...sacrifice with the intention of obtaining a son who could slay the King of Gods. Due to a mispronounciation, he instead obtained a son who would be slain b
...ras or Visvarupa. Vritra won the battle and swallowed Indra, but the other gods forced him to vomit Indra out. The battle continued and Indra was eventuall
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...attle against the asuras Shumbha and Nishumbha who had disenfranchised the gods from heaven. Raktabīja was wounded, but drops of blood falling on the grou
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...ions. There are many Aztec legends as to what she does to people (or other gods) who take her things.
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According to Euhemerist belief, all gods were living men. Vahagn came from the ranks of Armenian kings and he was th
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...world to relentlessly terrorize men and haul them back to the dark abode. Gods and humans alike, on earth or in hell, needed food and drink. But not the G
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...Gaia, a sister and wife of the Titan Oceanus, and the mother of the river gods and the Oceanids.
...ncircling the world, and was by him the mother of numerous sons (the river gods) and numerous daughters (the Oceanids).
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Jeremy Black and Anthony Green: ''Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary''
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:"They sacrificed to demons [Hebrew: Shedim], no-gods,
:Gods they had never known,
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...intimately connected, powerful, hard to defeat and are even feared by the Gods. In their battle with Kalki, the 10th and final avatar of Lord Vishnu, the
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...eight which glows with eternal fires--its Greek name is the Chariot of the Gods; and four days' voyage from it is the cape called the Horn of the West, on
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...ated by the mother goddess Tiamat in order to wage war against the younger gods for the betrayal of her mate Apsu. Deadly warriors, they could fight either
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...tent in the long-drawn-out battle with the asuras. All the energies of the Gods became united and became supernova, throwing out flames in all directions.
...garments and utensils, garlands and rosaries of beads, all offered by the gods. With her golden body blazing with the splendour of a thousand suns, seated
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...a for slaying the horse-demon with such ease, by whose neighing alone, the gods were abandoning heaven. He further prophesies the great deeds that Krishna
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...llow rock far from the deathless gods and mortal men. There, then, did the gods appoint her a glorious house to dwell in: and she keeps guard in Arima bene
...olfe's ''Book of the Long Sun'', Echidna appears as the Great Queen of the gods and the wife of the chief god Pas.
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...He is described as the "contriver of all fraud". He mixed freely with the gods for a long time, even becoming [[Odin]]'s blood brother. Despite much resea
...igated badness as a kind of celestial con man. He would often bail out the gods after playing tricks on them, as illustrated by the myth in which he shears
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...hat relates with this god which has also been associated with the Assyrian gods Enlil and Ninurta.
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...nd raging; he is seen as ruling tempests and the disasters they wreak. The gods cast out Yam from the heavenly mountain ''Sappan'' (modern Jebel ''Aqra'')
Of all the gods, despite being the champion of El, Yam holds special hostility against Baal
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*[http://www.scns.com/earthen/other/seanachaidh/godaztec.html ''The Gods and Goddesses of the Aztecs'']
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...ten depicted as old, ugly and unmerciful, they are most honoured among the gods because they distribute justly and have a share in every home.
...re of evil and good, and equally punish the transgressions of both men and Gods.
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During the battle between the Gigantes and the Olympian gods, Enceladus was disabled by a spear thrown by the goddess Athena. He was bur
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