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Heimdall- The watchman of the gods, who guards the bridge to Asgard. He convinces the other Norse gods not to allow Loki to become the Norse avatar. Shango- Orisha of thunder and lightning. He meets the avatars when they arrive at Africa and takes Diana in, but leaves the other avatars at the wall. Mawu-Lisa- The Fon god and goddess. They are ...
Phanes was a male god; in an original Orphic Hymn he is named as "Lord Priapos", [5] although others consider him androgynous. [ 1 ] Phanes was a deity of light and goodness, whose name meant "to bring light" or "to shine"; [ 6 ] [ 7 ] a first-born deity, he emerged from the abyss and gave birth to the universe. [ 7 ]
Hesiod's Theogony, (c. 700 BCE) which could be considered the "standard" creation myth of Greek mythology, [1] tells the story of the genesis of the gods. After invoking the Muses (II.1–116), Hesiod says the world began with the spontaneous generation of four beings: first arose Chaos (Chasm); then came Gaia (the Earth), "the ever-sure foundation of all"; "dim" Tartarus (the Underworld), in ...
Altered Beast [a] is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade video game developed and published by Sega.The game is set in Ancient Greece and follows a player character chosen by Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena from the demonic ruler of the underworld, Neff.
God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty, and archery. He is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis. Both Apollo and Artemis use a bow and arrow. Apollo is depicted as young, beardless, handsome and athletic. In myth, he can be cruel and destructive, and his love affairs are rarely happy.
Boccaccio's Demogorgon is mentioned as a "primal" god in quite a few Renaissance texts, and impressively glossed "Demon-Gorgon," i.e., "Terror-Demon" or "God of the Earth". The French historian and mythographer Jean Seznec , for instance, now determines in Demogorgon an allusion to the Demiurge ("Craftsman" or "Maker") of Plato 's Timaeus.
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Tower of the Winds in ancient Athens, part of the frieze depicting the Greek wind gods Boreas (north wind, on the left) and Skiron (northwesterly wind, on the right) The Anemoi are minor gods and are subject to the god Aeolus. They were sometimes represented as gusts of wind, and at other times were personified as winged men.