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In Roman mythology, the '''Manes''' were the souls of deceased loved ones. As minor ...ters ''D.M.'', which stood for ''dis manibus'', or "dedicated to the Manes-gods". The word was also used as a metaphor to refer to the underworld.

In Roman and Etruscan mythology, '''Mantus''' and his wife, [[Mania]] were gods of the underworld. They were associated with the city ''Mantua'' (Italian: [[Category:Roman mythology]]

...ology.They have powers useualy from the element they surrond. Not consided gods. not easy to find. Usaly nude,whereing leafs(wood nyph),or shells sealike c

The '''Fauns''' come from [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]] and are similar to the [[satyr]]. They are the children of the In [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]], '''fauns''' are place-spirits (''genii'') of untamed woodland.

In Roman mythology, '''Orcus''' was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oath ...gins of Orcus may have lain in Etruscan religion. Orcus was a name used by Roman writers to identify a Gaulish god of the underworld. The so-called "Tomb of

'''Faunus''' was a Roman god similar to [[Pan]]. ===Roman Myth===

...wn blowing on a conch shell to raise or calm a storm. Triton and other sea gods were sometimes also depicted in ancient mosaics as Ichthyocentaurs. A pair of twin lesser-known Greek sea gods named Bythos (Sea-Depths) and Aphros (Sea-Foam) were depicted as ichthyocen

...h in one hand and a serpent in the other, gifts of bounty and prophecy. In Roman mosaics he might carry a steering-oar and cradle a ship. ...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

...l and Britain and mentioned, along with [[Essus]] and [[Toutatis]], by the Roman poet Lucan in his epic poem ''Pharsalia'' as a Celtic deity to whom sacrifi *[http://www.mythome.org/celtic.html Celtic Gods and Associates]

...phroditos''' (or ''Hermaphroditus'') is a son of Hermes and Aphrodite, the gods of male and female sexuality. ...he gods that they might permit her to remain united with him for ever. The gods granted the request, and the bodies of the youth and the nymph became unite

...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 ...ialectal variations of her name include: Persephassa, Persephatta, and, in Roman mythology, Proserpina.

...(Satyrs)." - Pliny the Elder, ''Natural History 6. 197'' (trans. Rackham) (Roman encyclopedia C1st A.D.)

...re was a species of drama known as the satyric; it parodied the legends of gods and heroes, and the chorus was composed of satyrs and sileni. In the Atheni ===Roman mythology and art===

...religion and with the gods Faunus, Inuus, Silvanus, and Incubus of ancient Roman religion. ...Dusios is not described in late-antique sources independently of Greek and Roman deities, the common functionality of the others lay in their ability to imp

...Gaia, a sister and wife of the Titan Oceanus, and the mother of the river gods and the Oceanids. [[Image:Tethys.jpg|thumb|Oceanus and Tethys, Greco-Roman mosaic C2nd A.D., Gaziantep Museum]]

...lso identified in classical antiquity with the [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman deity]] [[Saturn]]. ..., just as he had overthrown his father. As a result, although he sired the gods [[Demeter]], [[Hera]], [[Hades]], [[Hestia]], and [[Poseidon]] by Rhea, he

[[Image:Silenus donkey CdM.jpg|thumb|right|Silenus, Roman bas-relief, late 1st century (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris]] ...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

...ic [[Apollo]], the reveller and god of trees [[Dionysus]], and with rustic gods such as [[Pan]] and [[Hermes]] (as the god of shepherds). ...venerated by country people in the springs and clefts of Latium. Among the Roman literate class their sphere of influence was restricted, and they appear al

'''Longinus''' is the name given in Christian tradition to a Roman soldier who pierced [[Jesus]] on his side while he was on the Cross. ...tells his life before and after the event, from a pagan son of a member of Roman nobility, through him being sold as a slave, to a converted christian. Thou

...ry of the mountain". The plural form of “zana” is “zanë”, a term from pre-Roman Paleo-Balkan origin. It is also associated to Latin Diana and Bardha. *Lurker, Manfred (2004). The Routledge dictionary of gods and goddesses, devils and demons

...erae''' .or '''Moirai''' (Greek ''Μοίραι'', the ''Apportioners''), are the Roman mythology equivalent: '''Parcae''', the ''sparing ones'', or '''Fatae'''; a ...ten depicted as old, ugly and unmerciful, they are most honoured among the gods because they distribute justly and have a share in every home.

