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Japanese girl names and their meanings

Modern Japanese names can be compared to names in many other cultures around the world. All Japanese have last name and first name(no middle name), with the exception of the Japanese imperial family, whose members do not have a surname. Surname (family name) and given name (personal name) are a common practice in East and Southeast Asia, including Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai and some other cultures.

Names in Japan often created independently from existing signs, which is why the country has a huge number of unique names. Surnames are more traditional. There are significantly more first names in Japanese than surnames.

Male and female names differ due to their characteristic components and structure.

Before the start of the Meiji Restoration surnames Only aristocrats and samurai had them. The rest of the Japanese population used only personal names and nicknames. Women of aristocratic and samurai families also usually did not have surnames, since they did not have the right of inheritance.

Personal names of aristocrats and high-ranking samurai were formed from two kanji (hieroglyphs) of noble meaning.

Personal names of samurai servants and peasants often given according to the principle of numbering. The first son is Ichiro, the second is Jiro, the third is Saburo, the fourth is Shiro, the fifth is Goro, etc.

At the end of the names of girls from noble families the suffix “-hime” (princess) was added. It was used in relation to all noble girls.

For the names of samurai wives the suffix "-gozen" was used. They were often called simply by their husband's surname and rank.

Personal names of married women were practically used only by their close relatives.

For names of monks and nuns from the noble classes the suffix “-in” was used.

Most Japanese female names end in "-ko" ("child") or "-mi" ("beauty"). Girls are usually given names associated with everything beautiful, pleasant and feminine. Some modern girls do not like the ending “-ko” in their names and prefer to omit it. For example, a girl named "Yuriko" might call herself "Yuri".

After death, a Japanese gets something new, posthumous name(kaimyo), which is written on a special wooden tablet (ihai). This tablet is considered to be the embodiment of the spirit of the deceased and is used in funeral rites. Kaimyo and ihai are purchased from Buddhist monks - sometimes even before the person's death.

During the Meiji Restoration, all Japanese people were given surnames.

The most common Japanese surnames are:

Watanabe, Ito, Kato, Kobayashi, Kudo, Kuroki, Murakami, Nakamura, Saito, Sato, Sasaki, Suzuki, Takahashi, Tanaka, Oonishi, Higa, Yamaguchi, Yamamoto.

Japanese female names

Azumi– safe place to live

Azemi– thistle flower

Ay- Love

Aki– autumn, bright

Akiko– autumn child or smart child

Akira– bright, clear, dawn

Ameya– evening rain

Arisa– majestic

Asemi– morning beauty

And I– colorful, woven silk

Izumi- fountain

Yoko– ocean child, confident child

Yoshi– fragrant branch, good bay

Cam– turtle (symbol of long life)

Kay- respectful

Kiku– chrysanthemum

Kimi– abbreviation for names starting with "Kimi"

Kimiko– beautiful child, dear child, ruling child

Kin– gold

Kyoko- child of the capital

Koheku– amber

Kumiko– beautiful, long-lived

Miwa– beautiful harmony, three rings

Midori– green

Mizuki- beautiful moon

Miya– quiet

Mika– beautiful aroma

Miki– beautiful tree, three trees

Miko– beautiful child, blessing

Minori– beautiful harbor

Mineco- beautiful child

Miho– beautiful bay

Michi– path

Michiko- the child is on the right track

Mommo- peach

Momo– a hundred blessings, a hundred rivers

Momoko– baby peach

Moriko- forest child

May– dance

Meiko– child’s dance

Maine– true

Marikothe real reason

Masa– abbreviation for names starting with "Masa"

Naoki- tree

Naomi- beauty

Nobuko- devoted child

Nori– abbreviation for names starting with "Nori"

Noriko– child of principles

Neo– honest

Neoko- honest child

Ohara- pensive

Ran– water lily

Ray- polite

Ren– water lily

Rika– appreciated aroma

Rico– jasmine

Ryokogood child

Ruri- emerald

Sake– cape

Sora- sky

Suzu- call

Secker– cherry blossom

Tomiko (Temiko)- rich

Tomoko- friendly, wise child

Toshi– emergency

Toshiko- priceless child

Thackera- treasure

Fuji– wisteria

Fumiko- a child who preserved beauty

Hideko- luxurious child

Hikaru- light, bright

Hiro– widespread

Hiroko- generous child

Hiromi- beauty

Hoshi– star

Hena– favorite, or flower

Chica– wisdom

Cho- butterfly

Shizuka– quiet

Chic– gentle deer

Eika– love song

Eiko- beloved child, child of love

Amy- the beauty of love

Amy- smile

Emiko- smiling child

Erie– lucky prize

Yuka– fragrant, friendly dawn

Yuki- snow

Yukiko– snow child

Yukouseful child

Yumi– bow, useful beauty

Yumiko- a beautiful, useful child

Yuri– lily

Yuriko– little lily, dear child

Yasu- calm

Yasuko- honest child, peaceful child

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For the Japanese, a beautiful combination of first and last name is the most important thing. They consider it a complex science. It is known that when choosing a name for a child, they trust only people who specialize in this. Because of such a serious attitude to the choice of names, in the same village you can never hear the same names of boys and girls. In Japan there is no such thing as a “namesake,” and all because the Japanese prefer to use their surnames rather than their given names, of which, by the way, there are many.

First name after last name

Japanese names consist of two adjectives: family name and personal name. In Japan, in turn, the surname is the main one; it is written and spoken first everywhere. Modern Japanese are accustomed to writing their first and last names like Europeans, but in order to designate their last name as the main one, they write it in capital letters. Europeans do not attach importance to this strange and serious attitude of the Japanese towards their surnames, which is why misunderstandings arise regarding the reading, translation and transcription of Japanese names and surnames.

Until the second half of the 19th century, only aristocrats and samurai had surnames in Japan; even their wives did not have the honor of bearing a surname. The rest of the population had only nicknames and personal names. The most notable were the clans of aristocrats - Fuji, which had the general name "Gosetsuke". Today, in the dictionary of Japanese surnames, there are 100,000 family names, of which approximately 70,000 appeared 135 years ago (for comparison: in Europe 50,000, in China a couple of hundred, in Korea about 160, in Russia approximately 85,000, in the USA more than 1 million names). During the Eminence Reign (1868–1911), the reigning Emperor Mutsuhito ordered all Japanese peasants to choose any surname for their family. The Japanese were shocked by this idea; many did not know what to come up with. Some wrote the name of their locality, others the name of their store, and creative people They themselves came up with an unusual surname, consonant with the name.

A surname is a hereditary clan name, which in Japan is passed down from father to children; wives almost always take their husband's surname.

The first legislation on Japanese surnames appeared in 1870, it stated that every Japanese must take a surname. By this time, already 35 million of the population (descendants of aristocrats and samurai) had surnames.

70% of Japanese surnames consist of two characters. It is very rare to find a surname consisting of 3 or more hieroglyphs.

Types of surnames

The first type includes surnames indicating place of residence. The Dictionary of Japanese Surnames considers this type to be the leading one. Often it uses not only names settlements, but also the name of trees, rivers, terrain, settlements, reservoirs, etc.

Very often, Japanese surnames are associated with peasant life, rice growing and harvesting (almost 60%), it is rare to find an interesting or simply beautiful (from the point of view of a Russian-speaking person) surname.

The second type includes surnames formed as a result of simple professions. For example, “Inukai” - translated this word means nothing more than “dog breeder”.

The third type includes individual nicknames.

Rare but apt beautiful surnames

Here is a small list of popular, beautiful and unusual surnames:

  • Akiyama - autumn;
  • Araki - tree;
  • Baba is a horse;
  • Wada - rice field;
  • Yoshida - happiness;
  • Yoshikawa - river;
  • Kaneko - gold;
  • Mizuno - water;
  • Suzuki - bell;
  • Takagi is a tall tree;
  • Fukui - happiness;
  • Homma - good luck;
  • Yano is an arrow.

Common surname

In Japan, surnames have no ancestral affiliation. One surname suits both men and women.

