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...he Kali temples of Kerala. The story is also known as "Darika vadham", or "death of Darika". ...akali; an avatar of [[Kali]] following the design given by Narada. All the gods donated their special weapons, and Bhadrakali succeeded in destroying the d

Nyarlathotep (the Crawling Chaos) this being is one of the cosmic Outer Gods. ...forms, most of these reputed to be maddeningly horrific. Most of the Outer Gods have their own cults serving them; Nyarlathotep seems to serve these cults

In Roman and Etruscan mythology, '''Mantus''' and his wife, [[Mania]] were gods of the underworld. They were associated with the city ''Mantua'' (Italian: [[Category:Death deities]]

...thology, '''Mictlantecuhtli''' ("lord of Mictlan") was the skeletal god of death who ruled over Mictlan, the underworld, with his wife, Mictlancihuatl. ...tility, health and abundance, alluding to the close symbolic links between death and life.[2]

'''Galla''' are the seven demons who guard Ereshkigal, the goddess of death and gloom in Kur, the Sumerian underworld. ...world to relentlessly terrorize men and haul them back to the dark abode. Gods and humans alike, on earth or in hell, needed food and drink. But not the G

Tornarsuk is the head of the protective gods known as the tornat. He is also the master of the whales and seals. ...ly invisible, though they sometimes appear as a light or fire prior to the death of someone.

*From Orcus' association with death and the underworld, his name came to be used for demons and other underworl ...puter game NetHack as a demon prince found in Gehennom who holds a wand of death. As an enemy of Satan and a king of the underworld, he is leader of one of

Ages ago, The gods created a new world. They argued over who should rule But Kognor, The god of death, Was angered by his ways, And so, He intervened. He possessed a young farmb

...u, the Sun.[1] Humbaba was also the guardian of the Cedar Forest where the gods lived. ...and a monstrous, hairy face. "When he looks at someone, it is the look of death."[2]In various sources, his face is like that of the coiled entrails of men

...cean, and gathered colossal boulders. He then dropped these on the warring gods and succeeded in stopping them. ...y by José E. Marco (1877-1963) who claimed to have discovered it in 1913), death penalty will be imposed to those who will kill this bird.

...nd as the world ends he will go out, make war against and triumph over the gods. And he will burn the whole world with fire" (Gimlé Gylfaginning, iv).</bl ...e world.". Surtur is the being who cleanses Asgard with fire after all the gods have fallen in battle at Ragnarok, the periodic destruction of Asgard. Only

...logy]], the '''Gigantes''' were a race of giants, who defied the olympians gods. ...ttempt to end the Olympian reign. They tested the strength of the Olympian gods in what is known as the ''Gigantomachia'' or Gigantomachy.

According to Pamela Allardice, they were feared more greatly than death itself. She describes Alû as "a horrid phantom of a leprous man with an ar * Allardice, Pamela. Myths, Gods and Fantasy: A Sourcebook. Dorset, Prism Press, 1991.

...Krishna, was destined to be killed by Krishna. In an attempt to avoid his death, Kamsa sent a series of demons to Gokula, where Krishna was staying with hi ...a for slaying the horse-demon with such ease, by whose neighing alone, the gods were abandoning heaven. He further prophesies the great deeds that Krishna

...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.

...Alpine pastures and buried it at the foot of a linden tree. To avenge the death of her friend, she summon all good men to the battlefield of Noshiq. *Lurker, Manfred (2004). The Routledge dictionary of gods and goddesses, devils and demons

There are various versions of Python's birth and death at the hands of Apollo. In the earliest, the Homeric Hymn to Apollo, little * Guthrie, William Keith Chambers, The Greeks and their Gods, 1955.