...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

...nd raging; he is seen as ruling tempests and the disasters they wreak. The gods cast out Yam from the heavenly mountain ''Sappan'' (modern Jebel ''Aqra'') Of all the gods, despite being the champion of El, Yam holds special hostility against Baal

...ropean religion and was closely linked to Latvian [[Auseklis]], Greek Eos, Roman Aurora, and Vedic Ushas. As the Christianization spread out in Lithuania, t *Greimas, Algirdas Julien (1992). Of Gods and Men. Studies in Lithuanian Mythology. Indiana University Press. p. 77.

...scribes him as delighting ''all'' the gods, and thus getting his name. The Roman counterpart to Pan is Faunus, (see below), another version of his name, whi ==Roman mythology: Faunus==

...Madrid) 07.jpg|thumb|right|Heracles capturing the Cretan Bull. Detail of a Roman mosaic from Lliria, Spain]] ...times, Poseidon had significantly more importance than Zeus. The change of gods was due to the replacement of the Mycenean culture and religion, with a lat

...ation during rituals. Most similar to the veve are the drawings of zemi or gods of the Taino religion. ...generally the older, more beneficent spirits, and are associated with the gods of Africa. Their traditional colour is white (as opposed to the specific co

...-robed '''Moirae''' or '''Moerae''' were the personifications of destiny (Roman equivalent: '''Parcae''', "sparing ones", or '''Fata'''; also equivalent to ...to separate them from the Norns, the similar age-old fates, older than the gods, of a separate Indo-European tradition.

...me, as well as [[Dis Pater]] and [[Orcus]], in [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]]; the corresponding Etruscan god was '''Aita'''. "Hades" is empl ...bstituted for the underworld as a whole. The [[Inferi Dii]] were the Roman gods of the underworld.

...ble to capture the horse by using a golden bridle, a gift from Athena. The gods then gave him Pegasus for killing the monster Chimera but when he attempted In Greek and Roman mythology Pegasus sprang from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa when the hero

...ian Pantheon of classical [[Greek Mythology]], '''Hêra''' was queen of the Gods and Goddesses, as well as wife and sister of [[Zeus]]. Many of the older te Hera’s Roman equivalent is [[Juno]]. In Rome, with Jupiter and Minerva she shared the mo

In Greek mythology, Zeus is the God of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods. Zeus corresponds to the Roman god Jupiter.

[[Image:Calydonian_hunt.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Calydonian Hunt shown on a Roman frieze (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)]] ...d ''Bibliotheke'' ("The Library") contains the gist of the tale, which the Roman poet Ovid took up with some colorful detail.

...times. They may have once been believed to be the beings who preceded the gods, similar to the Greek [[Titans]]. ...sent the gods of human civilization. Alternatively, they may represent the gods of a proposed pre-Goidelic population of Ireland

...logy]], '''Thanatos''', meaning "death") was the personification of death (Roman equivalent: [[Mors]]), as well as a minor figure in Greek mythology. ...attractive option, Thanatos came to be seen as a beautiful young man. Many Roman sarcophagi depict him as a winged boy, much like '''Cupid'''.

...e gods, as a slave feared a cruel and capricious master. "Such fear of the gods (''[[deisidaimonia]]'') was what the Romans meant by 'superstition' (Veyne The Roman Catholic Church considers superstition to be [[sin|sinful]] in the sense th

...art/Moloch was also Milcom the god of the Ammonites and identical to other gods whose names contain mlk. ===Classical Greek and Roman accounts===

...pass down from parent to child. As a genius, or spirit of the household in Roman mythology, he incited people to murder and other sins. The name became a ge ...'s house privately, and there kill himself upon the altar of his household gods, to bring divine vengeance upon him; but the fear of torture put him off th

