Mot
Mot (death, sterility) In Near Eastern mythology (Phoenician), god of death produced from the primeval egg, a child of air and chaos. Mot was the…
Month: July 2018
Deino
Deino (terrible) In Greek mythology, daughter of Phorcys and Ceto; one of the three Graeae—the others being Enyo and Pephredo— who were guardians of the…
Deidamia
Deidamia (taker of spoil) In Greek mythology, mistress of Achilles; daughter of Lycomedes, king of Scyros; mother of Neoptolemus (Pyrrhus). She was seduced by Achilles…
Deianira
Deianira In Greek mythology, second wife of Heracles; daughter of Dionysus (or Oeneus) and Althaea; half sister of Gorge, Meleager, and Toxeus; mother of Ctesippus,…
Dazhbog
Dazhbog (Dazbog, Dazdbog) (giving god) In Slavic mythology, sun god, son of Swarog, the sky god, and brother of Svarogich, the fire god. According to…
Deert
Deert In Australian mythology, the moon god, who punished animals with death. Only he, Deert, would be able to die and return to life again.…
Darana
Darana In Australian mythology, the rainmaker who causes rain to fall by singing. Once when Darana sang, so much rain fell that the earth was…
Colbumatuan-kurrk
Colbumatuan-kurrk In Australian mythology, an evil female spirit who kills people by throwing tree limbs at them. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third…
churinga
churinga (Tjuringa) In Australian mythology, sacred objects of stone or wood in which the spirits of ancestors come to dwell; also, a mnemonic device for…
