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...Originally a sky spirit, her compassion for human suffering brought her to earth and to share our fate. ...survive, or gives the child up, she takes on the role of spiritual foster mother for the child. She spins the cloth of life for the child, but weeps at the

...Milk), Veļu Māte (mother of the souls/spirits), Zemes Māte (Mother of the Earth) and other “mothers”.

...ry:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]] '''Fauna''' was the mother goddess of earth, rural life, fields, cattle and wild creatures. She was a protectress of wo A Roman earth-mother and fertility goddess, usually referred to as the '''Bona Dea'''.

'''Narakasura''' or '''Naraka''' is the asura son of the earth goddess Bhudevi (Bhumi) and Lord Vishnu in his [[Varaha]] (boar) avatar (in ...at he would be destroyed by a later incarnation of Vishnu. His mother, the earth, sought the boon from Vishnu that her son should have a long life, and that

...h the earth) in Akkadian mythology. With her twin brother Lahmu she is the mother of Anshar and Kishar, who were in turn parents of the first gods. She and h ...and Lahamu represent the silt of the sea-bed, the twin horizons of sky and earth. Because the wavy line of a gliding snake is similar to the ripple of water

...ls. She could be seen as the female side of nature, maaemonen, the "mother earth" whom Ukko ferilizes.

...wolf. Left in peace Gloskap was able to finish creating the earth from his mother's body. ...s in the universe—the air, the earth, the animals, and the people—from his mother's body. His evil brother Malsum created the mountains and valleys and all t

...e epitome of fertile earth and her duty includes nourishing of all life on earth, human, plant and animal.

...ss [[Siris]] or conceived by the pure waters of the Apsu-gods and the wide Earth. In another legend--that of Etana--the mother serpent, addressing the sun god, Shamash, says:

...ामधेनु, pronounced [kaməðenu]) was a divine cow who was believed to be the mother of all cows. ...ughter of Daksha, and the wife of the rishi Kasyapa. Kamadhenu appeared on earth as one of the precious things that were brought to light in the Churning of

...oad by causing the ground to split open and release flames from within the earth;=. ...stress, the unborn Mothra caterpillar emerged from its egg and came to its mother's aid. Even this was not enough, and Desghidorah drove both of his enemies

...ughter of Uranus and Gaia, a sister and wife of the Titan Oceanus, and the mother of the river gods and the Oceanids. ...rother Oceanus, an enormous river encircling the world, and was by him the mother of numerous sons (the river gods) and numerous daughters (the Oceanids).

...otl''' (also known as '''Ixcuiname''') was an earth, sex, childbirth and a mother goddess. She was referred to as "the eater of filth" because she visited pe

...yne. The Pleiadians reside on the planet Erra, which is almost as large as Earth, one of ten planets that circle their sun, Tayget. Other pleiadians would l ...rom the Pleiades. Since they have kept a record of the complete history of Earth's human evolution from the very beginning to our present time.

*In the Slavic myth, it is so vile that Mother Earth wishes not to have it within her womb, so it remains above ground for all e

'''Cecrops''' was a mythical Greek king, born from the earth itself, had his top half shaped like a man and the bottom half in serpent o ...of Athens itself, born from the soil, though preceded in the region by the earth-born king Actaeus, of Attica. Cecrops ruled Athens 1556-1506 BCE. The Acrop

...feared, he notes that the rugaru is seen as sacred and in tune with Mother Earth, somewhat like bigfoot legends are today.

...she is frequently called ''Maa Durga'' and is sometimes referred to as the mother of '''[[Ganesh]]''', '''[[Lakshmi]]''', and '''[[Saraswati]]''', though in ...gods including the trinity themselves. He unleashed a reign of terror on earth, heaven and the nether worlds.

...made for Adam and Eve by God. However, since it was made of fire and Adam, earth, they were incompatible. The introduction of Eve angered the Al, and thus w ...basket hanging from its shoulder, in which the liver or lung of the young mother is placed."

