Ancient authors present Aegesta principally in two related registers. As a toponym it is an alternate form of Segesta, one of the chief Elymian cities of northwestern Sicily. In mythic genealogies connected with the aftermath of Troy, related personal forms appear: Aegestus is named as a founder figure and Aegesta appears as a mother-figure in accounts tied to Acestes, a Trojan-descended character who interacts with Aeneas in Roman epic tradition. Classical commentators such as Dionysius and later Roman tradition treat these traditions variously as genuine legend or as rationalized origin-myth explanations for civic identity.
Literary sources do not describe Aegesta as a corporeal supernatural figure. Iconographic evidence from civic coinage, however, shows a head of a nymph labelled for the city (legend EGESTA/ variants) on the obverse and a hound with a wheel above on the reverse, indicating a personified civic emblem or local tutelary figure used in municipal imagery. Beyond such numismatic personification there is no depiction of a bodily form or detailed physical traits in the surveyed texts.
No supernatural powers or behaviors are attributed to Aegesta in the provided material. The name functions as a civic identifier and as an eponym in foundation myth: historically, Segesta/Aegesta participates in political events recorded by historians (for example, being listed among cities that remained loyal to Carthage in a Diodoran account). In mythic narrative the related personal names serve genealogical and founding roles (founder Aegestus; mother of Acestes) rather than indicating magical abilities.
*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
57 Mnemosyne is a large main-belt asteroid (S-type) discovered in 1859 and named after the Greek Titaness Mnemosyne. It is a non-sentient astronomical body studied for its orbital and rotational properties and has been used in dynamical measurements related to Jupiter.
Aba (disambiguation / name-form)
Aba is a polyvalent name-form attested across many unrelated contexts (place names, personal names, animal names, and brief mythological listings). The provided sources do not support a single, coherent supernatural entity called "Aba" and offer no descriptive or ritual material for such a being.
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)
Abandinus
Abandinus is a locally attested Romano‑Celtic theonym known from a single inscribed bronze feather (votive object) dedicated at Godmanchester (the Roman fort Durovigutum) in Cambridgeshire. Scholars interpret him as a local god or male spirit tied to a specific place and possibly associated with a nearby spring or stream; this association is tentative and based on etymological readings of the name.
Abarbarea
Abarbarea is a name attested in classical Greek and Roman sources for freshwater nymphs (naiads). The name appears for at least two individual mythic figures — a naiad wife of Bucolion and a naiad counted among ancestors of the Tyrians — and Hesychius records plural forms that may indicate the name was also used as a class-name (Abarbareai / Abarbalaiai).
Abas
Abas (Ancient Greek: Ἄβας, gen.: Ἄβαντος) is not a single mythic being but a recurring personal name borne by multiple mortals and minor mythic figures in Greek epic and genealogical traditions — kings, founders, seers, warriors, attendants, a centaur, and a youth transformed by a goddess. The name is glossed in the sources as 'guileless' or 'good-hearted' and appears across Argive, Theban, Trojan, Euboean, and other local cycles.
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)
Abatwa (also recorded as Twa, Batwa, Mutwa; singular forms Barhwa or Murhwa in some transcriptions) are indigenous hunter‑gatherer peoples of the Great Lakes region of Central Africa, historically identified as some of the earliest inhabitants of the area. The available sources treat them as human ethnic groups whose livelihoods, lands, and populations have been severely affected by conservation policies and modern violence.
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- [2]Wikidata entry Q20100469 (Aegesta). Wikidata: Aegestaother
- [3]Acestes. Wikipedia, 'Acestes' articlewiki
- [4]Crinisus. Wikipedia, 'Crinisus' article (discussion of continuity of Troy-mourning at Aegesta)wiki
- [5]Abae to Byzeres - Aegesta entry. Geographical Reference: Abae to Byzeres (Aegesta/Segesta entry)other
- [6]The Western Colonies (Segesta / Aegesta mention). The Western Colonies (note: 'Another name for Segesta was Aegesta')other
- [7]Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Book XIV. Diodorus Siculus, account listing Aegesta among cities loyal to Carthageliterary
- [8]Segesta coin, ca. 400 BC (litra) - obverse/reverse descriptions. Coin catalogue: litra of Segesta, obverse 'hd nymph, Aegesta' and reverse 'hound, wheel above'other
- [9]Segesta coin variant - litra description. Coin catalogue variant with similar legends and imageryother