was identified
with Apollo.
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BELOBOG:
"White god." Slavic myth name of a god of light and sun, the
counterpart of Crnobog ("black god"), the cursed god of
darkness. The name is composed of the elements byelo "white" and bog
"god."
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BES:
Egyptian myth name of a dwarf god, meaning "brings
joy."
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BRAHMA:
"Creator; source," or more literally "to enlarge,
swell," from the Sanskrit root bŗh. Not to be confused with
the Buddhist Brahma whose name was borrowed from Hinduism but whose god has
nothing in common with the Hindu god. In Hinduism, Brahma is a member of the
Hindu Trinity called Trimurti, the other two members being Vishnu
"the preserver" and Shiva
"the destroyer." Brahma is also called Nabhija "born
from the navel" and Kanja
"born in water."
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CERNUNNOS:
"Horned, antlered." Celtic myth name of an
antlered god of animals, fertility and the underworld,
from Gaulish carnon/cernon, meaning
"horn, antler."
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CHANDRA:
Hindi myth name of a lunar and fertility god, meaning
"moon."
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CHARON:
Greek myth name of the ferryman of Hades who ferries the
dead across the river Acheron, meaning
"fierce brightness."
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CHRYSAOR:
Greek myth name of a giant son of Poseidon
and Medusa,
meaning "golden sword."
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COCIDIUS: Myth name of a Celtic hunter
god, possibly meaning "of the woods."
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CONSUS:
Roman myth name of a god of grains and subterranean
silos. The name is probably of Etruscan or Sabine
origin, meaning "to sow."
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CRIUS:
Latin form of Greek Kreios,
myth name of one of the Titans, derived from kreion,
meaning "master, ruler."
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CRNOBOG:
"Black god." Slavic myth name of a god of evil
and darkness, the
counterpart of Belobog ("white
god"), the god of the sun and light, derived from cherno
"black" and bog "god."
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CRONUS:
Latin form of Greek Kronos,
myth name of the Titan father of Zeus,
possibly related
to cornus, meaning "horn."
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CUPID:
Roman myth name of a god of love and son of Venus,
derived from Latin cupido, meaning
"desire." He is also known as Amor,
"love." His Greek equivalent is Eros,
meaning "sexual love."
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DAAMODARAH:
"Waist-cord." Hindi myth name of Krishna's
367th name, from Sanskrit daama "cord"
and udara "waist."
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DAGDA:
"The good god." Celtic myth name of a god of knowledge and magic, and a leader
of the Tuatha Dé Danann, supernatural beings
who inhabited Ireland prior to the coming of the Celts.
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DEIMOS:
Greek myth name of one of the sons of Ares
and Aphrodite,
meaning "fear, terror."
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DEUCALION:
Greek myth name of two characters, a son of Prometheus,
and a son of Minos, possibly meaning "new wine
sailor."
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DIONYSOS:
"Zeus-Nysa."
Greek myth name of the god of
revelry and the intoxicating effect of wine, composed of the elements Dio/Dios1
"Zeus" and Nysa,2 the name of a
legendary land/mountain where Dionysos was raised and
nursed by rain-nymphs.
Note 1: the Greek stem dio-, while related to
Latin deus "god" is a form of zeus
and does not mean "god," but is sometimes
translated as such.
Note 2: There are many places bearing
the name Nysa in Anatolia, Turkmenistan, Poland and
Serbia. The Serbian Nysa is spelled Nis and has been
interpreted as an Indo-European word meaning
"nymph."
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DYLAN:
"Great sea." Welsh myth name of a sea god and
son of Aranrhod,
composed of the elements dy "great" and
llanw "sea."
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EA:
Another name the Babylonians called Enki,
myth name of a god of creation, wisdom, and keeper of
divine laws, meaning either "lord of the
earth" or "lord of the underworld."
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ELEUTHERIOS:
Greek myth name by which Dionysos
and Eros were
sometimes referred, meaning "the liberator."
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EMYGDIUS:
Variant of Latin Hemigidius,
meaning "half-god, demigod." Name
of a German martyred
saint who is supposed to provide protection from
earthquakes.
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ENKI:
Babylonian myth name of a god of creation, wisdom, and
keeper of divine laws, and half-brother to Enlil.
The name is usually rendered "Lord of the Earth," but it may
ultimately derive from en-kur, meaning "lord of the
underworld."
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ENLIL:
Sumerian form of
Akkadian Ellil, name of the chief
deity of the Babylonian religion, meaning "Lord
Wind," or more literally "Lord of the
Command." Half-brother to Enki.
