Japanese300 CE – present
Aizen Myō-ō
Japan
Rāgarāja is a deity venerated in the Esoteric and Vajrayana Buddhist traditions. He is especially revered in Chinese Es…
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Gods on Earth
An archive of 3,493 gods, deified rulers, and mythological figures across civilizations — from living gods of Egypt to the dying gods of antiquity.
Aja (orisha)
Yoruba500 BCE – present
Aja (orisha)
West Africa
Àjìjà is the Orisha of the whirlwind, forest, the animals within it and herbalists. In her forests she would find plant…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Ajisukitakahikone
Japan
Ajisukitakahikone is a kami in Japanese mythology. He is one of the sons of Ōkuninushi and the tutelary deity of Kamo.
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Ajogun
Yoruba500 BCE – present
Ajogun
West Africa
In Yoruba religion, the Ajogun are malevolent spiritual forces or deities that interfere regularly with mortal lives. T…
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Aka Manah
Ancient Persia
Aka Manah is the Avestan language name for the Zoroastrian daeva "Evil Mind", "Evil Purpose", "Evil Thinking", or "Evil …
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Ākāśagarbha
Asia
Ākāśagarbha is a bodhisattva in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Buddhism who is associated with the great element (mahābhūt…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Aker (deity)
Ancient Egypt
Aker was an ancient Egyptian personification of the horizon, and an earth and underworld god, believed to guard the east…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Akhty (deity)
Ancient Egypt
Akhty was an ancient Egyptian deity. He was rarely mentioned.
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Akilandeswari
Indian subcontinent
Akhilandeshwari is one of the main forms of the Hindu Goddess Adi Parashakti. She is revered as an embodiment of Parvat…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Akka Mahadevi
Indian subcontinent
Akka Mahadevi was an early poet of Kannada literature and a prominent member of the Lingayatism denomination of Hinduism…
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Akkorokamui
Japanese300 CE – present
Akkorokamui
Japan
Akkorokamui is a gigantic octopus-like monster from Ainu folklore, similar to the Nordic kraken, which supposedly lurks …
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Akṣayamati
Buddhist500 BCE – present
Akṣayamati
Asia
Akṣayamati is a bodhisattva who appears in the Lotus Sutra and the Akṣayamatinirdeśa Sūtra within the larger Mahāvaipuly…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Akshar Purushottam Darshan
Indian subcontinent
Akshar-Purushottam Darshan or Aksarabrahma-Parabrahma-Darsanam, "Akshar-Purushottam philosophy," is a designation used b…
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Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Alaisiagae
Iron Age Europe
In Romano-British culture and Germanic polytheism, the Alaisiagae deae were Germanic goddesses who deified victory, or, …
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Alakshmi
Indian subcontinent
Alakshmi (Devanāgari: अलक्ष्मी; from the roots अ (a): "not" and लक्ष्मी (Lakshmi): "goddess of fortune", figurative mean…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Alala
Ancient Greece
Alala was the personification of the war cry in Greek mythology. Her name derives from the onomatopoeic Greek word ἀλαλ…
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Alalu
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Alalu
Ancient Mesopotamia
Alalu or Alala was a primordial figure in Mesopotamian and Hurrian mythology. He is also known from documents from Emar…
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Alammuš
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Alammuš
Ancient Mesopotamia
Alammuš (Alammush) was a Mesopotamian god. He was the sukkal of the moon god Nanna, and like him was worshiped in Ur. …
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Alastor
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Alastor
Ancient Greece
Alastor refers to a number of people and concepts in Greek mythology:Alastor, an epithet of the Greek God Zeus, accordin…
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Alaunus
Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Alaunus
Iron Age Europe
Alaunus or Alaunius is an ancient Gaulish god. His name is known from inscriptions found in Lurs and in Mannheim.
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Alawites
Ancient Persia
Alawites are an ethnoreligious group, many of whom identify as Arabs, who live primarily in Syria and elsewhere in the L…
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Alcis (gods)
Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Alcis (gods)
Scandinavia
The Alcis or Alci were a pair of divine young brothers worshipped by the Naharvali, an ancient Germanic tribe from Centr…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Alcmene
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Alcmene or Alcmena was the wife of Amphitryon, by whom she bore two children, Iphicles and Laonome. …
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Alernus
Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Alernus
Ancient Rome
Helernus, also known as Alernus, was an Archaic Roman deity. Very little is known of this god; not even his name is ful…
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Aletheia
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Aletheia
Ancient Greece
Aletheia or Alethia is truth or disclosure in philosophy. Originating in Ancient Greek philosophy, the term was explici…
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Álfröðull
Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Álfröðull
Scandinavia
Álfröðull is a term and common kenning in Norse mythology. It is ambiguous, referring both to the sun-chariot of the su…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Algos
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Eris is the goddess and personification of strife and discord, particularly in war, and in the Iliad…
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Ali-Illahism
Ancient Persia
Ali-Illahism is a syncretic religion which has been practiced in parts of the Luristan region in Iran which combines ele…
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Alisanos
Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Alisanos
Iron Age Europe
Alisanos was a local Celtic god worshipped near Dijon.
