#deity

• Abraxas — A mystical word, originally used by Gnostic sects (especially Basilides) to designate the supreme deity or the ruler of the 365 heavens, the numerical value of its Greek letters totaling exactly 365; (by extension) an amulet or engraved stone bearing this talismanic emblem depicting a creature with a rooster's head, a human body, and legs made of serpents.
• Ahuramazda — The supreme deity, creator of heaven, earth, and the entire universal order in the Zoroastrian religion (or Mazdeism). In ancient Persian theology, he represents the spirit of absolute good, truth, light, and divine wisdom, involved in a structural cosmic conflict of a dualistic nature against Ahriman, the supreme force of darkness and destruction.
• Amaterasu — The supreme sun goddess in the Shinto religion and Japanese mythology, considered the mythical ancestor of the Japanese imperial family and ruler of the heavenly realm. Her name means 'The Great Goddess who shines in heaven', associated with light, cosmic order, and agricultural fertility.
• Amphitrite — A goddess of the sea in Greek mythology, one of the nereids (or oceanids), the wife of Poseidon and mother of Triton. In classical art, she is often depicted driving a chariot drawn by tritons or hippocamps, serving as the symbolic personification of the ocean's calm and majesty; her name is sometimes used figuratively in literature to designate the sea itself.
• Ammon — A major deity in Egyptian mythology (Amun / Amon), originally associated with the air and hidden aspects of creation, later syncretized with the sun god as Amun-Ra and adopted by the Greeks as the god Ammon. Often depicted with ram horns, his cult was centered at the main temple in Thebes and the famous oracle in the Siwa Oasis, where Alexander the Great was proclaimed a legitimate son of this deity.
• Amon — Supreme divinity in Egyptian mythology, considered the king of gods and creator of the universe, originally worshiped as the god of air and wind in Thebes, and later merged with the sun god under the name Amon-Ra. His name structurally translates to 'The Hidden One' or 'The Invisible One', symbolizing the unseen omnipresence and absolute power governing the cosmic order and pharaonic dynasties.
• Anahita — An ancient Persian divinity of cosmic waters, fertility, healing, and wisdom, structurally venerated in Zoroastrianism and throughout the Achaemenid Empire. Fully known as Ardvi Sura Anahita (meaning 'Moist, Mighty, and Immaculate'), she is portrayed in the sacred Avesta texts as a noble maiden clad in a golden cloak, representing a universal symbol of purity, life-giving force, and divine protection.
• Angitia — A proper onomastic name representing an ancient Osco-Samnite and Marsic goddess, venerated in the mountainous regions of central Italy for her miraculous healing powers, profound knowledge of medicinal herbs, and structural capacity to dominate venomous snakes. In a mythological and lexicographical context, this well-defined divine figure, often associated with beneficent witchcraft and protection against poisons, constitutes a fundamental research element for the study of pre-Roman cults and ancient magical ethnobotany.
• Anna Perenna — An ancient Roman divinity of the circle of the year, time renewal, and spring, festively celebrated on March 15 (the Ides of March), which coincided with the first full moon of the old Roman calendar. Her name structurally combines two Latin forms expressing the idea of continuity, perpetual flow, and cyclical regeneration of life, her popular festival being characterized by open-air picnics, songs, and wishes for long life held on the banks of the Tiber River.
• Anu — The supreme deity in Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian mythology, regarded as the god of the sky, the father of the gods, and the supreme ruler of the cosmos; he represented absolute divine authority, cosmic order, and the source of kingly power on Earth.
• Anubis — A major deity in the ancient Egyptian pantheon, guide of souls in the afterlife (psychopomp), protector of graves, and patron of embalming; iconographically represented as a man with the head of a black jackal or as a full jackal, he held the crucial role of weighing the hearts of the dead during the judgment of Osiris.
• Apu — A term of indigenous origin incorporated into the universal cultural lexicon from the Quechua language, used to designate the sacred spirit of a mountain or the mountain itself viewed as a protective divinity in the traditional Inca religion of the Andean region; also an honorific title granted to rulers or ancestral spirits of great structural authority.
• Arduina — A graphic variant or proper mythological name designating Arduinna, the Celtic deity protecting the forests, hunting, and wildlife of the Ardennes mountainous region. Structurally and iconographically, she was depicted in antiquity as a young warrior armed with a bow, often riding a sacred wild boar, later assimilated into the Gallo-Roman pantheon with the goddess Diana.
• Aristaeus — A minor deity in Greek mythology, son of the god Apollo and the nymph Cyrene, revered as the patron god of agriculture, hunting, and rural crafts. Ancient tradition credits him with civilizing mankind by teaching essential techniques such as beekeeping, olive cultivation, oil extraction, and milk curdling for cheese making.
• Aristeu — A benevolent minor deity in Greek mythology, the son of the god Apollo and the nymph Cyrene, revered as the protector of shepherds, hunters, and flocks. Aristaeus is traditionally considered the one who taught humanity the secrets of beekeeping, olive cultivation, cheese-making, and oil extraction, standing as a symbolic figure of rural civilization and agrarian arts.
• Artemis — A major goddess in Greek mythology (equated with Diana by the Romans), daughter of Zeus and Leto, and twin sister of Apollo. Venerated as the deity of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, and the moon, she is structurally represented as an independent and untamed maiden, armed with a golden bow and arrows.
• Atargatis — The great goddess of Northern Arabia and Syria in antiquity, a divinity of fertility, the earth, and water, primarily worshipped at Hierapolis. Often represented with the body of a woman and the tail of a fish (associated with the earliest mermaid legends) or surrounded by lions, Atargatis embodied the generative power of nature and protection of human communities in the Near East, later assimilated by the Greeks as Dea Syria.
• Attis — A Phrygian deity of vegetation, rebirth of nature, and consort of the mother goddess Cybele, famous in mythology for his tragic death and structural transformation into a pine tree. His mystery cult, later adopted into the Roman Empire, celebrated the annual cycle of death and resurrection through orgiastic rituals and initiation ceremonies deeply linked to earth regeneration.
• Avatar — In Indian philosophy and mythology, the earthly reincarnation or incarnation of a deity (especially Vishnu); by extension, a metamorphosis, unpredictable transformation, or vicissitude experienced by a person or group over time. In modern digital media, the term denotes the graphical representation, icon, or virtual character chosen by a user to represent their identity in games, social networks, and online communities.
• Bacchus — An alternative and common spelling variant for Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, the grapevine, vegetation, mystical ecstasy, and festivities (identified with Dionysus in Greek mythology). In a figurative and everyday sense, the name is used as a personification of alcohol consumption, lively banquets, bohemian parties, and the cult dedicated to dionysian pleasures.