A
Abraxas – in Iranian mythology a deity identified with Mithra. According to the Gnostics, the Supreme Being ruling over 365 spirits or emanations belonging to the individual days of the year. The deity was depicted as a fantastic creature, half human and half animal.
- Agni – ancient Indian god of light, fire and lightning.
- Ahriman – in Persian mythology the god of evil and darkness, of evil spells and black magic. He created hosts of demons and evil spirits.
- Asalluhi – Mesopotamian god of magic
B
- Baldur – Scandinavian god of light
- Brigid – also known as Brig or Brigen. Celtic goddess of wisdom and divination.
D
- Dagda – known as the Creator, the Good God and the Father of All. An Irish god endowed with great power, guardian of magical knowledge.
- Demiurge – in Plato, the divine builder of the world, who shapes formless primordial matter.
- Demogorgon – a terrible god. Speaking his name could cause instant death, and at the very least threatened the greatest misfortunes.
E
- Ea – in Babylonian and Assyrian mythology the god of water, wisdom, crafts and magical knowledge.
- Eshu – in Yoruba mythology a trickster god.
- Eris – Greek goddess of discord
- Erinyes – Greek goddesses of vengeance who punish human crimes
- Aesculapius – the Greek Asclepius. A god who sends prophetic dreams, patron of medicine
F
- Fu Xi – in Chinese mythology the god of spring and inventor of the divinatory trigrams
- Furies – Roman goddesses of vengeance who punish the crimes and sins of humankind
G
- Grannus – Gaulish god of medical knowledge and spells
- Griffin – sacred to Nemesis, goddess of fate and vengeance, and to the sun gods.
H
- Hades – Greek god of the land of the dead
- Hecate – Greek goddess of witchcraft, ghosts and spectres
- Horus – Egyptian god of light
- Hodur – Scandinavian god of darkness
- Hubal – supreme god of ancient Arabia, worshipped at the Kaaba. He gave counsel and foretold the future by means of arrows cast in particular places.
- Huitzilopochtli – Aztec god of war, founder of the Aztec state and giver of its cult.
I
- Ich-kin – in Maya mythology a creator god and giver of life
J
- Ju-lu – a Chinese god, the warden of demons, with whom he wages eternal war.
K
- Kami – Japanese benevolent deities as well as evil demons
- Kamrusepa – Hittite goddess of magic
Kushuh – Hurrian god of oaths, an underworld deity who destroys magical impurities, that is, the consequences of crimes and sinful human deeds.
M
- Manat – ancient Arabian goddess of fate
- Marduk – Babylonian god of the magi
- Math – Welsh sorcerer god
- Mithra – Indo-European god of light, also worshipped in Rome as Sol Invictus.
- Men – Phrygian moon god, protector of people and healer.
- Moirai – Greek goddesses of fate
N
- Nabu – god of writing and the sacred alphabet
- Nagarwa – Luwian god of spells
- Nergal – Mesopotamian god of plague
- Nommo – in Dogon mythology a civilising god. He gave people speech and taught them agriculture and worship.
O
- Odin – Scandinavian ruler of gods and men.
- Orcus – Italic demon of death, a deity ruling the land of the dead
- Ormuzd – in Persian mythology the god of light, wisdom and goodness
P
- Perchta – Germanic goddess and guide of the dead.
- Pogwizd – a Polish pagan wind spirit, friendly towards humans
R
- Rudra – in Hindu belief the god of storms, who also commands demons and spirits. When angered, he sends his followers to fight against people.
S
- Selene – Greek goddess of the Moon, life and fertility. Her sign, the crescent, protects against demons and dark forces.
- Sinu – a Chinese deity who watches over travellers
- Su – in the mythology of the Mbai of Moissala, the god of rain
- Shamash – Babylonian god of the Sun and light
- Shango – in Yoruba mythology a civilising god and great sorcerer.
T
- Black Tezcatlipoca – in Aztec mythology the god of the Great Bear and the night sky. A great sorcerer.
- Thoth – ancient Egyptian god of wisdom and writing
- Tlazolteotl – Aztec goddess who sends diseases
- Tsui-Goab – Khoikhoi god of rain
- Tyche – Greek goddess of fortune
- Tyr – Scandinavian god of war and law
First published (Polish original): 12 December 2011. Written by astrologers and esoteric specialists working with our editorial team; edited and translated for HOROSCOP.SPACE. © All rights reserved.
