...generally conservative by nature, being very devoted to their pantheon of gods, and are distrustful of "outlanders". Dunmer culture is split between the s
...eator Innoruuk, or the god Solusek Ro. They may also swear fealty to other gods like Bristlebane or Rallos Zek.
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...-central Greece north of the Gulf of Patras, held annual sacrifices to the gods. One year the king forgot to include the Great Artemis in his offerings (''
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...hough in newer works it is stated that the Mi-go are at war with the Elder Gods. Their moral system is completely alien, making them seem highly malicious
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...ional notion that vampires could be repelled by the cross. Clerics of evil gods can rebuke and control the undead in a similar fashion, by means of [[necro
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*The Aryan introduced patriarchal gods in India, but various matriarchal tribes, such as the Shabara of Orissa , c
...ble and sway under the impact of her dance. So, at the request of all the Gods, Shiva himself asked her to desist from this behaviour. However, she was to
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...Persona spinoffs, a shinigami class of demons includes many death-related gods borrowed from mythology, such as Chernobog, Persephone, Ankou, Hades, Mot,
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...tween the legends of heroes and mythology proper, between the myths of the gods and those of the heroes, which are often entwined with them or at least bor
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...maller construction was used by Siberian pagans to hold figurines of their gods. Recalling the late matriarchy among Siberian peoples, a common picture of
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...he supernatural and an afterlife. (See Einstein's forword to ''Man and his Gods'' by Homer W. Smith, Grosset & Dunlap, N.Y., 1957). However, believers also
...of gods and people sacrificed animals or even other people to please their gods. If our current understanding is the gauge of supernaturality, its realm is
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...隠) meaning to hide or conceal, as oni were originally invisible spirits or gods which caused disasters, disease, and other unpleasant things. These nebulou
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*Reginheim. 2002. ''Forgotten Gods.'' ([http://www.geocities.com/reginheim/forgottengods.html Online]). File r
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...about 2500 BC in the Mari texts and in personal Amorite names in which the gods Ilu (El), Dagan, and Adad are especially common. Dagan is mentioned occasio
...rising some 200 deities and bore the titles BE-DINGIR-DINGIR, "Lord of the gods" and Bekalam, "Lord of the land". His consort was known only as Belatu, "La
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...ure is really a leopard god or goddess masquerading as a human. When these gods mate with humans, offspring can be produced, and these children sometimes g
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*In the webcomic Gods of Arr-Kelaan, as a character.
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...]] myth, which concerns itself with the pranks or tricks played by [[Deity|gods]] or heroes.
...to account for the local epithet of one of the [[Twelve Olympians|Olympian gods]], to interpret depictions of half-remembered figures, events, or account f
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...o the Sanskrit word 'Sarpa', which was also used to describe great "Dragon-Gods" who ruled over, and created, the original Dravidian culture.
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...of this tale explains the reason he told her to shut her eyes was because gods revert to their true forms whenever they do the basest of things, such as e
...Yuga of the next Kalpa. The author comments, "Unlike most battles between gods and demons, however, this apparent victory is immediately undercut, for Kal
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...were originally thought of as a race of minor nature and fertility [[deity|gods]], who are often pictured as youthful-seeming men and women of great beauty
...elves, and they were probably elves, since they were not counted among the gods. Two other mentioned servants were [[Fimafeng]] (who was murdered by [[Loki
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...ruler of the layer now dominated by Yeenoghu. Slain by the "Killer of the Gods" Ma Yuan.
|''Eldritch Wizardry''; ''Monster Manual'' (1977), page 17; Dead Gods; ''Dungeon'' #89; ''Book of Vile Darkness'', page 136; ''Fiendish Codex I:
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...f the Mountain) of the ancient Sumerian city of Nippur, became king of the Gods by slaying Tiamat by shooting the arrows of his winds down her throat, cutt
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