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| x Bhagavan | Hinduism |
Bhagavan, also written Bhagwan or Bhagawan, from the Sanskrit nt-stem bhaga-vant- (nominative/vocative भगवान् Bhagavān) literally means "possessing fortune, blessed, prosperous" (from the noun bhaga, meaning "fortune, wealth", cognate to Slavic bog ...
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| x God | Judaism |
God is a deity in theistic and deistic religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism.
God is most often conceived of as the supernatural creator and overseer of the universe....
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Taoism |
Named Hé Qióng (何瓊 Hé Qióng), Immortal Woman He or He Xiangu (何仙姑 Hé Xiān Gū in pinyin or Ho Hsien-ku in Wade-Giles) is the only female deity among the Eight Immortals. (The gender of her fellow Immortal Lán Cǎihé is somewhat ambiguous).
She was...
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| x Yuan-shi tian-zun |
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Taoism |
Yuanshi Tianzun (Chinese: 元始天尊; pinyin: Yúanshǐ Tīanzūn), the Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning or the Primeval Lord of Heaven, is one of the highest deities of religious Taoism. He is one of the Three Pure Ones (Chinese: 三清; pinyin:...
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| x Xi Wangmu |
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Taoism |
The Queen Mother of the West (西王母) is an ancient Chinese goddess whose origin can be traced back to oracle bone inscriptions of the fifteenth century BCE that record sacrifices to a "western mother". (Cahill, 1993) Even though these inscriptions...
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| x Shiva |
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Hinduism |
Shiva (pronounced /ˈʃiːvə/; Sanskrit: शिव, Śiva, IPA: [ˈɕivə]; Hindi: [ʃɪʋə], lit. "Auspicious one") is a major Hindu god and one aspect of Trimurti. In the Shaiva tradition of Hinduism, Shiva is seen as the supreme God. In the Smarta tradition, he...
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| x Saraswati |
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Hinduism |
In the Vedic system Saraswati (pronounced as [sə.rəs.ʋə.t̪iː]; Sanskrit: सरस्वती, sarasvatī; Thai: สุรัสวดี Sarasawatee; Japanese:弁才天/ 弁財天 Benzaiten) is the goddess of knowledge, music and the arts. Saraswati has been identified with the Vedic...
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| x Amaterasu |
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Shinto |
Amaterasu (天照), Amaterasu-ōmikami (天照大神／天照大御神) or Ōhiru-menomuchi-no-kami (大日孁貴神) is, in Japanese mythology, a sun goddess and perhaps the most important Shinto deity (神, kami). Her name, Amaterasu, means literally "(that which) illuminates Heaven"....
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| x Jagaddhatri |
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Hinduism |
Jagaddhatri or Jagadhatri (Bengali: জগদ্ধাত্রী, 'the Protector of the World') is considered as a form of Devi, the supreme goddess. Her worship is more common in West Bengal than the other parts of India. Her cult is directly derived from Tantra...
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| x Han Xiang |
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Taoism |
One of the Eight Immortals, Philosopher Han Xiang (韓湘子 in pinyin: hán xiāng zi) or Han Xiang Zi, in Wade-Giles as Han Hsiang Tzu, was born Han Xiang during the Tang Dynasty, and his courtesy name is Qingfu (清夫 qīng fū). He is said to be the nephew...
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| x Lakshmi |
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Hinduism |
Lakshmi (pronunciation: [ləkʂ.miː]; Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी lakṣmī) is the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity, light, wisdom, fortune, fertility, generosity and courage; and the embodiment of beauty, grace and charm. Representations of Lakshmi (or Shri)...
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| x Brahman | Hinduism |
Brahman (bráhman-, nominative bráhma ब्रह्म) is a concept of Hinduism. Brahman is the unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this...
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| x Jade Emperor |
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Taoism |
The Jade Emperor (Chinese: 玉皇; pinyin: Yù Huáng or 玉帝 Yù Dì), is the Taoist ruler of Heaven and all realms of existence below including that of Man and Hell according to a version of Taoist mythology. He is one of the most important gods of the...
