| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Ghost name "Aatxe" | Basque | A Basque ghost. He is a cave-dwelling divinity who adopts the form of a young red bull, but sometimes in the shape of a man. At night, more so in stormy weather, he arises from the hollow which is his lair, also known as Euskal Herria. He attacks criminals and other mean people. He also protects people by making them stay home when danger is near. |
| Demon name "Aesma Daeva" | Persia | 'Fury'. demon of lust and anger. Gets very angry at cows. Persia |
| Spirit name "Airsekui" | Huron | Great spirit invoked at times of great danger. Huron |
"Angerboda" | Norse | [Anguish-creating]. A giantess; mother of the Fenris-wolf by Loke. Norse. |
| Angel name "Angerecton" | Greek | The angel in charge of fumigation. |
| Goddess name "Angerona" | Roman | Goddess of anguish, secrecy, silence and the Winter solstice. According to one clåśś of påśśages she is the goddess of anguish and fear, that is, the goddess who not only produces this state of mind, but also relieves men from it. Roman |
| Goddess name "Antevorta" | Roman | Goddess of childbirth, invoked by pregnant women, to avert the dangers of child-birth. Roman |
| God name "Babi" | Egypt | Malevolent god. Known from as early as the Old kingdom (circa 2700 BC). Babi is seen as a violent and hostile deity whose presence can be highly dangerous during the ceremony of the Weighing of the Heart in the Hall of the Two Truths (see also AMMUT). Conversely he can also act in a protective capacity. Closely åśśociated with sexual virility in the underworld, Babi is ithyphallic. A god active in the darkness, his śéméñ serves variously as the mast on the underworld ferry boat, and the bolt on heaven's doors. Depicted as an ithyphallic male baboon.... |
| Deities name "Balam (jaguar)" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Guardian deities. Poorly defined spirits who protect individuals in daily life. Four balam stand at the cardinal points around a village to guard against dangerous animals. They also protect the four sides of a milpa (smallholding) against thieves.... |
| Ghost name "Bulla" | Roman | An amulet worn, by Roman children, intended to ward off ghostly anger. |
"Caligorant" | Egyptian | An Egyptian giant and cannibal who used to entrap strangers with a hidden net. This net was made by Vulcan to catch Mars and Venus, Mercury stole it for the purpose of catching Chloris, and left it in the temple of Anubis; Caligorant stole it thence. At length Astolpho blew his magic horn, and the giant ran affrighted into his own net, which dragged him to the ground. Whereupon Astolpho made the giant his captive, and despoiled him of his net. |
"Candali" | Tibet | woman with explosive anger and barely controllable. The sacred fire containing isoteric, exoteric and mystic energy released during Heat Yoga. Tibet |
| Monster name "Ceto" | Greek | A hideous aquatic monster, a daughter of Gaia and Pontus. She was the personification of the dangers of the sea, unknown terrors and bizarre creatures. Eventually, the word "ceto" became simple shorthand for any sea monster. Greek |
"Eacus aka Aeacus" | Greek | A son of Zeus and Aegina. He was born in the island of Oenone or Oenopia, whither Aegina had been carried by Zeus to secure her from the anger of her parents. Greek |
| Spirit name "Ehlose" | Zulu | The guardian spirit which may take many forms, and warns of approaching dangers. Zulu |
| Goddess name "Eibhir" | Ireland | Goddess of the Sun, described as being a yellow-haired "stranger from another land." Ireland / Manx |
| God name "Epidotes" | Greek | A divinity who was worshipped at Lacedaemon, and averted the anger of Zeus Hicesius for the crime committed by Pausanias. Epidotes, which means the "liberal giver," occurs also as a surname of other divinities, such as Zeus at Mantineia and Sparta, of the god of sleep at Sicyon. Greek |
| God name "Fraananger-Force" | Norse | The force or waterfall into which Loke, in the likeness of a salmon, cast himself, and where the gods caught him and bound him. Norse |
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