Ala Ibo earth mother, goddess of justice, protection, laws. Protectress of the harvest. She took the dead in her pocket. Apollo Greek god of the sun, light, music, song, medicine, and healing. Patron of herdsmen. Apollo's mother Leto was forced to run from Hera, the jealous wife of Zeus. She went to the Island of Delos and delivered her two children- the twins, Apollo and Artemis. Though the god of light, Apollo had a dark side. Under the name of Carneios, he is seen as a god of death. He and Artemis slew all of their mother Leto's children when Niobe, their grandmother, claimed all of Leto's children were more beautiful than the gods. Apollo was worshipped at the oracle

of Delphi, where a priestess who give forth his predictions. The Greeks believed that the egyptian God Heru and Apollo were the same deities. He is the twin brother of Artemis. Apollo's minor associations include black magic, blessing, justice, divination, oracles, prophecy, creativity, fertility, productivity, success. Astraea Italian goddess of truth and justice. Also known as Astria. Chu Jung Chinese god of fire executions. Emodies justice, revenge, death, and the element of fire. Forseti Norse (Scandinavian) god of justice and reconciliation. His name would be said before a trial to ensure that the argument was perfectly reconciled. Associations: Truth, justice, peace, equity. Ida-Ten Japanese guardian of the law. Symbolizes legal victory, justice. Kuan Ti Chinese god of war. Protects people from injustice and evil spirits. Lu-Hsing Chinese god of salaries, wages, and employment. Symbolizes success, prosperity, earned wealth, justice. Ma'at Egyptian Goddess of truth, justice and the order of the universe. Her symbol is the feather. She sits in the underworld, judging the souls that pass through. Nushku Babylonian god of justice, flame, and lamps. Associated with the element fire, also called Nusku. Obatala The orisha of peace, harmony and purity. He is the father of most orishas and the creator of humankind. He is the owner and keeper of the world. He represents clarity, justice, ethics, reason, and wisdom. Invoke him for health, peace, and harmony. Sin Truth, Justice, Lunar, Fertility. Thor Norse (Scandinavian) God of thunder and fighter of giants. Thor was amongst the most powerful and important gods of this pantheon. The sound of thunder was believed to be the rolling of his chariot. He had a magic hammer which he threw with the aid of iron gloves, like a boomerang, it always returned to his hand. When Christianity was introduced and began to spread throughout Iceland, many Norse gods were quickly diminished. Thor, on the other hand, lived on for quite some time. His symbol, the hammer named Mjollnir, is still common in Nordic artwork. Little silver hammers were made in smith's shops along with Christian crucifixes, and there have been molds discovered with the cross and the hammer side by side. He also lives on in the day of the week named after him -- Thor's day, or as it is commonly known, Thursday. Thor symbolizes protection, defense, safety at sea, agricultural fertility, law, order, justice. Also known as Thunar, Donner, Thunor, Donar.