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Goddess name "AENGUS" | Celtic / Irish | KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 500 BC . The son of the DAGDA by the wife of Elcmar (one of the kings of Tara) who may have been the goddess BOANN, Aengus lived in the Valley of the Boyne and was closely linked with the ancient funerary tumuli in the region. According to legend, Aengus fell in love with a maiden whose identity he sought in vain. As he wasted away, his father and mother made enquiries until they located Caer, daughter of the king of Cannaught, who lived on Loch Bel dragon in the shape of a swan with 150 attendant swans. Aengus eventually found her and he also changed into a bird.... |
"Abderus" | Greek | One of Heracles's friends, devoured by the horses of Diomede. Diomede gave him his horses to hold, and they devoured him. |
Goddess name "Abhimukhi (friendly disposed)" | Buddhist / Vajrayana | Minor goddess. One of twelve deified BHUMIS recognized as different spiritual spheres through which a disciple påśśes. Color: yellow. Attributes: Book and staff.... |
God name "Abraham aka Avraham" | Arabic | Ashkenazi, Avrohom, Avruhom, regarded as the founding patriarch of the Israelites and of the Arabic people in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. In that tradition, Abraham is brought by God from his home in the ancient city of Ur into a new land, Canaan, where he enters into a covenant: in exchange for sole recognition of Yahweh as supreme universal authority. |
God name "Abraxas/ Abrsax/ Abraxis" | Greek / Oriental | an occult theonym this god has the torso & arms of a man, head of a rooster & serpent legs |
God name "Acacia" | Egypt | Acacia-wood was held in ancient times to be the "Wood of Life" and sacred to the Sun god of Egypt. |
"Acephali" | Libya | A fabulous race of people, reported by ancient writers to have had no heads. Libya |
Angel name "Achaiah" | Christian | The angel into serenity, patience, tranquility and the secrets of nature. Christian |
God name "Achelous" | Greece | The god of the river Achelous which was the greatest, and according to tradition, the most ancient among the rivers of Greece. |
Ghost name "Acheri" | Indian | They are the ghosts of little girls, who live on the tops of mountains but descend at night to hold their revels in more convenient places. Indian |
"Achlys" | Greek | According to some ancient cosmogonies, the eternal night, and the first created being which existed even before chaos. According to Hesiod, she was the personification of misery and sadness, and as such she was represented on the shield of Heracles: pale, emaciated, and weeping, with chattering teeth, swollen knees, long nails on her fingers, bloody cheeks, and her shoulders thickly covered with dust. |
"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. |
Goddess name "Aericura aka Erecura" | Roman / Celtic | Herecura, Eracura, was a goddess worshipped in ancient times, often thought to be Celtic in origin, mostly represented with the attributes of Proserpina and åśśociated with the Roman underworld god Dis Pater. Roman / Celtic |
"Afrasiab" | Roman | A serpent identified by the Scythians with archfiend Ahriman. |
Spirit name "Agathos Daimon (good demon)" | Greco - Roman | God of fortune. Known locally from Alexandria and depicted in the form of a snake. May have originated as an androgynous fertility spirit, but later becomes identified as the consort of Agathe Tyche (see TYCHE). Libations were made regularly to this deity after meals and he was regarded as a friendly household guardian.... |
Deity name "Aglibol" | Roman / Syria / Greek / Palmaryia | A lunar deity in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. His name means "Calf of Bel" ("Calf of the Lord"). He is depicted with a Lunar disk decorating his head, and sometimes his shoulders. Roman / Syria / Greek / Palmaryia |
God name "Ah Chun Caan (he of the base of the sky)" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Local god. The tutelary deity of the city of Merida. Mentioned in the Vienna Dictionary.... |
"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 |