Mythology

Asgard: Norse Myth. It is the abode or the citadel of the gods. It is situated at the
zenith, and can be reached only by the bridge Bifrost, the rainbow.
Ash: If ash is thrown into the room from a burning log, troubles and anxieties must be
expected. (Greece, LAWSON, P. 328.)
On the tenth night after the death of a person, he who fired the funeral pyre is required
to sift some ashes, near which a lamp is placed, and the whole covered with a basket.
Next morning the ashes are examined, and the ghost is said to have migrated into the
animal whose mark appears on the ashes. (India N.I.N.Q., III, P. 35; CROOKE, P.R.I.,
Vol. II, P. 74; Ethnologie du Bengale, P. 73).
Ashmodai: Jewish lore. A demon, generally regarded as the same as Asmodeus.
Ashtoreth: The Phoenician goddess Astarte, the goddess of fertility and reproduction.
She was worshipped from time to time by the Israelites. Vide Astarte.
Ashur: Assyr. Myth. The chief deity of the Assyrian pantheon. He was the god of military
prowess. His symbol was the winged circle.
Ash Wednesday: Cattle must not be tied up on this day, as they lose their strength by
so doing; neither must they be sold it brings ill-luck. (WUTTKE, P. 22.)
A-Siras: A race of spirits or beings without heads. (DOWSON, H.C.D., p 26.) cf.
Acephali, Blemmyoe.
Askefruer: Ash-nymphs. These are Danish forest-spirits of present-day superstition.
Their bodies are covered with hair, their faces are wrinkled, they have hanging breasts
and dishevelled hair and are usually dressed in moss. They are endowed with various
occult powers and especially with that of curing diseases, (THIELE, Danmarks
Folkesagn.)
Asmodeus: In Jewish demonology it is the name of an evil spirit of anger and lust.
Later, he was the king of the demons.
Asp: Queen Cleopatra of Egypt is said to have committed suicide by holding an asp to
her bosom.
To dream of an asp is good; it promises wealth and a rich wife.
Asrael: Mahometan Myth. An angel of death. He is immeasurable in height, insomuch
that the space between the eyes equals a journey of 70,000 days. Vide Azrael.
Ass: The mark running down the back of an ass and the cut at right angles over the
shoulders is the cross of Christ, impressed on the animal, because Christ rode an ass
during his triumphant entry into Jerusalem.
Three hairs taken from the cross of an ass, will cure whooping cough, but the ass

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