Name a god - how many can we find

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  1. Cris In search of Immortality Valued Senior Member

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    The god concept has been around for many millenia. How many can we find.

    One line answer per god/goddess please - name of the deity and the religion and/or era. Plus an optional short description.

    If you have web references that give a neat list then paste the list and not the link. Try to remove any duplicates given from previous posts.

    I'll start with some examples -

    Gaia - Earth mother
    Zeus - Ancient Greece
    God - Christianity
    Allah - Islam
     
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  3. superluminal I am MalcomR Valued Senior Member

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    Some Viking gods.

    Odin

    Odin was the chief god in the Norse mythology, and the father of Thor, Balder, Hoder, Tyr, Bragi, Heimdall, Ull, Vidar, Hermod and Vali. His wives were Fjorgyn, Frigga and Rind. He had a bad habit to roam around Midgard in human disguise seducing and impregnating women. This is why many mortals were able to trace their ancestry back to him.

    Thor

    Thor was the son of Odin and Fjorgyn. He was the god of thunder, the sky, fertility and the law. Armed with his strengthgiving items, a belt and the hammer Mjölnir, he had a simple way of righting wrongs: he more or less killed everything that moved. The other gods -mostly Loki- occasionally took advantage of Thor's simplicity.

    Loki

    Loki can be called the 'wizard of lies' and is in many ways the most interesting god in Asgard. Loki was related to Odin, but their relationship was rather strange. He came to Asgard either as of right or because Odin and he entered into a blood-brotherhood.

    Frey

    Frey was a fertility god of the the Vanir race. He was the son of Njord and came to Asgard as a hostage along with his father and sister Freya.

    Freya

    Freya was the goddess of sex and later also war and death. She married the god Od, who deserted her. After being abandoned she divided her time between mourning his absence and being promiscuous.

    Idun

    The goddess of spring and immortal youth was called Idun. She was the daughter of the dwarf Ivald and married to the god Bragi.

    Sif

    Sif was the goddess who married Thor and bore his stepson (by Odin), Ull. The vikings (and their gods) admired golden hair, and she was exceptionally proud of hers, so Loki cut it all off while she was asleep.

    Hel

    Hel was a goddess (or a monster), a daughter of Loki and Angrboda, who ruled over Niflheim, which was the land of the dead. There were different opinions of whether she was alive or dead. Ull, in his role as god of winter, was supposed to spend a few months each year as Hel's lover. Hel and her ghostly army were going to support the other gods at Ragnarok, after which her domain would go out in flames.
     
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  5. S.A.M. uniquely dreadful Valued Senior Member

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    They sound like the Vedic gods. I wonder if there was ever a historical connection between the Vikings and the Vedic Hindus.
     
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  7. Oniw17 ascetic, sage, diogenes, bum? Valued Senior Member

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    Roman gods, starting with the coolest:
    Apollo - God of the Sun
    Jupiter - King of the Gods
    Juno - Queen of the Gods
    Neptune - God of the Sea
    Pluto - God of Death
    Diana - Goddess of the Moon
    Mars - God of War
    Venus - Goddess of Love
    Cupid - God of Love
    Mercury - Messenger of the Gods
    Minerva - Goddess of Wisdom
    Ceres - The Earth Goddess
    Proserpine - Goddess of the Underworld
    Vulcan - The Smith God
    Bacchus - God of Wine
    Saturn - God of Time
    Vesta - Goddess of the Home
    Janus - God of Doors
    Uranus - Father of Saturn
    Maia - Goddess of Growth
    Flora - Goddess of Flowers
    Plutus - God of Wealth
     
  8. Prince_James Plutarch (Mickey's Dog) Registered Senior Member

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    SamCDKey:

    The descendents of the Aryans/Indo-Europeans reflect their ancestry in their language and in their religion. Quite litterally, Tyr, Zeus, Jupiter, Dyaus Pitar, and the Dagda are the same deity.
     
  9. draqon Banned Banned

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    Mars is not a god...it is a planet.

    Mars is beautifull planet.

    of all the "Gods" I heard of...none have proof of existence...thus there are no Gods. There is only Mars, it has proof of existence.
     
  10. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    "We have more Gods than you can shake a stick at. Godchecker's Mythology Encyclopedia currently features over 2,850 deities."

    http://www.godchecker.com/
     
  11. Oniw17 ascetic, sage, diogenes, bum? Valued Senior Member

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    Why doesn't each god have a picture on their bio?
     
