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...are Hush (the beverage producing immortality) from it." (''The Bundahishn (Creation), or Knowledge from the Zand Ch 19:13'')</blockquote>

==Creation==

* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/jpolys/ssc.htm The Samoan Story of Creation]

...well as a powerful earth goddess named Asaase Yaa. Her role explains the creation of the sky god in two very similar myths.

...who was also known as Yam (sea) or Nahar (river); the cosmic ocean of the creation is often known as a great stream. In the Hebrew dialect of the Old Testame

...well as a powerful earth goddess named Asaase Yaa. Her role explains the creation of the sky god in two very similar myths.

...erg, writing in the late 19th century, drew a parallel between the Norse [[creation myth]]s and Zoroastrian mythology that sports a primeval ox which is vario ...wing from the udders of a heavenly cow. Hathor also has a role in Egyptian creation myths. Due to the large distance in time and space separating the Old Norse

...gives true answers of things past, present and to come, divinity, and the creation of the world; he also confers dignities and prelacies, and the favour of fr ...ers of things present, past, and to come, and of the divinitie, and of the creation, he deceiveth none, nor suffereth anie to be tempted, he giveth dignities a

==Creation==

''Sefer Yetzirah'' The Book of Creation - Aryeh Kaplan - Red Wheel Weiser 1997

...er the equivalent of the African Mawu. She played an important part in the creation of the world.

...that hinders the natural evolution of divine energy flowing down into the creation, through pride and egotism, and maintains itself in the world of illusion a ...which, as Chokmah, goes forth at the beginning to give the vital energy of creation to the processes of Binah. The cortex of the Chaigidel is called Ghogiel, '

...d the rivers and lakes with every kind of fish. After his great efforts of creation were finally over, he thaught the ancestors how to till the soil and rear a ...d-man speak to the race of mortals: ''Let death befall each and eveyone of creation! Let every man, and every beast, both tame and wild, succumb to death!''

According to the creation myth, '''Lạc Long Quân''' (Han tu: 雒龍君), is the original father of

Gana are attendants of Shiva and live on Mount Kailash. The story of creation of Virabhadra from the Shiva's lock and destruction of Daksha by Virabhadra

...for example, finds its equivalent in the legend (Nordhoff 1874) about the creation of a corresponding structure on O'ahu, which was supposedly indeed complete

...rs the triangle he will answer truly, and gladly speak about divinity, the creation of the world, himself, and other fallen angels. He can also destroy all the ...eguileth in other busines, he gladlie talketh of the divinitie, and of the creation of the world, and of the fall; he is constrained by divine vertue, and so a

The Gazeka was the creation of the well-known English comic actor, George Graves (1876-1949), who intro

...ster 3.jpg|250px|thumb|Niklas Jansson's adaptation of Michelangelo's ''The Creation of Adam'' depicts the Flying Spaghetti Monster in its typical guise as a cl ...ghetti and meatballs. He furthermore calls for the "Pastafarian" theory of creation to be taught in science classrooms.

...yeo''' was a bear that became a woman. She was featured prominently in the creation myth of the Korean nation.

A. E. Waite, author of spiritual and occult matters, supervised the creation of the [[Rider-Waite Tarot deck]] which has become the most well known Taro

...creature who refused to prostrate before Adam at the time of the latter's creation, it refers to him as [[Iblis]]. * ''For a more full account of the creation of Adam, the refusal of Iblis to prostrate before him, and a description of

...imbuing Mangindusa with more powers than he used to possess. In fact, the creation of the world and of human beings is said to have been the handiwork of the

Another legend states that during the creation, the demons Madhu and Kaitabha stole the Vedas from Brahma and deposited it

...considered it the most holy place on earth. Because the Bennu represented creation and renewal, it was connected with the Egyptian calendar. Indeed, the Templ ...lence and this determined what was and what was not to be in the unfolding creation. This mound was called the ben-ben.

[[Category: Creation]]

...r of servants in hell. He is known as "he who carries the purse". He loves Creation so much that he wants to own it all. He does the best he can by instilling

...d animal-shape monsters, from the numerous dragons and snakes of the first creation myths to the legendary hybrid and fantastic creatures ===Creation===

...is the order of 'Devourers' who seek to waste the substance and thought of creation. The outer form is the order of

#Khrafstra bring in impurity to the pure creation of Ahura Mazda, such as water and earth.

...alm of Fire. It is said that this serpent is so great it would swallow all creation but for fear of Allah's immeasurably greater power.

