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In folklore, crossroads may represent a location "between the worlds" and, as such, a site where supernatural spirits can be contacted and paranormal events can take place. Symbolically, it can mean a locality where two realms touch and therefore represents liminality , a place literally "neither here nor there", "betwixt and between".
A liminal deity is a god or goddess in mythology who presides over thresholds, gates, or doorways; "a crosser of boundaries". [1] These gods are believed to oversee a state of transition of some kind; such as, the old to the new, the unconscious to the conscious state, the familiar to the unknown. [2]
Eshu/Eleggua/Legba - One of the primary orishas in Yorùbá religion, patron of roads (especially crossroads), doors, and travelers, as well as a spirit of chaos and trickery. The Fair Folk in many European cultures. Hermes - Messenger of the gods in Greek mythology (or Mercury in Roman mythology), patron of
Crossroads (folklore), a symbolic location often used in folklore; Crossroads, a public artwork in Indianapolis, Indiana, US; Crossroads (mythology), a site of supernatural contact or events; Crossroads (Umbanda), a syncretic Afro-Brazilian religion; Crossroads Movement, which gave rise to the International Churches of Christ
A mythical underworld plain in Irish mythology, achievable only through death or glory. Meaning 'plains of joy', Mag Mell was a hedonistic and pleasurable paradise, usually associated with the sea. Rocabarraigh: A phantom island in Scottish Gaelic mythology. Tech Duinn: A mythological island to the west of Ireland where souls go after death ...
The Marukos (alternatively spelled Marrukos, or Manrucos in colonial era texts) is a legendary crossroads demon [1] in Ilocano mythology, associated with the dried up shrublands of western ilocos riverbeds, [2] and known for waylaying large travelling groups, causing them to be lost until the entire group is drowned by flashfloods. [3]
Pages in category "Crossroads mythology" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Hercules at the crossroads, also known as the Choice of Hercules and the Judgement of Hercules, is an ancient Greek parable attributed to Prodicus and known from Xenophon. It concerns the young Heracles (also known to the Romans as Hercules ) who is offered a choice between Vice ( Kakia ) and Virtue ( Arete )—a life of pleasure or one of ...