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In one artifact from Heliopolis, he appears as an eight headed snake. [2] These detailed descriptions of his appearance were common for guardians of the underworld, and were done so Nehekbau could be recognised by the deceased. [11] Occasionally, Nehebkau is represented with the features of other snake demons: such as multiple heads and wings. [11]
Christian theologians identified Leviathan with the demon of the deadly sin envy. According to Ophite diagrams , the Leviathan encapsulates the space of the material world. In Gnosis , it encompasses the world like a sphere and incorporates the souls of those who are too attached to material things, so they cannot reach the realm of God's ...
After the fall of Chichen Itza, the nearby Postclassic city of Mayapan became the centre of the revived Kukulkan worshipers, with temples decorated with feathered serpent columns. [13] At the time of the Spanish colonization , the high priest of Kukulkan was the family patriarch of the Xiu faction and was one of the two most powerful men in the ...
In demonology, Marchosias is a great and mighty Marquis of Hell, commanding thirty legions of demons. In the Ars Goetia , the first book of The Lesser Key of Solomon (17th century), he is depicted as a wolf with griffin wings and a serpent's tail, spewing fire from his mouth.
SB 6.9.13-17: Like arrows released in the four directions, the demon's body grew, day after day. Tall and blackish, he appeared like a burnt hill and was as lustrous as a bright array of clouds in the evening. The hair on the demon's body and his beard and moustache were the colour of melted copper, and his eyes were piercing like the midday sun.
A cart-like demon that descends from the sky, or a cat-like demon, which carries away the corpses of evildoers. Katawaguruma A type of wanyūdō, with an anguished woman instead of a monk's head in a burning wheel. Kawaakago A river spirit that pretends to be a crying baby to lure people in for pranks that sometimes prove fatal to the victim.
According to the popular urban legend, it was a terrifying creature, described as a rooster, snake or turkey, with a snake's tail and the eyes of a frog. [10] [11] It guarded hidden treasures in the Warsaw's Old Town underground and killed intruders with its eyes. It died outwitted by a young journeyman who went underground carrying a mirror in ...
One famous snake that was able to transform back and forth between a snake and a human being was Madam White Snake in the Legend of the White Snake. Other snakes or snake-like beings sometimes include deities, such as Fuxi and Nüwa and Gong Gong. Sometimes, Fuxi and Nuwa are described as snakes with human heads and sometimes as humans with ...