| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Aedos" | Roman | The goddess or spirit of modesty, reverence and respect. She was a close companion of the goddess Nemesis. Roman |
| Goddess name "Aegeria" | Roman | A goddess of prophecy invoked by pregnant women |
| God name "Aeolus" | Roman | God of storms and winds. Derived from the Greek storm god AEOLOS, he is the consort of AURORA and the father of six sons, BOREAS the north wind, CORUS the northwest wind, AQUILO the west wind, NOTUS the southwest wind, Eurus the east wind and ZEPHYRUS the south wind.... |
| Spirit name "Aequitas" | Roman | Minor god. spirit of fair dealing, known particularly from the second century BC.... |
| Goddess name "Aequitas aka Aecetia" | Roman | Was the goddess of fair trade and honest merchants. Like Abundantia, she is depicted with a cornucopia, representing wealth from commerce. Roman |
| God name "Aericura" | Celtic / Roman | An underworld god known only from inscription |
| God name "Aericura" | Roman / Celtic | Chthonic underworld god. Known only from inscriptions.... |
| Goddess name "Aericura aka Erecura" | Roman / Celtic | Herecura, Eracura, was a goddess worshipped in ancient times, often thought to be Celtic in origin, mostly represented with the attributes of Proserpina and åśśociated with the Roman underworld god Dis Pater. Roman / Celtic |
| Goddess name "Aerten" | Welsh / Cornish | Goddess of fate who presided over the battles of several Celtic clans. She is often equated to the Three Fates of Greco-Roman mythology. Welsh / cornish |
| God name "Aesculapius" | Roman | God of healing. Developed from the Greek deity ASKLEPIOS and introduced into Rome in 293 BC as a plague god. Attributes include the caduceus (winged scepter), the symbol of modern Medicine.... |
| God name "Aesculapius/ Asklepios" | Greek / Roman | A god of healing & of Medicine |
| Goddess name "Aestas" | Roman | Goddess of summer usually portrayed nude and adorned with garlands of grain. Roman |
| Deities name "Aether" | Greco - Roman | Primordial god of light. A remote cosmic deity, the son of EREBOS (darkness) and NYX (night) who overthrew these archetypal deities of chaos. In Hesiod's Epic Cycle he is also described as the father of OURANOS.... |
| Spirit name "Agathos Daimon (good demon)" | Greco - Roman | God of fortune. Known locally from Alexandria and depicted in the form of a snake. May have originated as an androgynous fertility spirit, but later becomes identified as the consort of Agathe Tyche (see TYCHE). Libations were made regularly to this deity after meals and he was regarded as a friendly household guardian.... |
| Deities name "Agnostos Theos" | Greco - Roman | The unknown god(s) usually addressed in the plural form. They were the subject of altar inscriptions, particularly in Athens, probably out of concern lest certain less popular deities be neglected or forgotten.... |
| God name "Aguara" | Roman | Fox god who gave the carob tree to the people Tunpa / Chiriguano |
| Goddess name "Ah Kin (he of the sun)" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Sun god. A deity of ambivalent personality, the young suitor of the moon goddess Acna, also the aged Sun god in the sky. He is feared as the bringer of drought, but also protects mankind from the powers of evil åśśociated with darkness. Said to be carried through the underworld at night on the shoulders of the god Sucunyum. Ah Kin is prayed to at Sunrise and rituals include the burning of incense. He is invoked to cure illness and to bring wives to bachelors. Attributes include a square third eye subtended by a loop, a strong Roman nose, a squint and incisor teeth filed to a T-shape. Also Acan Chob (Lacandon); Chi Chac Chob; Kinich Ahau; God G.... |
| God name "Ahriman" | Zoroastrian / Farsi Per sian | Chthonic god of darkness. The antagonist of AHURA MAZDA, god of light, and his attendant, MITHRA. The name is a modern derivation of the original Avestan title ANGRU MAINYU. Ahriman is said to have tried to persuade his attendant animals, including the scor pion, ant and snake, to drink the blood of the bull slain by Mithra in the primeval legend of dualistic conflict (see Mithra); if he had succeeded he would have prevented life from forming on earth. In another legend he tried to thwart Ahura Mazda by sending a flood to destroy the world. Also recog nized in Roman Mithraism. Rituals included ani mal sacrifice. Also ARIMANIUS (Roman).... |
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