...of the principal gods of the Aztecs and was the most prominent of several gods and goddesses of death and the underworld (see also Chalmecatl). The worshi
...rn on the sixth day of the 13-day week and was the fifth of the nine Night Gods of the Aztecs. He was also the secondary Week God for the tenth week of the
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...en. This "Boney-Thing" might have been one of the important skeletal death gods of the Classic Period depicted dancing on Maya ceramics. The way of the pow
...nd constellations were probably seen as the wayob of the ancestors and the gods.
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...ya]]s, a group of solar deities. They are the supreme keepers of order and gods of the law. Mitra has two assistants, [[Aryaman]] and [[Bhaga]].
Varuna and Mitra are the gods of the oath, often twinned or identified as Mitra-Varuna (a dvandva compoun
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...eating the word "earth" until the solid world rose from the seas. When the gods became angry with the first human beings, Hurukan unleashed the deluge whic
...vered with green feathers, and Xpiyacoc and Xmucane, the mother and father gods. As the result of their deliberations animals were created. But as yet man
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In return for the sacrifice of Porâsý, the gods lifted her soul and changed it into a small but intense point of light.
Since then, the gods destined the spirit of Porasy to light up the aurora.
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...os Trigaranus]] (the ‘bull with three cranes’), Jupiter, Vulcan, and other gods. The name Esus is a cognate of [[Zeus]] who as the tree-splitter is associa
...dentical with the HEUS of Lactantius, and the HESUS of Lucan, described as gods of the Gauls. The similarity of the last name to IESU, Welsh Jesus is obvio
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...ncient Turkic tradition, although dragons themselves are not worshipped as gods.
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...ntary archaic vessel (British Museum 1971.11-1.1) of ca 580 BCE, among the gods arriving at the wedding of Peleus and the sea-nymph [[Thetis]], is a fish-t
...urney "to the ends of the generous earth on a visit to Okeanos, whence the gods have risen, and Tethys our mother who brought me up kindly in their own hou
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...ng. The latter was killed by the treacherous god Loki during a banquet the gods held at Aegir's undersea hall near the island of Hler (or Hlesey).
...while in his hall. He was also known for hosting elaborate parties for the gods. He is very similar to the Greek god [[Poseidon]].
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...the bounty of the earth, and plant would grow. The people cried out to the gods for an end to the wasting of the earth and famine,and eventually interventi
''Gods and Heroes of the Greeks: The Library of Apollodorus'' by Michael Simpson,
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Tornarsuk is the head of the protective gods known as the tornat. He is also the master of the whales and seals.
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...ar. She is in some ways similar to Babylonian Tiamat, dragon mother of the gods and goddesses.
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...d pestle busily pounding away and making the Elixir of Immortality for the gods (and sometimes rice flour to make moon cakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival).
===Man-like Gods and Deified Men in Mexican Cosmolore by Anna-Britta Hellbom===
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...konost came from the name of Greek demi-goddess [[Alcyone]] transformed by gods into a kingfisher.
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Ages ago, The gods created a new world. They argued over who should rule
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Petsuchoi were worshipped as gods, and were adorned with jewels and gold. When the Petsuchos died, it was rep
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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.
They are skilled metal-workers and the makers of most of the artifacts of the gods, both [[Æsir]] and [[Vanir]]. Among their most famous creations are the sp
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...or animals, and are often more cruel than other gods. These trouble-making gods are regarded as having come from Samoa. The Tongan word ''tangi lauʻaitu''
...ey were from time to time slaughtered in order to provide sacrifice to the gods. There still exists at Mangaia the remains of a great oven named ''te umu A
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...letely forgotten, and new ones were created. In ancient Jewish lore, pagan gods of neighbouring cultures were classed as extremely pernicious in order to p
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...tha (Russian: Gafiya). Her existence was mentioned in a list of Lithuanian gods by Jan Łasicki that was published in 1615.
*Jonas Trikūnas, ed (1999). Of Gods & Holidays: The Baltic Heritage. Tvermė. pp. 85–87. ISBN 9986-476-27-5.
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