Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

A6A-aSun goddess. Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian)and western Semitic. Consort of the sungod ŠAMAŠ. Also AYA.A’ašGod of wisdom. Hittite and Hurrian. Derivedfrom the Mesopotamian model of ENKI/EA. A’aškeeps the tablets of fate.AbandinusGod of unknown affinities. Romano-Celtic(British). The name appears in an inscription atGodmanchester, Cambridge, England.AbellioTree god. Romano-Celtic (Gallic). Known frominscriptions in the Garonne valley of southwesternFrance and thought to be associated withapple trees.AbeonaGoddess of passage. Roman. Linked with thegoddess ADEONA, she is concerned with the safegoing-out and coming-in of a child.Abgal1. Desert god. Pre-Islamic northern Arabian.Known from the Palmyrian desert regionsas a tutelary god of Bedouins and cameldrivers.2. Minor attendant spirits. Mesopotamian(Sumerian). Associated with ENKI and residing inthe Abzu or primeval water.Abhijit (victorious)Minor goddess of fortune. Hindu (Puranic). Abenevolent naksatra or astral deity; daughter ofDAKSA and consort of CANDRA (SOMA).AbhijnarajaPhysician god. Buddhist-Lamaist [Tibet].Accounted among a series of SMAN-BLA (medicinebuddhas). Typically depicted with stretchedearlobes. Color: red.Abhimukhi (friendly disposed)Minor goddess. Buddhist (Vajrayana). One oftwelve deified BHUMIS recognized as differentspiritual spheres through which a disciplepasses. Color: yellow. Attributes: book andstaff.1