...an burial, they could not go to Heaven but were forced instead to roam the earth until they could persuade someone to bury them properly. It was believed th ...he height of a cowshed. When it returned to his birthplace to seek out his mother, however, it dwindled to a curl of smoke, able to slip into a dwelling and

...the sky; the eyes, the sun; back, the moon; the wings, the wind; feet, the earth; and the tail, the planets. It is sometimes pictured with a fiery ball repr ...At conception, this remarkable bird delivers the soul of the infant to its mother's womb.

...the creator of heaven and earth) and Anahit (the moon, the Great Lady and Mother Deity). During the Hellenistic period, Astghik was coupled with the Greek A

...y and mathematics alike. It was perhaps that which certain secret cults of earth have whispered of as YOG-SOTHOTH, and which has been a deity under other na ...d, and where They shall break through again. He knows where They have trod earth's fields, and where They still tread them, and why no one can behold Them a

...ones" in remembrance of their indulgence when Orest seek refuge after his mother’s murder. They are sometimes represented by flies which harass their vict ...his son Cronus. It is also thought that they were the daughters of Mother Earth and Darkness, or of Cronus and Eurynome, or Cronus and Night. Their number

<blockquote>A dragon horse is the vital spirit of Heaven and Earth. As a being its shape consists of a horse's body, yet it has dragon scales. ...aven creates divine things; the holy sage takes them as models. Heaven and earth change and transform; the holy sage imitates them. In the heavens hang imag

...eations of God. The Vidyadhras with siddhas are said to have milked Mother Earth (Prithvi), who had assumed the form of cow by using sage Kapila as the calf

'''Echidna''' was called the "Mother of All Monsters" and described by Hesiod as a female monster spawned in a c ...her a glorious house to dwell in: and she keeps guard in Arima beneath the earth, grim Echidna, a nymph who dies not nor grows old all her days.'' (''[[Theo

...uated somewhere in the southern region. After this time they may return to Earth in new bodies. ...mountain to chop firewood was eaten by a tiger beast, leaving his widowed mother in deep sorrow. So she went to Pan-Guan Cui, and he instantly dealt with it

...e primeval flood, in the form of the wind, ceaselessly repeating the word "earth" until the solid world rose from the seas. When the gods became angry with ...tz, the serpent covered with green feathers, and Xpiyacoc and Xmucane, the mother and father gods. As the result of their deliberations animals were created.

...the child of Devaki, was in fact the daughter of Yashoda, Krishna's foster-mother. Infuriated n upohearing this, Kamsa called the demon Keshi and ordered him ...the form of a huge horse, who galloped at the speed of thoughts, wore the earth with his hooves and scattered celestial vehicles and clouds in the sky with

<blockquote>Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and stea :Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth

...sipattle. The youngest of seven sons, Assipattle lived with his father and mother and brothers on a farm by a burn. All his family worked hard on the farm sa Assipattle's mother and father despaired of him and his brothers cursed him for a fool, kicking

...r christened before death. It is said that they are destined to wander the earth eternally while practicing their collection of pranks. ...n known to come to people’s houses crying and whimpering for the love of a mother. They feed off cultivated gardens and seem to have a bizarre fondness for w

...dragon with a hundred heads, to guard the precious tree which Gaia (Mother Earth) had given to her, Queen of the Heavens, at her wedding to Zeus. So Ladon w

...father, [[Uranus]] ("Heaven"), at the urgings of their mother, [[Gaia]] ("Earth"). ...] as the youngest set of children of [[Uranus]], heaven, and [[Gaia]], the Earth:

...Tiamat can also be derived from the Sumerian ''ti'', "life", and ''ama'', "mother". Burkert even attempts a linguistic connection to Tethys. The later form t ...o about 2000 BCE). At the beginning, the heavens did not yet exist nor the earth below, there was nothing but two elements - Apsu, "the first, the begetter"

...n Revelation, Apollyon opens the gates of the abyss and unleashes upon the earth his swarms of demons locusts, who then proceed to torture those of mankind ...the key to the abyss and releases these demon hordes on the people of the earth

...oolboy; or himself being banished from Heaven and becoming a mere human on Earth. ...to free herself from the pond using her magical powers. She heads down to earth, intent to re-unite with Xu Xian, transforming herself to a human being as

...ultures snakes symbolized the umbilical cord, joining all humans to Mother Earth. The Great Goddess often had snakes as her familiars - sometimes twining ar ...s of the Solomon Islands (each with different responsibilities), the Aztec Mother Goddess Coatlicue, and the Voodoo snake-spirits Damballah, Simbi and Petro.

