Geography/Culture: Babylonia, Assyria, Chaldean.
{Note: Monaghan gives Chaldean as Aa's origin. Since, according to my sources, Chaldean signifies a Semitic people who ruled in Babylonia, and since Funk & Wagnall give Aa's origin as Assyria and Babylonia, I give Babylonia as the most comprehensive location of Her origin.}
Linguistic Note: the 1st letter of the Western writing system comes from Greek A, a, (alpha-lambda-phi-alpha, alpha), itself evolved from a Phoenician word akin to Hebrew aleph, (a dash across top), ox. It is unclear whether Aa's name is composed of alephs or ayins or both. Note: As far as I can tell neither aleph nor ayin is pronounced: *, but as this phone is said to be the first sound made by a child picking up speech (I expect this is more of satisfactory myth -- folk knowledge -- rather than established fact), and because it is the initial phone of the fopho mnemonic which orders Her Cycle of Transformations, I, choose to make this Goddess, slight though information on Her is, Goddess of the first day of the New Year.
Description: Goddess of the dawn; Goddess of light; She Who is associated with eastern mountain ranges which boost the sun into the sky; [She Who represents that which is first in order of importance]; Creatress; The very Beginning; Mother of all wisdom; [Inspirer of the invention of writing systems]; perhaps Goddess of the moon.
{Note: Since Sumerian and Babylonian deities of the moon were male it is unlikely that Aa was a Goddess of the moon, as stated by Monaghan. However, Â, Aä, and Aï, were Sumerian names of the moon}.
To Whom Sacred: [ox (from the meaning of the Semitic aleph)]; eastern mountain ranges; 8 rayed orb or disk (a symbol of light); [the western alphabetic letter A]; [the fopho gram *]; [the exclamation "Ah!", especially when expressing sudden enlightenment as in: "Ah! I see!"]; [the concept of alpha as the brightest or main star in a constellation].
Male Associates: Consort: Shamash, the sun god. His attendants were: Kittu, Truth and Mesharu, Righteousnes. The name of the (Sumerian?) god Ea, He-Who-is-Housed-in-Water, is also sometimes rendered as Aa.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• Also called, or variant transcription: A, also same variant of Aya, The-Bride, below.
• Transcription variant: Ää.
• Since the consort of Aya, The-Bride, (below), is also Shamash there seems some possibility that Aya is a language, and or transcription variant of Aa, or maybe an older, perhaps Akkadian form of Her.
• Compare with Aurora, Golden-Dawn.
• Babylonian Bau, Space, (Who is linked with Gula-Bau, Great-Physician), is a Goddess of light.
• Compare with Eos, She-of-the-East.
• An eight rayed orb is also sacred to Gula, {Physician}, Who is linked with Gula-Bau, Great-Physician.
• She is also called Sirdu, ----, below.
• And also called Sirrida, ----, Who is linked with Sirdu, ----, below.

Geography/Culture: Babylonian: Babylonia, Assyria. Especially Sippar.
{Note: Since my sources say Sippar is a town in Akkadia it may be that Aya was Akkadian before She was either Babylonia or Assurian}.
Linguistic Note: The 16th letter of the Hebraic writing system is (ayin) and means "eye". Both the Akkadian and the later Assyrian populations of Babylonia were of Semitic origin making possible an etymological connection between the name Aya and and the word ayin. Although apparently unrelated linguistically Aya makes an interesting parallel with English Eye.
Description: All-seeing Eye of heaven; Bride of the sun.
Male Associates: sons, Kittu, Justice, and Misharu, Law, by consort, Shamash, ----, the sun god of Sippar.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• She is also called, or variant transcription, A, see same variant of Aa, Great-Mother, above.
• Moslem Syrians called Her Aina-Bisha, The-Eye-Witch.
• Variant, Aja, Great-Mother.
• Perhaps source for the abusive epithet Aynat Evil-Eye-of-the-Earth, by which Abyssinian Christians referred to the Goddess Anath, {Strength-of-Life}.
• Compare with Eve, Mother-of-All-Living.
• Perhaps connected in some way with Gula, {Physician}, (She is linked with Gula-Bau, Great-Physician), Who is also associated with Shamash.
• Perhaps as the All-Seeing Eye of heaven She's related to Inanna, Queen-of-Heaven, with Whom the eye is often associated.
• She was assimilated into Ishtar, Light-Giving.
• {Could Her name be related to the Ay- element in Ay-Mari, ----, a variant of the Goddess name Marienna, High-Fruitful-Mother-of-Heaven, Who is linked with Mary, {Sea-Queen}.
• A title of Ishtar, Light-Giving, (very likely adopted from Inanna, Queen-of-Heaven) is Nin-Si-Anna, Lady-of-the-Eye-of-Heaven, below.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• Adopted as a title of: Ishtar, Light-Giving.
• Might there be a connection with Nin-Kasi, Lady-Horn-Face, and Siduri, ----, below.
• See also Tamar, Date-Palm.

Geography/Culture: Sumerian > Babylonian.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• Perhaps to be identified with Aya, The-Bride, (above), Who is described as "the All-seeing Eye of Heaven".
• As a title of Ishtar, Light-Giving, it may very well have been adopted from Inanna, Queen-of-Heaven.
• Title of Ishtar, Light-Giving.

Geography/Culture: Chaldean, {ie Babylonian}.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• Alternate name for Aa, Great-Mother, above.
• Compare with Celtic Sirona, Star-Queen, below.
• Sirrida, ----, which may be a variant of Sirdu, ----, is also an alternate name for Aa, Great-Mother, above.
• Perhaps related to the Goddess Siduri, ----, below.

Geography/Culture: Chaldean, {ie Babylonian}.
Description: Guardian of a sea of the waters of death; the Sea Lady.
To Whom Sacred: jug of wine.
Male Associate: She is visited by Gilamesh, ----.

Titles/Variants, etc:
• Variant or alternate transcription, Sabitu, ----.
• There might be a connection between Siduri, ----, and Nin-Kasi, Lady-Horn-Face, above.
• Perhaps related to Sirdu, ----, above.

Geography/Culture: Celtic. Gaul.
Description: Goddess of the night sky.
Male Associate: consort: Granus.