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Gods, Goddesses, Ghosts, Ghoulies,
Heroes, Villains and Things That Go Bump In The Night
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- Ja neb'a, Benevolent goddess of the earth who can alter
the physical structure of magma and stone, Terrakinesis.
Slavic
- Jabru, minor sky god. Elamite
- Jack the Giant—killer, owed much of his success to his
four marvellous possessions — an invisible coat, a cap of
wisdom, shoes of swiftness, and a resistless sword. When he put
on his coat no eye could see him; when he had his shoes on no one
could overtake him; his sword would cut through everything; and
when his cap was on he knew everything he required to know. Fairy
Tale
- Jacob's Ladder. A ladder seen by the patriarch Jacob in a
vision. It was set on the earth, and reached to heaven, and
angels seemed to be ascending and descending on it. Genesis
- Jacques Bonhomme. A sort of fairy good—luck, who is to
redress all wrongs, and make all the poor wealthy. French
- Jack Frost. Leaves frosty tracings on icy windows. Can draw
anything, but happens to really like fern patterns. Mentioned in
Hogfather, when the newly created Verruca Gnome convinced him to
branch out from ferns, feathers, and paisley. Discworld
- Jacy. Moon god and the creator of plant life. Brazilian
- Jafnhar. Equally high. A name of Odin. Norse
- Jagadhamba. She Who dances the dance of life. The goddess of
the cosmic energy which motivates evolution. Hindu
- Jagannath, Jagganath, Jagannatha, "Lord of the
World". Name for Vishnu in his manifestation as Krishna.
Hindu
- Jagaubis, Fire god. Lithuanian
- Jahve, Jawhe, Jahveh. The god of Israel.
- Jalang. The all-powerful supreme being of the Mdinge. Guinea,
Mali
- Jalk. A name of Odin. Norse
- Jamaina, Goddess of the ocean and is often represented as a
mermaid. Brazil
- Jambhala, embodies the Wealth Deity aspect of all the Buddhas
and bodhisattvas of past, present and future, and grants
longevity and prosperity in daily life. Buddhist
- Jambuscha. Adam's preceptor, according to the
pre—Adamites. Sometimes called Boan, and sometime Zagtith.
Hebrew
- Jamshid. King of the Genii, famous for a golden cup full of
the elixir of life. This cup, hidden by the genii, was discovered
while digging the foundations of Persepolis. Persia
- Jana. Two faced god of beginnings,
arches, doors, entrances and gates. Roman
- Jandira, Goddess of the sea. Brazil
- Janguli, Goddess of healing and snakebites. Buddhist
- Janis. Summer Solstice Deity and a fertility god. Latvia
- Jannes and Jambres. The two magicians of Pharaoh, who
imitated some of the miracles of Moses. The Jannes and Jambres
who withstood Moses, mentioned by St. Paul, are supposed to be
the same. Egypt
- Janus, Two faced god of beginnings,
arches, doors, entrances and gates Roman
- Japetus,
a son of Uranus and Ge, a Titan and brother of Cronus, Oceanus,
Coeus, Hyperion, Tethys, Rhea, etc. According to Apollodorus he
married Asia, the daughter of his brother Oceanus, and became by
her the father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius,
who was slain by Zeus in the war against the Titans, and shut up
in Tartarus. Greek
- Japheth's Stone. According to tradition, Noah gave
Japheth a stone which the Turks call giudëtasch and
senkjedë. Whoever possesses this stone has the power of
bringing rain from heaven at will. It was for a long time
preserved by the Moguls.
- Jar Sub, God of the universe Turkey
- Jara, goddess of the household, domestic health, happiness
and prosperity. The night-eater of corpses. Hindu
- Jarih, God of the moon Canaan
- Jar'Edo Wens, a god of earthly knowledge and physical
might, created by Altjira to ensure that people did not get too
arrogant or self-conceited. He is associated with victory and
intelligence. Australian aboriginal
- Jarilo, a major Proto-Slavic deity of vegetation, fertility
and spring, also associated with war and harvest.
- Jarina. Tree goddess, well known for her capacity for drink.
Bakairi, Brazil
- Jarnsaxa Iron-chopper. One of Heimdal's nine giant
mothers.