...Their heads touch the sky, their "terror is awesome" and their "glance is death". ...ated by the mother goddess Tiamat in order to wage war against the younger gods for the betrayal of her mate Apsu. Deadly warriors, they could fight either

After his death he was deified as '''Fatuus''', and a small cult formed around his person i ...f Picus and Canens. He was then revered as the god '''Fatuus''' after his death, worshipped in a sacred forest outside what is now Tivoli, Italy, but had b

*[http://www.scns.com/earthen/other/seanachaidh/godaztec.html ''The Gods and Goddesses of the Aztecs''] ...Toltec mythology]] [[Category:Psychopomps]] [[Category:Animal]] [[Category:Death]]

During the battle between the Gigantes and the Olympian gods, Enceladus was disabled by a spear thrown by the goddess Athena. He was bur ...tyr play ''Cyclops'' the minor god Silenus claims to have dealt Enceladus' death blow, but this was perhaps intended by the author as a vain drunken boast,

..., 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. ...forge the magic sword [[Tyrfing]], the dwarves cursed it so it would bring death to Svafrlami and cause three evil deeds. In ''[[Ynglingatal]]'' it is told

...efforts to kill his son Prahlada (a devotee of Vishnu) and his subsequent death at the hands of [[Narasimha]]. His tale depicts the futility of desiring po After his brother's death at the hands of the Varaha avatar of Vishnu, [[Hiranyaksha]]'s brother Hira

...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 ...woman who is like a mother unto me, let that be the hour appointed for my death.

...the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal and immortal from birth to death (and beyond). ...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.

...heir children in the fire as sacrifices to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim." - 2 Kings 17:31. This often leads to the concept that child Like other pagan gods, Adramelech is considered a demon in Judeo-Christian tradition. Adramelech

...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.

.... Seeing one's own ghostly double or [[doppelgänger]] is a related omen of death. ...fear of ghosts and other supernatural beings, such as spirits and [[Deity|gods]], has been said by some scholars to be a mechanism of social control. See

...erleth who attempted to categorize and expand the mythos after Lovecraft's death. ...oke, propagating among the writers of his circle and wearing thin upon his death. Derleth seems to have not understood this and believed that Lovecraft want

...that continuously strive to undermine the divine order established by the gods as related by numerous accounts from Hindu mythology. Hence, his name refle ...by the male buffalo. Stricken by grief, the she buffalo chose to go to her death on the funeral pyre prepared for her husband. Before that took place howeve

[[Image:Apis.jpg|thumb|Image from the Theban Papyrus of Ani from the Book of Death.]] ...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

...netherworld Patalas and were always in constant opposition to the Devas or gods. Through the performance of various harsh and severe penances, this Asura ...es, Shumba and Nishumba subsequently commenced similar attacks on other gods like Kubera, Yama, Varuna and Vayu, successfully routing them and claiming

...eath god" or "God of Death") is a term to describe the personification of death in Japanese modern culture. ...t often). However, Shinigami may also be used more loosely to refer to any death deity.

...ver the wicked spirits and the chaotic forces of nature. His companion was Death.

...times. They may have once been believed to be the beings who preceded the gods, similar to the Greek [[Titans]]. ...sent the gods of human civilization. Alternatively, they may represent the gods of a proposed pre-Goidelic population of Ireland

:Her hand is a net, her embrace is death :The daughter of Heaven is one of the Gods, her brothers

...ble to capture the horse by using a golden bridle, a gift from Athena. The gods then gave him Pegasus for killing the monster Chimera but when he attempted ...d opinion of his greatness, and he attempted to fly on Pegasus to join the gods on Olympus. An enraged Zeus sent an insect to annoy Pegasus, causing the ho

...", Gregory, Lady Augusta. "Part I Book IV: His Three Calls to Cormac" in ''Gods and Fighting Men'' (Colyn Smyth, Buckinghamshire, 1903) [http://www.sacred- ...ise of a warrior who told him he came from a land where old age, sickness, death, decay, and falsehood were unknown (the [[Underworld|Otherworld]] was also

...patron of pregnant women, she was also linked to childbirth, marriage and death. Her role is similar to Lakhsmi, a Hindu goddess. *Greimas, Algirdas Julien (1992). Of Gods and Men. Studies in Lithuanian Mythology. Indiana University Press. p. 111.