*Ben-Amos, Dan. "On Demons." In ''Creation and Re-creation in Jewish Thought: Festschrift in Honor of Joseph Dan on the Occasion of Hi

According to the Qur'an, after God had completed the creation of everything else [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/002.qmt.html#002.029 ...soon as He has completed his creation they should all prostrate before His creation [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/015.qmt.html#015.029 (15-29)], and so th

...ought Lucifer enough time to destroy the Basanos and regain control of his creation. Lucifer then reaccepted her into his service and made the Lilim-in-Exile t ...were transferred, then Mazikeen is now the second most powerful entity in Creation, after Elaine Belloc. This angers Mazikeen greatly, however, as she sees th

Angatupyry, by the supreme god of the Guaraní creation myth, Tupa, and left with humanity on Earth. he was sometimes referred to a

According to one of the Filipino creation myth, the accountable for opening the bamboo that let out the first man and

==Snakes and creation== Snakes were a common feature of many creation myths, for example many peoples in Africa and Australia had myths about a R

...ior without the need to resort to actual punishment. Drawbacks include the creation of [[phobia]]s, and a general distrust of one's parents when one learns tha ...ly refer to a [[supernatural]] tale involving [[god]]s, [[spirit]]s, the [[creation]] of the world, and so forth.

...the left hand downward; the position of the hands means life and death, or creation and destruction.

...age of the Earth, several expeditions have been embarked upon by American creation scientists, including Carl Baugh, Paul Nation, Jonathan Whitcomb, David Woe ...funeral gatherings with western missionaries present. Carl E. Baugh of the Creation Evidence Museum conducted an expedition to Manus. With missionary Jim Blume

==Creation==

...eator and the central part of the (holy) trinity Triglav. He completed the creation of the world by giving it Prav.

...es a catalog of dwarf names, and stanza 10 has been read as describing the creation of human forms from the earth. This may potentially mean that dwarfs formed

According to Enûma Elish, the Babylonian epic of creation (dated at around 1700 BCE, but aspects of the story could go back to about ...p://faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/Enuma_Elish.html Enuma Elish, the Babylonian creation story]

...guese navigators had to overcome during their discoveries. Camões gave his creation a history as one of the Gigantes of Greek mythology who had been spurned by

[[Image:vanara.jpg|thumb|155px|right|Monkey-faced and bear at the creation.]]

...ne of the most important of all the loa. He is considered to be the loa of creation and father of all the rest of the loa.

...aid: "Are you not ashamed, O Buraq? By Allah, no-one has ridden you in all creation more dear to Allah than he is." Hearing this he was so ashamed that he swea

...stroying his creation. He scours the country obsessively, unaware that his creation is [[stalking]] his every move. The search ends in the Arctic Circle when F ...s not in the act of creation (science), but in how he and others treat the creation, how it is "raised" (see Original sin).

...Due to this legal error, Unterweger's case was carefully considered during creation of newer laws, which were to be enforced by the European Union.

...subsequently popularised in Guillaume du Bartas epic poem La Sepmaine; ou, Creation du monde where the poet speaks of correspondences between land and sea.

...could create riverbeds as it walked, and the monster is credited with the creation of the River Murray. Despite its large size, the monster was an ambush pred

...brahmastra, considered the most powerful weapon capable of destroying all creation, Varuna arises out of the oceans. He bows to Rama, explaining that he himse

These creation myths date from the 3rd to the 6th century. The first writer to record the [[Category: Creation myths]]

In one of the Aztec accounts of creation, Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca joined forces to create the world. Before th Another story of creation goes that Tezcatlipoca turned himself into the sun, but Quetzalcoatl couldn

...dds: "The '''Leviathan was a monstrous fish''' created on the fifth day of Creation. Its story is related at length in the Talmud ''Baba Bathra 74b'', where it ...god [[Marduk]] slays his mother, the sea monster and goddess of chaos and creation [[Tiamat]] and creates the earth and sky from the two halves of her corpse.

.... Gluskap wanted to make sure the other animals wouldn't harm his favorite creation, so he gathered together all the animals he had made and said, "Man!" The p

...geons and Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' role-playing game, famous for the creation of her ''Demonomicons''. Iggwilv is known by various titles, including the

In Irish and Scottish mythology [[Cailleach]] was a goddess concerned with creation, harvest, and the underworld. [[Fates|Moirae]], particularly Atropos, are o

...she began to dance across the water. It was a beautiful, sensual dance of creation. As she danced, she danced South, and faster and faster she danced until a ...en Ophion began to swagger and boast that he alone was responsible for the creation of the world, Eurynome kicked all his teeth out as she threw his butt out o

...[[pride]], or the incomprehensibility of the acts of God. An act by God of creation was foreseen as resulting in multiple outcomes, with each of these three do ..." ([[Grigori]]), a select group of angels, to assist the Archangels in the creation of [[Garden of Eden|Eden]]. Those Grigori who descended to Earth saw the d

...Blue Man" by Betty Johnson, which inspired the blue color of their "alien" creation.

