*Iaso - A Greek goddess of healing, daughter of Asclepius.

*Ichimokuren - Japanese one-eyed god invoked to produce rain during droughts.

*Ida - Hindu goddess of the earth, prayer and devotion, abundance in food, and nourishment.

*Ida-Ten - The Japanese Buddhist god of law and monasteries. His swift speed of movement is unmatched. He is represented as a handsome young man.

*Iduna - Norse (Scandinavian) goddess of eternal youth. She symbolizes youth, longetivity, fertility, and death.

*Ifrits (Arabic) - Evil, hideous spectres. Became Genies in Persian and Indian mythology. Also associated with Jinns and Divs of Persia.

*Ihu - The Egyptian god of the sistrum (the sacred rattle).

*Ihy - In Egyptian mythology, the son of Hathor, who was worshipped in Dendera with her and Horus-Behdety. Like his mother, Ihy was a god of music and dancing, and was always depicted as a child bearing a sistrum.

*Ika-Zuchi-no-Kami - A group of seven Japanese Shinto demons who live in the underworld. Their rumbling can be heard during volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.

*Ilithyia - An ancient Greek goddess, protectress of midwives, and who assisted during birth. Later identified with Hera or Artemis. The Romans called her Juno Lucina.

*Ilma - Finnish god of air. Symbolizes element of Air, the element of wind.

*Ilmatecuhtli - "The Old Princess". Aztec mother goddess. During her winter festival, a woman's heart was cut out and the severed head carried during a procession. She can also be invoked for fertility.

*Imana - African creator god who tried to save men from death. He was chasing after death one day, and a human woman let Death hide under her dress. Imana was so angry at this betrayal that he left Death to do what he would. Had this not happened, man would be immortal.

*Imhotep - Egyptian god of healing who was raised from mortality to god status.

*Imiut - The Egyptian protective deity of the underworld.

*Imra - Hindu Supreme god of Kafirstan in Hindu-Kush.

*Imseti - Egyptian god who protected the liver of the dead.

*Ina - Near Eastern (Babylonian) god of pestilence, takes delight in destroying humans.

*Inachus - The personified deity of the river of that name in Greece. He is the son of Oceanus and Tethys, and the father of Io. He made the land of Argolis inhabitable after the great flood of Deucalion and founded the city of Argos.

*Inanna - "Queen Moon". Near Eastern (Sumerian) queen of heaven. She ruled over the stars, planets, water, and light. Also symbolizes love, destruction of the indestuctable, health, the moon workings.

*Inari - Japanese god of rice, business, merchants, prosperity. Could also be a goddess, and shapeshifted into a fox when in the female form. As a god, foxes were his messenger.

*Incubus -In occult lore, a lewd male Demon or goblin which takes on the illusory appearance of a male human being and seeks sexual intercourse with women, usually while they are asleep. The corresponding demon who appears to men is the Succubus. The term 'incubus' is from the Latin incubo meaning 'burden' or 'weight'. It may have become applied to demonic lovers, because it was thought that nightmares involving a feeling of oppressive weight on the chest were the consequence of the act of somnambulant copulation with a fiend.

*Indrah, Indra - In Vedic times, Indra was the supreme ruler of the gods. He was the leader of the Devas, the god of war, the god of thunder and storms, the greatest of all warriors, the strongest of all beings. He was the defender of gods and mankind against the forces of evil. He had early aspects of a sun-god, riding in a golden chariot across the heavens, but he is more often known as the god of thunder, wielding the celestial weapon Vajra, the lightening bolt. He also employs the bow, a net, and a hook in battle. He shows aspects of being a creater god, having set order to the cosmos, and since he was the one who brought water to earth, he was a fertility god as well. He also had the power to revive slain warriors who had fallen in battle.

