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Canaanite. Yam, god of the sea and primordial chaos. Tannin (monster) [1] Egyptian. 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 ...
List of death deities. Yama, the Hindu god of death and Lord of Naraka (hell). He was subsequently adopted by Buddhist, Chinese, Tibetan, Korean, and Japanese mythology as the king of hell. Maya death god "A" way as a hunter, Classic period. The mythology or religion of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine ...
Hesiod's Theogony, (c. 700 BCE) which could be considered the "standard" creation myth of Greek mythology, [1] tells the story of the genesis of the gods. After invoking the Muses (II.1–116), Hesiod says the world began with the spontaneous generation of four beings: first arose Chaos (Chasm); then came Gaia (the Earth), "the ever-sure foundation of all"; "dim" Tartarus (the Underworld), in ...
Samhara Kali, also called Vama Kali, is the embodiment of the power of destruction. The chief goddess of Tantric texts, Samhara Kali is the most dangerous and powerful form of Kali. Samhara Kali takes form when Kali steps out with her left foot holding her sword in her right hand. She is the Kali of death, destruction and is worshipped by tantrics.
Neper – A god of grain [24] Osiris – god of death and resurrection who rules the underworld and enlivens vegetation, the sun god, and deceased souls [25] Ptah – A creator deity and god of craftsmen, the patron god of Memphis [26] Set – An ambivalent god, characterized by violence, chaos, and strength, connected with the desert ...
Apep (Ancient Egyptian: ꜥꜣpp), also known as Aphoph (/ ə.ˈfɒf /, Coptic: Ⲁⲫⲱⲫ, romanized:Aphōph) [ 1 ] or Apophis (/ ə.ˈpɒ.fɪs /; Ancient Greek: Ἄποφις, romanized:Ápophis), is the ancient Egyptian deity who embodied darkness and disorder, and was thus the opponent of light and Maat (order/ truth). Ra was the bringer ...
Set (/ s ɛ t /; Egyptological: Sutekh - swtẖ ~ stẖ [a] or: Seth / s ɛ θ /) is a god of deserts, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion. [6]: 269 In Ancient Greek, the god's name is given as Sēth (Σήθ). Set had a positive role where he accompanies Ra on his barque to repel Apep (Apophis), the serpent ...
e. In Greek mythology, Erebus (/ ˈɛrəbəs /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἔρεβος, romanized: Érebos, lit. '"darkness, gloom"'), [2] or Erebos, is the personification of darkness. In Hesiod 's Theogony, he is the offspring of Chaos, and the father of Aether and Hemera (Day) by Nyx (Night); in other Greek cosmogonies, he is the father of Aether ...