Who are the parents of the god who has a temple in Esanai?
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Esanai Esanai is a village 50 miles (31 km) northeast of Trichy, in far southern India, coming under the Sendurai taluk in Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu state. It is known mainly for its temple to Ayyappan, which is visited by thousands of people from India and abroad. The main economy of the village has been in farming sugarcane and rice. The village has been among the poorest in the state, and development has been slow to make progress, although modern goods such as cellphones, televisions and motorbikes have become common.
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Ayyappan Ayyappan is the Hindu god of growth, particularly popular in Kerala. He is a synthetic deity, the son of Shiva and Mohini – the female avatar of Vishnu. Ayyappan is also referred to as Ayyappa, Sartavu, Hariharaputra, Manikanta, Shasta or Dharma Shasta.
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El Shaddai El Shaddai (Hebrew: אֵל שַׁדַּי‎ ‎ , ] ) or just Shaddai is one of the names of the God of Israel. "El Shaddai" is conventionally translated as God Almighty but the construction of the phrase fits the pattern of the divine appellations in the Ancient Near East and as such can convey various types of semantic relations between these two words: El of a place known as Shaddai, El possessing the quality of "shaddai" or El who is also known as Shaddai – exactly as is the case with the names like "’El Olam", "’El Elyon" or "’El Betel". Moreover, while the translation of "El" as "god" or "lord" in the Ugaritic/Canaanite language is straightforward, the literal meaning of "Shaddai" is the subject of debate.
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Jethro (Bible) In the Hebrew Bible, Jethro ( ; Hebrew: יִתְרוֹ‎ , Standard "Yitro" Tiberian "Yiṯrô"; "His Excellence/Posterity"; Arabic شعيب "Shu-ayb") or Reuel was Moses' father-in-law, a Kenite shepherd and priest of Midian. In Exodus, Moses' father-in-law is initially referred to as "Reuel" (Exodus 2:18) but then as "Jethro" (Exodus 3:1). He was the father of Hobab in the Book of Numbers 10:29. He is also revered as the spiritual founder and chief prophet in his own right in the Druze religion, and considered an ancestor of all Druze.
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Abiathar Abiathar (אֶבְיָתָר, "Evyatar", "the [divine] father is pre-eminent" or "father of plenty"), in the Hebrew Bible, son of Ahimelech or Ahijah, High Priest at Nob, the fourth in descent from Eli (1 Sam. 23:6) and the last of Eli's House. The only one of the priests to escape from Saul's massacre, he fled to David at Keilah, taking with him the ephod and other priestly regalia (1 Sam. 22:20 f., 23:6, 9). He was of great service to David, especially at the time of the rebellion of Absalom (2 Sam. 15:24, 29, 35, 20:25). In 1 Kings 4:4 Zadok and Abiathar are found acting together as priests under Solomon. In 1 Kings 1:7, 19, 25, however, Abiathar appears as a supporter of Adonijah, and in 2:22 and 26 it is said that he was deposed by Solomon and banished to Anathoth. In 2 Sam. 8:17 "Abiathar, the son of Achimelech" should be read, with the Syriac, for "Achimelech, the son of Abiathar."
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Lotan son of Seir Lotan (לֹוטָן , "Lôṭān"), the eldest son of Seir the Horite, was the first-listed of seven chief of the Horites in the land of Seir in Genesis 36. He had two sons, Hori and Hemam. Esau's son Eliphaz married Lotan's sister Timna, who gave birth to Amalek.
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Jacob's Ladder Jacob's Ladder (Hebrew: "Sulam Yaakov" סולם יעקב ) is the colloquial name for a connection between the earth and heaven that the biblical Patriarch Jacob dreams about during his flight from his brother Esau, as described in the Book of Genesis. The significance of the dream has been somewhat debated, but most interpretations agree that it identified Jacob with the obligations and inheritance of the ethnic people chosen by God, as understood in Abrahamic religions. It has since been used as a symbolic reference in various other contexts.
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Eliakim (Bible) Eliakim (Hebrew: אֶלְיָקִים,  " ",  " " , Greek: Ελιακιμ , Latin: "Eliacim" ), son of Hilkiah, succeeded Shebna to become finance minister for King Hezekiah.
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Heracles of Macedon Heracles of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλῆς ; c. 327 – 309 BC) was a reputed illegitimate son of Alexander the Great of Macedon by Barsine, daughter of Satrap Artabazus of Phrygia. Heracles was named after the Greek mythological hero of the same name, from whom the Argeads claimed descent.
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Ishmael ben Elisha ha-Kohen Ishmael ben Elisha ha-Kohen (Hebrew: רבי ישמעאל בן אלישע כהן גדול‎ ‎ , ""Rabbi Ishmael ben Elisha Kohen Gadol"", lit. "Rabbi Ishmael ben (son of) Elisha [the] Kohen Gadol (High priest)"; sometimes in short Ishmael ha-Kohen, lit. ""Ishmael the Priest"") was one of the prominent leaders of the first generation of the Tannaim. His father served as Kohen Gadol in the Second Temple of Jerusalem as well. Ishmael ha-Kohen was also one of the Ten Martyrs, and was executed along with Shimon ben Gamliel.
