Manzat is attested in Mesopotamian and Elamite sources as the personification of the rainbow. In Sumerian-logographic contexts she appears under the name Tiranna (TIR.AN.NA). Her presence in Mesopotamian god-lists and in Elamite royal and temple inscriptions — including Middle Elamite inscribed bricks from Dehno documenting a temple built by Igi-hatet and later restored — shows her integration into both Mesopotamian and Elamite cultic frameworks. She is also associated in the inscriptions and scholarship with the Elamite god Simut and appears in close proximity to other temple complexes (for example near the temple of Shala and Adad at Chogha Zanbil), reflecting local and state-level cultic recognition rather than a single standardized mythic biography.
Surviving textual and inscriptional evidence does not preserve a standardized anthropomorphic iconography for Manzat; primary attestations identify her functionally as the rainbow itself. The corpus therefore emphasizes symbolic identification with the rainbow rather than detailed physical description. A late fragmentary incantation in the Maqlu corpus refers to familial links with astral deities (calling her Shamash's sister and a daughter of Sin and Ningal), but such statements are isolated and provide only indirect clues rather than an established pictorial tradition in the cited material.
Sources consistently present Manzat as the goddess who represents the rainbow and as a deity whose remit includes the prosperity of cities. She functions as a personified heavenly sign linked to tangible civic well-being and appears in god-lists and cultic contexts, indicating ritual agency mediated through temples and royal patronage. Variability in local relationships (her consort changes depending on the city) is attested, reflecting the regional adaptation of divine pairings. A single secondary popular-source claim that she 'ruled taverns, partying, and having a good time, including lovemaking' is not corroborated by the other supplied sources and is treated as uncertain.
'Ain Samiya Goblet
Silver cup from the Middle Bronze Age I, discovered in a tomb at Ain Samiya. (Note: 1. Power tier should be "None", but add a note explaining that historical artifacts don't fit into the typical power tier classification. 2. Add a description of its appearance based on it being a sil)
*Perkʷūnos
*Perkʷūnos is the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European thunder‑god hypothesized by comparative linguistics and mythology. Scholarly reconstructions portray him as a storm or thunder figure associated with fructifying rain and as the combatant who fights a multi‑headed water‑serpent to release life‑giving waters; no direct attestations from the Proto‑Indo‑European period survive and the figure is inferred from later Indo‑European traditions.
*Péh₂usōn (reconstructed)
Péh₂usōn is a hypothetical Proto‑Indo‑European pastoral guardian reconstructed by comparative scholars from parallels in Greek and Vedic traditions. Proposed as a Graeco‑Aryan ancestor‑figure, the reconstruction describes a protector of flocks, roads, and travellers rather than an attested historical cultic personality.
57 Mnemosyne
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Abaddon
In Hebrew scripture Abaddon is primarily a noun meaning 'destruction' or a section/condition of the underworld paired with Sheol; in the New Testament Book of Revelation Abaddon is personified as an angelic figure (Greek Apollyon) described as the king of an army of locusts released from the abyss during the apocalypse.
Aban Yasht
The Aban Yasht is a hymn from the Persian tradition that praises Anahita, a goddess associated with water, fertility, and wisdom. It consists of 132 stanzas and is part of the 21 Yashts collection. (Note: - Power tier should be "Primordial" or possibly "Cosmic", given that it's a hymn of great spiritual significance and associated with a goddess. - The article incorrectly states that Anahita is associa)
Abath
No corroborated folkloric entity named "Abath" is documented in the provided sources. The string appears in the supplied material only as a surname/personal name in Aruban/Dutch-Caribbean archival records and as an unrelated taxonomic or encyclopedic hit; no mythic attributes, origin stories, rituals, or apotropaic practices for an entity called Abath are present in the documents reviewed.
Abatur
Abatur is an uthra (celestial emanation) in Mandaeism described as the 'father of the Uthras' and called the Ancient (ʿattīqā). He resides on the boundary between the World of Light and lower regions, functions as a judge who weighs souls (Abatur Muzania), and supplies instructions and materials to the demiurgic uthra Ptahil in accounts from the Diwan (Scroll) of Abatur.
Abatwa (Twa / Batwa)
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Abellio
Abellio is a theonym attested in Roman‑period inscriptions from the Comminges area of the Pyrenees and reported as worshipped in the Garonne Valley of ancient Gallia Aquitania. Surviving evidence is limited to a small number of inscriptions; scholars have variously hypothesized solar or arboreal associations and compared the name to forms of Apollo or to Celtic Belenus, but the deity's precise role in local cosmology remains uncertain.
Abraham
Abraham (originally Abram) is the foundational patriarchal ancestor in the Hebrew Bible whose life establishes a covenantal relationship between his family/people and God. He functions as an exemplar of faith, the progenitor of promised descendants, and a narrative anchor for claims of land, blessing, and communal identity in later religious traditions.
Abraun
Abraun is an attested name in German-language plant-legend scholarship (Der abraun, ein beitrag zur pflanzensagenkunde, 1916) and a short database entry (Wikidata) labels it as a spirit from German mythology. Surviving accessible documentation is extremely limited: the principal academic treatment is a 1916 contribution to pflanzensagenkunde (plant-saga studies), but the excerpts available here contain only bibliographic metadata and do not record tales, descriptions, or rituals.
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- [6]Selected research notes provided. Compiled research notes supplied by user (summarizing attestations: name variants, Tiranna logogram, domains: rainbow and prosperity, temple evidence at Dehno and Chogha Zanbil, association with Simut; note on uncertain secondary claim re: taverns/partying).other