- Jarnvid Iron-wood. A wood east of Midgard, peopled by
giantesses called Jarnvids. This wood had iron leaves. Norse
- Jarnvids. The giantesses in the Iron-wood. Norse
- Jarovit, God of war Slavic
- Jarri, God of plague and pestilence, was also a god who
helped the king in battle Hittite
- Jaso, Goddess of health and recovery Iaso Greek
- Jason,
i.e. the healer or atoner, a name which the hero was said to have
received from Cheiron, his instructor, having before been called
Diomedes. The chief exploits of this hero are related in the
article Argonautae, and we therefore confine ourselves now to his
personal history. Greek
- Jasy Jaterei, god of the siesta. Guaraní
- Jata, Goddess of the sky Borneo
- Javine, a household god who protects grain in barns.
Lithuanian
- Jievaras, a household spirit who protects grain. Sacrifices
to Jievaras are made after the rye harvest. While cutting grain,
women would leave a few grain tufts uncut, which would later be
braided into plaits. They would also leave some bread and salt
under the plait. Lithuanian
- Jawhe, Thought to be God of mountains prior to becoming the
god of Israel,Mount Sinai is his suspected mountain Israel
- Jawi See Jw
- Jaya-Vijaya, Twin goddess, possibly forms of Durga
Hindu/Puranic/Epic
- Jayakara, God who rides in a cage drawn by Cockatoos
Buddhist
- Jayanta, God who is one of the 11 forms of the god Rudra
Hindu/Puranic/Epic
- Jayatara, Minor goddess Buddhist/Mahayana
- Jedza, Equivalent of Baba Yaga Poland
- Jehennam. The Gehenna or Inferno of the Arabs. It consists of
seven stages, one below the other. The first is allotted to
atheists; the second to Manicheans; the third to the Brahmins of
India; the fourth to the Jews; the fifth to Christians; the sixth
to the Magians or Ghebers of Persia; and the seventh to
hypocrites. The Koran
- Jehovah, Creator god of Israel. A mix of of letters from
Jhwh/Yhwh and Adonai — created so that people wouldn't
utter the actual name. When Christians, unaware of the Jewish
tradition, started to read the Hebrew Bible, they read it with
the Masoretic vowels together with the consonants as written, and
obtained Iehovah. Today this transcription is generally
recognized as mistaken. Many religious groups continue to use the
form Jehovah, because it is familiar and because the correct
pronunciation is unknown.
- Jen An, God of robbers China
- Jesus
aka Iesous, Joshua, Yehoshua, Yeshua. Another Son of God, the
second person in the Trinity of Jehovah, and the source of
Christian
belief.
- Jetaita Yamama, And earth spirits of the fearful type Tirerra
del Fuego
- Jia Shi, Goddess and stellar deity China
- Jian Lao, Goddess of the earth and permanence
Buddhist/China
- Jie, the supreme god of the Akuj. Uganda
- Jih Kuan T’ai Yang. A sun god. China
- Jimi. The god of beggars. The Ankh-Morpork Beggars' Guild
has a statue of him. Discworld
- Jinn. A sort of fairies in Arabian mythology, the offspring
of fire. They propagate their species like human beings, and are
governed by a race of kings named Suleyman, one of whom built the
pyramids. Their chief abode is the mountain Kâf, and they
appear to men under the forms of serpents, dogs, cats, monsters,
or even human beings, and become invisible at pleasure. The evil
jinn are hideously ugly, but the good are exquisitely beautiful.
According to fable, they were created from fire two thousand
years before Adam was made of earth. The singular of jinn is
jinnee.
- Jinnistan. The country of the Jinn, or Fairy Land, the chief
province of which is The Country of Delight, and the capital The
City of Jewels.
- Jizo Bosatsu, works to ease the suffering and shorten the
sentence of those serving time in hell. Jizo can appear in many
different forms to alleviate suffering. In modern Japan, Jizo is
popularly known as the guardian of unborn, aborted, miscarried,
and stillborn babies. Japan
- Jnanadakini goddess of wisdom and knowledge. Buddhist
- Jnanaparamita, a deity who has perfected transcendent,
super-human or supernatural knowledge. Buddhist
- Joachim. The father of the Virgin Mary. Generally represented
as an old man carrying in a basket two turtle—doves, in
allusion to the offering made for the purification of his
daughter. His wife was Anne or Anna. Fairy Tale
- Job. The personification of poverty and patience.
