| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Adha" | Arab | (the slit-eared). The swiftest of Mahomet's camels. |
| Goddess name "Aditi (the free one)" | Hindu / Vedic | Archaic mother goddess. According to the Rg Veda Aditi is said to be the wife of KASYAPA or of BRAHMA and mother of the ADITYAS, a group of minor gods including MITRA, ARYAMAN, BHAGA, VARUNA, DAKSA and Anisa. No other consort is mentioned in the literature. She is also accounted as the mother of HARI. Other legends account her as the mother of the Rain god INDRA. No human physical features are drawn, though she is sometimes identified in the guise of a cow. Aditi is also perceived as a guardian goddess who brings prosperity and who can free her devotees from problems and clear away obstacles. She disappears largely from later Hindu traditions.... |
| Nymph name "Adrasteia" | Greek | A Cretan nymph, daughter of Melisseus, to whom Rhea entrusted the infant Zeus to be reared in the Dictaean grotto. |
| God name "Aeolos" | Greek | God of storms and winds. One of the sons of POSEIDON, said to have presented the winds in a leather bag to the hero Odysseus, and to have given the sail to seafarers. According to legend his home was the Aeolian Island [Lipari Island]. In one legend he is married to EOS and is the father of six sons, the various directional winds. The hexagonal Temple of winds, on each side of which is depicted a flying figure of one of the winds, and which is dedicated to Aeolos, still stands at Athens.... |
"Aeolus" | Greece | In the mythical history of Greece there are three personages of this name, who are spoken of by ancient writers as connected with one another, but this connexion is so confused, that it is impossible to gain a clear view of them. |
| 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. |
"Afreet" | Arabic | Aka Ifrit, efreet, ifreet, afrit, are a kind of Jinn mentioned in the Qur'an. Arabic |
"Afreet or Efreet" | Arab | One of the Jinn tribe, of which there are five. |
"Agaliarept" | Greek | A Grand General of Hell, commander of the second legion and possessed of the power to discover all secrets. He commands Buer, Guseyn, and Botis. |
| Angel name "Agares" | Christian | One of the fallen angels, of the order of the virtues who governs thirty-one legions, appears riding a crocodile and carrying a sparrowhawk. |
| 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. |
| God name "Agnikumara" | Jain / India | They are youthful appearing gods åśśociated with Rain & thunder |
| God name "Agnikumara" | Jain / India | God. One of the groups under the general title of BHAVANAVASI (dwelling in places). They have a youthful appearance and are åśśociated with Rain and thunder.... |
| King name "Agraulos" | Greek | A daughter of Actaeus, the first king of Athens. By her husband, Cecrops, she became the mother of Erysichthon, Agraulos, Herse, and Pandrosos. 2. A daughter of Cecrops and Agraulos, and mother of Alcippe by Ares. |
| Goddess name "Ah Kin (he of the sun)" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Sun god. A deity of ambivalent personality, the young suitor of the moon goddess Acna, also the aged Sun god in the sky. He is feared as the bringer of drought, but also protects mankind from the powers of evil åśśociated with darkness. Said to be carried through the underworld at night on the shoulders of the god Sucunyum. Ah Kin is prayed to at Sunrise and rituals include the burning of incense. He is invoked to cure illness and to bring wives to bachelors. Attributes include a square third eye subtended by a loop, a strong Roman nose, a squint and incisor teeth filed to a T-shape. Also Acan Chob (Lacandon); Chi Chac Chob; Kinich Ahau; God G.... |
| God name "Ah Kumix Unicob" | Maya | These are small attendant water gods |
| Deities name "Ah Muuzencab" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Bee gods. The patron deities of apiarists still invoked in parts of the Yucatan. They are thought to be represented iconographically on the tops and bottoms of stone columns at the site of Chichen Itza as aged men with long beards and upraised arms. They wear loin cloths with distinctive cross hatching.... |
| God name "Ah Patnar Uinicob" | Maya | They are large water gods |
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