...em in it. Subsequent visual interpretations of the story have included the creation of Frankenstein's monster through alchemy, by the piecing together of corps ...eal, Victor goes hiking into the mountains where he encounters his "cursed creation" again, this time on the Mer de Glace, a glacier above Chamonix.

...of God in the fulfillment of God's purposes is particularly evident in the creation story as recounted in chapter 4 of the Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Grea

...zalcoatl travels to the underworld to retrieve the human bones of the last creation. After a conversation with Michlantechutli, the Lord of Mictlan agrees to g

...in, in which a divine youth is associated with the orders and creatures of Creation. He turned himself into a hare. She became a greyhound. He became a fish an

...spenta mainyu', the "bounteous spirit" with which Ahura Mazda conceived of creation, which then "was." ...da, his total assimilation to this Bounteous Spirit [Mazda's instrument of creation], must have taken place in the 4th century B.C. at the latest; for it is re

...wielding dragons, Kumiho were not thought to be capable of omnipotence or creation at will since they were lesser creatures.

.... He also attributes an angel Cimeriel to one of Dee's Enochian Ensigns of Creation, the tablet of 24 mansions (see McLean, Treatise on Angel Magic).

Rich kept at his creation. One way or another, he was able to obtain reliable persons to make stateme ...gan the legend no one will ever know. He must surely be recognized for his creation. His authorship could, and perhaps should, be pointed to with pride. Only a

...|Irish]] and Scottish mythology [[Cailleach]] was a goddess concerned with creation, harvest, and the underworld. The [[Moirae|Three Fates]] (particularly Atr

Another belief was that Mephistophiles was an angel that assisted God in the creation of the universe. He was known for the designing of [[orca whales, seals, an

...led estrie... They were created at sunset [before the first Sabbath before creation]. As a result of this, they are able to change form. There was one woman wh

...naeus’s system for categorising the natural world in the 18th century, the creation of the Dewey Decimal System for library classification in the 19th century

...nd supports, a particular cosmogonic, metaphysical, and mystical vision of creation and life. (1983:209)

In the Tagbanua mythology, the diwatas are considered equivalent to other creation gods such as, Bathala and Kan-Laon, in the sense that, they are also creato

...lly going through a complex process of galactic mutation, resulting in the creation of one of Godzilla's toughest foes, Spacegodzilla.

...undamental, the creation is derivative, and nature as the physical part of creation is still further downstream. [http://acs.ucsd.edu/~idea/dembskivantill.htm]

...he’ people of the Guatemalan Highlands. The Popol Vuh tells of the K’iche’ creation story and translates as the ‘The Book of the People’ in the K’iche’

...deepest night of madness... He is the mightiest manifest being, and in him creation becomes frightened of itself..."</blockquote>

The underlying idea which is expressed or manifested in the creation of a work generally cannot be the subject of copyright law. Mathematical fo ...agency of the United States government are public domain at the moment of creation. Examples are: NASA photographs, military journalism, federal court opinion

...it would gain some of God's wisdom and power. One of these powers was the creation of life. No matter how holy a person became, however, the being they creat ...with humanity presuming Godhood upon themselves. The golem thus became a creation of overambitious and overreaching mystics, who would inevitably be punished

...n of God in action, the physical connection between God the Father and his creation, together forming a complete and perfect God. He personifies love and compa ...takes a view held by some Christians that the Son was instrumental in the Creation of the world and humanity; this can be compared with the more "modern" beli

'''Atlach-Nacha''' is the creation of [[Clark Ashton Smith]] and first appeared in his short story "The Seven '''Cthugha''' is the creation of [[August Derleth]] and first appeared in his short story "The House on C

...ation. Eventually Quetzalcoatl was transformed into one of the gods of the creation (Ipalnemohuani). ..."by whom we live", a title reserved for the gods directly involved in the creation. Because the name, Ipalnemohuani is singular, this had lead to speculation

...as the Absolute content of pure consciousness (with all the activities of creation, preservation or dissolution) one refers to it as Kali or Shakti. However, ...les. With Shiva as male and Kali as female it is only by their union that creation may transpire. This reminds us of the prakrti and purusa doctrine of Samkhy

...nami]] is a goddess in Shintoism, wife of Izanagi. Izanami is a goddess of creation who later became a goddess of death.

