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"Albion the Giant" | Britain | Fourth son of Neptune, sixth son of Osiris, and brother of Hercules, his mother being Amphitrita. Albion the Giant was put by his father in possession of the isle of Britain, where he speedily subdued the Samotheans, the first inhabitants. His brother Bergion ruled over Ireland and the Orkneys. Another of his brothers was Lestrigo, who subjected Italy. |
Goddess name "Amaltheia" | Crete | The nurse of the infant Zeus after his birth in Crete. The ancients themselves appear to have been as uncertain about the etymology of the name as about the real nature of Amaltheia. Hesychius derives it from the verb to nourish or to enrich, others from firm or hard; and others again from to signify the Divine goat, or the tender goddess. The common derivation is from to milk or suck. |
God name "Ambisagrus aka Bussumarus" | Britain | Originally from Gaul, where his Celtic identity was lost during the Roman takeover where he took all the characteristics of the Roman God Jupiter. weather deity who controlled the Rain, wind, hail and fog. Britain |
Deity name "Ambisagrus/ Bussumarus" | Britain | The weather deity |
Goddess name "Ame-No-Taiabata-Hime-No-Mikoto" | Shinto / Japan | Astral goddess of weavers. One of two star apotheoses who are, according to tradition, deeply in love with each other. Her partner is HIKOBOSHI. Her name is generally abbreviated to Tanabata, the title of a festival in honor of the goddess which became a national event in Japan in AD 755. The festival later became merged with the Tibetan Bon Ullumbana festival of the dead. Also Shokujo.... |
"Amon" | Greek | Commands forty legions, can appear in the form of a wolf with a serpent's tail and vomiting flames. In human form, he has the head of an owl and his beak shows canine teeth. He was the supreme diety of the Egyptians, who had blue skin in human form. Amon can tell of the past and the future, and reconcile the differences between friends. |
God name "Amurru" | Western Semitic | mountain god. A minor consort of ATHIRAT whose attributes include a shepherd's crook and who was probably worshiped by herders. Known mainly from inscriptions. Also MARTU.... |
Deity name "Anahita" | Persia | queen of heaven, name means "unstained" or "immaculate", was an ancient Persian deity. |
Goddess name "Ancasta" | Britain / British | A Goddess who survives only in her name through an inscription on a stone in Hampshire. It is a possibility she is related to Andraste. Britain |
Goddess name "Andrasta Icene" | Britain | A victory goddess |
God name "Anextiomarus" | Roman / Celtic / British | Local tribal deity. God of uncertain affinities but linked with APOLLO.... |
God name "Annammr i" | Hindu / Puranic | Form of the god V IS'NU. The patron deity of kitchens and food. A shrine at Srirangam in southern India contains two-armed bronze images of the god. Attributes: a ball of rice in one hand, and in the other a container of payasa (sweetened milk and rice).... |
"Annis . Black Anna, Black Anny, Black Agnes, Cat Anna" | Britain / Celtic | Annis aka Black Anna, Black Anny, Black Agnes, Cat Anna, Leicester witch with very sharp nails who wore a skirt made from the skins of her human prey. Britain / Celtic |
Goddess name "Antai" | India | The goddess of mercy, healing and whooping cough. India |
"Aonian" | Greek | Poetical, pertaining to the Muses. The Muses, according to Grecian mythology, dwelt in Aonia, that part of Boetia which contains Mount Helicon and the Muses' Fountain. Greek |
Spirit name "Apacita" | Inca | Guardian spirit. Represented by a pile of stones by the side of mountain påśśes and trails. He was invoked by travellers to safeguard their journeys. Inca |
God name "Apedemak" | Sudanese / Meroe | war god. An Egyptianized deity, his main sanctuary was contained in a vast religious complex and center of pilgrimage at Musawwarat-es-Sufra, north of the sixth Nile cataract. Sacred animals include cattle and the African elephant. Depicted with the head of a lion and a human body, holding a scepter embellished with a seated lion at the tip.... |
God name "Apo" | Inca | mountain god. Inca |