| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Athena" | Greek | One of the great divinities of the Greeks. Homer calls her a daughter of Zeus, without any allusion to her mother or to the manner in which she was called into existence, while most of the later traditions agree in stating that she was born from the head of Zeus. According to the Theogony of Hesiod, Metis, the first wife of Zeus, was the mother of Athena, but when Metis was pregnant with her, Zeus, on the advice of Gaea and Uråñuś, swallowed Metis up, and afterwards gave birth himself to Athena, who sprang from his head. |
| Goddess name "Aticandika (exceedingly great)" | Hindu / Puranic | Distinct form of the goddess DURGA. One of a group of nine deities, known as the nine durgas.... |
"Atla" | Norse | One of Heimdal's nine mothers. Norse. |
| Goddess name "Atlaonin" | Aztec | One of the names of the mother goddess. Aztec |
"Atma / Atman" | India | Atma aka Atman a philosophical term used within Hinduism and Vedanta to identify the soul. It is one's true self beyond identification with the phenomenal reality of worldly existence. India |
| Goddess name "Atropos" | Pre - Homeric Greek | Goddess of fate. According to Hesiod, one of the daughters of ZEUS and THEMIS. One of an ancient trio of MOIRAI with LACHESIS and KLOTHO. She is responsible for the final part of a mortal life, the unturning inevitability of death, and she is depicted holding a pair of scales. The name of the plant Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade) derives from her.... |
| God name "Attar" | Western Semitic | God of the morning star. In Canaanite legend, he attempts to usurp the dead BAAL but proves inadequate to fill the god's throne. In semi-arid regions of western Asia where irrigation is essential, he was sometimes worshiped as a Rain god. His female counterpart is the Phoenician ASTARTE. Also probably identified as Dhu-S amani in more southerly regions.... |
| Angel name "Attarib" | Christian | One of the four angels of Winter. Christian |
| God name "Atua Fafine" | Polynesian / Tikopia | Creator being. One of a pair with ATUA I RAROPUKA when the land of Tikopia was pulled up from the bottom of the ocean. They may have been there from the outset, or arrived on the back of a turtle from foreign parts. They engendered five sons, all gods.... |
| God name "Atua I Raropuka" | Polynesian / Tikopia | Creator being. One of a pair with Atua Fafine when the land of Tikopia was pulled up from the bottom of the ocean. They may have been there from the outset, or arrived on the back of a turtle from foreign parts. They engendered five sons, all gods.... |
| King name "Augeas" | Greek | A son of Phorbas and Hermione, and king of the Epeians in Elis. According to some accounts he was a son of Eleios or Helios or Poseidon. |
| God name "Aura" | Greek | A daughter of Lelas and Periboea, was one of the swift-footed companions of Artemis. She was beloved by Dionysus, but fled from him, until Aphrodite, at the request of Dionysus, inspired her with love for the god. |
"Autolycus" | Greek | A son of Hermes or Daedalion by Chione, Philonis, or Telauge. He was the husband of Neaera, or according to Homer, of Amphithea, by whom he became the father of Anticleia, the mother of Odysseus and Aesimus. |
| Goddess name "Auxesia" | Greek | The goddess who grants growth and prosperity to the fields, a surname of Persephone. Greek |
"Auxo 1" | Greek | One of the Horae. 2. An ancient Attic divinity, who was worshipped, according to Pausanias, together with Hegemone, under the name of Charites |
"Awaeh Yegendji" | Haudenosaunee | Mother Swan. She is a aged wisewoman living alone in the Forest with Her three daughters. Haudenosaunee |
| Supreme god name "Awonawilona" | Pueblo / Zuni | The One Who Contains Everything. The Supreme God, the Creator of All. Before the creation there was only Awonawilona; all else was darkness and emptiness. Both male and female, Awonawilona created everything from himself and taking form became the maker of light, the Sun. Pueblo / Zuni |
| Goddess name "Ayurvasita" | Buddhist | Minor goddess, one of twelve vasitas. Buddhist |
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