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In Greek mythology, the Ceryneian hind (Ancient Greek: Κερυνῖτις ἔλαφος Kerynitis elaphos, Latin: Elaphus Cerynitis), was a creature that lived in Ceryneia, [1] Greece and took the form of an enormous female deer, larger than a bull, [1] with golden antlers [2] like a stag, [3] hooves of bronze or brass, [4] and a "dappled hide", [5] that "excelled in swiftness of foot", [6 ...
A gilded wooden figurine of a deer from the Pazyryk burials, 5th century BC. Deer have significant roles in the mythology of various peoples located all over the world, such as object of worship, the incarnation of deities, the object of heroic quests and deeds, or as magical disguise or enchantment/curse for princesses and princes in many folk and fairy tales.
The term peryton is also used for radio signals of terrestrial origin that mimic fast radio bursts, pulses that appear to be coming from outside of our galaxy.This was assigned to this source type by the scientist that first identified them in the data, Sarah Burke-Spolaor, because they demonstrated some properties that appeared man-made and some that appeared natural. [4]
Simurgh – A griffin-like creature of Persian mythology with the head of a dog, the body of a lion, the tail of a peacock, and the wings of a hawk. Taweret – The hippopotamus-headed Egyptian Goddess. Wolpertinger – A creature with the head of a rabbit, the body of a squirrel, the antlers of a deer, and the legs and wings of a pheasant.
Ra, fire god of the sun, light, warmth, and growth; Sekhmet, protective lioness goddess of war, along with some elements of disease and curing of disease.Sometimes referenced in relation to the sun and its power, so possibly had to do with upkeep of the sun at times and fire
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She could appear in the form of a beautiful, seductive woman or terrible goddess with a skeletal head and butterfly wings supplied with stone blades. Although the identity remains inconclusive, the Zapotec deity named Goddess 2J by Alfonso Caso and Ignacio Bernal may be a Classic Zapotec form of Itzpapalotl. In many instances Goddess 2J, whose ...
Neither deer nor ash trees are native to Iceland. In Norse mythology, four stags or harts (male red deer) eat among the branches of the world tree Yggdrasill. According to the Poetic Edda, the stags crane their necks upward to chomp at the branches. The morning dew gathers in their horns and forms the rivers of the world.