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Water Horse – General name for mythical water dwelling horses of many cultures Ceffyl Dŵr – Water horse; Each-uisge – Malevolent shapeshifting oceanic water horse; Enbarr – Manann's horse, capable of traversing land and sea; Hippocampus – Horse with a fish tail
A second recording of the phoenix was made by Tacitus, who said that the phoenix had appeared instead in 34 AD "in the consulship of Paulus Fabius and Lucius Vitellius" and that the cycle was either 500 years or 1461 years (which was the Great Year based on the Egyptian Sothic cycle), and that it had previously been seen in the reigns first of ...
The term "dying god" is associated with the works of James Frazer, [4] Jane Ellen Harrison, and their fellow Cambridge Ritualists. [16] At the end of the 19th century, in their The Golden Bough [4] and Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion, Frazer and Harrison argued that all myths are echoes of rituals, and that all rituals have as their primordial purpose the manipulation of natural ...
He specifically features the great offensive, defensive, and mobility characteristics expected of such a legendary creature, as well as self-regeneration should he fall in a battle. He serves Volcanon, the god of the flying creatures, who appears to have the form of a massive bird, possibly a Phoenix as well.
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
Bennu (/ ˈ b ɛ n uː /) [1] is an ancient Egyptian deity linked with the Sun, creation, and rebirth. He may have been the original inspiration for the phoenix legends that developed in Greek mythology .
The Bakunawa is a superweapon used by the main antagonist, Merga, in the video game, Freedom Planet 2, along with other creatures derived from Philippine culture. In the 2015 GMA Network show Alamat , Bakunawa is voiced by Tonipet Gaba in the episode: "Ang bakunawa at ang pitong buwan."
Other names: Izanagi-no-Kami (伊邪那岐神) Izanagi-no-Ōkami (伊邪那岐大神) Kumano-Hayatama-no-Ōkami (熊野速玉大神) Japanese: 伊邪那岐命, 伊耶那岐命, 伊弉諾尊