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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...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
...ing that Andhaka did was to invade heaven. He defeated Indra and the other gods and made them pay taxes to the demons. Next he defeated the snakes (nagas),
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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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...e Greek myths, long before the coming of Zeus and the rest of the Olympian gods, Ophion and Eurynome ruled Olympus as king and queen. He was displaced as r
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...(Dungeons & Dragons)|dragons]] and a member of the default pantheon of D&D gods.
...gons)|Bahamut]], [[Chronepsis]], [[Faluzure]], and Tiamat. Other draconic gods may be present in different campaign settings.
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...that the Sirena bring their victims under the sea and offer them to their gods. Others claimed that the Sirena takes the life out by drowning men while at
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...nsort Apsu, the 'sweet' water, Tiamat mothered the first generation of the gods.
...serpents, storm demons, fish-men, scorpion-men and many others that became gods and goddesses.
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* Allardice, Pamela. Myths, Gods and Fantasy: A Sourcebook. Dorset, Prism Press, 1991.
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* Guthrie, William Keith Chambers, The Greeks and their Gods, 1955.
* Kerenyi, Karl, (1951) 1980. The Gods of the Greeks especially pp 135-6. [3] [4]
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The '''Manucaudiata''' or '''Manuqdewata''' (bird of the gods) is a legendary bird that is believed to be from paradise.
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*Jonas Trikūnas, ed (1999). Of Gods & Holidays: The Baltic Heritage. Tvermė. pp. 75–77.
*Jonas Trikūnas, ed (1999). Of Gods & Holidays: The Baltic Heritage. Tvermė. pp. 120–124.
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