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God name "Ancaeus" | Greek | 1. A son of the Arjadian Lycurgus and Creophile or Eurynome, and father of Agapenor. He was one of the Argonauts and partook in the Calydonian hunt in which he was killed by the boar. (Apollodorus i. 9.) 2. A son of Poseidon and Astypalaea or Alta, king of the Leleges in Samos, and husband of Samia, the daughter of the river-god Maeander, by whom he became the father of Perilaus, Enodos, Samos, Alitherses, and Parthenope. |
Goddess name "Ancasta" | Britain / British | A Goddess who survives only in her name through an inscription on a stone in Hampshire. It is a possibility she is related to Andraste. Britain |
God name "Anceta" | Kamos Moab / Jordan | The chief god that when Hellenized became equated with Ares |
Goddess name "Andarta" | Celtic / Gallic | Fertility goddess (probable). Patron goddess of the Vocontii tribe. Her name seems to have derived either from artos (bear) or ar (ploughed land).See also ANDRASTA.... |
"Androgeus" | Greek | A son of Minos and Pasiphae, or Crete, who is said to have conquered all his opponents in the games of the Panathenaea at Athens. Greek |
"Andvari" | Norse | Andvare, The name of a pike-shaped dwarf; the owner of the fatal ring called Andvaranautr. Norse |
God name "Anextiomarus" | Roman / British | A Celtic epithet of the Sun-god Apollo recorded in a Romano-British inscription from South Shields, England. The form is a variant of Anextlomarus 'Great protector', a Divine style or name attested in a fragmentary Gallo-Roman dedication from Le Mans, France. Anextlomarus is also attested as a Gaulish man's father's name at Langres, and a feminine Divine form, Anextlomara, appears in two other Gallo-Roman dedications from Avenches, Switzerland. Roman / British |
"Anfial" | Christian | One of the game wardens of the celestial safari park. Christian |
Angel name "Angels of Vengeance" | Greek | Twelve angels among the first formed at Creation, although according to official Catholic doctrine, all angels were formed simultaneously. Only five are mentioned by name: Saten'el, Michael, Uriel, Rappheal and Nathan'el. |
"Angelus" | Greek | A surname of Artemis, according to some accounts the original name of Hecate. |
"Angitia" | Greek | Taught the people remedies against the poison of serpents, and had derived her name from being able to kill serpents by her incantations. Greek |
"Angpoi Unnax" | Enochian | The Divine name ruling life, the universe and everything else. Enochian |
"Angru Mainya . Angra Mainya" | Persia | Angru Mainya aka Angra Mainya, another name for Ahriman the chief antagonist of Ahura Mazdah. Persia |
God name "Angru Mainyu (evil spirit)" | Persian / Iran | Chthonic underworld god of darkness. The original Zoroastrian name of the chief antagonist of AHURA MAZDA.See also AHRIMAN.... |
"Angurvadel" | Norse | Frithiof's sword, inscribed with Runic letters, which blazed in time of war, but gleamed with a dim light in time of peace. Norse |
God name "Angus" | Gaelic | A Gaelic god of amorous dalliance. A son of Dugda, his harp was so sweet that whoever heard must follow; his kisses became invisible love-whispering birds. |
God name "Anila" | Hindu / Puranic | One of the Vasus, gods of the elements of the cosmos. He is equated with the wind god Vayu, Anila being understood as the name normally used for Vayu when numbered among the Vasus. Hindu / Puranic |
Angel name "Anitor" | Eastern | By the virtue of these most holy angelic Names do I clothe myself, O Lord, in my Sabbath garments, that so I may fulfil, even unto their term, all things which I desire to effect through Thee, Most Holy ADONAY, Whose kingdom and rule endure for ever and ever. Amen. From the Key of Solomon |