Other Mythology
Other Mythology
According to the ancient Hebrews, Abaddon was chief of the demons of the 7th hierarchy.
In Antioquia mythology, Abira is the creator.
The Abominable snowman is a legendary creature, said to resemble a human, with long arms and a thickset body covered with reddish gray hair. Reports of its existence in the Himalayas have been made since 1832, and they gained substance from a published photograph of a huge footprint in the snow in 1951. No further "evidence" has been found.
In Zuni mythology, Achiyalatopa is a celestial giant monster with feathers of flint knives.
In Iroquois mythology, Adekagagwaa is the spirit of summer who rests during the winter in the south.
Adonis was a Phoenician god, adopted by Greek mythology as a mortal favourite of Aphrodite. He was killed by a wild boar and upon finding him Aphrodite caused the plant the anemone to rise from his blood.
An agla is a talisman used by the rabbis to exorcise evil spirits.
Agni is the Hindu god of fire, the guardian of homes, and the protector of humans against evil.
In Maya mythology, Ah Kinchil is the sun god.
In Maya mythology, Ah Puch is the god of death.
In Maya mythology, Ahau Chamahez was one of two gods of medicine.
In Maya mythology, Ahmakiq is a god of agriculture. He locks up the wind when it threatens to destroy the crops.
In Zoroastrianism the Ahriman is the supreme evil spirit, lord of the darkness and death.
In Zoroastrianism Ahura Mazda is the spirit of supreme good, god of light and life.
In Huron mythology, Airsekui is the great spirit. He is invoked at times of great danger.
In Maya mythology, Akhushtal is the goddess of childbirth.
In Cheyenne mythology, Aktunowihio is the soul of the earth. A subterranean spirit.
In Eskimo mythology, Akycha is the sun spirit.
In Japanese mythology, Amaterasu is the sun goddess, grandmother of Jimmu Tenno, the first ruler of Japan.
In Zuni mythology, Amitolane is the rainbow spirit.
In Sumerian mythology, An was the personification of heaven.
In Dakota mythology, Angpetu Wi is the sun spirit.
In Eskimo mythology, Anguta is a god who lives under the sea and drags down the dead.
In Eskimo mythology, Aningan is the moon spirit.
In Dakota mythology, Anpao is the spirit of the dawn.
In Babylonian mythology, Anu is the god of the sky. He is the son of Anshar and Kishar.
In Truk Island mythology, Anulap is the sky god and the husband of Ligougubfanu.
In Babylonian mythology, Apsu is the sweet-water ocean. It is the union of Apsu with Tiamat which brings forth the first gods.
In magic, Aratron is ruler of the affairs of Saturn. It is a spirit which can be invoked on the 1st hour of saturday.
Ashera was an ancient Semetic goddess symbolised by the phallus.
In Sumerian mythology, Ashnan was the goddess of grain. She was created by Enlil to provide food and clothes for the gods.
Ashtaroth was a goddess worshipped by the ancient Canaanites. She was regarded as symbolising the productive power of nature.
In Islam, Asrael is the angel of death who takes the soul from the body.
Astarte is a Syrian goddess representing the productive power of nature. She was a moon goddess.
In Iroquois mythology, Ataentsic is the goddess of the earth.
In the mythology of The Marquesas Islands, Atanua is the dawn goddess. She was the wife of Atea, and it was her miscarriage that created the seas.
In the mythology of the Marquesas Islands, Atea is the god of light and husband of Atanua.
Ateshga was a sacred site for the Guebres. It was on the peninsular of Apsheron on the west coast of the Caspian sea. Pilgrims would bow before the sacred flames which issued forth from the bituminous soil.
In the mythology of the Gilbert Island, Au is the sun god and lord of the skies.
Aum is the sacred mystical syllable representing the Hindu trinity.
Avali is the plural of Omuli.
Avatar (Avatara) in Hindu mythology is an incarnation of a deity.