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Alke
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Alke
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, the name Alke or Alce may refer to:Alke, the spirit and personification of the abstract concept of c…
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Alla (Mesopotamian god)
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Alla (Mesopotamian god)
Ancient Mesopotamia
Alla or Alla-gula was a Mesopotamian god associated with the underworld. He functioned as the sukkal of Ningishzida, an…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Allani
Ancient Mesopotamia
Allani, also known under the Akkadian name Allatu, was the Hurrian goddess of the underworld. She was also associated w…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Allat
Ancient Mesopotamia
Al-Lat, also spelled Allat, Allatu, and Alilat, is a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess, at one time worshipped under various a…
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Almáttki áss
Norse800 CE – 1100 CE
Almáttki áss
Scandinavia
Almáttki áss is an unknown Norse god evoked in an Icelandic legal oath sworn on a temple ring, mentioned in Landnámabók.
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Almo (god)
Ancient Rome
Almo was in ancient Roman religion the eponymous god of the small river Almo, a tributary of the Tiber in the vicinity o…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Alpheus (deity)
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Alpheus or Alpheios was the river god who embodied the river of the same name.
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Yoruba500 BCE – present
Alusi
West Africa
Alusi, also known as arusi, are spirits that are worshipped and served in the Igbo religion. There are many different k…
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Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Alux
Maya civilization
An alux is a type of sprite or spirit in the mythological tradition of certain Maya peoples from the Yucatán Peninsula, …
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Alvars
Indian subcontinent
The Alvars, are the Tamil poet-saints of South India who espoused bhakti (devotion) to the Hindu preserver deity Vishnu …
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Am-heh
Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Am-heh
Ancient Egypt
In Egyptian mythology, Am-heh was a minor god from the underworld, whose name means either "devourer of millions" or "ea…
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Ama-arḫuš
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Ama-arḫuš
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ama-arḫuš(𒂼𒃣 or 𒂼𒉦) was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with compassion and healing or epithet of goddesses design…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Ama-no-Iwato
Japan
Ama-no-Iwato is a cave in Japanese mythology. According to the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki, the bad behavior of Susano'o…
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Ama-Tsu-Mara
Japanese300 CE – present
Ama-Tsu-Mara
Japan
Amatsumara(天津麻羅) or also known as “Amenomahitotsu” is the Shinto kami of ironworking and blacksmiths. He was discussed …
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Japanese300 CE – present
Amamikyu
Japan
Amamikyu , or Amekushin-otome-ōankami (天久臣乙女王御神), is the creation goddess of the Ryukyu Islands in the Ryukyuan religion…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Amano-Iwato
Japan
Ama-no-Iwato is a cave in Japanese mythology. According to the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki, the bad behavior of Susano'o…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Amanozako
Japan
Amanozako is a monstrous goddess mentioned in the Kujiki, which states that she originated when Susanoo let his own fero…
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Amasagnudi
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Amasagnudi
Ancient Mesopotamia
Amasagnudi was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as a servant of Anu and as the wife of Papsukkal. She is only known from…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Amaterasu
Japan
Amaterasu Ōmikami , often called Amaterasu for short, also known as Amateru Kami (天照神) and Ōhirume no Muchi (大日孁貴), is t…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Amaterasu Ōmikami
Japan
Amaterasu Ōmikami , often called Amaterasu for short, also known as Amateru Kami (天照神) and Ōhirume no Muchi (大日孁貴), is t…
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Amatsu-Mikaboshi
Japanese300 CE – present
Amatsu-Mikaboshi
Japan
Amatsu-Mikaboshi (天津甕星), also called Ame-no-Kagaseo (天香香背男) or Hoshi-no-Kami Kagaseo (星神香香背男), is a god of stars who app…
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Amatsukami
Japanese300 CE – present
Amatsukami
Japan
Amatsukami , also called tenjin, is a category of kami in Japanese mythology. Generally speaking, it refers to kami bor…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Ambika (goddess)
Indian subcontinent
Ambika is a Hindu goddess. She is generally considered a form of Shakti, Parvati, or Durga. In various texts, she is m…
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Ambisagrus
Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Ambisagrus
Iron Age Europe
In Gallo-Roman religion, Ambisagrus was a Gaulish god worshipped at Aquileia in Cisalpine Gaul, where he was identified …
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Ame-no-Fuyukinu
Japanese300 CE – present
Ame-no-Fuyukinu
Japan
Ame-no-Fuyukinu is the son of Omizunu and Futemimi, the husband of Sashikuniwaka-hime and the father of Ōkuninushi(Ōnamu…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Ame-no-Koyane
Japan
Ame-no-Koyane-no-mikoto is a kami and a male deity in Japanese mythology and Shinto. He is the ancestral god of the Nak…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Ame-no-Minakanushi
Japan
Ame-no-Minakanushi is a deity (kami) in Japanese mythology, portrayed in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki as the first or …
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Japanese300 CE – present
Ame-no-Nuboko
Japan
Ame-no-Nuboko , also known simply by the Kan-on reading Tenkei , is the name given to the hoko (lance) used to raise the…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Ame-no-ohabari
Japan
Ame-no-Ohabari is a legendary Japanese sword. that roughly translates to "Heaven-Point-Blade-Extended". It is primaril…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Ame-no-oshihomimi
Japan
Amenooshihomimi (天忍穗耳尊,天之忍穂耳命) or Oshihomimi for short, is the first son of Amaterasu.