Previously, Japanese law stipulated that husband and wife must have the same surname. Until 1946, only the husband's surname could be family, but the constitution written in the post-war period abolished this inequality. Modern Japanese can choose a surname if they wish, whether for a husband or a wife, but according to the traditions of old times, spouses settle on the man’s surname.

For Russian people, all Japanese names and surnames seem interesting and unusual. But there are those whose translation sounds like real music.

This is, for example:

  • Igarashi - 50 storms;
  • Katayama - wild well;
  • Kikuchi - chrysanthemum.

Common surnames in Japan

The most popular Japanese surnames in alphabetical order are, of course, offered by the Japanese surname dictionary. Among the surnames:

  • A- Ando, ​​Arai, Araki, Asano, Akiyama, Asayama.
  • AND- Imai, Ito, Iwasaki, Iwata, Igarasti, Iida, Inoe, Isis (despite the similarity in sound, she is in no way connected with the ancient Egyptian goddess), Ishihara, Ichikawa.
  • TO- Kawaguchi, Kawasaki, Kaneko, Kitano.
  • M- Maruyama, Masuda, Morimoto, Matila.
  • N- Nakahara, Narita, Nakanishi.
  • ABOUT- Oyama, Okazaki, Okumura, Ogiva, Ootsuoka.
  • WITH- Saida, Sato, Sano, Sakurai, Shibada, Shima.
  • T- Tachibana, Takaki, Takeguchi.
  • U- Ueda, Uematsu, Ueno, Uchida.
  • F- Fujii, Fukushima, Fujimomo, Fujiwra
  • X- Hattori, Hattoti, Hirai, Hirata, Hirosa, Homma, Hori.
  • C- Tsubaki, Tsuji, Tsuchiya
  • I- Yamamura, Yano, Yamanaka, Yamamoto, Yamashita, Yamauchi, Yasuda, Yamashita.

And also Enomoto, Yumake are also on the list of popular and widespread ones, according to the data offered by the dictionary of Japanese surnames.

The Japanese name (人名 jinmei) these days usually consists of family name(surname), and the following personal name.

Names are usually written using kanji, which can have many different pronunciations in different cases.

Modern Japanese names can be compared to names in many other cultures. All Japanese have a single surname and a single given name without a patronymic, with the exception of the Japanese imperial family, whose members do not have a surname. Girls who marry princes also lose their surnames.

In Japan, the surname comes first, and then the given name. At the same time, in Western languages ​​(often in Russian) Japanese names are written in reverse order: first name - last name - according to European tradition. For convenience, the Japanese sometimes write their last name in CAPITAL letters so that it is not confused with their given name.

Names in Japan are often created independently from existing characters, so the country has a huge number of unique names. Surnames are more traditional and most often go back to place names. There are significantly more first names in Japanese than surnames. Male and female names differ due to their characteristic components and structure. Reading Japanese proper names is one of the most difficult elements of the Japanese language.

The surname in Japanese is called "myoji" (苗字 or 名字), "uji" (氏) or "sei" (姓).

Japanese vocabulary for a long time was divided into two types: wago (Japanese 和語 “Japanese language”) - native Japanese words and kango (Japanese 漢語 Chineseism) - borrowed from China. Names are also divided into these types, although a new type is now actively expanding - gairaigo (Japanese 外来語) - words borrowed from other languages, but components of this type are rarely used in names.

Modern Japanese names are divided into the following groups:
kunnye (consisting of vago),
onny (consisting of kango),
mixed.
The ratio of kun and on surnames is approximately 80% to 20%.

The vast majority of surnames in Japanese consist of two characters; surnames with one or three characters are less common, and surnames with four or more characters are very rare.

Male names are the most difficult part of Japanese proper names to read; it is in male names that non-standard readings of nanori and rare readings, strange changes in some components are very common, although names that are easy to read are also found. For example, the names Kaoru (Japanese 薫), Shigekazu (Japanese 薫) and Kungoro: (Japanese 薫五郎) use the same character 薫 (“aroma”), but in each name it is read differently; and the common main component of names Yoshi can be written with 104 different characters and their combinations. Sometimes reading is not at all connected with written hieroglyphs, so it happens that only the bearer himself can read a name correctly.

Japanese female names, unlike male ones, in most cases have a simple kun reading and a clear and understandable meaning. Most female names are composed according to the “main component + indicator” scheme, but there are names without an indicator component. Sometimes female names may be written entirely in hiragana or katakana. Also, sometimes there are names with an onic reading, and also only in female names there are new non-Chinese borrowings (gairaigo).

Ancient names and surnames

Before the Meiji Restoration, only aristocrats (kuge) and samurai (bushi) had surnames. The rest of the Japanese population was content with personal names and nicknames.

Women of aristocratic and samurai families also usually did not have surnames, since they did not have the right of inheritance. In those cases where women did have surnames, they did not change them upon marriage.

Surnames were divided into two groups - the surnames of aristocrats and the surnames of samurai.

Unlike the number of samurai surnames, the number of aristocratic surnames has practically not increased since ancient times. Many of them went back to the priestly past of the Japanese aristocracy.

The most respected and respected clans of aristocrats were: Konoe, Takashi, Kujo, Ichijo and Gojo. All of them belonged to the Fujiwara clan and had a common name - “Gosetsuke”. From among the men of this family, regents (sessho) and chancellors (kampaku) of Japan were appointed, and from among the women, wives for the emperors were chosen.

The next most important clans were the Hirohata, Daigo, Kuga, Oimikado, Saionji, Sanjo, Imaidegawa, Tokudaji and Kaoin clans. The highest state dignitaries were appointed from among them. Thus, representatives of the Saionji clan served as imperial grooms (meryo no gogen). Next came all the other aristocratic clans.

The hierarchy of nobility of aristocratic families began to take shape in the 6th century and lasted until the end of the 11th century, when power in the country passed to the samurai. Among them, the clans Genji (Minamoto), Heike (Taira), Hojo, Ashikaga, Tokugawa, Matsudaira, Hosokawa, Shimazu, Oda enjoyed special respect. Whole line their representatives in different time were the shoguns (military rulers) of Japan.

The personal names of aristocrats and high-ranking samurai were formed from two kanji (hieroglyphs) with a “noble” meaning.

Personal names of samurai servants and peasants were often given according to the principle of "numbering". The first son is Ichiro, the second is Jiro, the third is Saburo, the fourth is Shiro, the fifth is Goro, etc. Also, in addition to “-ro”, the suffixes “-emon”, “-ji”, “-zo”, “-suke”, “-be” were used for this purpose.

Upon entering the period of adolescence, the samurai chose a different name for himself than the one given to him at birth. Sometimes samurai changed their names throughout adult life, for example, to emphasize the onset of her new period (promotion or move to another duty station). The master had the right to rename his vassal. In cases of serious illness, the name was sometimes changed to that of Amida Buddha to appeal to his mercy.

According to the rules of samurai duels, before the fight, the samurai had to say his full name so that the enemy could decide whether he was worthy of such an opponent. Of course, in life this rule was observed much less often than in novels and chronicles.

The suffix “-hime” was added to the end of the names of girls from noble families. It is often translated as "princess", but in fact it was used to refer to all noble ladies.

The suffix "-gozen" was used for the names of samurai wives. They were often called simply by their husband's surname and rank. Personal names of married women were practically used only by their close relatives.

For the names of monks and nuns from the noble classes, the suffix “-in” was used.

Modern names and surnames

During the Meiji Restoration, all Japanese people were given surnames. Naturally, most of them were associated with various signs of peasant life, especially with rice and its processing. These surnames, like the surnames of the upper class, were also usually made up of two kanji.

The most common Japanese surnames now are Suzuki, Tanaka, Yamamoto, Watanabe, Saito, Sato, Sasaki, Kudo, Takahashi, Kobayashi, Kato, Ito, Murakami, Oonishi, Yamaguchi, Nakamura, Kuroki, Higa.

Men's names have changed less. They also often depend on the “serial number” of the son in the family. The suffixes "-ichi" and "-kazu" are often used, meaning "first son", as well as the suffixes "-ji" ("second son") and "-zō" ("third son").