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EREBOS:
"Darkness." Greek myth name of the offspring
of Chaos, brother of Nyx,
and father of Aether.
He is the personification of primordial darkness. In
later legends he became a place in Hades, the
underworld. The name is probably a loan from Semitic,
like Hebrew erebh and Akkadian erebu, both
of which mean "sunset, evening," hence
"darkness."
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EROS:
Greek myth name of the god of love, lust and sex,
worshiped as a fertility god. The name derived from the
word eros, meaning "sexual love," the
same root from which came the word erotic. His
Roman equivalent is Cupid
"desire," and he is also known as Amor
"love."
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FAUNUS:
"To favor." Roman equivalent of Greek Pan.
In Greek mythology, he was the father of Fauna
and Latinus by the nymph Marica
who was also sometimes said to be his mother.
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FREYR:
"Ing." Old Norse myth name of the god of rain and sunlight.
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GANESH:
"Lord of the horde." Hindi myth name of a god of good luck and
wisdom, composed of the elements gana "horde" and isa
"lord."
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GIRISH:
Hindi myth name borne by Shiva, meaning "lord of the mountain."
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GOIBNIU:
Irish myth name of a smith god who provided weapons for the Tuatha De Danaan,
derived from the element gobha meaning "smith."
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GUNNARR:
"War-warrior." Old Norse myth name of the husband of Brynhild,
composed of the elements gunnr "war" and arr
"warrior."
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GWALCHMAI:
"May hawk." Celtic myth name of a sun god, composed of the
elements gwalch "hawk" and Mei "May."
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HADAD:
Aramaic name of a Semitic god of storms and rain, meaning "thunder."
Hadad is equated with Babylonian-Assyrian Adad,
and is also known by the byname Rimmon,
meaning "thunderer."
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HADES:
Latin form of Greek Haides, myth name of the god of the underworld, brother of
Zeus
and husband of Persephone, from
the Greek word aides, meaning "unseen."
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HARI:
Hindi myth name borne by Vishnu,
meaning "he who takes away."
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HARISH:
"Monkey lord." Hindi myth name borne by Vishnu, composed of the elements
hari "monkey" and isa "lord."
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HELIOS:
Greek myth name of the sun god, meaning "sun."
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HEMIGIDIUS:
Latin name literally meaning "half-god; demigod."
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HEPHAESTUS:
Latin form of Greek Hephaistos, myth name of the lame god of artisans, craftsmen, metallurgy and fire.
Equivalent of Roman Vulcan. It was
from this god's forge that Prometheus
stole fire to give to man. His name is said to be pre-Hellenic and of
unknown origin, but the fixed epithet for his name used by Homer,
Hesiod and other classical authors is "both feet
crooked."
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HERCULES:
"Glory of Hera." Latin form of Greek
Herakles, myth name of the son of
Zeus by
the mortal woman Alcmene. Noted
for his exceptional physical strength and the twelve labors he
completed after which he was made a god. Composed of the name of the
goddess Hera and the Greek element kleos "glory."
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HERMES:
Greek myth name of a son of Zeus and Maia,
meaning "of the earth."
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HESPEROS:
Greek myth name of the son of Eos. He
was the personification of the "evening star."
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HORUS: Greek
form of Egyptian Heru, myth name of the son
of Isis, a falcon-headed god of the sky, meaning "the distant
one."
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IAH:
Egyptian myth name of a god of the moon, meaning "moon."
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IAKCHOS:
Greek myth name, an epithet of the god Dionysos in the Eleusinian mysteries, derived
from the element iacho, meaning "to shout."
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ILMARINEN:
Finnish myth name of a sky god, derived from the element ilma,
meaning "air."
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INDRA:
"Possesses a drop (of rain)." Hindi myth name of the king of gods,
composed of the Sanskrit elements indu "drop" and ra
"possessing."
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ING:
Old Norse myth name of a fertility god, derived from Germanic Ingwaz,
possibly meaning "he who is foremost."
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IZANAGI:
Japanese myth name of a deity and husband of Izanami,
meaning "male who invites."
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JAGANNATH:
"World-lord." Hindi myth name of a title of Vishnu, composed of
the Sanskrit elements jagat "world" and natha
"lord."
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JANUS: Roman myth name of the god of
gateways, meaning "archway." He is said to have two faces with which he looks
into the past and future simultaneously.
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JUPITER:
Roman myth name of the god of the Roman state, in charge of laws and social
order. Equivalent of Greek Zeus, meaning
"god."