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Japanese300 CE – present
Ame-no-Tajikarao
Japan
Ame-no-tajikarao (アメノタヂカラオ) is a Japanese deity (kami) of physical strength who appears in Japanese mythology. Ame-no-t…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Ame-no-Uzume
Japan
Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto is the goddess of humor, dancing happiness, joy, dawn, mirth, meditation, revelry and the arts in…
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Amechania
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Amechania
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Amechania or Amekhania was the spirit of impossibility. She was regarded as a close companion of Pe…
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Amenohoakari
Japanese300 CE – present
Amenohoakari
Japan
Amenohoakari (天火明) is a kami of sun and agriculture in Japanese mythology. The Shinsen Shōjiroku marks his descendants …
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Ameretat
Ancient Persia
Ameretat is the Avestan language name of the Zoroastrian divinity/divine concept of immortality. Amerdad is the Amesha …
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Amesemi
Ancient Egypt
Amesemi is a Kushite protective goddess and wife of Apedemak, the lion-god. She was represented with a crown shaped as …
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Amesha Spenta
Ancient Persia
In Zoroastrianism, the Amesha Spenta are a class of seven divine entities emanating from Ahura Mazda, the highest divini…
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Japanese300 CE – present
Amitabha
Japan
Amitābha, also known as Amituofo in Chinese, Amida Butsu in Japanese, Amita-bul in Korean, Avid in Mongolian, A Di Đà Ph…
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Amitābha
Asia
Amitābha, also known as Amituofo in Chinese, Amida Butsu in Japanese, Amita-bul in Korean, Avid in Mongolian, A Di Đà Ph…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Ammavaru
Indian subcontinent
Ammavaru, according to Hindu belief, is an ancient goddess who laid the egg that hatched Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu. "Amm…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Ammit
Ancient Egypt
Ammit was an ancient Egyptian goddess with the forequarters of a lion, the hindquarters of a hippopotamus, and the head …
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Amphictyonis
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Amphictyonis
Ancient Greece
Amphictyonis in Greek mythology is a local form of Demeter. She was worshiped under this name at Anthela, because it wa…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Amphillogiai
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Eris is the goddess and personification of strife and discord, particularly in war, and in the Iliad…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Amphilogiai
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Eris is the goddess and personification of strife and discord, particularly in war, and in the Iliad…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Amset
Ancient Egypt
The four sons of Horus were a group of four deities in ancient Egyptian religion who were believed to protect the dead i…
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Amsha
Hindu1500 BCE – present
Amsha
Indian subcontinent
Amsha is a Vedic deity in Hinduism. He is a member of the Adityas, a group of celestial deities who are the children of…
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Amu-Aa
Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Amu-Aa
Ancient Egypt
Amu-Aa is one of the gods that goes with Osiris during the second hour of the night. (To learn more about the hours of t…
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Amun
Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Amun
Ancient Egypt
Amun was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad. Amun was attested from the …
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Amunet
Ancient Egypt
Amunet or Imnt is a primordial goddess in ancient Egyptian religion. Thebes was the center of her worship through the l…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Amurru (god)
Ancient Mesopotamia
Amurru, also known under the Sumerian name Martu, was a Mesopotamian god who served as the divine personification of the…
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An = Anum
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
An = Anum
Ancient Mesopotamia
An = Anum, also known as the Great God List, is the longest preserved Mesopotamian god list, a type of lexical list cata…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Anahita
Ancient Mesopotamia
Anahita is the Old Persian form of the name of an Iranian goddess and appears in complete and earlier form as Aradvi Sur…
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Anaideia
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Anaideia
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Anaideia was the personification of shamelessness. She was the companion of Hybris. Her opposite p…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Ānanda (Hindu philosophy)
Indian subcontinent
Ānanda literally means bliss or happiness. In the Hindu Vedas, Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita, ānanda signifies eternal b…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Ananke
Ancient Greece
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Ananke, from the common noun ἀνάγκη, is a personification of inevitability, com…
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Anantacaritra
