Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Akbatekda" | Crow | A variant name of Akbatekdia, the supreme being. The Crow, Montana |
Goddess name "Akonadi" | Ghana | Oracle goddess of justice Ghana |
Goddess name "Akonadi" | Ghanaian / West Africa | Oracular goddess. Known in the region around Accra where she has had a celebrated oracular shrine. She is regarded as a goddess of justice and a guardian deity of women.... |
"Aksayajnana-Karmanda" | Buddhist | 1 of the 12 Dharnis & the deification of literature |
"Aksayajnana-Karmanda (undecaying knowledge of Karma)" | Buddhist | Deification of literature. One of a group of twelve DHARANIS. Color: red. Attributes: basket with jewels, and staff.... |
Deity name "Akuj" | Africa | Chief deity åśśociated with the sky. Turkana Africa |
Goddess name "Ala" | Ibo / eastern Nigeria, West Africa | Chthonic fertility goddess. A popular deity who is also goddess of the underworld linked with a cult of the dead (which rest in her womb). Her temple is the Mbari which contains a cult statue depicting the goddess seated with a child in her arms and adorned with the crescent moon. She is flanked by attendant deities. She enjoys a profusion of local shrines which are well supplied with votive offerings. Serious crimes including murder are considered to be offenses against her. An annual yam festival is celebrated in her honor. Also Ale, Ana, ANI.... |
Goddess name "Ala aka Ale" | Africa | Ana, Ani, Chthonic fertility goddess who is also goddess of the underworld linked with a cult of the dead, which rest in her womb . Ibo Eastern Nigeria, West Africa |
Deities name "Alatangana" | Africa | With Sa, one of two creator deities he created land from swamp and placed vegetation on earth. He then eloped with the Sa's daughter and fathered seven boys and seven girls. Kono - Eastern Guinea, West Africa |
Deities name "Alatangana" | Kono / eastern Guinea, West Africa | Creator god. One of two creator deities; the other is SA. ALATANGANA created land from swamp and placed vegetation on earth. VAJRAPANI and a large number of minor names.See also AMITABHA, AMOGHASIDDHI, RATNASAMBHAVA and VAIROCANA.... |
Deities name "Alatangana Kono" | Africa | One of the two creator deities, this god created land from swamp Africa(west) / Guinea |
King name "Alcmene" | Greek | A daughter of Electryon, king of Messene, by Anaxo, the daughter of Alcaeus. According to other accounts her mother was called Lysidice or Eurydice. |
"Alii Menehune" | Hawaii | Chief of the Little People. His favorite food is the mai'a (banana) Hawaii |
God name "Alk'unta'm" | Bella Coola Indian / British Columbia, Canada | Sun god. Linked closely with SENX, both are of equal significance. His mother is a cannibal woman, Nunuso' mikeeqone'im, who can turn into a mosquito.... |
Goddess name "Allatu(m)" | Western Semitic | Chthonic underworld goddess. Modeled on the Mesopotamian goddess ERESKIGAL and possibly also equating with ARSAY in Canaanite mythology. Recognized by the Carthaginians as Allatu.... |
Goddess name "Almha" | Ireland | Goddess of the Tuatha De Danann and a hill in southern Ireland was named for her. Ireland |
"Aloeos" | Greek | Son of Poseidon Canace. Each of his two sons was 27 cubits high. Greek |
"Aloeus" | Greek | 1. A son of Poseidon and Canace. He married Iphimedeia, the daughter of Triops, who was in love with Poseidon, and used to walk by the sea-side, take her hands full of its water, and sprinkle her bosom with it. The two sons whom she had by Poseidon were called Aloeidae. 2. A son of Helios by Circe or Antiope, who received from his father the sovereignty over the district of Asopia. |