...bly all around the world for days. Since this would eventually destroy all creation, Vishnu used his Sudarshan Chakra (divine discus) to cut Sati's body into p

Legends of the Pukwudgie began in connection to Maushop, a creation giant believed by the Wampanoag to have created most of Cape Cod. He was b

==Goddess of creation==

Myths are often intended to explain the universal and local beginnings ("creation myths" and "founding myths"), natural phenomena, inexplicable cultural conv ...alled a mythoi, e.g. 'the Greek and Roman mythoi.' One notable type is the creation myth, which describes how that culture believes the universe was created. A

...s believed to have been an [[archangel]] who turned against God before the creation of man. Prophecies in Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 are thought by some to be re The creation story found in the book of Genesis reports that a serpent tempted Adam and

...en said that Ghidorah is a force for destruction whereas Mothra is that of creation, each furthering the natural cycle.

...at a former time. Some people think this comes from an older Mesopotamian creation myth in which Tiamat is depicted as a goddess salt-water sea monster, while ...the Wanambee of South Australia, the rainbow serpent, associated with the creation of waterholes and river courses, was to be feared and respected. Modern bi

...a later appearance in episode five of ''Zone Fighter'' he was claimed as a creation of the warlike Garoga aliens. Arriving on Earth in a magnetic meteorite, Gh ...ause the three Dorats to fuse into one powerful creature, resulting in the creation of King Ghidorah.

...haracter based on British occultist Aleister Crowley, is obsessed with the creation of homunculi. ...Homunculus," published in ''Amazing Stories'' in 1930, which describes the creation of homunculi on an industrial scale by a pair of misogynists]. In the othe

...s of past and future events, secret things, liberal arts, and the story of creation and the fall of the angels. To others, he teaches mathematical sciences and

...sinners just like humans. Since the jinn and humans are the only kinds of creation who have the will to choose, the followers of Iblis could be jinn or human. In the Qur'an, when God ordered those witnessing the creation of Adam to kneel before him (before Adam), Iblis refused to do so and was t

...Zelia Bishop's "The Mound" (1940). Lovecraft effectively connected Smith's creation to his story-cycle by placing Tsathoggua alongside such entities as Tulu (C

...Louis is horribly attached to Claudia, feeling guilt for his part in her creation, and thus is distraught when she dies.

...dressed in robes of red, the color that the Nian feared above all else in creation. Uttering a single howl of anguished terror, it fled, never to be seen in t

...nclusion of her mother's ideas in her work is also related to the theme of creation/motherhood in the novel.

...h is associated with the Tree of Life and present in many old tales of the creation. He is benevolent, protective guardian figure with healing powers. Its touc

...that some of the early [[Israelite]] views about the [[creation (theology)|creation]] of the world and of humanity are derived from the mythology and folklore

One of the key creation beliefs of Yazidism is that all Yazidis are descendants of Adam rather than

...e entrance to Shiva's place. Garuda wondered aloud: "How marvelous is this creation! One who has created these lofty mountains has also made this tiny bird -- ...aisravas, produced during the Churning of the Ocean just after the time of creation. Each chose a color and laid a wager on her own choice. The one who lost wo

...vouring, eating its own tail symbolises the cyclic Nature of the Universe: creation out of destruction, Life out of Death. The ouroboros eats its own tail to s

...arp distinction between ''angels'', who were created by [[God]] before the creation of humanity, and ''saints'', who are virtuous people who have received immo

...the Younger Children of Eru Ilúvatar and are the result of the same act of creation as Men.

...tricate tasks governing the functioning of the cosmos and the evolution of creation. Mahadevas, such as Lord Ganesha, have such tremenduous tasks under their d

Above all, Gein's most infamous creation was an entire wardrobe fabricated of human skin consisting of leggings, a g

in the [[Cthulhu Mythos]]. He is the creation of [[Clark Ashton Smith]] and is part of his [[Hyperborean cycle]].

...the Roman Catholic Church talks about). Bondyè is distant from his/her/its creation though, and so it is the spirits or the "mysteries", "saints", or "[[angel] ...voodoo dolls". While there is ethnobotanical evidence relating to "zombie" creation, it is a minor phenomenon within rural Haitian culture and not a part of th

The Fates were assisted by the god Hermes in the creation of the Pelasgian alphabet. They also helped the Olympian Gods on more than

...wn, Seen, and Met by Mrs. Jane Lead in London in 1694|The Wonders of God's Creation Manifested in the Variety of Eight]] - A mysterious creature that lives in ...]]- Entities composed solely of heat, from an earlier stage of the world's creation.