...fire-sacrifice, called yagna, but personified are also seen as devas. All gods taken together are worshipped as the Vishvedevas. Varuna, identified by som ...va. Vayu or the Lord of the wind is an example of an important deva. Also, Death is personified as the deva Yama.

...hat dwarfs may have originated as nature spirits or beings associated with death, or as a mixture of concepts. ...the flesh of the primal being Ymir before being gifted with reason by the gods.

...to separate them from the Norns, the similar age-old fates, older than the gods, of a separate Indo-European tradition. ...orrèd shears", someone on Earth died. Her Roman equivalent was ''Mors'' ('Death').

...He is described as the "contriver of all fraud". He mixed freely with the gods for a long time, even becoming [[Odin]]'s blood brother. Despite much resea ...igated badness as a kind of celestial con man. He would often bail out the gods after playing tricks on them, as illustrated by the myth in which he shears

The two known gods of the derro are [[Diirinka]] and [[Diinkarazan]]. *Gygax, Gary. ''Sea of Death'' (New Infinities, 1987).

...ation during rituals. Most similar to the veve are the drawings of zemi or gods of the Taino religion. ...generally the older, more beneficent spirits, and are associated with the gods of Africa. Their traditional colour is white (as opposed to the specific co

...k mythology]], '''Thanatos''', meaning "death") was the personification of death (Roman equivalent: [[Mors]]), as well as a minor figure in Greek mythology. ...ded in chaining Thanatos up with his own shackles, thereby prohibiting the death of any mortal. Eventually Ares released Thanatos and handed Sisyphus over

...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

...ntually, Daksha held a yagna (a ritualistic sacrifice) and invited all the gods, but not Sati and Shiva. Sati came to the yagna alone, where Daksha publicl ...le of supporting the universe. You are called Kala-Bhairava, for even Time-Death is terrified of you." He ordered him to chastise Brahma, promising him in r

...with a working silver one and he was reinstated as king. Balor, the god of death, then killed him. However, Dian Cecht's son Miach was dissatisfied with the ...them." Goibniu, Creidhne and Luchta are referred to as Trí Dé Dána ("three gods of craftsmanship"), and the Dagda's name is interpreted in medieval texts a

...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 ...ses. In her hand she may bear the pomegranate, emblem of fertile blood and death and a substitute for the narcotic capsule of the opium poppy (Ruck and Stap

...is the Homeric hymn to Pan, which describes him as delighting ''all'' the gods, and thus getting his name. The Roman counterpart to Pan is Faunus, (see be ...who is dead. During the reign of Tiberius (A.D. 14-37), the news of Pan's death came to one Thamus, a sailor on his way to Italy by way of the island of Pa

...bstituted for the underworld as a whole. The [[Inferi Dii]] were the Roman gods of the underworld. ...s]]: together they accounted for half of the [[Twelve Olympians|Olympian]] gods.

...tence, it damns the unfortunate individual to become a Vampire after their death. Thus, the Vampire propagates its own kind. ...e powerful. Blood is viewed by pagan religions as the sustenance of their gods, maintaining their power and immortality through the sacrifice of humans an

...ources of evils. In some texts, '''Ker''' is the single goddess of violent death(Kêr or Kêres Danatoio). ...ii. 326) pronounces to be muriai, and may be a natural, sudden, or violent death. (Od. xi. 171, &c., 398, &c.) Epidemic diseases are sometimes personified a

...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===

...believed to be the ancestors, the spirits of nature, or the goddesses and gods themselves. ...ically indicate the supernatural women of Ireland who announce an oncoming death by their wailing and keening. Her counterpart in Scottish mythology is the

...beings like the [[Yakshas]], another as a sort of Titans or enemies of the gods, and lastly, as blood-drinking [[ghouls]] which has become the most common .... Other sources refer to the rakshasas as children of the Vedic goddess of death, Nirriti, and her consort Nirrita.

