...the means to care for them) in the woods or in other remote places, where death was almost certain to befall them.
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There are various versions of Python's birth and death at the hands of Apollo. In the earliest, the Homeric Hymn to Apollo, little
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...o was told by a wise woman if he ever let it see the water it would be the death of him. For years it was a faithful horse, but one day he brought it in sig
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...this promise when one of his colleagues steals The Eternal Light after his death.
...creatures that are created when a technological vampire drains a victim to death, or, in the Manga, where a vampire drains the blood of someone who is not a
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...by any weapon, nor by any human being or animal. Grant me that I not meet death from any entity, living or nonliving. Grant me, further, that I not be kill
...eaded by Anuhrada and thousands of other demons "were led to the valley of death (yamalayam) by the lion produced from the body of man-lion" avatara. The sa
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...the morpheme "-mór" from "muire, mora" ("sea") or from "mor, mar" (terror, death). His educated opinion leaves the conclusions of Zimmer fomóiri > fo-mór
...llowers. Ireland is said to have been empty for thirty years following the death of Partholon's people, but Nemed and his followers encountered the Fomorian
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...ael''' is one of the seven Archangels and also believed to be the Angel of Death.
In Jewish lore, Samael is said to be the Angel of Death, the chief ruler of the Fifth Heaven and one of the seven regents of the wo
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...who is dead. During the reign of Tiberius (A.D. 14-37), the news of Pan's death came to one Thamus, a sailor on his way to Italy by way of the island of Pa
Despite the declaration of his death, however, Pan is widely worshiped by Neopagans and [[Wicca|Wiccans]] today,
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* Swedish death metal band Amon Amarth has a song titled "Releasing Surtr's Fire"
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...lade, but the weapon was too blunt, so Brady strangled the crying chlld to death with a piece of string before burying his body, face down, in a shallow gra
...arrangement was different. Myra drove off on her own to select a child for death. She chose a blonde-haired, blue eyed boy, just 4 days passed his 12th birt
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...By assuming the gorgoneion, Perseus put on as a mask the power of life and death personified by Medusa, the cosmic queen.
...rks of art with a wonderfully handsome face, wrapped in the calm repose of death.
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.... These includes “crisis apparitions “ where the vision coincided with the death or endangerment of the person seen, “collective apparitions” where the
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*'''Marzanna''' - This winter hag is the personification of death and winter.
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...ed to defeat the Gigantes. Heracles slew not only Alcyoneus, but dealt the death blow to the Gigantes who had been wounded by the Olympians.
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*Touching the serpent or even looking at it, or a glance from it, can cause death.
...ld be a great warrior. When the child became the man he received a special death-bringing canoe with which he could fight with the world. Each end of the ca
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According to the legend, 16 years after his death, Jure would arise from his grave by night and terrorise the village. The vi
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On 30 December 1816, shortly after Harriet's death, Percy and Mary were married, now with Godwin's blessing. Their attempts to
...from place to place first in England and then in Italy. Mary suffered the death of her infant daughter Clara outside Venice, after which her young son Will
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...may never be known if he committed more than two [[murder]]s. Besides the death of his brother in 1944 under puzzling circumstances, between 1947 and 1957
..., usually selecting graphic verses from the [[Old Testament]] dealing with death, murder and [[divine retribution]]. At the age of 10, Gein experienced an e
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*Väki of death (kalman väki) means ghosts and spirits, but also magical power that can be
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