| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "A-a" | Mespoptomia / Babylon / Akkadia / West Semitic | She was a Sun goddess (A, Aa, Aaa) |
| Goddess name "A-a" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian / / western Semitic | Sun goddess. Consort of the un god SAMAS . Also AYA.... |
| Goddess name "ATTIS" | Phrygia / northwestern Turkey | vegetation god. Attis is a dying and rising fertility god modeled on the Mesopotamian DUMUZI. He is considered to have originated as a shepherd. In alternative traditions, KYBELE, the great mother, is either his mother or purely his consort. Another legend suggests he was conceived immaculately by the demigoddess NANA when she placed a ripe almond in her bosom.... |
| God name "Abellio" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | Tree god. Known from inscriptions in the Garonne valley of southwestern France and thought to be åśśociated with apple trees.... |
| God name "Abello aka Abelio and Abelionni" | Enoch | Abello aka Abelio and Abelionni, was a god of apple trees, worshipped in the Garonne Valley in southwest France. |
| Spirit name "Abonsam" | West African | Malevolent spirit. Recognized by tribes in the Gold Coast, etc. Traditionally driven away in an annual expulsion ritual by firing guns and shouting loudly, emptying houses of furniture and beating the interiors with sticks. The abonsam was finally driven into the sea. The ritual was preceded by four weeks of total silence in the area.... |
"Adamas" | Gnostic Christian / Nassene | Primordial creator being. Recognized locally in Phrygia [northwestern Turkey] as an androgynous force in the cosmos.... |
| Goddess name "Adrastea" | Hellenized Phrygian / northwestern Turkey | mountain goddess. Probably derived from a local... |
| God name "Aeolus" | Roman | God of storms and winds. Derived from the Greek storm god AEOLOS, he is the consort of AURORA and the father of six sons, BOREAS the north wind, CORUS the northwest wind, AQUILO the west wind, NOTUS the southwest wind, Eurus the east wind and ZEPHYRUS the south wind.... |
| God name "Age" | Africa | God of animals. Revered by hunters in the savannah regions. Benin, West Africa |
| God name "Age" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | God of animals. Revered by hunters in the savannah regions.... |
| God name "Ajalamo" | Africa | God of unborn children. Nigeria, West Africa |
| Spirit name "Ajalamo" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | God of unborn children. According to legend, in some vague mythological realm there exist rows of shelves with spirits of the unborn. These are the responsibility of Ajalamo.... |
| God name "Ajalamo Yoruba" | Africa | God of fetuses. west Africa() / Nigeria |
| Goddess name "Aje" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Goddess of wealth. She is thought to appear as a fowl scratching the earth and, in creation mythology, was sent down with ODUDUWA, the earth goddess.... |
| 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 "Akonadi" | Ghanaian / West Africa | Oracular goddess. Known in the region around Accra where she has had a celebrated oracular shrine. She is regarded as a goddess of justice and a guardian deity of women.... |
| Goddess name "Ala" | Ibo / eastern Nigeria, West Africa | Chthonic fertility goddess. A popular deity who is also goddess of the underworld linked with a cult of the dead (which rest in her womb). Her temple is the Mbari which contains a cult statue depicting the goddess seated with a child in her arms and adorned with the crescent moon. She is flanked by attendant deities. She enjoys a profusion of local shrines which are well supplied with votive offerings. Serious crimes including murder are considered to be offenses against her. An annual yam festival is celebrated in her honor. Also Ale, Ana, ANI.... |
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