...onslaught of his light! If you speak, your face will be overturned by the gods. Your heart will be seized by the lynx (Mafdet), your reins will be bound b
...your ropes, O Ra, that Apep may fall to your snaring or be trapped by the gods of north, south, east and west in their traps ... All is now well, O Ra! Pr
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In Greek mythology, Zeus is the God of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods.
==Zeus, Father of Gods==
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...ar of the Titans"), and were imprisoned in [[Tartarus]], the depths of the underworld.
...ho then set upon his father, castrated him, and set himself as king of the gods, with Rhea as his wife and queen.
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[[Image:Hades (Greek Mythology).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hades, Greek god of the underworld, enthroned, with his bird-headed staff, on a red-figure Apulian vase made i
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...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
...ike of both groups, despite the curses of the Egyptian priests against the gods of the previous foreign rulers (i.e Set who was lauded by the Hyksos). Alex
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:The daughter of Heaven is one of the Gods, her brothers
...he is standing on her donkey, and both are in her boat on the river to the Underworld. She holds snakes and suckles the usual animals. The registers above show a
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...y, of water and of the celestial ocean, as well as a god of law and of the underworld in Vedic religion.
Varuna and Mitra are the gods of the oath, often twinned or identified as Mitra-Varuna (a dvandva compoun
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...ic [[Apollo]], the reveller and god of trees [[Dionysus]], and with rustic gods such as [[Pan]] and [[Hermes]] (as the god of shepherds).
** [[Lampades]] ([[underworld]])
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...conjure protective circles against demons, and freeze humans, demons, and gods alike.
...ribe gives him the title of "Handsome Monkey-King". After angering several gods and coming to the attention of the Jade Emperor, he is given a minor positi
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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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...r them, the Vision Serpent was direct link between the spirit realm of the gods and the physical world. (Schele and Friedel, 1990:395).
...ious event involved bloodletting because it provided a medium by which the gods could be called upon to witness and actually participate in the ceremony. S
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Ancient mythologists placed Abraxas among the Egyptian gods. Abraxas was also the Persian sun god, and in Syria he was a form of Iao (a
...number of days in a year. Abraxas, they thought, had under his command 365 gods, to whom they attributed 365 virtues, one for each day.
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...ian Pantheon of classical [[Greek Mythology]], '''Hêra''' was queen of the Gods and Goddesses, as well as wife and sister of [[Zeus]]. Many of the older te
Unlike some Greek gods, Hera's name is not analyzable as a Greek or Indo-European word. She there
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Anubis is the ruler of the [[Underworld]].
...nas standeth with the Spirits, get thee onwards, Anubis, into "Amenti [the Underworld], onwards, onwards to Osiris."
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Medusa was a Gorgon, one of three sisters and daughters of ancient, pre-titan gods, [[Phorcys]] and [[Ceto]].
...ess of the West Gate of Death” because her home lay at the entrance to the Underworld on the side of the western Ocean. She is the Krone Goddess in her most ter
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...including the Álfar (elves), Dvergar (dwarves), Jötnar (giants), and even gods, the Æsir and Vanir. Landvættir (land spirits) are chthonic guardians of
...d among the families of Vættir, especially when understood as being in the Underworld (Hel). The term 'families' (ættir) is often translated as 'clans' or 'race
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...said to live in the west, near the ocean, and guard the entrance to the [[underworld]].
...have fire coming out of their hands and the skill to steal power from the gods.
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...nor took anything away of all that was her portion among the former Titan gods: but she holds, as the division was at the first from the beginning, privil
...e boundary between the worlds. The yew has long been associated with the [[Underworld]].
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...me for the Feathered-Serpent deity of ancient Mesoamerica, one of the main gods of many Mexican and northern Central American civilizations and also the na
===Quetzalcoatl and other Gods===
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...eads, all of which snarled at those foolish enough to attempt to leave the Underworld; the hound was also said to sport the tail of a snake.
...ing absolve himself for killing [[centaur]]s. He found the entrance to the underworld at Tanaerum, and [[Athena]] and [[Hermes]] helped him to traverse the entra
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