...ated by the mother goddess Tiamat in order to wage war against the younger gods for the betrayal of her mate Apsu. Deadly warriors, they could fight either
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...tent in the long-drawn-out battle with the asuras. All the energies of the Gods became united and became supernova, throwing out flames in all directions.
...garments and utensils, garlands and rosaries of beads, all offered by the gods. With her golden body blazing with the splendour of a thousand suns, seated
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...a for slaying the horse-demon with such ease, by whose neighing alone, the gods were abandoning heaven. He further prophesies the great deeds that Krishna
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...llow rock far from the deathless gods and mortal men. There, then, did the gods appoint her a glorious house to dwell in: and she keeps guard in Arima bene
...olfe's ''Book of the Long Sun'', Echidna appears as the Great Queen of the gods and the wife of the chief god Pas.
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...He is described as the "contriver of all fraud". He mixed freely with the gods for a long time, even becoming [[Odin]]'s blood brother. Despite much resea
...igated badness as a kind of celestial con man. He would often bail out the gods after playing tricks on them, as illustrated by the myth in which he shears
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...hat relates with this god which has also been associated with the Assyrian gods Enlil and Ninurta.
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...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
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*[http://www.scns.com/earthen/other/seanachaidh/godaztec.html ''The Gods and Goddesses of the Aztecs'']
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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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During the battle between the Gigantes and the Olympian gods, Enceladus was disabled by a spear thrown by the goddess Athena. He was bur
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According to legend, ancient Old Ones, who predateded the Vedic and pre-Vedic gods, sought to take over mankind's place on earth. To this end, they took some
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'''Ba'al''' (ordinarily spelled Baal in English) is a a name used for various gods who were patrons of cities in the Levant.
...There is no intimation in the OT that any of the Canaanite Baals were sun-gods, or that the worship of the sun (Shemesh), of which we have ample evidence,
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...netherworld Patalas and were always in constant opposition to the Devas or gods. Through the performance of various harsh and severe penances, this Asura
...es, Shumba and Nishumba subsequently commenced similar attacks on other gods like Kubera, Yama, Varuna and Vayu, successfully routing them and claiming
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...achinas look after the interests of humans, serve as intermediaries to the gods, and can bestow good fortune, such as fertility, power, and long life.
...he Shalakos (the Giant Couriers of the Rainmakers) and the Longhorns (Rain Gods of the North), and an enormous amount of food is prepared for both resident
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...kind of faun similar to the god Pan of ancient Greek religion and with the gods Faunus, Inuus, Silvanus, and Incubus of ancient Roman religion.
...ident how dusii would be a surviving form of the Roman [[Mane]]s, infernal gods who were shades of the dead, nor be thought of as aerial pirates.
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...ated [[Nodens]] from the Dunsanian cycle and leagued him with the ''Elder Gods'' against the ''Old Ones''. Derleth also introduced a good versus evil dich
...rces of his mythos, there were, initially, the Elder Gods... [T]hese Elder Gods were benign deities, representing the forces of good, and existed peacefull
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...the flesh of the primal being Ymir before being gifted with reason by the gods.
...h. This may potentially mean that dwarfs formed humans, and that the three gods gave them life.
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==Snake-gods==
...Coatlicue, and the Voodoo snake-spirits Damballah, Simbi and Petro. Snake-gods were more often portrayed as hybrids or shape-shifters; for example, North
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:They injure the images of the gods ;
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