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In Mesopotamian mythology, '''Lahamu''' and '''Lahmu''' are twin deities, the first gods to be born from the chaos that was created by the merging o ...t ''Enuma elish'' (c. 12th century bc). Lahmu and Lahamu were rather vague deities who do not seem to have played any significant part in subsequent myths, al

*'''Chichimec''' - Unwanted offspring of deities of the sky, air, and similar portfolions. *'''Dream Larva''' - Misbegotten offspring of deities of fancy, longing, and dream.

..."sons of God"). The pair are often confused with each other and with other deities. He is also the husband of Saules meita ("daughter of the sun"). [[Category: Latvian deities]]

In Hinduism, '''Āditya''' (Sanskrit: आदित्य) are solar class deities, offsprings of [[Aditi]]. These class of deities have been attributed to as upholding the movables and immovable Dharma. Adi

The '''Yato-no-kami''' (夜刀の神, lit. "gods of the night-sword") are snake deities appearing in the ''Hitachi No Kuni Fudoki''.

...antheon of Armenian deities, together with Aramazd (the sun, the father of deities and the creator of heaven and earth) and Anahit (the moon, the Great Lady a *''The Pantheon of Armenian Pagan Deities'', Gagik Artsruni, Yerevan, 2003

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...[Genius loci|Genii loci]]''' or, more archaically, '''Lases''') were Roman deities protecting the house and the family. ...[[Roman mythology|Roman]] deities and protective spirits such as [[Mani]s, deities of [[Hades]]. and [[Penate]]s.

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''Dictionary of Ancient Deities'' by Patricia Turner and Charles Russell Coulter

...ish: moros encantados), who are thought to be the remnant of old pre-Roman deities.

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...do, Ayida, Ayida Cueddo, Aida Quedo''' or the '''Rainbow Snake'''. Similar deities can be found in Africa, Oceania and Central and South America.

...er the eight points of the compass each sits on an elephant. Each of these deities has an elephant that takes part in the defense and protection of its respec

...ced as "əryəmən"; nominative singular is aryamā) is one of the early Vedic deities (devas). His name signifies "bosom friend".

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...ed to fertility, they were associated with the Cihuateteo and other female deities such as Tlaltecuhtli, Coatlicue, Citlalinicue and Cihuacoatl and they were

...nt deity was borrowed from one of these two peoples and blended with other deities to provide the god Q'uq'umatz that the K'iche' worshipped. Q'uq'umatz may h ...together with the god Tepeu, the god of lightning and fire. Both of these deities were considered to be the mythical ancestors of the K'iche' nobility by dir

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...s known as the supreme god. He was considered as one of the most important deities together with Perkūnas. He was also a direct successor of Dyēus, the Pro

[[Image:Tiamat.jpg|thumb|250px|Tiamat as depicted in the ''Deities & Demigods'' reference book]] Like most other draconic deities, she is the offspring of the dragon creator deity [[Io (Dungeons & Dragons)

Civatateos are servants of the Aztec moon deities [[Tezcatlipoca]] and [[Tlazolteotl]].

...s not the only Aztec god to be depicted in this fashion, as numerous other deities had skulls for heads or else wore clothings or decorations that incorporate ...leventh hour, and the northern compass direction. He was one of only a few deities held to govern over all three types of souls identified by the Aztecs, who

...are fox spirits, or according to the ''Journey to the West'', pets of the deities.

...body, according to differing versions of the legend, created several other deities, including Kuraokami. ...he above list, from the Deity Rock-Splitter to the Deity Kura-mitsuha, are Deities that were born from the august sword. (tr. Chamberlain 1919:36)</blockquote

Mayura is associated with a number of gods and deities of the Hindus including the following:

...e god of seas or grain in Prussian mythology. He was one of the three main deities worshiped by the Old Prussians.