...nd Christian scriptures. Christian demonology is mainly studied within the Roman Catholic Church, although some other Christian churches do not deny the exi .... This idea can also been associated with the depiction of certain ancient gods like [[Baal]], [[Moloch]], the [[shedu]], etc, which were portrayed as bull

...ad perished far from the shores of home, away from the protection of their gods. Other explanations for their origin claim that they are the reincarnated s ...nicled by an unnamed rabbi in Fez during the 16th century, states that the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio encountered these beasts near the Strait o

...s and Peters, 48) entreats his audience to put no stock in any demons, or “Gods” other than the one true Christian God, even if the working of spells app ...rked similarities. This becomes a parallel evolution of spells to foreign Gods or demons that were once acceptable, and framing them into a new Christian

...nor took anything away of all that was her portion among the former Titan gods: but she holds, as the division was at the first from the beginning, privil ...The sound of barking dogs was the first sign of her approach in Greek and Roman literature. The frog, significantly a creature that can cross between two e

...no circle of worshippers or so limited a circle as to be below the rank of gods, and with malevolent beings of all kinds. Demonology, though often referred Excluded are souls conceived as inhabiting another world. But just as gods are not necessarily spiritual, demons may also be regarded as corporeal; va

...have fire coming out of their hands and the skill to steal power from the gods. ...nster, produced by Goddess [[Gaia]] to aid her sons the giants against the gods and slain by [[Athena]]. Of the three Gorgons, only Medusa is mortal.

...territory of Tanagra. A feast of Orion was held at Tanagra as late as the Roman Empire. They had a tomb of Orion most likely at the foot of Mount Cerycius ...ohde viewed Orion as an example of the Greeks erasing the line between the gods and mankind. That is, if Orion was in the heavens, other mortals could hope

...'' or ''Διόνυσος'' also known as '''Bacchus''' in both Greek Mythology and Roman mythology and associated with the Italic '''Liber'''), the Thracian God of In the Roman pantheon, '''Sabazius''' became an alternate name for '''Bacchus'''.

...very old cultures, such as Greek mythology or [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]]. Some myths descended originally as part of an oral tradition a ...]] myth, which concerns itself with the pranks or tricks played by [[Deity|gods]] or heroes.

...s on to the saint's life, compiled with reference to the readings from the Roman Catholic Church's liturgy commemorating that saint; then embellishes the bi ...he people that there were: What say ye: will ye have these devlls for your gods and worship them or have ye liefer that I hunt them out of this world in th

...lamiae (Greek lamiai). Similar in type to other female monsters from Greco-Roman myth, such as the empuses and the mormolyces, she is distinguished from the * Karl Kerényi, 1951. The Gods of the Greeks pp 38–40. Edition currently in print is Thames & Hudson rei

...atiable anger against the chains of the [[Elder God (Cthulhu Mythos)|Elder Gods]] which had bound it there for an eternity.... Unable to resist, utterly po ...t to be no mere [[Cloacina]], but the mortician of all creatures, even the gods themselves. The extent of its power is unknown, though it could be like tha

..."light-bearer" (from ''lux'', "light", and ''ferre'', "to bear, bring"), a Roman astrological term for the "'''Morning Star'''", the planet Venus. ==Roman tradition==

...s]] and [[Persephone]] and asked permission to take Cerberus, to which the gods agreed as long as Hercules does not harm the hound. Some say, Persephone ga *In Roman mythology, [[Aeneas]] lulled Cerberus to sleep with drugged honeycakes.