In Hausa mythology, Ba-Maguje is the spirit of drunkeness.
In Canaanite mythology, Baal was the god of fertility. He was the son of El.
In Arapesh mythology, Babamik is a cannibal ogress who is eventually lured to her death and she then becomes a crocodile.
In Maya mythology, the bacabs are the canopic gods. They stand at the four corners of the world supporting the heavens.
In Balinese mythology, Barong is a protective spirit portrayed as a lion or tiger.
In Indonesian mythology, Batara Guru is the great god who made the earth.
In Batak mythology, begu are ghosts which wander the afterworld formless and starving. They approach humans by way of mediums demanding sacrifices to feed on. They may also steel the soul of a living person for a husband/wife.
In Melanau mythology, Belam are protective spirits who catch the souls of sick people and return them to their bodies thereby curing them.
In Zaire mythology, Biloko are spirits which live in hollow trees in the forest. They dress only in leaves and are devoid of hair, instead grass grows on their body. They have piercing eyes and a snout with a mouth which can open wide enough to swallow a man dead or alive. They have long sharp claws and can put a spell on passers by except those protected by strong counter magic.
In Chibcha mythology, Bochica was the supreme being.
A Bodhisattva is someone who has transmuted his personal human nature and raised it into impersonality.
In Kwakiutl mythology, Bokwus is a wild spirit of the woods who draws the spirits of the drowned to his home.
In Bororo mythology, Bope are evil spirits who attack the souls of the dead.
In Batak mythology, Boraspati ni Tano is an earth spirit. Sacrifices are made to him when a new house is built.
Brahma is the Hindu supreme god and creator of the cosmos.
In Quecha mythology, Cavillaca was a goddess loved by Coniraya.
In Aztec mythology, Centeotl was the corn god. He was a son of Tlazolteotl and the husband of Xochiquetzal.
In Pawnee mythology, Chahuru is the spirit of water.
In Aztec mythology, Chalchiuhtlicue was the goddess of running water. She was the sister of Tlaloc.
In Aztec mythology, Chantico was the goddess of hearth fires and volcanoes.
In Abnaki mythology, the Chenoo were stone giants versed in hunting who were invoked to assist the hunters.
In Chibcha mythology, Chia is the moon-goddess.
In Chibcha mythology, Chibchacum was the god of farmers and merchants.
In Aztec mythology, Chicomecoatl was the goddess of corn and fertility.
In Curra mythology, Chipiripa is the rain god.
In Pawnee mythology, Chixu are the spirits of the dead.
In Aztec mythology, Cihuacoatl was a goddess whose roaring signalled war.
In Maya mythology, Cit Bolon Tum was a god of medicine.
In Quecha mythology, Coniraya is the creator of all things and the founder of agriculture. He came to earth as a beggar, fell in love with the goddess Cavillaca and secretly impregnated her by turning some of his sperm into fruit which she ate. Cavillaca later turned herself and her child into stone at the shame of mothering the child of a beggar.
Dagon was the god of the Philistines. He had the upper torso of a man and the tail of a fish.
In Hausa mythology, the Dakaki is a serpant spirit which causes the evil eye resulting in stomach ulcers.
In Huli mythology, dama are invisible deities which control the weather and attack people causing illness, sterility or death. Most of them can also bring good fortune, but a small minority are completely evil.
In Huli mythology, dama dagenda are evil forest-spirits that attack travellers making their noses bleed and giving them sores.
In Java mythology, each village has a Danhyang Desa which is a spirit who lives in a large tree near to or in the village. All blessings emanate from him. Any disasters occuring to the village are seen as a sign that he has been neglected.
In Huli mythology, Datagaliwabe is a giant who punishes offences against kinship laws with illness, fatal accidents or death in battle.
Dido was a Phoenician princess. The legendary founder of Carthage, she committed suicide to avoid marrying a local prince.
In Huli mythology, Dinditane is a fertility god of gardening.
