Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Appiades" | Roman | Five divinities whose temple stood near the fountains of Appius, in Rome. Their names are Venus, Pallas, Concord, Peace, and Vesta. They were represented on horse-back, like Amazons. Roman |
Nymph name "Appias" | Roman | A nymph of the Appian well, which was situated not far from the temple of Venus Genitrix in the forum of Julius Caesar. It was surrounded by statues of nymphs, who were called Appiades. Roman |
God name "Aquib" | Roman | weather god. God of the west winds.... |
God name "Aquilo" | Roman | Aka Boreas, a purple-winged god of the north wind, one of the four wind-gods. He was also the god of Winter, who swept down from the cold northern mountains of Thrake, chilling the air with his icy breath. Roman |
Goddess name "Arachne" | Roman | Minor goddess. Concerned with the craft of weaving.... |
Goddess name "Arava" | Roman | A moon goddess |
Goddess name "Arduinna" | Roman / Celtic | Goddess of the Ardennes Forest. Her cult thus originated in the Ardennes, which derived its name from her. She was åśśimilated to the Roman Diana. Roman / Celtic |
Goddess name "Arduinna" | Roman / Celtic / European | Goddess of Forests and hunting. Known only from inscriptions and figurines in the Ardennes region. Depicted riding on the back of a wild boar and presumed to be a guardian deity of boars. Identified by the Romans with the goddess DIANA.... |
God name "Areimanios" | Roman | The Hellenistic form of Ahriman, a god of the Zarathushtrian faith, being a sacred, unspeakable name within Roman Mithraism and this name's etymological correspondence to the Zoroastrian Ahriman. |
God name "Arimanius" | Roman | Chthonic underworld god. See also AREJMANJOS.... |
God name "Arimanius/ Areimaios" | Roman | An underworld god |
Goddess name "Arnemetia" | Roman / British | A water goddess known from inscriptions |
Goddess name "Arnemetia" | Roman / Celtic / British | water goddess. A deity known only from inscriptions.... |
God name "Arrinsnuphis [Greek]" | Egypt / Nubian | Local god of uncertain affinities. Probably significant circa 700 BC to AD 400 as an attendant of ISIS. He appeared in Egyptian sanctuaries during the Greco-Roman period and seems to have been of... |
God name "Artaius" | Celtic | God of sheep and cattle herders from Celtic Gaul. Later, the Romans identified him with Mercury. |
Goddess name "Artio of Muri" | Roman / Celtic / European | Fertility goddess and guardian spirit of bears. Known only from inscriptions and sculptures in the Berne region of Switzerland, she is linked with bears. A bronze depicts her offering fruit to a bear. She seems also to be a goddess of prosperity and harvest. She became syncretized with the... |
Goddess name "Astraea" | Roman / Greek | Goddess of justice, truth, of purity, innocence and modesty. Roman / Greek |
Goddess name "Ataecina" | Roman / Iberia | An underworld goddess |