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Chalkydri (Ancient Greek: χαλκύδραι khalkýdrai, compound of χαλκός khalkós "brass, copper" + ὕδρα hýdra "hydra", "water-serpent" — lit. "brazen hydras", "copper serpents") are mythical creatures mentioned in the apocryphal Second Book of Enoch from the 1st century CE, often seen as an angelic species.
The term "dying god" is associated with the works of James Frazer, [4] Jane Ellen Harrison, and their fellow Cambridge Ritualists. [16] At the end of the 19th century, in their The Golden Bough [4] and Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion, Frazer and Harrison argued that all myths are echoes of rituals, and that all rituals have as their primordial purpose the manipulation of natural ...
Bennu (/ ˈ b ɛ n uː /) [1] is an ancient Egyptian deity linked with the Sun, creation, and rebirth. He may have been the original inspiration for the phoenix legends that developed in Greek mythology .
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In the Vermilion Bird, a mystical Phoenix symbol represents of Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. D. H. Lawrence frequently used the phoenix as a symbol for rebirth in life. The Cambridge Edition of the Letters and Works of D. H. Lawrence carries the motif on its covers.
Atropos, one of the moirai, who cut the thread of life. Charon, a daimon who acted as ferryman of the dead. Erebus, the primordial god of darkness, his mists encircled the underworld and filled the hollows of the earth; Erinyes, chthonic deities of vengeance; Hades, king of the underworld and god of the dead [10]
Water Horse – General name for mythical water dwelling horses of many cultures Ceffyl Dŵr – Water horse; Each-uisge – Malevolent shapeshifting oceanic water horse; Enbarr – Manann's horse, capable of traversing land and sea; Hippocampus – Horse with a fish tail
Other names: Izanagi-no-Kami (伊邪那岐神) Izanagi-no-Ōkami (伊邪那岐大神) Kumano-Hayatama-no-Ōkami (熊野速玉大神) Japanese: 伊邪那岐命, 伊耶那岐命, 伊弉諾尊