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- Na Cha, Guardian god who takes pity on oppressed mortals and
challenges both the undersea god and his own father in a fight on
land, under the sea, and in the air. China
- Na Ngutu, Guardian deity of warriors slain in battle. west
Africa
- Na Pe, created men from clay and women from the leftovers.
Native American Lore
- Na Tuk Kong, are local guardian spirits in Malaysia.
- Naaa. A minor angel. Early Nazorean
- Nabongo. The Father of all and the supreme deity of the
Abaluyia. Kenya
- Naininen, the Universe, World, Outer one. Koryak
- Naamah, a succubus and fallen angel, and is generally
regarded as an aspect or relation of Lilith. Naamah is said to
have engaged, like Lilith, in intercourse with Adam. Canaan
- Naas, Wife of Lugh who died in county Kildere. Ireland
- Naas, uses several tactics, including sexually pleasuring
both Adam and Eve, to gain power over and destroy Adam and Eve.
Naas is said to have "had Adam like a boy". Naas'
sins were called arsenokoitai. This suggests arsenoskoitai refers
to a male using superior power or position to take sexual
advantage of another. Gnostic
- Naastrand [The shore of corpses]. A place of punishment for
the wicked after Ragnarok. Norse
- Nabo or Nebo. One of the divinities of the Assyrians,
supposed to be the moon. Many of the kings of Babylon assumed the
name.
- Nabu, god of wisdom and writing, worshipped by Babylonians as
the son of Marduk and his consort, Sarpanitum, and as the
grandson of Ea. Nabu's consort was Tashmetum.
Mesopotamia
- Nabudi, Goddesses of illness. Oceania
- Nacon, God of war. Mayan
- Naenia, a dirge or lamentation such as was uttered at
funerals, either by relatives of the deceased or by hired
persons. At Rome Naenia was personified and worshipped as a
goddess, who even had a chapel, which, however, as in the case of
all other gods in connection with the dead, was outside the walls
of the city, near the porta Viminalis. The object of this worship
was probably to procure rest and peace for the departed in the
lower world. Roman
- Naga. Serpents; the king of them is Sesha, the sacred serpent
of Vishnu. Hindu
- Nagadya. Goddess who causes the rains to fall, allowing food
to grow. Uganda
- Nagakumara, One of the group the gods with the title of
bhvanavasi who were associated with rain and thunder Jain
- Nagaraja, a Sanskrit word from naga (snake) and raj (king)
meaning King of Snakes. It is applied to two main deities, Vasuki
and Takshak. Vasuki and Takshak are brothers, children of Kashyap
and Kadru, who are the parents of all snakes. Hindu
- Nagawonyi. Goddess who, along with Nagadya, causes the rains
to fall, allowing food to grow. Uganda
- Nagini, snake beings worshiped throughout India as divinities
who provide protection from dangers.
- Nagini, a snake and the pet of Lord Voldemort, a
Parseltongue, who is capable of communicating with her. Harry
Potter
- Nah-hunte, God of the sun. Elamite
- Nahi, the patron god of Thamud, in northern Arabia.
- Naglfar [Nail-ship]. A mythical ship made of nail-parings. It
appears in Ragnarok. Norse
- Nahual, from the Nahuatl word nahualli which was used to
refer to practicioners of harmful magic. In the aztec belief
system the day of a persons birth caluclated in the Tonalpohualli
would determine the nature of the person - each day was
associated with an animal which could have a strong or weak
aspect.
- Nahuti Ehecatl. The god Ehecatl sacrifices all the gods, and
then with a powerful wind makes the sun begin to move. Aztec
- Nahuti Ollin Tonatiuh, ("Movement of the Sun") was
the sun god. The Aztec people considered him the leader of
Tollan, their heaven. He was also known as the fifth sun, because
the Aztecs believed that he was the sun that took over when the
fourth sun was expelled from the sky. Aztec
- Nai No Kami, God of earthquakes. Japan
- Naiads, Nymphs who presided over
brooks, springs or fountains. Greek
- Naigameya, that child of fiery splendour, who was the leader
of an octad of armed Goat-heads, appears to represent the eight
Vasus as reflexes of their leader. Hindu
- Naijok. The benevolent god of fate and the supreme being of
the Lotuko. Sudan
- Naimuena. a great ancestral spirit worshipped as a supreme
being, the creator, and a vegetation god. The Uitoto, Colombia
and Ecuador
- Naionuema Uitoto, Created the earth from its own imagination
South America
- Nair, Goddess best known for escorting High King Crebhan to
the Otherworld Ireland
- Nairamata, Goddess Buddhist/Mahayana
- Nairyosangha, God of fire Iran
- Najade, Water nymphs Slavic
- Nakawe, Goddess of the earth Huchol
- Nakeer and Munkar. Two black angels of appalling aspect, the
inquisitors of the dead. The Koran says that during the
inquisition the soul is united to the body. If the scrutiny is
satisfactory, the soul is gently drawn forth from the lips of the
deceased, and the body is left to repose in peace; if not, the
body is beaten about the head with iron clubs, and the soul is
wrenched forth by racking torments.
- Nakiwulo, Goddess of justice Africa
- Naksataras. Group of astral goddesses. Hindu
- Nal or Naal. [Needle]. Mother of Loke. Norse
- Nalima and Tellima, the female and male halves of the
creative power. Dara
- Nama. A daughter of the race of man, who was beloved by the
angel Zaraph. Her one wish was to love purely, intensely, and
holily; but she fixed her love on a seraph, a creature, more than
her Creator; therefore, in punishment, she was condemned to abide
on earth, “unchanged in heart and frame,” so long as
the earth endureth; but when time is no more, both she and her
angel lover will be admitted into those courts “where love
never dies.” Hebrew
- Namasangiti, one of the important manifestations of
Manjushree. Buddhist
- Nambi, Goddess of love and of sexuality. Masai
- Nambi, sky goddess who came to earth and married Kintu, the
first man. Uganda
- Namea, 1. Mamea was the nymph of the
springs of the town of Nemea in Argos and a daughter of the local
river-god Asopos. 2. Nemea was possibly identical to Pandeia, a
daughter of Zeus by Selene. Greek
- Namibia is a country, not a deity.
- Nammu, Goddess of the primeval sea that gave birth to An
(heaven) and Ki (earth) and the first gods. Sumeria
- Namrus, Nimrus, another name for Ruha. Possibly derived from
the Greek for Law, meaning Torah goddess. Early Nazorean
- Namtaru, a hellish deity, god of death, and the messenger of
An, Ereshkigal, and Nergal, considered responsible for diseases
and pests. It was said that he commanded sixty diseases in the
form of demons that could penetrate different parts of the human
body. Mesopotamia
- Nan chi Hsien wang, "Old Man of the South Pole".