“Patients as Job,” in allusion to the patriarch who
was so unfairly mistreated by the God of the Bible.
- Joda mate, Mother of the evil one Latvia
- Jocchu Vague Maorocon. An immortal invisible being…who
lived in the heavens. West Indies
- Jogah, Dwarf nature spirits Iroquois
- Joh, Original word for God of the moon in Thebes Egypt
- Johanoai, has precedence over all other gods and is the
Sun-bearer and he is considered the most important deity and is
the father or grandfather of all the other gods. Navajo
- Jok. God of the Alur tribesmen of Uganda and Zaire. He is
also known as Jok Odudu the god of birth. Uganda
- Jokinam Lake Albert, Lake god Africa
- Jokwa, Goddess of justice Asian
- Jomali. God of the sky. Very fond of gold chains.
Iceland
- Jongsuli-Young-Jongbu. "At first there was neither earth
nor sky, Shuzanghu and his wife Zumiang-Nui lived alone...In due
time Zumiang-Nui gave birth to a baby-girl, Subbu-Khai-Thung, who
is the Earth and to a baby-boy, Jongsuli-Young-Jongbu, who is the
Sky." India
- Jord. Wife of Odin and mother of Thor. Earth. Norse
- Jori-Torem, the highest god. Also a sky god and the father of
the gods. Vogul
- Jormungand. The serpent, Jormungand was the middle child of
Loki and the giantess, Angrboda. He had 2 siblings, Hel, and the
wolf, Fenrir. Alarmed that Loki had fathered these children, Odin
sent a group of gods to kidnap them. Once captured, Odin threw
Jormungand into the ocean surrounding Midgard, where he lived
from then on. The serpent grew so much that he encircled the
whole world and bit his own tail. Norse
- Jotun. A giant. The giants were the earliest created beings
and Thor frequently contends with them. Famous giants are: Ymer,
Hymer, Hrungner, Orvandel, Gymer, Skrymer, Vafthrudner and
Thjasse. Norse
- Jotunheim, Jotunheimer. The Utgaard; the home of the giants
in the outermost parts of the earth. Norse
- Jormungandar or Midgardsormen, earth's monster. The great
serpent, brother of Hela and Fenrir and son of Loki, the spirit
of evil. It used to lie at the root of the celestial ash till
All—Fader cast it into the ocean; it then grew so large
that in time it encompassed the whole world, and was for ever
biting its own tail. Norse
- Juga Or Jugalis, that is, the goddess
of marriage, occurs as a surname of Juno,
in the same sense as the Greek Zygia.
- Jove, "He who thunders from on high", archaic latin
for the father god, and is another name for Jupiter
- Jubbu-jang-sange. Goddess of the jurema (a sacred tree). The
tree provides a narcotic used in inducing visions. Bakairi
Brazil
- Juggernaut or Jaggernaut. The Hindu god Jagganath. The word
is a corruption of the Sanscrit jagannâtha (lord of the
world). The temple of this god is in a town of the same name in
Orissa. King Ayeen Akbery sent a learned Brahman to look out a
site for a temple. The Brahman wandered about for many days, and
then saw a crow dive into the water, and having washed, made
obeisance to the element. This was selected as the site of the
temple. While the temple was a—building the rajah had a
prophetic dream, telling him that the true form of Vishnu should
be revealed to him in the morning. When the rajah went to see the
temple he beheld a log of wood in the water, and this log he
accepted as the realisation of his dream, enshrined it in the
temple, and called it Jagannâth.
- The car of Juggernaut. An enormous wooden machine adorned
with all sorts of figures, and mounted on sixteen wheels. Fifty
men drag it annually to the temple, and it is said to contain a
bride for the god. Formerly many were crushed to death by the
car; some being pushed down by the enormous crowd; some throwing
themselves under the wheels.
- Jugumishanta. Creator goddess and Mother of Earth. New
Guinea
- Jukun, the creator of the Shido and Chido people.
