(^274) A Wiccan Bible
Adam—Male—Middle East
Father: Yahweh
Mother: Earth
Wife: Lilith, Eve
Although often cited as the Christian first
man, even Christian scripture is rather clear
that he was not. First Yahweh created life with
Mother Earth: “Let the Earth bring forth the
living creature after his kind..” (Genesis 1:24).
Later, the line of humanity is created (presum-
ably with the help of Mother Earth): “Let us
make man in our image, after our likeness”
(Genesis 1:26 ). After the week long process
of creating not only Earth and sky but all the
creatures of land, sea, and sky, after his rest
on the seventh day, then God created Adam:
“And the Lord God formed man...” (Genesis
2:7). But the creation of Adam was not with-
out argument. After Yahweh told the angels
that he had intended on creating Adam, he
ordered them to bring to him clay from which
he would sculpt Adam such that another line
of humanity would follow. They strongly ad-
vised against the action, stating; “Humanity in
the line of Adam will hatch hatred, jealousy
and sin, he will light the brush-fire of war.” So
too did Mother Earth disagree at first, stating
that ‘No part of mine will be used to form a
disobedient sinner.” Although Mother Earth
objected to the creation, Yahweh sent Azrael,
the Angel of Death, to rob her of the clay nec-
essary to create Adam, in effect bringing Adam
into this world through an act of rape. That
rape is the ‘original sin’ for which Yahweh
would later suffer as Jesus Christ to wash away.
See Jesus.
Adamah—Female—Middle East
Hebrew personification of the Earth, per-
haps the victim of rape at the order of Yahweh.
See Yahweh.
Adapa—Male—Mediterranean/Middle East
Father: Ea
Mother: Kishar
Babylonian god sent by his father to pro-
tect and watch over humanity. Paris (God) of-
fered Adapa immortality for humanity, but
Adapa refused. He reminds us that it is not
always in our children’s best interest to give
them what they desire. In another story, he did
not receive immortality because he did not
conduct himself as would a god.
Addad—Male—Mediterranean/Middle East
(Also known as Iskur [Sumerian])
Animal association: Bull, Dragon (lion)
Babylonian god of rain and storms.
Adibuddha—Male—Near East
The Buddhist embodiment of the mascu-
line principle of the Buddhist soul.
Adereosa—Female—Africa/Middle East
(Also known as Adra Nedega [Babylonian])
Egyptian and Arabian virgin who is seen
nursing her child in the night sky as the con-
stellation Virgo.
Adra Nedega—See Adereosa
Aditi—Female—Near East
Lovers: Brahma, Kashyapa
Animal association: Cow
‘Limitless,’ ‘Free from bonds,’ or ‘The un-
bound’—Hindu All Mother and sky goddess.
Mother of the Sun (Mitra) and Moon
(Varuna), which together define the solar
year and the months of that year. She gave
birth to the twelve Adityas, each associated
with one of the Hindu 12 months of the year.
See Adityas.
Adityas, The—Male—Near East
Father: Kashyapa
Mother: Aditi
Twelve Hindu sun gods associated with the
12 months of the year. They are: Vishnu,
Aryman, Vivasvana, Amshumana, Parjanya,
Varuna, Indra, Dhatri, Mitra, Pusha, Bhaga,
and Tvashta. Alternatively, the Adityas are
sometimes cited as: Ansa, Aryman, Bhaga,
Daksha, Dhatri, Indra, Mitra, Ravini, Savitri,
Surya, Varuna, and Yama.
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