God of longevity. China
- Nan-Sgrub, God, a form of Yama Buddhist/Tibet
- Nana, Nanna. A pan-cultural cognomen. "Her place as
queen of heaven goes back to remote antiquity. She is Venus and
appears as Ashtarte (or Easter in the Anglo-Saxon), Nana and
Anunitu. She is goddess of fertility and worshipped everywhere.
She is daughter of Sin and also of Anu. She is also associated
with Sirius. She is goddess of sex and appropriates the
attributes of Ninlil and Damkina and as daughter of Sin and from
her descent to Hades she is represented by temple prostitution.
The lion, normally the symbol of Shamash is associated with her
as is the dove. In this sequence, she becomes then associated
with Tammuz or Dumuzi, as the bringer of new life in the spring
cults." The
Golden Calf
- Nana, one of the names of the creator god/goddess.
Yoruba
- Nana, Mother goddess. Armenia
- Nana, a nymph of Sangarius, a river located in present-day
Turkey. She became pregnant when an almond from an almond tree
fell on her lap. The almond tree had sprung where Agdistis, a mythical being connected with the
Phrygian worship of Attes, was slain. Agdistis was a son of
Cybele, the Mother of all things. Nana
abandoned the baby, who was adopted by his grandmother, Cybele.
The baby, Attis, grew up to become Cybele's servant and
lover. Greek
- Nana. Yet another goddess of spring. Babylon
- Nana Buluku Fon, Supreme god Africa
- Nana Buruku, Goddess of earth and water Cuba
- Nanabohozo Ojibwa, God who influences the success or failure
of hunters Canada/USA
- Nanabush, Creator and good spirit Algonquin
- Nanahuatl, Creator god Aztec
- Nanai, Stellar deity Sumeria
- Nanaja, War and goddess of fertility
Babylon/Mesopotamia/Akkadia
- Nanan Bouclou, God of herbs and medicine Ewe
- Nanautzin, God of disease Aztec
- Nandi, Goddess of happiness and joy India
- Nandi[n], Bull god Hindu
- Nang Lha, Personal family guardian type of house god
Tibet
- Nanna, Goddess of plants and flowers. Germanic
- Nanna. Daughter of Nep (bud); mother of Forsete and wife of
Balder. She dies of grief at the death of Balder. Norse
- Nanna, God of the moon. Tamil Nadu
- Nanna, God of the moon. Sumeria
- Nanook, Nanuq, the master of bears, meaning he decided if
hunters had followed all applicable taboos and if they deserved
success in hunting bears. Inuit
- Nanse, a goddess of widows, orphans and the poor. She stood
for social justice and turned no one away so long as they were
worthy of help. Babylon
- Nanta. A minor angel. Early Nazorean
- Nantosuelta, a goddess of fire and fertility. Gaul
- Naoo. A minor angel. Early Nazorean
- Naooo. A minor angel. Early Nazorean
- Napaeae, Nymphae, the name of a
numerous class of inferior female divinities, though they are
designated by the title of Olympian, are called to the meetings
of the gods in Olympus, and described as the daughters of Zeus.
Greek
- Naphtha. The drug used by Medea for anointing the wedding
robe of Glauce, daughter of King Creon, whereby she was burnt to
death on the morning of her marriage with Jason. Greek
- Napir, God of the moon. Elamite
- Nappatecuhtli, Minor god of mat makers. Aztec
- Nappinnai, Local goddess who has hair surrounded by holy
scent. Tamil
- Nara-Narayana, is broken down where Nara means human and
Narayana means the Supreme Divinity, or Vishnu. In the concept of
Nara-Narayana, the human soul Nara is the eternal companion of
the Divine Narayana. Hindu
- Narada, a divine sage from the Hindu tradition
- Naradatta, dwelling on Mount Himavat, remembering the
wholesome words of his maternal uncle, came to the Sugata with
his disciples, and the holy one admitted them all into the order
of the Gina; then a woman named Sakti, and another named
Kamalâ, pre-eminent in Brâhmanical power, came to the
Sugata and fell down at his feet, and then standing before him
they were received by the saint, and made happy with the staff
and begging-bowl. The Buddha-karita
- Naraka. The hell of the Hindus. It has twenty—eight
divisions, in some of which the victims are mangled by ravens and
owls; in others they will be doomed to swallow cakes boiling hot,
or walk over burning sands. Each division has its name: Rurava
(fearful) is for liars and false witnesses; Rodha (obstruction)
for those who plunder a town, kill a cow, or strangle a man;
Sûkara (swine) for drunkards and stealers of gold;
etc.
- Narasinha, another incarnation of the god Visnu. Hindu
- Narasinhi, Mother goddess and one of the astamatara mothers.
Hindu
- Narayana, the Supreme Divinity, or Vishnu. Hindu
- Narcaeus, a son of Dionysus and
Narcaea, established a sanctuary of Athena Narcaea in Elis, and
also introduced there the worship of Dionysus. Greek
- Narcissus, a son of Cephissus and
the nymph Liriope of Thespiae. He was a very handsome youth, but
wholly inaccessible to the feeling of love. The nymph Echo, who
loved him, but in vain, died away with grief. One of his rejected
lovers, however, prayed to Nemesis to punish him for his
unfeeling heart. Greek
- Nare or Narfe. Son of Loke. Loke was bound by the intestines
of Nare. Norse
- Nareau, Creator god. Gilbert Islands
- Nascio, a Roman divinity, presiding over the birth of
children, and accordingly a goddess assisting Lucina in her
functions, and analogous to the Greek Eileithyia. Roman
- Nastrond [dead—man's region ]. The worst marsh in
the infernal regions, where serpents pour forth venom incessantly
from the high walls. Here the murderer and the perjured will be
doomed to live for ever. Scandinavian
- Nat. Night-goddess, daughter of Mimer (Wisdom) and sister of
Urd (Fate). She brings to mankind refreshment and inspiration.
Her lover is Delling, the red elf of dawn, and their son is Dag
(Day). Norse
- Nataraja, The King of Dance, is the dancing posture of the
Hindu god Shiva, who performs his divine dance as a part of his
divine duties of creation and destruction. Hindu
- Nath, Natha, is the proper name of a siddha sampradaya
(initiatory tradition) and the word itself literally means
"lord, protector, refuge". The related Sanskrit term
Adi Natha means first or original Lord, and is therefore a
synonym for Shiva, Mahadeva, or Maheshvara, and beyond these
mental concepts, the Supreme Absolute Reality as the basis
supporting all aspects and manifestatons of consciousness.
- Nathum, an underworld demon or fury. Etruscan
- Natos. Sun deity of the Blackfoot Indians.
