(^280) A Wiccan Bible
Akaru Mime—Female—Far East
Japanese patron and protector of sailors.
Akibimi—Female—Far East
Japanese goddess presiding over Autumn
(days between Fall Equinox and Winter Solstice).
Akka—Female—North Europe
(Also known as Yambe-akka)
Husband: Ukko
Holiday: Honored on July 15
Finnish goddess of the Underworld. Some-
times cited as Earth Mother.
Akna—Female—Arctic North America
Husband: Akanchob
‘The Mother’—Eskimo goddess of child-
birth and patron of both mother and child.
Akupera—Male—Near East
Animal association: Tortoise
Hindu tortoise god who supports the Earth
on his back.
Alaghom Naum—Female—Central America
(Also known as Alaghom Naom Tzentel)
Husband: Patol
‘Mother of Mind’—Mayan goddess and cre-
ator of human consciousness.
Albina—Female—Mediterranean
Plant association: Barley
Tuscan goddess of the dawn, of particular
note in the lore of Tuscan Witches. Sometimes
cited as a barley goddess.
Alcippe—Female—Mediterranean
Father: Ares
Greek goddess who was raped by
Halirrhothius. See Ares.
Alcmena—Female—Mediterranean
Husband: Amphitryon
Lover: Zeus
Greek goddess who was condemned by
her husband Amphitryon to burn to death as
punishment for her infidelity with Zeus. Zeus
saved her from that end.
Alecto—Female—Mediterranean
‘Unceasing Anger’—Greek goddess of jus-
tice and vengeance. One of the three Erinyes.
The others are Megaera and Tisiphone.
Aleion Baal—Male—Middle East
(Also known as Aleyin, Aleyn)
Father: Baal
Animal association: Boar and to some degree
all creatures of the wild.
Phoenician god of Spring and of the
weather necessary for abundant crop growth.
Alektraon—Male—Mediterranean
Animal association: Chicken
Greek deity hired by Ares to watch over
Aphrodite as she slept and when Ares was
parted from his love.
Aleyin—See Aleion Baal
Aleyn—See Aleion Baal
Alignak—Male—Arctic North America/North
America
(Also known as Aningan)
Inuit/Eskimo deity who was banished on a
charge of incest. After being banished, he be-
came the Moon and his sister became the Sun,
forever circling their home but never being
allowed to return or again to be with each
other. Their chase is responsible for earth-
quakes and weather changes. Their rare re-
union is the solar eclipse. While some might
joke that the moral of this story is sleeping with
your sister will make you a god, the more prac-
tical observation is that where the earlier gods
and goddesses were often seen as incestuous,
the later developing deity forms stood clearly
against such matters. I believe this shift was
due to medical observations made on the dan-
gers of incest. Like Jewish dietary law, religious
taboo against incest came about due to entirely
pragmatic concerns.
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