*Indrani - Indrani was Indra's wife and consort; in the early Vedic accounts she was merely a female shadow of him. She is sometimes referred to as the goddess of wrath. She was the daughter of the demon Puloman, whom Indra killed. She was always described as beautiful, but was said to have one thousand eyes. In later Hindu times, she came to personify jealousy and was regarded as of evil intent. In southern India, however, she was ranked as one of the nine astral deities who were the highest of the gods. Her symbolic animal was either the lion or the elephant.

*Inmutef - The Egyptian deity who bears the heavens.

*Ipet - An ancient Egyptian hippopotamus goddess of birth. She merged with the city goddess of Luxor and became a primordial mother goddess. As mother and consort of Amun she appears as 'Queen of the two lands' (Upper and Lower Egypt).

*Irene - The Greek personified goddess of peace. She was sometimes regarded as one of the Horae, who presided over the seasons and the order of nature and who were the daughters of Zeus and Themis. Irene was portrayed as a young woman with a cornucopia, scepter, and torch or rhyton. Famous is the marble statue of Cephisodotus (ca. 380 BC), which shows Irene with Plutus on her arm.

*Iris - In Greek mythology, Iris is the personified goddess of the rainbow. She is regarded as the messenger of the gods to mankind, and particularly of the goddess Hera whose orders she brought to humans. Iris is the daughter of Titan Thaumas and the nymph Electra. She is portrayed as a young woman with wings and her attributes are a herald's staff and a water pitcher. She appears mainly on Greek vases.

*Isdes - The Egyptian 'lord of the west'. He is one of the judges of the dead.

*Ishikori-Dome - Japanese smith goddess, created the first mirror which is said to be 8-sided and hidden. No one can see it, but many temples have a facsimile of it held important to them.

*Ishtar (Babylonian) - Near Eastern (Assyria). The goddess of venus is the Queen of Inanna, called Ishtar by the Babylonians. She is the goddess of sex and passion in love and war. She appeared as a beautiful lady in the company of lions. Her counterpart is the moon god Nanna. When they are in agreement, there is great mirth, happiness, and celebration. She will bestow a worthy bride upon any man who is deserving and makes a proper sacrifice. Her symbol is the eight or sixteen pointed star, and her sacred number is 15.

*Isis - One of the most popular goddesses in Egypt. Isis belongs to the Ennead of Heliopolis, and according to the Heliopolitan genealogy is a daughter of Seb and Nut, sister and wife of Osiris. Possibly she was originally the personification of the throne (her name is written with the hieroglyph for throne), and as such she was an important source of the pharaoh's power. In the Hellenistic time Isis was the protrectress of sailors. In the Osiris myths she searched for her husband's body, who was killed by her brother Seth. She retrieved and reassembled the body, and in this connection she took on the role of a goddess of the dead and of the funeral rights. She was worshipped as the divine mother-goddess, faithful consort of Osiris, and dedicated mother of Horus.

*Isora - The Japanese god of the seashore.

*Isten - An Egyptian god.

*I-ti - Chinese god of wine.

*Itzamna - Mayan sky god and the father of the gods; humankind's creator. Lord of day and night. Omnipotent, remote, and impersonal. Personified the rising sun, light, life, knowledge, and the east. His sign was a red hand. Depicted as a cross-eyed, toothless old man with a lizard body. Animal totems were the lizard and the jaguar. Founder of Mayan religion. Invoke for healing, art, drawing, letters, crops, fertility, water, regeneration, medicine.

*Itzananohk`u - The Mayan god of Lacandon.

*Itzpapalotl - Beautiful Aztec female demon with symbols of death on her face. Balance of sensuality and evil. Invoke for destiny, fate, agriculture, and cosmic matters, especially with the stars.

*Ix Chebel Yax - The Mayan goddess of weaving. She is the wife of Itzamna.

*Ixchel - "Lady Rainbow". Mayan goddess of childbirth, pregnancy, domestic arts and matters, floods, spinning, and weaving. Generally portrayed as being destructive, deathly, and demonic.

*Ixchup - Mayan moon goddess, married to a sun god.

*Ixmucane - One of the thirteen Maya gods who created human beings.