In Sumerian mythology, Dumuzi is the shepherd god.
In Huli mythology, Dunawali is an evil goddess who lodges herself in a woman's internal organs making the victim the innocent vehicle of the goddesses evil power.
In Jamaican folklore, Duppies are the ghosts of deceased people. An Obeah man will summon a Duppy and plant it in a home to curse the occupants. A sample of the victim's clothing, hair or especially menstrual fluid may be obtained so that a Duppy may rape a femal victim while she sleeps and make her ill.
Durga is a Hindu deity. She is depicted as having ten arms. Her most famous exploit was slaying Mahisha. The festival of Durga puja is celebrated annually in her honour.
In Bali mythology, Durga is the goddess of death.
In Hindu mythology, Dyaus is the god of the sky.
In Korekore mythology, Dzivaguru was the great earth goddess. She lived in a valley near Dande, kept cattle and goats and dressed in goatskins. She posessed a long horn which gave he whatever she wished for.
In Babylonian mythology, Ea was the god of wisdom and magic.
In Islamic mythology, Eblis is the chief of the evil spirits.
In Aztec mythology, Ehecatl was the god of wind.
In Maya mythology, Ekahau is the god of travellers and merchants.
In Quecha mythology, Ekkekko is the god of good fortune.
In Canaanite mythology, El was the father of the gods.
In Zaire mythology, the Eloko are dwarves who live in the densest and darkest parts of the forest guarding their treasure, which is the fruits and animals of the forest.
Enki was the Sumerian water god. Enki supplied clear drinking water to the town of Dilmun at the request of Ninhursag.
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Enkidu is the wild man created by the goddess Aruru who becomes a companion to Gilgamesh. After Gilgamesh has provoked the anger of the goddess Ishtar, Enkidu sickens and dies.
In Sumerian mythology, Enkimdu was the farmer god.
In Sumerian mythology, Enlil was the son of Ki and An. He was the god of the sky and separated the earth from the heaven.
In Bilan mythology, Finweigh was the god who with Melu made man.
In Gururumba mythology, the forso are ghosts of the dead. They are tiresome attracting attention and causing accidents and illness.
In Iroquois mythology, Ga-oh is the wind-giant. His house is guarded by a bear, whose prowling brings the north wind; a panther whose whining brings the westerly wind; a moose whose breathing brings the wet east wind and a fawn whose returning to its mother brings the gentle south wind.
In Iroquois mythology, the Gahonga are the jogah of rocks and rivers.
In Iroquois mythology, the Gandayah are the jogah who tend the earth's fertility.
Ganesa is an elephant headed Hindu god. He is the son of Siva and Parvati.
In Apache mythology, the Gans were mountain spirits sent to teach the Apache the arts of civilisation. But they went away because they were distressed by the corruption of people.
In Cherokee mythology, Geyaguga is the moon spirit.
Gikuyu and Mumbi were the spiritual ancestors of all the Kikuyu people. They had 9 daughters. For the daughters, Gikuyu found 9 husbands beneath a large fig tree at Murang'a for the daughters. These husbands then became the ancestors of the 9 Kikuyu clans.
Gilgamesh was a hero of Sumerian, Hittite, Akkadian and Assyrian legend. He was one-third mortal and two-thirds divine. Gilgamesh was Lord of the Sumerian city of Uruk.
The Gnomes are elementals evolved in the realm of Earth.
In Iroquois mythology, Gohone is the spirit of winter.
In Chinese mythology, Guanyin is the goddess of mercy.
The Guebres were Persian fire worshippers.
In Iroquois mythology, Ha Wen Neyu is the great spirit.
In Canaanite mythology, Hadad was the god of thunder and lightning.
In Jate mythology, Hafoza is the god of thunder and lightning.
In Dakota mythology, Hanghepi is the spirit of the night moon.
In Hindu mythology, Hanuman is the monkey god and King of Hindustan. He assisted Rama in the recovery of his wife, Sita, from Ravana of Lanka.
