...l-known Baltic deity and is also considered as a goddess in the Lithuanian and Latvian mythologies.
In Lithuanian and Latvian languages, the name Saulė/Saule refers to the conventional name of
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...Christianization spread out in Lithuania, the cult adapted Christian image and symbolism of Saint Mary.
...s – Indraja (Jupiter), Sėlija (Saturn), Žiezdrė (Mars), Vaivora (Mercury), and even Žemyna (Earth).
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In Akkadian mythology '''Rabisu''' ("the vagabond") or possibly '''Rabasa''' is an evil vampiric
...lt can ban them as the salt represents incorruptible life (salt preserves, and life was first born from the sea). Rabisu is listed in the rituals of Shurp
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...''Bon Dieu'', or ''good god''), the Creator, who is distant from the world and humanity.
Loa have been associated with Catholic saints and African deities and their appearance often carry their distinctive features.
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'''Yazidis''' are an ethnical group and a religious sect of Krudistan in the Mosul region of northern Iraq, accused
...e reasoning of this worship is that it avoids mentioning the Devil by name and averts evil.
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.... There are several types, some of which are the Korils, Poulpikans, Teuz, and Kornikaned.
''Korr'' means ''[[dwarf]]'' and ''ig'' is a diminutive whereas the suffix ''an'' is an hypocoristic. The t
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'''Eurynome''' is a lunar Goddess of ancient Greek religion and a demon in modern demonology.
...nses. In the case of Eurynome, the two main senses proposed are “wanderer” and “ruler”. "Wide wandering," would then refers to the moon traveling acro
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...00-103). It was said to be the child of the biblical serpent [[Leviathan]] and the [[Bonnacon]].
[[Image:tarasque.jpg|thumb|The tarasque and St Martha]]
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...two subspecies of foxes in Japan, named ''Red Fox'' and ''Hondo Kitsune'', and they are both related to mythological belief in Japasese [[folklore]].
'''Kitsune''' are believed to possess great intelligence, long life, and magical powers. Foremost among these is the ability to [[Therianthropy|sha
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...on''' (Greek: Ὠρίων or Ωαρίων, Latin: Orion) was a giant huntsman in Greek mythology whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion.
...ddesses asked Zeus to place Orion among the constellations. Zeus consented and, as a memorial to the hero's death, added the Scorpion to the heavens as we
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...estern Nigeria to eastern Ghana. In Benin, Vodun is the national religion, and followed by around 60% of the population, or some 4½ million people. The w
...[Cosmogony|cosmogonical]] principle, who does not trifle with the mundane, and the Vodun(s) are the God-Actor(s) who actually govern on terrenal issues.
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...us.jpg|thumb|''The Discovery of Ariane'' (1981) by Elsie Russell. Dionysus and his retinue find the sleeping Ariadne whom Theseus has just abandoned on th
...od of wine, represents the intoxicating power of wine, but also its social and beneficent influences.
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...vented by the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom, before being imported in Greek mythology.
...t". This may be her proper name, but ''The Penugin Dictionary of Classical Mythology'' states that her given name was '''Φιξ — Phix'''.
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...ary creature with the head, beak and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion and occasionally the tail of a serpent.
...he group lived in a hierarchy very similar to modern day lions. The oldest and strongest male used to be the head of the group.
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[[Image:Michael Pacher 004.jpg|thumb|right|''Saint Wolfgang and the Devil'' by Michael Pacher.]]
...other names, including [[Satan]], [[Asmodai]], [[Beelzebub]], [[Lucifer]] and/or [[Mephistopheles]]. In classic [[demonology]], however, each of these al
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