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- Augeas
(Greek mythology) the mythical Greek king who for 30 years did not clean his stables which contained his vast herd of cattle - Halcyon, Alcyone
(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher - Arjuna
(Hindu mythology) the warrior prince in the Bhagavad-Gita to whom Krishna explains the nature of being and of God and how humans can come to know God - Bigfoot, Sasquatch
large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada - Demogorgon
(Greek mythology) a mysterious and terrifying deity of the underworld - Loch Ness monster, Nessie
a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland - Death
the personification of death - Gargantua
a voracious giant in Francois Rabelais' book of the same name - Grim Reaper, Reaper
Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe - Maxwell's demon
an imaginary creature that controls a small hole in a partition that divides a chamber filled with gas into two parts and allows fast molecules to move in one direction and slow molecules to move in the other direction through the hole - Martian
imaginary people who live on the planet Mars - Humpty Dumpty
an egg-shaped character in a nursery rhyme who fell off a wall and could not be put back together again (late 17th century) - Jack Frost
a personification of frost or winter weather - Mammon
(New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit - Scylla
(Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait - Stentor
the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes - Dardanus
(Greek mythology) founder of Troy - Fafnir
(Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd - Ganymede
(Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods - Hyperborean
(Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind - Hypnos
(Greek mythology) the Greek god of sleep - Niobe
(Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all - Perseus
(Greek mythology) the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster - Andromeda
(Greek mythology) an Ethiopian princess and daughter of Cassiopeia - Cepheus
(Greek mythology) king of Ethiopia and husband of Cassiopeia - Cassiopeia
(Greek mythology) the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda - Midas
(Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold - Sisyphus
(Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill - Morpheus
the Roman god of sleep and dreams - Narcissus
(Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection - Nibelung
(German mythology) a companion or follower of Siegfried - Bellerophon
(Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera) - Paris
(Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War - Patroclus
(Greek mythology) a friend of Achilles who was killed in the Trojan War - Pegasus
(Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa - Python
(Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi - Sarpedon
(Greek mythology) a son of Zeus who became king of Lycia - Siegfried
(German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed - Sigurd
(Norse mythology) mythical Norse warrior hero who gains an accursed hoard of gold and was killed by Brynhild - Fury, Eumenides, Erinyes
(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals - Amaethon
the farmer god - Ana
mother of the ancient Irish gods - Angus, Angus Og, Aengus, Oengus
Celtic god of love and beauty - Arawn
Celtic deity who was the lord of Annwfn (the other world or the land of fairies) - Arianrhod, Arianrod
Celtic goddess famous for her beauty - Boann
Celtic goddess - Brigit
Celtic goddess of fire and fertility and agriculture and household arts and wisdom - Dagda
chief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann - Danu, Dana
Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann - Don
Celtic goddess - Dylan
Celtic god of the waves - Epona
(possibly Roman mythology) Celtic goddess of horses and mules and asses - Gwydion
Celtic sky god - Gwyn
Celtic underworld god - LLud
a Celtic warrior god - Llyr
Celtic deity who was the father of Manawydan - Lug, Lugh
ancient Celtic god - Manannan
Celtic god of the sea - Manawydan, Manawyddan
Celtic sea god - Morrigan, Morrigu
Celtic war goddess - Amen-Ra, Amon-Ra, Amun Ra
Egyptian sun god - Anubis, Anpu
Egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld - Aten, Aton
the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten - Bast
cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess - Geb, Keb
Egyptian god of the earth - Horus
Egyptian solar god with the head of a falcon - Isis
Egyptian goddess of fertility - Khepera
Egyptian god of the morning sun - Min
an Egyptian god of procreation - Nephthys
Egyptian goddess associated with ritual of the dead - Nut
Egyptian goddess of the sky - Osiris
Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead - Ptah
a major Egyptian god - Ra, Re
ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk - Sekhet, Eye of Ra
a lion-headed Egyptian goddess - Set, Seth
evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout - Thoth
Egyptian Moon deity with the head of an ibis - Adad
Babylonian god of storms and wind - Adapa
a Babylonian demigod or first man (sometimes identified with Adam) - Anshar
the Babylonian father of the gods - Antum
Babylonian consort of Anu - Anu
Babylonian god of the sky - Apsu
father of the gods and consort of Tiamat - Aruru
mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic - Ashur, Ashir
chief god of the Assyrians - Astarte, Ashtoreth
an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility - Ishtar, Mylitta
Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war - Baal
any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples - Bel
Babylonian god of the earth - Dagon
