| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Aruru" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Mother goddess. See also NINHURSAG A.... |
| Goddess name "Asa Poorna" | Chohan / India | A goddess of happiness |
| God name "Asalluha" | Babylon / Akkadia / Sumeria | Minor god who acts as a messenger and reporter to Enki. Babylon / Akkadia / Sumeria |
| God name "Asalluha" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Minor god. A son of ENKI who apparently acts as a messenger and reporter to his father. Linked with rituals of exorcism. Cult center Ku'ara. In Babylonian times he became largely syncretized with MARDTK.... |
| Goddess name "Ashi" | India | Goddess of wisdom India |
| Goddess name "Ashirat" | Akkadia | Goddess of the Evening star. Akkadia |
| Goddess name "Ashis" | India | Goddess of happiness. India |
| Goddess name "Asnan" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | vegetation goddess. Minor deity probably known to the Sumerians from circa 3500BC or earlier. She is concerned with the abundance of grain in the fields, sent as its protectress by the gods ENLIL and ENKI. According to creation accounts, she and the cattle god LAHAR were first intended to serve the needs of the Annunaki, the celestial children of AN, but when the heavenly creatures were found unable to make use of their products, humankind was created to provide an outlet for their services. Attributes: ears of corn sprouting from her shoulders.... |
| Deity name "Assur" | Babylon / Akkadia | National deity of Assyria |
| God name "Assur" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Tutelary god. The national deity of Assyria. In the Assyrian copies of the creation epic Enuma Elis he replaces MARDUK as the hero.... |
| God name "Astabis" | Hurrian / Akkadia | warrior god. Hurrian / Akkadia |
| God name "Astabis/ Zamama/ Ninurta" | Hurrian / Akkadia | A warrior god |
| Deity name "Astaphaios" | Gnostic Christian | Primordial deity. One of the androgynous principles born to YALDABAOTH, the prime parent, ruling the seven heavens of chaos in gnostic mythology.... |
| God name "Asuha-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | God of courtyards. A guardian deity, one of many in Shintoism, concerned with the protection of houses and their environs.... |
| God name "Asurakumara" | Jain / India | God. One of the groups under the general title of BHVANAVASI (dwelling in places). They have a youthful appearance and are åśśociated with Rain and thunder.... |
| Goddess name "Asratum" | Western Semitic / Canaanite | Fertility goddess. Probably a corruption of the Semitic ATHIRAT or ASERAH. Also mentioned in Babylonian texts from the Hellenistic period. Also Asrat (Akkadian).... |
| Goddess name "Atargatis" | Northern Syrian | Mother goddess. She enjoyed major cults at Khirbet Tannur, where she is depicted as the vegetation goddess in nine separate variations, and at Khirbet Brak, where she is åśśociated with dolphins. She often carries a cornucopia linking her with the goddess TYCHE (fortune) and may commonly be flanked by lions. She sometimes carries a rudder or wears the mural crown of a city guardian. There are hints of sky affinities in some depictions, with a sign of the zodiac or a nimbus-like veil.... |
| Supreme god name "Atea" | Polynesian | Supreme god. The father of the gods depicted as a hybrid, his body divided vertically, the left half being fishy and the right half of human form. In the tradition of the Hervey Islands, he is the firstborn son of the primordial mother VARI-MA-TE-TAKERE. After a short existence low down in the world coconut living immediately above his mother, he moved to the opening of the upper world. He is largely comparable to TANE, the god of light. Also AVATEA, Vatea, Wakea.... |
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