| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Monster name "Achiyalatopa" | Zuni | Celestial giant monster with feathers of flint knives. Zuni |
"Acmonian Wood" | Greek | The trystplace of unlawful love. It was here that Mars had his åśśignation with Harmonia, who became the mother of the Amazons. |
"Acrasia" | Britain | Self-indulgence. An enchantress who lived in the "Bower of Bliss," situate in "Wandering Island" She transformed her lovers into monstrous shapes, and kept them captives. Sir Guyon having crept up softly, threw a net over her, and bound her in chains of adamant; then broke down her bower and burnt it to ashes. Britain. |
| Demon name "Addanc aka adanc" | Welsh | Addane, afanc, avanc, abhac, abac, a lake monster that also appears in Celtic and British folklore. It is described alternately as resembling a crocodile, beaver or dwarf, and is sometimes said to be a demon. The lake in which it dwells also varies; it is variously said to live in Llyn Llion, Llyn Barfog, near Brynberian Bridge or in Llyn yr Afanc, a lake in Betws-y-Coed that was named after the creature. Welsh |
| Demon name "Adi" | Enochian | A cacodemon. Enochian |
| Demon name "Aerial Demons" | Greek | One of the six clåśśes of demons identified by medieval theologians. They roam through the air but remain close to human beings. |
| Archangel name "Aeshma" | Persian | A small hairy demon able to make men perform cruel acts. One of seven archangels of the Persians. Persian |
| Demon name "Aesma" | Persian | An outrageous and åśśaulting demon, whose name has been thought to be reflected as Asmodaeus in the Book of Tobit. Persian |
| Demon name "Aesma Daeva" | Persia | 'Fury'. demon of lust and anger. Gets very angry at cows. Persia |
"Aeson" | Greek | A son of Cretheus, the founder of lolcus, and of Tyro, the daughter of Salmoneus. |
"Aether" | Greek | Ether or Acmon, a personified idea of the mythical cosmogonies |
| Nymph name "Aetna" | Roman | A Sicilian nymph, and according to Alcimus, a daughter of Uråñuś and Gaea, or of Briareus. Simonides said that she had acted as arbitrator between Hephaestus and Demeter respecting the possession of Sicily. |
| Demon name "Agares / Aguares" | Greek | Agares aka Aguares devil. Wierius' hierarchy states Agares is the demon of courage Grand Duke of the eastern regions of Hell, commander of thirty-one legions. |
| Demon name "Agas" | Iran | demon of illness, especially the eyes. Iran |
| Spirit name "Agathos Daimon" | Greek | A good genius / guardian spirit |
| Spirit name "Agathos Daimon (good demon)" | Greco - Roman | God of fortune. Known locally from Alexandria and depicted in the form of a snake. May have originated as an androgynous fertility spirit, but later becomes identified as the consort of Agathe Tyche (see TYCHE). Libations were made regularly to this deity after meals and he was regarded as a friendly household guardian.... |
| Demon name "Agb" | Enochian | A cacodemon. Enochian |
| God name "Agdistis" | Phrygian | A mythical being connected with the Phrygian worship of Attes or Atys. Pausanias relates the following story about Agdistis. On one occasion Zeus unwittingly begot by the earth a superhuman being which was at once man and woman, and was called Agdistis. The gods dreaded it and unmanned it, and from its severed genitalia there grew up an almond-tree. |
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