Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Deities name "Agnostos Theos" | Greco - Roman | The unknown god(s) usually addressed in the plural form. They were the subject of altar inscriptions, particularly in Athens, probably out of concern lest certain less popular deities be neglected or forgotten.... |
Goddess name "Agwe" | Haiti | Goddess manifestation of Yemanja Haiti / Vodun |
Goddess name "Agwe" | Haiti / Vodun | A goddess manifestation of Yemanja |
God name "Ah Bolon Dz'acab (many generations)" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic fertility god. A god identified with Rain and thunder. Also strongly linked with Agriculture and young crops. Possibly a vegetation avatara of the iguana god ITZAM NA. Attributes include a leaf-like ornament worn in the nose. Also God K.... |
Deities name "Ah Cancun" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Hunting god. One of a number of deities in Mayan religion identified with the hunt and the protection of animals. Also Acanum.... |
God name "Ah Chun Caan (he of the base of the sky)" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Local god. The tutelary deity of the city of Merida. Mentioned in the Vienna Dictionary.... |
Deities name "Ah Tabai" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Hunting god. One of a number of deities in Mayan religion identified with the hunt and the protec tion of animals.... |
God name "Ah Uincir Dz'acab" | Mayan / Chorti, Meso american / eastern Guatemala | God of healing. The patron of herbalists and concerned with the preparation of remedies, he is depicted as having male and female identities, each concerned with the healing of their respective sexes. Also Ah Uincir Kopot.... |
God name "Ah Uuc Ticab" | Mayan | Minor vegetation and fertility god Mayan |
God name "Ah Uuc Ticab" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic god. Minor fertility and vegetation deity.... |
Angel name "Aha" | Christian | An angel of the fire used in magical operations. Christian |
God name "Ahau Kin" | Mayan | Meaning "lord of the Sun face," he was a Sun god and moon god; he had two manifestations. At night, he became a jaguar god and lord of the underworld. Mayan |
"Aholibah" | Islam | The personification of prostitution. Used by the prophet to signify religious adultery or harlotry. Islam |
God name "Ahriman" | Zoroastrian / Farsi Per sian | Chthonic god of darkness. The antagonist of AHURA MAZDA, god of light, and his attendant, MITHRA. The name is a modern derivation of the original Avestan title ANGRU MAINYU. Ahriman is said to have tried to persuade his attendant animals, including the scor pion, ant and snake, to drink the blood of the bull slain by Mithra in the primeval legend of dualistic conflict (see Mithra); if he had succeeded he would have prevented life from forming on earth. In another legend he tried to thwart Ahura Mazda by sending a flood to destroy the world. Also recog nized in Roman Mithraism. Rituals included ani mal sacrifice. Also ARIMANIUS (Roman).... |
Spirit name "Ahriman / Arimanius / Angra Mainya," | Zoroaster | Aka Arimanius or Angra Mainya, stood high in the ranks of the enemies who opposed Ahura Mazda (aka Ohrmazd or Oromasdes). Ahriman is thought to be the first personification of "the devil" the supreme evil spirit and lord of the darkness and death. |
God name "Ahulane" | Caribbean | A war god, also called the archer. The island Cozumel was the location of Ahulane's shrine. |
God name "Ahulane" | Mayan / Persian / Zoroastrian | A war god, also called the archer. The island Cozumel was the location of Ahulane's shrine. Mayan / Persian / Zoroastrian |
"Ahura Mazda" | Persia | An exalted divinity of ancient proto-Indo-Iranian religion that was subsequently declared by Zarathustra (Zoroaster) to be the one uncreated creator of all. Persia |