*Ixtab - the Maya goddess of the noose and the gallows. She is also the protector of those who committed suicide. It was believed that those who committed suicide or died by hanging, together with slain warriors, sacrificial victums, priests, and woman who died in childbirth, went straight to eternal rest in paradise. Ixtab gathered them and brought them there. She is depicted as hanging from a tree with a noose around her neck, her eyes closed in death and her body partly decomposed.

*Ixzaluoh - A Mayan water goddess. She invented the art of weaving.

*Izanagi - Japanese creator god, father god, man of men. Symbolizes magic.

*Izanami - Japanese mother goddess, the female counterpart to Izanagi.

*Jana - Italian goddess of the moon.

*Janus - Roman god of doorways, exits, beginnings, and entrances. He was depicted as having two faces so as to see forward and behind simultaneously. The month "January" was named after him.

*Jara - Hindu goddess of the household, domestic health, happiness and prosperity. The eater of corpses.

*Jezebeth (Unk) - the demon of falsehoods.

*Ji Nu - A Chinese stellar goddess.

*Jian Lao - The Chinese god of the earth and permanence.

*Jikininki - In Japanese myth, jikininki are demons, corpse-eaters, who eat dead human bodies. These demons are often the spirits of dead men or women whose greed prevented their souls from entering a more peaceful existence after death. They continue a half-life by devouring corpses. A particular myth tells of a strong-willed priest called Muso Kokushi who once kept watch near the body of a deceased person. Suddenly a jikininki arrived to devour it, but the priest's prayers liberated the demon's soul.

*Jizo Bosatsu - Japanese protector of mankind, especially women in childbirth. Rescued souls from the depths of hell. Symbolizes children, comfort, safety, protection from illness and evil, counsel of the dead, and the deceased.

*Joh - An Egyptian god of the moon.

*Jord - Norse (Scandinavian) primeval earth goddess. Mother of Thor and wife of Odin.

*Jove - Italian-Roman sky god.

*Juesaes - An Egyptian goddess.

*Juichimen - The Japanese Buddhist god of mercy.

*Jumala - Finnish supreme creator god. Symbolizes the sky and thunder, weather, twilight, dusk, and the element of air.

*Jumis - A Latvian field and fertility god. Can be compared with the Roman Janus. He may have originated from a fetish. His attribute is any double-fruit, for instance two fruits or corn stalks which have grown together. In order to preserve Jumis' growth in the winter months, during the harvesting a few ears are bent to the ground and secured there with stones. A characteristic ritual - Jumja kersana (‘chase of Jumis’), when, e.g. some ears are brought home in a ritual procession as the “caught” Jumis to ensure the fertility of the next year to be at least of the same level. This tradition is very similar to those known among different Germanic tribes. There are etymologies connecting Jumis to Yama and double-faced Janus.

*Junit - An Egyptian goddess.

*Juno - Roman goddess of the home and motherhood/women, wife of Jupiter. Watched and protected all women. Her festival is Matronalia, where people asked Juno to bless their marriages and provide a safe childbirth and a healthy newborn. Juno restores peace to quarreling lovers. Also symbolizes the moon, the moon, love, fertility. See also Hera.

*Jupiter - Roman god of the sky and the father of all gods and men. He symbolizes the element air. Also known as Zeus [Greek]. See also Zeus.

*Juras mate - Juras mate ("sea mother") is the goddess of the sea. She is one of the numerous mothers (see: Mates). She is said to be worshipped by fishermen and sailors, plays an important role in healing by magic, especially to stop bleeding. She is an obscure goddess and rarely mentioned in song texts. Still she is among the Mothers mentioned in 17th century texts. Whether the ritual demand of keeping the details in secret has led to these details being gradually lost along with the rituals of worship is just a speculation, but might be a reasonable one.

*Jurojin - The Japanese Shinto god of longevity and a happy old age. He is one of the Shichi Fukujin, the seven gods of luck. Jurojin is accompanied by a crane and a tortoise. He is painted riding a white stag, smiling like a friendly old gentleman.