Most Japanese girl names end in "-ko" ("child") or "-mi" ("beauty"). Girls, as a rule, are given names associated in meaning with everything beautiful, pleasant and feminine. Unlike male names, female names are usually written in hiragana rather than kanji.

Some modern girls do not like the ending “-ko” in their names and prefer to omit it. For example, a girl named "Yuriko" might call herself "Yuri".

According to a law passed during the time of Emperor Meiji, after marriage, husband and wife are legally required to adopt the same surname. In 98% of cases this is the husband's last name.

After death, a Japanese person receives a new, posthumous name (kaimyo), which is written on a special wooden tablet (ihai). This tablet is considered to be the embodiment of the spirit of the deceased and is used in funeral rites. Kaimyo and ihai are purchased from Buddhist monks - sometimes even before the person's death.

Japanese surnames and their meanings

Abe - 阿部 - corner, shadow; sector
Akiyama - 秋山 - autumn + mountain
Ando: - 安藤 - calm + wisteria
Aoki - 青木 - green, young + tree
Arai - 新井 - new well
Arai - 荒井 - wild well
Araki - 荒木 - wild + tree
Asano - 浅野/淺野 - small + [uncultivated] field; plain
Baba - 馬場 - horse + place
Wada - 和田 - harmony + rice field
Watanabe - 渡辺/渡邊 - cross + surroundings
Watanabe - 渡部 - to cross + part; sector;
Goto: - 後藤 - behind, future + wisteria
Yokota - 横田 - side + rice field
Yokoyama - 横山 - side, side of the mountain
Yoshida - 吉田 - happiness + rice field
Yoshikawa - 吉川 - happiness + river
Yoshimura - 吉村 - happiness + village
Yoshioka - 吉岡 - happiness + hill
Iwamoto - 岩本 - rock + base
Iwasaki - 岩崎 - rock + cape
Iwata - 岩田 - rock + rice field
Igarashi - 五十嵐 - 50 storms
Iendo: - 遠藤 - distant + wisteria
Iida - 飯田 - boiled rice, food + rice field
Ikeda - 池田 - pond + rice field
Imai - 今井 - now + well
Inoe - 井上 - well + top
Ishibashi - 石橋 - stone + bridge
Isis - 石田 - stone + rice field
Ishii - 石井 - stone + well
Ishikawa - 石川 - stone + river
Ishihara - 石原 - stone + plain, field; steppe
Ichikawa - 市川 - city + river
Ito - 伊東 - that, he + east
Ito: - 伊藤 - And + wisteria
Kawaguchi - 川口 - river + mouth, entrance
Kawakami - 川上 - river + top
Kawamura - 川村 - river + village
Kawasaki - 川崎 - river + cape
Kamata - 鎌田 - sickle, scythe + rice field
Kaneko - 金子 - gold + child
Katayama - 片山 - piece + mountain
Kato: - 加藤 - add + wisteria
Kikuchi - 菊地 - chrysanthemum + earth
Kikuchi - 菊池 - chrysanthemum + pond
Kimura - 木村 - tree + village
Kinoshita - 木下 - tree + under, bottom
Kitamura - 北村 - north + village
Ko:no - 河野 - river + [uncultivated] field; plain
Kobayashi - 小林 - small forest
Kojima - 小島 - small + island
Koike - 小池 - small + pond
Komatsu - 小松 - small pine
Kondo - 近藤 - close + wisteria
Konishi - 小西 - small + west
Koyama - 小山 - small mountain
Kubo - 久保 - long + maintain
Kubota - 久保田 - long + maintain + rice field
Kudo: - 工藤 - worker + wisteria
Kumagai - 熊谷 - bear + valley
Kurihara - 栗原 - chestnut + plain, field; steppe
Kuroda - 黒田 - black rice field
Maruyama - 丸山 - round + mountain
Masuda - 増田 - increase + rice field
Matsubara - 松原 - pine + plain, field; steppe
Matsuda - 松田 - pine + rice field
Matsui - 松井 - pine + well
Matsumoto - 松本 - pine + base
Matsumura - 松村 - pine + village
Matsuo - 松尾 - pine + tail
Matsuoka - 松岡 - pine + hill
Matsushita - 松下 - pine + under, bottom
Matsuura - 松浦 - pine + bay
Maeda - 前田 - behind + rice field
Mizuno - 水野 - water + [uncultivated] field; plain
Minami - 南 - south
Miura - 三浦 - three bays
Miyazaki - 宮崎 - temple, palace + cape
Miyake - 三宅 - three houses
Miyamoto - 宮本 - temple, palace + base
Miyata - 宮田 - temple, palace + rice field
Mori - 森 - forest
Morimoto - 森本 - forest + base
Morita - 森田 - forest + rice field
Mochizuki - 望月 - full moon
Murakami - 村上 - village + top
Murata - 村田 - village + rice field
Nagai - 永井 - eternal well
Nagata - 永田 - eternal rice field
Naito - 内藤 - inside + wisteria
Nakagawa - 中川 - middle + river
Nakajima/Nakashima - 中島 - middle + island
Nakamura - 中村 - middle + village
Nakanishi - 中西 - west + middle
Nakano - 中野 - middle + [uncultivated] field; plain
Nakata/ Nakada - 中田 - middle + rice field
Nakayama - 中山 - middle + mountain
Narita - 成田 - to form + rice field
Nishida - 西田 - west + rice field
Nishikawa - 西川 - west + river
Nishimura - 西村 - west + village
Nishiyama - 西山 - west + mountain
Noguchi - 野口 - [uncultivated] field; plain + mouth, entrance
Noda - 野田 - [uncultivated] field; plain + rice field
Nomura - 野村 - [uncultivated] field; plain + village
Ogawa - 小川 - small river
Oda - 小田 - small rice field
Ozawa - 小沢/小澤 - small swamp
Ozaki - 尾崎 - tail + cape
Oka - 岡 - hill
Okada - 岡田 - hill + rice field
Okazaki - 岡崎 - hill + cape
Okamoto - 岡本 - hill + base
Okumura - 奥村 - deep (hidden) + village
Ono - 小野 - small + [uncultivated] field; plain
Ooishi - 大石 - large stone
Ookubo - 大久保 - big + long + support
Oomori - 大森 - large forest
Oonishi - 大西 - big west
Oono - 大野 - large + [uncultivated] field; plain
Oosawa - 大沢/大澤 - large swamp
Ooshima - 大島 - large island
Oota - 太田 - big + rice field
Ootani - 大谷 - big valley
Oohashi - 大橋 - big bridge
Ootsuka - 大塚 - big + hill
Sawada - 沢田/澤田 - swamp + rice field
Saito: - 斉藤/齊藤 - equal + wisteria
Saito: - 斎藤/齋藤 - purification (religious) + wisteria
Sakai - 酒井 - alcohol + well
Sakamoto - 坂本 - slope + base
Sakurai - 桜井/櫻井 - sakura + well
Sano - 佐野 - assistant + [uncultivated] field; plain
Sasaki - 佐々木 - assistants + tree
Sato: - 佐藤 - helper + wisteria
Shibata - 柴田 - brushwood + rice field
Shimada - 島田 - island + rice field
Shimizu - 清水 - clear water
Shinohara - 篠原 - low-growing bamboo + plain, field; steppe
Sugawara - 菅原 - sedge + plain, field; steppe
Sugimoto - 杉本 - Japanese cedar + roots
Sugiyama - 杉山 - Japanese cedar + mountain
Suzuki - 鈴木 - bell (bell) + wood
Suto/Sudo - 須藤 - certainly + wisteria
Seki - 関/關 - Outpost; barrier
Taguchi - 田口 - rice floor + mouth
Takagi - 高木 - tall tree
Takada/Takata - 高田 - tall + rice field
Takano - 高野 - high + [uncultivated] field; plain
Takahashi - 高橋 - high + bridge
Takayama - 高山 - high mountain
Takeda - 武田 - military + rice field
Takeuchi - 竹内 - bamboo + inside
Tamura - 田村 - rice field + village
Tanabe - 田辺/田邊 - rice field + surroundings
Tanaka - 田中 - rice field + middle
Taniguchi - 谷口 - valley + mouth, entrance
Chiba - 千葉 - thousand leaves
Uchida - 内田 - inside + rice field
Uchiyama - 内山 - inside + mountain
Ueda/Ueta - 上田 - top + rice field
Ueno - 上野 - top + [uncultivated] field; plain
Fujiwara - 藤原 - wisteria + plain, field; steppe
Fuji - 藤井 - wisteria + well
Fujimoto - 藤本 - wisteria + base
Fujita - 藤田 - wisteria + rice field
Fukuda - 福田 - happiness, prosperity + rice field
Fukui - 福井 - happiness, prosperity + well
Fukushima - 福島 - happiness, prosperity + island
Furukawa - 古川 - old river
Hagiwara - 萩原 - bicolor lespedeza + plain, field; steppe
Hamada - 浜田/濱田 - shore + rice field
Khara - 原 - plain, field; steppe
Harada - 原田 - plain, field; steppe + rice field
Hashimoto - 橋本 - bridge + base
Hasegawa - 長谷川 - long + valley + river
Hattori - 服部 - clothes, subordinate + part; sector;
Hayakawa - 早川 - early + river
Hayashi - 林 - forest
Higuchi - 樋口 - gutter; drain + mouth, entrance
Hirai - 平井 - level well
Hirano - 平野 - flat + [uncultivated] field; plain
Hirata - 平田 - flat + rice field
Hirose - 広瀬/廣瀬 - wide fast current
Homma - 本間 - base + space, room, luck
Honda - 本田 - base + rice field
Hori - 堀 - channel
Hoshino - 星野 - star + [uncultivated] field; plain
Tsuji - 辻 - street
Tsuchiya - 土屋 - land + house
Yamaguchi - 山口 - mountain + mouth, entrance
Yamada - 山田 - mountain + rice field
Yamazaki/ Yamasaki - 山崎 - mountain + cape
Yamamoto - 山本 - mountain + base
Yamanaka - 山中 - mountain + middle
Yamashita - 山下 - mountain + under, bottom
Yamauchi - 山内 - mountain + inside
Yano - 矢野 - arrow + [uncultivated] field; plain
Yasuda - 安田 - calm + rice field.

