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Goddess name "Anat in Egypt" | Egypt | Anat first appears in Egypt in the 16th dynasty (the Hyksos period) along with other northwest Semitic deities. She was especially worshipped in her aspect of a war goddess, often paired with the goddess Ashtart. In the Contest Between Horus and Set, these two goddesses appear as daughters of Re and are given in marriage to the god Set, who had been identified with the Semitic god Hadad. |
Deities name "Anila (wind)" | Hindu / Puranic | Attendant god. One of a group of eight VASU deities answering to the god INDRA.... |
Deities name "Anilas" | Hindu | The forty-nine deities connected with Anila, the wind. Hindu |
Deities name "Anito" | Luzon | The souls of the ancestors worshiped as household deities. Irayas, Catalangans. Luzon |
Deities name "Anu-Mate" | Polynesian | God of space. One of the sons of RANGINUI by Pokoharua, the sister of TANGAROA, the sea god. He belongs to a group of deities engendered at the time of creation that includes ANU-MATE, Anu-Matao, Anu-Whakarere and Anu-Whakatoro, all of whom rule over different aspects of space above the upper world. AnuMate is perceived as the god responsible for the space of cold death and in fact all of the group are envisaged as deities ruling over realms of great cold.... |
Deities name "Anunnaki" | Babylon | The seven judges of the underworld they began as fertility deities |
Goddess name "Anunnaki" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Children and courtiers of the god of heaven. Known from at least 2500 BC until circa 200BC (in Babylon). The Anunnaki originate as chthonic fertility deities but later feature as the seven fearsome judges of the underworld who answer to Kur and ERES KIGAL and who are responsible for påśśing sentences of death including that placed on the goddess INANA. They are often closely identified with the IGIGI.... |
Deities name "Anunnaki aka Anunnaku" | Babylon | Ananaki, a group of Sumerian and Akkadian deities related to, and in some cases overlapping with, the Annuna (the 'Fifty Great Gods') and the Igigi (minor gods). Babylon |
Deities name "Apa" | Hindu / Puranic | Attendant god. One of a group of eight VASU deities answering to the god INDRA. Attributes: hook and plough.... |
Deities name "Apsaras" | Hindu / Vedic | water spirits. Identified as musicians and protective deities of gamblers bringing good fortune. They may also bring insanity.... |
Deities name "Arapacana" | Buddhist | God. A BODHISATTVA or spiritual meditation buddha. Originally a DHARANI of MANJUSRI who became deified. Accompanied by four minor deities. Also a collective name for the five buddhas. Color: yellow or red. Attributes: standing wearing a monkish garment and carrying Book and sword.... |
Goddess name "Arawa" | Suk / Pokot / Kenya / Uganda, East Africa | moon goddess. The two tribes share the same pantheon of deities. Arawa is the daughter of the creator god TORORUT and his consort SETA.... |
Deities name "Aryaman" | Hindu | One of the early Vedic deities (devas). His name literally means a bosom friend, but is often confused as "the protector of the Aryans" Hindu / Vedic |
Goddess name "Astamatara" | Hindu / Puranic | Generic term for a group of mother goddesses. Eight deities who are varieties of the goddess CAMUNDA, often malevolent.... |
Demon name "Asuras" | Hindu / Vedic | A group of power-seeking deities, sometimes referred to as demons. They were opposed to the devas. Hindu / Vedic |
Goddess name "Aticandika (exceedingly great)" | Hindu / Puranic | Distinct form of the goddess DURGA. One of a group of nine deities, known as the nine durgas.... |
Deities name "BRARMA (the creator)" | Hindu / India | Creator god. With VIS'NU and SIVA, Brahma is one of a trinity of supreme creator deities in the Hindu pantheon. Brahma is depicted with four heads, often bearded, facing in four directions, and with four hands, sometimes with one of them raised in blessing or promise. As a god of knowledge he often carries the Vedas (earliest Sanskrit mythology said to have sprung from his head) in one of his hands. According to one legendary source he was created from the right side of the primordial creator force.... |
Deities name "Ba Xian" | Taoist / Chinese | Collective name for gods. A group of eight Divine beings, once mortal, who achieved immortality through their exemplary lifestyles. There are many such groups in Chinese religious belief. The Ba Xian are probably the most widely revered. Many people carry amulets and other charms in the form of the symbols of these deities. The eight gods are Cao Guo-jiu; HAN XIANGZI; HE XIAN-GU; LAN CAI-HE; LI TIE-GUAI; LU DONG-BIN; ZHANG GUO-LAO; and ZHONG-LI QUAN.... |