...en" and the magical powers indicate Medusa was a bronze-age deity, and yet deities are not beheaded by mortals and terrible ones are not really terrible if th
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...eme deity of all dragons is known as [[Io (Dungeons & Dragons)|Io]]. Other deities often included in the draconic pantheon of gods include [[Aasterinian]], [[
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...the city-state, on behalf of the deities, as directed by the will of those deities. This shift represents the first major usurpation of power by distancing m
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In [[Chaldea]]n mythology the seven evil deities were known as ''shedu'', meaning storm-demons. They were represented in [[B
...the writers of the Tanach applied the word as a dylogism to the Canaanite deities in the two passages quoted. But they also spoke of "the destroyer" (Exodus
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...vil, predating Christianity by centuries. It is associated with pagan sun deities and Heaven. In ancient times, the cross symbolized divine protection and p
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#. ^ a b c d van der Toorn, Becking, van der Horst (1999), Dictionary of Deities and Demons in The Bible, Second Extensively Revised Edition, Entry: Demon,
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...take on the classes of [[Rogue]], [[Shadow Knight]], and [[Warrior]]. The deities that they follow are those of evil like their creator Innoruuk, or the god
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...nd her consort the God (sometimes known as the [[Horned God]]). These two deities are usually thought of as equal complements to each other, and together rep
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..., while others could be dismissed as myths. Volcanoes were once considered deities and natural calamities the actions of gods and people sacrificed animals or
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...itons. Other parallels can be drawn with Rhea, Demeter, Artemis, and other deities.
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In the classical Olympian mythology of Greece, all the deities had human form, though they could assume their animal natures as well. All
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...ce of suffering. While conventional Buddhist religion has an assortment of deities and venerated beings, the mystical sects of Buddhism at minimum avoid affir
...ersian]] and Indic god [[Mithra]] and other [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] deities.
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...his Acropolis, and as associated in this particular spot with theCharites, deities of the life that blossoms and yields fruit. Neither in this place nor befor
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...aimed to have connected these creatures to the Nommo, a race of amphibious deities worshiped by the Dogon tribe of Mali. It is a subject of some debate as to
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...vine relics — a short step from the old Pagan techniques of numerous deities, amulets and talismans.
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...th of which were considered most important by the worshippers of planetary deities at the time.
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...ted tenets of other religions, popular belief endows Taoist Hell with many deities and spirits who punish sin in a variety of horrible ways.
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...used the Orcgate Wars in which the pious gray orcs called avatars of their deities down to help them, and the Mulhorandi and Untheric people did the same. Led
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...Lovecraft is probably influential on King's invention of bizarre, ancient deities, subtle connections between all of his tales, and the integration of fabric
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...art as winged human forms, unlike classical pagan depictions of the major deities, follow the iconic conventions of lesser winged gods, such as [[Eos]], [[Er
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...vil, predating Christianity by centuries. It is associated with pagan sun deities and Heaven. In ancient times, the cross symbolized divine protection and p
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