Before the Meiji Restoration, only aristocrats (kuge) and samurai (bushi) had surnames. The rest of the Japanese population was content with personal names and nicknames.

Women of aristocratic and samurai families also usually did not have surnames, since they did not have the right of inheritance. In those cases where women did have surnames, they did not change them upon marriage.

Surnames were divided into two groups - the surnames of aristocrats and the surnames of samurai.

Unlike the number of samurai surnames, the number of aristocratic surnames has practically not increased since ancient times. Many of them went back to the priestly past of the Japanese aristocracy.

The most respected and respected clans of aristocrats were: Konoe, Takashi, Kujo, Ichijo and Gojo. All of them belonged to the Fujiwara clan and had a common name - "Gosetsuke". From among the men of this family, regents (sessho) and chancellors (kampaku) of Japan were appointed, and from among the women, wives for the emperors were chosen.

The next most important clans were the Hirohata, Daigo, Kuga, Oimikado, Saionji, Sanjo, Imaidegawa, Tokudaji and Kaoin clans. The highest state dignitaries were appointed from among them. Thus, representatives of the Saionji clan served as imperial grooms (meryo no gogen). Next came all the other aristocratic clans.

The hierarchy of nobility of aristocratic families began to take shape in the 6th century and lasted until the end of the 11th century, when power in the country passed to the samurai. Among them, the clans Genji (Minamoto), Heike (Taira), Hojo, Ashikaga, Tokugawa, Matsudaira, Hosokawa, Shimazu, Oda enjoyed special respect. A number of their representatives at different times were shoguns (military rulers) of Japan.

The personal names of aristocrats and high-ranking samurai were formed from two kanji (hieroglyphs) with a “noble” meaning.

Personal names of samurai servants and peasants were often given according to the principle of "numbering". The first son is Ichiro, the second is Jiro, the third is Saburo, the fourth is Shiro, the fifth is Goro, etc. Also, in addition to “-ro”, the suffixes “-emon”, “-ji”, “-zo”, “-suke”, “-be” were used for this purpose.

Upon entering the period of adolescence, the samurai chose a different name for himself than the one given to him at birth. Sometimes samurai changed their names throughout adult life, for example, to emphasize the onset of a new period (promotion or moving to another duty station). The master had the right to rename his vassal. In cases of serious illness, the name was sometimes changed to that of Amida Buddha to appeal to his mercy.

According to the rules of samurai duels, before the fight, the samurai had to say his full name so that the enemy could decide whether he was worthy of such an opponent. Of course, in life this rule was observed much less often than in novels and chronicles.

The suffix "-hime" was added to the end of the names of girls from noble families. It is often translated as "princess", but in fact it was used in relation to all noble young ladies.

The suffix "-gozen" was used for the names of samurai wives. They were often called simply by their husband's surname and rank. Personal names of married women were practically used only by their close relatives.

For the names of monks and nuns from the noble classes, the suffix "-in" was used.

