| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "ADAD (wind)" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | weather god. His father is the supreme sky god ANU. He is described as a benevolent giver of life in the fields but is also a more violent storm god. His name in Akkadian cuneiform means wind. His animal is the bull. In human form he is depicted wearing horned headdress and tiered skirt or robe decorated with astral symbolism. He may carry a scimitar embellished with a single panther head and his symbol is the lightning fork often fixed upon a pair of pincers.... |
| Goddess name "Abhijit" | Hindu | Name means triumphator. A benevolent astral deity and goddess of fortune Hindu / Puranic |
| Goddess name "Abhijit (victorious)" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent naksatra or astral deity; daughter of DAKSA and consort of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
| Spirit name "Abonsam" | Africa / Ghana | Malevolent spirit driven away by firing guns and shouting loudly, emptying houses of furniture and beating the interiors with sticks. Gold Coast |
| Spirit name "Abonsam" | West African | Malevolent spirit. Recognized by tribes in the Gold Coast, etc. Traditionally driven away in an annual expulsion ritual by firing guns and shouting loudly, emptying houses of furniture and beating the interiors with sticks. The abonsam was finally driven into the sea. The ritual was preceded by four weeks of total silence in the area.... |
| God name "Aega" | Greek | A daughter of Olenus, who was a descendant of Hephaestus. Aega and her sister Helice nursed the infant Zeus in Crete, and the former was afterwards changed by the god into the constellation called Capella. Greek |
"Aegis" | Greek | In Homer, is the shield or buckler of Zeus, fashioned for him by Hephaestus, furnished with tåśśels and bearing the Gorgon's head in the centre. Originally symbolic of the storm-cloud, it is probably derived from aisso, signifying rapid, violent motion. |
| Ghost name "Aitu" | Polynesia | ghosts or spirits, often malevolent. Polynesia |
| Monster name "Akandoji" | Shinto | This monster had stolen a great deal of gold and silver from the villagers. It was said that he was so terrible that no one dared go against him, to try to recover the riches. Shinto |
| God name "Aker" | Egypt | Chthonic earth god of påśśage. Known from the Old kingdom (circa 2700 BC onward). Controls the interface between eastern and western horizons of the underworld, and is the guardian of the gate through which the king påśśes into the underworld. Aker provides a safe course for the barque of the Sun god during its påśśage through the underworld at night. He may be seen as the socket holding the boat's mast. He is also considered benevolent against snake bites. Represented by opposite facing pairs of human or lion heads.... |
| Deities name "Akeru" | Egypt | Pluralistic chthonic earth gods. Probably stemming from the pre-Dynastic period. Malevolent deities who can seize and imprison the souls of the deceased.... |
| God name "Akuman" | Arab | The most malevolent of all the Persian gods. |
| Goddess name "Anat" | Ugarit | A violent war-goddess and the sister of the great Baal known as Hadad. warrior virgin, slayer of snakes, goddess of fertility. Ugarit |
"Anaxithea" | Greek | One of the daughters of Danaus and the mother of Olenus by Jupiter. |
| Goddess name "Anuradha" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent NAKSATRA or astral deity, daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
| God name "Apap" | Teso / Uganda, East Africa | Creator god. Regarded as a benevolent sky god who brings the Rain to parched land. Also Akuj.... |
| God name "Apap Teso" | Uganda | Creator god who as a benevolent sky god brings Rain Uganda |
| Goddess name "Ardra" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess of misfortune. A malevolent NAKSATRA or astral deity; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
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