Abuk
Abuk – Dinka (Sudan) – The primordial, or first, woman, who was elevated to divine status; patron goddess of women and gardens. Abuk presided over…
Month: July 2017
Acca Larentia
Acca Larentia ALSO KNOWN AS: Acca Laurentia ORIGIN: Etruscan or Italian Feast: The Larentalia on 23 December Various contradictory legends are told of Acca Larentia.…
Achachilas
Achachilas ORIGIN: Aymara The Achachilas are mountain spirits, protective ancestral spirits of the Aymara whose ancestral home is the Andes Mountains. The Achachilas are ancestors…
Achelous He Who Washes Away Care
Achelous He Who Washes Away Care ORIGIN: Greek Achelous is king of Greece’s river spirits. He was venerated throughout Greece and southern Italy. Achelous’ primary…
Achilles
Achilles is most famous as the Greek hero of the Trojan War. He is the son of Thetis, a powerful sea goddess who tried to…
Adamu
Adamu Red ORIGIN: Chaldea The similarity of Adamu’s name to the biblical Adam is no accident: their names are etymologically the same. As Adam is…
Adonis
Adonis Adonis is a breathtakingly handsome spirit, whose very name epitomizes male good looks, is the son of a myrrh tree. How does a tree…
Aeacus
Aeacus, son of Zeus and Aegina, was king of the Isle of Aegina. Zeus imprisoned his mother on an uninhabited island, and so Aeacus had…
Aegina
Aegina, presiding spirit of the island in the Saronic Gulf bearing her name, is the daughter of river spirit Asopus and Metope, a Nymph. In…
Aegir Lord of the Sea
Aegir Lord of the Sea Aegir literally means “sea.” In Norse cosmology, Aegir is the presiding spirit of the ocean. He may also be understood…