...amongst [[Wiccan]]-influenced Neopagans, which unites numerous male nature gods out of such widely-dispersed and historically unconnected [[mythology|mytho ...bulls and goats, sacred stags and ibexes serve as examples. Not all horned gods and their priests were male; [[Astarte]] and [[Isis]] (borrowing an attribu

...holds in his hands a brush and a book listing every soul and the allotted death date for every life. Ox-Head and Horse-Face, the fearsome guardians of hell ...rm of enjoyment in a region midway between the earth and the heaven of the gods, or to undergo their measure of punishment in Naraka, the nether world, sit

...ties that the Mummy possessed in life (like magic) are usually retained in death. ...heir kings so that they would be recognizable to both the people and their gods eternally. Therefore, the process of mummification was developed over a pe

...cal axis around which these worlds are situated, with Ásgard, realm of the gods, at the top and the Hel, located in Niflheim, at the bottom. Midgard, our w ...y conflagration of Surtr, the rebirth of the world and a new generation of gods and men are positive indications.

...ombies, skeletons, and ghouls. Regarding ghosts, the spirit lives on after death, forming an intangible physical body that often mirrors the one the spirit ...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

...cestors, snakes, and the ghosts of people who have met a violent or tragic death. They like a peaceful life, and they can wreak destructive vengeance on peo ...sion. The texts of Buddhism are full of descriptions of the palaces of the gods, but in Burmese art heaven is imbued with a gentle elegance and affection,

...d when a person's soul fails to leave the deceased's body, due to improper death, suicide, or just wanting to cause trouble. ...Western zombies. A Jiang Shi is a main character in the 1991 comedy ''The Gods Must Be Crazy III''.

...By assuming the gorgoneion, Perseus put on as a mask the power of life and death personified by Medusa, the cosmic queen. ...have fire coming out of their hands and the skill to steal power from the gods.

...be the patron of lost souls (and consequently orphans). Rather than god of death, he had become god of dying, and consequently funeral arrangements. It was ...to those of Anubis. Thus the true visage of the jackal-headed god was as a death-mask to behold; in some sense Anubis may be thought of as a speaker for the

*His nobility is further reflected in the story of his death as Chiron sacrificed his life, allowing humanity to obtain the use of fire. ...and wondered how such a little thing as an arrow could have caused so much death and destruction. In that instant, he let slip the arrow from his hand and i

...among the constellations. Zeus consented and, as a memorial to the hero's death, added the Scorpion to the heavens as well. ...h, but was crushed beneath the hunter's feet when he thrashed about in his death throes. All three were then put into the sky by Zeus so that their story wo

...itude of people with them. Thus was the city of Rome delivered from double death, that was from the culture and worshipping of false idols, and from the ven ...he people that there were: What say ye: will ye have these devlls for your gods and worship them or have ye liefer that I hunt them out of this world in th

...at the lives had been sucked from the murder victims by the ghosts of dead gods. Nothing is said to the police, however, as the only known person to work s * ''Rhys/Cromm Cruach'' - Raven, former God of Death and film noir buff. See [[Crom Cruach]].

...]], [[food]], [[holidays]], [[occupations]], excessive [[scrupulosity]], [[death]], [[luck]], and/or [[Spirit]]s. [[Urban legend]]s are also sometimes clas ...e gods, as a slave feared a cruel and capricious master. "Such fear of the gods (''[[deisidaimonia]]'') was what the Romans meant by 'superstition' (Veyne

He has also produced the film ''[[Gods and Monsters]]'' which received major critical acclaim. ...The Vein'', ''Dread'', ''Son of Celluloid'', ''Revelations'' ''The Life of Death'', ''Rawhead Rex'' and ''The Yattering and Jack''; and Dark Horse Comics' '

...ge:Izbasmerti.jpg|thumb|right|[[Nicholas Roerich]], "Изба смерти" ("Hut of Death", sketch, 1905), an artistic expression of burial traditions of Ancient Sl ...In the end, Baba Yaga is turned into a crow. Similarly, Prince Ivan in The Death of Koschei the Deathless is aided against her by animals whom he has spared

