...ice to supernatural figures or forces, such as that allegedly practiced in ancient Carthage, is one form; however, many societies only practiced simple infant
...is a boy, keep it, if a girl, discard it." – Naphtali Lewis, Life in Egypt Under Roman Rule.
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...shrines were at Dodona, in Epirus, the land of the oak trees and the most ancient shrine, famous for its oracle, and at Olympia, where the Olympic Games were
According to one of the ancient myths of the birth of Zeus, Cronus, fearing that he might be dethroned by o
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'''Anubis''' is the Greek name for the ancient [[god]] in [[:Category:Egyptian mythology|Egyptian mythology]] whose hierog
Prayers to Anubis have been found carved on the most ancient tombs in Egypt; indeed, the ''Unas'' text (line 70) associates him with the Eye of Horus.
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...of the blackened skin bitumen was once thought to be used extensively in ancient Egyptian embalming procedures.
...tion technique, and at around 5,500 years old is older than any comparable Ancient Egyptian mummy. The monks of Palermo in Sicily began mummifying their dead
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...en their god Marduk and the monster Tiamat. The Leviathan was believed, by ancient people, to be the cause of solar eclipses. They believed that the sun was c
...his especially included nations warring against Israel such as Assyria and Egypt. (The Bible Knowledge Commentary, Old Testament,1985, SP Publications Inc.
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...k spirits known as '''Calicantsars''' have a noticeable resemblance to the ancient satyrs; they have goats' ears and the feet of '''donkeys''' or goats, are c
...the title ''Tracking Satyrs'' (''Ichneutae''), was found at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, 1907.
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In the Jewish tradition she is identified with [[Lilith]], in Coptic Egypt with [[Alabasandria]], and in Byzantine culture with [[Gylou]], but in vari
...nts on the name of Abyzou appear frequently in charms in languages such as ancient Greek, Hebrew, and Romanian.
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*[[Deicide]] ([[Ancient Egyptian religion|Egyptian demonology]])
...)|Set]] ([[Egyptian mythology]] during the [[Second Intermediate Period of Egypt|Second Intermediate Period]])
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...en in some vast fortress, is suggestive of the burial practices of ancient Egypt.
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...l Mountains. Biedermann wrote later that it has typological antecedents in ancient Asia, especially in the Assyrian k'rub, which is also the source of the Heb
In Ancient Egypt, the griffin was depicted with a slender, feline body and the head of a fal
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...as a female. When it was, it symbolized Isis and/or the reigning queen. In Egypt the intellectual faculties ennobled the bestial traits present in the physi
The Egyptian sphinx is an ancient iconic mythical creature usually comprised of a recumbent lion — anim
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However in the magical papyri of Greco-Roman Egypt survive several hymns which identify Hecate with Selene and the moon, extol
Like many ancient mother or earth-goddesses she remains unmarried and has no regular consort.
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===Khemet (Ancient Egypt)===
While the term "devil" is not used in ancient Khemet the term Set, the name of Horus' "enemy" lends itself to the charact
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In ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology, the '''phoenix''' is a mythical bird and asso
===Egypt===
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...gic users. Many examples can be found in ancient texts, such as those from Egypt and Babylonia. Where malicious magic is believed to have the power to influ
=== Ancient times ===
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...itualism]], and art. Alchemy has been practiced in Mesopotamia, [[Ancient Egypt]], Persia, India, and China, in Classical Greece and Rome, in the Islamic e
...y was one of the main precursors of modern [[science]]s, and we owe to the ancient alchemists the discovery of many substances and processes that are the main
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*Ancient Greeks and Romans were said to place a coin and a small cake in the hands o
...and [[Persephone]]. The three dogs would have represented Cerberus in this ancient temple.
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...antiseptic and antibiotic properties originates thousands of years ago in Egypt, where it was believed to possess healing powers. According to one source,
...legend, the Vampire casts no reflection in a mirror. This comes from the ancient belief that the mirror reflects the soul of the one who gazes into it. The
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...human body, one for the head, one for the neck, and so on. In present-day Egypt, the ubiquitous jinn are believed to be so densely distributed that acts su
...13:1-2). This idea can also been associated with the depiction of certain ancient gods like Baal, Moloch, the shedu, etc, which were portrayed as bulls, as m
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...ife, although, certainly demons per se did not exist specifically in pagan Egypt.
...#943;μων) appears in the works of [[Plato]] and many other ancient authors, but without the evil connotations which are apparent in the [[Sept
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