...logy|Aztec]] and [[Toltec mythology|Toltec]] mythology, '''Xolotl''' ("The Animal", Lord of the Evening Star, Lord of the [[Underworld]]) was the god of ligh
...otl" can also mean "dog" in [[Nahuatl]], the Aztec language - or a monster animal with reversed feet. He was also the patron of the Ulama game. He is identi
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...rm of a variety of animals and as beings with a grotesque mix of human and animal characteristics. They could act like human beings, dancing for example, or
...en. This "Boney-Thing" might have been one of the important skeletal death gods of the Classic Period depicted dancing on Maya ceramics. The way of the pow
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...are usually portrayed as monstrous, with missing or excessive body parts, animal features and the usual fangs, bulging eyes and potbellies.
The buta-kala are everywhere but their absence is felt mainly when the gods are distant or when human neglect or wrongdoing has alienated the Divinity.
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Some Gandharvas are part animal, usually a bird or horse, other appears as beautiful dancers with handsome
...erb musical skills. They guarded the Soma and made beautiful music for the gods in their palaces.
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Fenrir is bound by the gods, but is ultimately destined to grow too large for his bonds and devours '''
...Only the god '''Tyr''' was daring enough to feed the growing monster. The gods urged by the wolf's increasing strength and by prophecies that he would be
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The '''Hodag''' is a fictional animal that is part of the folklore of the American state of Wisconsin. Its histor
Sheperd rounded up a group of local people to capture the animal. The group reported that they needed to use dynamite to kill the beast. A p
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...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
*Karl Kerenyi, 1951. ''The Gods of the Greeks''.
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...er than those created by you, nor by any weapon, nor by any human being or animal. Grant me that I not meet death from any entity, living or nonliving. Grant
...as]]) and brought all the worlds under his control. He began to harass the gods and torture the saints and other devotees of Vishnu.
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...Egyptian god represented solely as an animal, and never as a human with an animal's head.
...s had stronger influence. Nethertheless, the Greeks had little respect for animal-headed figures, and so a Greek statue was chosen as the idol, and proclaime
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In the Ming dynasty of China the Qilin is represented as an oxen-hooved animal with a [[dragon]]-like head surmounted by a pair of horns and flame-like he
...ina's subsequent Manchurian dominated Qing dynasty is a much more fanciful animal. Manchurian depictions of the qilin depict a creature with the head of a [[
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'''Mo-o''' are a type of dragons that were worshipped as ghost-gods by the ancient Hawaiians.
The New Zealanders used the same names for some of their large reptile gods. They, however, spelled the word with a "k," calling it mo-ko, and it was a
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...that continuously strive to undermine the divine order established by the gods as related by numerous accounts from Hindu mythology. Hence, his name refle
...ribed as being a female demon in the guise of a buffalo. Regardless of the animal’s true nature, Rhamba took the she buffalo as a consort. However, shortl
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...th and her duty includes nourishing of all life on earth, human, plant and animal.
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...amongst [[Wiccan]]-influenced Neopagans, which unites numerous male nature gods out of such widely-dispersed and historically unconnected [[mythology|mytho
...bulls and goats, sacred stags and ibexes serve as examples. Not all horned gods and their priests were male; [[Astarte]] and [[Isis]] (borrowing an attribu
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...erred to as devas or demi-gods. Some Asuras were corrupted while some were gods in heaven. Both are children of Kashyapa. Asuras should not be confused wit
...sub-tribes would compete in making the most perfect ritual offering to the gods, seeking to outdo their peers in beauty of hymns sung, richness of offering
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...rock reliefs at Maltai, however, the creature accompanies three different gods, Assur, Ellil (Enlil) and another god, most likely Nabu.
...ching any known creature, some argue the sirrush could have been a genuine animal.
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...out every sort of horrible sound, for sometimes it was speech such as the gods could understand, but at other times, the sound of a bellowing bull, proud-
...against the Titans; Typhon was so fearsome and dangerous, that the younger gods feared to face the monsters. Zeus tried to fight Typhon, until the monster
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...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.
...re of evil and good, and equally punish the transgressions of both men and Gods.
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The '''Peryton''' or '''Perytion''' is a fabulous animal that came from the lost continent of Atlantis and was aaid to have played a
...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
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...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
“''And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal. If anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people''.”
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