Buddhist500 BCE – present
Anantacaritra
Asia
Anantacāritra is one of the four great perfected bodhisattvas mentioned in the 15th chapter of the Lotus Sutra. Accordi…
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Buddhist500 BCE – present
Anapanasati
Asia
Ānāpānasati, meaning "mindfulness of breathing", is the act of paying attention to the breath. It is the quintessential…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Anapus
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, Anapus was god of the river Anapus in eastern Sicily. He was worshiped by the Syracusans, who depic…
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Slavic500 CE – 1100 CE
Anastasia of Serbia
Early Slavs
Ana ; fl. 1196 – died 22 June 1200) was the princess consort of the Serbian Principality as the wife of Stefan Nemanja.…
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Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Anat
Ancient Mesopotamia
Anat, Anatu, classically Anath was a goddess associated with warfare and hunting, best known from the Ugaritic texts. M…
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Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Ancamna
Iron Age Europe
In Gallo-Roman religion, Ancamna was a goddess worshipped particularly in the valley of the river Moselle. She was comm…
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Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Ancasta
Iron Age Europe
Ancasta was a Celtic goddess worshipped in Roman Britain. She is known from a single dedicatory inscription found in th…
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Ancestors of Enlil
Mesopotamian3500 BCE – 500 BCE
Ancestors of Enlil
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancestors of Enlil or Enki-Ninki deities were a group of Mesopotamian deities. Individual lists do not agree on their n…
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Anchises
Ancient Greece
In Greek and Roman mythology, Anchises was a member of the royal family of Troy. He was said to have been the son of Ki…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Ancient Egyptian deities
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian deities are the gods and goddesses worshipped in ancient Egypt. The beliefs and rituals surrounding th…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Ancient Egyptian offering formula
Ancient Egypt
The offering formula, also known under transliterated forms of its incipit as the ḥtp-ḏỉ-nsw or ḥtp-ḏj-nswt formula was …
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Maya2000 BCE – 1500 CE
Ancient Maya graffiti
Maya civilization
Ancient Maya graffiti are a little-studied area of folk art of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. Graffiti were incis…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Andal
Indian subcontinent
Andal, also known as Kothai and Nachiyar is one of the 12 Alvars, who are Tamil saints who patronised Vaishnavism during…
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Andarta
Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Andarta
Iron Age Europe
Andarta was a Celtic goddess worshiped in southern Gaul. Inscriptions invoking her name have been found in and around m…
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Egyptian3100 BCE – 400 CE
Andjety
Ancient Egypt
Andjety is a local ancient Egyptian deity of the ninth nome, centered at Andjet, which was known as Busiris to the Greek…
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Andraste
Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Andraste
Iron Age Europe
Andraste, also known as Andrasta, was, according to the Roman historian Dio Cassius, an Icenic war goddess invoked by Bo…
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Androktasiai
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Androktasiai
Ancient Greece
In Greek mythology, the Androktasiai are collectively the personification of the slaughter of men in battle.
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Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Anemoi
Ancient Greece
In ancient Greek religion and myth, the Anemoi were wind gods who were each ascribed a cardinal direction from which the…
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Anextiomarus
Celtic800 BCE – 500 CE
Anextiomarus
Iron Age Europe
Anextlomarus or Anextiomarus is an ancient Celtic deity. On an inscription from Arbeia, he appears as epithet of the Ro…
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Hindu1500 BCE – present
Angala Devi
Indian subcontinent
Angala Devi, also known as Angalamman, Angala Paramesvari, and Aṅkāḷaparamēcuvari, Periyandichi, Periyayi, Periyanayagi,…
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Angel
Ancient Persia
An angel is a spiritual, heavenly, or supernatural entity, usually humanoid with bird-like wings, often depicted as a me…
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Angelia
Greek800 BCE – 400 CE
Angelia
Ancient Greece
In a poem by the Greek poet Pindar, Angelia (Ancient Greek: Ἀγγελία is mentioned as a daughter of the Greek messenger-go…
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Zoroastrian1500 BCE – present
Angels
Ancient Persia
An angel is a spiritual, heavenly, or supernatural entity, usually humanoid with bird-like wings, often depicted as a me…
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Roman750 BCE – 400 CE
Angerona
Ancient Rome
In ancient Gallo-Roman religion Angerona or Angeronia was an old Celtic goddess adopted by Romans, whose name and functi…
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