god
Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | ![]() pantheon - all the gods of a religion spiritual being, supernatural being - an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events daemon, demigod - a person who is part mortal and part god sea god - a deity that personifies the sea and is usually believed to live in or to control the sea sun god - a god that personifies the sun or is otherwise associated with the sun Celtic deity - a deity worshipped by the Celts Egyptian deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians Semitic deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites Hindu deity - a deity worshipped by the Hindus Persian deity - a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians Chinese deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese Japanese deity - a deity worshipped by the Japanese goddess - a female deity demiurge - a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity - a deity of classical mythology Greek deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks Roman deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans Norse deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen Teutonic deity - (German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons Anglo-Saxon deity - (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons Phrygian deity - deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor saint - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization god of war, war god - a god worshipped as giving victory in war snake god, zombi, zombie - a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies | |
3. | god - a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people; "he was a god among men" higher-up, superior, superordinate - one of greater rank or station or quality | |
4. | ![]() effigy, simulacrum, image - a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone" golden calf - (Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites to worship; destroyed by Moses; it is now used to refer to anything worshipped undeservedly joss - a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol Juggernaut - a crude idol of Krishna |
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god
noun deity, immortal, divinity, divine being, supreme being Zeus, king of the gods see the Fates, the Graces, the Muses
Quotations
"As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods;"
"They kill us for their sport" [William Shakespeare King Lear]
"Heaven always bears some proportion to earth. The god of the cannibal will be a cannibal, of the crusader a crusader, and of the merchants a merchant" [Ralph Waldo Emerson The Conduct of Life]
"If the triangles were to make a god, he would have three sides" [Montesquieu Lettres Persanes]
Gods and Goddesses
Aztec Acolmiztli, Acolnahuacatl, Amimitl, Atl, Atlaua, Camaxtli, Centeotl, Centzonuitznaua, Chalchiuhtlatonal, Chalchiuhtlicue, Chalchiutotolin, Chalmecacihuilt, Chantico, Chicomecoatl, Chicomexochtli, Chiconahui, Cihuacoatl, Coatlicue, Cochimetl, Coyolxauhqui, Ehecatl, Huehueteotl, Huitzilopochtli, Huixtocihuatl, Ilamatecuhtli, Innan, Itzlacoliuhque, Itzli, Itzpapalotl, Ixtlilton, Macuilxochitl, Malinalxochi, Mayahuel, Mictlantecihuatl, Mictlantecutli, Mixcoatl, Nanauatzin, Omacatl, Omecihuatl, Ometecuhtli, Patecatl, Paynal, Quetzalcoatl, Tecciztecatl, Techalotl, Techlotl, Tepeyollotl, Teteo, Tezcatlipoca, Tlahuixcalpantecuhtli, Tlaloc, Tlaltecuhtli, Tlazolteotl, Tonacatecuhtli, Tonatiuh, Tzapotla, Tena, Tzintetol, Tzontemoc, Uixtociuatl, Xilonen, Xipe Totec, Xippilli, Xiuhcoatl, Xiuhteuctli, Xochipilli, Xochiquetzal, Xolotl, Yacatecuhtli
Egyptian Anubis, Hathor, Horus, Isis, Maat, Osiris, Ptah, Ra or Amen-Ra, Re, Serapis, Set, Thoth