In Navajo mythology, Hastsehogan is the god of houses.
In Navajo mythology, Hastseltsi is the god of racing.
In Navajo mythology, Hastsezini is the fire-god.
In Hawaiin mythology, Haumea is the goddess of procreation and childbirth.
In Cheyenne mythology, Heammawihio is the great spirit.
In Ju mythology, Heise was half man and half god. He created the forests from his own hair so that his own delicate son could have shelter from the searing sun.
In Huli mythology, Helabe is a son of Honabe.
In Huli mythology, Helahuli is a son of Honabe. His four sons were the founders of mankind and the four tribes bear their names.
In Huron mythology, Heng is the god of thunder.
In Huli mythology, Herabe is a god who causes insanity.
Hinduism is a religion that originated in India.
In Iroquois mythology, Hino is the thunder god, guardian of the skies.
In Canaanite mythology, Hiribi was the goddess of summer.
In Easter Island mythology, Hiro is the god of rain and fertility.
In Dakota mythology, Hokewingla is a turtle spirit who lives in the moon.
In Huli mythology, Honabe is the primaeval goddess and the first inhabitant of the land. She was seduced by the god Timbu and bore five deities.
In Pawnee mythology, Hoturu is the wind spirit.
In Maori mythology, Houmea was a cannibal who swallowed her own children, but was forced to disgorge them by her husband, Uta. She later persued him and the children in the form of a stag and he killed her by throwing hot stones down her mouth.
Hu was the giver of mead and wine to man. He holds a plough to show men that the noblest of the arts is to control and to guide.
In Chibcha mythology, Huitaca is the beautiful goddess of drunkeness and licentiousness.
In Aztec mythology, Huitzilopochtli was the son of Coatlicue and a god of war and the sun.
In Aztec mythology, Huixtocihuatl is the goddess of salt.
In Eskimo mythology, Idlirvirissong is an evil spirit.
Ifa is the Yoruba god of wisdom, knowledge and divining.
In Eskimo mythology, Igaluk is the moon spirit.
In Tiwi mythology, Ilara is the underworld.
In Sumerian mythology, Inanna is the sister of Utu. She must choose as a husband between Enkimdu and Dumuzi. Both gods were keen to marry her, but she eventually married Dumuzi.
In folk-lore, the Incubus were male spirits who raped women during their sleep, producing Witches and Demons as offspring.
Indra is the Hindu sky god. He is depicted as a four-armed man on a white elephant carrying a thunderbolt. It is he who slashes the clouds with his thunderbolt to release the rain.
In Inca mythology, Inti is the sun god.
Ishtar was the Mesopotamian goddess of love and war, worshiped by the Babylonians and Assyrians, and personified as the legendary queen Semiramis.
In Eskimo mythology, Isitoq is a spirit who helps to find people who have broken taboos.
In Aztec mythology, Itzpapalotl is a goddess of agriculture.
In Maya mythology, Ix Chel is the goddess of the moon.
In Maya mythology, Ixtab is the goddess of the hanged. She receives their souls into paradise.
In Aztec mythology, Ixtlilton was the god of healing, feasting and games.
Izdubar was a hero of ancient Babylonia. He has feats similar to those of Hercules ascribed to him.
In Muslim mythology, a jinn is a spirit which is able to assume human or animal shape.
In Iroquois mythology, jogah are dwarf nature spirits.
In Sumerian mythology, Kabta is the god of bricks, he is the god who lays foundations and builds houses.
Kali is the Hindu goddess of destruction and death. She is the wife of Siva.
In Ndonga mythology, Kalunga is the creator of all things, the supreme god.
In Maya mythology, Kan-u-Uayeyab was the god who guarded cities.
In Cherokee mythology, Kanati was the first man and ancestor of the Cherokee. He was married to Selu.
In Hawaiin mythology, Kapo is a fertility god.
In Canaanite mythology, the Kathirat were the wise goddesses.
