Agove Minoire
Agove Minoire is in Haitian voodoo, a female loa (deified spirit of the dead) who guards forest groves; symbolized by a phallus carved from wood.…
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…
Aglaea
Aglaea (splendor) In Greek mythology, daughter of Zeus and Eurynome; one of the three Graces. The others were Euphrosyne (joy) and Thalia (abundance). In some…
Agenor
Agenor (heroic) In Greek mythology, a hero, son of Antenor by Theano, a priestess of Athena; brother of Acamas, Achelous, Coon, Crino, Demolem, Glaucus, Helicaon,…
Agatha, St.
Agatha, St. (good woman) (third century) In Christian legend, martyr, patron saint of bell founders, girdlers, jewelers, malsters, wet nurses, weavers, and shepherdesses. Invoked against…
Agamemnon
Agamemnon (very resolute) In Greek mythology, king of Mycenae and Argos; son of Atreus and Aerope; married to Clytemnestra; father of Chrysothemis, Electra, Iphigeneia, Iphianassa,…
Agama
Agama In Mahayana Buddhism, a term used for the collection of sacred writings, roughly equivalent to the Nikaya collection of Theravada Buddhism, containing the discourses…
Afra, St.
Afra, St. (dust) (fourth century?) In Christian legend, martyr, patron saint of Augsburg, Germany. Invoked by penitent women. Feast, 5 August. Afra was a common…