..., riding his black buffalo. Garuda noticed that the gaze of the Master of Death briefly fell upon the bird, but then he continued on his way into the abode Since a mere glance from Lord Yama presages death, Garuda's heart was filled with pity for the tiny bird. He gently picked i

...ecree Saint Birgitta warns against the worship of ''tompta gudhi'', "tomte gods". Folklore added other negative beliefs about the tomte, such as that havin ...one awake in the cold Christmas night, pondering the mysteries of life and death. This poem featured the first painting by Jenny Nyström of this traditiona

...deities, who are described as battle-maidens who ride in the ranks of the gods or serve the drinks in Valhalla. ...' (Gylfaginning 36), “Odin sends the valkyries to every battle. They allot death to men and govern victory. Gunnr and Róta two valkyries and the youngest n

...Longinus was the famed spear that King Krichevskoy once wielded before his death. In the game, Longinus stays in the corner of one of the rooms of the castl ...ain character. It is said that Longinus is meant to be in the hands of the gods, and not to be wielded by mere angels, referring to the fact that Ein is an

...by any weapon, nor by any human being or animal. Grant me that I not meet death from any entity, living or nonliving. Grant me, further, that I not be kill ...eaded by Anuhrada and thousands of other demons "were led to the valley of death (yamalayam) by the lion produced from the body of man-lion" avatara. The sa

...'s house privately, and there kill himself upon the altar of his household gods, to bring divine vengeance upon him; but the fear of torture put him off th ...ideal love, the world will be their tormentor, and they will die a lonely death.

...story. Here the god is called Cenncroithi, interpreted as "the head of all gods", and when his image falls the silver and gold covering it crumble to dust, ...es by [[Laurell K. Hamilton]] features a character, Rhys, who was once the death deity Cromm Cruach.

..., just as he had overthrown his father. As a result, although he sired the gods [[Demeter]], [[Hera]], [[Hades]], [[Hestia]], and [[Poseidon]] by Rhea, he ...d Cronus a force of chaos along with disorder, believing that the Olympian gods had brought an era of peace and order by seizing power from the crude and m

...art/Moloch was also Milcom the god of the Ammonites and identical to other gods whose names contain mlk. ...in Israel, that gives any of his seed l'Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. And I will set my face

...hire and north-west Surrey) and specifically the Great Park ever since his death. Further details have entered local folklore from supposed sightings. He ap ...est was settled by pagan Anglo-Saxons who worshipped their own pantheon of gods, including [[Woden]] who rode across the night's sky with his own [[Wild Hu

...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 ...'slips of yew'. Yew berries carry Hecate's power, and can bring wisdom or death. The seeds are highly poisonous, but the fleshy, coral-colored 'berry' surr

...na the boon of near invulnerability, making him immune from destruction by gods or (other) demons; he also acquired the capacity to change his form. He was ...fused. Ravana then asked for absolute invulnerability and supremacy before gods and heavenly spirits, other demons, serpents and wild beasts. Contemptuous

...che and the development of civilization as a whole, the personification of Death as a living, sentient entity is a concept that has existed in all known soc In the United States death is usually shown as a skeletal figure wearing a midnight black gown with a

...eir genitalia cut off, hands and feet severed and were allowed to bleed to death, and the women and children, after watching the men die, were burned alive. *''The Monarch of the Glen, An American Gods Novella'', by Neil Gaiman 2004

...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.

*The Aryan introduced patriarchal gods in India, but various matriarchal tribes, such as the Shabara of Orissa , c ...skrit word 'kala' meaning 'time' - time in this form being a euphemism for death - or 'devourer of time.' It also means 'black' or 'black female,' in contra

...atiable anger against the chains of the [[Elder God (Cthulhu Mythos)|Elder Gods]] which had bound it there for an eternity.... Unable to resist, utterly po ...t to be no mere [[Cloacina]], but the mortician of all creatures, even the gods themselves. The extent of its power is unknown, though it could be like tha

|17: Death's Reward ...ruler of the layer now dominated by Yeenoghu. Slain by the "Killer of the Gods" Ma Yuan.