These are Japanese names with translation into Russian :-)* :-D*

Ai - w - Love
Aiko - f - Favorite child
Akako - w - Red
Akane - F - Sparkling Red
Akemi - f - Dazzlingly beautiful
Akeno - m - Clear morning
Aki - f - Born in autumn
Akiko - w - Autumn child
Akina - w - Spring flower
Akio - m - Handsome
Akira - m - Smart, quick-witted
Akiyama - m - Autumn, mountain
Amaya - w - Night rain
Ami - f - Friend
Amiko - m - Beautiful girl
Amida - m - Name of Buddha
Anda - w - Met in the field
Aneko - f - Older sister
Anzu - w - Apricot
Arahsi - Storm, whirlwind
Arata - m - Inexperienced
Arisu - w - Japanese. form of the name Alice
Asuka - w - Scent of Tomorrow
Ayame - w - Iris
Azarni - w - Thistle flower
Benjiro - m - Enjoying the world
Botan - m - Peony
Chika - w - wisdom
Chikako - w - Child of Wisdom
Chinatsu - w - Thousand Years
Chiyo - w - Eternity
Chizu - f - Thousand storks (implies longevity)
Cho - f - Butterfly
Dai - m - Great
Dai - w - Great
Daichi - m - Great First Son
Daiki - m - Great Tree
Daisuke - m - Great Help
Etsu - w - Delightful, charming
Etsuko - w - Delightful child
Fudo - m - God of fire and wisdom
Fujita - m/f - Field, meadow
Gin - f - Silver
Goro - m - Fifth son
Hana - w - Flower
Hanako - w - Flower Child
Haru - m - Born in spring
Haruka - w - Distant
Haruko - w - Spring
Hachiro - m - Eighth son
Hideaki - m - Brilliant, excellent
Hikaru - m/f - Light, shining
Hide - f - Fertile
Hiroko - w - Generous
Hiroshi - m - Generous
Hitomi - w - Doubly beautiful
Hoshi - w - Star
Hotaka - m - Name of a mountain in Japan
Hotaru - w - Firefly
Ichiro - m - First son
Ima - w - Gift
Isami - m - Bravery
Ishi - w - Stone
Izanami - w - Attractive
Izumi - w - Fountain
Jiro - m - Second son
Joben - m - Loving cleanliness
Jomei - m - Bringer of light
Junko - w - Pure child
Juro - m - Tenth son
Yachi - F - Eight thousand
Yasu - F - Calm
Yasuo - M - Mirny
Yayoi - F - March
Yogi - M - Yoga practitioner
Yoko - F - Child of the Sun
Yori - F - Trustworthy
Yoshi - F - Perfection
Yoshiko - F - Perfect Child
Yoshiro - M - Perfect Son
Yudsuki - M - Crescent
Yuki - M - Snow
Yukiko - F - Snow Child
Yukio - M - Cherished by God
Yuko - F - Kind child
Yumako - F - Child Yuma
Yumi - F - Bow-like (weapon)
Yumiko - F - Child of the Arrow
Yuri - F - Lily
Yuriko - F - Lily's Child
Yuu - M - Noble Blood
Yuudai - M - Great Hero
Kado - m - Gate
Kaede - w - Maple leaf
Kagami - w - Mirror
Kameko - w - Turtle Child (symbol of longevity)
Kanaye - m - Diligent - Did you think I took this name out of my head?
Kano - m - God of water
Kasumi - w - Fog
Katashi - m - Hardness
Katsu - m - Victory
Katsuo - m - Victorious child
Katsuro - m - Victorious Son
Kazuki - m - Joyful World
Kazuko - w - Cheerful child
Kazuo - m - Dear son
Kei - w - Respectful
Keiko - f - Adored
Keitaro - m - Blessed One
Ken - m - Big Man
Ken`ichi - m - Strong first son
Kenji - m - Strong second son
Kenshin - m - Heart of the Sword
Kensiro - m - Heavenly son
Kenta - m - Healthy and brave
Kichi - f - Lucky
Kichiro - m - Lucky son
Kiku - w - Chrysanthemum
Kimiko - f - Child of noble blood
Kin - m - Golden
Kioko - w - Happy child
Kisho - m - Having a head on his shoulders
Kita - w - North
Kiyoko - w - Clean
Kiyoshi - m - Quiet
Kohaku - m/f - Amber
Kohana - w - Small flower
Koko - w - Stork
Koto - w - Japanese. musical instrument "koto"
Kotone - w - Sound of koto
Kumiko - f - Forever beautiful
Kuri - w - Chestnut
Kuro - m - Ninth son
Kyo - m - Agreement (or redhead)
Kyoko - w - Mirror
Leiko - w - Arrogant
Machi - f - Ten thousand years
Machiko - f - Lucky child
Maeko - f - Honest child
Maemi - f - Sincere smile
Mai - w - Bright
Makoto - m - Sincere
Mamiko - w - Baby Mami
Mamoru - m - Earth
Manami - w - Beauty of love
Mariko - w - Child of Truth
Marise - m/f - Infinite
Masa - m/f - Straightforward (person)
Masakazu - m - First son of Masa
Mashiro - m - Wide
Matsu - w - Pine
Mayako - w - Baby Maya
Mayoko - w - Baby Mayo
Mayuko - w - Child Mayu
Michi - w - Fair
Michie - f - Gracefully hanging flower
Michiko - w - Beautiful and wise
Michio - m - A man with the strength of three thousand
Midori - w - Green
Mihoko - w - Child Miho
Mika - w - New Moon
Miki - m/f - Stem
Mikio - m - Three woven trees
Mina - f - South
Minako - w - Beautiful child
Mine - w - Brave Defender
Minoru - m - Seed
Misaki - w - The blossom of beauty
Mitsuko - f - Child of Light
Miya - w - Three Arrows
Miyako - w - Beautiful child of March
Mizuki - w - Beautiful Moon
Momoko - w - Child Peach
Montaro - m - Big guy
Moriko - w - Child of the Forest
Morio - m - Forest boy
Mura - w - Village
Muro - m - Runaway - I didn’t choose this name because of the meaning
Mutsuko - w - Child Mutsu
Nahoko - w - Baby Naho
Nami - w - Wave
Namiko - w - Child of the Waves
Nana - w - Apple
Naoko - f - Obedient child
Naomi - w - Beauty comes first
Nara - w - Oak
Nariko - w - Sissy
Natsuko - f - Summer child
Natsumi - w - Wonderful summer
Nayoko - w - Baby Nayo
Nibori - m - Famous
Nikki - m/f - Two trees
Nikko - m - Daylight
Nori - w - Law
Noriko - w - Child of the Law
Nozomi - w - Nadezhda
Nyoko - w - Gemstone
Oki - f - Middle of the ocean
Orino - w - Peasant Meadow
Osamu - m - Firmness of the law
Rafu - m - Network
Rai - f - Truth
Raidon - m - God of Thunder
Ran - w - Water lily
Rei - w - Gratitude
Reiko - f - Gratitude - Most likely there was "Child Rei"
Ren - w - Water lily
Renjiro - m - Honest
Renzo - m - Third son
Riko - w - Child of Jasmine
Rin - f - Unfriendly
Rinji - m - Peaceful forest
Rini - w - Little bunny
Risako - w - Child Risa
Ritsuko - w - Child Ritsu
Roka - m - White wave crest
Rokuro - m - Sixth son
Ronin - m - Samurai without a master
Rumiko - w - Baby Rumi
Ruri - w - Emerald
Ryo - m - Excellent
Ryoichi - m - Ryo's first son
Ryoko - w - Baby Ryo
Ryota - m - Strong (fat)
Ryozo - m - Third son of Ryo
Ryuichi - m - First son of Ryu
Ryuu - m - Dragon
Saburo - m - Third son
Sachi - f - Happiness
Sachiko - w - Child of Happiness
Sachio m - fortunately born
Saeko - w - Child Sae
Saki - w - Cape (geographic)
Sakiko - w - Baby Saki
Sakuko - w - Child Saku
Sakura - w - Cherry blossoms
Sanako - w - Child Sana
Sango - w - Coral
Saniiro - m - Wonderful
Satu - w - Sugar
Sayuri - w - Little lily
Seiichi - m - Sei's first son
Sen - m - Spirit of the tree
Shichiro - m - Seventh Son
Shika - f - Deer
Shima - m - Islander
Shina - w - Worthy
Shinichi - m - First son of Shin
Shiro - m - Fourth son
Shizuka - w - Quiet
Sho - m - Prosperity
Sora - w - Sky
Sorano - w - Heavenly
Suki - f - Favorite
Suma - f - Asking
Sumi - f - Purified (religious)
Susumi - m - Moving forward (successful)
Suzu - w - Bell (bell)
Suzume - w - Sparrow
Tadao - m - Helpful
Taka - w - Noble
Takako - f - Tall kid
Takara - f - Treasure
Takashi - m - Famous
Takehiko - m - Bamboo Prince
Takeo - m - Bamboo-like
Takeshi - m - Bamboo tree or brave
Takumi - m - Craftsman
Tama - m/f - Precious stone
Tamiko - w - Child of Plenty
Tani - w - From the valley (child)
Taro - m - Firstborn
Taura - w - Many lakes; many rivers
Teijo - m - Fair
Tomeo - m - Cautious person
Tomiko - w - Child of Wealth
Tora - f - Tigress
Torio - m - Bird's tail
Toru - m - Sea
Toshi - w - Mirror Image
Toshiro - m - Talented
Toya - m/f - House door
Tsukiko - w - Moon Child
Tsuyu - w - Morning Dew
Udo - m - Ginseng
Ume - w - Plum blossom
Umeko - w - Plum Blossom Child
Usagi - w - Rabbit
Uyeda - m - from the rice field (child)
Yachi - w - Eight thousand
Yasu - w - Calm
Yasuo - m - Mirny
Yayoi - w - March
Yogi - m - Yoga practitioner
Yoko - w - Child of the Sun
Yori - f - Trustworthy
Yoshi - F - Perfection
Yoshiko - f - Perfect Child
Yoshiro - m - Perfect Son
Yudsuki - m - Crescent
Yuki - m - Snow
Yukiko - w - Snow Child
Yukio - m - Cherished by God
Yuko - w - Good child
Yumako - w - Baby Yuma
Yumi - w - Bow-like (weapon)
Yumiko - f - Arrow Child
Yuri - w - Lily
Yuriko - w - Lily's Child
Yuu - m - Noble blood
Yuudai - m - Great Hero

Gods and deities

NAMES OF GODS

Yarila (legend)
God of rage, youth and beauty and vitality: from earthly fertility and human sexuality to the will to live. Wild animals, nature spirits and lesser deities obey him (or she).

