...na the boon of near invulnerability, making him immune from destruction by gods or (other) demons; he also acquired the capacity to change his form. He was
...fused. Ravana then asked for absolute invulnerability and supremacy before gods and heavenly spirits, other demons, serpents and wild beasts. Contemptuous
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...ewty's profession; but rather than acting as a messenger and scribe to the gods themselves, Anubis serves the dead as a recorder of their deeds and as a fi
However, as lesser of the two gods of the underworld, he gradually became considered the son of Osiris, but Os
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...arently it had been they who had formed the court or escort of the ancient gods when they sat enthroned on the trees. These Wood-Wives were principally fou
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...Western zombies. A Jiang Shi is a main character in the 1991 comedy ''The Gods Must Be Crazy III''.
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..., just as he had overthrown his father. As a result, although he sired the gods [[Demeter]], [[Hera]], [[Hades]], [[Hestia]], and [[Poseidon]] by Rhea, he
...d Cronus a force of chaos along with disorder, believing that the Olympian gods had brought an era of peace and order by seizing power from the crude and m
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Kirin also makes an appearance as the strongest of the "gods" in Final Fantasy XI.
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...e gods, as a slave feared a cruel and capricious master. "Such fear of the gods (''[[deisidaimonia]]'') was what the Romans meant by 'superstition' (Veyne
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Medusa was a Gorgon, one of three sisters and daughters of ancient, pre-titan gods, [[Phorcys]] and [[Ceto]].
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...no circle of worshippers or so limited a circle as to be below the rank of gods, and with malevolent beings of all kinds. Demonology, though often referred
Excluded are souls conceived as inhabiting another world. But just as gods are not necessarily spiritual, demons may also be regarded as corporeal; va
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...is a story, found nowhere else in mythology, that at one time the Olympian gods were trying to overthrow Zeus but were stopped when the sea nymph Thetis br
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...d associated with it died as well. For these reasons, dryads and the Greek gods punished any mortals who harmed trees without first propitiating the tree-n
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...including the Álfar (elves), Dvergar (dwarves), Jötnar (giants), and even gods, the Æsir and Vanir. Landvættir (land spirits) are chthonic guardians of
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...deities, who are described as battle-maidens who ride in the ranks of the gods or serve the drinks in Valhalla.
...rentage; they are described as battle-maidens who ride in the ranks of the gods or serve the drinks in Valhalla; they are invariably given unworldly names
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...w converts, early Christian missionaries would often adopt and adapt local gods, sometimes turning them into obscure saints.)
...esearch by the University of Wales into the meaning of the names of Celtic gods and goddesses shows that one Celtic deity, Viridios, has a name meaning "Gr
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...art/Moloch was also Milcom the god of the Ammonites and identical to other gods whose names contain mlk.
...efeated Carthage, the Carthaginian nobles believed they had displeased the gods by substituting low-born children for their own children. They attempted to
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...include [[Aasterinian]], [[Chronepsis]], and [[Faluzure]]. Other draconic gods may be present in different campaign settings.
...gons and their servitors and uses the standard D&D dragon races and dragon gods. It has detailed rules for creating and playing dragon PCs and NPCs, includ
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...nor took anything away of all that was her portion among the former Titan gods: but she holds, as the division was at the first from the beginning, privil
...with Selene and the moon, extolling her as supreme Goddess, mother of the gods. In this form, as a threefold goddess, Hecate continues to have followers i
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* Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods returns to the traditional legend, depicting Hinzelmann as an ambivalent sp
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...rock reliefs at Maltai, however, the creature accompanies three different gods, Assur, Ellil (Enlil) and another god, most likely Nabu.
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...he people that there were: What say ye: will ye have these devlls for your gods and worship them or have ye liefer that I hunt them out of this world in th
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