Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

234 OpoIn later times his main cult center was at Samannudin the Nile delta. His consort is the lion goddessMekhit. Onuris is generally depicted inhuman form as a bearded figure wearing a crownwith four plumes and wielding a spear or occasionallyholding a rope. He is sometimes accompaniedby Mekhit in iconography. Seen as ahunter who caught and slew the enemies of RE,the Egyptian sun god, some legends place himclose to the battle between HORUS and SETH. Inclassical times, Onuris became largely syncretizedwith the Greek war god ARES. Also Anhuret(Egyptian).OpoGod of the ocean. Akan [Ghana, West Africa].One of the sons of the creator god NYAME, he isalso considered to be the god of the great inlandlakes and rivers of Ghana.Opochtli (left)Minor god of lake fishermen and hunters. Aztec(classical Mesoamerican) [Mexico]. One of thegroup classed as the TLALOC complex.OpsGoddess of harvests. Greco-Roman. Honored inan annual festival on August 25. She is also concernedwith regulating the proper growth ofseeds. A sanctuary is dedicated to her in the Regiain Rome.Oraios (wealth)Primordial deity. Gnostic Christian. One of theandrogynous elements born to YALDABAOTH, theprime parent, and ruler of the seven heavens ofchaos in Gnostic mythology.OrcusChthonic underworld god. Roman. Modeled onthe Greek god HADES.OrdogChthonic malevolent god. Pre-Christian Hungarian.After Christianization he became syncretizedwith the devil.OreadesAnimistic spirits of the mountains. Greco-Roman. Female personalities assigned theguardianship of mountains by the great gods.Invoked by travelers to ensure their safety.Ori (mind)God of wisdom. Yoruba [Nigeria, West Africa].The deity who, in heaven, guides the soul butwho also acts as a personal guardian, controllingindividual mental ability, so that one personbecomes wise and another foolish.OrisanlaSky god. Yoruba [Nigeria, West Africa]. Delegatedby OLODUMARE as a creator of earth and livingthings.OroGod of war. Polynesian [Tahiti]. One of the sonsof TANGAROA.OrotaltTutelary god. Pre-Islamic Arabian. Thought toequate with the northern Arabian god RUDA(Ruldaiu). Mentioned by Herodotus in Hellenic