===Hebrew Bible===
...fer a witch to live".) Many bible scholars have noted that in the original Hebrew the word "M'khasephah"(translated in the King James as "witch") means "some
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...nt or other reptile, with [[magic]]al or [[Spirit|spiritual]] qualities. [[Mythology|Mythological]] creatures possessing some or most of the characteristics typ
...rse exceptions to these rules). Malevolent dragons also occur in [[Persian mythology]] and other cultures.
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...Though some sources identify Gadreel as the angel that seduced Eve, other Hebrew scholars say that it was Samael who tempted Eve in the guise of the Serpent
[[Category: Jewish mythology]]
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[[Image:Hades (Greek Mythology).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hades, Greek god of the underworld, enthroned, with
...although it has been ascribed to Greek "unseen", conceptual analogue, the Hebrew word for the abode of the dead, ''[[Sheol]]'', also literally meant "unseen
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...he English term for the Arabic '''جن''' (''jinn''). In pre-Islamic Arabian mythology and in Islam, a jinni (also "djinni" or "djini") is a member of the jinn (o
==Jinn in pre-Islamic mythology==
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..." is also used in the English version of the Bible for the following three Hebrew words:
...or Second Person of the Trinity, is not indicated by the references in the Hebrew scriptures; but the idea of a Being partly identified with God, and yet in
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In ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology, the '''phoenix''' is a mythical bird and associated with the Egyptian sun-
===Hebrew===
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...] - A three-headed dog known to guard the gates of the underworld in Greek mythology.
* [[Chimera (mythology)|The Chimera]] - Although it may have several different forms, the chimera
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In Modern Hebrew, "Azazel" has been improperly given the meaning of [[hell]] by imprecise sp
[[Category:Jewish mythology]]
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Hell appears in several [[mythology|mythologies]] and [[religion]]s in different guises, and is commonly inhabi
...ry:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]] and [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]], but [[Hades]] also included [[Elysium]], a place for the reward for thos
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...nt Asia, especially in the Assyrian k'rub, which is also the source of the Hebrew cherub.
...depictions of griffins included hunting scenes. Divine figures in egyptian mythology, despicted as griffins, include Sefer, Sefert, and Axex.
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:''Some of the late writers on mythology, such as Cornutus and Cleomedes, and some of the modern, such as Preller an
Hecate is the Greek version of '''Trivia''', "the three ways" in Roman mythology. '''Eligius''' in the 7th century CE reminded his recently converted flock
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...burnt offerings"] and the Hebrew word [http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=08548&version=kjv '''Tamiyd'''], for the Old Testament conce
[[Category:Christian mythology]]
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...ir way into the Bible. As Tara, the earth, she became Terah, mother of the Hebrew ancestral spirits called "teraphim". The same Tara became the Celts' Tara,
However, the symbolism of the previous mentioned mythology is often seen as antiquated and misogynistic. The more thoughtful and Tant
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...otype for the demon [[Kroni]] and his incarnation [[Kaliyan]] of Ayyavazhi mythology.
...krit phrase, ‘from his semen and from her thinking,’ closely parallels the Hebrew phrase, ‘his semen followed his thought’—though with the essential di
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...se terms--as a giant, physically larger than the [[Titan]]s of Greco-Roman mythology. Like the ancient epics of Homer, Paradise Lost begins in the midst of thi
...e Bible. Interestingly, Milton also read the Old Testament in its original Hebrew.
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...itation needed}} Prepared to meet the Great Khan, he had aboard Arabic and Hebrew speakers to translate. Then thinking he heard Caniba or Canima, he thought
The opening of [[Hell]], the Zoroastrian contribution to Western mythology, is a mouth. According to [Catholic dogma, bread and wine are transubstanti
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...st true Vampire. Others say that Lilith, the wife of Adam (before Eve) in Hebrew myths, refused to let Adam lay on top while they were making love. While a
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