Greek Aeolus
Aphrodite
Apollo
Ares
Artemis
Asclepius
Athene or Pallas Athene
Bacchus
Boreas
Cronos
Demeter
Dionysus
Eos
Eros
Fates
Gaea or Gaia
Graces
Hades
Hebe
Hecate
Helios
Hephaestus
Hera
Hermes
Horae or the Hours
Hymen
Hyperion
Hypnos
Iris
Momus
Morpheus
Nemesis
Nike
Pan
Poseidon
Rhea
Selene
Uranus
Zephyrus
Zeus
Hindu Agni, Brahma, Devi, Durga, Ganesa, Hanuman, Indra, Kali, Kama, Krishna, Lakshmi, Maya, Rama, Siva or Shiva, Ushas, Varuna, Vishnu
Incan Gods and Goddesses Apo, Apocatequil, Apu Illapu, Apu Punchau, Catequil, Cavillaca, Chasca, Chasca Coyllur, Cocomama, Coniraya, Copacati, Ekkeko, Huaca, Illapa, Inti, Ka-Ata-Killa Kon, Mama Allpa, Mama Cocha, Mama Oello, Mama Pacha, Mama Quilla, Manco Capac, Pachacamac, Pariacaca, Paricia, Punchau, Supay, Urcaguary, Vichama, Viracocha, Zaramama
Mayan Ac Yanto, Acan, Acat, Ah Bolom Tzacab, Ah Cancum, Ah Chun Caan, Ah Chuy Kak, Ah Ciliz, Ah Cun Can, Ah Cuxtal, Ah Hulneb, Ah Kin, Ah Mun, Ah Muzencab, Ah Peku, Ah Puch, Ah Tabai, Ah Uincir Dz'acab, Ah Uuc Ticab, Ahau-Kin, Ahmakiq, Ahulane, Ajbit, Akhushtal, Alaghom Naom, Alom, Backlum Chaam, Balam, Bitol, Buluc Chabtan, Cabaguil, Cakulha, Camaxtli, Camazotz, Caprakan, Cauac, Chac, Chac Uayab Xoc, Chamer, Chibirias, Cit Bolon Tum, Cizin, Colel Cab, Colop U Uichkin, Coyopa, Cum Hau, Ekchuah, Ghanan, Gucumatz, Hacha'kyum, Hun Came, Hun Hunahpu, Hunab Ku, Hurakan, Itzamna, Itzananohk`u, Ix, Ixchel or Ix Chebel Yax, Ixtab, Ixzaluoh, Kan, Kan-u-Uayeyab, Kan-xib-yui, Kianto, K'in, Kinich Ahau, Kukulcan, Mulac, Naum, Nohochacyum, Tlacolotl, Tohil, Tzakol, Votan, Xaman Ek, Yaluk, Yum Caax, Zotz
Norse Aegir, Aesir, Balder, Bragi, Frey or Freyr, Freya or Freyja, Frigg or Frigga, Hel or Hela, Heimdall, Heimdal, or Heimdallr, Idun or Ithunn, Loki, Njord or Njorth, Norns, Odin or Othin, Thor, Tyr or Tyrr, Vanir
Roman Aesculapius
Apollo
Aurora
Bacchus
Bellona
Bona Dea
Ceres
Cupid
Cybele
Diana
Faunus
Flora
Janus
Juno
Jupiter or Jove
Lares
Luna
Mars
Mercury
Minerva
Neptune
Penates
Phoebus
Pluto
Quirinus
Saturn
Sol
Somnus
Trivia
Venus
Victoria
Vulcan
God
nounQuotations
"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" Bible: Psalms
"God is seen God"
"In the star, in the stone, in the flesh, in the soul and the clod" [Robert Browning Men and Women]
"You cannot plumb the depths of the human heart, nor find out what a man is thinking; how do you expect to search out God, who made all these things, and find out his mind or comprehend his thoughts?" Apocrypha: Judith
"If God did not exist, man would have to invent him" [Voltaire Epître CIV à l'auteur du livre des trois imposteurs]
"God moves in a mysterious way"
"His wonders to perform" [William Cowper Light Shining Out of Darkness]
"The voice of the people is the voice of God" [Alcuin Epistles]
"God is but a word invented to explain the world" [Lamartine Nouvelle harmonies poétiques et religieuses]
"Thou shalt have one God only; who"
"Would be at the expense of two?" [Arthur Hugh Clough The Latest Decalogue]
"God is subtle, but he is not malicious" [Albert Einstein]
"God, to me, it seems,"
"is a verb"
"not a noun,"
"proper or improper" [R. Buckminster Fuller No More Secondhand God]
"Theist and Atheist: The fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name" [Samuel Butler Note-books]
"It is an insult to God to believe in God" [Galen Strawson]
"God and the doctor we alike adore"
"But only when in danger, not before;"
"The danger o'er, both are alike requited,"
"God is forgotten, and the Doctor slighted" [John Owen Epigrams]
"Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me" [Alice Walker The Color Purple]
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