| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Abora" | Palma Is / Canary Is | The supreme Being that sat in heaven & caused the stars to move |
| God name "Amatsu-Mikaboshi" | Japan / Shinto | August Star of heaven; also called Ama-no-kagaseo "Brilliant Male" is the god of evil and of the stars, specifically the pole star. Japan / Shinto |
| God name "Ananse" | Ashanti | Creator of the Sun, stars, day, moon and night who often intercedes between gods and mortals Ashanti |
| God name "Ananse Ashanti" | Africa | The creator of the Sun, stars, day, moon & night who often intercedes between gods & mortals |
| God name "Anu/ Anus" | Babylon | The head of the gods, he had an army of stars to destroy evildoers |
"Araua" | Brazil | Mother to the stars and the moon. Brazil |
| Goddess name "Arianrhod" | Wales | Keeper of the circling Silver Wheel of Stars, a symbol of time and karma. Mother aspect of the Triple Goddess. Honoured at the Full moon. Wales |
| Goddess name "Arundhati" | Hindu / Puranic | Goddess of the sky, stars and night time. Hindu / Puranic |
"Astraeus" | Greek | A Titan and son of Crius and Eurybia. By Eos he became the father of the winds Zephyrus, Boreas, and Notus, Eosphorus (the morning star), and all the stars of heaven. (Theogony 376) Ovid ( Metamorphoses xiv) calls the winds fratres Astraei, which does not mean that they were brothers of Astraeus, but brothers through Astraeus, their common father. |
"Bartsing" | Formoza | One of the creators of the Sun, moon, and stars. the other was Dgagha. The Amia, Formosa |
"Borak" | Arab | Borak or Al Borak (the lightning). The animal brought by Gabriel to carry Mahomet to the seventh heaven. It had the face of a man, but the cheeks of a horse; its eyes were like jacinths, but brilliant as the stars; it had the wings of an eagle, spoke with the voice of a man, and glittered all over with radiant light. This creature was received into Paradise. |
| Goddess name "COATLICUE (the serpent-skirted goddess)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Mother goddess. The creator goddess of the earth and mankind and the female aspect of OMETEOTL. One of the group clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex. She has 400 sons, the stars of the southern sky, and is the mother of the goddess COYOLXAUHQUI. Later, as a widow, she was impregnated by a ball of feathers as she was sweeping the serpent mountain of Coatepec near Tula. Her other children decapitated her as punishment for her dishonor, but she gave birth to the Sun god HUITZILOPOCHTLI who subsequently slew Coyolxauhqui and her brothers, thus banishing night for day. According to tradition Coatlicue feeds off human corpses. She is also recognized as the patron deity of florists.... |
| God name "Camaxtli aka Mixcoatl-Camaxtli" | Aztec | A god of hunting, war, fate and fire and one of the four creator gods, who made the earth. He leads human sacrifices and warriors who have been slain in battle to the eastern sky, where they become stars. Aztec |
| Deities name "Citlalatonac (glowing star)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Creator god. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the OMETEOTL complex. His consort is CITLALICUE. Between them they created the stars of the night sky.... |
| Goddess name "Citlalicue (her skirt is a star)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Creator goddess. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the Ometeotl complex. Her consort is Citlalatonac. Between them they created the stars of the night sky.... |
| Nymph name "Cynosura" | Greek | An Idaean nymph and one of the nurses of Zeus, who placed her among the stars. Greek |
| God name "Fudo" | Japan | God of wisdom. Likes to look at the stars. Japan |
| Supreme god name "Gamab" | Africa | Supreme god and creator of the world who lives beyond the stars Africa |
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