It's also known as theKawatorōor川太郎, or theKomahikior駒引, or theKawakoor川虎, literallyriver tiger.Regions have their own names, withKappabeing a generic term for what are known by dozens of local names. An equivalent is known in Chinese folklore asShui Guior 水鬼, "Water Ghost"...
She Gods of Shark Reef: Directed by Roger Corman. With Bill Cord, Don Durant, Lisa Montell, Jeanne Gerson. Two brothers, one wanted for murder, are shipwrecked on an island inhabited by nubile young women who have amassed a valuable cache of pearls.
a chief crop of Aztec agriculture. Other gods were devoted to war, water, or the sun--if it was important to Aztec society, you can bet there was a god responsible for it. In addition, the Aztec pantheon resembled human society as well; gods had families, married, fought wars, and ma...
The word "Coatlicue" is Nahuatl for "the one with the skirt of serpents". She is referred to by the epithets "Mother Goddess of the Earth who gives birth to all celestial things", "Goddess of Fire and Fertility", "Goddess of Life, Death and Rebirth" and "Mother of the Southern Sta...
Hundred gods are mentioned. If to these be added the names of all the mythological beings which occur in the various Books of the Underworld, we shall find that the number of the gods who were recognized by the theologians of the xixth Dynasty at Thebes was about twelve hundred. If all...
Seas of blood and death, skies of smoke and poison death bloomed and swallowed all stillness ruled all the land and sky and water yet life endured we speak to you now, the children that will be far and away know there is no truth, and the gods lie ...
The reference to the names Lif and Lifthrasir appears in the poemVafthruthnismol(“The Ballad of Vafthruthnir”), also part of thePoetic Edda. Archaeological record Numeroustreatmentsof Ragnarök have been discovered in the archaeological record. Thorwald’s Cross, a runestone found on theIsle...
centerpiece.[29]At some point the gods became aware of the existence of the hibernating Elder Dragons, who were tied to themagical balanceof Tyria, and learned their names and spheres of influence. This information was documented in what would come to be known as theScroll of the Five True...
Ananse Ashanti Africa The creator of the sun, stars, day, moon & night who often intercedes between gods & mortals Andriam Vabi Rano Africa A goddess of water & lakes Ani Africa A goddess of justice Annalia Africa A river goddess ...
DORIS One of the Oceanides, the wife of Nereus and mother of the fifty Nereides. She may have presided over the mingling of fresh water with the brine as her name suggests.EIDOTHEA A prophetic sea-nymph. She was the daughter of the seal-herder god Proteus....