| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Acala" | India / Buddhism | This god is protector of of the teaching & defends temples |
| Deities name "Ah Muuzencab" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Bee gods. The patron deities of apiarists still invoked in parts of the Yucatan. They are thought to be represented iconographically on the tops and bottoms of stone columns at the site of Chichen Itza as aged men with long beards and upraised arms. They wear loin cloths with distinctive cross hatching.... |
| Spirit name "Ahnfrau" | German | An ancestress whose spirit appears to give warning of an approaching disaster or death. German |
| Goddess name "Aittsamka" | Bella Coola | A goddess of teaching |
| 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 |
| Goddess name "Aje" | Africa | Goddess of wealth who appears as a fowl scratching the earth and was sent down with Oduduwa, the earth goddess. |
| Goddess name "Aje" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Goddess of wealth. She is thought to appear as a fowl scratching the earth and, in creation mythology, was sent down with ODUDUWA, the earth goddess.... |
| God name "Ares" | Greek | The god of war and one of the great Olympian gods of the Greeks. He is represented as the son of Zeus and Hera. A later tradition, according to which Hera conceived Ares by touching a certain flower, appears to be an imitation of the legend about the birth of Hephaestus, and is related by Ovid. |
| God name "Argonautae" | Greek | The heroes and demigods who, according to the traditions of the Greeks, undertook the first bold maritime expedition to Colchis, a far distant country on the coast of the Euxine, for the purpose of fetching the golden fleeces. They derived their name from the ship Argo, in which the voyage was made, and which was constructed by Argus at the command of Jason, the leader of the Argonauts. |
"Caligorant" | Egyptian | An Egyptian giant and cannibal who used to entrap strangers with a hidden net. This net was made by Vulcan to catch Mars and Venus, Mercury stole it for the purpose of catching Chloris, and left it in the temple of Anubis; Caligorant stole it thence. At length Astolpho blew his magic horn, and the giant ran affrighted into his own net, which dragged him to the ground. Whereupon Astolpho made the giant his captive, and despoiled him of his net. |
| God name "Ching Ling Tzu" | China | God of tea China |
| Goddess name "Dakini Guru" | Tibetan | A goddess of teaching |
| Spirit name "Devas aka daeva" | Hindu | A type of celestial being that appears in both Persian mythology and Hinduism. Named after a Sanskrit word meaning "god," the deva emerged in Hindu teachings as a spiritual being, serving the supreme beings. |
| God name "Deving Iching" | Latvia | God of horses. Latvia |
| God name "Egata" | Basque | A God who warns of approaching fire and windstorms. Basque |
| Spirit name "Ehlose" | Zulu | The guardian spirit which may take many forms, and warns of approaching dangers. Zulu |
| Goddess name "Eir" | Scandinavia | A goddess of mercy & teaching |
| Goddess name "Ekineba" | Africa | Goddess of teaching Africa |
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