Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Anath" | Phoenicia | The chief W. Semitic goddess of love & war |
Goddess name "Anaulikutsaix" | Pacific | Goddess of rivers of ancestral knowledge, spiritual warriors, wisdom, instinct, determination and persistence. Very fond of salmon. |
Goddess name "Ancasta" | British | warrior Goddess, may be taken to be a local goddess, åśśociated with the River Itchen. |
Goddess name "Anceta" | Roman | Aka Angizia, Anagtia, Anagtia, Anguitia, Anguitina, Angitia. A healing and snake Goddess who was especially revered by the Marsi, a warlike tribe of people who lived to the east of Rome. Roman |
Goddess name "Andrasta" | Roman / Celtic / British | Goddess of war. The patron goddess of the Iceni tribe. The warrior queen Boudicca is reported to have prayed to her before battle and she was the recipient of human sacrifice. Andrasta does not appear in Celtic Gaul, though a deity called Andraste is mentioned by the... |
Goddess name "Andraste" | Roman | war Goddess who was evoked on the eve of the battle to bring favor, and possibly ritual sacrifices were given to her. queen Boadicea of the Iceni offered sacrifieces to Andraste in a sacred grove before fighting the Romans on her many compaigns against them. |
Goddess name "Ankalamman" | Hindu / Dravidian | Guardian goddess who wards off demons. Sister of Draupadi. Hindu / Dravidian |
Goddess name "Ankalamman" | Hindu - Dravidian / Tamil | Guardian goddess. Known particularly in southern India where she wards off demons. Alternatively she is an aspect of KALI.... |
Goddess name "Anthat" | Syria | A war goddess who had a shrine at Thebes |
Goddess name "Ares" | Greek | God of storms and war. Ares is a lesser known member of the Olympic pantheon of great gods, the son of ZEUS and HERA, who allegedly lived in Thrace. As a warrior god he is contrasted with the more prominent and successful goddess ATHENA who fought and vanquished him in a war between the gods. Although Athena stands for victory in battle through glory and honor, Ares epitomizes the evil and more brutal aspects of warfare. In the eyes of Zeus he is the most hateful of gods. |
Goddess name "Arion" | Greek | A fabulous horse, which Poseidon begot by Demeter; for in order to escape from the pursuit of Poseidon, the goddess had metamorphosed herself into a mare, and Poseidon deceived her by åśśuming the figure of a horse. Demeter afterwards gave birth to the horse Arion, and a daughter, Despoena. |
Goddess name "Asthertet" | Syria | Goddess of horses, war and the moon Syria |
Goddess name "Athena/ Athene/ Pallus Athena" | Greek | A goddess of war, architecture, astronomy, science, of horses, intellect & wisdom, oxen, of purity, reason & spinning |
Goddess name "Auchimalgen" | Chile | moon goddess, wife of the Sun. Only Auchimalgen cares anything for the human race, all the rest of the gods being utterly malevolent. Auchimalgen wards off evil spirits and turns red when some important person is about to die. Chile |
Goddess name "Aurora" | Roman | A goddess of warriors & of the dawn |
Goddess name "Aya" | Mesopotamia | Goddess of dawn and war Mesopotamia |
Goddess name "Badb" | Celtic / Irish | war goddess. One of the aspects of the MORRIGAN. Capable of changing shape at will. She confronts the Irish hero Cu Chulainn before a battle and terrifies him by turning into Badb Catha, the crow and harbinger of death.... |
Goddess name "Badb/ Bodva" | Irish | A goddess of war |