Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Agni" | India | A god of lightning, fire, & the Sun & who also mediates between the gods & humans |
God name "Agni" | India | God of lightning, fire, and the Sun and who also mediates between the gods and humans. India |
"Agrios" | Greek | One of the Titans. He was killed by the Parc?. Greek fable. |
"Agu'gux" | Aleut | Lives with his community in a land of snow. Like all other humans, Agu'gux is composed of all he knows and all he has ever known. Aleut |
God name "Ah Hulneb" | Mayan | Associated with the island of Cozumel, he was a god of war. Ah Hulneb means "he the spear thrower." Mayan |
Goddess name "Aiaru" | Polynesia | Goddess who predicts death. One of the Seven Guardians of the world. Polynesia |
King name "Aidoneus" | Greek | A mythical king of the Molossians, the husband of Persephone, and father of Core. Greek |
Goddess name "Aife aka Aoife" | Ireland / Scotland | Goddess and queen of the Isle of Shadow. She ran a school for warriors, but her school was less successful than her sister, Scathach's, school. Aife was not vulnerable to magic, and commanded a legion of fierce horsewomen. She stole an alphabet of knowledge from the deities to give to humankind. For that infraction, she was transformed into a crane by the elder deities. Ireland / Scotland |
God name "Aizen-Myo-o" | Japan / Shinto | The god of love and lust. Originally a Hindu deity, Ragaraja, Aizen Myo-o became part of Buddhism, and Kobo Daishi Kukai transmitted the teaching of him to Japan. Japan / Shinto |
God name "Aizen-Myoo" | Japan | The god of tavern keepers, musicians, singers, prostitutes & love |
"Akasagarbha" | Buddhist / India | Bodhisattva one of the eight great bodhisattvas. His name can be translated as "boundless space treasury" or "void store" as his wisdom is said to be boundless as space itself. He is sometimes known as the twin brother of the "earth store" bodhisattva Ksitigarbha. In Japan he is known as Kokuzo. Buddhist / India |
Spirit name "Alalu Ossetian" | Cen Caucasians | A spirit of smallpox & protects women |
God name "Alaunus" | Roman / Celtic / European | Local god. Known from areas around Mannheim and Salzburg. The Romans syncretized him with MERCURIUS.... |
"Albion the Giant" | Britain | Fourth son of Neptune, sixth son of Osiris, and brother of Hercules, his mother being Amphitrita. Albion the Giant was put by his father in possession of the isle of Britain, where he speedily subdued the Samotheans, the first inhabitants. His brother Bergion ruled over Ireland and the Orkneys. Another of his brothers was Lestrigo, who subjected Italy. |
Goddess name "Alkonost" | Greek | The bird of Paradise in Slavic mythology. It has the body of a bird with the face of a woman. The name Alkonost came from the name of Greek demi-goddess Alcyone transformed by gods into a kingfisher. |
Goddess name "Allat" | Arabic | A pre-Islamic Arabian goddess who was one of the three chief goddesses of Mecca and one of three goddesses that the pre-Islamic Meccans referred to as "The Daughters of God". Arabic |
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 "Alruna-wife" | German | The Alrunes were the lares or penates of the ancient Romans. An Alruna-wife was the household goddess of a German family. An Alruna-maiden is a household maiden goddess. |