In the name of Annah the Allmaziful

• Sutras of the Koran begin: 'In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate'
• Turkish ana: mother
• Turkish mazi: olden times
• Anna in Anna Livia Plurabelle (ALP)
• "Allmaziful" contains the Maize Mother or Corn Mother.
• Anna Perenna was an old Roman deity of the circle or "ring" of the year, as the name (per annum) clearly indicates.
• Robert Graves in The White Goddess: "James Joyce playfully celebrates Anna's universality in his Anna Livia Plurabelle. And indeed if one needs a sinle, simple, inclusive name for the Great Goddess, Anna is the best choice."
• In Irish mythology there is a Danaan goddess Ana or Anan.
• 'An' is Sumerian for 'heaven'.