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Brigid, celtic Goddess of Fire, the Home, poetry and the end of winter. Her festival, Imbolc, is on 1st or 2nd of February which marks "the return of the light". Persephone, Greek Goddess of Spring. Her festival or the day she returns to her mother Demeter from the Underworld is on 3rd of April. Many fertility deities are also associated with ...
Pages in category "Ice and snow deities" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cailleach;
General deities were known by the Celts throughout large regions, and are the gods and goddesses called upon for protection, healing, luck, and honour. The local deities from Celtic nature worship were the spirits of a particular feature of the landscape, such as mountains, trees, or rivers, and thus were generally only known by the locals in ...
Izanagi, forefather of the gods, god of creation and life and first male; Izanami, Izanagi's wife and sister, goddess of creation and death, first female; Konohanasakuya-hime, the blossom princess and symbol of delicate earthly life; Shinigami, god of death; Suijin, god of water; Fūjin, god of wind; Kagu-tsuchi, god of fire
The Aziza are a beneficent fairy race from Africa, specifically Dahomey. The Yumboes are supernatural beings in the mythology of the Wolof people (most likely Lebou) of Senegal, West Africa. Their alternatively used name Bakhna Rakhna literally means good people, an interesting parallel to the Scottish fairies called Good Neighbours.
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
Ice and snow deities (10 P) Pages in category "Winter deities" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Devana is the goddess of wildlife, forests, the moon and hunting. Mentioned by Jan Długosz as a Polish equivalent of Diana. Devana, as Dživica, was also present in Lusatian folklore. She appears in Silesian customs together with Morana, which may indicate a double nature of these goddesses. Etymology of the name of the goddess is a subject of ...