...is a symbol for the goddess '''Wadjet''', one of the earliest of Egyptian deities, who often was depicted as a cobra. The center of her cult was in Per-Wadje ...eir separate cults kept them from becoming merged as with so many Egyptian deities. Together they were known as, '''The Two Ladies''', who became the joint pr

...res that can morph into several distincts shapes including wereanimals and deities. ...erstand as the collection of beliefs, stories and traditions pertaining to deities and monsters for a given cultural or (and) racial group.

In Chaldean mythology the seven evil deities were known as "shedim," storm-demons, represented in ox-like form. They wer ...The term became pejorative in the context of Judaism because these foreign deities were regarded as evil. The chief of the Shedim according to the T.B. Pesach

...e compendium#Yig|Yig]]. The denizens of K'n-yan often place idols of these deities in near proximity, as in the following passage from "The Mound": "<nowiki>[

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'''Asura''' are a group of power-seeking deities in Hindu mythology, sometimes referred to as [[demon]]s. They are opposed t ...ipped as deities among the Hindu dharma. They are a group of power-seeking deities, sometimes referred to as devas or demi-gods. Some Asuras were corrupted wh

...(Dungeons & Dragons)|demons]], [[Devil (Dungeons & Dragons)|devils]], evil deities and other evil creatures. Although their evil ancestor may be many generati

...lands of Unther and Mulhorand, where they are the descendants of the good deities who walked among the mortals there.

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...Phorcydes, all of which were archaic beings either of the sea or chthonic deities.

When the twin deities, the Aswins, wished to become complete immortals by drinking the elixir of

Taranis, as a personification of thunder, is often identified with similar deities found in other Indo-European pantheons. *[http://www.daire.org/names/deities.html Some Major Celtic Gods and Goddesses]

.... Together with Varuna, he counted among the [[Aditya]]s, a group of solar deities. They are the supreme keepers of order and gods of the law. Mitra has two a

*Coulter, Charles Russell and Patricia Turner, eds. Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities. Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-7864-0317-9

...talks about the gory sacrificial offerings proffered to a triad of Celtic deities: [[Teutates]], Hesus (sic), and [[Taranis]]. Among a pair of later commenta

...centered on the Great Old Ones, a fearsome assortment of ancient, powerful deities that once ruled the Earth. They are presently quiescent, having fallen into Despite his notoriety, Cthulhu is not the most powerful of the deities nor is he the theological center of the mythos. Instead, this position is h

...escribed both as an entity having a literal existence, just as the various deities of the Vedic pantheon are shown existing around the Buddha, and also is des

...Mictlan, the world of the dead. Cihuateteo are servants of the Aztec moon deities Tezcatlipoca and Tlazolteotl.

...runa and Vayu, successfully routing them and claiming the domains of these deities for themselves. ...ments from the gods Indra, Brahma, Isha, Vishnu and Kartikeya. From these deities, emerged the Matrikas or the embodiment of their female energies. Armed wi

...ight''' - Misty rainbows of light that serve high-level worshipers of good deities and provide good beings aid on quests.

...is probable that the idea of Triton owes its origin to the Phoenician fish-deities.

...ciety. Some ethnologists and folklorists suggest it relates to a belief in deities (or spirits) coming from abroad to take away misfortune and bring blessings

...e Pagan [[Underworld|Otherworld]], who had also been rejected by the Pagan deities and the earth itself.

...ertility. As a "[[Horned God]]", Cernunnos was one of a number of similar deities found in many ancient cultures. ...capital of the Celtic Parisii tribe. It depicts Cernunnos and other Celtic deities alongside [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman divinities]] such as [[Jupiter]

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Saulė, one of the most powerful deities, is the goddess of life and fertility, warmth and health. She is also haile

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...Ba‘al Zebûb was frequently confused with those various Semitic spirits and deities. Early demonologists, unaware of Hadad or that "Ba`al" in the Bible referre

...cults to be lessen to the status of demons by Christian writers. In fact, deities of heretic religions were the main source for Christian demons. *Turner, Patricia and Coulter, Charles R., Dictionary of Ancient Deities, Oxford University Press;

==Apep being subdued by Deities==

...utelary gods of forests and villages, and were later viewed as the steward deities of the earth and the wealth buried beneath.

