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Cosgarach Mhor, the Great Triumphant One, sword of Oscar. Crocea Mors[ fr ], formerly the sword of Julius Caesar, captured by Nennius according to the legends presented by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Cruadh-Chosgarach, the Hard Destroying One, sword of Caílte mac Rónáin. Cruaidín Catutchenn, the sword of Cú Chulainn.
Nun lifts the solar barque with the new-born sun from the waters of creation. The different myths have some elements in common. They all held that the world had arisen out of the lifeless waters of chaos, called Nu. They also included a pyramid-shaped mound, called the benben, which was the first thing to emerge from the waters.
The Tablet of Destinies is an important device in the Babylonian epic Enuma Elish, [4] in which Tiamat bestows this tablet on Qingu (previously written as Kingu) when she takes him as her consort and gives him command of her army. The tablet is seized by the god Marduk after his defeat of Qingu. The Tablet of Destinies is referenced in Text B ...
Kisosen, the Abenaki solar deity, an eagle whose wings opened to create the day and closed to cause the nighttime. Napioa, the Blackfoot deity of the Sun. Tawa, the Hopi creator and god of the Sun. Wi, Lakota god of the Sun. Aba' Bínni'li', the Chickasaw creator deity, strongly associated with the sun.
Substitute king ritual. The substitute king ritual was an ancient Mesopotamian religious rite of human sacrifice, documented most clearly in Assyria, which was performed to safeguard the king from danger perceived to come from evil omens. These omens were generally thought to arise from certain astronomical events such as eclipses.
Like the player character, Solaire is an Undead who journeys to the land of Lordran from his homeland of Astora, albeit on a personal mission to "find his very own Sun".". His world and the player's come into contact at various times during the game, and he gives the player a White Soapstone item during his first meeting so that the player can be summoned into other worlds as a phantom and ...
A spirit tablet, memorial tablet, or ancestral tablet[1] is a placard that people used to designate the seat of a deity or past ancestor as well as to enclose it. The name of the deity or the past ancestor is usually inscribed onto the tablet. With origins in traditional Chinese culture, the spirit tablet is a common sight in many East Asian ...
I am noble, I am a spirit [akh], I am equipped; O all you gods and all you spirits [akhu], prepare a path for me. — Book of the Dead, spell 9.[7] 10. Another spell for a man's going out into the day against his foes in the realm of the dead. [9] 11. Spell for going out against a foe in the realm of the dead.