Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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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.... |
Spirit name "Agathos" | Greek | Good guardian spirit, the personification of good fortune, Greek |
Spirit name "Agathos Daimon" | Greek | A good genius / guardian spirit |
Spirit name "Agathos Daimon (good demon)" | Greco - Roman | God of fortune. Known locally from Alexandria and depicted in the form of a snake. May have originated as an androgynous fertility spirit, but later becomes identified as the consort of Agathe Tyche (see TYCHE). Libations were made regularly to this deity after meals and he was regarded as a friendly household guardian.... |
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 |
God name "Agni Hindu" | Vedic | God of fire and guardian of homes. Vedic |
God name "Agnikumara" | Jain / India | They are youthful appearing gods åśśociated with Rain & thunder |
God name "Agnikumara" | Jain / India | God. One of the groups under the general title of BHAVANAVASI (dwelling in places). They have a youthful appearance and are åśśociated with Rain and thunder.... |
God name "Ah Hulneb (he of the spear thrower)" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of war. The local guardian deity of the city of Cozumel.... |
Spirit name "Aha (grandmother)" | Yakut / central Siberia | River spirit. The guardian and apotheosis of rivers.... |
Supreme god name "Ai Apaec" | Mochica Indian / pre - Columbian South America / northern coast of Peru | Supreme god. Probably originated as a jaguar god but came to rule the destinies of the world. He was thought to live like ordinary people and could reveal himself as man or god at will. He is depicted in anthropomorphic form, but with huge fangs and a cat-like wrinkled face with whiskers coming from his nose. He received sacrificial victims hurled from the top of a high cliff.... |
Goddess name "Aiaru" | Polynesia | Goddess who predicts death. One of the Seven Guardians of the world. Polynesia |
"Airapadam" | Indian | The white elephant, one of the eight which, according to Indian mythology, sustain the earth. |
Ghost name "Airi" | Indian | The ghost of someone who killed in hunting. Those who see him face to face are burnt by the flash of his eye, or are torn to pieces by his dogs, or have their livers extracted and eaten by the fairies who accompany him. Indian |
"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 |
"Akbatekda" | Crow | A variant name of Akbatekdia, the supreme being. The Crow, Montana |
God name "Aker" | Egypt | Chthonic earth god of påśśage. Known from the Old kingdom (circa 2700 BC onward). Controls the interface between eastern and western horizons of the underworld, and is the guardian of the gate through which the king påśśes into the underworld. Aker provides a safe course for the barque of the Sun god during its påśśage through the underworld at night. He may be seen as the socket holding the boat's mast. He is also considered benevolent against snake bites. Represented by opposite facing pairs of human or lion heads.... |