...sister and wife of the Titan Oceanus, and the mother of the river gods and the Oceanids.
...y him the mother of numerous sons (the river gods) and numerous daughters (the Oceanids).
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...th Laima, another goddess of fate. However, there is a distinction between the two. Laima is concerned in giving predictions on a person’s life while Da
...newborn with a rightful share while Dalia imposed Dievas' will. She takes the form of a woman, lamb, dog, swan, or duck.
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...Aurora, and Vedic Ushas. As the Christianization spread out in Lithuania, the cult adapted Christian image and symbolism of Saint Mary.
...some instances, Saulė was referred as the mother of Aušrinė, Vakarinė and other planets – Indraja (Jupiter), Sėlija (Saturn), Žiezdrė (Mars), Vaivora
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...mythology, a '''dwarf''' is a fairy being that dwells in mountains and in the earth, and is associated with wisdom, smithing, mining, and crafting.
...m'' 'dream' and ''trug'' 'deception'), and comparisons have been made with the Old Indian ''dhvaras'' (a type of demonic being).
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...Bondye'' (''Bon Dieu'', or ''good god''), the Creator, who is distant from the world and humanity.
...ring rituals. Most similar to the veve are the drawings of zemi or gods of the Taino religion.
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...d in a cave, who mothered with her mate [[Typhon]] every major monster in the Greek mythos.
...ts were attacking the vines (Kerenyi 1951, p 51f). Echidna as protector of the vineyard perhaps.
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...y to the West''. He is called "Pigsy" or "Pig" in many English versions of the story.
...kes use of constant alchemical imagery and Bajie is most closely linked to the Wood element, as seen by another one of his nicknames, Mùmǔ (木母, "Woo
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...from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript, shows Loki with his invention - the fishing net.]]
...rch, "the figure of Loki remains obscure; there is no trace of a cult, and the name does not appear in place-names".
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...rtant deities of Nepal, sacred to Hindus and Buddhists alike. According to the Puranas, it was this aspect that severed Brahman's fifth head.
[[Image:Bhairava.jpg|thumb|Bhairava's image in the Durbar Square, Kathmandu]]
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The '''Mi-go''' are a race of extraterrestrials in the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] created by H. P. Lovecraft and expanded on by others.
The name was first applied to the creatures in Lovecraft's short story "The Whisperer in Darkness".
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...b|155px|right|Sun Wukong depicted in Yoshitoshi's ''One Hundred Aspects of the Moon'', 1889.]]
...and being imprisoned under a mountain by the Buddha, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to retrieve Buddhist sutras from India.
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...o have played an instrumental role in the fall of Rome. It originates from the [[Book of Imaginary Beings]] by [[Jorge Luis Borges]].
...r light blue in color. Its skin cannot be pierced by any known weapon, and the creatures themselves are invulnerable and possibly immortal, or at least ve
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..., in [[:Category: Slavic mythology|Slavic mythology]], the wild old woman; the [[witch]]; and mistress of magic. She is also seen as a forest spirit, lead
...áба-Ягá''; Bulgarian uses ''Баба Яга'' and Ukrainian, ''Баба Яґа''; all of the last three are transliterated as ''Baba Yaga''.
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prized by Enlil, the Great Kur,
king, who turned out the mes-tree in the Abzu,
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...as a giant huntsman in Greek mythology whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion.
...us consented and, as a memorial to the hero's death, added the Scorpion to the heavens as well.
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...f a bull and the body of a man or, conversely, with the body of a bull and the head of a man.
...orical site of Knossos is usually identified as the site of the labyrinth. The Minotaur was eventually killed by Theseus.
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...n Sumerian mythology, among other things. ''Cthulhu'' is often preceded by the title ''Great'' or ''Dread''.
...ocal apparatus can come to reproducing the syllables of an alien language. Other possible pronunciations include ''k-Thoo-Loo''.
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...d his retinue find the sleeping Ariadne whom Theseus has just abandoned on the island of Naxos. ]]
...ociated with the Italic '''Liber'''), the Thracian God of wine, represents the intoxicating power of wine, but also its social and beneficent influences.
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Similarly to the other [[cryptid]]s, no one has produced proof of the existence of reptilian humanoids, and allegations of their existence can at
...mmon are the myths of "Serpents of Wisdom" who enlightened humanity before the dawn of civilization; but it has been noted by mythologists that here "serp
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...the head, beak and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion and occasionally the tail of a serpent.
...to modern day lions. The oldest and strongest male used to be the head of the group.
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