- Naunet, Primordial goddess one of the eight Ogdoad.
Egypt
- Nauplius, a son of Poseidon and
Amymone, of Argos, the husband of Philyra and a famous navigator,
and father of Proetus and Damastor (Apollon. Rhod. i. 136). He is
the reputed founder of the town of Nauplia, which derived its
name from him. He is also said to have discovered the
constellation of the great bear. Greek
- Navadura[s], Generic title for the nine forms of the god of
Durga Hindu
- Nausithous, a son of Poseidon
with Periboea the daughter of Eurymedon, was the father of
Alcinous and Rhexenor, and king of the Phaeacians, whom he led
from Hypereia in Thrinacia to the island of Scheria, in order to
escape from the Cyclopes. Greek
- Navky, were the spirits of children who had died unbaptized
or at their mother's hands. Most often they appeared in the
shapes of infants or young girls, rocking in tree branches and
wailing and crying in the night. Slavic
- Nawandyo, deity concerned with healing and medicinal herbs.
Uganda
- Nayakaya, Goddess of crocodiles. Sudan
- Nayenezgani, God of war. Navaho
- Nazambi, of snake-deity worshiped in many voodoo cults.
Vodoun
- Nazapa, Creator god who is invoked at the sunrise. Ngbandi.
Zaire
- Nbarc. A minor angel. Early Nazorean
- Nbat,"It burst forth". A spirit of fertility and
life often envoked in spiritual texts and formulas. The First
Great Radiance and Bursting Forth. Early Nazorean
- Nbat Rba - Won the war with Yusamin. Early Nazorean
- Ndahoro. The Great Spirit of the Batoro whose assistants are
Wmala and Kyomya. Uganda
- Ndara, God of the underworld. Sulawesi
- Nbrc. A minor angel. Early Nazorean
- Ndaula, the name given to the god of smallpox. Lunyoro,
Uganda
- Ndazn. A minor angel. Early Nazorean
- Ndauthina, the god of sailors and fishermen. When he was a
toddler, his mother tied fiery reeds to his head. He has roamed
the coral reefs with a hood on ever since. He is a trickster and
a patron of adulterers, and a seducer of women. Fiji
- Ndjambi, a supreme being whom they call by two names: Ndjambi
Karunga. He lives in Heaven and is omnipresent. Hereo, West
Africa
- Ndo. The omniscient supreme being whose name also means the
sky, the firmament, the weather. The Miao, China
- Ndzn. A minor angel. Early Nazorean
- Nebethepet, "mistress of the offering." The
feminine counterpart of the creative principle of Atum.
Egypt
- Nebo, the Babylonian god of wisdom and writing, worshipped by
Babylonians as the son of Marduk and his consort, Sarpanitum, and
as the grandson of Ea. Nabo's consort was Tashmetum.
- Nebo, the god of science and literature, is said to have
invented cuneiform writing. His temple was at Borsippa, but his
worship was carried wherever Babylonian letters penetrated. Thus
we had Mount Nebo in Moab, and the city of Nebo in Judea.
- Nebo. A Chaldean god whose worship was introduced into
Assyria by Pul.
- Nebo aka Nimrud, the Assyrio-Babylonian god of letters.
- Nebrophonus, a son of Jason and
Hypsipyle, and brother of Euneus.
Greek
- Necessitas, the personification of destiny, unalterable
necessity and fate. She was also the mother of the Moirae. Roman
- Nechmetawaj aka Hathor, a personification of the Milky Way,
which was seen as the milk that flowed from the udders of a
heavenly cow. Egypt
- Nechtan, the father and/or husband of Boann. He may be Nuada
under another name, or his cult may have been replaced by that of
Nuada. Irish
- Nediyon, the dark aspect of Vishnu. Tamil
- Nefertem aka Nefertum, Nefer-Tem, Nefer-Temu, the young Atum
at the creation of the world had arisen from the primal waters.
Since Atum was a solar deity, Nefertum represented sunrise, and
since Atum had arisen from the primal waters in the bud of an
Egyptian blue water-lily, Nefertum was associated with this
flower. Egypt
- Negafok, Cold weather spirit who lowers the temperature in
winter. Inuit
- Negun, goddess who was evidently born to be a mother of
heroes. Mesopotamia
- Nehalennia, a local goddess whose main function was the
protection of travellers, especially seagoing travellers.
British
- Nehalennia. The Queen of the Dead Moon Circus who is trapped
within a mirror and searching for the legendary Golden Crystal,
which will allow Nehellenia to break free of her entrapment and
take over the Earth. Sailor Moon
- Nehallenia. The Flemish deity who presided over commerce and
navigation.
- Nehebka. Serpent-headed Goddess who aided Anubis in the
embalming and funeral rites. Egypt
- Nehebkau, originally the explanation of the cause of binding
of Ka and Ba after death. Thus his name, which means one who
brings together Ka. Since these aspects of the soul were said to
bind after death, Nehebkau was said to have guarded the entrance
to Duat, the underworld. Egypt
- Nehebu-Kau, a serpent god who participated in the creation of
the world when he swam around the solar boat of Re in the watery
chaos. Egypt
- Neit, a god of war, the husband of Nemain, and sometimes of
the Badb. Ireland
- Neith, Net, Neit, Nit, creator goddess and of war, the hunt
and domestic arts. In later times she was also thought to have
been an androgynous demiurge - a creation deity - who had both
male and female attributes. Egypt
- Nejma, spirit of healing. Morocco
- Nekhebet, Vulture goddess of Upper Egypt
- Nekmet Awai, Goddess of justice. Egypt
- Nekmet, a servant of Set and a devil of the Fifth Circle.
Book of Fiends
- Nelaima, Goddess of destiny whose name means misfortune.
Latvia
- Neleus, a son of Cretheus and Tyro,
the daughter of Salmoneus. Tyro, previous to her marriage with
Neleus, is said to have loved the river-god Enipeus and in the
form of Enipeus Poseidon once appeared to her, and became by her
the father of Pelias and Neleus. Tyro exposed the two boys, but
they were found and reared by horse-herds, and when they had
grown up they learned who their mother was, and Pelias killed
their foster-mother, who had ill-used Tyro. Greek
- Nemain, a goddess of war, and possibly an aspect of the
Morrígan. Her name means 'panic' or
'frenzy', and causing it among warriors was her
specialty. Celtic
- Nemain, One of the triune crone goddesses of battle
Ireland
- Nemausis, God of water who has a sacred spring at Nimes in
France Roman/Gaelic
- Nemea, a daughter of Asopus, from
whom the district of Nemea between Cleonae and Phlius in Argolis
was said to have received its name. Greek
- Nemean Lion. The first of the labours of Hercules was to kill the Nemean lion (of
Argolis), which kept the people in constant alarm. Its skin was
so tough that his club made no impression on the beast, so
Hercules caught it in his arms and squeezed it to death. He ever
after wore the skin as a mantle. Greek
- Nemeius, the Nemeian, a surname of Zeus, under which he had a sanctuary at Argos,
with a bronze statue, the work of Lysippus, and where games were
celebrated in his honour. Greek
- Nemertes, that is, the Unerring, a daughter of Nereus and Doris.