...s - most of them assumed a minor role in the later religion. Certain other deities rose into prominence. These higher devas control much more intricate tasks ...rd Krishna states: "O Arjuna, even those devotees who worship other lesser deities (e.g., Devas, for example) with faith, they also worship Me, but in an impr

...erary versions of the Tuatha Dé Danann ("people of the Goddess Danu" - the deities and deified ancestors of Irish mythology). Some sources describe them as th

The idea that all such horned images were of deities and that they represented manifestations of a single Horned God, and that [ ...ental forces in Nature, and is therefore complementary to female fertility deities known collectively as the Great Mother.

...around the mountains they inhabited. In some places, oni were treated as deities of the mountain, to be honored and appreciated. ...rors typically had little to fear from oni, as holy magic and the power of deities either drove them away, defended against their attacks, or weakened them co

...as originally identified with Hathor, over time both evolved into separate deities because the character of both goddess were so vastly different. Later, Sekh

Hurakan is one of the creator deities who participated in all three attempts at creating humanity. According to l

...m they learned Buddhism. The Nats are an extraordinary mixed collection of deities, including spirits of trees, rivers, ancestors, snakes, and the ghosts of p

...ith El and might be expected to be somewhat hostile to Ba'al/Hadad and the deities of his circle. But for Jeremiah and the Deuteronomist it also appears to be ...demon Ba‘al Zebûb was frequently confused with various Semitic spirits and deities entitled Baal, whereas in some Christian writings, it might refer to a high

:There are nine main Narasimha deities, collectively known as ''Navanarasimha'': ...no rival. Give me sole lordship over all the living entities and presiding deities, and give me all the glories obtained by that position. Furthermore, give m

...was the youngest son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea and the brother of the deities Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, and [[Hera]]. Besides deities, he also fathered many mortals. In some of his human liaisons Zeus used dev

...A series of their dedications to Epona and other Celtic, Roman and German deities was found in Rome, at the Lateran (Spiedel, 1994). As '''Epane''' she is at

As protective deities or genii, larger than life-size statue-blocks of lamassi were placed on ei

They could also be minor deities, much like the (light) elves, which suggests how they could have acquired t

...y rooted not only in poetry but in belief and ritual; the worship of these deities is limited only by the fact that they are inseparably identified with a spe

...res around the world, the Green Man is often related to natural vegetative deities springing up in different cultures throughout the ages. Primarily it is int Parallels have been drawn between the Green Man and various deities and [[mythology|myth]]ical figures such as [[Cernunnos]], [[Sylvanus]], [[D

Loa have been associated with Catholic saints and African deities and their appearance often carry their distinctive features.

...versal power of Zeus over the ancient natural world: "the worship of these deities," Burkert confirms, "is limited only by the fact that they are inseparably

...s is referred to in ''Devi Mahatmya''. She is one of the most popular folk deities in Bengal, and a number of poems and literary compositions in Bengali calle

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It is thought that female deities are older than male ones in Mesopotamia, and Tiamat may have begun as part

In monotheistic religions, the deities of other religions are sometimes interpreted or created as demons. The evo

...to flight. After experiencing such a humiliating defeat, the three supreme deities realised that they were powerless to stop Mahishasura by themselves and dec

...no rival. Give me sole lordship over all the living entities and presiding deities, and give me all the glories obtained by that position. Furthermore, give m

...that only a weapon made from the bones of a sage could slay him. When the deities revealed their doubts about the likelihood of any ascetic donating his body

...he simplest rituals involve nothing more than prayers or sacrifices to the deities before fishing or traveling by water.

