war deity

They had war deities such as Gurzil and Ifri.

Roman war deities Mars and Minerva were also worshipped.

The Malseonang is a war deity, with a large sword in one hand and reining a flying horse in the other.

Gurzil - or Agurzil - was a war deity of the ancient Berbers.

According to a aztec legend, it was Huitzilopochtli, the war deity and patron of the Mexica who gave them their name.

Because of his ferocity in battle, Chiyou was also worshiped as a war deity in ancient China.

Kū, Hawaiian war deity.

Maru, South Island war deity (little known)

Tūmatauenga, Māori war deity.

Originally, it was associated with the Shinto war deity Hachiman, and through that was adopted by the samurai as their traditional symbol.

One has the name Aphrodite - goddess of love but also a sea goddess, a war deity and a patron of sailors - scrawled on it.

According to one legend, the war deity and patron of the Mexica Huitzilopochtli possessed Mexitl or Mexi as a secret name.

Plato drew a parallel between Athene and the ancient Libyan and Egyptian goddess Neith, a war deity who also was depicted carrying a shield.

The Morrigan: Babd, Macha, and Nemain, Celtic war deities and denizens of the underworld.

She is generally considered a war deity comparable with the Germanic Valkyries, although her association with a cow may also suggest a role connected with wealth and the land.

Some suggest that Skanda may have come from Hinduism as the war deity Kartikeya / Muruga (Tamil), who bears the title Skanda.

Her role in the Egyptian pantheon became diminished as Sekhmet, a similar lioness war deity, became more dominant in the unified culture of Lower and Upper Egypt.

It is not surprising in pagan Celtic society with many war deities, as tradition suggests, that the name Maoilmhichil would be adopted early in the development of Christian Ireland.

A fire-breathing lioness was one of the earliest of solar and war deities in Ancient Egypt (representations from 3000 years prior to the Greek) and influences are feasible.

In 2011 during a road reconstruction near the archaeological park found in the site a statue of the Hellenistic era, which may depict an Illyrian soldier or a war deity, was discovered.

Mentioned in the annals of Esarhaddon, has been compared to the Hurrian war deity Teshub; others interpret it as Iranian, comparing the Achaemenid name Teispes (Herodotus 7.11.2).

The references about fierce-eyed lions is another euphemism, related to the war deity, Sekhmet, the fierce warrior goddess of Egypt who protected the pharaoh in battle, conquered his enemies, and brought victory.

She also was believed to advance ahead of the Egyptian armies and cut down their enemies with fiery arrows, similar to other war deities She was less known to the people as Crown goddess.

She also is one of the Sumerian war deities: "She stirs confusion and chaos against those who are disobedient to her, speeding carnage and inciting the devastating flood, clothed in terrifying radiance.

The jaguar-spotted War Twin Xbalanque counted as a war deity in the Alta Verapaz; preceding a campaign, rituals were held for him during thirty days, so that he might imbue the weapons with his power.