Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Aegle" | Greek | 1. The most beautiful of the Naiads, daughter of Zeus and Neaera by whom Helios begot the Charites. |
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 |
"Aesymnetes" | Greek | A surname of Dionysus, which signifies the Lord, or Ruler, and under which he was worshipped at Aroe in Achaia. Greek |
Deities name "Aether" | Greco - Roman | Primordial god of light. A remote cosmic deity, the son of EREBOS (darkness) and NYX (night) who overthrew these archetypal deities of chaos. In Hesiod's Epic Cycle he is also described as the father of OURANOS.... |
Goddess name "Agischanak" | Tlingit | The kindly goddess of the Tlingit people of Alaska. A powerful goddess capable of supporting the pillar on which the earth rests. |
"Aglaia" | Greek | One of the Charites. 2. The wife of Charopus and mother of Nireus, who led a small band from the island of Syme against Troy. Another Agiaia is mentioned in Apollodorus. (Apollodorus. ii) |
God name "Agrotes" | Phonecian | Lesser God of the earth, horses, hunting, and wanderers. Appears as a charioteer, sometimes accompanied by packs of dogs. Phonecian |
Goddess name "Ah Kin (he of the sun)" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Sun god. A deity of ambivalent personality, the young suitor of the moon goddess Acna, also the aged Sun god in the sky. He is feared as the bringer of drought, but also protects mankind from the powers of evil åśśociated with darkness. Said to be carried through the underworld at night on the shoulders of the god Sucunyum. Ah Kin is prayed to at Sunrise and rituals include the burning of incense. He is invoked to cure illness and to bring wives to bachelors. Attributes include a square third eye subtended by a loop, a strong Roman nose, a squint and incisor teeth filed to a T-shape. Also Acan Chob (Lacandon); Chi Chac Chob; Kinich Ahau; God G.... |
God name "Ah Kin Xoc" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of poetry. Regarded as a great singer and musician since most Mayan poetry is Sung or chanted. He may appear as a hummingbird and is considered by some authorities to be an avatara of the Sun god. Also Ah Kin Xocbiltun; P'izlimtec.... |
God name "Ahau Chamahez" | Mayan | One of two gods of Medicine Mayan |
Goddess name "Akycha" | Alaskan | A goddess of war |
Goddess name "Akycha" | Inuit | Goddess of war in Alaska, god of the Sun. Inuit |
"Al Raqim" | Quran | The dog of the Seven Sleepers, now in Paradise and in charge of letters and other correspondence. Quran |
"Alloces" | Greek | Commands thirty-six legions. He dresses as a knight and rides a horse. His face is characteristic of a lion, with an inflamed complexion and fervent eyes. He is said to teach astronomy and liberal arts. |
God name "Aluelp" | Greek | An Indian nymph, who was påśśionately loved by Dionysus, but could not be induced to yield to his wishes, until the god changed himself into a tiger, and thus compelled her by fear to allow him to carry her across the river Sollax, which from this cirçúɱstance received the name of Tigris. Greek |
Demon name "Amarum" | Equador | One of the most formidable demons, he father of witchcraft and appears in the form of a huge water-boa. Quichas |
God name "Ambisagrus aka Bussumarus" | Britain | Originally from Gaul, where his Celtic identity was lost during the Roman takeover where he took all the characteristics of the Roman God Jupiter. weather deity who controlled the Rain, wind, hail and fog. Britain |