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22. Brucie - The name is of French origin and means "forest sprite." 23. Calypso - This name means "she who hides" and has a Greek origin. 24. Celeste - Celeste is from a Latin word meaning ...
Baby Names for Boys That Mean Love 35. Amias. Pronounced ah-MY-us, this badass name has Latin roots and a meaning of “beloved.” 36. Oscar. Among the many names that mean love, this one has ...
A beauty deity is a god or (usually) goddess associated with the concept of beauty. Classic examples in the Western culture are the Greek goddess Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart, Venus. The following is a list of beauty deities across different cultures. For some deities, beauty is only one of several aspects they represent, or a lesser one.
Bernd Vogel/Getty Images. Benedict is a sturdy and rather old-timey masculine name of Latin origin with a meaning of “blessed.” 26. Ajaz. A perfect fit for a young entrepreneur, this Arabic ...
Ptesáŋwiŋ/White buffalo calf woman, Lakota prophetess, often conflated with Wohpe; Wiyóhiyaŋpa, Lakota wind spirit of the east, oversees new beginnings and knowledge; Whapiya/Wóhpe, Lakota spirit of knowledge, wishes, dreams, visions, prophecy and the wife of Okaga the south wind; Zuzéča, Lakota snake spirit of hidden knowledge and lies
One of the earliest references to qualities later associated with the canonical Four Great Beauties appears in the Zhuangzi.In one chapter, the women Mao Qiang and Lady Li are described as "great beauties" who "when fish see them they dart into the depths, when birds see them they soar into the skies, when deer see them they bolt away without looking back".
Xochiquetzal, from the Codex Rios, 16th century.. In Aztec mythology, Xochiquetzal (Classical Nahuatl: Xōchiquetzal [ʃoːt͡ʃiˈket͡saɬ]), also called Ichpochtli Classical Nahuatl: Ichpōchtli [itʃˈpoːtʃtɬi], meaning "maiden"), [7] was a goddess associated with fertility, beauty, and love, serving as a protector of young mothers and a patroness of pregnancy, childbirth, and the ...
The name of the unlikely heroine in Dickens’s Great Expectations, Estella is a pretty choice with Latin origin, and (yep, you guessed it) the meaning is ‘star.' 28. Aster