Greek
- Nemesis, is most commonly
described as a daughter of Night, though some call her a daughter
of Erebus or of Oceanus. Nemesis is a personification of the
moral reverence for law, of the natural fear of committing a
culpable action, and hence of conscience, and for this reason she
is mentioned along with Shame. Greek
- Nemetona, Guardian goddess of all sacred places, especially
groves Roman/British
- Nemglan, Bird god who fathered Conaire Mor Ireland
- Nen. The consort of Nau, the first pair of the primeval gods
in the Pyramid Texts. Egypt
- Nenaunir, God of storms Masai
- Nenekicex. A benevolent supreme deity and creator. The
Kamchadal, Siberia
- Neo. The supreme god, the Great Spirit of Life. The Iroquois,
Eastern Unites States
- Neoga, Goddess of the winds. Iroquois
- Neoldian The Blacksmith of the Gods. He forged the Golden
Falchion and engraved it with the words "For the Strongest -
Lagunculae Leydianae Non Accedunt" (Batteries Not Included).
He also repaired Leonard of Quirm's 'Kite', enabling
it to return safely back to Ankh-Morpork. Discworld
- Neper, God of grain and barley. Egypt
- Nepelle. The ruler of the heavens and the father of all
spirits. Australia
- Nephele. One of Diana’s
nymphs.
- Nephthys, Goddess of death, war, of warriors. Egypt
- Nepit, Goddess of grain, female counterpart of the god Neper.
Egypt
- Nepthys, Goddess of the dead. Egypt
- Neptunus - Neptune, the chief
marine divinity of the Romans. His name is probably connected
with the verb valu or nato, and a contraction of namtunus. As the
early Romans were not a maritime people, and had not much to do
with the sea, the marine divinities are not often mentioned, and
we scarcely know with any certainty what day in the year was set
apart as the festival of Neptunus, though it seems to have been
the 23rd of July. Roman
- Neptune's Horse. Hippocampos; it had but two legs, the
hinder part of the body being that of a fish. Roman
- Nereides, or Nereides or Nerine,
is a patronymic from Nereus, and applied to his daughters by
Doris, who were regarded by the ancients as marine nymphs of the
Mediterranean, in contra-distinction from the Naiades, or the
nymphs of fresh water, and the Oceanides, or the nymphs of the
great ocea. Greek
- Neret, Vulture goddess of strength, fear, and theft.
Egypt
- Nereus, a son of Pontus and Gaea,
and husband of Doris, by whom he became the father of the 50
Nereides. He is described as the wise and unerring old man of the
sea, at the bottom of which he dwelt. Greek
- Nergal, One of the divinities who ruled the netherworld,
amorality personified, and a goddess of war and death.
Babylon
- Nergal, God of plague, and a chthonic underworld god
Mesopotamia
- Nerrivik, Goddess of the sea Inuit
- Nerthus, Goddess of fertility who, bless her heart, was
associated with a piece Danish
- Nesaru, Power Above Arikara
- Neso, a child of Nereus and Doris, one
of the Nereides (Theogony of Hesiod 261); but
Lycophron (1468) mentions one Neso as the mother of the Cumaean
sibyl. Greek
- Nesr. An idol of the ancient Arabs. It was in the form of a
vulture, and was worshipped by the tribe of Hemyer.
- Nesrem. A statute some fifty cubits high, in the form of an
old woman. It was hollow within for the sake of giving secret
oracles. Arabia
- Nestor, a son of Neleus and Chloris
of Pylos in Triphylia, and husband of Eurydice (or, according to
others, of Anaxibia, the daughter of Cratieus), by whom he became
the father of Peisidice, Polycaste, Perseus, Stratius, Aretus,
Echephron, Peisistratus, Antilochus, and Thrasymedes. Greek
- Nesu Fon, Tutelary god of royalty Benin
- Nete. Delphic Muse of the lyre. The other Delphic Muses were
Hypate and Mese. Greek
- Netcheh, one of the Seven Spirits appointed by Anubis.
Egypt
- Nethinium. The hewers of wood and drawers of water for the
house of God, an office which the Gibeomtes were condemned to by
Joshua. The word means given to God. Joshua ix. 27
- Nethuns, God of wells and of all water, including the sea. He
was the same as the Greek Poseidon and Roman Neptune.
Etruscan
- Neti Neti. Not this, not this. Sanskrit words expressing the
inexplicable Ultimate, the Absolute, the transcendental, the
Divine, God.
- Neur. God and maker of Heaven and Earth. Kataragama
- Neuralger. A female demon which comes to men in their dreams
and has a headache. They are usually summoned by mistake, by
demonologists who were expecting a succubus. Discworld
- Nevinbimbaau, of Malekula Island, Vanuatu. Some descriptions
call her an ogress while others seem to speak of her as simply a
female figure. Melanesia
- Nextepehua. "Scatterer of ashes". Minor chthonic
underworld god. Aztec
- Nezha, Nataku or Nata, a deity, the enfant terrible
trickster, originally of Chinese mythology. His official Taoist
deity name is Zhongtan Yuanshuai.
- Ngai, the name of the High God. Kikuyu, East Africa
- Ngendi, a fertility god who showed men the use of fire.
Fiji
- Ngewo, Creator an el supremo god. Western Tropics
- Ngewo. The supreme god and creator of all including the
spirits. The Mende, Sierra Leone
- Ngunuwo Ewe, Fates. Togo.
- Ngunyari. A sky god important in initiation ceremonies having
made the bull-roarer and established the rules regarding it. The
Ungarinyin, Australia
- Nguruhi. The all-powerful but remote supreme being and
creator who controls the elements and human destiny, but leaves
daily occurrences to the influence of the ancestor spirits. The
Wahehe, East Africa
- Nhdd. A minor angel. Early Nazorean
- Nhodd. A minor angel. Enochian
- Nhur-Hai - Light of Life, one of the four sons of perfection
behind the north star. Early Nazorean
- Ni! Said by the knights who stopped King Arthur and his
knights and would not allow them to pass without finding a piece
of shrubbery. All the while the Knights keep saying
'Ni!', which was completing unbearable to King Arthur and
his knights. Monty Python
- Ni, God of leprosy. Huli
- Ni, the sea and the origin of life. Chimu, Peru
- Nice. The goddess of victory, or, as
the Romans called her, Victoria
- Nicephorus, bringing victory,
occurs as a surname of several divinities, such as Aphrodite.