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| x Durga |
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Hinduism |
In Hinduism, the Goddess Durga (दुर्गा, "the inaccessible" or "the invincible") or Maa Durga (Mother Durga) "one who can redeem in situations of utmost distress". Durga is a form of Devi, the supremely radiant goddess, depicted as having ten arms,...
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| x Shakti |
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Hinduism |
Shakti, from Sanskrit shak - "to be able," meaning sacred force or empowerment, is the primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that move through the entire universe. Shakti is the concept, or personification, of divine feminine...
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| x Holy Spirit |
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Protestantism |
In Christianity, the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost is the Spirit of God. In mainstream (Trinitarian) Christian theology he is the third person of the Trinity and part of the Godhead, equal with God the Father and with God the Son.
The Christian theology...
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| x Three Pure Ones |
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Taoism |
The Three Pure Ones (Chinese: 三清; pinyin: Sānqīng) also translated as the Three Pure Pellucid Ones, the Three Pristine Ones, the Three Clarities, or the Three Purities, are the three highest Taoist deities.
The religion of Taoism has many different...
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| x Allah |
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Islam |
Allah (Arabic: الله, Allāh, IPA: [ʔalˤːɑːh] ( listen)) is the standard Arabic word for God. While the term is best known in the West for its use by Muslims as a reference to God, it is used by Arabic-speakers of all Abrahamic faiths, including...
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| x Elder Zhang Guo |
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Taoism |
"Elder Zhang Guo" or "Zhang Guo Lao" (Chinese: 張果老; Pinyin: Zhāng Guǒ Lǎo; Wade-Giles: Chang Kuo Lao; Japanese: Chokaro) is one of the Eight Immortals. Of the Eight Immortals he, along with Chung-li Ch'uan and Lu Yen, was a real historical figure;...
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| x Rama |
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Hinduism |
Rama (IAST: rāma, Devanāgarī: राम, Khmer: ព្រះរាម, Thai: พระราม, Lao: ພຣະຣາມ, Burmese: Yama, Tagalog: Rajah Bantugan) or Ramachandra was a legendary king of Ayodhya in ancient India. In Hinduism, he is the seventh avatar of Vishnu. A significant...
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| x Lü Dongbin |
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Taoism |
Lǚ Dòngbīn (呂洞賓) (spelled Lu Tung-Pin in Wade-Giles) is a deity/Immortal revered by many in the Chinese culture sphere, especially by Daoists/Taoists. Lǚ Dòngbīn is the most widely known of the group of deities known as the Eight Immortals and hence...
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| x Mariamman |
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Hinduism |
Goddess Māri (Tamil: மாரி) is known as Mariamman, "Mother Mari" (Tamil: மாரியம்மன்), spelt also Maariamma (Tamil: மாரியம்மா), or simply Amman (Tamil: அம்மன்), meaning "mother". She is the main South Indian mother goddess, predominant in the rural...
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| x Royal Uncle Cao |
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Taoism |
The newest of the Eight Immortals, Royal Uncle Cao or Cao Guojiu (曹國舅 in pinyin: cáo guó jiù or in Wade-Giles: Ts'ao Kuo-ch'iu) is named one of the following:
He was said to be the uncle of the Emperor of the Song Empire, being the younger brother...
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| x Vishnu |
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Hinduism |
Vishnu (IAST viṣṇu, Devanagari विष्णु), (honorific: Bhagavan Vishnu), is the Supreme God in Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God, and his supreme...
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| x Krishna |
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Hinduism |
Krishna (कृष्ण in Devanagari, kṛṣṇa in IAST, pronounced [ˈkr̩ʂɳə] in classical Sanskrit) is a deity worshiped across many traditions in Hinduism in a variety of perspectives. While many Vaishnava groups recognize him as an avatar of Vishnu, other...
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| x Iron-crutch Li |
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Taoism |
Iron-crutch Li (李铁拐/李鐵拐, PY: Lǐ Tiěguǎi, WG: Li T'ieh-kuai, Japanese: Tekkai) is sometimes said to be the most ancient and popular of the Eight Immortals of the Taoist pantheon. He is sometimes described irascible and ill-tempered, but also...