...t became of the second, non-hairy son is a mystery, as he did not join his mother and siblings on tour and is mentioned only sporadically before that point. Moung Phoset worked primarily as a carpenter, and he, his mother, and his sister earned extra income by exhibiting themselves to European vi

..., even heather daughter, but all to no purpose; the girl remained what her mother called her, "an idle cuttie." ...cuse; they must be returned in three days spun into yarn. The girl saw her mother was in earnest, so she plied her distaff as well as she could; but her litt

...lfar'']; but the [[Dark elf|Dark-elves]] [''dökkálfar''] dwell down in the earth, and they are unlike in appearance, but by far more unlike in nature. The L ...imlé and the southernmost end of heaven that shall survive when heaven and earth have passed away, explains:

...us earth on a visit to Okeanos, whence the gods have risen, and Tethys our mother who brought me up kindly in their own house."

...ds he is the son of [[Zeus]] and in some he is the son of [[Hermes]]. His mother is said to be a [[nymph]]. His nature and name is alluring, particularly si ...her. Echo was torn to pieces and spread all over earth. The goddess of the earth, Gaia, received the pieces of Echo, whose voice remains repeating the last

...complementary to female fertility deities known collectively as the Great Mother. ...cient Pagan worship, focused on the duality of the Great God and the Great Mother. It should be noted, however, that Wicca is little based on historical find

...ild Woman is also an important, and ancient, link to the primordial Mother Earth. The Green Woman, the Wild Woman, is seen in numerous carvings in both the

...ld only attain maturity if their umbilical "stem" remained attached to its mother tree. During the course of its restrained existence, the Barbary Lamb would to the earth, and died. Its bones being placed with certain ceremonies

...Artemis changed her into a bear. Callisto's son, Arcas, nearly killed his mother while hunting, but [[Zeus]] or Artemis stopped him and placed them both in ...Io as she wandered the earth. Eventually Io was driven to the ends of the earth, Egypt, where the Egyptians saw her and worshipped her as a goddess.

...s their supreme god, and said that Jesus Christ was only a phantom sent to earth by him. They believed that his name contained great mysteries, as it was co ...so said that Jesus Christ, Our Savior, was but a benevolent spirit sent to earth by Abrasax. They deviated from the doctrine of their leader." </blockquote>

...ter), Sėlija (Saturn), Žiezdrė (Mars), Vaivora (Mercury), and even Žemyna (Earth).

...them, or to avoid another form of soul punishment, which is wandering the earth. Last but not least, it is also considered as a soul that has not been able ...ody at birth (not at conception), just as the infant is about to leave the mother's body, and prepares to live whatever normal life span has been allotted to

She was the Great Goddess, Mother, Creatrix, Ruler, called the Goddess of All Things. ...ed his body around it seven times at Eurynome's bidding. As it opened, the earth spilled forth, born populated with animals and plants.

...the heavens, this lunar maiden descended on a snowfall to investigate the earth, only to discover she could no longer return to the sky. She still appears ...nto ravines if she is ignored. In Aomori she takes on the character of the mother ghost called ubume, harassing people into holding her child, which then bec

...ruit from the tree. God then expelled all of them from [[Heaven]] and onto Earth, to wander about, as a punishment. Then Adam sought to repent to God, and G ...ic Verses", the protagonist Gibreel Farishta is nicknamed "Shaitan" by his mother in a complex dream sequence. The mutated Saladin Chamcha is also, albeit mo

...''Bal des Sauvages'' (later known as the ''Bal des Ardents'') at the Queen Mother's Paris hotel, January 28, 1393. In the midst of the festivities, a stray s ...y that (in his fictional timeline) the 'actual' Druedain of ancient Middle-earth, were the origin of the legendary Woodwoses of more recent folklore.

