Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "AVALOKITESVARA (merciful lord)" | Buddhist / India | Bodhisattva or buddhadesignate. One of the most important deities of the Mahayana sect of Buddhism. In Lamaism he is the tutelary god of Tibet. He equates with VIS NU in Hinduism and bears links with PADMAPANI. In cosmic mythology he is a creator deity. Color: white or red. Attributes: blue lotus, image of Amitabha (topmost pyramidal head), lotus, rosary, sword and water jar. NOTE: in Chinese Buddhism he is represented by the goddess Kuan-Tin, and in Japanese by KWANNON.... |
God name "Abraham aka Avraham" | Arabic | Ashkenazi, Avrohom, Avruhom, regarded as the founding patriarch of the Israelites and of the Arabic people in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. In that tradition, Abraham is brought by God from his home in the ancient city of Ur into a new land, Canaan, where he enters into a covenant: in exchange for sole recognition of Yahweh as supreme universal authority. |
Goddess name "Acala (immovable)" | Buddhist / Vajrayana | (1) Minor goddess. One of twelve deified BHUMIS recognized as different spiritual spheres through which a disciple påśśes. Color: white. Attributes: staff on a lotus.(2) Tutelary god. Buddhist (Mahayana). Also a dikpala or guardian of the northeastern quarter. Color: blue. Attributes: jewel, lotus, staff and sword.... |
"Acchupta" | Jain | One of the sixteen Mahavidyas in the Jaina pantheon. Jain |
Spirit name "Aclahayr" | Greek | Of the fourth hour of the Nuctemeron, the genius spirit. |
Deities name "Adibuddha (the primeval buddha)" | Buddhist | The original BUDDHA. The primordial force in the cosmos from whom the five DHYANIBUDDHAS arose. The embodiment of the concept of emptiness. He is considered by some authorities to be identical with Vaharaja and Vajrasattva. His image, sitting on a lotus leaf, is often carried by other Buddhist deities. Epithets include Svabhava (self-creating), Svayambhu (self-enlightened).... |
Goddess name "Agrat Bat Mahalat" | Semitic | Goddess known for her role as sexual temptress and seductress. According to the Talmud, she is the "spirit of uncleanness". Semitic |
Goddess name "Ah Kin (he of the sun)" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Sun god. A deity of ambivalent personality, the young suitor of the moon goddess Acna, also the aged Sun god in the sky. He is feared as the bringer of drought, but also protects mankind from the powers of evil åśśociated with darkness. Said to be carried through the underworld at night on the shoulders of the god Sucunyum. Ah Kin is prayed to at Sunrise and rituals include the burning of incense. He is invoked to cure illness and to bring wives to bachelors. Attributes include a square third eye subtended by a loop, a strong Roman nose, a squint and incisor teeth filed to a T-shape. Also Acan Chob (Lacandon); Chi Chac Chob; Kinich Ahau; God G.... |
Angel name "Aha" | Christian | An angel of the fire used in magical operations. Christian |
Spirit name "Aha" | Yakut / Siberia | A river spirit, female type |
Spirit name "Aha (grandmother)" | Yakut / central Siberia | River spirit. The guardian and apotheosis of rivers.... |
Angel name "Ahadiel" | Christian | An angelic hitman. Christian |
Angel name "Ahaozpi" | East | A sub-angelic Watchtower leader in the East. |
"Ahasverus" | Europe | Better known by the name of the Wandering Jew. |
Goddess name "Ahat" | Egypt | cow goddess Egypt |
God name "Ahau Chamahez" | Mayan | One of two gods of Medicine Mayan |
God name "Ahau Kin" | Mayan | Meaning "lord of the Sun face," he was a Sun god and moon god; he had two manifestations. At night, he became a jaguar god and lord of the underworld. Mayan |
Goddess name "Ajaya" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Mahayana |