And as everyone seems to be finding this topic interesting, and as I have already written it for something else and gathered some from an article and start on Gods and Goddesses who's names start with the letter 'C'
CARIDWEN also HEN WEN; in Wales, BRIGHID "White Grain," "Old White One." Corn goddess.
Mother of Taliesen, greatest and wisest of all the bards, and therefore a patron of poets. The "white goddess" of Robert Graves. Caridwen lives among the stars in the land of Caer Sidi. Caridwen is connected with wolves, and some claim her cult dates to the neolithic era.
CERNUNNOS
Horned god of virility. Cernunnos wears the torc (neck-ring) and is ever in the company of a ram-headed serpent and a stag. Extremely popular among the Celts, the Druids encouraged the worship of Cernunnos, attempting to replace the plethora of local deities and spirits with a national religion. The Celts were so enamored of Cernunnos that his cult was a serious obstacle to the spread of Christianity.
CHINA AO The Four Dragon Kings Ao Chi'in, Ao Kuang, Ao Jun, and Ao Shun, gods of rain and the sea. Subjects of the Jade Emperor.
CH'ENG-HUANG God of moats and walls. Every village and town had its own Ch'eng-Huang, most often a local dignitary or important person who had died and been promoted to godhood. His divine status was revealed in dreams, though the gods made the actual decision. Ch'eng-Huang not only protects the community from attack but sees to it that the King of the Dead does not take any soul from his jurisdiction without proper authority. Ch'eng-Huang also exposes evil-doers in the community itself, usually through dreams. His assistants are Mr. Ba Lao-ye and Mr. Hei Lao-ye -- Mr. Daywatchman and Mr. Nightwatchman.
CHU JUNG God of fire. Chu Jung punishes those who break the laws of heaven. KUAN TI God of war. The Great Judge who protects the people from injustice and evil spirits. A red faced god dressed always in green. An oracle. Kuan Ti was an actual historical figure, a general of the Han dynasty renowned for his skill as a warrior and his justness as a ruler. There were more than 1600 temples dedicated to Kuan Ti.
CHIMATA-NO-KAMI God of crossroads, highways and footpaths. Originally a phallic god, his phallic symbol was placed at crossroads.
Candi The female counterpart to Chandra, ancient Hindu Lord of the Moon. The two were said to take turns - one month Chandra ruled the night skies, the next Candi.
Caotlicue Aztec Moon Goddess and wife of the Sun God. Sometimes she is referred to as the lunar counterpart to the Aztec Earth Goddess.
Ceridwen (Cerridwen, Moon Mother, Grain Goddess, Shape Shifter) This Welsh goddess is the mother of Taliesin and the Goddess of the Harvest. She is the wife of Tegid and the mother of Creirwy - who is often said to have been the most beautiful girl in the world and Avagdu - who is the ugliest boy in the world. She is the owner of the cauldron, Amen, in which she made a magic potion referred to as "greal" for inspiration and knowledge.
Chandra (also known as Chandraprabha) Chandra is the Hindu Lord of the moon, he was born after his mother swallowed the moon. Chandra is often shown with multiple heads, or holding a hare. (The Hare is sacred to him.) Chandra is the ancestor of the Chandra-vansa, the lunar race, from which Krishna, the eight Avatar of the God Vishnu, was descended. Chandra is associated with soma, the magical drink of the Gods.
Chang-O (Also known as Chang-wo, Heng-E, Heng-O) Chinese Moon Goddess. According to legends, she was the wife of a famous archer to whom the gods had promised immorality. Chang-o stole her husbands magical potion, drank it and was forced to escape his wrath by fleeing to the moon in the shape of a frog! She is represented in the dark spots of the moon as a three-legged frog.
Chia -Colombian Moon Goddess, she was originally the wife of Bochica, irritating him constantly with her little "tricks" - at one time she flooded the earth. He got so angry that he banished her to the sky to light up the night. She is a goddess of women, men who make her angry would dress up as a women to escape her wrath!
CHARON; The ferryman who carries dead souls across the river Styx to Hades. His fee is one obol, which was placed in the mouth of the dead man before he was buried.
CRONUS; The chief of the Titans, the race of giants who preceded the Olympian gods. In very ancient times, Cronus was probably a corn god. Told that he would be overthrown by one of his own sons, Cronus devoured them all as they were born until his wife Rhea deceived him to save Zeus. Wrapping a stone in swaddling clothes, Rhea gave the stone to Cronus and spirited Zeus away to a hiding place. After defeating Cronus, Zeus imprisoned him and the rest of the Titans, thus beginning the age of the Olympian gods
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