...ever, as a caveat, Jefferson said that they could not set themselves up as gods, or they would risk being evicted from American soil. ...King of Goblins, Merry's ally. Was ally of Merry's father previous to his death.

They can be killed, although their bodies dissolve soon after death, and are described as having saplike blood. The structure that makes up the ...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

...fair a dame, the darling of her prince's heart, to die suddenly, bitten to death by a cat! Then the cat, having scratched out a grave under the verandah, bu ...t rank to come into his presence, so I have no resource but to pray to the gods of the country and to Buddha that my lord may regain his health."

...were rationing out the elixir of immortality, the nāgas grabbed a cup. The gods were able to retrieve the cup, but in doing so, spilled a few drops on the ...und guilty of grave sins as well as others pre-destined to die an untimely death, in keeping with the dictate imposed on them by Brahma. True danger lay in

...s and Peters, 48) entreats his audience to put no stock in any demons, or “Gods” other than the one true Christian God, even if the working of spells app ...rked similarities. This becomes a parallel evolution of spells to foreign Gods or demons that were once acceptable, and framing them into a new Christian

...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 ...y came into being because the prosperity brought by Krishna left after his death.

...ed to Poseidon to send him a snow-white bull, as a sign of approval by the gods for his reign. He promised to sacrifice the bull as an offering, and as a s ...ding the thread, and he stumbled upon the sleeping Minotaur. He beat it to death and led the others back to the entrance by following the thread.

...nent member of the group, as he is their High Priest. He currently lies in death-like sleep in the sunken city of [[R'lyeh]] somewhere in the Southeast Paci ...lhu seeks no reward for serving their "god" such as eternal paradise after death. They serve only to bring the Great Clearing Off and will no doubt be serve

...in the river, and Winter, a work of the Daevas," "the locust, which brings death unto cattle and plants," "plunder and sin," "the ants and the ant-hills," " ...t in the Gathas: In Zoroaster's view the daevas are "wrong gods" or "false gods" that are to be rejected, but they are not yet demons.[2]

..., daughter of Cadmus, a mortal woman, and his father Zeus, the king of the gods. ...story is the primary reason he was worshipped in mystery religions, as his death and rebirth were events of mystical reverence.

...]] myth, which concerns itself with the pranks or tricks played by [[Deity|gods]] or heroes. ...1948) outlined the basic ideas he would continue to elaborate on until his death in 1987. His theories, popularized in a series of books and videos, are mor

...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 ...corded. Full-sized famous men could be elevated to the rank of elves after death, such as the petty king Olaf Geirstad-Elf. The smith hero [[Völundr]] is i

...Λάμια" ("the child has been strangled by the Lamia"), explains the sudden death of young children (ibid). As in Bulgarian folklore and Basque legends, the * Karl Kerényi, 1951. The Gods of the Greeks pp 38–40. Edition currently in print is Thames & Hudson rei

...son of an idol maker in the Chaldean city of Ur, would have known of these gods. (Midrash [http://judaism.about.com/library/3_askrabbi_o/bl_simmons_abraham ...nslations of Sumerian cuneiform tablets to equate the ancient mesopotamian gods with the fallen angels (the "sons of Elohim" in Genesis). Seeing that all

According to the post-Avestan texts, following the death of Jam i Xšed (Jamshid), Dahag gained kingly rule. Another late Zoroastria ...ers the well-preserved body of a holy man. A voice informs him his time of death is upon him. At first, it would appear that such an unclimactic end for Ale

According to the post-Avestan texts, following the death of Jam i Xšed (Jamshid), Dahag gained kingly rule. Another late Zoroastria ...ers the well-preserved body of a holy man. A voice informs him his time of death is upon him. At first, it would appear that such an unclimactic end for Ale

...rible; Zal was certain that his wife would die in labour. Rudabah was near death when Zal decided to summon the Simurgh. The Simorgh appeared and instructed

*"Ifrit" is used in [[wikipedia:Neil Gaiman]]'s novel, ''[[wikipedia:American Gods]]''. The ifrit drives a New York taxi cab, and gives a ride to a man named *"Ifrit" is the name of a Montreal based Death Metal Band.

