God/Goddess

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Harmakhis galerie at TEFAF 2015 Classical Antiquities (13-22 March 2015)
Naos-sistrum. Faience. Height 27.9 cm. Egypt, 26th Dynasty, reign of Amasis (570–526 BC). Harmakhis galerie (stand 439). TEFAF 2015 Antiques (13-22 March 2015)
nobody's heart is perfect
Mazu [媽祖], also spelt Matsu and Ma-tsu, is the Chinese goddess of the sea who is said to protect fishermen and sailors. Over 1,000 years ago, a young girl by the name of Mazu (original name was Lin Mo) was born at the Xianliang Port of Meizhou Bay in Putian, East China’s Fujian Province. Clever, brave and kindhearted, Mazu could forecast the weather and offered medical services to fellow islanders. As legend goes, Mazu ascended to heaven and became immortal at Meizhou Bay.
[4/7] KOREAN GODS AND GODDESSES | YEOMNA Yeomna (염라) or Yeomra, in Korean mythology, is a supreme ruler and fifth of the ten kings of the underworld (Shi-wang), who judges the sins of the deceased and decide what to do with them. He is based on Yama, a wrathful underworld god of the Hindu Vedas.
nobody's heart is perfect
Toyotama-hime, better known as Otohime [乙姫], is the Japanese goddess of dragons and the sea. She is the daughter of the sea King Ryujin.
invictus maneo
A goddess from Slavic folklore. Slavs believed that when Perperuša milks her heavenly cows, the clouds, it rains on earth. Each spring it is said that she flies over woods and fields, and spread vernal greenery, decorating the trees with blossoms. Therefore she symbolizes the youth and the rebirth. In times of drought she was invoked to induce rain by the dancing and singing of young women. She is also the patroness of young girls and preserver of their secrets. The wife of the supreme
Calliope. Not my favorite Muse, but undoubtedly the one with the best name.
Gyhldeptis was a Native American Goddess. She is known as a coastal forest Goddess with long hair whose name means “Lady Hanging Hair” representing the long moss hanging from the cedar trees. She is protector of the forest and its creatures as well as the people who worship her, she is also seen as the spirit of the trees. Gyhldeptis helps us in times of stress and chaos. She assists in calming us and brings us back to our center.