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| Ablal |
(Sumerian) |
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Gate of the underworld. |
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| Abzu |
(Sumerian) |
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The Sumerian waters of chaos. |
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| Aion |
(Chaldean) |
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Temporal god associated with the transmundane sun. |
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| Amaterasu |
(Japanese) |
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Early Japanese solar goddess. |
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| An |
(Sumerian) |
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Deity of the sky. |
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| Anannage |
(Sumerian) |
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The Anunnaki. |
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| Anunnaki |
(Sumerian) |
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The Sumerian word for ‘gods’. |
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| Archytas |
(Greek) |
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The sicillian statesman that was the foundation for Plato's character Timaeus. |
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| Arinna |
(Hittite) |
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The wife of Teshub and female sun goddess Arinnawas variously a earth goddess and hnce a mother of Telepinu. |
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| Asag |
(Sumerian) |
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Demon of sickness. |
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| Attis |
(Phrygian) |
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The phrygian god of vegetation, Attis was the beloved consort of Cybele. |
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| Azazel |
(Akkadian) |
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An Ethiopian adaptation of the trickster deity. |
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| Baba Yaga |
(Russian) |
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Mistress of the Russian forests. |
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| Bamboo Cutter |
(Japanese) |
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Sanugi no Miyakko, peasant who found the Lady Kaguya. |
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| Bannik |
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The bathhouse was a particularly liminal space in the Russian steppe. |
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| Benandanti |
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The Benandanti were an italian agrarian cult that were adversaries of the Streghe. |
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| Bubos |
(Greek) |
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A greek daemon of the underworld. |
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| Cabiri |
(Greek) |
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Phrygian fire genii that were deified by the Greeks. |
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| Calus |
(Romanian) |
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The ecstatic dance of the Calusari. |
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| Calusari |
(Romanian) |
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Virtuosic dancers that gather during Witsuntide in Romania. |
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| Cambiones |
(Teutonic) |
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The high old German for ‘Changeling’. |
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| Catal Huyuk |
(Paleolithic) |
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Ancient Anatolian town. |
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| Celestial Robe of Fe |
(Japanese) |
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The silver white robe of feathers worn by the denizens of Moonland. |
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| Cernnunnos |
(Celtic) |
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Celtic lord of the hunt. |
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| Cernobog |
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Quite literally, "The Black God". |
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| Changeling |
(British Isles) |
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The English word for Cambiones. |
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| Chu Silk Manuscript |
(Chu) |
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A cosmological document of the Chu era. |
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| Ciocc |
(Romanian) |
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The Beak. |
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| Coatlique |
(Aztec) |
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Coatlique was the goddess of life and death for the Aztecs. |
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| Coyolxauhqui |
(Aztec) |
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The daughter of Coatlique, this Aztec demi-godess rallied the tribes together to murder her mother before she could give birth toHuitzilopochtli. |
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| cube |
(Greek) |
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The platonic solid associated with earth. |
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| Cybele |
(Phrygian) |
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The goddess of fertility and vegetation in ancient Anatolia, Cybele is best known for her maddening of Attis. |
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| Daemon Dogs |
(Chaldean) |
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Chaldaen daemons associated with an early Hekate. |
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| Day of Atonement |
(Akkadian) |
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Semitic day of sacrifice. |
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| Deipna Hekates |
(Chaldean) |
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Hekate’s suppers. |
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| Der Sommer |
(Teutonic) |
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Teutonic King of the light season. |
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| Der Winter |
(Teutonic) |
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Teutonic King of the dark season. |
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| Dilmun |
(Sumerian) |
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Paradise. |
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| dodecahedron |
(Greek) |
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The platonic solid that was assigned the state of cosmos. |
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| Domovoi |
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At the creation of the world, a species of spirit could not bide with the thought of being servants to Svarovitch. |
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| Durre |
(Yezidi) |
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The celestial perl. |
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| Enki |
(Sumerian) |
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The tutelary deity of Eridu. |
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| Eostara |
(Teutonic) |
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Teutonic goddess of spring. |
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| Ereskigal |
(Sumerian) |
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Sumerian chthonic deity. |
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| Ericttho |
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"The gods at her first utterance grant her prayer, For things unlawful, lest they hear again Its fearful accents"
