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Notus—Male—Mediterranean
Father: Astraeus
Mother: Eos
Greek god of the South Wind associated
with the South Quarter (Fire) in Wiccan ritual.
Nu-Kua—Female—Central Asia
Husband: Fu-Hsing
Animal association: Snake
Chinese Creator who made the first hu-
mans of yellow clay.
Nuah—Female—Middle East/Mediterranean
Babylonian moon goddess involved in the
Great Flood. Because her tale was absorbed
by Ishtar, she is often overlooked. This is un-
fortunate as her name show the clear connec-
tion between the Babylonian Great Flood and
the one recorded in the Old Testament. The
Old Testament Noah is likely a masculine ver-
sion of the name Nuah, although in the
Babylonian story she is the goddess whose ac-
tions began the Great Flood. See Ishtar.
Nurelli—Male—Australia
Australian god of law and order to the
Wiimbaio tribe. Patron of those who work in
criminal justice and politics.
Nusku—Male—Middle East/Mediterranean/
Central Asia
Sumerian god of fire and light. His sacred
flame was said to destroy evil. Eventually he mi-
grated into Western Asia. There he acquired
an association with the building of civilization.
Nut—Female—Africa
(Also known as Nuit [Thelemic])
Father: Shu
Mother: Tefnut
Lover: Geb
Animal associations: Cow, Eagle, Peacock
Plant associations: Amaranth, Coconut, Olive,
Sycamore
Holidays: August 24–28, December 25.
Egyptian personification and Goddess of
the Sky, the Heavens, and the Stars that burn
there. She is the veil between chaos and or-
der. She is depicted as a skyclad woman
painted with the burning stars of heaven who
is held to the sky by her father Shu. Her hus-
band Geb is the Earth below her. The name
Nuit is an alternative spelling made popular
by Aleister Crowley. In Wiccan ritual she is
associated with the South/Fire quarter. See
also Ra, Tefnut, Shu, and Geb.
Nyame—Male—Africa
(Also known as Nyankopon)
Ashanti god of sky, storms, and lightning.
Nyame is the supreme deity of his pantheon.
Provided humanity with sun, moon, rain, and
the other requirements of farming after re-
quested by Anansi. As creator of humanity, his
story is loosely the story of Adam, Lilith, and
Eve, except here it was the first man that be-
came rebellious and later described as evil. So
Nyame buried him and created a second man
to be the husband of the first woman, whom
Nyame created from a tree. They went on to
become the progenitors of humanity.
Nymphs—Female—Mediterranean
Animal association: All wild animals
Greek Nature spirits most commonly rep-
resented as beautiful women clad only by the
sky. The male counterparts are the Satyr.
Nyx—Female—Mediterranean
Lover: Erebus
‘Night’—Chaos is sometimes cited as her
father, brother or lover. See Chaos for an ex-
planation. Nyx and Erebus are often cited as
brother and sister because they share the same
father. However, their birth did not involve the
Great Rite. Instead, they were the son and
daughter of Chaos in the way Darkness and
Light were the children of the Nameless One
of the Book of Genesis.
Oba—Female—Africa
Yoruba river goddess who tried to win the
favor of Shango by offering him her ear to eat.
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