god of agriculture and the earth - Dagan
god of agriculture and earth - Damkina, Damgalnunna
(Babylonian) earth goddess - Dumuzi, Tammuz
Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation - Ea
the Babylonian god of wisdom - Enki
water god and god of wisdom - Enlil, En-lil
god of the air and king of the Sumerian gods - Ereshkigal, Eresh-kigal, Ereshkigel
goddess of death and consort of Nergal - Girru
the Babylonian god of fire - Gula
the Babylonian goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta - Igigi
any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu - Inanna
consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz) - Ki
goddess personifying earth - Kishar
Babylonian consort of Anshar - Mama
a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped - Marduk, Merodach, Baal Merodach, Bel-Merodach
the chief Babylonian god - Moloch, Molech
god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children - Nabu, Nebo
Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools - Nammu
goddess personifying the primeval sea - Namtar, Namtaru
a demon personifying death - Nanna
god of the Moon - Nergal
(Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead - Nina
the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea - Ningal
(Akkadian) a goddess - Ningirsu
Babylonian god in older pantheon: god of war and agriculture - Ningishzida
an underworld Babylonian deity - Ninkhursag, Ninhursag, Ninkharsag
the great mother goddess - Nintu, Nintoo
a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped - Ninurta, Ninib
a solar deity - Nusku
god of fire and light - Ramman
god of storms and wind - Sarpanitu, Zirbanit, Zarpanit
consort of Marduk - Shamash
the chief sun god - Sin
(Akkadian) god of the Moon - Tashmit, Tashmitum
consort of Nabu - Tiamat
(Akkadian) mother of the gods and consort of Apsu - Utnapishtim
favorite of the gods and grandfather of Gilgamish - Utu, Utug
sun god - Zu, Zubird
evil storm god represented as a black bird - Enkidu
legendary friend of Gilgamish - Gilgamish
legendary Sumerian king and hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics - Aditi
a Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease - Agni
(Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India - Asura
earlier a god - Bhaga
Hindu god of wealth and love - Brahma
the Creator - Brihaspati
personification of the power of ritual devotion - Bhumi Devi
Hindu earth goddess - Devi
Hindu mother goddess - Chandi
malevolent aspect of Devi - Durga
Hindu goddess of war - Dyaus, Dyaus-pitar
Hindu god of the sky - Ganesh, Ganesa, Ganesha, Ganapati
Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy - Gauri
in Hinduism, goddess of purity and posterity and a benevolent aspect of Devi - Hanuman
in Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama - Indra
chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda - Ka
unknown god - Kali
wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi - Kama
Hindu god of love and erotic desire - Mara
Hindu god of death - Kartikeya, Karttikeya
Hindu god of bravery - Lakshmi
Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity - Mitra
Hindu god of friendship and alliances - Parjanya
Hindu god of rain - Annapurna, Anapurna, Parvati
wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty - Prajapati
Hindu god personifying a creative force - Praxiteles
ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC) - Pushan
celestial shepherd god - Rahu
a Hindu demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses - Rudra
father of the Hindu storm gods Marut - Sarasvati
Hindu goddess of learning and the arts - Savitar
an important Hindu god - Shakti, Sakti
the female or generative principle - Siva, Shiva
the destroyer - Bairava
epithet of Siva - Skanda
Hindu god of war - Surya
an important god of later Hinduism - Uma
a benevolent aspect of Devi - Ushas
Hindu goddess of dawn - Varuna
in Vedism, god of the night sky who with his thousand eyes watches over human conduct and judges good and evil and punishes evildoers - Vayu
Hindu wind god - Vishnu
the sustainer - Yama
Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld - Juggernaut, Jagannath, Jagannatha, Jagganath
an avatar of Vishnu - Kalki
the 10th and last incarnation of Vishnu - Krishna
8th and most important avatar of Vishnu - Rama
avatar of Vishnu whose name is synonymous with God - Ramachandra
a hero in Hindu mythology - Sita
wife of the Hindu god Rama - Balarama
elder brother of Krishna - Parashurama
an incarnation of Vishnu who rid the earth of Kshatriyas - Mithras, Mithra
ancient Persian god of light and truth - Ormazd, Ormuzd, Ahura Mazda
chief deity of Zoroastrianism - Ahriman
the spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism - Buddha, Siddhartha, Gautama, Gautama Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha
founder of Buddhism - Bodhisattva, Boddhisatva
Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others - Maitreya
the Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama - Avalokitesvara, Avalokiteshvara
a male Bodhisattva - Arhat, Arhant, lohan
a Buddhist who has attained nirvana - Chang Kuo, Chang Kuo-lao
one of the 8 immortals of Taoism - Wen Ch'ang, Wen-Ti
Chinese god of literature - Taoist Trinity
the three pure ones - Tien-pao, Heavenly Jewel
a member of the Taoist Trinity - Ling-pao, Mystic Jewel
a member of the Taoist Trinity - Shen-pao, Spiritual Jewel
a member of the Taoist Trinity - Chuang-tzu
4th-century Chinese philosopher on whose teachings Lao-tse based Taoism - Kwan-yin, Kuan Yin
(Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva - Amaterasu, Amaterasu Omikami
central deity of Shinto - Hachiman
a Shinto god of war - Hotei
one of the 7 gods of happiness - Izanagi
the god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami