| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "AENGUS" | Celtic / Irish | KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 500 BC . The son of the DAGDA by the wife of Elcmar (one of the kings of Tara) who may have been the goddess BOANN, Aengus lived in the Valley of the Boyne and was closely linked with the ancient funerary tumuli in the region. According to legend, Aengus fell in love with a maiden whose identity he sought in vain. As he wasted away, his father and mother made enquiries until they located Caer, daughter of the king of Cannaught, who lived on Loch Bel dragon in the shape of a swan with 150 attendant swans. Aengus eventually found her and he also changed into a bird.... |
| Goddess name "Aebhel/ Aeval" | Irish | A goddess who is a faery [interesting story] |
| God name "Aed" | Celtic / Irish | Chthonic underworld god. Known from inscriptions. Aed mac Lir, son of LIR and Aobh was, according to tradition, turned into a swan by his stepmother, Aoife.... |
"Aengus" | Celtic / Irish | worshipped from about 500 BC / 400 AD |
| God name "Aesun" | Ireland | Irish early god whose name means "to be." Most likely part of a lost creation myth. Aesun was also known by the Persians and Umbria and Scandinavia. Ireland |
| Goddess name "Aibheaog" | Irish | A fire goddess |
| Goddess name "Aife/ Aoife" | Irish / Scotland | A goddess & queen of the Isle of shadow |
| Goddess name "Ain/ Aine" | Irish | A goddess of war, of fertility, love & of Midsummer Lair Derg |
| Goddess name "Aine" | Celtic / Irish | Obscure sky or Sun goddess. May have an åśśociation with horses.... |
| Goddess name "Airmid" | Irish | A goddess of all healing arts & witchcraft |
"Albion the Giant" | Britain | Fourth son of Neptune, sixth son of Osiris, and brother of Hercules, his mother being Amphitrita. Albion the Giant was put by his father in possession of the isle of Britain, where he speedily subdued the Samotheans, the first inhabitants. His brother Bergion ruled over Ireland and the Orkneys. Another of his brothers was Lestrigo, who subjected Italy. |
| Goddess name "Andjety" | Egypt / Lower | Chthonic underworld god. Minor deity in anthropomorphic form known from the Pyramid Texts. Identified with the ninth nome (district). Responsible for rebirth in the afterlife and regarded as a consort of several fertility goddesses. He was revered at Busiris where he clearly heralded the cult of Osiris. Attributes: high conical crown (similar to the atef crown of Osiris) decorated with two tall plumes, crook and flail. In early Pyramid Texts, the feathers are replaced by a bicornuate uterus.See also Osiris.... |
| God name "Angus Og" | Irish | A god of love |
| Demon name "Aningan" | Inuit | The moon, brother to the Sun whom moon chases across the sky. Aningan has a great igloo in the sky where he rests. Irdlirvirissong, his demon cousin, lives there as well. The moon is a great hunter, and his sledge is always piled high with seal skins and meat. Inuit |
| Goddess name "Anu/ Anann/ Dana/ Dana Ana/ Catana" | Irish | A mother goddess åśśociated with fertility & the primordial mother |
| God name "Anzety" | Egypt | God and king of Busiris. Egypt |
| Goddess name "Arianrod" | Irish | The goddess of the moon |
| Goddess name "Arm (2)" | Celtic / Irish | Chthonic mother goddess. Closely åśśociated with fertility and the primordial mother of the TUATHA DE DANANN. Twin hills near Killarney in Munster are called The Paps of Anu. Also Ana.... |
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