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KALEVIAS:
Ancient Baltic myth name of a smith god, from the Lithuanian element kalvis,
meaning "smith."
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KAMA:
Hindi myth name of the god of love and son of Lakshmi,
meaning "desire, love."
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KARNA:
Hindi myth name of the son of Surya and Kunti, meaning "ear."
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KHTHONIOS:
Greek myth name applied to Hermes
and Zeus. It is the masculine form of Khthonia,
meaning "of the earth/underworld."
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KRISHNA:
Hindi myth name of an incarnation of Vishnu,
meaning "the black/blue."
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LAKSHMANA:
Hindi myth name of the brother and
companion of Rama, meaning "having
lucky marks."
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LEMMINKAINEN
(Lemminkäinen): Finnish myth name of a hero of the Kalevala, a
sorcerer or magician said to be able to "sing the sand into
pearls." The meaning of the name is unknown but it is probably related
to the name Lempi, meaning
"love."
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LEUCETIUS: Gallo-Roman
myth name of a god of thunder, meaning "white
light."
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LIBER:
Roman myth name of an agricultural god, meaning "free."
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LINOS:
"A cry of grief." Greek myth name of a musician and personification
of lamentation. He was a son of Apollo
and taught music to Hercules. The name
was derived from the word ailinon which was a ritual cry of
grief.
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LIR:
Irish myth name of a god of the sea, meaning "the sea." Equivalent
of Welsh Llyr.
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LLYR:
Welsh myth name of a god of the sea, meaning "the sea." Eguivalent
of Irish Lir.
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LOKI:
Norse myth name of a god of mischief and foster brother of Odin,
described as the "contriver of all fraud." The name may have
derived from the root *leug, meaning "to break."
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LUG:
Celtic myth name of an ancient god who bore the epithet "skilled in all
arts," which has led some scholars to believe that Mercury was Lug. The name seems to have derived from the Proto-Celtic element
*lugios, meaning "oath."
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MABON:
Welsh myth name of a Celtic god, derived from the word mab, meaning
"son."
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MAKEDNOS:
Greek myth name of a son of Zeus and Thyia, ultimately from the Greek word Makedones, meaning "the
high/tall ones."
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MAPONOS:
Celtic myth name of a god of youth and music, meaning
"divine son."
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MARDUK:
Babylonian myth name of the god who killed the dragon Tiamat, meaning
"solar calf."
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MARIS:
Name of the Etruscan god of agriculture, later associated with Mars.
His name derives from Latin maris, meaning "of the sea."
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MARS:
Myth name of the Roman god of war. Mars has no Indo-European derivation and is
most likely derived from the name of the Etruscan god Maris,
meaning "of the sea." He later became associated with Ares,
the Greek god of "war."
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MELQART:
Myth name of a Phoenician god, meaning "king of the city."
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MERCURY:
Myth name of a Roman god who was originally the god of tradesmen and
thieves. The first planet of the solar system was named after him. The name
is related to the Latin word merx from which we get the words
"mercantile," "merchant," "mercenary," and
even "mercy."
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MICTLANTECUHTLI:
Aztec myth name of a god of the underworld, meaning "lord of Mictlan."
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MITHRA:
Persian myth name of the son of Ahura
Mazda, which ultimately derives from the proto-Indo-Iranian word *mitra,
meaning "contract, covenant, friend, oath, treaty," itself from
the root mi- "to bind," all of which seems to indicate the
basic meaning "alliance; a means of binding."
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MOHAN:
Hindi myth name attributed to Krishna,
meaning "bewitching."
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MORPHEUS:
Greek myth name of the god of dreams, derived from the Greek word morphe,
meaning "shape."
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MURALI:
Hindi myth name attributed to Krishna,
meaning "flute."
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MURUKAN:
Hindi myth name of a six-faced god and husband of Valli,
meaning "six-faced."
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NANNA:
Mesopotamian myth name of a god of the moon and son of Enlil, meaning
"illuminator."
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NARAYAN:
Hindi myth name of a god of creation, meaning "son of man."
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NEPTUNE:
Latin myth name of a god of horses and the sea, derived from Latin Neptunus.
The etymology of both Neptune and Poseidon
are uncertain, but
Poseidon, also known as "earth-shaker," may mean
"distribution-lord." Neptune is also the name of a planet in the solar system.
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NEREUS:
Greek myth name of a god of the sea, derived from the word neros, meaning
"water."
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NJORDR
(Njörðr): Norse myth name of the god of sailing, derived from the
Indo-European root *ner, meaning "strong, vigorous."