==Protective spirits and deities== ...s of tengu on other sacred mountains have adopted similar images for their deities, such as Sanjakubō (三尺坊) or Akiba Gongen (秋葉権現) of Akiba and

In Norse mythology the '''valkyries''' are dísir, minor female deities, who are described as battle-maidens who ride in the ranks of the gods or s ...e mythological poems of the Poetic ''Edda'' the valkyries are supernatural deities of unknown parentage; they are described as battle-maidens who ride in the

...w of protective spirits, and at the top the symbols of the main Babylonian deities. Bronze. 13.3 cms high. Dating to around 625-539 B.C.E.).

...is not described in late-antique sources independently of Greek and Roman deities, the common functionality of the others lay in their ability to impregnate

...Dé Danann]], although most scholars consider him to be of an older race of deities.

...]], the '''Titans''' (Greek Τιτάν, plural Τιτάνες) were a race of powerful deities that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. At the beginning, there were 12

In the Ulster Cycle, the Tuatha Dé Danann was still seen as Celtic deities. However, in the Fenian Cycle, the Dananns had degenerated into nothing mor

...ngs. It is the Vision Serpent who provides the medium for contacting these deities. The vision serpent thus came to be the method in which ancestors or Gods m

...used the Orcgate Wars in which the pious gray orcs called avatars of their deities down to help them, and the Mulhorandi and Untheric people did the same. Led

...in the 2nd Edition of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons rulebook ''Deities & Demigods'', that any mortal seeing R'lyeh instantly becomes insane becaus

...e bulls Mnevis and Buchis.) Unlike the cults of most of the other Egyptian deities, the worship of the Apis bull was continued by the Greeks and after them by

The Aztecs assimilated them in their religion, and the two deities were equated and considered twin gods. They were both equal and opposed. Th

...lar systems, clerics can attempt to "turn" undead by invoking their patron deities or channeling "positive energy" (other-dimensional life energy). This force

The following are Japanese death deities but are usually not referred to as shinigami:

...tation of Shiva associated with annihilation and one of the most important deities of Nepal, sacred to Hindus and Buddhists alike. According to the Puranas, i

...east 2300 BCE, Dagan was the head of the city pantheon comprising some 200 deities and bore the titles BE-DINGIR-DINGIR, "Lord of the gods" and Bekalam, "Lord ...lton|Milton's]] epic poem ''[[wikipedia:Samson Agonistes]]'' as one of the deities the Philistines worship.

Of all the mythos deities, Shub-Niggurath is probably the most extensively worshiped. Her worshipers

Pan is one of the prototype deities invoked in the neopagan archetype of the [[Horned God]].

...sa-no-O is expelled from Heaven, he encounters two Kuni-tsu-Kami ("earthly deities") near the head of the Hi River in Izumo Province. They are weeping because

If the latter is true, then the Fates would be the most powerful of all deities.

...n [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/9004111190 Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible] (DDD)) repeats the common claim that ''elohim'' is

...ed the dead body of Osiris, with the assistance of the other main funerary deities involved - Nepthys, and Isis. ...escribing the Procession of Isis he says, Immediately after these came the Deities, condescending to walk upon human feet, the foremost among them rearing ter

...pulative, secretive, and mercenary by nature, often acting as soldiers for deities in their own private wars, or even at times aiding both sides of the Blood ...ream larva, phaethon, xixecal, hecatoncheires) - the unwanted offspring of deities (ELH)[varies]

...pear in many other supplements such as first edition ''Fiend Folio'' and ''Deities and Demigods'' (all three editions). |''Empires of the Sands'', reported dead in ''Demihuman Deities''.

...everal religions, the names of any earlier foreign or "[[Paganism|pagan]]" deities often became synonymous with the concept of an adversarial entity.

...g is included without purpose. Starting with their various accompaniments, deities are usually portrayed holding objects in their hands and these objects alwa ...objects are considered right-hand proper, while others are for left-handed deities.