- Nio, wrath-filled and muscular guardian of the Buddha,
standing today at the entrance of many Buddhist temples in Japan
and Korea under the appearance of frightening wrestler-like
statues.
- Niamh, the daughter of Manannán mac Lir and Queen of
Tir na nÓg. She came down on a magical horse, Embarr, one
day and asked Fionn mac Cumhail if his son Oisín would
come with her to Tir na nÓg. Oisín agreed and went
with her to The Land of Youth. Ireland
- Niamye, Creator god. Mbole, Ivory Coast
- Niangniang, one of the Sacred Goddess of the Heavenly Sages.
A legend says Emperor Kangxi dedicated a temple to these female
immortals in honour of good deeds they performed on his behalf.
China
- Nibelung. A mythical king of Norway, whose subjects are
called Nibelungers and territory the Nibelungenland. There were
two contemporary kings in this realm, against whom Siegfried.
Prince of the Netherlands, fought. He slew the twelve giants who
formed their paladins with 700 of their chiefs, and made their
country tributary. The word is from nebcl (darkness), and means
the children of mist or darkness. Völsunga Saga
- Nibelungen Hoard. A mythical mass of gold and precious
stones, which Siegfried obtained from the Nibelungs, and gave to
his wife Kriemhild as her marriage portion. It was guarded by
Albric the dwarf. After the murder of Siegfried, his widow
removed the hoard to Worms; here Hagan seized it, and buried it
secretly beneath “the Rhine at Lochham,” intending at
a future time to enjoy it, “but that was ne'er to
be.” Kriemhild married Etzel with the view of avenging her
wrongs. In time Günther, with Hagan and a host of
Burgundians, went to visit King Etzel, and Kriemhild stirred up a
great broil, at the end of which a most terrible slaughter
ensued. Völsunga Saga
- Nibta, threw quarreling into the world. Early Nazorean
- Nicaea, a nymph, the daughter of the
river-god Sangarius and Cybele. A passionate huntress of
exquisite beauty, she was beloved by a shepherd, Hymnus, who
followed her and watched her closely. She finally became angry
and shot him with one of her arrows. Greek
- Nicevenn, a Scottish Witch Goddess from the Middle Ages who
rides through the night with her followers on Samhain. Her name
can be translated as "Divine" or "Brilliant."
She is equated with the Roman goddess Diana.
- Nick, a water—wraith or kelpie. There are nicks in sea,
lake, river, and waterfall. Both Catholic and Protestant clergy
have laboured to stir up an aversion to these beings. They are
sometimes represented as half—child, half—horse, the
hoofs being reversed, and sometimes as old men sitting on rocks
wringing the water from their hair. This kelpie must not be
confounded with the nix. Scandinavian
- Nidaba, goddess of fertility, in particular of the date palm
and the reed. Sumeria
- Nickar or Hnickar. The name assumed by Odin when he
impersonates the destroying principle. Norse
- Nickneven. A gigantic malignant hag of Scottish
superstition.
- Nicor. A sea—devil, in Scandinavian mythology, who eats
sailors. It was three fathoms long, with the body of a
bison—bull, and the head of a cat, the beard of a man, and
tusks an ell long, lying down on its breast.
- Nidafell. The Nida-mountains toward the north, where there is
after Ragnarok, a golden hall for the race of Sindre (the
dwarfs). Norse
- Nidbai, Ned-vay (and Silmai) - Two angelic ones who make
baptisms valid on a spiritual level. Heavenly Helpers of earthly
Nazoreans in becoming pure. "He who established
prayers." Signs with the pure sign in baptism. Early
Nazorean
- Nidhug. A serpent of the nether world, that tears the
carcases of the dead. He also lacerates Ygdrasil. Norse
- Niflheim. The world of fog or mist; the nethermost of the
rime worlds. The place of punishment (Hades). It was visited by
Odin when he went to inquire after the fate of Balder. Norse
- Nike, personified triumph. She was a daughter of Pallas and Styx, and
the sister of Cratos, Bia, and Zelus. Nike and her siblings were all
attendants of Zeus. Greek
- Nikkal, "Great Lady and Fruitful". Goddess of the
fruits of the earth. Canaan
- Niladanda, Guardian god of the southwestern quarter.
Buddhist
- Niladevi, Goddess who is a consort of Visnu. Hindu
- Nilalohita, sent by Shiva to take birth on Earth to drive
away the insanity of the people under the preachings of the
Mayavadis and to propagate Srouta Sivaradhya Sampradayam.
Hindu
- Nilus, the god of the river Nile in
Egypt, is said to have been a son of Oceanus and Thetys, and
father of Memphis and Chione. Pindar calls him a son of Cronos.
Greek
- Nimrod. “A mighty hunter before the Lord”, which
the Targum says means a “sinful hunting of the sons of
men.” Pope says of him, he was “a mighty hunter, and
his prey was man”. The legend is that the tomb of Nimrod
still exists in Damascus, and that no dew ever
“falls” upon it, even though all its surroundings are
saturated with it. Genesis
- Nin-Anna . Beer goddess was a venerable and long-lasting
deity. All hail to the ale. Babylon
- Nin-Ezan, Goddess of healing. Sumeria
- Nin-gish-zida is the god of Gudea.
- Nine. Nine, five, and three are mystical numbers — the
diapason, diapente, and diatrion of the Greeks. Nine consists of
a trinity of trinities. According to the Pythagorean numbers, man
is a full chord, or eight notes, and deity comes next. Three,
being the trinity, represents a perfect unity, twice three is the
perfect dual, and thrice three is the perfect plural. This
explains the use of nine as a mystical number, and also as an
exhaustive plural, and consequently no definite number, but a
simple representative of plural perfection.
- Nine Gods Of the Etruscans: Juno, Minerva, and Tinia (the
three chief); the other six were Vulcan, Mars, and Saturn,
Hercules, Summauus, and Vedius.
- Nine Spheres. Milton, in his Arcades, speaks of the
“celestial syrens' harmony that sit upon the nine
enfolded spheres.” The nine spheres are those of the Moon,
of Mercury, of Venus, of the Sun, of Mars, of Jupiter, of Saturn,
of the Firmament, and of the Crystalline. Above these nine
heavens or spheres come the Primum Mobile, and then the Heaven of
the heavens, or abode of Deity and His angels. The earth was
supposed to be in the centre of this system.
