Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Angel name "Abou Jahia" | Arab | The angel of death in Mohammedan mythology. Called Azrael by the Arabs, and Mordad by the Persians. |
"Aboulomri" | Arab | A fabulous bird of the vulture sort which lives 1,000 years. Called by the Persians Kerkes, and by the Turks Ak-Baba. Mohammedan mythology |
Deity name "Abracax" | Greek | Also written Abraxas or Abrasax, in Persian mythology denotes the Supreme Being. In Greek notation it stands for 365. In Persian mythology Abracax presides over 365 impersonated virtues, one of which is supposed to prevail on each day of the year. In the second century the word was employed by the Basilidians for the deity; it was also the principle of the Gnostic hierarchy, and that from which sprang their numerous Æons. |
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 |
God name "Aesun" | Ireland | Irish early god whose name means "to be." Most likely part of a lost creation myth. Aesun was also known by the Persians and Umbria and Scandinavia. Ireland |
God name "Ahriman" | Zoroastrian / Farsi Per sian | Chthonic god of darkness. The antagonist of AHURA MAZDA, god of light, and his attendant, MITHRA. The name is a modern derivation of the original Avestan title ANGRU MAINYU. Ahriman is said to have tried to persuade his attendant animals, including the scor pion, ant and snake, to drink the blood of the bull slain by Mithra in the primeval legend of dualistic conflict (see Mithra); if he had succeeded he would have prevented life from forming on earth. In another legend he tried to thwart Ahura Mazda by sending a flood to destroy the world. Also recog nized in Roman Mithraism. Rituals included ani mal sacrifice. Also ARIMANIUS (Roman).... |
God name "Ahulane" | Mayan / Persian / Zoroastrian | A war god, also called the archer. The island Cozumel was the location of Ahulane's shrine. Mayan / Persian / Zoroastrian |
"Ahura Mazda" | Persia | An exalted divinity of ancient proto-Indo-Iranian religion that was subsequently declared by Zarathustra (Zoroaster) to be the one uncreated creator of all. Persia |
Goddess name "Ahurani" | Persia | Goddess of Rain and water Persia |
Goddess name "Ahurani (mistress of Abura)" | Zoroastrian / Persian | Fertility goddess. Invoked by ordinary people to bring prosperity and children. water libations were a key part of the ritual.... |
God name "Airyaman" | Persia | God of social bonds, contracts, and marriage who at the end of time will fish souls of the the temporarily damned called a Hell by using a net Persia |
"Akuan" | Persian | The giant whom Rustan slew. Persian |
God name "Akuman" | Arab | The most malevolent of all the Persian gods. |
Goddess name "Anahita" | Persia | A goddess of fertility, √åǧïñå & of water |
Deity name "Anahita" | Persia | queen of heaven, name means "unstained" or "immaculate", was an ancient Persian deity. |
Goddess name "Anaitis" | Persia | Goddess of fertility Persia |