She is a bringer of snows, death, and sharp storms. On Samhain the Cailleach leaves her mountains and walks ...r of the giants ([[Formorian]]s) who had monstrous forms, and against whom gods and mortals waged war.

...llenistic "Demon" eventually came to include many Semitic and Near Eastern gods as evaluated by Christianity. ...ere is no other besides him." This clearly statest that there are no other Gods besides the Hebrew God. It is NOT saying that there is no supernatural powe

...s of the ancient Native Americans, a magical animal that was sent by their gods to protect them from the powers of evil. ...visit from Thunderbird, never forget that it ended long days of hunger and death. For on the prairie near their village are big, round stones that the grand

...heater of the Vampires section and bringing Lestat back after his supposed death by fire. ...m itself by elevating herself and her chosen son/lover to the level of the gods.

...= Lady, Lil = Wind) the wife to Enlil (En = Lord, Lil = Wind), King of the Gods. A separate fragmentary myth describes how Enlil raped Ninlil, and as puni "Her house sinks down to death,

...soul has to strive for and emulate, and ultimately becomes one with after death (Y16.7, 26.7, 26.11, 71.23, Yt22.39) (See Dhalla, History of Zoroastrianism ...t at times '' 'Elohim'' (powers), ''bnēi 'Elohim'', ''bnēi Elim'' (sons of gods) (i.e. members of the class of divine beings) were general terms for beings

...represented: The evil inclination (Yetzer HaRa), Satan, or the [[Angel of Death]]. Others have suggested that the serpent was a phallic symbol. According t ...mud also states that the Evil Inclination (''Yetzer ha-Ra''), the Angel of Death and Satan are identical.

...ictims. In other cases, however, a victim of a cruel, untimely, or violent death was susceptible to becoming a vampire. Most of the European vampire myths ...rn with a caul, teeth, or tail, being conceived on certain days, irregular death, excommunication, improper burial rituals etc. Preventative measures includ

...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 ...esponsible for giving knowledge to mankind, and sometimes also a symbol of death and resurrection.

...more difficult for others) by fooling humans, other animals, and even the gods themselves, often using his cleverness and knowledge of his victims' ways o ...longs to the Guede family of loa.The Guede family represent the concept of death and fertility.It's for this reason that many people call Anansi a Guede Lwa

...become a credible cause for disease, sickness in animals, bad luck, sudden death, impotence and other such misfortunes. Witchcraft of a more benign and soci ...the devil, and he comes to them in the dead man's likeness, as if he from death arises, but she cannot cause that to happen, the dead to arise through her

...crab was at the site to bite his feet and bother him, hoping to cause his death. Hera set it in the Zodiac to follow the Lion (Eratosthenes, ''Catasterismi *The Hydra was used in the DC Comics storyline ''Challenge of the Gods'' for the character Wonder Woman to battle.

...apanese mythology, sometimes worshipped as Shinto kami (revered spirits or gods). Tengu are worshipped as beneficial kami (gods or revered spirits) in various Japanese religious cults. For example, the t

*Enary - a [[valkyrie]], ''The Daughter of Death'', ''The Ruiner of Valhalla'', ''The Ageless Keeper of the Valkyrian Force' ...all his political opponents assassinated, priests killed and all images of gods destroyed. To put fear into his enemies, he ate the hearts of those he murd

...liot Place, Blackheath from 1881 until he was dismissed shortly before his death in 1888. ...was murdered. Recent research shows that between the Kelly murder and his death, he had been involved as legal representation in a court case. Inspector Fr

...of 'Hell' is the Greek and Roman [[Tartarus]], a place in which conquered gods, men and other spirits were punished. Tartarus formed part of [[Hades]] in ...l]], etc.). Most Christians believe that damnation occurs immediately upon death ([[particular judgment]]), others that it occurs after [[Judgment Day]].

