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Gods, goddesses, and legendary heroes from mythology around the world, with the meaning of each name where it is known.

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• A
• Achilles
  uncertain, possibly 'distress of the people'
• Aeneas
  uncertain
• Agni
  fire
• Ajax
  uncertain
• Amaterasu
  shining in heaven
• Andromeda
  ruler of men (one common reading)
• Antigone
  uncertain
• Anubis
  uncertain
• Aphrodite
  foam-born (traditional folk etymology)
• Apollo
  uncertain
• Ares
  uncertain
• Ariadne
  most holy
• Artemis
  uncertain
• Athena
  uncertain
• Atlas
  uncertain, possibly 'enduring'
• B
• Baldr
  uncertain
• Bastet
  uncertain
• Brahma
  sacred power, the creative force
• Brigid
  the exalted one
• C
• Cassandra
  uncertain, traditionally read as 'she who excels among men'
• Ceres
  possibly 'to grow' (disputed)
• Circe
  hawk
• Cronus
  uncertain
• D
• Demeter
  earth mother (disputed)
• Dionysus
  uncertain
• Durga
  the invincible one
• E
• Enki
  lord of the earth
• Eros
  desire, passionate love
• F
• Freya
  lady
• Frigg
  beloved (disputed)
• G
• Ganesha
  lord of the troops (of Shiva's attendants)
• Gilgamesh
  uncertain
• Guanyin
  one who perceives the sounds (cries) of the world
• H
• Hades
  uncertain
• Hanuman
  uncertain
• Hector
  holding fast
• Heimdall
  uncertain
• Hephaestus
  uncertain
• Hera
  uncertain
• Heracles
  glory of Hera
• Hermes
  uncertain
• Hestia
  hearth
• Horus
  the one above (disputed)
• I
• Idun
  uncertain, possibly 'ever young'
• Inari
  rice-bearing (one proposed reading)
• Indra
  uncertain
• Isis
  possibly 'seat, throne' (one proposed reading)
• Ix Chel
  lady rainbow (one proposed reading)
• J
• Juno
  uncertain
• Jupiter
  sky father
• K
• Kali
  the dark one, related to time
• L
• Lakshmi
  uncertain, possibly 'sign' or 'goal'
• Loki
  uncertain
• Lugh
  uncertain
• M
• Mars
  uncertain
• Maui
  uncertain
• Medea
  uncertain, possibly 'cunning'
• Minerva
  uncertain
• Morrigan
  great queen, or phantom queen (disputed)
• N
• Neptune
  uncertain
• Njord
  uncertain
• Nuwa
  uncertain
• O
• Obatala
  uncertain
• Odin
  lord of fury, the inspired one
• Odysseus
  uncertain, tied by Homer to a word for anger or pain
• Ogun
  uncertain
• Orpheus
  uncertain
• Oshun
  uncertain, named for the river
• Osiris
  uncertain
• P
• Paris
  uncertain
• Patroclus
  glory of the father
• Pele
  uncertain
• Penelope
  uncertain
• Persephone
  uncertain
• Perseus
  uncertain
• Perun
  thunder, striker
• Poseidon
  uncertain, possibly 'lord of the earth'
• Priam
  uncertain
• Prometheus
  forethought
• Q
• Quetzalcoatl
  feathered serpent
• R
• Ra
  sun
• Romulus
  uncertain
• S
• Saraswati
  she who flows (river-related reading)
• Sekhmet
  the powerful one
• Set
  uncertain
• Shango
  uncertain
• Shiva
  the auspicious one
• Sigurd
  victory guardian
• Susanoo
  uncertain
• T
• Theseus
  uncertain
• Thor
  thunder
• Thoth
  uncertain
• Tlaloc
  uncertain
• Tyr
  god (general sense)
• U
• Uranus
  sky, heaven
• V
• Veles
  uncertain
• Vesta
  uncertain
• Vishnu
  the pervader
• W
• Wepwawet
  opener of the ways
• X
• Xipe Totec
  our lord the flayed one
• Y
• Yemoja
  mother whose children are the fish
• Z
• Zeus
  uncertain; possibly tied to an old word for 'sky' or 'day'