| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Archangel name "A'albiel" | Christian | An angel that helps the archangel Michael in his heavenly cpéñïśs. Christian |
| 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.... |
"Abas" | Greek | A son of Metaneira, was changed by Demeter into a lizard |
| Deities name "Abiala" | Africa | wife of Makambi; African deities. She holds a pistol in her hand, and is greatly feared. Her aid is implored in sickness. |
| Spirit name "Abonsam" | Africa / Ghana | Malevolent spirit driven away by firing guns and shouting loudly, emptying houses of furniture and beating the interiors with sticks. Gold Coast |
| Goddess name "Abowie" | Ghana | A goddess of healing & sterility |
| God name "Abraham aka Avraham" | Arabic | Ashkenazi, Avrohom, Avruhom, regarded as the founding patriarch of the Israelites and of the Arabic people in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. In that tradition, Abraham is brought by God from his home in the ancient city of Ur into a new land, Canaan, where he enters into a covenant: in exchange for sole recognition of Yahweh as supreme universal authority. |
| Hero name "Acheron" | Greek | Acheron a son of Helios and Gaea or Demeter, and was changed into the river bearing his name in the lower world, because he had refreshed the Titans with drink during their contest with Zeus. |
"Acrasia" | Britain | Self-indulgence. An enchantress who lived in the "Bower of Bliss," situate in "Wandering Island" She transformed her lovers into monstrous shapes, and kept them captives. Sir Guyon having crept up softly, threw a net over her, and bound her in chains of adamant; then broke down her bower and burnt it to ashes. Britain. |
| Spirit name "Adamastor" | Greek | The spirit of the stormy Cape (Good Hope), described by Camoens in the Lusiad as a hideous phantom. According to Barreto, he was one of the giants who invaded heaven. |
"Adaran" | Greek | According to the Parsee superstition, is a sacred fire less holy than that called Behram |
| God name "Adimurti (the primeval personification)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Form or avatara of the god VIS'NU. Probably very similar to NARAYANA. Conventionally perceived as Vis'nu seated on the coils of the serpent SESA (Adisesa) and attended by two wives. Attributes: those of Vis'nu. Also Vaikunthanatha, Paramapathanatha.... |
"Adrammelech" | Middle East | Adramelech, a high chancellor of hell and president of the high council of devils. He can sometimes appear with a mule or a peaçõçk. Middle east |
| God name "Aega" | Greek | A daughter of Olenus, who was a descendant of Hephaestus. Aega and her sister Helice nursed the infant Zeus in Crete, and the former was afterwards changed by the god into the constellation called Capella. Greek |
"Aegaeon" | Greek | The hundred-handed. One of the Titans. Greek |
| Goddess name "Aequitas aka Aecetia" | Roman | Was the goddess of fair trade and honest merchants. Like Abundantia, she is depicted with a cornucopia, representing wealth from commerce. Roman |
| Archangel name "Aeshma" | Persian | A small hairy demon able to make men perform cruel acts. One of seven archangels of the Persians. Persian |
| King name "Aethra" | Greek | A daughter of king Pittheus of Troezen. Bellerophon sued for her hand, but was banished from Corinth before the nuptials took place. |
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