  12. draqon Banned Banned

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    because there are no Gods...they have no proof of existence
     
  13. Prince_James Plutarch (Mickey's Dog) Registered Senior Member

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    Dragon:

    I think I speak for the purpose of this thread when I say:

    Stop. Being. A. Douchebag.
     
  14. David Dunn Registered Member

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    El, Yahweh & Asherah

    El was a local Canaanite diety that the Jews worshipped. Muslims call him Allah, Christians call him God. His name was later changed to Yahweh.

    Yahweh had a wife, mistress, concubine or consort called Asherah. So presumably she would be a goddess.:m:

    Sophia was a Greek goddess. It meant Wisdom. The Jews took the name Wisdom and made her a goddess.
     
  15. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    Greek/Roman gods are listed below. The Romans essentially adapted the Greek gods to their own culture.

    Not all the gods had equivalents. Where no equivalent exists, the God appears in the list as "..." rather than a name.

    Greek Name / Roman Name : Description

    Zeus / Jupiter : Lord of the Sky, Gods, and Thunder, Rain-god, Cloud-gatherer
    Hera / Juno : Protector of Marriage
    Poseidon / Neptune : Ruler of the Sea
    Hades, Polydectes / Pluto : God of the Underworld and Precious Metals
    ... / Libitina : Goddess of the Underworld
    Pallas Athena / Minerva : Goddess of the City, Education/Science, and War
    Phoebus Apollo / Apollo : God of Sun, Truth, Music, Healing
    Artemis, Orthia, Phoebe / Diana : Goddess of Wild Things, Hunter-in-Chief
    Aphrodite, Anadyomene / Venus : Goddess of Love and Beauty
    Hermes, Pyschopompus / Mercury : God of Commerce and Market, Zeus' Messenger
    Ares / Mars : God of War
    Enyo / Bellona : Lesser Goddess of War
    Hephaestus / Vulcan, Mulciber : God of the Forge and Fire, Workman to the immortals
    Hestia / Vesta :Goddess of the Hearth and Home; also Fertility(Greek only)
    ... / Priapus : God of Fertility
    Eros / Cupid, Amor : God of Love
    Hymen / ... : God of the Wedding Feast
    Hebe / ... : Goddess of Youth
    ... / Juventus : God of Youth
    Iris / ... : Goddess of the Rainbow
    Persephone, Kora / Persipina, Libera : Goddess of Spring [Season], Underworld through Hades
    Demeter / Ceres : Goddess of the Corn, Earth, Harvest
    Dionysus, Lycaeus / Bacchus, Liber : God of the Vine, Wine, Merriment
    Pan / Inuus,Faunus : God of Flocks, Sheep
    Selene / Luna : Goddess of the Moon
    Helios / Sol : God of the Sun
    ... / Terminus : Guardian of Boundaries
    ... / Priapus : Cause of Fertility
    ... / Pales : Strengthener of Cattle
    ... / Sylvanus : Helper of Plowmen and Woodcutters
    ... / Saturn : Protector of the Sowers and the Seed
    ... / Janus : God of good beginnings
    Eileithyia, Ilithyia / Lucina : Goddess of Childbirth
    ... / Pomona & Vertumnus : Powers Protecting Orchards and Gardens
    Aether / ... : God of Light
    Eos / Aurora, Mater Matuta : Goddess of the Dawn
    Asklepios / Aesculapius : God of Health and Medicine
    Hygea / ... : Goddess of Health
    Aeolus / ... : King of the Winds
    Boreas / Aquilo : North Wind
    Zephyr / Favonius : West Wind
    Notus / Auster : South Wind
    Eurus / Eurus : East Wind
    Pontus / ... : God of the Deep Sea
    Nereus / ... : "Old Man of the Sea"
    Triton / ... : Trumpeter of the Sea
    Ate / ... : Goddess of Mischief
    Eris / Discordia : Goddess of Discord
    Maia / Fauna, Bono Dea : Goddess of Fields, "Good Goddess"
    ... / Flora : Goddess of Flowers
    Hypnos / Somnus : God of Sleep
    ... / Juturna : Goddess of Springs [Water]
    Nike / Victoria : Goddess of Victory
    Peitha / Suadela : Goddess of Persuasion
    Hecate / Trivia : Goddess of the Crossways, the Dark Side of the Moon, and Magic
    Tyche / Fortuna : Goddess of Fortune
    ... / Voluptas : Goddess of Pleasure
    Poena / ... : Goddess of Punishment
    Nemesis / ... : Goddess of Revenge
    Hespera / ... : Goddess of Dusk
    Morpheus / ... : God of Dreams
    Phosphor / Lucifer : Light-bearer, Star that brings in the day
    Fama / ... : God of fame, rumor
     
