...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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...], whereas Francis Barrett asserted that Beelzebub was the prince of false gods.
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* Karl Kerényi, 1951. The Gods of the Greeks pp 38–40. Edition currently in print is Thames & Hudson rei
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And Álfheim the gods to Frey once gave<br/>
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But the gods were not unkind and it so happened that one of them felt motivated to check
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...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
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...d to rejoin the world of men. Unfortunatly he cannot reach the home of the gods. Simurgh sees him and pities him. She takes Zal to his father and gives him
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...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]
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*"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
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...ppa are also said to favor) into the local river in order to appease water gods and hungry ghosts.
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...r of the giants ([[Formorian]]s) who had monstrous forms, and against whom gods and mortals waged war.
...reland she appears to have been the earlier Danu, the mother of the Danann gods and people, and Anu, the mountain-hag associated with "the Paps of Anu". Sh
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...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."
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...ve yet no absolute power over the life of men: they are under Zeus and the gods, who can stop them in their course or hurry them on. (Il. xii. 402, xviii.
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...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
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...nt demigods were able to calm Narasimha's fury, not even Shiva. So all the gods and goddesses called his consort, the goddess Lakshmi, but she was also una
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...ever, as a caveat, Jefferson said that they could not set themselves up as gods, or they would risk being evicted from American soil.
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...oned in various ways," explains de Visser (1913:135), "but mostly as water-gods, serpent- or dragon-shaped."
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...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
...he heathen, and we have there the first step of the process by which these gods became evil angels, an idea expanded by [[John Milton|Milton]] in ''[[Parad
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...llonios Rhodios's ''Argonautika''. It is also said that Hera, queen of the gods, persuaded the Sirens to enter a singing contest with the [[Muse]]s. The Mu
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...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).
...wn perspective. The orcs are presented as being the creations of a race of gods, called the Sheul. While similar to the Middle-earth legendarium, the orcs
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*The Hydra was used in the DC Comics storyline ''Challenge of the Gods'' for the character Wonder Woman to battle.
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...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
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In Derleth's "The Return of Hastur", first published in March 1939, the two gods even meet face-to-face, albeit briefly. Many mythos authors, however, rarel
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*''The Monarch of the Glen, An American Gods Novella'', by Neil Gaiman 2004
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...iamat]] and other similar monsters who represented the sea as a foe to the gods in [[mythology|myth]]s of nearby cultures.
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...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
...the Resurrection'' (1980), Lucifer is identified as the King of the White gods.
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...f its fire and enters the perpetual night realm called Yominokuni that the gods thereto retire. After Izanagi, her husband, failed in the attempt to reclai
*There are also death gods called [[Shinigami]], which are closer to the Western tradition of the Grim
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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
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...erse (fiction)|parallel universe]], as in [[Isaac Asimov]]'s novel ''[[The Gods Themselves]]''.
* The evolution of the human race (''[[Men Like Gods]]''), 1923
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...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
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...ng series "Blood Sword", the player will face three simulacrums of ancient gods. Azidahaka was described as a serpentine creature with three human heads.
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...ng series "Blood Sword", the player will face three simulacrums of ancient gods. Azidahaka was described as a serpentine creature with three human heads.
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...traits at the same time, for example with the animal-headed human forms of gods in Egyptian mythology (such as [[Ra]], [[Sobek]] and others) as well as cre
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* ''American Gods'' by Neil Gaiman
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...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]
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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
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...s of the ancient Native Americans, a magical animal that was sent by their gods to protect them from the powers of evil.
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...c" and "wizardry" connote practices involving collusion with devils, demon-gods, or Satan himself. In this sense, the term 'magic' is typically outdated, a
...ieve in a god, and such a god will appear before your very eyes (''[[Small Gods]]'')
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...of which are extinct. The Mistress Race are the direct descendants of the gods and spirits, they were once the predominant race, however when Burning Deat
...in great detail by Greg Stafford featuring in the products Trollpak, Troll Gods, Uz the Trolls of Glorantha, The Haunted Ruins and many more. They are one
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...se among human beings again with the result that we shall be worshipped as gods because men do not know the names of the angels who rule over us.''"
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...= 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
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*Yato-no-kami - deadly snake-gods which infested a field
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...m itself by elevating herself and her chosen son/lover to the level of the gods.
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...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
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...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
*III:2, ''The Equinox of the Gods'' (covering the events leading up to the writing of Liber Legis) [http://ww
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...in their architecture. In Elam legends, a Griffin was presented to Elamite Gods. In Persian mythology, in particular during the Achaemenid dynasty, griffin
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...to practice it on the basis that it usually involves the worship of other gods. Rabbis of the Talmud also condemned magic when it produced something other
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...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
...nd waited for Akwasi and his wife Aso to sleep and then sang a song to the gods while he played his sepirewa, certain the plan he'd concocted would be succ
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...dumarche.com/Vodou_Info/History/history.html Vodou: Haiti, History and the Gods] By Mambo Vye Zo Komande La Menfo - Sosyete du Marche
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...at the giants would cross Bifrost, a great rainbow, at the Twilight of the Gods, breaking it with their weight and so destroying the world. Trolls figure i
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...d]], for example as a consort of the [[Great Goddess]] in [[Wicca]]. These gods usually reflect mythological figures such as [[Cernunnos]] or [[Pan]], and
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...Biblical materials. Rather, this image is apparently based on pagan horned gods, such as [[Pan]] and [[Dionysus]], common to many mythologies]]. Some image
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...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
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- Worship evil gods, devils, demons and even powerful dragons, sphinx, giants and sorcerers.
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...are also tales of [[kamaitachi]], a phenomenon where it was said that evil gods would thirst for human blood.
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...End Crowns the Work"). It features a young poet sacrificing women to pagan gods, seeking [[hell]]'s inspiration for his poetry in order to gain the fame he
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...o-Conception#The Rosicrucian conception of God and the scheme of evolution|gods]].'' This "College of Invisibles" is regarded as the source permanently be
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...to the 'primitive' chthonic world that preceded the coming of the Olympian gods: see the explicit rejection of human sacrifice in the cannibal feast prepar
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...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
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