“The great cat of Heliopolis” killing the enemy of the sun, Apophis, Tomb of Inherkhau no. 359, Thebes In Egyptian mythology, Apophis was also the archenemy of the great sun god, Ra. Each time Ra sailed on his barge into the underworld, Apophis would attack him to prevent sunrise...
Anubis- In Egyptian lore, Anubis guided souls into the afterlife. He was tasked with weighing a person's heart against a feather to determine their worthiness for paradise or condemnation. Hel- In Norse mythology, Hel was given dominion over an underworld realm named after herself. Half her fa...
Her story in Egyptian mythology could be used to possibly explain why she's appearing in the MCU Disney+ show, but it might also set up the MCU's evil Human Torch. In Egyptian mythology, Ra is the name of the sun god, and he has a female counterpart known as the Eye of Ra. One ...
One can cite Egyptian cultic rituals to preserve the sun on its nightly journey through the demonic realms, Norse mythology, H.P. Blavatsky's story of the evil magics that destroyed Atlantis, H.P. Lovecraft's fictional Old Ones of chaotic evil banished to an adjacent dimension, and the ...
Horus was an ancient god in Egyptian mythology who dramatically evolved over the whole of Egyptian history. Early on, he became identified as a sky god, where one of his eyes was the sun, and the other the moon. His weaker eye later became less important in his mythology, and he became...
Contradictions that appeared insoluble in the traditional historical paradigm arose constantly; one of the first problems that drew my attention was the impossibility of placing the heroes of ancient Greek mythology within the traditional historical timeframe. The mythical Theseus kills the Minotaur to li...
The Six-Eared Macaque (Liu’er mihou, 六耳獼猴) (fig. 1) is one of the most interesting villains that Sun Wukong faces in Journey to the West (Xiyouji, 西遊記, 1592). He is an example of the evil twin archetype from world mythology. But unlike modern media which sometimes ...
In Ancient Egyptian mythology, Ammit was a demon who had the head of a crocodile, the upper torso of a lion, and the lower body of a hippopotamus.59. AntauraAntaura has Greek roots and means a light breeze.The demon Antaura was responsible for causing headaches, specifically migraines. ...
Contradictions that appeared insoluble in the traditional historical paradigm arose constantly; one of the first problems that drew my attention was the impossibility of placing the heroes of ancient Greek mythology within the traditional historical timeframe. The mythical Theseus kills the Minotaur to li...