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The Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi describes qi as single-horned, [8] and it can sometimes be depicted as having a single horn. The translation, however, may be misleading, as qilin can also be depicted as having two horns. In modern Chinese, "one-horned beast" (独角兽; 獨角獸; Dújiǎoshòu) is used for "unicorns". A number of ...
The beast would ram the guilty, but spare the innocent. The account appears in Wang Chong, Lunheng (80 AD). [8] [2] [3] In the same work (Lunheng), the legend is prefaced the remark that public offices are painted with the images of the beast and the minister. [3] [2] As a symbol of traditional Chinese law, xiezhi has been promoted by the ...
Faunus, horned god of the forest, plains and fields; Feronia, goddess associated with wildlife, fertility, health and abundance; Flora, goddess of flowers and the spring; equivalent to the Greek goddess Chloris; Fufluns, god of plant life, happiness and health and growth in all things; Liber, cognate for Bacchus/Dionysus
Cernunnos on the Gundestrup cauldron (plate A). He sits cross-legged, wielding a torc in one hand and a ram-horned serpent in the other. Cernunnos is a Celtic god whose name is only clearly attested once, on the 1st-century CE Pillar of the Boatmen from Paris, where it is associated with an image of an aged, antlered figure with torcs around his horns.
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 ...
Horned God in Wiccan based neopagan religions represents a solar god often associated with vegetation, that's honoured as the Holly King or Oak King in Neopagan rituals. [47] Most often, the Horned God is considered a male fertility god. [48] The use of horns as a symbol for power dates back to the ancient world.
The Horned Serpent design is a common theme on pottery from Casas Grandes (Paquimé) A Horned Serpent in a Barrier Canyon Style pictograph, Western San Rafael Swell region of Utah. The Horned Serpent appears in the mythologies of many cultures including Native American peoples, [1] European, and Near Eastern mythology. Details vary among ...
Odontotyrannos (Greek: όδοντοτύραννος), also odontotyrannus or dentityrannus [a] ("tooth-tyrant") is a mythical three-horned beast said to have attacked Alexander the Great and his men at their camp in India, according to the apocryphal Letter from Alexander to Aristotle and other medieval romantic retellings of Alexandrian legend.