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Yard see [Wyrd]
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Yar-Khmel God of intoxicating mead, beer, wine, fun and winemaking.
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Yan-di God of the Sun and Fire.
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Yama God of the kingdom of the dead.
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Jupiter (legend) God of the Sky, daylight, thunderstorms. Having overthrown his father the titan Kronos into Tartarus, he became the ruler of gods and people.
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Eya see [Oann]
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Etheria Daughter of the sun god Phoebus and the oceanid Clymene.
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Ereshkigal, Lady of the Kingdom of the Dead.
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Eos Sun Goddess, morning dawn. "with purple fingers Eos."
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Enlil see [Ellil]
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Enki see [Eya]
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Ellil Enlil. God of air and earth
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Ellie Ellie. Ace, goddess of old age.
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Air Eir. Ace, patroness of doctors, goddess of love.
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Eya Enki. God of the world's fresh waters, wisdom, patron of people.
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Shamash God of the Sun.
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Chur (legend) God of property rights, protection, patron of borders, integrity, protection, protection from damage and evil spirits.
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Chislogod God of time and stargazing, letters, numbers, calendar.
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Zhuan-xu God of waters.
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Chernobog (legend) (Black Snake, Kashchei) Lord of Navi, Darkness and the Kingdom of Pekel. God of cold, destruction, death, evil; God of madness and the embodiment of everything bad and black.
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Tsukiyomi Moon God.
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Hyuk Hjuke. The waxing moon, one of the three goddesses, along with Bil and Mani.
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Huang Di "Lord of the Center". Supreme deity.
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Horse God of the Sun, brother of the Month.
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Hops God of hops and drunkenness. Husband of Suritsa.
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Hlin Hlin. Ace, Frigga's messenger who cares for those her mistress wants to protect.
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Hitzliputzli see [Hitzilopochtli]
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Hitzlapuztli see [Hitzilopochtli]
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Hermod Hermod. Asgardian messenger. His name is mentioned in connection with an unsuccessful attempt to return Balder from the kingdom of Hel.
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Hoenir Hoenir. As, god of priestly functions. He is often called the Quiet God.
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Hel Hel. Daughter of Loki, ruler of the underworld, queen of the dead. Above the waist ordinary woman, and below is the skeleton.
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Heimdall (legend) Guardian of the Bifrost Bridge, son of Odin, “Wise Ace.” He sleeps less than a bird, can see a hundred days' travel in any direction, and can hear the growth of grass and wool.
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Head (legend) Hoder. Son of Odin, "Blind Ace". He has enormous power, but never leaves Asgard. He is one of the twelve main gods.
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Heidrun A goat who lives in Asgard and eats leaves from the top of Yggrasil. Everyone in Asgard feeds on her milk, strong as honey, and there is enough of it for everyone.
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Fulla Fulla. Ace, Frigga's servant.
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Frigg (legend) Aes, goddess of marriage and procreation, wife of Odin. Frigg rules over the goddesses living in Asgard.
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Freya (legend) Goddess of love, her heart is so soft and tender that it sympathizes with the suffering of everyone. She is the leader of the Valkyries.
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Frey (legend) God of fertility and summer. He is subject to sunlight, he is beautiful and powerful, he is a van who sends wealth.
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Fortuna Roman goddess of happiness, chance and luck. She was depicted on a ball or wheel (a symbol of the variability of happiness), sometimes with a blindfold.
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Forseti Forseti. Ace, son of Balder, god of justice and victory in disputes.
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Phoebus (legend) God of the sun.
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Phaetuza Daughter of the sun god Phoebus and the Oceanid Clymene.
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Phaeton Son of the sun god Phoebus and the oceanid Clymene.
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Ushas is the God of the dawn.
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Usynya One of the three giant brothers, assistants of Perun (Gorynya, Dubynya and Usynya).
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Usud (legend) God is the arbiter of fate. Determines who will be born rich or poor, happy or unhappy.
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Usinsh Latvian "horse god".
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Ouroboros (legend) "Eating his own tail." A snake biting its own tail, “starting at the end of its tail,” encircling the whole world.
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Uranus Son of the sky god, husband of Gaia, father of Tetis.
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Ull (legend) Patron of archers and skiers, god of fertility and law.
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Ulap (legend) Patron of the Chuvash, hero-god, who cast the sun and moon far from the earth.
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Huitzilopochtli (legend) Hitzliputzli, Hitzlaputzli, "Hummingbird of the left side." They sacrificed to this god human hearts.
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Wyrd A silent goddess who rules over immortals and mortals.
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Tian-di God of the sky.
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Tyr (legend) Aes, god of war, son of Odin and the sister of the sea giant Hymir, the third of the Aesir after Odin and the bravest among them.
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Tiermes (legend) Udmurt god - thunderer. When he defeats the deer god Myandash, the end of the world will come.
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Trojan Three-headed ruler of three kingdoms. One of Troyan's heads devours people, the other - cattle, the third - fish, he travels at night, as he is afraid of sunlight.
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Triton Sea deity, son of Poseidon and the Nereid Amphetrite.
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Triptolemus Lord of the kingdom of the dead.
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Triglavs Great Triglav: Rod - Belobog - Chernobog. Small Triglav: Svarog - Perun - Veles.
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Triglav (legend) In the mythology of the Baltic Slavs, a three-headed deity. They symbolize power over the three kingdoms - heaven, earth and hell.
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Tochi see [Tlazolteotl]
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Thor (legend) As, god of thunder, son of Odin and the earth goddess Jord. He was considered the most powerful god after Odin.
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Tlazolteotl Ixcuina, Tochi, Teteoinnan. Goddess of fertility, sexual sins, repentance, eater of dirt and excrement.
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Tetis Daughter of Uranus and Gaia, wife of Ocean. She was Phaeton's maternal grandmother; Clymene was her daughter.
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Teteoinnan see [Tlazolteotl]
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Tezcatlipoca (legend) "Smoking Mirror". Forever young, all-powerful, all-knowing god of evil, rival of Quetzalcoatl.
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Thaumant Father of the rainbow goddess Iris.
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Tarkh see [Dazhbog]
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Tammuz see [Dimuzi]
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Tamamo-no-mae One of the evil gods.
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Xiong Syn. As, a goddess who protects people's homes from thieves.
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Sjövn Siofn. As, a goddess who strives for people to live peacefully and amicably.
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Syvlampi "Rosa". Daughter of the Sun and his wives: morning and evening Dawn, sister of man.
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Susanoo God of the wind and water elements, later - the hero who saved people from the eight-headed serpent.
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Suritsa Suritsa is the solar Goddess of joy, light (surya drink (drinking honey)). Khmel's wife. Daughter of Dazhbog.
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Stribog (legend) Supreme god of the wind. He can cause and tame a storm, and can turn into his assistant, the Stratim bird.
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Styx Stux (Greek) - “Hateful.” The goddess of the river of the same name in the kingdom of the dead.
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Srecha Goddess of happiness and good luck.
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Snotra Snotra. Ace, goddess of wisdom and politeness.
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Sif (legend) Sif. As, goddess of fertility, wife of Thor. Sif's beauty is second only to Freya.
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Siva (legend) Siva is the god of sowing, harvest and livestock.
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Si-wanmu Goddess, mistress of the land of immortality.
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Semargl (legend) Simargl, Firebog. The god of fire and the moon, fire sacrifices, home and hearth, keeps seeds and crops.
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Selene Goddess of the Moon.
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Svyatovit (legend) God of light, fertility, harvest, autumn sun, grain. The god of war and victory, represented in the image of a warrior - a horseman.
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Sventovit (legend) Highest deity Western Slavs, called in the Middle Ages the Wends, and the Rugs.
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Svarog (legend) God of fire, blacksmithing, family hearth. Heavenly blacksmith and great warrior. There is quite contradictory information about this god.
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Saraswati The beautiful goddess of eloquence.
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Saga Saga. Ace, goddess of stories and genealogy.
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Ran Ran. Van, Aegir's wife, is the goddess of weather and storms, requiring regular sacrifices of souls.
