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An adder stone is a type of stone, usually glassy, ... magic stones with the properties of adder stones appear frequently in Welsh mythology and folklore.
A cockatrice overdoor at Belvedere Castle (1869) in New York's Central Park.. A cockatrice is a mythical beast, essentially a two-legged dragon, wyvern, or serpent-like creature with a rooster's head.
Cybele enthroned, with lion, cornucopia, and mural crown.Roman marble, c. 50 AD.Getty Museum. Cybele (/ ˈ s ɪ b əl iː / SIB-ə-lee; [1] Phrygian: Matar Kubileya, Kubeleya "Kubeleya Mother", perhaps "Mountain Mother"; [2] Lydian: Kuvava; Greek: Κυβέλη Kybélē, Κυβήβη Kybēbē, Κύβελις Kybelis) is an Anatolian mother goddess; she may have a possible forerunner in the ...
Sesshō-seki (also Killing Stone), a stone that kills anyone who comes into contact with it. (Japanese mythology) Stone of Giramphiel, a stone described in Diu Crône. Sir Gawain wins from the knight Fimbeus and it offers him protection against the fiery breath of dragons and the magic of the sorcerer Laamorz. (Arthurian legend)
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Adrasteia (/ ˌ æ d r ə ˈ s t iː ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἀδράστεια, Ionic Greek: Ἀδρήστεια), also spelled Adrastia, Adrastea, Adrestia, Adrestea, Adastreia or Adrasta, originally a Phrygian mountain goddess, probably associated with Cybele, was later a Cretan nymph, and daughter of Melisseus, who was charged by Rhea with nurturing ...
This was also the name of a 6th-century Breton saint from Wales, daughter of Saint Gwen the Triple-Breasted and sister of the great regional saint Winwaloe.According to hagiographies of Winwaloe, Saint Creirwy (Latin: Creirvia; Breton: Klervi) as a young girl had one or both eyes gouged out by a wild goose, but Winwaloe retrieved the eyeball(s) from the gander's belly and returned it/them to ...
In Norse mythology, Freyja (Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen , rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompanied by the boar Hildisvíni, and possesses a cloak of falcon feathers .
The stone was discovered in 1812 in Tiggelt, Zundert near the village of Rijsbergen and is now in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden. It is made of limestone (139 × 81 × 41 cm). Above the circular base there is an inscription panel and above it a cornice corresponding to the base with an attachment with foliage or scaled decorated scrolls ...