...s satisfied by guessing the name of the involved party, and the subsequent death of the troll or being whose name is guessed is central to both stories. ...live in communal tribes and under strict tennets of laws which include the death sentence for mixing with outside races. They travel the precarious ledges o

...utoring were mainstays in "Alick's" childhood; however, after his father's death, his mother's efforts at indoctrinating her son in the Christian faith only ...t a dogmatic position would arise. While he declared a "new Equinox of the Gods" in early 1904, supposedly passing on the revelation of March 20th to the o

...s]] and [[Persephone]] and asked permission to take Cerberus, to which the gods agreed as long as Hercules does not harm the hound. Some say, Persephone ga *[http://www.gods-heros-myth.com/godpages/cerberus.html World Mythology]

Crowley also identified Baphomet with himself. In ''The Equinox of the Gods'' he describes another card from the Tarot, this time "Lust" (Atu XI), "It ...tself. The motifs of a tortured and mutilated god continuing to live after death, have resonances both in the Egyptian myth of the murder of [[Osiris]] by [

...es of High Favor: Half Orcs and Skirmisher Publishing's Orcs of the Triple Death line of miniatures . ...ncy food source. They worship a pair of gods known as Gork and Mork (other gods were included in earlier editions of the game, but are no longer included).

...is speaking of the fall of Babylon and along with it the fall of her false gods Helel and Shahar. In Judaism there is no concept of a devil or a fallen go ...[[Eos]] rises; he reflects in his glances the rays of the sun— he the pale death of the Saracens, Nicephorus the ruler."'' [http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/20A/

*Shinigami - the "god of death", the Japanese name for the Western Grim Reaper *Yato-no-kami - deadly snake-gods which infested a field

...e often said to be Mara's daughters. Mara personifies unskillfulness, the "death" of the spiritual life. He tries to distract humans from practising the spi ...ces save his phallus. Horus, son of Ausar and Auset sets out to avenge the death and dismemberment of his father by confronting Set. Horus is victorious ove

The exact names of the Gods of traditional Wicca remain an initiatory secret according to current Gardn ...ccans, particularly those following a solitary path, simply refer to their Gods as "The God and The Goddess". There are also Wiccan groups that acknowledge

...ened to be wearing at the time of burial, and the creature itself reeks of death and grave dirt. The Vampire’s eyes are fiery red, and the creature’s e ...ourse of several nights, continually draining the individual’s blood until death occurs from blood loss and sickness. If lucky, the victim is only dead. H

Earth, associated with Death. Goblins are also associated with fire, or have the ability to create said ...at they (Kobolds and Wichtlein) just imitate the miners to fool them. As a death companion he is sometimes accused to cause underground fires or warn for th

...eres of life, the Azaka govern agriculture, the Ghede govern the sphere of death and fertility. In Dominican Vodou, there is also an Agua Dulce or "Sweet Wa ...dumarche.com/Vodou_Info/History/history.html Vodou: Haiti, History and the Gods] By Mambo Vye Zo Komande La Menfo - Sosyete du Marche

...the taste of the hunter’s blood in every single moment. Rest assured, the death that follows will be both slow and painful. The Wendigo will take great pl ...is created by a curse that may have derived from the Arctic Gods or "Elder Gods". Anyone who eats human flesh while in the Canadian woods becomes a Wendigo

...belief that the salvation of the soul and union with God will occur after death at the resurrection, but these faiths generally hold that [[righteousness]] ...o-Conception#The Rosicrucian conception of God and the scheme of evolution|gods]].'' This "College of Invisibles" is regarded as the source permanently be