Ahura
Ahura : The Shining Ones The Ahuras are a class of spirits, first venerated by the Magi. In the context of Zoroastrianism, the Ahuras are…
Author: Lux Ferre
Aiatar
Aiatar is most frequently described as a malevolent disease spirit living in the forests of Estonia and Finland and on the tundra. Proximity is sufficient…
AIBHEALL
AIBHEALL : BRIGHT; SPARKLING; BEAUTIFUL; EFFULGENT Aibheall is the Fairy queen of northern Munster, Ireland; guardian spirit and possible ancestress of Clan O’Brien. She is…
Aïdo-Hwedo
Aido-Hwedo Fon (Benin) The cosmic serpent, a servant of the Creator, Mawu-Lisa. Aido-Hwedo existed before Mawu-Lisa and participated in the creation of the universe. Aido-Hwedo…
Aife
Aife Aife is featured in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, where she is described as living in Scotland as the rival of Scatach. Both…
Ailinn
Ailinn is best known today as the female half of what is called the “Irish Romeo and Juliet.” Ailinn, the granddaughter of the king of…
Aine
AINE: BRIGHT; DELIGHT Aine, ancient Ireland’s preeminent goddess, is a spirit of love, desire, and fertility, protecting humans from illness. As late as the…
Airmid
Airmid, sacred healer and herbalist, is the daughter of Dian Cecht, divine physician of the Tuatha Dé Danaan. She and her father preside over a…
GOWDIE, ISOBEL
Isobel Gowdie (?–ca. 1662) was a Scottish witch whose stories of wild sexual escapades with the Devil titillated and shocked her stern neighbours and reinforced…
Good, Sarah
SarahGood (d. 1692) was one of the first people to be accused of witchcraft in the Salem Witches hysteria of 1692–93. Sarah Good was executed…
