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  • ...ngs, derived from one of the most famed example: the ''gigantes'' of Greek mythology. * Djinn/Jin/Jinn (Arabic)
    16 KB (2,487 words) - 21:18, 10 July 2010
  • ...hayosh, as the Leviathan is with the Kar and the Ziz with the Simurgh. The Arabic behemoth is known by the name Bahamut. [[Category:Biblical mythology]]
    12 KB (2,021 words) - 20:51, 31 January 2008
  • ...e source of all the fables of the dog-headed barbarians, whether European, Arabic, or Chinese, can be found in the Alexander Romance. [[Category:Chinese mythology]]
    10 KB (1,655 words) - 21:17, 18 September 2011
  • Hell appears in several [[mythology|mythologies]] and [[religion]]s in different guises, and is commonly inhabi ...ry:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]] and [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]], but [[Hades]] also included [[Elysium]], a place for the reward for thos
    31 KB (5,072 words) - 17:24, 18 April 2007
  • Azazel is also known as '''Azazil''' in Arabic. He became known as [[Iblis]] (meaning "despair" or "the despaired"), the ' [[Category:Jewish mythology]]
    15 KB (2,581 words) - 04:17, 3 September 2009
  • Bernard Heuvelmans thinks that duba originates from either the Arabic word for bear (dubb) or their word for hyena (dubbah). [[Category: African mythology]]
    13 KB (2,337 words) - 22:49, 17 December 2007
  • ...ated to the Middle Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic word dgnʾ 'be cut open' or to Arabic dagn 'rain-(cloud). The Phoenician author Sanchuniathon also says Dagon mea ...ppearance of Phoenician literary texts, Dagon has practically no surviving mythology.
    16 KB (2,706 words) - 10:35, 14 July 2010
  • ...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
    31 KB (5,004 words) - 17:16, 18 April 2007
  • ===Norse/Germanic mythology=== In [[:Category:Norse mythology|Norse mythology]], '''Svartálfar''' ("Swartelves" or "[[black elves]]"), sometimes conside
    20 KB (3,397 words) - 18:51, 18 April 2007
  • The word “mummy” comes from the Arabic word ''mummia'', which means bitumen. Bitumen is a naturally-occurring tar [[Category:Egyptian mythology]]
    16 KB (2,798 words) - 19:17, 1 June 2009
  • ...chemists to borrow the terms and symbols of [[Bible|biblical]] and pagan [[mythology]], [[astrology]], [[kabbalah]], and other mystic and esoteric fields; so th The word ''alchemy'' comes from the Arabic {{Unicode|''al-kīmiyaˀ'' or ''al-khīmiyaˀ''}} (الكيمياء or ال
    57 KB (8,662 words) - 04:38, 18 July 2010
  • ...'' is derived from medieval Latin ''mumia'', a borrowing of the Persian or Arabic word ''mūmiyyah'' (مومية), which means "bitumen". Because of the blac *In the Middle Ages, based on a mis-translation from Arabic it became common practice to grind mummies preserved in bitumen into a powd
    28 KB (4,525 words) - 20:19, 29 December 2008
  • ...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'''.
    18 KB (2,982 words) - 14:23, 18 January 2012
  • ...xotic beliefs to Europeans at this time. [[Hinduism|Hindu]] and [[Egyptian mythology]] frequently feature in nineteenth century magical texts. The late [[19th c ..., the seasons, and the practitioner's relationship with the Earth, [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], or the [[Goddess]] have derived at least in part from these magica
    36 KB (5,641 words) - 18:41, 18 April 2007
  • ...al wolf that could devour the sun and moon (similar to [[Fenris]] in Norse mythology), and later became connected with werewolves rather than vampires. The pers *In Aztec mythology, the [[Civatateo]] was a sort of vampire, created when a noblewoman died in
    34 KB (5,579 words) - 23:26, 20 July 2010
  • ...Ameshaspentas ([[Amesha Spenta]]), or seven great spirits of the [[Persian mythology]]. ...gods, such as [[Eos]], [[Eros (mythology)|Eros]], [[Thanatos]] and [[Nike (mythology)|Nike]].
    52 KB (8,282 words) - 04:36, 18 July 2010
  • ...ibals'. {{citation needed}} Prepared to meet the Great Khan, he had aboard Arabic and Hebrew speakers to translate. Then thinking he heard Caniba or Canima, The opening of [[Hell]], the Zoroastrian contribution to Western mythology, is a mouth. According to [Catholic dogma, bread and wine are transubstanti
    45 KB (7,219 words) - 21:35, 2 October 2010

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