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Greek myth has it that Nephele is the cloud whom Zeus created in the image of Hera to trick Ixion to test his integrity after he displayed his lust for Hera during a feast as a guest of Zeus. Ixion's restraint failed him, and he assaulted Nephele, eventually fathering the Centaurs (through Imbros [ 3 ] or Centauros [ 4 ] ).
Galeru, rainbow snake in Arnhem Land mythology who swallowed the Djanggawul; Garkain the Recluse, predatory being whose victim's souls are forced to forever wander the vast jungles of their final resting place; Inapertwa in Arrernte mythology, simple ancestral beings formed into all plants, birds, animals and later humans
Consequently, he considers Helmold's Chernobog to be a pseudo-deity, [32] which has been misidentified by modern scholars as a deity due to Helmold's calque of black god and white god into Latin as niger deus and bonus deus which suggests that Slavic bog used in these terms = Latin deus, [30] and personal names *Čŕ̥nobogъ "devil" and ...
The Talking god, god of the dawn and the east Hashchʼéoghan: The House-god, god of evening and the west Niltsi: Wind god Tó Neinilii 'Water sprinkler', rain god Jóhonaaʼéí: Sun Yoołgai Asdzą́ą́ 'White-shell woman', lunar deity Mą’ii: Coyote trickster god Black God: Creator of the stars, god of fire See also Diné Bahaneʼ: Pawnee ...
The Soul-Chilling Ice-God: Appears as a cyanotic humanoid, followed by an eerie blizzard. Bokrug The Great Water Lizard, The Doom of Sarnath: Appears as a gigantic water lizard. Bugg-Shash [4] The Black One, The Filler of Space, He Who Comes in the Dark: Appears as a black slimy mass covered in eyes and mouths, much like a Shoggoth. Byagoona ...
Monster may also be Native, but name was given from Native language by local whites & not the original name, if so. Sea goat – Half goat, half fish; Selkie – Shapeshifting seal people; Water bull – Nocturnal amphibious bull; Water Horse – General name for mythical water dwelling horses of many cultures
A Greek dryad depicted in a painting. In religion, a nature deity is a deity in charge of forces of nature, such as water, biological processes, or weather.These deities can also govern natural features such as mountains, trees, or volcanoes.
Nemty – Falcon god, worshiped in Middle Egypt, [22] who appears in myth as a ferryman for greater gods [23] Neper – A god of Grain [24] Osiris – A god of death and resurrection who rules Duat and enlivens vegetation, the sun god, and deceased souls [25] Ptah – A creator deity and god of craftsmen, the patron god of Memphis [26]