Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Face of the Heysham hogback depicting four figures with upraised arms, which have been interpreted as Austri, Vestri, Norðri and Suðri holding up the sky [1]. In Nordic mythology, Austri, Vestri, Norðri and Suðri (Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈɔustre, ˈwestre, ˈnorðre, ˈsuðre]) [citation needed]; are four dwarfs who hold up the sky after it was made by the gods from the skull of the ...
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 ...
Such king gods are collectively categorized as "sky father" deities, with a polarity between sky and earth often being expressed by pairing a "sky father" god with an "earth mother" goddess (pairings of a sky mother with an earth father are less frequent). A main sky goddess is often the queen of the gods and may be an air/sky goddess in her ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Sky and weather gods in Meitei mythology (4 P) Śuri (1 C, 2 P) T.
The gods, especially Sūrya, are stated to be the children of Dyauṣ and Prithvi. [9] Dyauṣ's other sons include Agni, Parjanya , the Ādityas , the Maruts , and the Angirases. [ 7 ] [ 9 ] The Ashvins are called " divó nápāt ", meaning offspring/progeny/grandsons of Dyauṣ.
' daylight-sky-god '), also *Dyḗus ph₂tḗr (lit. ' father daylight-sky-god '), [1] [2] is the reconstructed name of the daylight-sky god in Proto-Indo-European mythology. *Dyēus was conceived as a divine personification of the bright sky of the day and the seat of the gods, the *deywṓs.
Bennu – A solar and creator deity, depicted as a Heron [11] Geb – An earth god and member of the Ennead [12] Heru-ur – A elder form of Horus [13] Horus – A major god, usually shown as a Falcon or as a human child, linked with the sky, the Sun, kingship, protection, and healing; often said to be the son of Osiris and Isis [14]
Lampetia, goddess of light, and one of the Heliades or daughters of Helios , god of the Sun, and of the nymph Neera . Theia, Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos. Zeus, as a reflex of *Dyeus, could be considered god of the day-lit sky