Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Anna Perenna" | Roman | Protective goddess. Allegedly she saved the plebeians from famine in their conflict with the patricians in ancient Roman mythology. An openair festival dedicated to her was held on March 15 each year in a grove lying to the north of Rome.... |
Goddess name "Anqet" | Egypt / Libya | Aka Anuket, Anukis, "The Clasper." water Goddess of the Nile Cataracts. Her symbal was the cowrie shell. Pictured as a woman donning a tall plumed crown. Also has been depicted as having four arms. Rules Over: Producer and giver of life, water. Egypt / Libya |
Goddess name "Anu aka Anann" | Ireland | Dana, Dana-Ana, Catana. Mother earth, Great Goddess, Greatest of all Goddesses. Another aspect of the Morrigu. The fertility Goddess, sometimes she formed a trinity with Badb and Macha. Her priestesses comforted and taught the dying. Fires were lit for her on Midsummer. Guardian of cattle and health. Ireland |
Goddess name "Anu/ Anann/ Dana/ Dana Ana/ Catana" | Irish | A mother goddess åśśociated with fertility & the primordial mother |
Goddess name "Anunitu" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | Mother goddess. See also ANTU.... |
Goddess name "Anuradha" | Hindu / Puranic | A goddess of good luck. Like her sister, Bharani, she is a daughter of Daksha and a wife of Chandra. Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Aparajita (unconquered)" | Hindu / Puranic | (1) God. One of the eleven EKADASARUDRAS or forms of RUDRA. Attributes: bell, bowl, club, drum, hook, lance, lotus, prayer wheel, rod, rosary, shield, sword and trident.(2) Minor god. Buddhist (Mahayana). (3) Goddess. Hindu (Puranic). Form of DURGA. Her attendant animal is a lion. Attributes: arrow, shield, snake and sword. 4. Goddess. Buddhist (Mahayana). She stands or treads on the god GANESA. Color: yellow. Attributes: bell, hook, image of RATNASAMBHAVA, noose and staff.... |
Goddess name "Apet" | Egypt | Goddess who protects pregnant women, children, nursing mothers and justice. Egypt |
Goddess name "Aphrodisias" | Carian | Goddess of fertility Turkey. The Greeks equated her with Aphrodite. (Carian) |
Goddess name "Aphrodite" | Greek | One of the great Olympian divinities, according to the popular and poetical notions of the Greeks, the goddess of love and beauty. Some traditions stated that she had sprung from the foam of the sea, which had gathered around the mutilated parts of Uråñuś, that had been thrown into the sea by Cronus after he had unmanned his father. (Theogony of Hesiod) |
Goddess name "Apit" | Egypt | Mother Goddess, nursing mother. Egypt |
Goddess name "Arachne" | Greek | A Lydian maiden who challenged Athena to a weaving contest. Arachne produced a piece of cloth as and Athena could find no fault with it, she tore the work to pieces, and Arachne in despair hung herself. The goddess loosened the rope and saved her life, but the rope was changed into a cobweb and Arachne herself into a spider, the animal most odious to Athena. Greek |
Goddess name "Aradvi Sura Anahita" | Persia | Another minor goddess. Persia |
Goddess name "Aramazd" | Armenia | The father of all gods and goddesses, the creator of heaven and earth. Armenia |
Goddess name "Arcismati (brilliant)" | Buddhist / Vajrayana | Minor goddess. One of several deified BHUMIS recognized as different spiritual spheres through which a disciple påśśes. Color: green. Attributes: blue lotus and staff.... |
Goddess name "Arduinna" | Roman / Celtic | Goddess of the Ardennes Forest. Her cult thus originated in the Ardennes, which derived its name from her. She was åśśimilated to the Roman Diana. Roman / Celtic |
Goddess name "Ardwinna" | British | Celtic Goddess of the wildwood. Ardwinna demands a fine of money for every animal killed in her wood British |
Goddess name "Ardwinna aka Dea Arduinna" | Britain | Woodland and animal Goddess who haunted the Forests of Ardennes riding a wild boar. She commanded a fine for any animal killed on her land, yet asked for animal sacrifices on her feast day. Britain |