| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Arinna (sun goddess)" | Hittite / Hurrian | Solar deity. May have taken androgynous form, but also identified as the consort of the weather god TESUB. Probably the head of the Hittite state pantheon. There is little detail because the religious center of Arinna is knownonly from texts. The Sun goddess was also perceived to be a paramount chthonic or earth goddess. She becomes largely syncretized with the Hurrian goddess HEBAT.... |
"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. |
| Goddess name "Arito/ Artio of Muti" | Switzerland | A goddess of bears, prosperity & the harvest |
| God name "Artaius" | Celtic | God of sheep and cattle herders from Celtic Gaul. Later, the Romans identified him with Mercury. |
| God name "Artaius" | Gaul | The bear god in Gaul. Identified with Mercury. |
| Goddess name "Artemis" | Greek | One of the great divinities of the Greeks. Her name is usually derived from uninjured, healthy, vigorous; according to which she would be the goddess who is herself inviolate and vigorous, and also grants strength and health to others. According to the Homeric account and Hesiod (Theogony 918) she was the daughter of Zeus and Leto. She was the sister of Apollo, and born with him at the same time in the island of Delos. |
| Goddess name "Arthapratisamvit" | Buddhist | Goddess of logical analysis. Buddhist |
| Goddess name "Arthapratisamvit" | Buddhist / Vajrayana | Goddess of logical analysis. One of a group of four. Color: green. Attributes: jewel and noose.... |
| Goddess name "Artio" | Switzerland | Bear Goddess whose shrine once stood in what is now Berne, Switzerland. She is usually depicted as being surrounded by full baskets and animals. Goddess of fertility and wildlife. She is åśśociated with the bear, claws and teeth, geode stones. |
| Goddess name "Artio of Muri" | Roman / Celtic / European | Fertility goddess and guardian spirit of bears. Known only from inscriptions and sculptures in the Berne region of Switzerland, she is linked with bears. A bronze depicts her offering fruit to a bear. She seems also to be a goddess of prosperity and harvest. She became syncretized with the... |
| Goddess name "Artio of Muti/ Arito" | Switzerland | A goddess of bears, prosperity & the harvest |
| Goddess name "Arundhati (faithfulness)" | Hindu / Puranic | Astral goddess. Personification of the morning star and the wife of all risis or inspired sons of BRAHMA though particularly åśśociated with Vasistha. Attributes: begging bowls.... |
| Goddess name "Asase Ya" | Ghana | The earth goddess of fertility in the mythology of the Ashanti people of Ghana. She is the wife of Nyame the sky god. In Ashanti mythology she gave birth to two sons, Bia and Tano. Ghana |
| Goddess name "Asase Ya Ashanti" | Ghana | A goddess of the earth, fertility & the creator of humanity |
| Goddess name "Asase Yaa" | Ashanti / Ghana, West Africa | Chthonic fertility goddess. A major deity revered over a wide area of Akanand Fante-speaking Ghana. She has no temples or priests but days (Thursdays) are set aside in her honor and no ploughing is permitted. By tradition a farmer sacrifices a çõçkerel to her each year to ensure a good harvest, sprinkling the blood on the ground. As the womb of the earth, she represents the goddess of the dead and she is also goddess of truth. Also Asase Efua (Fante).... |
| Goddess name "Asase Yaa / Asase Efua" | Africa | Chthonic fertility goddess. As the womb of the earth, she represents and is also goddess of truth. Ghana, West Africa |
| God name "Asclepius" | Greek | Or Aesculapius, the god of the medical art. In the Homeric poems Aesculapius does not appear to be considered as a divinity, but merely as a human being. No allusion is made to his descent, and he is merely mentioned as the the father of Machaon and Podaleirius. |
"Asintmah" | Canada | earth Mother. She wove a fireweed and willow blanket to cover earth. Canada |
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