Lucan, Pharsalia
The most feared of witches through time, Ericttho was the last of the thesallian witches. |
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| Eros |
(Chaldean) |
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The first to leap from paternal intellect. |
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| Ezdan |
(Yezidi) |
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Yezidi word for god. |
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| Fenrir |
(Norse) |
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Norse wolf god. |
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-G-
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| Galla Demons |
(Sumerian) |
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Underworld rangers. |
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| Ganzir |
(Sumerian, Babylonian) |
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Underworld palace. |
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| Gleipnir |
(Teutonic) |
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The chord which bound Fenryr Wulf. |
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| GongGong |
(Chu) |
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A trickster-like deity of the Chu people. |
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| Gudud |
(Babylonian) |
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Fast flying, the god that was associated with mercury could bring chaos and disorder to the human race. |
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| Gullveig |
(Teutonic) |
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The witch of the aesir, Gulveig is a troll woman who was thrice burned in the Völuspá yet still lived and was also reputed to have birthed Fenryr. |
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| Hahhinas |
(Hittite) |
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The hittite god of frost. |
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| Hart |
(British Isles) |
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A British term for the god Cernunnos. |
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| Harukoo |
(Japanese) |
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A fisherman who encountered a fallen Moon Maiden. |
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| Hekate |
(Chaldean) |
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Goddess of liminal points, ‘fast shooting’, ‘far throwing’. |
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| Hekateiron |
(Chaldean) |
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A trinary statue of the goddess Hekate. |
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| Herodotus |
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An early greek historian. |
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| Huitzilopochtli |
(Aztec) |
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The great god of war amongst the Aztecs, Huitzilopotchtli came forth from Coatliques womb and slew his murderous sister Coyolxauhqui. |
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| hyakuma |
(Japanese) |
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A japanese courtesan that was known for her portrayal of the witch Yama-uba. |
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| icosahedron |
(Greek) |
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The Platonic solid associated with Water. |
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| Iele |
(Romanian) |
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Iele or Rusalii as they are also called are a water spirit found in the remote areas of Romania. |
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| Inanna |
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Inanna is the principle matriarchal deity of the later Sumerian Pantheon. |
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| Istar |
(Babylonian) |
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The deity associated with the planet now known as Venus. |
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| Iynx |
(Chaldean) |
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A Chaldean magical whistle. |
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| Izigi |
(Sumerian) |
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A creature of above and below worlds. |
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| Kami |
(Japanese) |
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Japanese term for deity. |
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| Ki |
(Sumerian) |
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Deity of the earth. |
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| Kojiki |
(Japanese) |
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Early Japanese cosmogony stories. |
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| Kur |
(Sumerian) |
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The Sumerian god of the underworld. |
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| Kurgarru |
(Sumerian) |
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Creatures fashioned by Enki to venture into the Abzu. |
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| Lady Kaguya |
(Japanese) |
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As a child, Lady Kaguya fell to earth in a moonbeam, only to be discovered by the noble bamboo cutter. |
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| Le Sorciere |
(Paleolithic) |
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Transformational cave painting representing a stag-headed human. |
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| Le Trois Freres Cave |
(Paleolithic) |
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Source of our most ancient cave paintings. |
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| Lilith |
(Akkadian) |
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“She of the night”. |
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| Luat din Calus |
(Romanian) |
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Being posessed by the Iele. |
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| Magi |
(Persian) |
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Magicians of the ancient world. |
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| Malek Tawus |
(Yezidi) |
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The leader of the Yezidi heptad of angels. |
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| Marduk |
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The heroic god. |
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| Matti Semlya Svetna |
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The ancient slavic peoples say the world as a living creature, a mother of all life that lay in a silent pregnancy in the winter. |
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| ME |
(Sumerian) |
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Rules of order that apply to gods and men. |
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| mermaid |
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An old english term for "Woman of the Depp". |
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| Mikado |
(Japanese) |
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The emperor in the third book of the Kojiki who becomes enchanted with the moon maiden Kaguya. |
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| Moonfolk |
(Japanese) |
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Denziens of the moon. |
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| Moonland |
(Japanese) |
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A silver city on the moon in which the mysterious Moonfolk live. |
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| Morozko |
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The russian jack frost, old man winter. |