*Juventas - Roman goddess of youth.

*Ka - The Egyptian definition of the spirit and life-force of both humans and gods. Ka and ba (soul) form together the immortal elements. When a mortal was born, his ka was created with him and remained in the world of eternity while his mortal body was alive on earth. When a person died, he "rejoined his ka". Ka also acts as a protecting spirit and guards its dead against the dangers of the after life.

*Kabrakan - A giant demon in Mayan myth who causes earthquakes. He makes mountains disappear, while his brother Zipakna makes mountains rise, also through earthquakes. They are the children of Vucub Caquix.

*Kagutsuchi - Japanese god of fire, son of Izanagi and Izanami. His mother was so badly burned when she gave birth to that she died. Izanagi cut his son in eight pieces and from the body eight mountain gods emerged and from the blood came forth eight gods. Kagutsuchi is an alternate name of Ho-Masubi.

*Kaitabha - The Hindu demon which tried to attack Brahma.

*Kali (Hindu) - daughter of Shiva, the destroyer. A succubus/succumbus. Hindu black earth mother. It is said that she induces fear in anyone who looks upon her, so grim is her appearance. She is a dark, destructive aspect of the goddess, and is known for giving life and then taking it away again. She often eats her own children for sustainance. She is worshipped primarily by assassins. She symbolizes the moon, protection, divination, creation, necromancy, combat.

*Kalma - Finnish goddess of death.

*Kama - Hindu god of love. The lord of Asperas (heavenly nymphs).

*Kamado-gami - The Japanese gods of the hearth.

*Kami-kaze - The Japanese god of the wind, storms and bad cold. When the Mongolian fleet tried to invade Japan, Kami-kaze blew the fleet away. In World War II, Japanese pilots where named after him. They flew suicidal missions with planes, loaded with bombs, crashing into enemy ships.

*Kami-Musubi - A Japanese goddess. She is the mother of the dwarf god Sukuna-bikona.

*Kanayama-hiko - The Japanese god of metals. His wife is Kanayama-hime.

*Kanayama-hime - The Japanese goddess of metals. Her husband is Kanayama-hiko.

*Kan-u-Uayeyab - Mayan god who guarded cities.

*Kan-xib-yui - The Mayan god who re-created the earth after it was destroyed by the four Bacabs.

*Karta - The goddess of fate and destiny, similar to Laima and Dekla. Much less mentioned in the song texts (just 17 texts in “Latvju Dainas”), still used to build the ‘three fates’ concept. May be of local origin, known mostly in just some districts of Latvia.

*Karttikeya - or Skanda as he is also known, is the Hindu god of war. He is the leader of the divine armies. He also seems to be the god of male virility. He is usually depicted as a youthful man full of vigor who has six heads. Sometimes he has twelve arms and twelve legs. He rides a peacock into battle, carrying a bow and arrows.

*Kasdeya - The book of enoch refers to this demon as the "fifth satan"

*Kasyapa - In pre-Vedic times, Kasyapa was a primordial god. He was the father of the devas, the asuras, the nagas, and mankind. His name means tortoise, and he was connected to the cosmic tortoise which made up the universe. In Vedic times Kasyapa had Aditi as his consort, and he was the father of the Adityas. In later times he became equated with Prajapati and Brahma, and was also named as one of the rishis.

*Kauket - An Egyptian primordial goddess who represents the darkness of primal chaos. She is one of the Ogdoad.

*Kawa-no-Kami - The god of rivers in Japanese mythology. While many rivers have their own deity, all the rivers are under his authority. During floods, people tried to appease the gods with human sacrifices.

*Kayanuhime-no-Kami - The Japanese goddess of the plains.

*Kaya Nu Hima - Japanese herb goddess.

*Kaze-no-Kami - The Japanese god of wind and bad colds.

*Kebechet - The Egyptian goddess who personifies the purification through water. As the daughter of Anubis she plays an important role in the funeral cult. Her appearance is that of a snake.