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NYYRIKKI:
Finnish myth name of a god of the hunt, associated with biblical Nimrod,
another famous hunter. Unfortunately, the meaning of the name is not
known.
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ODIN:
Norse myth name of the chief god, equated with Anglo-Saxon Woden.
The name is related to the word oðr, meaning "frenzy;
inspiration; rage."
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OCEANUS:
"Ocean." Latin form of Greek Okeanos,
Greek myth name of
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaia,
the personification of the world-ocean once believed to encircle the world.
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OPHION:
"Serpent." According to Orphic mythology, this was the king
god of the world before Rhea and Cronus
cast him and his consort Eurynome
into Tartarus.
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ORION:
Greek myth name of one of the Titans, a primordial hunter who was killed by a
scorpion. A constellation was named after him. If
the name is truly Greek, it means "mountain man." If it is of
Akkadian origin, it means "light of heaven."
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OSIRIS:
Greek form of Egyptian Asar, possibly
meaning "something that has been made; a product."
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PAEON
(Pæon): Greek myth name of a physician god, meaning
"healer."
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PALAEMON: Greek myth name of a sea god,
possibly composed of the Greek elements palai "far back,
long ago" and monos "alone, single."
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PALLAS: Greek
unisex name derived from the element pallô, meaning
"to brandish/wield (a weapon)." It is the name of many characters in Greek mythology:
a son of Evander; a giant son of Uranus and
Gaia;
a Titan son of Crius and Eurybia;
the father of the 50 Pallantids; a daughter of Triton;
and it is an epithet of Athena.
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PAN:
Greek myth name of a god of shepherds and flocks, who had the horns,
hindquarters and legs of a goat, derived from the word pa-on, meaning
"herdsman."
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PEKKO:
Finnish myth name of a god of barley and brewing, usually called Pellon
Pekko ("Pekko of the field"). According to one source the name was
derived from Old Norse *beggw-, from Proto-Germanic *beww-,
which yielded Old Icelandic bygg and Old English beow--"barley."
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PERUN:
Slavic myth name of a god of lightning, meaning "thunder."
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PHANES:
"Appear." Orphic myth name of the first God to appear at the
beginning of creation, from the Greek word phaino, meaning
"appear." According to Orphic tradition, he passed the scepter of
kingship to his only child, Nyx, who
passed it on to Uranus from whom it
was seized by Cronus and finally by Zeus
who devoured Phanes in order to obtain his primal powers. Phanes was
described as being a golden-winged hermaphrodite.
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PHOBOS:
Greek myth name of a son of Ares,
meaning "fear." This is also the name of a moon of the planet
Mars.
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PHOEBUS:
Latin form of Greek Phoibos, "shining one,"
a byname for the god Apollo.
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PHORCYS: Greek myth name
of a primeval sea god, meaning "old one of the sea." He was a
son of either Pontus and Gaia
or Oceanus and Tethys.
He is also known as Nereus and Proteus.
Ancient depictions give him the tail of a fish, crab-clawed arms and reddish
skin.
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PHRIXUS:
Latin form of Greek Phrixos, myth name of
the son of Athamus and the first goddess Nephele,
derived from the word phrix, meaning "the ripple of water in
wind; the shivering of skin from fear."
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PLUTO:
Latin form of Greek Plouton, meaning
"wealth," myth name of a god of the underworld after whom a planet
was named.
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PORTUMNUS:
Variant of Roman Portunus, myth name of a sea
god, meaning "of the harbor."
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PORTUNUS:
Roman sea god equated with Greek Palaemon,
meaning "of the harbor."
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POSEIDON:
Greek myth name of a god of horses and the sea. Equated with Roman Latin Neptune.
He is also known as the "earth-shaker." Of uncertain etymology,
but possibly means "distribution-lord."
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PROMETHEUS:
Greek myth name of the Titan who was punished by Zeus
for stealing fire to give to mankind, derived from the word promethes,
meaning "foresight."
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PROTEUS:
Greek myth name of a god of the sea, derived from the word protos,
meaning "first."
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PRYDERI:
Welsh myth name the son of Pwyll and Rhiannon,
meaning "care, worry."
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PTAH:
Egyptian myth name of a god of art and creation, meaning "opener."
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PWYLL:
Welsh myth name of the lord of Dyfed and father of Pryderi, meaning
"sense."
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QUETZALCOATL:
Aztec Nahuatl myth name of a god of the sky, meaning "feathered
serpent."
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QUIRINUS:
Roman myth name of a mysterious sea god, probably originally a Sabine god.