- Nin Mar Ki, "gracious lady", a goddess of
Babylon
- Ninsun, Mother of Gilgamesh and the wild bull Dumuzi, and
wife of Lugalbands. A goddess of Gudea, Babylon, Mesopotamia,
Akkadia and Sumeria. Aka, "Rimat-Ninsun", the
"august cow", the "Wild Cow of the
Enclosure", and "The Great Queen.
- Nin Ur, goddess with jurisdiction over a varying number of
minor gods. Babylon
- Nin Insinna, Goddess of fertility. Babylon
- Nin-Ildu, God of carpenters who is a minor tutelary deity
Babylon/Mesopotamia/Akkadia
- Nin-Imma, Goddess of fertility who is the deification of the
female sex organs Babylon
- Nin-sar. Minor goddess of plants. Sumeria
- Ninazu, a god of the underworld, and of healing. Sumeria
- Nindara, who gives advice on the rooftops; you who among
powerful lords are, who among rulers hold the staff, a shepherd
who oversees the teeming people; who strides about the city's
squares by night at the middle of the watch; you who open the
gates at daybreak, who make their doors stand open onto the
street: you have great divine powers, more than anyone could
require. Nijin
- Nindub, a divine architect who was "to build the House
in accordance with the Holy Planet she instructed thee."
Sumeria
- Ninegal, `Mistress OF the Palace'. This goddess
originated in Sumer but was only worshipped in Ancient
Mesopotamia
- Ningikuga, ("Lady of the Pure Reed"). A goddess of
reeds and marshes. She was one of the consorts of Enki, by whom
she became the mother of Ningal, and the daughter of An and
Nammu. Sumeria
- Ningilin. "Ningilin may at an early date have been
confused with a god of magic called Ningirima, who was invoked in
spells to drive away snakes." Sumeria
- Ningirama, Minor god of magic who protected against snakes
Babylon-Akkadia
- Ningirsu, a solar deity. Sumeria
- Ningishzida, an underworld Mesopotamian deity, the patron of
medicine, and also a God of nature. His name in Sumerian means
"lord of the good tree". Sumerian
- Ningizzida, 'Lord of the Tree of Life'. A fertility
god sometimes depicted as a serpent with a human head, but later
he became a god of healing and magic. The companion of Dumuzi
(Tammuz) with whom it stood at the gate of heaven. Sumeria
- Ninhursaga, mother divinity and goddess of wild animals,
plants and fertility. Sumeria
- Ninigi, the son of Ame no Oshihomimi no Mikoto, and grandson
of Amaterasu, who sent him down to earth to plant rice there. He
was the grandfather of Emperor Jimmu. Amaterasu sent him to
pacify Japan by bringing the three celestial gifts used by the
emperor. The sword, Kusanagi, the mirror, Yata no kagami, and the
jewel, Yasakani no magatama. Japan
- Ninkarrak, Goddess of healing. Assyria
- Ninkasi, ancient matron goddess of beer. One of the eight
children created in order to heal one of the eight wounds that
Enki receives. Sumeria
- Ninkigal, “the lady of the great region”, goddess
worshiped in Babylon. The sister of Ishtar and the wife of the
Assyrian Pluto.
- Ninkurra, a minor mother goddess. Sumeria
- Ninlil, "lady of the open field"). After her death,
she became the goddess of the air, like Enlil. She may be the
Goddess of the South Wind referred to in the story of Adapa, as
her husband Enlil was associated with northerly winter storms.
Sumeria
- Ninmah aka Ninhursag, was the earth and mother-goddess, one
of the seven great deities of Sumer. Sumeria
- Ninmenta was stunned at these words of the Anzu chick.
Ninmenta gave out a wail: 'And what about me? These me have
not fallen into my hand. I shall not exercise their lordship. I
shall not live like him in the shrine, in the abzu.' Father
Enki in the abzu knew what had been said. Sumeria
- Ninshorsag. God od of Life. babylon
- Ninsikil, a tutelary goddess of Dilmun, the place of assembly
of the gods, their meeting place and, so far as the Sumerians
were concerned, the place of their origin. Her name means the
pure queen.
- Ninsubar, Messenger goddess not to be consused with the
goddess Inana. Sumeria
- Ninsuna, the "august cow", the "Wild Cow of
the Enclosure", and "The Great Queen". A goddess,
best known as the mother of the legendary hero Gilgamesh. In the
Epic of Gilgamesh, Ninsun is depicted as a human queen who lives
in Uruk with her son as king. Sumeria
- Ninsusinak. National god of the Elamite Empire and consort of
the mother goddess Pinikir. Ninsusinak was god of oaths and judge
of the dead.
- Nintu, Ninhursag, the earth and mother-goddess, one of the
seven great deities of Sumer. She is principally a fertility
goddesses. Sumeria
- Nintur, Goddess of the womb Babylon
- Ninurta, driver of the Elamitic chariot, carrying the
corpse of Enmesharra which is drawn by horses who are the
death-demon of Zu.
- Nintura, God of thunderstorms and the plow
Babylon/Mesopotamia/Akkadia/Sumeria
- Ninurta war god, identified with Astabis. His Hittite name
was Zamama. Hurrian
- Ninurta, God of agriculture, rain, fertility, war,
thunderstorms, wells, canals and floods. Babylon
- Ninurta, worshipped as part of a triad of deities including
his father Enlil and his mother Ninlil. Ninurta often appears
holding a bow and arrow and a mace named Sharur to which he
speaks when attacking the monster Imdugud, and which answers
back. Sumeria
- Niobe, 1. A daughter of Phoroneus,
and by Zeus the mother of Argus and Pelasgus. In other traditions
she is called the mother of Phoroneus and wife of Inachus. 2. A
daughter of Tantalus by the Pleiad Taygete or the Hyad Dione, or,
according to others, a daughter of Pelops and the wife of Zethus
or Alalcomeneus, while Parthenius relates quite a different
story, for he makes her a daughter of Assaon and the wife of
Philottus, and relates that she entered into a dispute with Leto
about the beauty of their respective children. Greek
- Nireus, 1. A son of Charopus and
Aglaia, was, next to Achilles, the handsomest among the Greeks at
Troy, but unwarlike. He came from the island of Syme (between
Rhodes and Cnidus), and commanded only three ships and a small
number of men. According to Diodorus he also ruled over a part of
Cnidus, and he is said to have been slain by Eurypylus or
Aeneias. His beauty became proverbial.
