...vented by the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom, before being imported in Greek mythology.
...t". This may be her proper name, but ''The Penugin Dictionary of Classical Mythology'' states that her given name was '''Φιξ — Phix'''.
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father Enki, engendered by a bull,
begotten by a wild bull,
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...μαιρα'' (Chímaira); Latin ''Chimaera'') is the monstrous creature of Greek mythology classicaly fought by the hero Bellerophon. Its name can also refer to any m
* In the computer game Age of Mythology, the chimera is granted to Greek players for worship of Artemis.
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...on''' (Greek: Ὠρίων or Ωαρίων, Latin: Orion) was a giant huntsman in Greek mythology whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion.
According to another version of the myths, Scorpio was a friend of Taurus the bull, who was hunted and killed by Orion. In retaliation for his friend, Scorpio
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In Bulgaria, the ala was seen either as a "bull with huge horns, a black cloud, dark fog or a snake-like monster with six w
[[Category:Serbian mythology]]
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*One of the main characters of Emma Bull's best-known book, ''War for the Oaks'', is a Púca (spelled Phouka in the
[[Category:Irish mythology]]
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...] - A three-headed dog known to guard the gates of the underworld in Greek mythology.
* [[Chimera (mythology)|The Chimera]] - Although it may have several different forms, the chimera
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In Chinese mythology, a '''Nian''' (simplified Chinese: 年兽; traditional Chinese: 年獸; pin
...modern era. Very few of the other great monstrous beasts and behemoths of mythology can lay claim to a legacy as enduring as that of the Nian.
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In Chinese mythology, '''Jiaolong''' (simplified Chinese: 蛟龙; traditional Chinese: 蛟龍; p
...d, is several fathoms long, lives in brooks and rivers, and bellows like a bull; when it sees a human being it traps him with its stinking saliva, then pul
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In Greek mythology, the '''Gorgons''' ("terrible" or, according to some, "loud-roaring") were
The concept of the gorgon is at least as old in mythology as Perseus and Zeus. The name is Greek, being from gorgos, "terrible." Ther
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...as the gods could understand, but at other times, the sound of a bellowing bull, proud-eyed and furious beyond holding, or again like a lion shameless in c
[[Category:Greek mythology]]
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In Greek mythology, Zeus is the God of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods.
...rseus was born. He abducted the Phoenician princess Europa, disguised as a bull, then carried her on his back to the island of Crete where she bore three s
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...that has generally been described as a malevolent [[spirit]], or [[Daemon (mythology)|daemon]] and [[Jinn]]. A demon is frequently depicted as a force that may
...'' that passed into Christian culture are discussed in the entry [[Daemon (mythology)|daemon]].The Hellenistic "Demon" eventually came to include many Semitic a
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...y. Crowley identified Baphomet with [[Harpocrates]] (the [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek]] version of the child-form of the Egyptian god [[Horus]]) and also w
...]] he's described as the Demon Lord of [[Minotaurs]], having the head of a bull and body of an [[ogre]].
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...lemanly appearance, covered in a large cloak, and carrying a small lamp or bull's eye lantern similar to those used by the police. The individual did not s
[[Category:English mythology]]
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...''Διόνυσος'' also known as '''Bacchus''' in both Greek Mythology and Roman mythology and associated with the Italic '''Liber'''), the Thracian God of wine, repr
...e Greek pantheon and was often associated with orgiastic rites. Throughout mythology he also became known as a cultivator of the soil, a lawgiver, a peacemaker,
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In Irish and Scottish mythology, the '''Cailleach''' (Irish plural cailleacha, Scottish Gaelic plural caill
...r. A sea rock was pointed out as the Tarbh Conraidh, the cailleach's great bull. His bellow impregnated the cows who heard it. But once he went swimming af
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The mythology of the twins is only attested in the post-Sassanid Syriac and Armenian pole
...one side and Ahriman with his devs on the other. Ahriman slays the primal bull, but the moon rescues the seed of the dying creature, and from it springs a
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An '''elf''' (pl. ''elves'') is a creature of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of minor nature and fertili
...ively, a connection to the ''[[Rbhus]]'', semi-divine craftsmen in Indian mythology, has also been suggested. Originally ''ælf''/''elf'' and it's plural ''æl
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[[Image:Fresque Mithra Doura Europos.jpg|thumb|280px|Mithra and the Bull: This fresco from the [[Mithraeum]] at Marino, Italy (3rd century) shows th
...lace of honor was occupied by a representation of Mithras killing a sacred bull, called a [[tauroctony]].
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