Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Alfr" | Norse | An elf, fairy; a clåśś of beings like the dwarfs, between gods and men. They were of two kinds: elves of light (Ljosalfar) and elves of darkness (Dokkalfar). The abode of the elves is Alfheimr, fairy-land, and their king is the god Frey. Norse |
God name "Aloadae/ Aloidae" | Greek | they were 54 ft. tall and warred with the gods, they lost |
Deities name "Ama-no-Koyane-no-mikoto" | Japan / Shinto | Is a kami, a male deity of the Japanese religion of Shinto. He is one of the deities of Kasuga Shrine, Nara, Japan and is considered to be an ancestor of the Fujiwara family. Japan / Shinto |
"Amerant" | Greek | A cruel giant slain by Guy of warwick. |
God name "Ammon/ Amen" | Egypt | The god of air, wind, Sun, reincarnation, war |
"Amphilochus" | Greek | A son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle, and brother of Alcmaeon. (Apollodorus iii) When his father went against Thebes, Amphiloehus was, according to Pausanias, yet an infant, although ten years afterwards he is mentioned as one of the Epigoni, and according to some traditions åśśisted his brother in the murder of his mother. |
Goddess name "Anahita" | Babylon / Egypt | Goddess of water and war. Babylon / Egypt |
Goddess name "Anat" | Ugarit | A violent war-goddess and the sister of the great Baal known as Hadad. warrior virgin, slayer of snakes, goddess of fertility. Ugarit |
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. |
Goddess name "Anat/ Anath" | Canaan | A goddess of war, hunting & love |
Goddess name "Anath" | Phoenicia | The chief W. Semitic goddess of love & war |
Goddess name "Anaulikutsaix" | Pacific | Goddess of rivers of ancestral knowledge, spiritual warriors, wisdom, instinct, determination and persistence. Very fond of salmon. |
Goddess name "Ancasta" | British | warrior Goddess, may be taken to be a local goddess, åśśociated with the River Itchen. |
Goddess name "Anceta" | Roman | Aka Angizia, Anagtia, Anagtia, Anguitia, Anguitina, Angitia. A healing and snake Goddess who was especially revered by the Marsi, a warlike tribe of people who lived to the east of Rome. Roman |
Goddess name "Andrasta" | Roman / Celtic / British | Goddess of war. The patron goddess of the Iceni tribe. The warrior queen Boudicca is reported to have prayed to her before battle and she was the recipient of human sacrifice. Andrasta does not appear in Celtic Gaul, though a deity called Andraste is mentioned by the... |
Goddess name "Andraste" | Roman | war Goddess who was evoked on the eve of the battle to bring favor, and possibly ritual sacrifices were given to her. queen Boadicea of the Iceni offered sacrifieces to Andraste in a sacred grove before fighting the Romans on her many compaigns against them. |
"Andvare-Force" | Norse | The force or waterfall in which the dwarf Andvare kept himself in the form of a pike fish. Norse |
Spirit name "Andvarenaut" | Norse | The fatal ring given Andvare (the wary spirit). Norse |