In Iroquois mythology, Keneun is chief of the Thunderbirds. He is an invisible spirit. Thunder is the sound of his beating wings and lightning his flashing eyes.
In Sumerian mythology, Ki was the personification of the earth.
In Angolan mythology, Kianda is the god of the sea and the fish in it.
In Maya mythology, Kinich Kakmo is the sun god symbolised by the Macaw.
In Angolan folklore, a Kishi is an evil spirit. It is a demon with two faces on its head. One face resembles that of a normal man, and the other is the face of a hyena with big strong teeth and powerful jaw muscles.
In Maya mythology, Kisin is the evil earthquake spirit. He lives beneath the earth in a purgatory where all souls except those of soldiers killed in battle and women who died in childbirth spend some time. Suicides are doomed to his realm for eternity.
In Russian mythology, Kostrubonko is god of the spring.
In Canaanite mythology, Kothar-u-Khasis was the god of craftsmanship.
In Maya mythology, Kukucan is the wind god.
In Hausa mythology, Kuri is a black hyena spirit who causes paralysis.
In Sumerian mythology, Lahar was the god of cattle. He was created by Enlil to provide cattle for the earth.
Lakshami is the Hindu goddess of wealth and beauty.
Lakshmi is the Hindu goddess of wealth and beauty. She is the consort of Vishnu and is celebrated during Diwali.
In Fon mythology, Lisa is the sun god who causes the day and its heat. He is the god of strength and endurance.
In Bakongo mythology, Lubangala is the protector of villages, men and the souls of the dead. He appears as a rainbow during and after storms.
In Aztec mythology, Macuilxochitl was the god of music and dance.
Mahisha was chief of the demons in Hindu mythology. He was killed by Durga.
In Zulu mythology, Mamlambo is the godess of the rivers.
In Batak mythology, Mangalubulan is the god of thieves.
In Hindu mythology, Manu was the founder of the human race. He was saved by Brahma from a deluge.
In Buddhism, the Mara is a supernatural being who tried to distract Buddha from the meditations which led to his enlightenment. In Hindu mythology, Mara is a goddess of death.
Marduk was the Babylonian sun god, creator of Earth and humans.
In Hindu mythology, the Maruts are the fierce storm-beings who toss the sea into foam.
In Fon mythology, Mawu is the moon goddess. She is the sister of Lisa, and causes the night and its coolness. She is also the goddess of peace, joy, fertility, motherhood and rain.
In Aztec mythology, Mayahuel was a goddess of maguey.
In Zaire mythology, Mbombo is the White Giant who rules over the chaos of the universe and one day from his stomach comes the sun, the moon and the stars, and soon after the trees, animals and people of the earth.
Metempsychosis is the transmigration of the soul after death through the bodies of lower animals, plants or inanimate objects. Also called reincarnation.
In Aztec mythology, Metztli was the moon god.
In Aztec mythology, Mictlan was the underworld. It was the home of all the dead except warriors and women who died in labour.
In Aztec mythology, Mictlantecuhtli was the god of Mictlan and the dead.
Mithras was the Persian god of light. Mithras represented the power of goodness, and promised his followers compensation for present evil after death. He was said to have captured and killed the sacred bull, from whose blood all life sprang. Mithraism was introduced into the Roman Empire 68 BC. By about AD 250, it rivaled Christianity in strength. A bath in the blood of a sacrificed bull formed part of the initiation ceremony of the Mithraic cult, which spread rapidly, gaining converts especially among soldiers.
In Maya mythology, Mitnal was the underworld hell where the wicked were tortured.
In Canaanite mythology, Mot was the god of sterility.
In Maya mythology, Nacon was the god of war.
In Sumerian mythology, Nammu was the goddess who gave birth to the heavens and the earth.
In Sumerian mythology, Nanna was the god of the Moon.
In the mythology of Sulawesi Island, Ndara is the god of the underworld.
