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The mythology or religion of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine being closely associated with death, an afterlife, or an underworld. They are often amongst the most powerful and important entities in a given tradition, reflecting the fact that death, like birth , is central to the human experience.
Achlys, a primordial goddess of the clouding of eyes after death, the eternal night, and poison; Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, and wild animals, who was commonly associated with the moon; Astraeus, Titan god of the dusk, stars, planets, and the art of Astronomy and Astrology; Asteria, Titan goddess of nocturnal oracles and ...
Bear god / goddess; A132.9. Cattle god / goddess; A161.2. King of the Gods; A177.1. Gods as Dupe or Tricksters; A192. Death or departure of the gods; A193. Gods of Dying-and-rising; A200—A299. Gods of the Upper World A210. Gods of the Sky; A220. Gods of the Sun; A240. Gods of the Moon; A250. Gods of the Stars; A260. Gods of Light; A270. Gods ...
Bigfoot (/ ˈ b ɪ ɡ f ʊ t /), also commonly referred to as Sasquatch (/ ˈ s æ s k w æ tʃ, ˈ s æ s k w ɒ tʃ /), is a large, hairy mythical creature said to inhabit forests in North America, particularly in the Pacific Northwest.
Erlik, Erlig, Erlik Khan (Old Turkic: 𐰀𐰼𐰠𐰃𐰚; Turkish: Erlik Han) is the god of death and the underworld, sometimes referred to as Tamag (hell) in Turkic mythology. Er (or yer ) means Earth , in the depths of which Erlik lives in. [ 1 ] From the underworld, Erlik brings forth death, plague and evil spirits to torment humans and ...
Apep the ultimate evil of Egyptian mythology in snake form; Isfet chaos, disorder, and injustice - opposed to Maat; Nu (mythology) primordial waters Set (deity) was not originally evil, but developed into a hated figure thanks to the invading Hyksos who identified him with their chief god, fights Apep.
In fact, Bigfoot has his very own official FBI file, but so far, despite myriad claims from several sources across the U.S., no one has managed to definitively prove that the mighty Sasquatch ...
The Sudovian Book (1520s), mentioned two beings – Peckols, the god of hell and darkness, and Pockols, the airborne spirit or devil. [1] The same pair is also found in the church decrees of 1530 (Constitutiones Synodales). There, Pecols was identified with the Roman god of the underworld, Pluto and Pocols with the Greek deities of anger, the ...