...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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...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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Stheno's head was displayed when she died for all the gods to mock.
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...ped by Arameans was also called "The Lord" (Ba`al) and ruled over the high gods assembled on the holy mount of Heaven. Other spellings: Bael, Baël (French
...as one specific demon was created when Christianity regarded ancient pagan gods as demons and demonology divided the demonic population of Hell in several
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...earful and would attack human beings, however most would not be enemies to gods or humans, instead living calmly in their domains.
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...e of the native Chamorros, went also the practice of the worship of native gods and ancestor cults. Scholars believe that the concept of the tricky Taotao
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...u, the Sun.[1] Humbaba was also the guardian of the Cedar Forest where the gods lived.
...s death approaches, and Gilgamesh is oppressed with his own mortality, the gods remind him of his great feats: "...having fetched cedar, the unique tree, f
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...n literally means "heaven; the heavens; sky" or figuratively "Heaven; God; gods", tianlong can denote "heavenly dragon; celestial dragon" or "holy dragon;
...uddhist terminology, ''tianlong'' means either "heavenly [[Naga]]s (dragon gods)" or "Devas and Nāgas".
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'''Mo-o''' are a type of dragons that were worshipped as ghost-gods by the ancient Hawaiians.
The New Zealanders used the same names for some of their large reptile gods. They, however, spelled the word with a "k," calling it mo-ko, and it was a
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...ory is that in the region of Naucratis in Egypt there dwelt one of the old gods of the country, the god to whom the bird called Ibis is sacred, his own nam
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...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
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...im ('lhm) was found to be a word denoting the entire Canaanite [[Pantheon (gods)|pantheon]] (the family of El '''אל''', the [[patriarchy|patriarchal]] cr
...ctionis]] ''heh'' inserted to distinguish the [[Israelite]] God from other gods. He argues that ''elohim'' thus patterns with Abram/[[Abraham]] and Sarai/
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...that continuously strive to undermine the divine order established by the gods as related by numerous accounts from Hindu mythology. Hence, his name refle
...ower of this asura, the devas sought the aid of the trinity of the supreme gods, namely Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma.
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...ho then set upon his father, castrated him, and set himself as king of the gods, with Rhea as his wife and queen.
Rhea gave birth to a new generation of gods to Cronos, but, in fear that they too would eventually overthrow him, he sw
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Mayura is associated with a number of gods and deities of the Hindus including the following:
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...word for Way or Path, and LAMA is He who Goeth, the specific title of the Gods of Egypt, the Treader of the Path, in Buddhistic phraseology. Its numerical
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..., thunder, heavenly fire or lightning and celestial elements in a triad of gods. He was also considered as the right hand and executor of Dievas‘s will.
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...of Naiad. They lived in freshwater lakes. Their parents were river or lake gods.
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...erred to as devas or demi-gods. Some Asuras were corrupted while some were gods in heaven. Both are children of Kashyapa. Asuras should not be confused wit
...sub-tribes would compete in making the most perfect ritual offering to the gods, seeking to outdo their peers in beauty of hymns sung, richness of offering
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...tutor. This puts him in a company of phallic or half-animal tutors of the gods, a group that includes Priapus, Cedalion and Chiron, but also includes Pall
*Karl Kerenyi, 1951. ''The Gods of the Greeks''.
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