...was developed over a period of centuries, and was finally perfected. The creation of a Mummy is a very complicated process, carefully developed through the c

...er, leading to extreme complications in Banner's life. Lee said the Hulk's creation was inspired by a combination of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' and ''[[Franke

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They manifest the energy of God, and preserve order in the creation. They are said to fly like winged birds, and are represented by a winged di In some places, it is implied that angels existed before the Creation (Gen. i. 26; Job, xxxviii. 7). The earlier Biblical writings did not specul

...nd Piccard. Their retelling of the Spear myth stretches from its purported creation in 3061 B.C. by Tubal-Cain, seventh generation grandson of Adam (the Spear

...otion pictures ''The Prophecy II'' and ''The Prophecy 3: The Ascent'', the creation of Nephilim was a major source of conflict between opposing camps among the

...lar vampire originated from "Belial's seed," implying Belial's hand in the creation of vampires.

...ds to conflict with established religious and political structures, or the creation of splinter groups or new faiths. ...ge (''[[gnosis]]'') as the central goal of life. They also commonly depict creation as a [[dualistic]] struggle between competing forces of light and dark, and

...as a bed for the sleeping Vishu as the god dreams our very existence into creation.

...of death, who is identified by some with [[Satan]], immediately after his creation had a dispute with God as to the light of the Messiah. When Eve touched the ...he Gates of Hell, Satan converses with Sin and Death and learns of Death's creation. Sin is the daughter of Satan and became pregnant with Satan's child. The b

...rgument that Lilith had existed in earlier Hebrew mythology and is not the creation of later medieval authors. There is also a Hebrew tradition to wait awhile

...himself. Memnoch presents Lestat with unimagined opportunities: to witness creation, to visit purgatory, to be treated like a prophet. Lestat faces a choice be

...icles-004.jpg|thumb|200px|A page from the TV 21 comic strip, featuring the creation of the Emperor Dalek.]] ...presented with the opportunity to destroy the Daleks at the point of their creation in ''Genesis of the Daleks''. Perhaps intensified by the events of the Time

...ned that he is the son of Osiris and Nepthys. Anubis notably disdains the creation of [[undead]], with the exception of [[mummy]] temple guardians.

...the eagle (king of the air), the bull (king of the farm), and man (king of creation); and, according to St. Jerome, Christ's Incarnation (the man), His Passion

...is theory suggests a 10 km wide asteroid hit in the area, resulting in the creation of the Chicxulub Crater, causing global conditions that led to a mass extin

...Arms'' (London 1859) notes, under the badge of the Earl of Ormonde (first creation) as recorded in a College of Arms manuscript under Edward IV, the single co

...slaves in the Sumerian caste hierarchy. The Sumerian Tablets refer to the creation of the Black-headed people in the geographical area called 'AB.ZU.', which

...other angels showed a degree of suspicion when God informed them about the creation of man as the regent (caliph) of all things on Earth, but they ultimately p

...th devoted an entire album ("Damnation and a Day") to telling the story of creation and mankind's progression through Lucifer's eyes

...arianism, left instructions to be followed upon his death which led to the creation of a sort of modern-day mummy. He asked that his body be displayed to illu

...e classic theme of the [[hubris]]tic scientist who is destroyed by his own creation.

Adam was the first man, and man was the greatest creation of God, iblis could not stand this, and refused to aknowledge a creature ma

...mists were the transmutation of common metals into gold or silver, and the creation of a "universal panacea", a remedy that supposedly would cure all diseases ...red in English as Geber). Jabir's ultimate goal was takwin, the artificial creation of life in the alchemical laboratory, up to and including human life. He an

...vatar revives the Pheonix using fire. The egg is a vital ingredient in the creation of Boydon's new body.

...from present day all the way back to the beginning of time (with a unique creation myth).

Another significant development was the creation by feminists of Dianic Wicca, or feminist Dianic Witchcraft. This is a spec

...make itself turn invisible at will and was a precursor to the government's creation of an invisible man.

...interest took off once again, with two important events. The first was the creation of the '''Silver Star''' Argenteum Astrum and the second was the compositio

...thrust through her abdomen". It has been suggested that "Fairy Fay" was a creation of the press based upon confusion of the details of the murder of Emma Eliz

* American Death Metal Band Deicide, wrote the song "Lunatic of God's Creation" about the Charles Manson Murders.

The Vampire has haunted humanity since the day of creation. Legend has it that Cain, after killing his brother Abel, was cursed by Go