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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.
In June 1986, the comic book 2000 AD published the first part of a serial story called Sláine and the Horned God, written by Pat Mills and illustrated by Simon Bisley. Based in Celtic mythology, the Horned God is identified with Cernunnos and is the primary antagonist in a story rich with antagonists. He presents as a Fertility God who has ...
-Elfydd: The Earth; the realm of humans -Annwn: The Otherworld; the realm(s) of the gods.Depending on the source, this could be a more typical Indo-European underworld (i.e. a realm below the earth), or the "deep" areas within the natural realm (e.g. deep within the woods, as with the First Branch of The Mabinogi, or within/near lakes, e.g. the Arthurian Lady of the Lake, Ceridwen in Hanes ...
Cikap-Kamuy is depicted as a great owl, as opposed to smaller owls (such as little horned owl) that represent demons and other malicious spirits. The Ainu believed that the owl watched over the mosir (country) and local kotan (villages), so Cikap-Kamuy came to be represented as the master of the domain. In some areas, his tears were said to be ...
The Sleeper of N'kai, The Toad-God, Zhothaqqua, Sadagowah Appears as a huge, furry, almost humanoid toad, or a bat-like sloth. Tulushuggua The Watery Dweller Beneath: A mysterious subterranean horror, dwelling deep within the flooded caves of Florida, served by the eel-like horrors known as the Tulush. Turua [37] Father of the Swamps, The Bayou ...
The mythology or religion of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine being closely associated with death, an afterlife, or an underworld. They are often amongst the most powerful and important entities in a given tradition, reflecting the fact that death, like birth , is central to the human experience.
A unifying characteristic of all Indo-European mythologies is a story about a battle between a god of thunder and a huge serpent or a dragon. In the Slavic version of the myth, Perun is a god of thunder while Veles acts as a dragon who opposes him, consistent with the Vala etymology; he is also similar to the Etruscan underworld monster Vetha ...
The World Tree carved on a pot. Amongst the modern religions, Hungarian mythology is closest to the cosmology of Uralic peoples. In Hungarian myth, the world is divided into three spheres: the first is the Upper World (Felső világ), the home of the gods; the second is the Middle World (Középső világ) or world we know, and finally the underworld (Alsó világ).