| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "A-a" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian / / western Semitic | Sun goddess. Consort of the un god SAMAS . Also AYA.... |
| Goddess name "AMATERASU-O-MI-KAMI" | Shinto / Japan | Sun goddess. The central figure of Shintoism and the ancestral deity of the imperial house. One of the daughters of the primordial god IZANAGI and said to be his favorite offspring, she was born from his left eye. She is the sibling of SUSANO-WO, the storm god. According to mythology she and Susano-Wo are obliged to join each other in order to survive.... |
| Goddess name "AVALOKITESVARA (merciful lord)" | Buddhist / India | Bodhisattva or buddhadesignate. One of the most important deities of the Mahayana sect of Buddhism. In Lamaism he is the tutelary god of Tibet. He equates with VIS NU in Hinduism and bears links with PADMAPANI. In cosmic mythology he is a creator deity. Color: white or red. Attributes: blue lotus, image of Amitabha (topmost pyramidal head), lotus, rosary, sword and water jar. NOTE: in Chinese Buddhism he is represented by the goddess Kuan-Tin, and in Japanese by KWANNON.... |
| Goddess name "Adamisil Wedo . Si Adaman" | Haiti | Goddess of water Haiti |
| Goddess name "Adidharma (the primeval law)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Primordial goddess. Particularly worshiped in Lamaism, she is the SAKTI of ADIBUDDHA. Attributes: cup and knife.... |
| Goddess name "Aditi (the free one)" | Hindu / Vedic | Archaic mother goddess. According to the Rg Veda Aditi is said to be the wife of KASYAPA or of BRAHMA and mother of the ADITYAS, a group of minor gods including MITRA, ARYAMAN, BHAGA, VARUNA, DAKSA and Anisa. No other consort is mentioned in the literature. She is also accounted as the mother of HARI. Other legends account her as the mother of the Rain god INDRA. No human physical features are drawn, though she is sometimes identified in the guise of a cow. Aditi is also perceived as a guardian goddess who brings prosperity and who can free her devotees from problems and clear away obstacles. She disappears largely from later Hindu traditions.... |
| Goddess name "Agaman Nibo" | Haiti | Goddess of the dead. Haiti |
| Goddess name "Ama" | Siberia | Goddess of the dark and of the underworld. Siberia |
| Goddess name "Ama No Uzume" | Japan | The goddess of dawn and revelry in the Shinto. She famously relates to the tale of the missing Sun deity, Amaterasu. Japan |
| Goddess name "Ama Terasu" | Japan | The Sun goddess queen of the universe |
| Goddess name "Ama-Tsu-Mara" | Shinto / Japan | God of smiths. Depicted as a one-eyed ithyphallic god comparable to the Greek Cyclopes. He is strongly instrumental in fashioning the perfect Divine mirror with which the Sun goddess, AMATERASU, is lured from her cave. Also Ma-Hiko-Tsu-No-Kami.... |
| Goddess name "Ama-arhus" | Akkadian | Babylonian and Akkadian fertility goddess |
| Goddess name "Ama-arhus" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | Fertility goddess. Mentioned in texts as being among the pantheon at Uruk in Hellenistic times but also found as an earlier manifestation of the god GULA. Also Arad-Ama-arhus, Amat-Ama-arhus.... |
| Goddess name "Ama-arhus/ Arad-Ama-arhus/ Amat-Ama-arhus" | Babylonia / Akkadia | A fertility goddess |
| Goddess name "Amaltheia" | Crete | The nurse of the infant Zeus after his birth in Crete. The ancients themselves appear to have been as uncertain about the etymology of the name as about the real nature of Amaltheia. Hesychius derives it from the verb to nourish or to enrich, others from firm or hard; and others again from to signify the Divine goat, or the tender goddess. The common derivation is from to milk or suck. |
| Goddess name "Amasagnul" | Babylon / Akkadia | Goddess of fertility Babylon / Akkadia |
| Goddess name "Amasagnul" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | Fertility goddess. Mentioned in prebend doçúɱents from the Hellenistic period at Uruk and thought to be the consort of the god PAPSUKKAL.... |
| Goddess name "Amat-Asherat" | Phonecian | Minor Goddess of alchemy and conjuration. Banished by El to the desert, where she raised shinx-like creatures with a lion and a human head to fight Baal. Phonecian |
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