  16. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    Egyptian gods:

    Amen
    "The Hidden One," a primordial creation-deity
    Anubis
    Egyptian god of the dead
    Bast
    Egyptian cat goddess
    Bes
    Egyptian dwarf god believed to guard against evil spirits and misfortune
    Chons
    Egyptian moon god
    Dua
    Protector of the stomach of the deceased
    Geb
    God of the Earth
    Hathor
    Egyptian cow goddess
    Isis
    Egyptian mother goddess
    Ka
    Egyptian name for the vital force of life
    Maat
    Egyptian goddess of truth and justice
    Min
    Egyptian fertility god
    Mut
    Wife of Amen, mother of Khons
    Nephthys Egyptian goddess of the dead
    Nut
    Egyptian goddess of the sky and of the heavens
    Osiris
    Egyptian god of the underworld and of vegetation
    Qetesh
    Goddess of love and beauty
    Re
    Egyptian sun god
    Selket
    Scorpion goddess, helper of women in childbirth
    Set
    Egyptian god of chaos
    Shu
    Egyptian god of the air
    Sobek
    Egyptian crocodile god
    Taweret
    Hippopotamus goddess and protective deity of childbirth
    Thoth
    Egyptian moon god
    Wepwawet
    God of war and of the funerary cult
     
  17. invert_nexus Ze do caixao Valued Senior Member

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    Moloch.
    The one true god.
    Send your children to dance the flames with gentle, loving, kind Moloch.
    That is all.
     
  18. Michael 歌舞伎 Valued Senior Member

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    LOL

    The Shinto pantheon has a collection of more than 8000000 kami (Japanese for "gods" or "spirits"). It starts with the 7 divine Gods who make the God Izanagi and the Godess Izanami.

    Izanagi - together with his wife gave birth to the islands of Japan.
    Izanami - the wife, she also gave birth to fire (ouch!)
    Seiobo - Queen Mother of the West". She cultivates a garden of peach trees that blossom only every 1000 years and if one of these peaches are eaten – you get eternal life.
    Tobosaku – Bloody peach stealer!
    Gama-Sennin - A sage with a lot of magical talent (he can become a toad or look young)
    Chokaro - He has a magic pumpkin that can become a horse! Cool ne?
    Shishi – kind of dog lion.
    Benten - The Goddess of luck, love, eloquence, wisdom and the fine arts. She rides on a dragon!!!
    Bishamon - is the patron of the warriors.
    Daikoku - The god of wealth and the patron of the farmers.
    Ebisu - the son of Daikoku and the patron of the fishermen.
    Fukurokuju - The god of wisdom, good luck and longevity.
    Hotei - He is also the god of laughter and happiness (by being content with what you have).
    Jurojin - The god of longevity
     
  19. invert_nexus Ze do caixao Valued Senior Member

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    Don't forget Aten. Sure, he wasn't around long, but he is creating controversy to this very day.
     
  20. lightgigantic Banned Banned

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    Names of god reflect qualities of god - since god has unlimted qualities he has unlimited names
     
  21. Oniw17 ascetic, sage, diogenes, bum? Valued Senior Member

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    There's no way that said 8,000,000, is there?
     
  22. lightgigantic Banned Banned

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    there are 33 000 000 demigods in the vedas, but they are not actually god but living entities that get materially elevated to positions of universal management on the strength of their piou s activities
     
  23. Mosheh Thezion Registered Senior Member

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    there is is only one god of this universe, and we as humans could never hope to comprehend what the gods name maybe.

    some suggest that there are lesser gods... gods created by the one true god.

    and that these lesser gods are the ones vieing for power and your minds.


    the one that has won out, has proposed and made mandatory the one god concept as fundamental, to brush all other gods aside like so much straw.

    the mormons, i have learned would suggest that Jehovah is one of the highest and most favored of the lesser gods, and has served the purpose towards setting mankinds focus towards a one god ideal.

    you can use all kinds of words to describe god.

    but they are human words, and are not worthy of the attempting to name god.

    i use the term god, or elohiem... as general description for the creator.

    but i would never propose to suggest a name.

    -MT
     

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