Loki was the father (and in one instance the mother) of many beasts, humans and [[monster]]s. ...tracting his horse while disguised as a mare&mdash;thereby he became the ''mother'' of Odin's eight-legged horse [[Sleipnir]]. He also commissioned [[Gungnir

...est of the first generation of [[Titan]]s, divine descendants of Gaia, the earth, and Uranus, the sky. He overthrew his father, Uranus, and ruled during the ..., by a few accounts, semen) that spilled out from Uranus and fell upon the earth, the [[Giants|Gigantes]], [[Erinyes]], and [[Meliae]] were produced. From t

...]] were given power over the sea and the [[Underworld]], respectively. The earth was to be ruled in common by all three. her mother, wrapped a stone in swaddling clothes in place of the infant Zeus. Cronus t

They’ve been inside the earth, too &mdash; there are openings which human beings know nothing of &mdash; Tsathoggua dwells deep beneath the earth in [[K'n-yan#N'kai|N'kai]]. Tsathoggua once dwelt inside Mount Voormithadre

...bolgs' last king was Eochaid Mac Eirc, whose wife, Tailtiu, was the foster mother of Lugh Lamfata, the Danann hero and solar god. .... The Fir Bolg, according to one legend, were involved in carrying bags of earth at one point in their history, hence the "Men of Bags" interpretation. Othe

...es without your children." From that point on, Maria is doomed to roam the Earth in search of her children in the rivers and streams of the Americas. ...times and she replies with the same answer. God then damns her to walk the earth in search of her children. According to this tale, it is wise to avoid La L

...ional movement largely conceives of Kali as a straightforwardly benevolent mother-goddess. Therefore, Kali is associated with many devis goddesses as well as ...invaders. Kali's fierceness is due both to her ties to the pre-Aryan Great Mother Goddess, as well as her place at Shiva's side as his consort, which gives h

...nt, sometimes wrathful, interactions with the creatures of both heaven and earth. ...d take it upon themselves to preserve the mineral riches found deep in the earth's bowels from the grasping hands of greedy pillagers.

Typhon was an offspring of Gaea ("Earth") and Tartarus, born in Cilicia. ...ished, being angry beyond measure with the mighty Herakles ... She was the mother of Khimaira who breathed raging fire, a creature fearful, great, swift-foot

...eing the eldest. His brothers were Vibhishana and Kumbhakarna. Through his mother, he was related to the daityas Maricha and Subahu. Kaikesi also produced a ...avana', meaning "(He) Of the terrifying roar", given to him by Shiva - the earth is said to have quaked at Ravana's cry of pain when the mountain was pinned

...d records that she was among the offspring of [[Gaia]] and [[Uranus]], the Earth and Sky. In ''Theogony'' he ascribed to Hecate such wide-ranging and fundam ...ds, as the division was at the first from the beginning, privilege both in earth, and in heaven, and in sea".''

...in the course of the hunt, threatened to kill every beast on Earth. Mother Earth objected and sent a giant scorpion to kill Orion. The creature succeeded, a ...this as the remnant of a lost form of the myth in which Merope was Orion's mother (converted by later generations to his stepmother and then to the present f

...he name of Śyena, where this mighty bird is said to have brought nectar to earth from heaven. The Puranas, which came into existence much later, mention Gar ...well-known for his aversion to snakes, a dislike he had acquired from his mother, Vinata.

...piece together enough evidence to convict her killers had to ask Lesley's mother to positively identify her daughter's voice on the tape, as she screamed, g None of Hindley's relatives, not even her elderly mother, were among the dozen or so mourners at her funeral at Cambridge City Crema

...conned in this film, and he exacts revenge on the girl who decapitated his mother. Jason (Steve Daskewisz) returns to Crystal Lake, guarding it from all intr ...an impenetrable metal body. He is eventually blown into space, landing on Earth 2. ''Freddy vs. Jason'' (2003) is a crossover in which present-day Jason ba

The yūrei then supposedly exists on Earth until it can be laid to rest, either by performing the missing rituals, or ...classified mainly by the manner they died or their reason for returning to Earth.

