| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Asopus" | Greek | The god of the river Asopus, was a son of Oceåñuś and Tethys, or according to others, of Poseidon and Pero, of Zeus and Eurynome, or lastly of Poseidon and Cegluse. |
| Goddess name "Aspalis" | Semitic | Goddess of hunting. West Semitic |
| Goddess name "Astarte" | Canaan | A goddess of hunting |
| God name "Asterion" | Crete | Or Asterius, 1. A son of Teutamus, and king of the Cretans, who married Europa after she had been carried to Crete by Zeus. He also brought up the three sons, Minos, Sarpedon, and Rhadamanthys whom she had by the father of the gods. (Apollodorus i) 2. A son of Cometes, Pyremus, or Priscus, by Antigone, the daughter of Pheres. He is mentioned as one of the Argonauts. (Argonautica) There are two more mythical personages of this name, one a river-god [Acraea], and the second a son of Minos, who was slain by Theseus. |
| God name "Asurakumara" | Jain / India | God. One of the groups under the general title of BHVANAVASI (dwelling in places). They have a youthful appearance and are åśśociated with Rain and thunder.... |
| Demon name "Asuras" | Hindu / Vedic | sky gods. Identified in the opening of the Rg Veda, they become demonic in later Hinduism, the antagonists of the DEVA gods.... |
| Goddess name "Asvayujau (harnessing horses)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent NAKSATRA, or astral deity; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA). Also Asvini and Asvinyau.... |
| God name "Asvins" | Hindu / Vedic | Physician gods. Twin gods owning horses, the sons of VIVASVAN and SARANYU. Depicted in a chariot drawn by horses or birds. Attributes: Book, vessel with herbs and water jar.... |
| Goddess name "Asynjur" | Norse | The goddesses of Asgard åśśociates of the Aesir and distinguished from the Vanir goddesses. Norse |
| Goddess name "Aspalis" | Western Semitic | Hunting goddess. There is scant mention of Aspalis from Melite in Phthia and she is probably a local version of ARTEMIS. As in certain Artemis mythology, she hanged herself and her body disappeared.... |
| Goddess name "Astaroth" | Western Semitic | Fertility goddess. Goddess of sheep herders equating with the Phoenician goddess ASTARTE. Also a plural form of the name Astoreth and used as a collective name for goddesses (cf. BAAL).... |
| God name "At" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Creator god. The Sun deity representing the fourth of the five world ages each of which lasted for 2,028 heavenly years, each heavenly year being fifty-two terrestrial years. Assigned to water and presided over by CHALCHIUHTLICUE. According to tradition, the age ended in a cataclysmic destruction caused by a deluge during which all the human population were turned into fish. Illustrated by the Stone of the Four Suns [Yale Peabody Museum]. Also 4(Atl), Atonatiuh and Chalchiutonatiuh.... |
| Goddess name "Atahensic" | Iroquois | Goddess of the sky who fell to the earth at the beginning of creation. The earth was created from her corpse after she died giving birth to the twins Hahgwehdiyu and Hahgwehdaetgah. Iroquois |
| Goddess name "Atai" | Africa | Goddess who encouraged the creation of humans, choosing earth for us to inhabit. Africa |
| Goddess name "Atanea" | Polynesian | A goddess of the dawn in Polynesian mythology. She created the seas after having a miscarriage and filling the oceans with her amniotic fluid. |
| God name "Ataokoloinona" | Madagascar | (What-A-Strange-Thing} son of Ndriananahary, the creator god, who was sent to earth to look in to everything and to advise on the possibility of creating living beings. He never appeared again. Madagascar |
| Goddess name "Atargatis" | Asia Minor | Ocean Mermaid a Goddess of Creation and Fertility. She was usually depicted with a fish tail; hence her modern identification as the Mermaid Goddess Known to the Romans as Dea Syria. She was worshipped by men performing auto-castration. Asia Minor |
| Goddess name "Atargatis" | Northern Syrian | Mother goddess. She enjoyed major cults at Khirbet Tannur, where she is depicted as the vegetation goddess in nine separate variations, and at Khirbet Brak, where she is åśśociated with dolphins. She often carries a cornucopia linking her with the goddess TYCHE (fortune) and may commonly be flanked by lions. She sometimes carries a rudder or wears the mural crown of a city guardian. There are hints of sky affinities in some depictions, with a sign of the zodiac or a nimbus-like veil.... |
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