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| x Ganesha |
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Hinduism |
Ganesha (Sanskrit: गणेश; IAST: Gaṇeśa; listen (help·info)), also spelled Ganesa or Ganesh and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most widely worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found...
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| x Kali |
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Hinduism |
Kali, also known as Kalika (Bengali: কালী, Kālī / কালিকা Kālikā ; Sanskrit: काली), is a Hindu goddess associated with eternal energy. The name Kali means "black", but has by folk etymology come to mean "force of time (kala)". Despite her negative...
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| x Lan Caihe |
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Taoism |
Lan Caihe (藍采和; pinyin: Lán Cǎihé; Wade-Giles: Lan Ts'ai-ho) is the least defined of the Eight Immortals. Lan Caihe's age and sex are unknown. Lan is usually depicted in sexually ambiguous clothing, but is often shown as a young boy or girl carrying...
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| x Jesus Christ |
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Christianity |
Jesus of Nazareth (c 4 BC/BCE – c 30 AD/CE), also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity, and within most denominations he is venerated as the Son of God and as God incarnate. Christians also view him as the Messiah foretold in...
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| x Zhongli Quan |
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Taoism |
Zhongli Quan (Chinese: 鐘離權 or 鐘离權; Pinyin: Zhōnglí Quán; Wade-Giles: Chung-li Ch'üan) is one of the most ancient of the Eight Immortals (some others say the oldest is Iron-crutch Li or Elder Zhang Guo, or Lü Dongbin) and the leader of the group. ...
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| x Devi |
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Hinduism |
Devi (Devanagari: देवी) is the Sanskrit word for Goddess, used mostly in Hinduism. Devi is synonymous with Shakti, the female aspect of the divine, as conceptualized by the Shakta tradition of Hinduism. She is the female counterpart without whom the...
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| x Thor |
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Norse mythology |
Thor (Old Norse: Þōrr, Þunarr; Old English: Þunor, Þūr; Old Saxon: Þunær; Frisian Tonger Old Dutch: Donar; Old High German: Donar; Proto-Germanic: *Thunaraz) is the red-haired and bearded god of thunder in Germanic mythology and Germanic paganism,...
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| x Odin |
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Norse mythology |
Odin (pronounced /ˈoʊdɨn/ from Old Norse Óðinn), is considered the chief god in Norse paganism. Homologous with the Anglo-Saxon Wōden and the Old High German Wotan, it is descended from Proto-Germanic *Wōđinaz or *Wōđanaz. The name Odin is generally...
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| x Lord Narayana | Vaishnavisim | ||
| x Ahura Mazda |
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Zoroastrianism |
Ahura Mazda (Ahura Mazdā) is the Avestan language name for a divinity exalted by Zoroaster as the one uncreated Creator.
The Zoroastrian faith is described by its adherents as Mazdayasna, the worship of Mazda. In the Avesta, "Ahura Mazda is the...
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| x Invisible Pink Unicorn |
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The Invisible Pink Unicorn (IPU) is a parody goddess used to satirize theistic beliefs, taking the form of a unicorn that is paradoxically both invisible and pink. This makes her a rhetorical illustration used by atheists and other religious...
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| x Xenu |
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Scientology |
Xenu, also Xemu (pronounced /ˈziːnuː/), was, according to Scientology founder and science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, the dictator of the "Galactic Confederacy" who, 75 million years ago, brought billions of his people to Earth in DC-8-like...
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| x Jehovah |
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Jehovah's Witnesses |
Jehovah (pronounced /dʒɨˈhoʊvə/) is an English reading of יְהֹוָה, the most frequent form of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (transliterated as YHWH), the principal and personal name of God in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament).
It is a direct phonetic...
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| x The Holy Ghost | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | ||
| x God the Father |
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
In many religions, the supreme deity (God) is given the title and attributions of Father. In many forms of polytheism, the highest god has been conceived as a "father of gods and of men". In the Israelite religion and its closest modern relative,...
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| x Flying Spaghetti Monster |
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Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster |
The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of the parody religion "The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster". It was created in 2005 by Bobby Henderson as a satirical protest to the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to require...
