Guide to the Gods 1.0
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Ea
(Sumerian Enki)
Babylonian god of sweet waters and wisdom, creator of mankind and patron of all the arts; chief god of Eridu. Ea led the new Babylonian gods against the old gods in the Babylonian Creation Epic.
Eacus
Old Hispanic god.
Eate
(Egata)
Basque god of fire and storms.
Ebech
Canaanite mountain god.
Ebisu
Japanese god of labour. He was the son of the god of wealth, Daikoku. One of the seven gods of good luck. See Shichi-Fukujin.
Eblis
See Iblis.
Echidna
Greek monster goddess.
Echo
Greek mountain nymph (Oread).
Edain
A Celtic goddess associated with riding and probably equivalent to the Gaulish goddess Epona.
Edem
Gnostic goddess who is the principle which causes evil.
Efrit
Spirits of the ancient Arabians.
Egeria
Roman water spirit, goddess of fountains and protectress of unborn children. Said to have been the second wife of Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome.
Egres
Finnish god of vegetation and fertility.
Ehecatl
Aztec wind god.
Eileithyia
(Latin Ilithyia)
Greek goddess of childbirth. Daughter of Zeus and Hera. Sister of Ares, Eris, Hebe and Hephaistos. Her cult appears to have originated in Crete, where it remained most popular after its spread to the rest of the Greek world. In Homer she is described as the personification of the pain of childbirth. In later times, she was largely superseded by Artemis as a goddess of childbirth.
Eir
Minor Norse goddess of healing.
Eirene
(Latin Irene)
"Peace". Greek goddess of peace. One of the three Horae (Seasons) along with her sisters Dike and Eunomia. Daughter of Zeus and Themis. Equated by the Romans with their goddess Pax.
Eithinoha
Iroquois name for earth-goddess.
Ek
See Bacab.
Ekajata
Terrible deity of Buddhism.
Ekchuah
(Ek Chuah)
Maya god of travelling merchants.
Ekeko
God of good luck among Bolivian Aymara.
Ekhi
Basque personification of the sun.
El
Syria and Canaan, head of Ugaritic pantheon, father of the gods.
El
(Ilah)
North Arabian name of god.
Elagabal
(Elagabalus, Heliogabalus)
Local sun god of Emesa (Homs) in Syria. Represented by a black stone.
Elat
(Elath)
Semitic goddess, the female form of El. Later the consort of the Semitic god El. Considered to be equivalent to the Semitic goddesses Asherah and Allat.
Elben
Germanic nature spirits.
Elel
Demonic being of Puelche in Argentina.
El 'Elyon
Hebrew: "God Most High". Supreme Semitic god who ruled Canaan for many years.
Eljon
Old Syrian deity.
Elkunirsa
Hittite god.
El-lal
Patagonian creator-hero.
Ellat
(Allatum)
Mesoptamian goddess of underworld.
Ellel
(Ellilus)
Hittite god taken over by Babylonians.
Elli
"Old Age". Nordic goddess who wrestled with Thor.
Elohim
Old Testament expression for god.
Elohim
(Eloaios)
One of the seven Gnostic Archons.
Elom
Personification of the moon among the southern Hebrews.
El Shaddai
(Esaldaios)
A Gnostic Archon, of demonic nature.
Elves
See Elben.
Emeli-hin
Tuareg name for god.
Emma-o
Japanese Buddhist overlord of hell (Yomi). He sat in judgment of the dead.
Empousae
Greek demonesses and emissaries of Hecate.
Empung Luminuut
Female deity of Minahasa tribe of Celebes.
Empusa
Greek female monster.
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