...Diagnosis." In ''Magic and Rationality in Ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Medicine'', Studies in Ancient Medicine 27 (Brill, 2004), p. 19 [http://boo
[[Category: Babylonian mythology]]
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In Roman mythology, Janus (or Ianus) was the god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings, and en
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In the study of [[mythology]] and religion, the '''underworld''' is a generic term approximately equiva
===[[Akkadian mythology]]===
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Cognates with Roman ''[[strix]]'', Italian ''strega''; compare also Romanian ''strigă'' and Po
...s related to other witch/vampires such as the Romanian [[strigoi]] and the Roman [[strix]].
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
[[Category:Greek mythology]]
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In Greek mythology, '''Ipotanes''' were a race of half-horse, half-humans, unlike the satyrs,
[[Image:Silenus donkey CdM.jpg|thumb|right|Silenus, Roman bas-relief, late 1st century (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris]]
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...Madrid) 07.jpg|thumb|right|Heracles capturing the Cretan Bull. Detail of a Roman mosaic from Lliria, Spain]]
In Greek mythology, the '''Cretan Bull''' was either the bull that carried away Europa or the
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Also Norse mythology contains examples of [[necromancy]]: Odin summons a seeress from the dead t
*Ogden, Daniel, ''Greek and Roman Necromancy'' 2004. ISBN 0691119686
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'''Cernunnos''' in [[:Category:Celtic mythology|Celtic mythology]] is the deified [[spirit]] of horned male animals, especially of stags, a
...s Cernunnos and other Celtic deities alongside [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman divinities]] such as [[Jupiter]], [[Vulcan]], [[Castor]], and [[Pollux]].
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Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
[[Category:Greek mythology]]
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...lance used at the Crucifixion in [[Christian]] belief. For the elaborate [[mythology]] surrounding this relic and modern legend, see [[Spear of Destiny]]''.
In Christian mythology the '''Holy Lance''' is the lance used at the Crucifixion, which was later
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...(pl. ''striges''; occasionally corrupted to '''stirge''') was an Ancient Roman legendary creature, usually described as a nocturnal bird of ill omen that
Roman poet Ovid, by the way, suggested three possible theories as to the origin o
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...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==
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...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. ISBN 0-253-32652-4.
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...ae'''; also equivalent to the Germanic mythology '''Norns''' or the Baltic mythology Goddess '''Laima''' and her sisters.
===The Fates in Roman Mythology===
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...re. Strong, wild, and fierce, it was impossible to tame by man. Pliny, the Roman naturalist records it as "a very ferocious beast, similar in the rest of it
The unicorn is an archetypal monster, present both in eastern and western mythology. In the [[Bible]], [[God]] is said to have the strength of a unicorn. [Num
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...istian context: examples of such [[:Category:Christian mythology|Christian mythology]] are the themes woven round [[Saint George]] or [[Saint Christopher]]. In
...presented by the familiar designation ''[[Aesopica]]'': "Ancient Greek and Roman literature contains rich troves of folklore and popular beliefs, many of wh
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[[Image:Calydonian_hunt.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Calydonian Hunt shown on a Roman frieze (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)]]
The '''Calydonian Boar''' is one of a genre of chthonic monsters in Greek mythology, each set in a specific locale, which must be overcome by heroes of the Ol
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...of death (Roman equivalent: [[Mors]]), as well as a minor figure in Greek mythology.
According to mythology, Thanatos could occasionally be outwitted, a feat that [[Sisyphus]] twice a
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==Comparative mythology==
...n Yam and Baal (the Storm God) resembles the battle in Hurrian and Hittite mythology between the sky God Teshub (or Tarhunt) with the serpent Illuyanka.
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