In Buddhism, the nāgas are the enemies of the [[Garuḍa]]s, minor deities resembling gigantic eagles, who eat them. They learned how to keep from bei Nāgas both live on Mount Sumeru, among the other minor deities, and in various parts of the human-inhabited earth. Some of them are water-

...nterpret depictions of half-remembered figures, events, or account for the deities' attributes or [[entheogen]]s, even to make sense of ancient icons, much as * [[List of deities]]

...f Typhon makes it clear that the Olympian gods are the heirs of the animal deities of Egypt. Typhon is then an avatar of the god Set.

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Like most Hindu deities, He is known by many other names, including '''Senthil, Saravaṇa, Kārthi

...ient Canaanite manuscripts that deal with Shahar, one of their own [[deity|deities]].

Like these other Oriental dragons, Japanese ones are usually water deities associated with rainfall and bodies of water, and typically depicted as lar

...en" and the magical powers indicate Medusa was a bronze-age deity, and yet deities are not beheaded by mortals and terrible ones are not really terrible if th

...eme deity of all dragons is known as [[Io (Dungeons & Dragons)|Io]]. Other deities often included in the draconic pantheon of gods include [[Aasterinian]], [[

...the city-state, on behalf of the deities, as directed by the will of those deities. This shift represents the first major usurpation of power by distancing m

In [[Chaldea]]n mythology the seven evil deities were known as ''shedu'', meaning storm-demons. They were represented in [[B ...the writers of the Tanach applied the word as a dylogism to the Canaanite deities in the two passages quoted. But they also spoke of "the destroyer" (Exodus

...vil, predating Christianity by centuries. It is associated with pagan sun deities and Heaven. In ancient times, the cross symbolized divine protection and p

#. ^ a b c d van der Toorn, Becking, van der Horst (1999), Dictionary of Deities and Demons in The Bible, Second Extensively Revised Edition, Entry: Demon,

...take on the classes of [[Rogue]], [[Shadow Knight]], and [[Warrior]]. The deities that they follow are those of evil like their creator Innoruuk, or the god

...nd her consort the God (sometimes known as the [[Horned God]]). These two deities are usually thought of as equal complements to each other, and together rep

..., while others could be dismissed as myths. Volcanoes were once considered deities and natural calamities the actions of gods and people sacrificed animals or

...itons. Other parallels can be drawn with Rhea, Demeter, Artemis, and other deities.

In the classical Olympian mythology of Greece, all the deities had human form, though they could assume their animal natures as well. All

...ce of suffering. While conventional Buddhist religion has an assortment of deities and venerated beings, the mystical sects of Buddhism at minimum avoid affir ...ersian]] and Indic god [[Mithra]] and other [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] deities.

...his Acropolis, and as associated in this particular spot with theCharites, deities of the life that blossoms and yields fruit. Neither in this place nor befor

...aimed to have connected these creatures to the Nommo, a race of amphibious deities worshiped by the Dogon tribe of Mali. It is a subject of some debate as to

...vine relics &mdash; a short step from the old Pagan techniques of numerous deities, amulets and talismans.

...th of which were considered most important by the worshippers of planetary deities at the time.

...ted tenets of other religions, popular belief endows Taoist Hell with many deities and spirits who punish sin in a variety of horrible ways.

...used the Orcgate Wars in which the pious gray orcs called avatars of their deities down to help them, and the Mulhorandi and Untheric people did the same. Led

...Lovecraft is probably influential on King's invention of bizarre, ancient deities, subtle connections between all of his tales, and the integration of fabric

...art as winged human forms, unlike classical pagan depictions of the major deities, follow the iconic conventions of lesser winged gods, such as [[Eos]], [[Er

...vil, predating Christianity by centuries. It is associated with pagan sun deities and Heaven. In ancient times, the cross symbolized divine protection and p