During the battle between the Gigantes and the Olympian gods, Enceladus was disabled by a spear thrown by the goddess Athena. He was bur
...tyr play ''Cyclops'' the minor god Silenus claims to have dealt Enceladus' death blow, but this was perhaps intended by the author as a vain drunken boast,
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..., as maggots were thought to, in the dead flesh (i.e. earth or stone). The gods later gifted them with intelligence and human-like appearance.
...forge the magic sword [[Tyrfing]], the dwarves cursed it so it would bring death to Svafrlami and cause three evil deeds. In ''[[Ynglingatal]]'' it is told
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...efforts to kill his son Prahlada (a devotee of Vishnu) and his subsequent death at the hands of [[Narasimha]]. His tale depicts the futility of desiring po
After his brother's death at the hands of the Varaha avatar of Vishnu, [[Hiranyaksha]]'s brother Hira
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...or a boon that would enable him to see, and that he would not be killed by gods, demons, or humans, or even by the great Vishnu himself. Brahma was in a fi
...woman who is like a mother unto me, let that be the hour appointed for my death.
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...the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal and immortal from birth to death (and beyond).
...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.
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...heir children in the fire as sacrifices to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim." - 2 Kings 17:31. This often leads to the concept that child
Like other pagan gods, Adramelech is considered a demon in Judeo-Christian tradition. Adramelech
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...race with superhuman strength, described as standing in opposition to the gods, although they frequently mingled with or were even married to these, both
...light, and in comfort their homes do not differ greatly from those of the gods.
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.... Seeing one's own ghostly double or [[doppelgänger]] is a related omen of death.
...fear of ghosts and other supernatural beings, such as spirits and [[Deity|gods]], has been said by some scholars to be a mechanism of social control. See
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...erleth who attempted to categorize and expand the mythos after Lovecraft's death.
...oke, propagating among the writers of his circle and wearing thin upon his death. Derleth seems to have not understood this and believed that Lovecraft want
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...that continuously strive to undermine the divine order established by the gods as related by numerous accounts from Hindu mythology. Hence, his name refle
...by the male buffalo. Stricken by grief, the she buffalo chose to go to her death on the funeral pyre prepared for her husband. Before that took place howeve
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[[Image:Apis.jpg|thumb|Image from the Theban Papyrus of Ani from the Book of Death.]]
...ich are closely linked with kingship (“strong bull” was a common title for gods and pharaohs). Sometimes the Apis bull was pictured with the sun-disk betwe
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...netherworld Patalas and were always in constant opposition to the Devas or gods. Through the performance of various harsh and severe penances, this Asura
...es, Shumba and Nishumba subsequently commenced similar attacks on other gods like Kubera, Yama, Varuna and Vayu, successfully routing them and claiming
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...eath god" or "God of Death") is a term to describe the personification of death in Japanese modern culture.
...t often). However, Shinigami may also be used more loosely to refer to any death deity.
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...ver the wicked spirits and the chaotic forces of nature. His companion was Death.
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...times. They may have once been believed to be the beings who preceded the gods, similar to the Greek [[Titans]].
...sent the gods of human civilization. Alternatively, they may represent the gods of a proposed pre-Goidelic population of Ireland
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:Her hand is a net, her embrace is death
:The daughter of Heaven is one of the Gods, her brothers
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...ble to capture the horse by using a golden bridle, a gift from Athena. The gods then gave him Pegasus for killing the monster Chimera but when he attempted
...d opinion of his greatness, and he attempted to fly on Pegasus to join the gods on Olympus. An enraged Zeus sent an insect to annoy Pegasus, causing the ho
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...", Gregory, Lady Augusta. "Part I Book IV: His Three Calls to Cormac" in ''Gods and Fighting Men'' (Colyn Smyth, Buckinghamshire, 1903) [http://www.sacred-
...ise of a warrior who told him he came from a land where old age, sickness, death, decay, and falsehood were unknown (the [[Underworld|Otherworld]] was also
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...patron of pregnant women, she was also linked to childbirth, marriage and death. Her role is similar to Lakhsmi, a Hindu goddess.
*Greimas, Algirdas Julien (1992). Of Gods and Men. Studies in Lithuanian Mythology. Indiana University Press. p. 111.
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...fire-sacrifice, called yagna, but personified are also seen as devas. All gods taken together are worshipped as the Vishvedevas. Varuna, identified by som
...va. Vayu or the Lord of the wind is an example of an important deva. Also, Death is personified as the deva Yama.
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