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Rudra One of the main Indian gods, multi-armed and three-eyed. Son of the creator of the Universe Brahma.
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Rodov Triglav see [Greater Triglav]
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Radogost (legend) The essence of the punishing face of the Almighty, the judge of human souls.
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Proteus (legend) Sea god, capable of taking the form of different creatures and transforming into various properties of matter - fire, water, wood.
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Poseidon God of the sea, father of Triton and Proteus.
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Whistling Elder Wind, God of Storms. Son of Stribog.
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Midnighter God of the midnight wind, son of Stribog.
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Midday God of the midday wind, son of Stribog.
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Polel God of love and spring fertility, brother of Lelya and Lelya.
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Podaga God of the hot, drying wind, living in the desert in the south. Son of Stribog.
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Weather Warm, light breeze, god of pleasant weather. Son of Stribog.
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Perun (legend) "Striking". Red-bearded god of thunder, thunder and lightning, patron of warriors and knights. One of the main trinity of gods. His attribute is an axe.
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Pereplut (legend) Pereplut - God of the sea, navigation. The mermen obey him. Information about him is insufficient for precise definition its functions.
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Ohuras A class of gods in India and Iran.
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Osiris Usyr. God of fertility and king of the underworld.
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Ora Goddess of the changing seasons and hours.
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Ocean Husband of Thetis.
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Odin (legend) Supreme god of Scandinavia, ace, ruler of Asgard, god of warriors.
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Fiery Volkh Guardian of the path to the Irian Garden, god of war and courage. Lelya's husband.
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Ovivi see [Kokopelli]
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Oannes (legend) Eya. Babylonian god of the sea, the oldest of the sea gods.
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O-Kuni-Nushi God, who grew grass and trees on the earth, who taught people to heal diseases.
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Nui-wa Goddess is the creator of humanity.
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Njord (legend) Njord. Van, the patron saint of navigation, fishing and shipbuilding, is subject to the winds and the sea. Njord is richer than all the Aesir and, like all Vanir, very kind.
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Ninurta God of War.
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Nintu The goddess who created people, the patroness of women in labor.
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Nereus God of the calm sea. Lives in a palace at the bottom of the sea.
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Nergal Lord of the kingdom of the dead, husband of the goddess Ereshkigal.
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Nemesis Goddess of well-deserved punishment.
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Nedolya is the Goddess, together with Dolya and Makosh, who spins the thread of human life on earth.
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Nanna God of the Moon.
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Nanna Nanna. As, goddess of fertility, wife of Balder, who did not survive his death.
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Namtar "Fate" God who appears to a dying person and takes him to the kingdom of the dead.
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Nabu God is the patron of sciences.
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Morrigan (legend) In Irish mythology, one of the three goddesses of war. She is also called the Mighty Queen and is seen as the Triple Goddess or the death aspect of the Triple Goddess.
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Morok God of lies and deceit, ignorance and delusion. But he is also the keeper of the paths to the Truth, hiding the Truth from others behind the empty shimmer of the world.
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Morozko (legend) God of winter and cold weather. A short old man with a long gray beard. In winter, he runs through the fields and streets and knocks - from his knocking, bitter frosts begin and the rivers are bound with ice.
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Modi (legend) Modi. Ace, son of Thor and Sif, sometimes mentioned as the patron of berserkers.
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Mithra Ancient Iranian deity, embodiment: bull. His cult was very widespread in the Roman Empire in the first centuries new era, as the "Soldier's God".
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Mictlantecuhtli Lord of Mictlan, the underworld of the dead.
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Month Month Mesyatsovich, brother of the Sun. “Perun was angry with him and cut him in half with a damask ax. Since then, the month has become not round, but the way we see it in the sky.”
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Mother of Cheese Earth (legend) People revered the Earth not only in pagan times, but also now. The earth is called holy, mother, and she is the embodiment of health and purity. The wife of the sky, which fertilizes her with rain.
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Marzana (legend) Goddess of death of all living creatures except humans, goddess of hunting, fishing and trapping.
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Madder (legend) Marana, Morena, Marzhana, Marzhena. A goddess associated with the embodiment of death, the seasonal rituals of nature's dying and resurrection, and rainmaking rituals.
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Marduk Originally the god of the city of Babylon, later the supreme deity, “lord of the gods.”
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Mara (goddess) (legend) Morana, Morena, Marena, Mora. Mighty and formidable goddess of Winter and Death, wife (daughter) of Kashchei and daughter of Lada, sister of Zhiva and Lelya. Her symbol is the Black Moon, piles of broken skulls and a sickle with which she cuts the Threads of Life.
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Mani Mani. The Moon as a deity, one of the three goddesses, along with Hyuk and Bil.
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Mamon (legend) Mamon Slavic black deity of wealth and gluttony, opposed to the light gods.
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Small Triglav (legend) Svarog - Perun - Veles.
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Makosh (legend) Makosh is the Goddess who spins the Threads of Fate in Heaven, and also the patroness of women's handicrafts on Earth.
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Magura (legend) Daughter of Perun, cloud maiden - beautiful, winged, warlike. Her heart is forever given to warriors and heroes. She sends the dead warriors to Iriy.
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Magni (legend) Magni. As, son of Thor, god physical strength.
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Lub (legend) Lub is the Guardian Spirit of the marriage bed. He appeared to be a big-eared, shaggy, golden-haired cat with an arrowhead stalk in his teeth. Lyub had to be appeased in every possible way so that he would drive Nelyub away from the bedroom - the same cat, only black and angry, with a henbane branch in his mouth.
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Lei-shen God of thunder.
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Loki (legend) Giant, god of fire, brother of Odin, accepted by Asami as an equal.
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Summer Olympic goddess.
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Lelya (legend) Spring, goddess of girlish love, younger Rozhanitsa, patroness of lovers, beauty, happiness. Lada's daughter. Semargl's wife.
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Lel (legend) God of youthful love, passion, son of Lada and brother of Lelya. Sparks emanate from his hands, igniting the fire of love.
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Lahmu Lahmu and Lahamu are the most ancient pair of gods generated by primeval chaos.
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Lampetia Daughter of the sun god Phoebus and the oceanid Clymene.
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Lakshmi Born of the ocean, a beautiful maiden in a white robe is the goddess of beauty and happiness.
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Lada (legend) The female hypostasis of Rod, the wife of Svarog and the mother of the Svarozhich gods, the eldest Rozhanitsa (Rozhanitsa - Mother), family deity.
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Lad is the God of reconciliation and harmony, in a sense, order.
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Leuven Lofn. As, the goddess who sanctifies marriages between people.
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Kyldysin (legend)
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Bathing suit Goddess of the night. Mother of Kostroma and Kupala, whom she gave birth to from Semargl.
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Kupala (legend) Kupala (and his twin sister Kostorma): children of the goddess of the Night Bathing Suit and Semargl.
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Kubera God of wealth, living in the heavenly city of Gandharvaranagara (“mirage”).
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Kuaz (legend)
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Kruchina see [Karna]
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Kostroma (legend) The daughter of Semargl and Kupalnitsa, who mistakenly married her brother Kupala, and committed suicide by drowning herself and turning into a mermaid.
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Kokopelli (legend) Ovivi. Small Indian god.
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Clymene Nymph (Oceanide), wife of the sun god Phoebus.
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Kvasura (legend) Originally the god of intoxicating mead, beer, wine, fun and winemaking, almost the same as Yar-Khmel.
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Jord Goddess of the earth.
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Ishtar see [Inanna]
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Ishkuin see [Tlazolteotl]
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Itzamana Mayan god of healing, fair-skinned bearded man. His symbol is a rattlesnake.
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Isis Goddess of the Moon.
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Iris Goddess of the rainbow, daughter of Thaumant.
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Inmar God, ruler of the upper, heavenly world - the world of the gods.
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Indra (legend) "Lord". The main god of the Indian Vedic pantheon. In the Book of Veles he is mentioned as the supreme heavenly god.
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Inari One of the good gods, benevolent and wise.
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Inanna Ishtar. Goddess of fertility and love