...was explored in ''Hellbound: Hellraiser II'' and ''Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth''. He also has characteristics of both an anti-villain and an anti-hero bec ...(''Unbound Pinhead'') manifests in the world in ''Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth'', it seems to have nearly unlimited and highly versatile powers. He could

...e dead go upon leaving the world as well as any and all things beneath the earth. ...uphemism was pressed into use. Since precious minerals come from under the earth (i.e., the "underworld" ruled by Hades), he was considered to have control

...e methods employed by the alchemists who "projected human seed into animal earth". It could only be pulled from the ground after performing the necessary ri After the plant had been freed from the earth, it could be used for "beneficent" purposes, such as healing, inducing love

Lord who walks nobly on heaven and earth, self-reliant, its shade spreading over heaven and earth -

* Earth Giants (Norse/Teutonic) :''There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the d

...minutive race that inhabit in the Shire and in Bree in northwestern Middle-earth of J. R. R. Tolkien's world. ...were Tolkien's inspiration. The name Tolkien chose for one part of Middle-earth where the Hobbits live, "the Shire" is clearly reminiscent of the English S

...e sea monster and goddess of chaos and creation [[Tiamat]] and creates the earth and sky from the two halves of her corpse. ...God drove back the waters of the pre-existent Earth (Genesis 1:2 "And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and t

...erally identify Jerusalem as the persecutor of the Church, "Babylon", the "Mother of Harlots", etc. They see Armageddon as God's judgment on the Jews, carrie ...rom the earth to be spared the "time of wrath" before finally returning to Earth for God's kingdom. Pretribulationists believe that all Christians then aliv

...ies, their father was the dark element of Tartarus, named Erebus and their mother was Night. ...on's death. When she cut the thread with "her abhorrèd shears", someone on Earth died. Her Roman equivalent was ''Mors'' ('Death').

...sert a long invisible tongue into the house to lap up the blood of the new mother. Furthermore, some even believe that those whose blood the Penanggalan feed ...il discharge, in addition to being caustic or disease carrying, spoils the earth where it drops in quantity, causing the growth of a hideous thorny plant, t

====Middle-earth==== In [[Tolkien]]'s [[Middle-earth]], the '''[[Moriquendi]]''' the '''Elves of Darkness''' are, in essence, th

[[Adam and Eve|Eve]] is the mother of all mankind, inferior to Adam, considered to be closer to God, made for ...d his consort Night. Chaos is pleased with Satan's plan and directs him to Earth, which is suspended from Heaven by a golden chain in the regions above.

...the firmament with his dogs, vainly seeking for what he could not find on earth - a buck mouse-deer pregnant with male offspring; but he seems to be a livi The Inuit are said to believe in spirits of the sea, earth and sky, the winds, the clouds and everything in nature [9]. Every cove of

|The Mother of Demons ...'Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss'', pages 74-75. Purported to be the mother of Grazzt, Lupercio, and Vucarik. Consort of Baphomet.

...ratia Ewing, ''The Brownies'' is a story about two lazy little boys. Their mother is dead, and their father is looking after them all alone. He gets no help [[Category:Earth]]

...ent. Malmstrom reconstructs the face of a Grey through transformation of a mother's face based on our best understanding of early childhood sensation and per ...stings. He also briefly describes aliens resembling Greys brought down to Earth as food by the antagonists of his more popular novel ''The War of the World

...o by this time was goddess of ointment, initially became thought of as his mother. ...nsidered the son of Osiris, but Osiris' wife, Isis, was not considered his mother, since she too inappropriately was associated with life.

...is sin, separated from Eve for 130 years, he, by impure desire, caused the earth to be filled with demons, or shedim, lilin, and evil spirits" (Gen. R. xx.; ...army and Satan's followers, and their subsequent expulsion from Heaven to earth to persecute humans &mdash; although this event is related as being foretol

...e changes into a young maiden, Bride, suggesting the changing phases of an earth goddess. ...h myths often cast the Cailleach as a shaper of the landscape. She carried earth and stones on her back to make the hills of Ross-shire. Sometimes the baske

...action in this world was to kill the bear the demons had sent to kill his mother. ...whether his name refers to him only or the whole species. Kita was sent to Earth thousands of years ago by the dominant race of his home planet who used his

