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| Goddess name "Aclla" | Inca / Quechua | Goddesses of war and virgins comparable to the Roman Vestal Virgins. Inca / Quechua |
| 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).... |
"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 |
"Claudia" | Greek | One of the vestal virgins. Greek |
"Druj nasu" | Avesta | A "Corpse-fiend", the incarnation of pollution and contagion arising from decomposition of a dead body. Avesta |
| Goddess name "Kam,enae/ Camenae" | Italy | Goddesses unbowed of springs & wells with a shrine in Rome where of the of vestal virgins got their water |
| Goddess name "Kamenae" | Italy | Goddesses unbowed of springs and wells with a shrine in Rome where of the of vestal virgins got their water Italy |
| God name "MITHRA (friend)" | Persian / Iran | God of the upper air. Originating in India, Mithra is a god of light who was translated into the attendant of the god AHURA MAZDA in the light religion of Persia; from this he was adopted as the Roman deity Mithras. He is not generally regarded as a sky god but a personification of the fertilizing power of warm, light air. According to the Avesta, he possesses 10,000 eyes and ears and rides in a chariot drawn by white horses. In dualistic Zoroastrianism, which effectively demoted him, Mithra is concerned with the endless battle between light and dark forces; he represents truth. He is responsible for the keeping of oaths and contracts. He was born from a rock and, according to legend, engaged in a primeval struggle with Ahura Mazda's first creation, a wild bull, which he subdued and confined to a cave. The bull escaped, but was recaptured by Mithra, who slit its throat. From the blood sprang plant life on earth. His chief adversary is AHRIMAN, the power of darkness. Mithra is not generally worshiped on his own, but as an integral part of the Mithraic worship of Ahura Mazda, where he acts as an intercessor between gods and men. In the Hellenic period he was transformed more closely to the role of a Sun god. See also AHURA MAZDA.... |
"Ocellatae" | Greek | Sisters and vestal virgins, to whom the emperor, Domitian, gave the choice of the mode of their death, when they were proved to have been unfaithful to their vow of chastity. Greek |
"Oculata" | Roman | , a sacred Vestal Virgin who was buried alive after being deflowered. Roman |
"Penetralis" | Greek | A surname or epithet given to the several divinities at Rome, that were worshipped in the Penetrale, or the central part of the house, such as Jupiter, Vesta, the Penates, etc. Greek |
"Rhea Silvia" | Roman | A Vestal, the mother of Romulus and Remus. |
"Saturnia" | Roman | A daughter of Saturnus, and accordingly used as a surname of Juno and Vesta. Roman |
"Stata Mater" | Roman | A Roman divinity, who is probably identical with Vesta. |
| Goddess name "Tabiti" | Scythian | Goddess of fire. Also the guardian deity of all animals. The Romans syncretized her with the hearth goddess VESTA.... |
| God name "Thraetaona" | Avestian | The Avestan fire god. |
| God name "Tremerius" | Roman | River god. The deity of the river Tiber. His consort is one of the Vestal Virgins sacrificed by drowning. His sanctuary was built on an island in the river and, until some time during the Republican period, all bridges across the river were made wholly of wood so as not to offend him. The adverse connotations of iron are unclear, but its use was forbidden by official decree.... |
| God name "Vata" | Hindu / Vedic / / Persian / Iran | God of wind. The name appears in the Rg Veda as a deity of violent personality. According to Asvestan tradition the god of victory, VERETHRAGNA, appeared to Zarathustra in the guise of Vata.... |
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