- 2. A son, or favourite of Heracles, with whom he fought
against the lion of mount Helicon. Greek
- Nirmali, Goddess of fertility and childbirth. Nuristan
- Nirrti, a System Lord who was interested in creating an
advanced human, also known as a "hok'taur", to be
used as a perfect host. For this purpose, she experimented on
humans on several planets. Srargate
- Nirriti. Goddess of misery, misfortune, disease and death and
the embodiment of all sins. Appeared at the time of the churning
of the ocean before the goddess of fortune. Buddhist
- Nirriti, one of the Guardians of the directions, representing
the southwest. She was originally a goddess of death, connected
with Devi, who later became the male Guardian. The gender shift
also involved a union with Nirrta, the masculine aspect of the
female Nirrti. Hindu/Vedic
- Nirvana. Annihilation, or rather the final deliverance of the
soul from transmigration. Buddhism
- Nisbat Utria "She Planted", was the mother of
Uthras. Early Nazorean
- Nishanu, Great sky spirit. Arikara
- Nispannattara, Minor goddess Buddhist/Mahayana
- Nisroch. An idol of the Ninevites represented in their
sculptures with a hawk's head. The word means Great
Eagle.
- Nissaba, Nisaba or Nidaba, goddess of fertility, in
particular of the date palm and the reed. In Assyrian times, she
came to be regarded as the goddess of writing, learning and
astrology. Sumeria
- Nit. One of the attendants of Queen Mab. Irish
- Nit. Goddess of weaving, war, hunting and the Red Crown,
creator deity, mother of Ra. Egypt
- Nitufta, "Drop" who abode for 444,000 myriad of
years in Her own abode. Female element of the Creator. Early
Nazorean
- Niu. Goddess who Presides over the Birth of Mortals.
Taiwanese
- Niu She, Goddess of literacy. China
- Niu Wang, the guardian of cattle. China
- Nix. Kind busy—body. Little creatures not unlike the
Scotish brownie and German kobold. They wear a red cap, and are
ever ready to lend a helping hand to the industrious and thrifty.
“Another tribe of water—fairies are the Nixes, who
frequently assume the appearance of beautiful
maidens.”— T. F. T. Dyer: Folk—lore of Plants
- Nixi Dii, a general term, which seems to have been applied by
the Romans to those divinities who were believed to assist women
at the time when they were giving birth to a child. Before the
cella of Minerva, on the Capitol, there were three statues, which
were designated as Dii Nixi. Roman
- Nixies, the counterpart of the Greek water nymphs, and by the
river-gods of the Rhine. Teutonic
- Njirana, a god, father of Julana, who was alive during the
Dreamtime.
- Njord. A van, vanagod. He was husband of Skade, and father of
Frey and Freyja. He dwells in Noatun. Norse
- Njord, one of the Vanir and the god of wind, fertile land
along the seacoast, as well as seamanship, sailing and fishing.
Norse
- Nkadimpemba, the word coined by the missionaries in the Kongo
to convey their ideas of that prong-tailed fire-loving monster
they call the Christians' Devil
- Nkuando, the god of death and hunters. Zaire
- Nkundo, a language, not a deity. Zaire
- Nlirx. A minor angel. Early Nazorean
- Nlrx. A minor angel. Early Nazorean
- No Il Ja Dae, Goddess of the toilet. What type of ritual
offering does one give to the goddess of the toilet? Japan
- Noatun [Place of ships]. Njord's dwelling; Njord being a
divinity of the waterr or sea. Norse
- Noctiluca. Goddess of the moon, fertility, life, death and
hunting. Spanish
- Noctiluca, Goddess of Magic. Celtic
- Nodotus, a divinity presiding over the knots in the stem of
plants producing grain but it seems more probable that originally
it was only a surname of Saturnus. Roman
- Roman/Celtic
- Nogomain, Nogamain, a god who gives spirit children to mortal
parents. He created himself from nothingness. Australia
- Nohochacyum "Our True Lord" a creator god of the
Lacandon.
- Nohuichana, goddess of fish and hunting. Mexico
- Nok, an ancient fertility goddess. China
- Nokomis. Daughter of the Moon. Sporting one day with her
maidens on a swing made of vine canes, a rival cut the swing, and
Nokomis fell to earth, where she gave birth to a daughter named
Wenonah. Hiawatha
- Nomi-No-Sukune, God of sumo wrestlers Japan/Shinto
- Nomius, a surname of divinities protecting the pastures and
shepherds, such as Apollo, Pan, Hermes, and
Aristaeus. Greek
- Nomos, a personification of law, described as the ruler of
gods and men. Greek
- Nommo Dogon, Primordial spirits who are associated of rain
and fertility Africa(west)
- Nona, Minor goddess of birth Roman
- Nong, God of winter and cold weather who lives in a glacier,
he does not like women Afghanistan
- Nor. The giant, father of Night. He dwelt in Utgard.
Scandinavian
- Nordre or North. A dwarf presiding over the northern regions.
Norse
- Norn plural Nornir. The weird sisters; the three heavenly
norns Urd, Verdande, and Skuld (Past, Present, and Future); they
dwelt at the fountain of Urd, and ruled the fate of the world.
Three norns were also present at the birth of very man and cast
the horoscope of his life. Norse
- Norna. The well of Urda, where the gods sit in judgment, and
near which is that “fair building” whence proceed the
three maidens called Urda, Verdandi, and Skulda (Past, Present,
and Future). Scandinavia
- Norov, God of grain, corn and wheatfields. Russia
- Nortia, an Etruscan divinity, who was worshipped at Volsinii,
where a nail was driven every year into the wall of her temple,
for the purpose of marking the number of years.
- Norwan, the dancing porcupine. The great war among the first
people is caused by the woman Norwan. Norbis Kiemila, who claims
to be her husband, is descended from the heavenly white oak which
forms part of Olelpanti Hlut, the divine mansion in the
"Central Blue." Wintun
- Nosenga. The sun, the primal source of light, has to be
captured so that people may have light to live by. The secret of
the sun is that its light penetrates even in the darkest room,
just as a swallow can fly through a house before anyone can catch
it. Nosenga caught the sunbirds in his trap, and so day broke.
Zimbabwe
- Nosnot—Bocai. Prince of Purgatory.
- Notos, the south wind and bringer of the storms of late
summer and autumn. Greek
- Nott. Night; daughter of Norve. Norse
- Notus, God of the southwest wind Roman
- Nouhro. Goddess of Light. Babylon
- Npat. A minor angel. Early Nazorean
- Nrcoa. A minor angel. Early Nazorean
- Nroa. A minor angel. Early Nazorean
- Nrtya, Mother goddess Buddhist/Tibet
- Nsab and Anan-Ns'ab, Nsab means the implanter or
impregnator, Anan Nsab means spouse of the Planter. Fertility
deities. Heavenly Helpers of earthly Nazoreans in implanting
righteousness, goodness and virtue within others. Early
Nazorean
- Nsongo Bangala, Goddess of the moon Zaire
- Ntoa, Goddess Ghana
- Nu gua, God/goddess China
- Nu Kua, Primordial goddess and inventor of the flute
China
- Nu Mus Da, Tutelary god of a lost city of Kazullu
Mesopotamia/Sumeria
- Nu Wa, Goddess of those who arrange marriages China
- Nu'tenut Chukchee, Earth spirit who is the owner of the
world Siberia(East)
- Nuada, "Silver Arm" a king of the Tuatha Dé
Danann. He is cognate with the Gaulish and British god Nodens.
