| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Arishta" | Hindu | A Daitya, and a son of Bali, who attacked Krishna in the form of a savage bull and was slain by him. Hindu |
"Aristaeus" | Greece | An ancient divinity worshipped in various parts of Greece, as in Thessaly, Ceos, and Boeotia, but especially in the islands of the Aegean, Ionian, and Adriatic seas, which had once been inhabited by Pelasgians. He is described either as a son of Uråñuś and Ge, or according to a more general tradition, as the son of Apollo by Cyrene, the grand-daughter of Peneius. |
| God name "Aristaios" | Greek | God of herdsmen. The consort of Autonoe. Of ancient origin, worshiped by peasants as a guardian of herds and beekeepers. The cult continued for many centuries at Kyrene [Libya].... |
| Goddess name "Arito/ Artio of Muti" | Switzerland | A goddess of bears, prosperity & the harvest |
| Hero name "Arjuna" | Hindu / Vedic | One of the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. His name means 'bright', 'shining', or 'silver'. Hindu / Vedic |
| God name "Arjuna (silvery)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Heroic god. Arjuna appears in the Mahabharata epic. One of the princely sons of the mythical Pandu family, his father is INDRA. He generally appears with the warrior god BHIMA. Allegedly responsible for requesting VIS'NU to take his VISVARUPA form but also identified as a minor incarnation or avatara of Vis'nu. Attributes: usually depicted bearing a bow received from AGNI the fire god, but may also appear carrying a sword and shield. Also NARA.... |
| Goddess name "Arm (2)" | Celtic / Irish | Chthonic mother goddess. Closely åśśociated with fertility and the primordial mother of the TUATHA DE DANANN. Twin hills near Killarney in Munster are called The Paps of Anu. Also Ana.... |
| God name "Arma" | Hittite | God of the moon Hittite / Hurrian |
| Supreme god name "Armaz" | George | The supreme god & a warrior deity pre Christian style |
| God name "Armazd" | Georgia | Creator of the universe and the god of wisdom. Georgia |
| Goddess name "Armkis [Greek]" | Egypt / Upper | Birth goddess. Minor deity with cult centers in lower Nubia and at Elephantine. She is variously the daughter of RE, and of KHNUM and SATIS. Anukis lives in the cataracts of the Lower Nile. Her portrait appears in the Temple of Rameses II at Beit-et-Wali where she suckles the pharaoh, suggesting that she is connected with birth and midwifery, but she also demonstrates a malignant aspect as a strangler (see HATHOR). Her sacred animal is the gazelle. Depicted anthropomorphically wearing a turban (modius) with ostrich feathers. Also Anuket (Egyptian).... |
| Spirit name "Arnakua'gak" | Inuit | The old woman of the sea, an animalistic spirit |
| Spirit name "Arnakua'gsak" | Inuit / North American | Animistic spirit. The Old Woman of the Sea who supplies all the physical needs of the Eskimo from the ocean.... |
"Arne" | Metamorphoses | 1. A daughter of Aeolus, from whom the Boeotian town Arne, afterwards called Chaeroneia, as well as the Thessalian Arne, were believed to have derived their name. 2. A woman who betrayed her native country for gold, and was therefore metamorphosed into a jackdaw. (Metamorphoses) |
| God name "Arom" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Minor god of contractual agreements. Arom appears to have been significant only to a tribe known as the Kam in the southern Hindukush. He was honored by sacrifice of a male goat on the occasion of a peace treaty, and had seven brothers.... |
| 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... |
| Spirit name "Arsan Duolai" | Yakut / Siberia | The chief spirit of the underworld |
| Goddess name "Arsay" | Canaan | Minor Goddess of moonlight, moist aerth and marshes. The third daughter of Baal. Canaan |
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