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The origin of this epithet might be either concrete, referring directly to the image of the god reproduced on coins [85] and supposed to have been introduced by king Numa in the sanctuary at the lowest point of the Argiletum, [86] or to a feature of the Ianus of the Porta Belli, the double gate ritually opened at the beginning of wars, [87] or ...
Bacchus – god of wine, nature, pleasure and festivity; equivalent to the Greek god Dionysus Ceres , goddess of growing plants and motherly relationships; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter Diana , goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness and the moon; equivalent to the Greek goddess Artemis
A liminal deity is a god or goddess in mythology who presides over thresholds, gates, or doorways; "a crosser of boundaries". [1] These gods are believed to oversee a state of transition of some kind; such as, the old to the new, the unconscious to the conscious state, the familiar to the unknown.
Thoth, originally a moon deity, later became the god of knowledge and wisdom and the scribe of the gods; Sia, the deification of wisdom; Isis, goddess of wisdom, magic and kingship. She was said to be "more clever than a million gods". Seshat, goddess of wisdom, knowledge, and writing. Scribe of the gods.
This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world.. List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere
Emesh is a farmer deity in the Sumerian poem Enlil Chooses the Farmer-God (ETCSL 5.3.3 Archived 2021-05-07 at the Wayback Machine), which describes how Enlil, hoping "to establish abundance and prosperity", creates two gods: Emesh and Enten, a farmer and a shepherd respectively. [332] The two gods argue and Emesh lays claim to Enten's position ...
Shed – A god believed to save people from danger and misfortune [131] Shehbui – God of the south winds [132] Shepsy – Local sun god in Hermopolis [133] Shezmu – A god of wine, blood, and oil presses who also slaughters condemned souls [134] Sia – Personification of perception [135] Sopdu – A god of the sky and of Egypt's eastern ...
Earendel, god of rising light and/or a star; Eostre, considered to continue the Proto-Indo-European dawn goddess; Freyr, god of sunshine, among other things; Sól, goddess and personification of the sun; Teiwaz, as a reflex of *Dyeus, was probably originally god of the day-lit sky; Thor, god of lightning, thunder, weather, storms, and the sky