Ara (Sumerian: d ŠA) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as a servant of the god Enki. While in the past it was often assumed this theonym was only an alternate name Isimud, today the two are regarded as distinct deities who eventually came to be conflated with each other.

Ara the Handsome (or the Beautiful, Armenian: Արա Գեղեցիկ, romanized: Ara Gełec‘ik) is a legendary Armenian hero and king. He is the son of the legendary king Aram and a descendant of the Armenian patriarch Hayk. Scholars believe that Ara, Aram and Hayk were originally deities who were later reinterpreted as legendary human heroes.

In the Hellenistic age (3rd to 1st centuries BCE), ancient Armenian deities were identified with ancient Greek deities: Aramazd with Zeus, Anahit with Artemis, Vahagn with Heracles, Astłik with Aphrodite, Nane with Athena, Mihr with Hephaestus, Tir with Apollo.

Mar 12, 2025 · The ancient Armenian god Ar (Ար) stands as a powerful symbol of sun and nature, reverberating through millennia with a legacy that transcends time. Ar, the main deity of the Proto-Armenian pantheon, represents not just the power of the sun (arev in Armenian) but also the essence of nature and the vitality of spring.

Mar 12, 2001 · H.Matikian, N.Adonts, M.Abeghian, G.Ghapantsian, and ohter Armenologists accept that ARA was the native deity of the Armenians. The known Orientalist A.H.Sayce states that AR was the sun-god of the Armenians.

Onisabe seems to have revered Ara as his lineage orisa, and thus used the powers of Ara directly for buttressing royal authority. The different towns have their own versions of how Ara came to them, and a comparison of these will provide some insights into the local varia-tions of the thunder cult. The stories of the origin of the cult describe

ARA AND SEMIRAMIS. ARA AND SEMIRAMIS From the History of Armenia, by MOSES OF KHORENE. FOR a few years before the death of Ninus, Ara reigned over Armenia under his Protectorate, and found the same favour in his eyes as his father Aram had done.

ashikuelu is the deity that governs the underworld, being in charge of guiding the Eggunes to the land of the dead, known in the Yoruba Religion under the name of ara un. It is an Orisha belonging to the Sacred Rule of Ifá being in turn a saint that only the priests of Ifá receive, being strictly prohibited that under its doctrine women are ...

Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago are the countries in the Americas where Yoruba cultural influences are the most noticeable, particularly in popular religions like Vodon, Santéria, Camdomblé, and Macumba.

Feb 23, 2025 · Ara (अर) refers to an aspect of nṛsiṃha (‘man-lion’), according to the Vihagendra-saṃhitā 4.17, which mentions seventy-four forms (inlcuding twenty forms of vyūha). He is also known as Aranṛsiṃha or Aranarasiṃha. Nṛsiṃha is a Tantric deity and refers to the furious (ugra) incarnation of Viṣṇu.