| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Atira" | Pawnee | Sacred Mother of every living creature. Goddess of the earth. Pawnee |
| Goddess name "Atropos" | Pre - Homeric Greek | Goddess of fate. According to Hesiod, one of the daughters of ZEUS and THEMIS. One of an ancient trio of MOIRAI with LACHESIS and KLOTHO. She is responsible for the final part of a mortal life, the unturning inevitability of death, and she is depicted holding a pair of scales. The name of the plant Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade) derives from her.... |
| Goddess name "Attabeira Atahensic" | Iroquois | The sky goddess who fell to earth |
| God name "Attar" | Western Semitic | God of the morning star. In Canaanite legend, he attempts to usurp the dead BAAL but proves inadequate to fill the god's throne. In semi-arid regions of western Asia where irrigation is essential, he was sometimes worshiped as a Rain god. His female counterpart is the Phoenician ASTARTE. Also probably identified as Dhu-S amani in more southerly regions.... |
| God name "Atua Fafine" | Polynesian / Tikopia | Creator being. One of a pair with ATUA I RAROPUKA when the land of Tikopia was pulled up from the bottom of the ocean. They may have been there from the outset, or arrived on the back of a turtle from foreign parts. They engendered five sons, all gods.... |
| God name "Atua I Raropuka" | Polynesian / Tikopia | Creator being. One of a pair with Atua Fafine when the land of Tikopia was pulled up from the bottom of the ocean. They may have been there from the outset, or arrived on the back of a turtle from foreign parts. They engendered five sons, all gods.... |
| Goddess name "Atugan" | Mongolia | The goddess of earth & the source of all life whose power is beyond understanding but can be bestowed |
| Goddess name "Audjal Caroline" | Islands | The earth goddess |
| God name "Aura" | Greek | A daughter of Lelas and Periboea, was one of the swift-footed companions of Artemis. She was beloved by Dionysus, but fled from him, until Aphrodite, at the request of Dionysus, inspired her with love for the god. |
"Avatar" | Hindu | Avatar, avatara or avataram, most commonly refers to the incarnation of a higher being, or the Supreme Being onto earth. Hindu |
"Awitelin Tsita" | Zuni | The Fourfold Containing Mother-earth,' Zuni |
| God name "Awonawilona" | Pueblo Indian / Zuni / Mesoamerica | Creator god. The androgynous creator of heaven and earth and of all life, which he engendered by tossing pieces of his skin into the primeval ocean.... |
| Goddess name "Axiocersa" | Phrygian | Goddess of the earth Phrygian |
| Goddess name "Axo-Mama" | South American Indian / Peru | Goddess of potato crops. A model of this minor deity was made out of parts of the plant as a harvest fetish and kept for a year before being burned in a ritual to ensure a good potato harvest.... |
| Goddess name "Ayaba" | Dahomean | Goddess of the hearth Dahomean |
| Goddess name "Ayaba" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | Hearth goddess. The sister of LOKO, god of the trees, whose wood is burned in the home to cook food.... |
| God name "Ayiyanayaka" | Ceylon | God of fields and woodland who protects against plague. Northern part of the island of Ceylon. |
| God name "Ayyappppan" | Hindu | Local god of growth. Particularly recognized in the Kerala region.... |
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