*Kenro-Ji-Jin - A Japanese earth-deity. His name means "Solid-Earth-Being".

*Keres - The Keres (singular: Ker) are horrible, black winged, female spirits of death and doom who also act as avenging spirits. They are the daughters of Nyx and Erebus. In the festival of the Anthesteria, the Keres were ritually driven from the house. In later times they were regarded as the vengeful spirits of the dead.

*Khem - the Egyptian god of reproduction, generation, fertility, harvest, agriculture, plant life, and human fertility. The Greeks identified him as Pan. Khem was an Egyptian father-god. He was represented as a mummy.

*Khentimentiu - The Egyptian god who rules the destiny of the dead, seen as the guardian 'dog of the dead'.

*Khepera - "The Self-Created". Egyptian god of the sun. Symbol is the scarab beetle. Symbolizes the element of air. Also known as Kherpi.

*Khil - According to the Grimorium Verum, Khil "can create earthquakes on demand."

*Khnum - Egyptian god of childbirth. Sometimes shown as a ram-headed human, often at a potter's wheel forming the child in the womb with his clay.

*Kianto - The Lacandon Maya god of foreigners and diseases.

*Kiepoth - According to the Grimorium Verum, Kiepoth can provide one with insightful dreams and visions.

*K'in - A Mayan sun god.

*Kinich Ahau - The Mayan sun god who appears in the shape of a firebird. He is the father, as well as another form, of Itzamna and shows many similarities with Quetzalcoatl.

*Kinich Kakmo - the Mayan sun god symbolized by the macaw.

*Kipu-Tytto - Finnish goddess of illness.

*Kirin - The Japanese unicorn, an animal-god who punishes the wicked with its single horn. It protects the just and grants them good luck. Seeing a kirin is considered an omen of extreme good luck - if one is a virtuous person.

*Kis - The Egyptian god of Kusae.

*Kishi-Bojin - The goddess to whom Japanese women pray when they want children and a goddess who protects children. Her image is treated with great care and reverence in the house. She is of Indian origin.

*Kishi-Mojin - Japanese goddess who protected children. Universal mother. She symbolizes compassion, children, life, fertility, and balance.

*Kishijoten - The Japanese goddess of luck and of beauty. She is the patroness of song and dance, protectress of the geishas. She is the sister of the war god Bishamon.

*Kishimo-jin - The Japanese Buddhist patron goddess of little children. Her name means 'mother goddess of the demons' and she was originally a monstrous demon from India (called Hariti). She abducted little children and devoured them, until the great Buddha converted her. Now she represents the Buddha's appeal to compassion, and his devotion to the welfare of the weak. Kishimojin is portrayed as a mother suckling her baby, and holding a pomegranate in her hand (the symbol of love and feminine fertility). She is also called Karitei-mo.

*Kisin - The Mayan god of earthquakes, often taken to be another form of the god of the underworld Cizin.

*Kitsune-Tsuki - A fox spirit, or a demon who appears in the shape of a fox, in Japanese mythology. Kitsune-Tsuki ("Fox-Lunacy") is possession by such a spirit. It occurs mostly in women. The fox spirit enters through the fingernails or the breast.

*Klepoth - Grants dreams & visions.

*Knockers (Unk) - The knockers are a variety of kobolds. They live in mines and are usually good-natured. With a knocking sound they point out where the rich veins are to be found. Although they are usually friendly towards miners, they can play strange tricks. For a knocker there is nothing funnier than to scare miners by changing its ugly face to something even more horrible, while performing strange dances. A little piece of miners-food must be left for the knockers, or else they became mad and that would bring bad luck. Whistling and cursing they dislike as well and that is usually rewarded by the throwing of (harmless) gravel. In the hundreds of abandoned tin mines in Cornwall, knockers are still waiting for miners to lead them to hidden, rich veins. In Wales, they are called Coblynau (or coblyn), who are related to their cousins in Cornwall. The sound of their knocking brings good luck, a sign that a rich vein is near. The German variety of knockers are called Wichtlan. These creatures are less helpful than the English ones and are more of a nuisance. They hinder the miners in their work by undoing their labor. The Wichtlein announce the death of a miner by knocking three times. At oncoming disasters they could be heard digging and imitating other sounds of mining.

