130gods & symbols
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Every god, spirit and symbol the dream may scatter through the dark. Touch one to learn its meaning.
Greek →
Selene
the Moon, who thins the veil
Hypnos
gentle god of sleep
Morpheus
shaper of dreams
Ouroboros
the serpent of return
The Phoenix
the firebird reborn
Nyx
the night that mothers the gods
Hecate
keeper of the three-way crossing
Thanatos
the gentle hand that ends the day
Persephone
the maiden who reigns in two worlds
Hermes
guide of souls and swift roads
Kronos
the harvest king who devours his hours
Charon
the silent oar across the black water
Mnemosyne
the well of all that is remembered
Norse →
Yggdrasil
the world-tree
Odin
the Allfather, one-eyed wanderer
Thor
the thunder that guards
Freyja
lady of love and the fallen
Loki
the shape that will not hold
Hel
queen of the quiet dead
Frigg
who knows and does not tell
Baldr
the bright god who dreamed his death
Fenrir
the wolf that waits for the end
Jörmungandr
the serpent that circles the world
The Norns
who water the roots of fate
Heimdall
the watchman of the rainbow bridge
Sleipnir
the eight-legged steed between worlds
Egyptian →
The Ankh
the key of life
Ra
the noon sun, sailor of the sky
Isis
she of the ten thousand names
Osiris
the green lord of the silent land
Anubis
the jackal who keeps the threshold
Thoth
the ibis-scribe of moon and measure
Bastet
the cat who guards the hearth
Horus
the falcon whose eyes are sun and moon
Set
the red lord of storm and desert
Nut
the star-strewn sky arched over all
Sekhmet
the lioness whose breath is the desert wind
Ma'at
the single feather of truth
Hathor
the golden lady of love and the sky-river
Japanese →
Amaterasu
the sun drawn from the cave
Susanoo
the storm-god, weeper of the raging sea
Tsukuyomi
the moon-reader, cold lord of night
Inari
the rice-god, keeper of the vermilion gates
Izanagi
the maker, he who fled the land of the dead
Izanami
the mother, queen of the shadowed country
Raijin
the thunder-drummer, ringed in beating skins
Fūjin
the wind-bearer, keeper of the great bag
Benzaiten
the flowing muse, lady of the water's music
Kagutsuchi
the fire-child, flame that slew its mother
Ame-no-Uzume
the dawn-dancer, laughter that lured the sun
Ryūjin
the dragon-king, tide-holder of the deep palace
Ebisu
the laughing fisher, the child cast upon the sea
Slavic →
Veles
lord of the deep places
Perun
the thunderer, lord of the oak
Mokosh
the moist mother, spinner of fates
Marzanna
the winter death, drowned in spring
Svarog
the sky-smith, father of the forge
Dazhbog
the giving god, sun that rides
Chernobog
the black god, shadow of the world
Belobog
the white god, giver of the day
Rod
the first one, root of all kin
Zorya
the two dawns, wardens of the sky
Lada
the harmony, mother of the spring
Rusalka
the water maiden, drowned and singing
Baba Yaga
the bony-legged, keeper of the wild
Mesoamerican →
Quetzalcoatl
the feathered serpent
Tezcatlipoca
the smoking mirror, lord of the night wind
Tláloc
he who makes things sprout, giver of rain
Huitzilopochtli
the hummingbird of the south, sun of war
Mictlantecuhtli
lord of the ninth hell, keeper of bones
Xochiquetzal
precious flower, patron of love and craft
Xipe Totec
our lord the flayed one, spring renewed
Coatlicue
she of the serpent skirt, devouring mother
Chalchiuhtlicue
she of the jade skirt, lady of living water
Tonatiuh
the fifth sun, he who goes shining forth
Ehecatl
the wind that clears the road, breath of the world
Itzpapalotl
the obsidian butterfly, clawed star-mother
Mixcoatl
the cloud serpent, first hunter of the sky
Hindu →
Shiva
the auspicious destroyer, lord of the dance
Vishnu
the preserver, sleeper on the cosmic sea
Brahmā
the four-faced maker, speaker of worlds
Kālī
the dark mother, devourer of time
Durgā
the invincible, rider of the lion
Lakshmī
the lotus-born, giver of fortune
Sarasvatī
the flowing one, muse of the word
Gaṇeśa
the elephant-headed, remover of obstacles
Hanumān
the devoted, leaper of oceans
Indra
the storm-king, wielder of the thunderbolt
Agni
the fire-messenger, mouth of the gods
Yama
the first-dead, keeper of the final road
Chandra
the moon-lord, cup of cool nectar
Celtic →
The Morrígan
phantom queen, crow of the slain
Lugh
the long-armed, master of every art
Brigid
the bright one, keeper of the flame
The Dagda
the good god, lord of the cauldron
Cernunnos
the horned one, lord of wild things
Danu
the mother-water, source of the tribe
Nuada
of the silver hand, king restored
Manannán mac Lir
rider of the crested sea
Epona
the great mare, guide of riders
Arawn
king of Annwn, lord of the otherworld
Rhiannon
of the singing birds, lady on the white horse
The Cailleach
the hag of winter, shaper of hills
Balor
of the baleful eye, king of the fomori
Mesopotamian →
Inanna
queen of heaven, lady of the morning star
Ereshkigal
queen of the great below
Marduk
champion of the gods, splitter of the sea
Enki
lord of the sweet waters, keeper of the crafts
Enlil
lord of the wind, he whose word decides
Tiamat
the salt sea, mother of all
Anu
the sky father, most high and distant
Nergal
the burning one, lord of plague and war
Nabu
scribe of the gods, keeper of the stylus
Nanna
the moon that measures the months
Shamash
the sun, judge of heaven and earth
Lilith
the night creature, she who will not lie down
Ninhursag
lady of the stony hills, mother of the living
Yoruba →
Olorun
owner of the sky, the breath in all
Obatala
sculptor of bodies, king in white
Yemoja
mother whose waters are the sea
Ogun
lord of iron and the cleared path
Shango
the thunder that dances
Oshun
sweet water, honey and gold
Eshu
keeper of the crossroads
Oya
the wind that clears the way for change
Orunmila
witness to destiny, voice of Ifá
Osanyin
keeper of the leaves and their healing
Babalú-Ayé
lord of plague and its passing
Aganjú
the volcano and the wild places
Olokun
the unknowable deep of the sea