Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "As" | Norse | Asa or Ass; plural ÆSIR. The asas, gods. The word appears in such English names as Osborn, Oswald, etc. With an n it is found in the Germ. Ansgar (Anglo-Sax. Oscar). The term aesir is used to distinguish Odin, Thor, etc., from the vanir (vans). Norse. |
God name "As" | Egypt / western Sahara | Local fertility god. Known from the Early Dynastic Period. By inference a benign god of oases and other fertile areas of the desert. Epithets include lord of Libya. Depicted anthropomorphically, occasionally hawk-headed.... |
Goddess name "As ava" | Russia | The goddess of fresh water |
Goddess name "Asa Poorna" | Chohan / India | A goddess of happiness |
God name "Asalluha" | Babylon / Akkadia / Sumeria | Minor god who acts as a messenger and reporter to Enki. Babylon / Akkadia / Sumeria |
God name "Asalluha" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Minor god. A son of ENKI who apparently acts as a messenger and reporter to his father. Linked with rituals of exorcism. Cult center Ku'ara. In Babylonian times he became largely syncretized with MARDTK.... |
God name "Asar" | Arabian | A horse-god revered in ancient Palmyra, possibly of Arabian origin. |
God name "Asar" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Equestrian god. Known only from inscriptions at Palmyra.... |
Goddess name "Asase Afua" | Ghana | A goddess |
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 |
Goddess name "Asbit" | Egypt | Goddess of fire. Egypt |
Goddess name "Aschtoreth aka Ascherah" | Canaanitian | Aschirat, Goddess of fertility, as well as Sun and ocean. Canaanitian |
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. |
God name "Aseb" | Egypt | Fire God. Egypt |
Goddess name "Aseer u" | Western Semitic / Canaanite / / Hittite | Fertility goddess. Identified in Ugaritic (Ras Samra) texts as an unfaithful consort of ELKUNIRSA. Also Aserdus (Hittite).... |