Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities by CHARLES RUSSELL COULTER and PATRICIA TURNER

Author:CHARLES RUSSELL COULTER and PATRICIA TURNER
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781135963972
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2013-07-03T16:00:00+00:00

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N (Maya)

God of the end of the year.

Na-Arean (Micronesia) see Nareau.

Na Atibu (Oceanic)

This is another name for the first human, De Babou. See also Nareau.

Na-naki-me (Japan) see Ame no-Oshido-Mimi.

Na Reau (Micronesia) see Nareau.

Na Rena (Micronesia) see Rigi; Riiki.

Naaki (Finnish)

Water spirit. A dangerous shape changer who pulls people under the water. He is one of the attendants of Ahti (q.v.).

Naarayan (India) see Narayana (A).

Naareau (Gilbert Islands) see Nareau.

Nabu Nebo (Mesopotamia)

Also known as: Nabug, Tigranes (Iranian).

Nabu, the son of Marduk, is the god of wisdom, intelligence, and justice, the patron of writers and writing, and a messenger and scribe of the gods. The “Tablets of Fate” were in his charge, and he inscribed the judgments made by the gods. He was Bel’s messenger. His vessel is a ship named Iddahedu. Nabu is the spouse of Tashmetrum (Tashmetu), or in some versions, either Nisaba (goddess of the harvest) or Nana. He was thought of by some worshipers as a higher god than Marduk. His temple was at Borsippa (the site was later assigned to the Tower of Babel). Nabu may have originally been the ancient Sumerian deity known as Me, or Sa, or even more ancient, the gods Ur and Dubbisag. Nabu is said to be the same as the angel Pravuil or Vretil of the Hebrews. He is represented, as is Marduk, with a dragon and also with the tools of engraving. His counterpart is the grain goddess, Nidaba. In some legends Nabu is connected with Dilmun (q.v.). Compare Nabu to Thoth (Egypt). See also Nana; Nebo; Nisaba (A); Nusku; Puleh; Sin; Tablets of Fate; Tashmetrum; Tiur (Armenian).

Nabudi Women (Aborigine People, Australia)

Evil, malicious spirits, the Nabudi Women send invisible barbs into people who travel alone and make them ill.

Nabug (Assyrian) see Nabu.

Nachash Nchsh (Hebrew)

Serpent. Nachash is said by mystics to be the serpent who tempted Eve. He is similar to the Naga and Nagis (India).

Nacht (Teutonic) see Nott.

Nacon (Maya People, Yucatan) War god.

Naddgofugr (Teutonic) An alternate name for Mimir.

Nadi-Devata (Buddhist; India) River goddess.

Nadija (India) see Bhishma.

Nadimmud (Babylon) see Ea; Enki; Nudimmud.

Nag (India) see Naga Naga Knaya.

Naga Knaya (India)

They are the daughters of the Naga Naga Knaya.

Naga Naga Knaya Nag (Buddhist, Hindu; India)

The Naga Naga Knaya are the part-human, part-serpent guardians of the law of Buddha. They are rain deities, guardians of the water and guardians of wealth. A priceless jewel is carried in their foreheads or throats. Their daughters are known as Naga Knayas. Two Naga kings, Nanda and Upananda, were said to have given Buddha, in his mortal form as Gautama, his first bath. Buddha’s almsbowl was a gift from the Nagas. Another version of the Naga mythology states that the Hindu gods Indra and Brahma received their first baths from the Nagas. One Naga king is Virupaksha, one of the Four Great Kings who guard the entrance to the Buddhist paradise of Sukhavati. The upper portion of the Naga Naga Knaya is human and the lower part is a snake. The Naga serpents are represented as two entwined serpents, symbolic of chthonic transcendence.

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