In the Roman literary-foundation cycle preserved by Virgil, Amata is a mortal royal figure: the wife of King Latinus of the Latins and mother of Lavinia. Her narrative role emerges during the period following Aeneas' arrival in Italy, when competing marriage claims over Lavinia—between the Trojan Aeneas and the Latin suitor Turnus—lead Amata to oppose Aeneas and take actions that contribute to civil and interethnic conflict. Dante later reuses her story as a moral exemplum in Purgatorio Canto 17.
Classical and medieval sources cited here recount Amata through actions and social role rather than physical description. Neither Virgil's narrative summary nor Dante's moralizing passage supplies a sustained or detailed physical portrayal of her.
Amata possesses social and political agency as a queen and mother within the narrative: she objects to Aeneas' request for Lavinia's hand because Lavinia was promised to Turnus; she hides Lavinia in the woods; and she mobilizes other Latin women to oppose the foreign claimant—actions that help precipitate the larger conflict between Aeneas and Turnus. Her story concludes with suicide upon (mistakenly) believing Turnus has fallen. Dante interprets these behaviors as expressions of wrath, making her an exemplar of that vice.
Weaknesses
- conditionhuman passions (notably wrath/anger)
Wards
None recorded.
Dido (Elissa)
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Amaracus
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Amarillodon
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Amarok
In Greenlandic Inuit tradition the Amarok (also Amaroq) is a singular, gigantic wolf-like spirit said to hunt alone and to interact powerfully with humans: stalking and devouring lone nocturnal hunters, wresting with humans to bestow strength in Rink's tales, and — in another tale — dragging a humanoid from the water and taking a mourner's soul. The term in some dialects is reserved for this legendary wolf, while other Arctic peoples may use the word for ordinary wolves.
Amaru (Inca mythology)
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Amarynceus
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Amasagnudi
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Amaterasu Ōmikami
Amaterasu Ōmikami is the sun deity and a principal kami in Shinto tradition, presented in classical Japanese sources as ruler of Takamagahara (the High Celestial Plain) and the mythic ancestress of the Imperial House through her grandson Ninigi. She is central to shrine cult at Ise and to ritual nomenclature and practice within institutional Shinto.
Amatheia
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Amathes
Amathes (Ancient Greek: Ἀμάθης) is a mythic eponymic ancestor in Greek tradition, described as a son of Heracles from whom the Cypriot town Amathus was said to derive its name. Some traditions alternatively attribute the town-name to a female eponym, Amathusa, mother of Cinyras.
Amatsu-Mikaboshi
A star-associated kami attested in the Nihon Shoki with ambivalent placement: in one account a rebellious star-god (Hoshi‑no‑Kami Kagaseo) who refused submission and was subdued, in another an "Evil Deity" the heavenly deities asked to be executed. The name and later commentary link the figure to stellar/planetary phenomena and to specialized star shrines (Hoshi‑jinja/Hoshimiya‑jinja).
Amatsuhikone
Amatsuhikone (天津日子根命 / 天津彥根命) is a kami in Japanese mythology described as a son of the sun goddess Amaterasu. He functions primarily as a member of the heavenly genealogy used to legitimize clan lineages and is later identified as the shintai (sacred body) of Mount Mikami, where Mikami Shrine stands to venerate him.
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- [2]Wikidata: Amata. Wikidata entry for 'Amata'other
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- [5]Amata (papillon) — French Wikipedia (note on taxonomic name). French Wikipedia entry for the moth genus 'Amata' (disambiguation)wiki
- [6]1035 Amata (asteroid naming note). Reference noting asteroid named '1035 Amata' (modern naming unrelated to the mythic figure)other