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Deng, Bringer of Fertility and Rain
Classification: God
Culture/Religion: Dinka and Nuer of the Sudan and South
Sudan
Associated: Storms and Fertility
Deng, also known as Denka, is a sky, rain, and fertility god
in Dinka mythology for the Dinka people of Sudan and South Sudan. He is the son
of the goddess Abuk.
She is the only well-known female deity of the Dinka. She is
also the patron goddess of women as well as gardens. Her emblem or symbols are,
a small snake, the moon and sheep.
Among his followers, Deng is regarded as the intermediary
between humans and the supreme being. Closely linked with the supreme god
Nhialic, he was regarded as the son of god and sometimes as the son of the
goddess Abuk. In some areas of Dinka country, Deng and Nhialic are
"regarded as one and the same".
He was an important sky god, to some clans an ancestor and
creator god of the Dinka people, and he manifested himself in the fertilizing
water that fell from the heavens.
The Dinka believe that in the beginning the sky was very
low, so low that man had to be extremely careful when hoeing or pounding grain
so as not to hit the sky. One day the greedy woman Abuk pounded more grain than
she was allotted, using an especially long pestle. Deng was so angered by this
that he cursed mankind, saying people would have to work harder for the fruits
of the earth and in the end would also have to die.
Lightning is Deng’s club, and rain and birth are
manifestations of his presence. If one is struck by lightning, one is not to be
mourned because it is believed that Deng has taken that person directly to
himself.
Among the Nuer, Deng is considered to be "a foreign
deity" and "a bringer of disease".
Name(s): Poseidon, Poseidon Aegaeus, Poseidon Hippios
Pantheon/Culture:
Greek
Rules over: Sea, Earthquakes, Storms, and Horses
Gender: Male
Symbols: Trident, Fish, Dolphin, Horse and Bull
Parents: Cronus and Rhea
Consort: Amphitrite
Siblings: Hades, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Zeus
Children: Theseus, Triton, Polyphemus, Belus, Agenor,
Neleus, Atlas
Roman name: Neptune
Poseidon was god of the sea, earthquakes, storms, and horses
and is considered one of the most bad-tempered, moody and greedy Olympian gods.
He was known to be vengeful when insulted.
Name:
Verbti the Blind One
Classification:
God/Demon
Associated: Fire, The North Wind . Storms
Culture: Old Albanian
Symbol: The Staff, the
Flame
Sacred Element: Colbolt
Sacred Stone: Red
Garnet
Verbti which means the
blind one, and a god of fire and the north wind in Albanian Folk Lore and Myth.
Hates uncleanliness and bad ways of speaking and his fire is said to cleanse both.
Venerated as a weather
and storm god in Albanian mythology and folklore, who causes hailstorms and
controls fire, water, and the northern wind which fans the flames of fire.
Also known as Shën Verbti or Rmoria, he was
worshiped in northern Albania until recent times. In Albanian mythology.
As Christianity spread
across the region he was turned into a fire demon and it was said that any who
would invoke his blessings would go blind.