*Kobal - (Unk) Hell's entertainment liason.

*Kodomo-no-Inari - The children's fox deity of Japanese myth.

*Kojin - A ancient good-natured Japanese tree-deity, the goddess of the kitchen. She lives in an enoki or nettle tree. It is custom that old dolls may not be thrown away but should instead be dedicated to Kojin by placing it at the roots of an enoki tree.

*Kompera - A Japanese god, probably based on the image of the Indian Kubera, the Lord of the Demons, Master of Magic. Kompera is often identified with the storm god Susanowo who sometimes aids people in mischief. He taught the secret of changing oneself into a dragon to the waitress Kiyo.

*Kono-hana-sakuya-hime - Japanese goddess of the cherry tree, makes the flowers bloom.

*Kore - a Greek goddess. Her name means "the maiden" or "the daughter" and it is a frequent epithet of Persephone. She is the daughter of Demeter and she is the wife of Hades.

*Koshin - The Japanese god of the roads. Travelers used to offer little straw horses for a safe journey.

*Kostchtchie (Russian) - a goblin of death.

*Koya-no-Myoin - The mountain-god of the sacred Mount Koya. He is portrayed as a hunter with a read face and two hounds.

*Kubera - The Hindu god of wealth. He is also known as Dhanapati, "lord of riches".

*Kue'i-Hsing - Chinese god of safe travels, tests, literature, and students.

*Kuan Yin - One of the most loved Chinese goddesses. It is said that her name brings protection and relief when it is simply spoken. Before she was a goddess, she was the daughter of a cruel father. When she refused to marry into wealth like her sisters, she was sent to a temple where she was made to perform the most difficult of tasks. Birds, snakes, and tigers had pity on her and came to her aid. But her father was angered that she had not given in and married, so he first tried to burn her to death. However, she put out the fire with her hands. When he finally did kill her, she was sent to the underworld. But she recited the words out of holy books, and the god of the dead was upset because he could not make them suffer while she was there. Frustrated, he sent her back to earth, where the Buddha made her immortal and rewarded her with great insight. She became a goddess of mercy and compassion.

*Kuan Ti - Chinese god of war. Protects people from injustice and evil spirits.

*Kui-xing - A stellar deity often found in the company of Wen-chang. He is responsible for issuing official testimonials.

Kuk - An Egyptian primordial god, one of the Ogdoad of Hermopolis. Together with Kauket he represents the darkness of primal chaos. They produce the twilight from which the light is created.

*Kukulcan - Mayan god of light, learning, culture, organization and order, laws, calendar. Deification of the west.

*Kukunochi-no-Kami - The Japanese Shinto deity of the trees.

*Kundalini - Hindu feminine aspect serpent force. She is the universal life force from which electricity and magnetism is derived.

*Kuni-Toko-tachi - The Japanese earth deity, one of the creators. He inhabits Mount Fuji.

*Kunitsu-Kami - The Japanese gods of the earth. They are the earthly kami, and bring welfare to humankind.

*Kura-Okami - The Japanese god of rain and snow.

*Kuu - Finnish moon goddess.

*Kypris - a Greek Goddess and an epithet of Aphrodite, who was said to have risen from the sea from the island of Cyprus. Aphrodite¹s cult came to Greece from Cyprus, where she was known as Kypris (Lady of Cyprus.) Aphrodite was probably the Cypriot version of the great mother goddess, who was worshiped under various names almost universally around the Near and Middle East. Many primitive idols of the mother goddess (Kypris, or Aphrodite) were found in Cyprus. The Cyprian city of Paphos was the site of one of the oldest centers of her worship.