Nergal was the Babylonian god of the underworld.
In Fiji mythology, Ngendi is a fertility god who showed men the use of fire.
In Huli mythology, the god Ni is the sole cause of leprosy.
In Canaanite mythology, Nikkal was the goddess of the fruits of the earth. She was a daughter of Hiribi. She married Yarikh.
In Sumerian mythology, Ningal was the wife of Nanna.
In Sumerian mythology, Ninhursag was the earth mother. From her union with Enki came Ninsar, the goddess of plants.
In Sumerian mythology, Ninkurra was a goddess. She was the daughter of Enki and his daughter Ninsar.
In Sumerian mythology, Ninsar was the goddess of plants. She was the daughter of Enki and Ninhursag.
In Yoruba mythology, Obatala was the son of Olodumare. He created makind from the earth.
In Yoruba mythology, Oduduwa is the wife of Obatala.
In Yoruba mythology, Ogun is a son of Obatala and Oduduwa. He was a warrior who won many battles and was rewarded with the kingdom of the town of Ire in the land of Ekiti given to him by Oduduwa.
In Iroquois mythology, the Ohdows are the jogah who control the underworld spirits and prevent them coming to the surface.
In Nigerian mythology, Olokun is the god of sea and lagoons and brother of Olorun.
In Nigerian mythology, Olorun is the god of the sky.
In Aztec mythology, Ometecuhtli was the god of duality.
In Nande folklore, an Omuli is a woman or girl who consumes the soul of a living person, and causes that person to die of consumption.
In Aztec mythology, Patecatl was the god of medicine.
In Aztec mythology, Paynal was the messenger to Huitzilopochtli.
In Eskimo mythology, Pinga is a female spirit who watches carefully over men's actions, especially their treatment of animals.
In Aztec and Toltec mythology, Quetzalcoati was the feathered serpant god.
In ancient Mexican mythology, Quetzalcoatl was the god of the air. He presided over commerce, and was said to have predicted the coming of the Spaniards.
In Batak mythology, Raja Guru is the gods' huntsman. He catches souls with his hounds Sordaudau and Auto Portburu. When he catches a soul that person dies suddenly.
In Batak mythology, Raja Indainda is the thunder god. He is the spy and messenger of the other gods.
In Hindu mythology, the rakshasa are demons capabale of assuming the form of animals or humans they are completely evil, powerful creatures that delight in spreading fear, confusion, chaos, and destruction among human families and communities, finishing the trouble they cause in a murderous, ghoulish feast upon human flesh. They are among the most feared of all creatures, for they delight in mental torture of their victims .
In Fiji mythology, Rati-mbati-ndua is the god of the underworld who devours the dead. He lacks arms, but has great wings.
In Hindu mythology, Ravana is the demon King of Lanka who abducted Sita, the wife of Rama.
The Sabians were a sect which arose about 830 and who followed a religion of the ancient Syrians modified by Hellenic influences.
Sajara is the Rainbow-god of the Songhai people of eastern Mali. He is represented by a forked tree where a white ram is sacrificed to him.
The Salamanders are elementals evolved in the realm of Fire.
In Hindu mythology, Savitar is an all-powerful sun god. He cut off one hand at a sacrifice, and priests gave him a golden hand to replace it.
In Canaanite mythology, Shahar was the god of the dawn, and twin brother of Shalim. He was a son of El and Asherah.
In Canaanite mythology, Shalim was the god of the dusk. He was the twin brother of Shahar and a son of El and Asherah.
In Yoruba mythology, Shango is an earth god. He was the King of Oyo, but because his citizens were dissatisfied with his tyranical rule he rode off into the forest and rose up into heaven where he became a god of thunder and lightning. He is the god of justice and fair play.
In Caananite mythology, Shapash is the sun goddess.
In Hua mythology, Sodza is the great god who lives in heaven and to whom the priests pray for rain.
In Hua mythology, Sogblen is a god who mediates between priests and Sodza. He carries the priests prayers to Sodza and brings back promises of good crops.
