Ah Raxá Lac
Ah Raxá Lac (the lord of the green plate) In Mayan mythology, an earth god, mentioned in the Popol Vuh, sacred book of the ancient…
Month: September 2017
Ah Puch
Ah Puch (Ahpuch, Ahal Puh, Ah-Puchah) (to melt, to dissolve, to spoil) In Mayan mythology, god of death, the destroyer, ruler of the lowest of…
Ahoeitu
Ahoeitu (day god) In Polynesian mythology, Tongan culture hero, son of the sky god Eitumatupua and his wife, the worm Ilaheva. Born on the the…
Ahl-at-tral
Ahl-at-tral In Arabic and Islamic mythology, Demons who live beneath the Sahara Desert and appear as whirling sandstorms, drying up the wells before caravans arrive.…
Aharaigichi
Aharaigichi is in the mythology of the Abipone Indians of South America, a principal god, identified with the Pleiades. Martin Dobrizhoffer, a Jesuit priest in…
Agretes
Agretes: The Tragic King of Camelot In the vast and intricate tapestry of Arthurian legend, Agretes stands out as a tragic figure, one whose legacy…
Agove Minoire
Agove Minoire Origin: Haitian Vodou Classification: Lwa (loa), deified spirit of the dead Domain: Forest groves, liminal wilderness, sacred sexuality, thresholds Agove Minoire is a…
Agneyastra
Agneyastra In Hindu mythology, a fire weapon given to Agnivesa, the son of Agni, the fire god. He then gives the weapon to Drona. SOURCE:…
Agnes of Montepulciano, St.
Agnes of Montepulciano, St. (pure, chaste) (1268–1317) In Christian legend, Dominican abbess. Feast, 20 April. Agnes was placed in a nunnery at the age of…
Agnes, St.
Agnes, St. (pure, chaste) (fourth century) In Christian legend, martyr. One of the Four Great Virgin Martyrs of the Latin, or Western, Church; patron saint…