Nigeria
- Julana, a lecherous spirit who surprises women by burrowing
beneath the sand. He was alive, and wandered the Earth with his
father, Njirana, during the Dreamtime. Jumu, Australian
aboriginal
- Julunggul, a rainbow snake goddess, who oversaw the maturing
and initiation of boys into manhood. She was a fertility goddess,
associated with rebirth and the weather. Australia
- Julus. The eldest son of Ascanius,
who claimed the government of Latium, but was obliged to give it
up to his brother Silvius. Roman
- Juma, God of the sky, whose name is also associated with
spirits of earth, water, wind, and the home.
Finnish/Mari/Ugart
- Jumo, Jume. The supreme deity and sky god of the Cheremis.
Russia
- Jumala. The supreme god of the ancient Finns and Lapps. The
word is sometimes used by the Scandinavian poets for the
Almighty.
- Jumala, Goddess of war Russia
- Jumala, the name of two of the Finns' sky gods, or one of
two names for the sky god
- Jumjum, the high god of the Dyong, Sudan
- Jumis, Deity of the Fields and fertility. Latvia
- Junda, a goddess of war. Known merely from its name.
Lithuanian
- Junkgowa. Sisters and goddesses of the Sea and Marine Life.
Active during the Dreamtime. Australia
- Junner. A giant in Scandinavian mythology, said in the Edda
to represent the “eternal principle.” Its skull forms
the heavens; its eyes the sun and moon; its shoulders the
mountains; its bones the rocks, etc.; hence the poets call heaven
“Junner's skull;” the sun, “Junner's
right eye;” the moon, “Junner's left eye;”
the rivers, “the ichor of old Junner.”
- Juno,
a Roman goddess of marriage and the long-suffering wife of
Jupiter. Like her Greek equivalent, Hera, she was the protector
of women, in particular married women. A festival took place in
her honour on the calends (first) of March. Roman
- Juno Caelestis, Tutelary goddess of Roman Carthage
- Juno Lucina, the goddess of childbirth. Roman
- Junrojin. The god of longevity and luck. One of Japan's
Seven Lucky Gods
- Juok of the Shilluks. Juok molded all men of earth while he
wandered the earth creating the rest of the world. White men were
created from white sand which Juok found in the land of the
white. Red or brown men were created out of the mud of the Nile
in Egypt. Black men were created from black earth found in the
land of the Shilluck. According to this creation story, man was
given all necessary parts to function. Each part had a reason for
being. For example, Juok gave man arms in order for man to work.
Africa
- Jupiter,
Jupiter is, properly speaking, a derivation of Jove and pater
(Latin for father) The name of the god was also adopted as the
name of the planet Jupiter, and was the original namesake of the
weekday that would come to be known in English as Thursday (the
etymological root can be seen in French jeudi, from Jovis Dies).
The Indo-European deity who also evolved into the Germanic Tiwaz
(after whom Tuesday was named), the Greek Zeus, and Dyaus Pita of
the Vedic religion. Jove is a vocative form of the name, evolved
from Dyeus. Roman
- Jupka. Creator god and teacher of the people. The Yahi,
California
- Jurasmat. Goddess of the sea and of healing who fell in love
with a mortal called Kastysis. Latvia
- Jurate and Kastytis, heroes of a Lithuanian legend. The queen
of the amber palace Jurate may be considered a manifestation of
the goddess of Sea.
- Jurojin, God of longevity and luck Japan
- Jurupari, a god limited to worship by men, generally limited
to isolated tribes in Brazil
- Juti Mara Edutzi. The sun god of the Araona. Bolivia
- Juturna, Juterna, the nymph of a well in Latium, famous for its
excellent healing qualities. She is said to have been beloved by
Jupiter, who rewarded her with
immortality and the rule over the waters. Arnobius calls her the
wife of Janus and mother of Fontus, but in the Aeneid she appears as the
affectionate sister of Turnus.
Roman
- Juventas. The personification of
youth. Roman.
- Jw, Ja'u, Jawi. Possibly a part of the syncretistic Agami
Jawi. Many Hindu-Buddhist gods, called dewata with Sanskrit
names, are incorporated in Agami Jawi. Dewi Sri comes from Sri,
the consort of Vishnu, and in Java is the goddess of fertility
and rice.
- Jyeshtha, Goddess of bad luck, revenge and dark magic.
Hindu
- Jyotiska, Stellar gods and Elder Luminaries. Jain
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