Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Ah Hulneb (he of the spear thrower)" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of war. The local guardian deity of the city of Cozumel.... |
God name "Ah Kinchil" | Mayan | God of war and the Sun Mayan |
Spirit name "Ahnfrau" | German | An ancestress whose spirit appears to give warning of an approaching disaster or death. German |
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).... |
God name "Ahulane" | Caribbean | A war god, also called the archer. The island Cozumel was the location of Ahulane's shrine. |
God name "Ahulane" | Mayan / Persian / Zoroastrian | A war god, also called the archer. The island Cozumel was the location of Ahulane's shrine. Mayan / Persian / Zoroastrian |
Goddess name "Ai Tupua'i" | Polynesia | Goddess of healing and of war. Polynesia |
Goddess name "Aife aka Aoife" | Ireland / Scotland | Goddess and queen of the Isle of Shadow. She ran a school for warriors, but her school was less successful than her sister, Scathach's, school. Aife was not vulnerable to magic, and commanded a legion of fierce horsewomen. She stole an alphabet of knowledge from the deities to give to humankind. For that infraction, she was transformed into a crane by the elder deities. Ireland / Scotland |
Goddess name "Ain/ Aine" | Irish | A goddess of war, of fertility, love & of Midsummer Lair Derg |
Goddess name "Aine of Knockaine" | Ireland | moon Goddess who was connected with the Summer Solstice. Goddess of war, fertility, love and Midsummer Lair Derg Ireland |
"Aius Locutius" | Gallic | Loquens, was a Roman numen åśśociated with the Gallic invasions of the early 4th century. In 390 BC, the Gauls moved in the direction of Rome. According to Roman folklore, a Roman named Caedicius kept hearing a disembodied nocturnal voice at the base of the Palatine hill in the Forum Romanum. The voice warned Caedicius of the oncoming attack and recommended that the walls of Rome be fortified. |
King name "Ajax" | Greek | A great Greek warrior, son of Telamon, king of Salamis, by Periboea or Eriboea and a grandson of Aeacus. |
God name "Aker" | Egypt | Chthonic earth god of påśśage. Known from the Old kingdom (circa 2700 BC onward). Controls the interface between eastern and western horizons of the underworld, and is the guardian of the gate through which the king påśśes into the underworld. Aker provides a safe course for the barque of the Sun god during its påśśage through the underworld at night. He may be seen as the socket holding the boat's mast. He is also considered benevolent against snake bites. Represented by opposite facing pairs of human or lion heads.... |
Goddess name "Akewa" | Toba | Sun and war goddess Toba |
Goddess name "Akusaa" | Egypt | Goddess of war and Sunset. Egypt |
Goddess name "Akycha" | Alaskan | A goddess of war |
Goddess name "Akycha" | Inuit | Goddess of war in Alaska, god of the Sun. Inuit |
King name "Al-A'war" | Jewish | A son of Iblis, a jinn who encourages debauchery and jolly bonking. Jewish |