| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"A" | Egypt / Greek | A, among the Egyptians is denoted by the hieroglyphic which represents the ibis. Among the Greeks it was the symbol of a bad augury in the sacrifices. |
| Goddess name "APHRODITE (foam-born)" | Greek / Cypriot | Goddess of sexual love. She was a daughter of Helios and Amphitrite, or of Poseidon and Aphrodite, lastly of Oceåñuś. Greek |
| God name "ASKLEPIOS" | Greek | God of physicians and healing. The son of APOLLO and a mortal consort, Coronis, Asklepios lived effectively as a mortal and died as such. He was nonetheless regarded as a deity.... |
| God name "Abaris" | Greek | The Scythian, was a priest of Apollo; and the god gave him a golden arrow on which to ride through the air. This dart rendered him invisible; it also cured diseases, and gave oracles. Abaris gave it to Pythagoras. |
"Abas" | Greek | A son of Metaneira, was changed by Demeter into a lizard |
"Abderus" | Greek | One of Heracles's friends, devoured by the horses of Diomede. Diomede gave him his horses to hold, and they devoured him. |
| Deity name "Abracax" | Greek | Also written Abraxas or Abrasax, in Persian mythology denotes the Supreme Being. In Greek notation it stands for 365. In Persian mythology Abracax presides over 365 impersonated virtues, one of which is supposed to prevail on each day of the year. In the second century the word was employed by the Basilidians for the deity; it was also the principle of the Gnostic hierarchy, and that from which sprang their numerous Æons. |
| Deity name "Abraxas" | Greek | Aka Abraxis, Abrsax, viewed as the supreme deity and the source of Divine emanations, the ruler of all the 365 heavens, or circles of creation--one for each day of the year. The number 365 corresponds to the numerical value of the seven Greek letters that form the word abraxas. The name Abraxas was taken from abra-cadabra. |
| God name "Abraxas/ Abrsax/ Abraxis" | Greek / Oriental | an occult theonym this god has the torso & arms of a man, head of a rooster & serpent legs |
| Hero name "Academus" | Greek | A hero of Attica. He told Castor and Pollux where Theseus had hidden Helen. He is sometimes identified with Cadmus. Greek |
| Cyclop name "Acamas" | Greek | One of the Cyclops. Greek |
| King name "Acastus" | Greek | A son of Pelias, king of lolcus, and of Anaxibia, or as others call her, Philomache. |
| Goddess name "Acco" | Greek | A goddess of evil |
"Achaeus" | Greek | A son of Xuthus and Creusa, and consequently a brother of Ion and grandson of Hellen. Greek |
| Goddess name "Achelois" | Greek | A moon goddess |
| Hero name "Acheron" | Greek | Acheron a son of Helios and Gaea or Demeter, and was changed into the river bearing his name in the lower world, because he had refreshed the Titans with drink during their contest with Zeus. |
| King name "Achilles" | Greek | The son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidones in Phthiotis, in Thessaly, and of the Nereid Thetis. |
"Achiroe" | Greek | According to Apollodorus ii Anchinoe, which is perhaps a mistake for Anchiroe, was a daughter of Nilus, and the wife of Belus, by whom she became the mother of Aegyptus and Danaus. |
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