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Cattle god / goddess; A161.2. King of the Gods; A177.1. Gods as Dupe or Tricksters; A192. Death or departure of the gods; A193. Gods of Dying-and-rising; A200—A299. Gods of the Upper World A210. Gods of the Sky; A220. Gods of the Sun; A240. Gods of the Moon; A250. Gods of the Stars; A260. Gods of Light; A270. Gods of the Dawn; A280. Gods of ...
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.
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 ... Sky and weather gods in Meitei mythology (4 P) Śuri (1 C, 2 P) T. ... Zeus (8 C, 35 P) Pages in category ...
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
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
The ancestral Enki's name means "lord earth," while the meaning of the name of the god of Eridu is uncertain but not the same, as indicated by some writings including an amissable g. [257] Enmesharra: Enmesharra was a minor deity of the underworld. [65] Seven, eight or fifteen other minor deities were said to be his offspring. [258]
King of the gods, ruler of Mount Olympus, and god of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law, order, and justice. He is the youngest son of Cronus and Rhea. He overthrew Cronus and gained the sovereignty of heaven for himself. In art he is depicted as a regal, mature man with a sturdy figure and dark beard.