| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Ala" | Ibo / eastern Nigeria, West Africa | Chthonic fertility goddess. A popular deity who is also goddess of the underworld linked with a cult of the dead (which rest in her womb). Her temple is the Mbari which contains a cult statue depicting the goddess seated with a child in her arms and adorned with the crescent moon. She is flanked by attendant deities. She enjoys a profusion of local shrines which are well supplied with votive offerings. Serious crimes including murder are considered to be offenses against her. An annual yam festival is celebrated in her honor. Also Ale, Ana, ANI.... |
| Deities name "Alcis" | Germanic / possibly Icelandic / Nordic | Unknown status. The Alcis are twin deities (brothers) known only as sons of the sky gods. From Germanic times we have a La Tene urn with pictures of paired men on horseback and linked by a wooden beam. Tacitus describes the worship of twin gods by the Naharvali tribe, their priests dressed in effeminate costume (see also the Phrygian deity ATTIS). They may have been worshiped in Forest sanctuaries along the northern coast of Europe.... |
| Goddess name "Alpanu" | Etruscan | Chthonic underworld goddess. Depicted wearing jewels, a loose cloak and sandals but otherwise naked. Also arguably a goddess of sexual love.... |
| Goddess name "Ame-No-Mi-Kumari-No-Kami" | Japan / Shinto | Goddess of water, lakes, Rain and rivers. Japan / Shinto |
| Goddess name "Ame-No-Mi-Kumari-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | water goddess. One of the daughters of MINATO-NO-KAMI, the god of river mouths and estuaries, she is known as the heavenly water divider and her cult is linked with that of KuniNo-Mi-Kumari-No-Kami.... |
| God name "Amoghapasa" | Buddhist | God. A variety of AVALOKITESVARA, depicted with one head and six, eight or twenty hands. Attributes: arrow, bell, lotus, noose, prayer wheel, rosary, staff and tiger skin.... |
| God name "Amphion" | Greek | God. Theban variant on the god POLYDEUKES.... |
| Goddess name "Anat" | Phonecian | major Goddess of battle, bloodshed, and hunting, renowned for her hot temper and excitability. She killed the God Mot (temporarily) for her brother's sake. Daughter of Baal, sister of Aleyin. She appears as a maiden who rides a lion and carries shield, spear, and axe. Phonecian |
| Goddess name "Anat" | Ugarit | A violent war-goddess and the sister of the great Baal known as Hadad. warrior virgin, slayer of snakes, goddess of fertility. Ugarit |
| God name "Anextiomarus" | Roman / British | A Celtic epithet of the Sun-god Apollo recorded in a Romano-British inscription from South Shields, England. The form is a variant of Anextlomarus 'Great protector', a Divine style or name attested in a fragmentary Gallo-Roman dedication from Le Mans, France. Anextlomarus is also attested as a Gaulish man's father's name at Langres, and a feminine Divine form, Anextlomara, appears in two other Gallo-Roman dedications from Avenches, Switzerland. Roman / British |
| Goddess name "Anna Kmari" | Indian | Local vegetation goddess. Worshiped by the Oraon tribe of Chota Nagpur. The recipient of human sacrifice in the spring months, she was believed to endow riches on the sacrificer and to ensure plentiful harvest while living in his house in the form of a child.... |
| Goddess name "Anna Kuari" | India / Oraon | Local vegetation goddess who can give good crops and make a man rich, but to induce her to do so it is necessary to offer human sacrifices. India / Oraon |
| Goddess name "Annallja Tu Bari" | Sudan | Goddess of sexual desire. Sudan |
| Goddess name "Anuanaitu" | America | Soul of the ocean, member of a sea monster family. Goddess of the ocean and whirlpools Caribbean, S. America |
| God name "Apam Napat (grandchild of the water)" | Persian / Iran | (1) God of fresh water. He provides water in arid regions and suppresses rebellions.(2) God of fresh water. Hindu (Vedic). Mentioned in the Rg Veda, he is described as golden in appearance.... |
| Goddess name "Aphrodisias" | Carian | Goddess of fertility Turkey. The Greeks equated her with Aphrodite. (Carian) |
| Goddess name "Aphrodisias" | Carian / southwestern Turkey | Fertility goddess. Equating with the Greek goddess APHRODITE.... |
| Goddess name "Aphrodisias Carian" | SW Turkey | a fertility goddess |
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