...llenistic "Demon" eventually came to include many Semitic and Near Eastern gods as evaluated by Christianity. ...ere is no other besides him." This clearly statest that there are no other Gods besides the Hebrew God. It is NOT saying that there is no supernatural powe

...ve yet no absolute power over the life of men: they are under Zeus and the gods, who can stop them in their course or hurry them on. (Il. xii. 402, xviii. During the festival known as Anthesteria, the Keres were driven away. Their Roman equivalents were '''Letum''' (“death”) or the '''Tenebrae''' (“shadow

...about 2500 BC in the Mari texts and in personal Amorite names in which the gods Ilu (El), Dagan, and Adad are especially common. Dagan is mentioned occasio ...rising some 200 deities and bore the titles BE-DINGIR-DINGIR, "Lord of the gods" and Bekalam, "Lord of the land". His consort was known only as Belatu, "La

...were originally thought of as a race of minor nature and fertility [[deity|gods]], who are often pictured as youthful-seeming men and women of great beauty ...ph]]s of [[Category:Greek mythology|Greek]] and [[Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]], and [[vili]] and [[rusalki]] of [[Category:Slavic mythology|Sl

...ed to disguise their [[Loa|lwa]] (sometimes spelled [[loa]]) or spirits as Roman Catholic [[saint]]s, a process called syncretism. ...t Haitian Vodou is simply a mix of West African religions with a veneer of Roman Catholicism would not be entirely correct. This would be ignoring numerous

...d]], for example as a consort of the [[Great Goddess]] in [[Wicca]]. These gods usually reflect mythological figures such as [[Cernunnos]] or [[Pan]], and [[Lucifer]], on the other hand, in the original Roman sense of "light-bringer", occasionally appears in the literature of certain

...in their architecture. In Elam legends, a Griffin was presented to Elamite Gods. In Persian mythology, in particular during the Achaemenid dynasty, griffin ...made tentative connections, in ''Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times'', between the rich fossil beds around the Mediterranean and across t

*The Aryan introduced patriarchal gods in India, but various matriarchal tribes, such as the Shabara of Orissa , c ...ble and sway under the impact of her dance. So, at the request of all the Gods, Shiva himself asked her to desist from this behaviour. However, she was to

...Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]] and [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]], but [[Hades]] also included [[Elysium]], a place for the rewar ...t epics of European literature include episodes that occur in Hell. In the Roman poet [[Virgil]]'s Latin epic, the ''[[Aeneid]]'', Aeneas descends into Dis

...Lamia (monster)]], a nocturnal bird that fed on human flesh and blood. The Roman strix is the source of the Romanian vampire, the ''[[Strigoi]]'' and the Al ...e - the Orthodox church believed incorrupt bodies were vampires, while the Roman church believed they were saints.

*[[Mors]] (Roman) ...f its fire and enters the perpetual night realm called Yominokuni that the gods thereto retire. After Izanagi, her husband, failed in the attempt to reclai

...t at times '' 'Elohim'' (powers), ''bnēi 'Elohim'', ''bnēi Elim'' (sons of gods) (i.e. members of the class of divine beings) were general terms for beings ...he heathen, and we have there the first step of the process by which these gods became evil angels, an idea expanded by [[John Milton|Milton]] in ''[[Parad

...nciful connections link the ram-god of Mendes with the syncretic Ptolemaic-Roman [[Harpocrates]]. Harpocrates was a granter of fertility, but he was not ass Crowley also identified Baphomet with himself. In ''The Equinox of the Gods'' he describes another card from the Tarot, this time "Lust" (Atu XI), "It

...to practice it on the basis that it usually involves the worship of other gods. Rabbis of the Talmud also condemned magic when it produced something other ...by witches" (using practices indistinguishable from Witchcraft). Combining Roman Catholic beliefs and practices and traditional West African religious belie

...o-Conception#The Rosicrucian conception of God and the scheme of evolution|gods]].'' This "College of Invisibles" is regarded as the source permanently be ...the Mysteries of Mithras: New Evidence from a Cult Vessel. The Journal of Roman Studies. 90 pp145-180]

...to the 'primitive' chthonic world that preceded the coming of the Olympian gods: see the explicit rejection of human sacrifice in the cannibal feast prepar ...trine of transubstantiation has nothing to do with acquiring divinity. The Roman Catholic Church is not pantheistic. Transubstantiation is the belief that C

...e powerful. Blood is viewed by pagan religions as the sustenance of their gods, maintaining their power and immortality through the sacrifice of humans an ...where it was believed to possess healing powers. According to one source, Roman soldier were issued daily rations of garlic before battle to give them cour