...s and is the ruler of the Unseelie (Winter) court, second in power only to Mother Winter. ...ter in two Elizabeth Bear fantasy novels, ''Ink'' and ''Steel and Hell and Earth''. In these historical fantasy works, Queen Mab is ruler of Faerie in the s

...f a race of reptilians called the [[Chitahuri]], whom they say control the Earth. They also claim to have accounts of a reptilian race who created them and ...chirmer alleged that the beings are from another galaxy, and have bases on earth. [http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case659.htm]

...istian demonology, he is considered as a Ruler of Hell and the King of the Earth with 90 legions under command. ...pheld and Lucifer with his followers were cast out of Heaven and exiled to Earth where they were permitted to tempt Elohim's children. When the purposes of

...urs, sober, learned and studious. His father was Cronus, the Titan and his mother was Philyra, an Oceanid (or ocean nymph). He was a famous physician and tea ...the Centaurs of Greek myth were a dimly-remembered, pre-Hellenic fraternal earth cult who had the horse as a totem. A similar theory was incorporated into M

...(Dahaka) is punningly interpreted as meaning "having ten (dah) sins". His mother is Wadag (or Odag), herself described as a great sinner, who committed ince ...e been taken by the immortal demon Xešm, and so evil would have ruled upon earth until the end of the world.

...(Dahaka) is punningly interpreted as meaning "having ten (dah) sins". His mother is Wadag (or Odag), herself described as a great sinner, who committed ince ...e been taken by the immortal demon Xešm, and so evil would have ruled upon earth until the end of the world.

...despatched by the god to snatch away (harpazô) people and things from the earth. When a person suddenly disappeared from the earth, it was said that he had been carried off by the Harpies (Od. i. 241, xiv.

*''The Haunted Earth'' (1973) *"Mother's Day Is Every Day, Thanks to Us"

...p two deities: the [[Goddess]], often associated with [[Gaea]] or [[Mother Earth]], and her consort the God (sometimes known as the [[Horned God]]). These ...the mediating elements (water, air) relating to the phases of matter (fire/earth mixtures). Others add a fifth or quintessential element, spirit (aether, ak

...dr, the first part of Svipdagsmál, the hero Svipdag summons his dead Völva mother, Groa, to cast spells for him. ...cromancer could also use his powers to trap the spirits of the dead on the earth, thereby increasing his own powers over the craft. Also, based on how much

...xperience re-birth in hellish, or heavenly worlds before returning to this Earth again, if their actions have been of a particularly selfless or pious natur ...i. 15 the "angel of the Lord" is seen by King David standing ''between the earth and the [[heaven]], having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jer

...traditions portray Anansi as the son of Asase Yaa, who is worshipped as an Earth goddess by the Akan people of Ghana. Anansi also has a family consisting of ...er Anansi promised to bring Nyame those four things and even added his own mother Ya Nsia for extra measure. Nyame accepted his offer and advised him to begi

...n, a German nun author of the 12th century. She outlined how the expectant mother would search out a cave with a very narrow entrance but plenty of room insi ...hings of earth. Chastised for his presumptuousness, Alexander flew back to earth. Representations of Alexander's ascension were placed in French and Italian

...s was able to reveal to men the hidden secrets and treasures of the mother earth, besides giving them the ability to become invisible. When one exorcises hi ...qid=1155059715/ref=sr_1_2/104-8059691-6811967?ie=UTF8&s=books ''Heaven and Earth Trilogy'' by Richard Harland, Asmodai is a fallen angel who pretends to rep

...strengthened by feeding on blood that is close to the root of the vampiric mother may have additional gifts like the ability to move matter with the mind ([[ ...or the origins of the vampire race awakened Akasha, Queen of the Damed and mother of all vampires, from her 6,000 year sleep. Awake and angry, Akasha plans t

...evil. If the creature has a metaphor, it represents the natural fears of a mother to be. It was not science, or the act of creation, that made an evil creatu ...He discovers the spacecraft that would have carried the infant Superman to Earth. Inside, however, is only the skeleton of a child. Using the [[wikipedia:Kr