In Fon mythology, Sogbo is the god of thunder, lightning and fire.
In folk-lore, Succubus were female spirits who seduced men and had intercourse with them whilst they slept.
In Cherokee mythology, Sutalidihi is the sun-spirit.
The Sylphs are elementals evolved in the realm of Air.
In Tlingit mythology, Tahit is the god of fate.
In Lakalai mythology, Taio is the moon goddess.
In Dakota mythology, Takuskanskan is the wind-spirit and trickster.
In Sumerian mythology, Tammuz was a god of agriculture. He died in midsummer, and was brought back from the underworld by his lover Ishtar.
In Haida mythology, Taxet is a sky-god who receives the souls of those who die by violence.
In Hopi mythology, Tcolawitze is the fire-spirit.
In Aztec mythology, Teoyaomqui is the god of dead warriors.
In Babylonian mythology, Tiamat is the salt water Ocean. In the beginning there was only Apsu and Tiamat.
In Aztec mythology, Tlaloc is the great rain and fertility god. He lived at Tlalocan with the corn goddesses.
In Aztec mythology, Tlalocan was the paradise of Tlaloc. It was where the souls of those killed by lightning, dropsy, skin diseases and those sacrificed to Tlaloc went.
In Aztec mythology, Tlazolteotl was the goddess of licentiousness.
In Aztec mythology, Tonacatecuhtli was the creator and provider of food.
In Aztec mythology, Tonatiuh was a sun-god, the eagle and heavenly warrior.
In Zande mythology, Tule is the Spider god who brought from heaven the seeds of all the plants on earth which he scattered in all the countries.
In Haida mythology, Ulala was a man-eating ogress.
The Undines are elementals evolved in the realm of Water.
The unicorn is a mythical horse with a straight horn projecting from the forehead.
In Lacandones mythology, Usukun is a troglodyte who rules earthquakes.
In Maori mythology, Uta is a hero and the husband of Houmea.
The Utchat was an amulet representing the eye of Horus and used in ancient Egypt. According to the book of the dead, the amulet should be made of lapis-lazuli or mak stone. However, these amulets have been found made of almost every conceivable material.
In Sumerian mythology, Uttu was the daughter of Enki and Ninkurra. Her mother warned her to avoid the advances of her father Enki. When Enki made advances on her she demanded cucumbers, apples and grapes as a gift. Enki supplied the fruits and as a result of their union eight plants spring forth. Enki ate the plants and was cursed by Uttu, subsequently becoming ill in eight different parts of his body.
In Sumerian mythology, Utu was the sun god. He was the son of Nanna and Ningal.
In Slav mythology, a Vampire is an undead corpse which lives by drinking the blood of the living.
In Hindu mythology, Varuna is a thousand-eyed god who sees all that happens in the world.
In Hindu mythology, Vayu is the god of the winds.
In Hindu mythology, Vritra is the snake of darkness. Enemy of Indra.
In Dakota mythology, Wakinyan is the thunder-spirit.
In Sioux mythology, Wakonda is the Great Spirit.
In Aztec mythology, Xilonen was the goddess of young maize. She was a wife of Tezcatlipoca.
In Aztec mythology, Xipe Totec was the god of seedtime.
In Aztec mythology, Xochipilli was the god of feasting and young maize.
In Aztec mythology, Yacatecuhtli was the god of merchant adventurers.
In Kwakiutl mythology, Yagis is a sea monster that overturns canoes and eats their crews.
In Canaanite mythology, Yarikh was the moon god.
In Maya mythology, Yaxche is the tree of heaven under which good souls rejoice.
In Maya mythology, Yum Kaax is the maize god.
In Babylonian mythology, Zu is an evil lesser-god who steals the tablets of destiny from Enlil while he was washing, and flies away to his mountain. He was killed by Lugalbanda who was sent by the gods to retrieve the tables of destiny.