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| x Julius Caesar |
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Gaius Julius Caesar (pronounced [ˈɡaː.i.us ˈjuːli.us ˈkaɪsar] in Classical Latin; conventionally /ˈɡaɪ.əs ˈdʒuːli.əs ˈsiːzər/ in English), (13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman military and political leader. He played a critical role in the...
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| x Orisha |
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An Orisha (also spelled Orisa or Orixa) is a spirit or deity that reflects one of the manifestations of Olodumare (God) in the Yoruba spiritual or religious system (Olodumare is also known by various other names including Olorun, Eledumare, Eleda...
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| x Jengu |
A jengu (plural miengu) is a water spirit and deity in the traditional beliefs of the Sawa ethnic groups of Cameroon, particularly the Duala, Bakweri, and related Sawa peoples. Among the Bakweri, the name is liengu (plural maengu). They are similar...
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Mami Wata is a pantheon of water spirits or deities, venerated in West, Central, and Southern Africa, and in the African diaspora in the Caribbean and parts of North and South America.
Some initiates and devotees have reported to anthropologists...
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| x Waaq |
Waaq (also Waq or Waaqa) is the name of God in the traditional Oromo, Rendille religion of the Horn of Africa.
In Oromo culture, prior to the introduction of Abrahamic religions, Waaq denoted the single supreme and universal deity. Waaq created the...
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| x Ngai |
Ngai (Enkai, En-kai, Engai, Eng-ai, Mweai, Mwiai) is the supreme God in the religions of the Kamba, Kikuyu and Maasai tribes of Kenya. According to the Kikuyu beliefs, he lives on the holy mountain Kirinyaga (Mount Kenya).
According to the Kamba, he...
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| x Anansi |
Anansi the trickster is one of the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore. He is also known as Anase, Kweku Ananse, and Anancy; and in the Southern United States he has evolved into Aunt Nancy. He is a spider, but often...
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| x Asase Ya |
Asase Ya (or Asase Yaa) is the earth goddess of fertility in the mythology of the Ashanti people of Ghana. She is the wife of Nyame the sky god. In Ashanti mythology she gave birth to two sons, Bea and Tano. However, in their folklore she is also...
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| x Bia |
In Greek mythology, Bia (Ancient Greek: βία, English translation: "Force") was the personification of force, daughter of Pallas and Styx. She was the sister of Nike, Cratos, and Zelus; she and her siblings were constant companions of Zeus. They...
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| x Brekyirihunuade |
Brekyirihunuade is the highest god in the religion of the Akan people, "he who knows and sees everything". Worship of Brekyirihunuade exists primarily in the West African nations of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, and his followers number at approximately...
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| x Mahu |
Mahu in traditional Hawai'ian or Kanaka Maoli culture are third gender persons with traditional roles within Kanaka Maoli society, similar to Tongan fakaleiti and Samoan fa'afafine.
In Dahomey mythology, Mawu (alternately: Mahu) is a creator goddess...
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Nana Buluku (or Nanan-bouclou) is the Supreme Deity of the Fon from Dahomey.
Nana Buluku is an androgynous deity. Like the Judeo-Christian god, Nana Buluku created the Universe and all that exists in it. Twins were born to Nana Buluku: the moon god...
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| x Shakpana |
In Dahomey mythology, Shakpana (or Sopono, Sakpata) is the divinity of smallpox. He inflicted insanity and disease on humans.
The equivalent Yoruba mythology Orisha is Babalu Aye.
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| x Gleti |
Gleti is a moon goddess from the African kingdom of Dahomey, situated in what is now Benin.
In Dahomey mythology, she is the mother of all the stars. An eclipse is caused by the shadow of the moon’s husband crossing her face.
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| x Xevioso |
In Dahomey mythology, Xevioso (alternately: Xewioso, Heviosso) is a god of thunder in the So region. He is the twin brother of Gun, and is one of the children of Mawu and Lisa.
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| x Abassi |
Abassi was the creator god in the pantheon of the Nigerian Efik people. After a suggestion by his wife Atai Abassi created the first humans and introduced them to the world. However, to prevent them from exceeding his wisdom, he ordered the first...
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