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| Mut |
(Romanian) |
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The Mut is the polar opposite of the Vataf. |
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| Nergal |
(Babylonian) |
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The babylonian god of war and pestilence, Nergal was associated with the planet mars. |
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| nous |
(Greek) |
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The cosmic soul. |
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| NuTian |
(Chu) |
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The mother of the Chu gods. |
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-O-
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| Oannes |
(Babylonian) |
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A fish bodied wizard. |
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| Oberon |
(British Isles) |
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Shakespearean name for lord of the world of Faery. |
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| octahedron |
(Greek) |
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The platonic solid associated with air. |
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| Omokane |
(Japanese) |
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Diety of wisdom in the Kojiki. |
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| Palace of the Moon |
(Japanese) |
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The capital of Moonland. |
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| Pan |
(Greek) |
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Mediterranean animal god. |
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| Phi |
(Greek) |
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The golden ratio, the solution of x2-x-1 = 0, 1+sqrt(5)/(2), 1. |
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| pyramid |
(Greek) |
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The platonic solid associated with fire. |
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| Sagus |
(Babylonian) |
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The wizard. |
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| Sangarius |
(Phrygian) |
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The river god in the city of Pessonos. |
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| Senjak |
(Yezidi) |
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An icon of the Peacock Angel Malech Tewas. |
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| Sharur |
(Akkadian) |
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A divine weapon used against the chaos of creation. |
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| Sin |
(Babylonian, Akkadian) |
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Babylonian god of the night and the moon. |
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| Skazka |
(Russian) |
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The name for Russian folktale. |
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| Skomorokh |
(Russian) |
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A Russian teller of tales. |
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| Skydome |
(Chu) |
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The heavens of the Chu cosmogony. |
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| Slav |
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Slav is the first human to rise out of a golem state in the slavic creation. |
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| Sommerwecken |
(Teutonic) |
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Sommer-gewinn folk song. |
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| Steag |
(Romanian) |
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The Flag. |
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| Streghe |
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Maleficient witches who populated the forests of italy during the time of the inquisition. |
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| Sun Disc |
(Sumerian) |
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Solar emblem. |
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| Sunthemata |
(Chaldean) |
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A term defined in the neo-platonic writings of Iamblichus. |
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| Susano-o |
(Japanese) |
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The Japanese god of storms. |
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| Svarog |
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The three legged creator of the universe. |
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| Syrinx |
(Greek) |
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Awood nymph that was given a memory greater than the rest of her kind. |
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| Tajikara |
(Japanese) |
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Hand strength man. |
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| Tarhun |
(Hittite) |
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The hittite storm god. |
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| Telepinu |
(Hittite) |
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The solar deity of the Hittite pantheon and the son of the storm god Teshub. |
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| Teletarch |
(Chaldean) |
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Masters of initiation. |
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| Tengu |
(Japanese) |
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Japanese forest goblin. |
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| Teshub |
(Hittite) |
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The hittite and Hurrian storm god. |
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| Three Forms |
(Greek) |
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States of being in Platonic thought. |
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| Timaeus |
(Greek) |
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The philosopher of form in the dialouges of Plato. |
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| Uzume |
(Japanese) |
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Japanese goddess of beauty. |
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-V-
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| Vasilisa |
(Russian) |
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The protagonist of many forms in the Russian Skazka. |
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| Vataf |
(Romanian) |
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The Vataf is the leader of the Calusari. |
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| Wotan |
(Teutonic) |
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Wotan was the elder god who accompanied by two ravens, Hugin and Mugin, monitored and maintained the world. |
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-Y-
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| Yama-Uba |
(Japanese) |
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A forest witch that lived in the ancient mountains o Japan. |
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| Yan Di |
(Chu) |
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The Chu people’s Lord of Fire. |
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| Yezidi |
(Kurdish) |
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A kurdish tribe that occupies the region east of Dahouk in central Kurdistan. |
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| Ziya |
(Arabic) |
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Flashing fairy like lights that reach out from the supernal world to guide the way. |
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