A household deity is a deity or spirit that protects the home, looking after the entire household or certain key members. It has been a common belief...

Other household gods, or expressions of the Domovoy, are: Dvorovoy – tutelary deity of the courtyard Bannik – "Bath Spirit", the tutelary deity of the...

and granaries. Each Roman home had a set of protective deities: the Lar or Lares of the household or familia, whose shrine was a lararium; the Penates who...

A toilet god is a deity associated with latrines and toilets. Belief in toilet gods – a type of household deity – has been known from both modern and...

(Slavic) Haltija/Tonttu (Finnish) Heinzelmännchen (German) Household deity Lithuanian household gods (list) Hungry ghost Jack o' the bowl (Swiss) Koro-pok-guru...

Candomblé. Gate guardian – Symbolic guardian at a military facility Household deity – Deity or spirit associated with the home Liminal being – Being that cannot...

(magic) Black cat Boye (dog) Daemon (mythology) DMT Genius (mythology) Household deity Imp İye Kuladevata Nagual Pelesit Pillan Power animal Púca, Irish folklore...

named Hera) was celebrated at Knossos in Crete. In Near East the solar-deity and the moon-goddess are oftenly represented as a bull and a cow and Roscher...

Dimstipatis (mentioned by Jokūbas Lavinskis), is a masculine deity (genius loci). It is a household god, the guardian of houses and caretaker of the hearth...

member of a college Household deity, a deity or spirit that protects the home or members of the household Master of the Household, the chief operational...

Meldi Mata is a Hindu goddess and household deity who protects farmland. A legend says that she can grant any wish. She is mainly famous in the western...

dedicated to Ashapura Mata, the household deity of former Jadeja rulers of kutch State. She is also considered patron deity of Kutch. The village is located...

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in Sicily. Hecate was one of several deities worshipped in ancient Athens as a protector of the oikos (household), alongside Zeus, Hestia, Hermes, and...

the free dictionary. Bogeyman Dobby (Harry Potter) Hob (folklore) Household deity Kobold Niuli A hob, is also flat metal shelf at the side or back of...

(English: /pɪˈneɪtiːz/ pin-AY-teez) were among the dii familiares, or household deities, invoked most often in domestic rituals. When the family had a meal...

them with ancestor-deities, domestic Penates, and the hearth. Because of these associations, Lares are sometimes categorised as household gods, but some had...

Iratxoak (sing.: iratxo) are the imps of Basque mythology. Usually benevolent, they help with farming labours in the night if given presents of food. Galtxagorriak...

and the word assumptively also meant "household spirit" in MHG, and certainly something of a "household deity" in the post-medieval period (gloss dated...

intended to bestow fertility on a female member of the household, or been an offering to a household deity. Concealed shoes have been found in many types of...

lesser deity (daemon) of classical ancient Greek religion and Graeco-Egyptian religion. In his original Greek form, he served as a household god, to...

The Roman deities most widely known today are those the Romans identified with Greek counterparts, integrating Greek myths, iconography, and sometimes...

1550–1069 BCE), household deities like Taweret gained even more importance. Taweret's image has been found on an array of household objects, demonstrating...

The Erdhenne (German: lit. Earth Hen), alternatively called Coluber domesticus, Erdhühnlein, Erdglucke, Erdglutsch, or Herdhendl, is a German house spirit...

century, such as goblin, brownie, leprechaun and other instances of the household spirit type, losing its strict association with earth or the underground...

Lares Familiares are guardian household deities and tutelary deities in ancient Roman religion. The singular form is Lar Familiaris. Lares were thought...

because the explanation eludes the believer. List of deities Di Penates Hestia Household deity Jowangsin is a Korean kitchen god. Zàojūn is a Chinese...

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ancestor figurines rather than household deities, and that the "current interpretation of the teraphim as household deities suffers from a one-sided use...

depending on the story and country of origin, ranging from mischievous household spirits to malicious, bestial thieves. They often have magical abilities...