The name derives from co-viri, meaning "men together."
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RA:
Egyptian myth name of a sun god, meaning "sun."
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RAIDEN:
Japanese myth name of a god of thunder, meaning "thunder and
lightning."
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RAMA:
Hindi myth name of a hero of the Ramayana,
meaning "pleasing."
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RAMMAN:
Akkadian name of a Babylonian-Assyrian god of thunder and storms, meaning
"thunderer." Ramman is also known by the name Adad,
meaning "thunder."
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RANGI:
Maori myth name of a sky god, meaning "sky."
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RAVI:
Hindi myth name of a sun god, meaning "sun."
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RIG
(Ríg): "King." Norse myth name of the god who brought into being
the progenitors of the three classes of human beings.
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RIMMON:
Aramaic byname of the storm and thunder god Hadad,
meaning "thunderer."
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SACHIN:
Hindi myth name borne by Indra, meaning "pure."
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SATURN:
Roman myth name of a god of agriculture, after whom a planet in the
solar system was named, from Latin Saturnus,
possibly meaning "to sow."
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SAVITAR:
Hindi myth name of a sun god, meaning "sunray."
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SEPPO:
Finnish myth name of a smith god,
meaning "smith."
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SHANKARA:
"Makes good luck." Hindi myth name of Shiva, composed of the
Sanskrit elements sam "lucky" and kara
"making."
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SHIVA:
"The destroyer." Hindi myth name of one of the Trimurti, the other
two being Brahma "the
creator" and Vishnu "the
preserver."
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SHYAM:
Hindi myth name borne by Krishna, derived
from the Sanskrit element syama, meaning "black, blue."
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SILVANUS:
"From the forest." Roman myth name of a god of forests, derived
from the Latin word silva, meaning "forest, wood."
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STRIBOG:
Slavic myth name of a god of frost, ice, and wind, meaning "flowing
god."
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SUDARSHAN:
Hindi name meaning "seeing one's self correctly; right vision."
This is also part of the myth name (Sudarshan Chakra) of a sharp-edged,
spinning disc-like weapon belonging to Vishnu, which the god used to
decapitate various wicked personalities.
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SUMMANUS:
Roman myth name of a god of nocturnal lightning and thunder, meaning
"nighttime."
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SURYA:
Hindi myth name of a sun god and husband of Saranyu,
meaning "sun."
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SVAROG:
Slavic myth name of a god of the sky and sun, meaning "clear and
bright."
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TARANIS:
Celtic myth name of a thunder god, meaning "thunder."
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TERMINUS:
Roman myth name of a god of boundaries, meaning "boundary."
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THANATOS:
Greek myth name of a god of death, meaning "death."
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THOR
(Þor): Norse myth name of the god of thunder, meaning "thunder."
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THOTH:
Greek form of Egyptian Tehuti, myth
name of a god of the moon, magic and science, meaning "he who
balances."
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TLALOC:
Aztec myth name of a god of rain, meaning "of the earth" in the
Nahuatl language.
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TRITON:
Greek myth name of a god of the sea, derived from the word tritos,
meaning "of the third."
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TUIREANN:
Irish/Celtic myth name of the husband of Brighid,
probably meaning "thunderer."
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TYR:
Norse myth name of a son of Odin. It is
a form of Germanic Tiwaz, itself a form of
Zeus,
meaning "god."
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UKKO:
Finnish myth name of a sky and thunder god, meaning "old man."
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URANUS: Latin
form of Greek Ouranos, myth name of
the husband of Gaia and the father of
the Titans, meaning "the heavens."
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VASANT: Hindi
myth name of a god of spring, meaning
"spring."
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VASU: Hindi myth name of
one of the gods who represent the different aspects of nature and
natural phenomenon, meaning "dweller."
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VISHNU:
"The Preserver." Hindi myth name of one of the
Trimurti, the other two being Shiva
"the destroyer" and Brahma
"the creator."
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VITHARR
(Viðarr): Old Norse myth name of a son of Odin,
meaning "forest warrior."
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VOLOS:
Slavic myth name of a god of cattle, meaning
"ox."
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VULCAN:
Roman myth name of a god of fire, meaning
"flash."
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XOCHIPILLI:
Aztec myth name of a god of love, music, and flowers, meaning "flower prince."
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ZEPHYR: Greek
myth name of the god of the "west
wind."
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ZEUS:
"God." Name of
the highest of the Greek Olympian gods. The name derived from the first half of an older
Indo-European god, Dyeus Phter, whose name meant "god-father."