Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "AENGUS" | Celtic / Irish | KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 500 BC . The son of the DAGDA by the wife of Elcmar (one of the kings of Tara) who may have been the goddess BOANN, Aengus lived in the Valley of the Boyne and was closely linked with the ancient funerary tumuli in the region. According to legend, Aengus fell in love with a maiden whose identity he sought in vain. As he wasted away, his father and mother made enquiries until they located Caer, daughter of the king of Cannaught, who lived on Loch Bel dragon in the shape of a swan with 150 attendant swans. Aengus eventually found her and he also changed into a bird.... |
God name "Age" | Africa | God of animals. Revered by hunters in the savannah regions. Benin, West Africa |
God name "Age" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | God of animals. Revered by hunters in the savannah regions.... |
Spirit name "Amagandar/ Orokannar" | Tungus / Siberia | Protective female spirits |
God name "An" | Pan-Mesopotamian | The god of heaven at the E'anna temple. Pan-Mesopotamian |
Goddess name "Anna Kmari" | Indian | Local vegetation goddess. Worshiped by the Oraon tribe of Chota Nagpur. The recipient of human sacrifice in the spring months, she was believed to endow riches on the sacrificer and to ensure plentiful harvest while living in his house in the form of a child.... |
Goddess name "Anna Kuari" | India / Oraon | Local vegetation goddess who can give good crops and make a man rich, but to induce her to do so it is necessary to offer human sacrifices. India / Oraon |
Goddess name "Anna Perenna" | Etruscan | A goddess of reproduction, wanton love, & of spring |
Goddess name "Anna Perenna" | Roman | Protective goddess. Allegedly she saved the plebeians from famine in their conflict with the patricians in ancient Roman mythology. An openair festival dedicated to her was held on March 15 each year in a grove lying to the north of Rome.... |
Goddess name "Annalia" | Africa | Goddess of rivers, also the goddess of prostitutes. Africa |
Goddess name "Annallja Tu Bari" | Sudan | Goddess of sexual desire. Sudan |
God name "Annammr i" | Hindu / Puranic | Form of the god V IS'NU. The patron deity of kitchens and food. A shrine at Srirangam in southern India contains two-armed bronze images of the god. Attributes: a ball of rice in one hand, and in the other a container of payasa (sweetened milk and rice).... |
Goddess name "Annapatni" | Hindu | Goddess of food Hindu |
"Annapurna" | India | A Hindu avatar of Durga who ruled over food production. India |
"Annar or Onarr" | Norse | Husband of night and father of Jord (the earth). Norse |
"Annis . Black Anna, Black Anny, Black Agnes, Cat Anna" | Britain / Celtic | Annis aka Black Anna, Black Anny, Black Agnes, Cat Anna, Leicester witch with very sharp nails who wore a skirt made from the skins of her human prey. Britain / Celtic |
Goddess name "Antu aka Antum" | Babylon / Akkadia | A goddess, the first consort of Anu. They were the parents of the Anunnaki and the Utukki. Antu was replaced as consort by Ishtar or Inanna, who may also be a daughter of Anu and Antu. She is similar to Anat. Babylon / Akkadia |
Goddess name "Anunit aka Anunitu" | Chaldea | The Assyrian and Babylonian counterpart to the Sumerian Inanna and to the cognate northwest Semitic goddess Astarte. Anunit, Astarte and Atarsamain are alternative names for Ishtar. Chaldea |