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Isis see [Isis]
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Idunn see [Iddun]
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Izanami Goddess, wife of Izanaki, later the mistress of the kingdom of the dead.
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Izanaki Izanaki is the god, creator of the earth and people.
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Iddun (legend) Idunn. Ace, goddess eternal youth and healing.
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Zimtserla (legend) Lady of the beginning of the day, goddess of the dawn. It comes out at night to frolic over forests and fields, and then they call it Zarnitsa.
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Zeus is the Supreme Olympian god.
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Zevana (legend) Goddess of animals and hunting. In the temple she holds a drawn bow and a trap in her hands, and at her feet lies a spear and a knife.
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Zhurba see [Zhelya]
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Zhelya see [Zhelya]
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Zhiva see [Zhiva]
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Alive (legend) is the Goddess of Spring and Life in all its manifestations: the Life-giving Forces of Nature, spring seething waters, the first green shoots; patroness of young girls and young wives.
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Zhelya (legend) Zhelya, Zhurba. The goddess of mortal sadness, pity and funeral lament, the messenger of the dead, escorting them to the funeral pyre. Even the mere mention of her name lightens the soul.
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Erd Erd. As, mother of Thor, goddess of the earth.
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Dyy (legend) The name of God, mentioned in the Old Russian insert into the South Slavic text “The Virgin’s Walk through the Torments.” Sometimes - a general designation for the middle gods.
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Dubynya One of the three giant brothers, assistants of Perun (Gorynya, Dubynya and Usynya).
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Doris Sea goddess, wife of Nereus, mother of the Nereids.
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Share (legend) Heavenly spinner, spinning the good, blessed thread of human life. Nedolya's sister, Mokosh's assistant.
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Dodola (legend) Thunder goddess of spring. She walks over the fields and cornfields with her retinue, and they are chased in the noise spring thunderstorm Perun and his companions.
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Dogoda (legend) God of quiet, pleasant winds and clear weather. A ruddy, brown-haired young man in a cornflower blue wreath, in silver-blue clothes, with semi-precious wings on his back.
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Dimuzi Tammuz. God of spring fertility, patron of cattle breeders.
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Dimu-nyannian Goddess, personification of the earth.
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Did (legend) The third son of the goddess Lada, after Lelya and Polelya, the god of marital love. The eternally young Did patronizes strong unions and is revered as a symbol of ageless, inescapable love.
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Divya (legend) (Diva) Goddess of nature, mother of all living things. The primary goddess, equal in size to Diyu.
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Diverkiz (legend) Hare god, once revered by Slavic and Baltic tribes.
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Diva (legend) Virgo, Divia, Dina (Vlach), Devana (Czech) Goddess of hunting, protected forests, animals, maidens (women's secret hunting communities).
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Dijun God, father of the heavenly bodies.
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Danaus Father of the nymph Amymon.
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Dana (legend) Goddess of water. She was revered as a bright and kind goddess, giving life to all living things.
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Dazhdbog Svarozhich (legend) Dabog, Dazhbog, Dabusha. “The Giver God”, “The Giver of all blessings”. Sun God, son of Svarog.
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Gullveig (legend) Gullveig. Van, one of the main opponents of the aces. The Aesir speak of her as a witch and sorceress.
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Horus Bird-headed god of the sun.
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Gna Gna. Ace, Frigga's servant and messenger, traveling through different worlds, carrying out instructions for his mistress.
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Gaia Goddess - Earth, wife of Uranus, mother of Tetis.
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Gefyun Gefju. Ace, goddess of gardening and the plow
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Hephaestus God of flame, blacksmith.
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Hermes Trismegistus (Thrice Greatest). Patron of magic and esotericism.
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Hermes "Messenger", "Thief", "Psychopomp" - the leader of souls to the kingdom of Hades.
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Helia Daughter of the sun god Phoebus and the oceanid Clymene.
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Helios Sun God of Olympus, son of the titans Hyperion and Theia, brother of Selene and Eos.
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Geladas Daughters of the sun god Phoebus and the oceanids Clymene: Phaetusa, Lampetia, Helia and Etheria.
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Hecate Goddess dark forces, the underworld and the night, three-faced and snake-haired.
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Garuda (legend) Paradise Bird, half-eagle, half-man, symbol of speed and power, child of heaven and king of all birds. Phoenix.
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Vjofn Vjofn. Aes, goddess of harmony and example, resolving disagreements among mortals.
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Vulcan Roman God-blacksmith, as well as the god of purifying flame, protecting from fires.
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Vritra Demon from the myth of Indra.
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Wotan God of the Maya, light-skinned bearded man. His symbol is a snake
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Thief Vor. Ace, goddess of curiosity and mystery solving
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Water strider Small Indian god.
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Vishnu The second god of the trinity, heading the Brahmanic pantheon. Depicted as blue, with four arms, holding a club, a conch shell, a disc and a lotus.
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Vili is wanted by As, son (daughter) of Bor, brother (sister) of Odin and Ve.
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Vidar (legend) The Silent Ace, the son of Odin and the giantess Grid, is almost as powerful as the god of thunder Thor.
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Vecherka Goddess of the evening (she corresponds to Vechernik). Sister of Poludnitsa, Bathing Lady and Dawn - Zarenitsa.
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We are looking for As, son (daughter) of Bor, brother (sister) of Odin and Vili.
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Varuna God of the Ocean.
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Varma-ava Goddess of the wind in Mordovia.
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Var Var. Ace, goddess of truth. Listens to and writes down people's vows.
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Vans Vaner. A genus of gods in Scandinavia who were at enmity with the gods - Asami.
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Vanadis see [Freya]
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Vali (legend) As, one of the twelve main (after Odin) gods.
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Storm (legend) Goddess of the wind, wife of Stribog. "Required like Stribog."
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Buri Buri. Ace, freed from the ice by the cow Audumla, Bor's father.
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Bulda One of the gods. wanted
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Bragi (legend) "Longbeard". As, god of poets and skalds, son of Odin, husband of Idunn.
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Bor Bor. As, son of Storm, husband of Bestla, father of Odin, Vili and Ve.
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Greater Triglav or Rodov Triglav: Rod - Belobog - Chernobog.
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Bozhich (legend) Bozhik (Maked.), Mares (Lat.). One of the heroes of the caroling ritual, a symbol of the New Year. Bozhich is the patron of family and home.
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Bogumir (legend) Son of Dazhbog and Morena. He married Slavun and from him came all the people on the Russian land, the tribes from his children. That’s why they say that the Rus are Dazhdboz’s grandchildren.
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Bil Bil. Waning Moon, one of the three goddesses, along with Hyuk and Mani.
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Belobog (legend) The embodiment of Light, Goodness, Luck, happiness, goodness, the personification of the daytime spring sky. A collective image of all the light gods.
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Barma (legend) God of prayer. This is a good god, but if he gets angry, at that moment it is better not to get in his way.
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Balder (legend) Ace, god of spring, joy and happiness. With his death, the world became gray and dull, as it is now.
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Aushra Lithuanian god of the dawn.
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Aces Aesir. Kind of gods in Scandinavia.
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Aster "Star". One of the names of Veles.
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Aslati God of Thunder.
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Artemis Goddess of the hunt.
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Apollo is the Olympian sun god, son of Zeus and Leto, brother of Artemis.
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Anu God of the sky.
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Andrimnir (legend) Cook in Valhalla.
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Amaterasu Amaterasu is the sun goddess.
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Hades Lord of the kingdom of the dead.
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Azovushka Wife of Veles.
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Aegir (legend) Van, god of the sea, who controls the mood of the sea surface.
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Aditya The Supreme spirit, the essence of the universe in the Rig Vedas.
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Aditi Father of all gods.
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Adad God of thunder, rain and storm.
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Agunya (legend) God of Earthly Fire, the youngest of the Svarozhichi. It represents the Power of the Heavenly Gods on Earth - cleansing and protecting from all evil spirits.
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Agric A legendary hero who owned a treasure sword, mentioned in “The Tale of Peter and Fevronia.”
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Aurora Goddess of the morning dawn.