...manifestation of the [[spirit]] or soul of a person which has remained on Earth after death. According to some beliefs, a ghost may be the personality of a ...ld them to be souls that could not find rest after death, and so linger on Earth. The inability to find rest is often explained by unfinished business, such

...South Korea). Afterwards, he toyed with Christianity and located his birth mother, but after a few visits, Berkowitz learned the details of his conception an ...ather". I want to make love to the world. I love people. I don't belong on earth. Return me to yahoos. To the people of Queens, I love you. And i want to wi

...eing and it was portrayed as an unhappy monster, a symbol of the 'terrible mother'; the monster of death bringing extreme bad luck and the perversion of the ...omposed of four animals including a human, a symbol of the four elements - earth, wind, fire, and water. The Druids counted a many-breasted sphinx among the

*In a first version his mother was Semele, daughter of Cadmus, a mortal woman, and his father Zeus, the ki ...with madness, and drove him forth a wanderer through various parts of the earth.

...]] including the [[Cathars]] hell was none other than this present life on earth. ...rld is different from that of the child while still in the [[womb]] of its mother."<ref name="gwb">{{cite book |author=Bahá'u'lláh |authorlink=Bahá'u'llá

...easureless fish which is often used to describe the spaces between heaven, earth, and hell. * [[Gnomes]] - Sprites of the earth and hills, gnomes are often shown as bearded dwarves, often with rough feat

...and Disciples to cast out demons in His name while He Himself was still on earth (Matthew 10:1, 8; Mark 6:7; Luke 9:1; 10:17), and to believers generally He ...nda was suffocated with a plastic bag in 1998 in Sayville, New York by her mother and sister, during a Cuban [[Voodoo]] exorcism ritual.

...o would come in dreams or visions to those who "incubated" overnight in an earth-womb Pit placed under or in pagan temples. Those entering it wished to "inc ...ercourse with a woman begot the fetus from his own seed. He added the Holy Mother Church could correct him since this was his personal opinion. Sinistrari ca

...s most material form [...], the goat leaping with lust upon the summits of earth [...], the divine madness of spring" (p. 105). ...Baphomet is regarded by traditional Satanists as meaning "the mistress (or mother) of blood" - the (Satanic) Mistress who sometimes washes in the blood of he

...at Old One|Great Old Ones who seems to be restricted to those parts of the earth that are predominantly cold, favouring Alaska and North America. This is de ...child her mother tried to eat part of her face because of the windigo. The mother doesn't overcome the spirit.

...amily brewery business and was retired when Aleister Crowley was born. His mother, Emily Bertha Bishop, drew roots from a Devon and Somerset family. Both of ...icism. As a child, his constant rebellious behaviour displeased his devout mother to such an extent she would chastise him by calling him "The Beast" (from t

''Arthur C. Clarke's'' 1986 novel ''Songs of Distant Earth'' is set on an ocean bound planet Thalassa, which features a Volcano named ...PC game, Fable (video game)|Fable. Once the game's protagonists saves his mother he is forced to duel a kraken (it is implied that there are many kraken how

...nt he was sent to the underworld domain of Ereshkigal (Eresh = Under, Ki = Earth, Gal = Great). Ninlil, suffering the trauma of her rape, after roaming the "Rab Judah citing Samuel ruled: If an abortion had the likeness of Lilith its mother is unclean by reason of the birth, for it is a child but it has wings." (Ni

* In the movie Halloweentown 2, the man dating the protagonist's mother is a golem made out of frogs. ...ter named "golem" or having golem-like qualities, usually animated rock or earth in a vaguely anthropomorphic shape, such as [[Golem (Pokémon)|Golem]], [[R

...tu, was later adapted into Jewish demonology as [[Lilith]], known as ''the mother of all vampires''. A vampire in the grave could be told by holes in the earth, an undecomposed corpse with a red face, or having one foot in the corner o

* [[Earth Mother]]

...at their children, but after the first mother cooked her child, the second mother ate it but refused to reciprocate by cooking her own child. ...Twilight Zone" entitled "To Serve Man" (1962) where an alien race comes to earth promising great strides in technology only to discover that the primer the