“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....
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. Antaura Antaura has Greek roots and means a light breeze. The demon Antaura was responsible for causing headaches, specifically migraines...
Mythology: Egyptianvs.GreekNo matter what culture you’re in there will always be things that can’t be explained. In the ancient Egyptian andGreekcultures‚ they used myths about gods to explain them. During these times‚ there wasn’t lots of technology and scientific reason. Many people...
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 ...
Horuswas 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 ...
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...
Naturally, the Gothic themes continue as Fast Evil explores Egyptian mythology on ‘Anubis’, while ‘Ghost Town’ has a simmering quality about its molten groove. There is an apparent diversity about these guys though; ‘Indians’ is a fiery romp with scathing axe work, ‘Silent Night’ ...
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 ...
an infernal and lethal wild boar is opposed toAdonisinGreek mythology, and the tricksterLokiis opposed to Baldr inGermanic religionand mythology. These figures, the agents for disastrous occurrences, were alreadyimplicitin the figure of the dying god himself and in his relation to the seasonal cyc...
it is necessary first to consider the history of the swastika. And it is an extraordinarily long and diverse history. In fact, as we shall shortly see, this is one of the oldest of all designs created by man - certainly older than the celebratedEgyptian ankhand theChristian cross- and it...