| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Apo (lord)" | Inca / pre Columbian South America / Peru, etc | mountain god. The apotheosis of an Andean mountain, all mountains being sacred to the South American Indians.... |
"Appiades" | Roman | Five divinities whose temple stood near the fountains of Appius, in Rome. Their names are Venus, Pallas, Concord, Peace, and Vesta. They were represented on horse-back, like Amazons. Roman |
"Apuat" | Egypt | Aka Upuat. Pictured as Anubis is except he is white or gray instead of black. He guides souls to their place of rest after their hearts are weighed against the feather. Egypt |
| God name "Aquilo" | Roman | Aka Boreas, a purple-winged god of the north wind, one of the four wind-gods. He was also the god of Winter, who swept down from the cold northern mountains of Thrake, chilling the air with his icy breath. Roman |
| Goddess name "Ardwinna aka Dea Arduinna" | Britain | Woodland and animal Goddess who haunted the Forests of Ardennes riding a wild boar. She commanded a fine for any animal killed on her land, yet asked for animal sacrifices on her feast day. Britain |
| Goddess name "Ardwinna/ Dea Arduinna" | Britain | A goddess of woodland & animal |
| God name "Ares" | Greek | The god of war and one of the great Olympian gods of the Greeks. He is represented as the son of Zeus and Hera. A later tradition, according to which Hera conceived Ares by touching a certain flower, appears to be an imitation of the legend about the birth of Hephaestus, and is related by Ovid. |
| King name "Arete" | Greek | The wife of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians. In the Odyssey she appears as a noble and active superintendent of the household of her husband, and when Odysseus arrived in the island, he first applied to queen Arete to obtain hospitable reception and protection. Respecting her connexion with the story of Jason and Medeia. |
| King name "Arete" | Greek | The wife of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians. In the Odyssey she appears as a noble and active superintendent of the household of her husband, and when Odysseus arrived in the island, he first applied to queen Arete to obtain hospitable reception and protection. Respecting her connexion with the story of Jason and Medeia, see Alcinous. Greek |
"Arge" | Greek | One of the chieftains who came with Hercules to Rome. Greek |
"Arimanius aka Ahriman" | Persian | Angra Mainya, the carrier of nine hundred and ninety-nine diseases to plague the earth. Persian |
"Arishta" | Hindu | A Daitya, and a son of Bali, who attacked Krishna in the form of a savage bull and was slain by him. Hindu |
| God name "Arrinsnuphis [Greek]" | Egypt / Nubian | Local god of uncertain affinities. Probably significant circa 700 BC to AD 400 as an attendant of ISIS. He appeared in Egyptian sanctuaries during the Greco-Roman period and seems to have been of... |
| God name "Aruna" | Hindu | mountain god of morning and warriors. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Aryong Jong" | Korea | Goddess of water and Rainfall Korea |
| Goddess name "Ashnan" | Sumeria | Goddess of drunkenness, wine and grains Sumeria |
| Goddess name "Ashnan/ Asnan" | Sumeria | A goddess of drunkenness, wine & grains |
| Goddess name "Asnan" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | vegetation goddess. Minor deity probably known to the Sumerians from circa 3500BC or earlier. She is concerned with the abundance of grain in the fields, sent as its protectress by the gods ENLIL and ENKI. According to creation accounts, she and the cattle god LAHAR were first intended to serve the needs of the Annunaki, the celestial children of AN, but when the heavenly creatures were found unable to make use of their products, humankind was created to provide an outlet for their services. Attributes: ears of corn sprouting from her shoulders.... |
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