His Welsh equivalent is Nudd or Lludd Llaw Eraint. Irish
- Nuadu, Tribal god of healing and water Ireland
- Nuckelavee, a monster of unmixed
malignity, never willingly resting from doing evil to mankind. He
was a spirit in flesh. His home was the sea; and whatever his
means of transit were in that element, when he moved on land he
rode a horse as terrible in aspect as himself. Some thought that
rider and horse were really one, and that this was the shape of
the monster. Nuckelavee's head was like a man's, only ten
times larger, and his mouth projected like that of a pig, and was
enormously wide. There was not a hair on the monster's body,
for the very good reason that he had no skin. Scotland
- Nucta, a miraculous drop which falls in Egypt on St.
John's day (June), is supposed to have the effect of stopping
the plague.
- Nudd or Lud Lludd Llaw Eraint, "Lludd of the Silver
Hand", son of Beli Mawr, a legendary hero. Welsh
- Nudimmud, an Akkadian epithet of the Mesopotamian god Ea
which meant 'begetter', referring to his fathering of
Marduk; he is referred to by this name in the Enuma Elish.
- Nuggan. Nuggan is the locally worshipped monotheistic and
omnipotent God of Borogravia, but elsewhere he is known as the
God of Paperclips, Correct Things in the Right Place in Small
Desk Stationery Sets, and Unnecessary Paperwork. He usually
sports a fussy little moustache. Discworld
- Nuit, the speaker in the first Chapter of the Book of the
Law, the sacred text of Thelema written in 1904 by Aleister
Crowley.
- Nuli'rahak, Sea Spirit, she lives in the ocean depths,
owns all sea creatures, and feeds off the bodies of drowned a
fisherman Siberia/Inuit
- Nuliayoq, the Queen of the deep who became a goddess of
rivers and inlets. Inuit
- Numbakulla, were two sky gods who created all life on Earth,
including humans, from the Inapertwa. Afterwards, they became
lizards. The Numakulla are sometimes described as a dual-aspect
deity rather than two separate deities. Australia
- Number Nip. The gnome king of the Giant Mountains.
Musaeus
- Numeria or Numerius, a praenomen given to those who were born
quickly; and that women in childbirth were accustomed to pray to
a goddess Numeria, who must have been a deity of some importance,
as the pontifex mentioned her in the ancient prayers. Roman
- Numi Tarem, God of the sky Siberia
- Numma Moiyuk, Goddess of fertility. Australia
- Nun, the name by which ancient Egyptians called both the
mysterious underworld from where life was renewed and the
primordeal god residing there.
- Nunbarsegunu, an alternate name for the Goddess Nisaba,
mother of Ninlil, the Sumerian goddess of fertility, in
particular of the date palm and the reed. Sumerian
- Nunda. Swallowing Monster and the eater of people. Kiniramba,
Africa.
- Nunda, put forth the mystic ideology of the Kashmiri and he
left his mortal frame in Tsrar. Koshur
- Nunda Igehi, Goddess of healing, headaches, and blisters
Cherokee
- Nurundere 'made everything'. Nurundere is but an
idealised wizard and hunter, with a rival of his species.
Narrinyeri, Australia
- Nusku, God of light and fire. Babylon
- Nut, goddess of the sky and the heavens. Egypt
- Nyambi is associated with ideas of life, literally the spirit
or personality of the four. Bavili
- Nyambe, God of war. Zambia
- Nyambe. One of Nyambe's creations was Kamunu, the first
human being. Nyambe gave Kamunu the task of naming all the other
creations and told the human being that all the animals were his
siblings. As such he should look after them. Lozi, South West
Africa
- Nyambi, In the beginning Nyambi made all things. He made
animals, birds. At that time he lived on earth with his wife,
Nasilele. Africa
- Nyame, a supreme being called Nyame, whose sons were lesser
gods. Each son served a different purpose: one,Anansi, was a
rainmaker, another the sunshine. Worship of Nyame was the
exclusive preserve of the king through his priests; lesser people
worshiped her sons. Ghana
- Nyamwezi, Goddess of justice Africa
- Nyankopon, God of the sun Ashanti
- Nyasaye, Chief god Margoli
- Nyasi. The supreme being and creator god who controls birth
and death. Kenya
- Nyavirezi, Goddess of lions, and the representation of a
mortal figure with sacred character. Rwanda
- Nycteus, a son of Hyrieus by the
nymph Clonia, brother of Lycus and Orion, and husband of Polyxo,
by whom he became the father of Antiope. Greek
- Nyege. The supreme being at Fowler’s Bay,
Australia
- Nyesoa. The creator god of the French Ivory Coast.
Africa
- Nyimina is to bear fruit, to know how to bear fruit with the
power paternal love. Africa
- Nyimpo. The remote supreme being and creator god. The Effutu,
Ghana
- Nymphae, the name of a numerous
class of inferior female divinities, though they are designated
by the title of Olympian, are called to the meetings of the gods
in Olympus, and described as the daughters of Zeus. But they were
believed to dwell on earth in groves, on the summits of
mountains, in rivers, streams, glens, and grottoes. Greek
- Nysa, a daughter of Aristaeus, who was
believed to have brought up the infant god Dionysus, and from
whom one of the many towns of the name of Nysa was believed to
have derived its name. Greek
- Nyseides, the nymphs of Nysa, who are
said to have reared Dionysus, and
whose names are Cisseis, Nysa, Erato, Eriphia, Bromia, and Polyhymno. (Apollodorus iii, Metamorphoses III, Fasti by Ovid, Hymns of Orpheus) Greek
- Nyx, Nox or Night personified. Homer
calls her the subduer of gods and men, and relates that Zeus
himself stood in awe of her. Greek
- Nzambe the ancient god of the Kota, Sangho
- Nzambi, Goddess of justice, the earth and of death.
Africa
- Nzambi Mpungu, the owner of the fire of heaven. Bavili
- Nzame. A three in one god: Nzame, Mebere, and Nkwa. It was
the Nzame part of the god that created the universe and the
earth, and brought life to it. Gabon
- Nzakomba. The supreme being of the Lulanga. Upper Congo
- Nzame. The sky god and creator of all things. The Fan
Gabon.
- Nze, God of the moon who is closely linked with women and
fertility. Ngbandi
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