...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.
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...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
[[Category:Christian mythology]]
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An '''elf''' (pl. ''elves'') is a creature of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of minor nature and fertili
...ively, a connection to the ''[[Rbhus]]'', semi-divine craftsmen in Indian mythology, has also been suggested. Originally ''ælf''/''elf'' and it's plural ''æl
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...ppearance of Phoenician literary texts, Dagon has practically no surviving mythology.
...expression of Dagon. His temple, the Marneion, was burned by order of the Roman emperor in 402, the last surviving great cult center of paganism. The sanct
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...he House of Usher" and by an unfinished first century astronomical poem by Roman poet Marcus Manilius titled the ''Poeticon astronomicon''. Although some ha
...ecraft Mythos]] but instead was based on [[Mesopotamian mythology|Sumerian mythology]]. It was later dubbed the "[[Simon Necronomicon]]".
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..., sometimes he is the doorman at Pontius Pilate's estate, and presumably a Roman rather than a Jew.
[[Category:Christian mythology]][[Category:Ghosts]]
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...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
...y. Crowley identified Baphomet with [[Harpocrates]] (the [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek]] version of the child-form of the Egyptian god [[Horus]]) and also w
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In ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology, the '''phoenix''' is a mythical bird and associated with the Egyptian sun-
Greek mythology places the phoenix in Arabia, where it lives close to a cool well. Every mo
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...of [[Brian Lumley]] — who based the Great Old One on the [[Summanus|Roman deity of the same name]] — and first appeared in Lumley's [[short sto
Summanus had a following in [[Ancient Rome|Roman times]], but if he is worshiped today, his cult is even more secretive. The
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...chemists to borrow the terms and symbols of [[Bible|biblical]] and pagan [[mythology]], [[astrology]], [[kabbalah]], and other mystic and esoteric fields; so th
...gnosticism]], a belief prevalent in the Christian and early post-Christian Roman empire, that the world is imperfect because it was created in a flawed mann
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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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...ath personified''' is a figure or fictional character which has existed in mythology and popular culture since the earliest days of storytelling. Because the re
*[[Mors]] (Roman)
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...se terms--as a giant, physically larger than the [[Titan]]s of Greco-Roman mythology. Like the ancient epics of Homer, Paradise Lost begins in the midst of thi
...rthodox religious perspective, Edmund Spenser, Homer, Ovid, Herodotus, the Roman poet Virgil, and ancient mythologies such as those of Greece, Rome, the Isl
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A '''werewolf''' (Or '''Lycanthrope''') in [[folklore]] and [[mythology]] is a person who [[Therianthropy|shapeshifts]] into a wolf, either purpose
*In Norse mythology, the legends of [[berserker]]s may be a source of the werewolf myths.Berser
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...]] or supernatural being that is found in the legends, [[folklore]], and [[mythology]] of many different cultures. They are generally humanoid in their appearan
...the three mythological personifications of destiny, the Greek [[Moirae]] (Roman Parcae, "sparing ones", or Fatae) who were supposed to appear three nights
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However, the symbolism of the previous mentioned mythology is often seen as antiquated and misogynistic. The more thoughtful and Tant
===Mythology===
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...Ameshaspentas ([[Amesha Spenta]]), or seven great spirits of the [[Persian mythology]].
...gods, such as [[Eos]], [[Eros (mythology)|Eros]], [[Thanatos]] and [[Nike (mythology)|Nike]].
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...by witches" (using practices indistinguishable from Witchcraft). Combining Roman Catholic beliefs and practices and traditional West African religious belie
...n Monsters]][[Category:Demons]][[Category:Witches and warlocks]][[Category:Mythology, folklore and legend]]
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* [http://cognitivelabs.com/mummy1big.htm Roman Period Fayyum mummies: A picture test] from [http://cognitivelabs.com Cogni
[[Category:Popular culture]][[Category:Egyptian mythology]][[Category:Corporeal undead]]
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The opening of [[Hell]], the Zoroastrian contribution to Western mythology, is a mouth. According to [Catholic dogma, bread and wine are transubstanti
...trine of transubstantiation has nothing to do with acquiring divinity. The Roman Catholic Church is not pantheistic. Transubstantiation is the belief that C
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...the Mysteries of Mithras: New Evidence from a Cult Vessel. The Journal of Roman Studies. 90 pp145-180]
*[[:Category:Category:North American mythology|Native American]] [[Ghost Dance]]s of the late Nineteenth Century were myst
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...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
[[Category:Slavic mythology]]
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