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Hagar Hagar ( ; Hebrew: הָגָר,  "Hagar ",  "Hāgār " , of uncertain origin Arabic: هاجر‎ ‎ Hājar; Latin: "Agar" ) is a biblical person in the Book of Genesis. She was an Egyptian handmaid of Sarai (Sarah), who gave her to Abraham to bear a child. The product of the union was Abraham's firstborn, Ishmael, the progenitor of the Ishmaelites. Various commentators have connected her to the Hagrites, perhaps as their eponymous ancestor.
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Nathan the Babylonian Nathan the Babylonian (Hebrew: רבי נתן הבבלי), also known as Rabbi Nathan, was a "tanna" of the third generation (2nd century), the son of a Babylonian exilarch. For unknown reasons he left Babylonia, and his bright prospects there, to settle in the land of Israel, where he was made chief of the school at Usha (Hor. 13b; H. Grätz, "Gesch." iv.185). Later he was entrusted by the patriarch Simeon ben Gamliel II to secure a reconciliation with R. Hananiah of Babylon, who had declared himself independent of the Sanhedrin of Judea and had established one in Babylon—a mission which Nathan, in company with R. Isaac, successfully executed (Grätz, l.c. pp. 188 et seq.). According to I. Halevy (in "Dorot ha-Rishonim," p. 185), however, both Nathan and Isaac were still residents of Babylon.
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Ram (biblical figure) Ram (Hebrew: רם‎ ‎ "Rām") is a figure in the Hebrew Bible. He is the son of Hezron and ancestor of King David. His genealogical lineage and descendants are recorded in and at . In the New Testament, his name is given as "Aram" (Ἀράμ) and "Arni" (Ἀρνὶ).
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Zeus Zeus ( ; Greek: Ζεύς "Zeús" ] ) is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion, who ruled as king of the gods of Mount Olympus. His name is cognate with the first element of his Roman equivalent Jupiter. His mythologies and powers are similar, though not identical, to those of Indo-European deities such as Indra, Jupiter, Perun, Thor, and Odin.
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Genealogies of Genesis The genealogies of Genesis (in chapters 4, 5, and 11 of the Book of Genesis) list the traditional descendants of Adam and Eve to Abraham. Genesis 5 and 11 include the age at which each patriarch had the descendant named in the text and the number of years he lived thereafter. Since Genesis 5 and 11 provide the age of each patriarch at the birth of his named descendant, it presents a gapless chronology from Adam to Abraham, even if the named descendant is not always a first-generation son. That is, a gapless chronology is not dependent on gapless genealogies in Genesis 5 and 11; in fact, an intact chronology is semantically inescapable. Adam's lineage contains two branches: for Cain, given in Chapter 4, and for Seth in Chapter 5. Genesis chapter 10, the Table of Nations records the populating of the Earth by Noah's descendants, and is not strictly a genealogy but an ethnography).
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Canaan (son of Ham) Canaan (Hebrew: כְּנַעַן‎ ‎ "Kənā‘an"), according to the "Book of Genesis" in the Hebrew Bible, was a son of Ham and grandson of Noah, and was the father of the Canaanites. He was the recipient of the so-called Curse of Ham.
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Hera Hera ( , ; Greek: Ἥρᾱ "Hērā", equivalently Ἥρη "Hērē", in Ionic and Homer) is the goddess of women and marriage in Greek mythology and religion. She is the daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. Hera is married to her brother Zeus and is titled as the Queen of Heaven. One of her characteristics is her jealous and vengeful nature against Zeus's other lovers and offspring and against the mortals who cross her.
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Jacob Jacob ( ; ; Arabic: يَعْقُوب‎ ‎ "Yaʿqūb "), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a Patriarch of the Israelites. According to the Book of Genesis, Jacob was the third Hebrew progenitor with whom God made a covenant. He is the son of Isaac and Rebecca, the grandson of Abraham, Sarah and Bethuel, the nephew of Ishmael, and the younger twin brother of Esau. Jacob had twelve sons and at least one daughter, by his two wives, Leah and Rachel, and by their handmaidens Bilhah and Zilpah.
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Adriel Adriel (Hebrew: עדריאל) was a nobleman in the ancient kingdom of Israel. The meanings "God's flock" and "God is helper" have been proposed for the name. Adriel was the son of Barzillai, the Meholathite. According to 1 Samuel 18:19, Saul married his daughter Merab to Adriel.
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Amram In the Book of Exodus, Amram (  ; ) is the husband of Jochebed and father of Aaron, Moses and Miriam.
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Er (biblical person) In the biblical Book of Genesis, Er ( "watcher"; Greek: Ἤρ ) was the eldest son of Judah and his Canaanite wife Shuah. He is described as marrying Tamar. According to the text, "the LORD slew" Er because he was wicked, although it does not give any further details. According to Rashi, he, like Onan, purposely tried to keep Tamar from conceiving, in his case because he was afraid of spoiling her beauty. This Er had two brothers, Onan and Shelah.
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Amurru (god) Amurru and Martu are names given in Akkadian and Sumerian texts to the god of the Amorite/Amurru people, often forming part of personal names. He is sometimes called "Ilu Amurru" (MAR.TU). He was the patron god of the Mesopotamian city of Ninab, whose exact location is unknown.