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Current Hinduism knows several deities as Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Krishna, ... , each having a meaning in the same religious/philosophical context.
According to source research, have all these deities been part of the same tradition or do the names come from different religions that have melted into the present form of Hinduism?
There are two examples, I can think of that meet what your last question is looking for. Harinagara and Bindulaa. Although technically they are not mentioned as deities in the religion they are originally mentioned in (as in humans reading). You can tell it is a reference to the four horses of the four horsemen of the apocalypse in Christianity from the mention of Christianity earlier in the story, their colors, and the fact an unnamed avatar of Vishnu is foretold to help the evil Kali (after he gets a boon). It being Harinagara fits nicely with his destructive wake in Christianity.
Soot jee said:-" The dharmic king Deshraaj had worshipped and served lord Sun about twelve years continuously. After that lord Surya (Sun) got pleased with him and told him: - "Ask any boon from me”. He said: - "Dev! (Lord!) I bow towards you, if you want to give me anything as a boon then please provide me the horse that can fly in the sky." Having accepted his want, he gave him Papihaa (the one who protects every lokas) named horse. After that, Papihaa named horse, who protects every lokas, have been stuck by arrow of Madana and cannot control his sex and begat with Harinee named divine mare. Which cause divine Harinee to produce pale colored male horse named Manoratha (Manohaaraa) and black colored male horse named Karaala (frightful). The both came same time from that single womb and they were part of Shabya (one of the warrior in Mahabharata) and Sugriva (important character in Ramayana). After that from the part of Jishnu and Vishnu there took birth two horses from the womb of Harinee. One is Meghapushpa (divine name), which is golden in color and was named Bindulaa (Bendulaa) and other is Balahaak (divine name) which is white in color like snow and was named Harinagara. This were the first four horses produced from the divine horse Harinee and Papihaa and from those four divine flying horses, many
By the way, all four horses are important to the rest of the main story.
