Ama-no-Minaka-Nushi
Ama-no-Minaka-Nushi In Japanese Shinto mythology, primeval god, mentioned in the Kojiki (records of ancient matters), who stood motionless in the center of the cosmos. In…
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Ama-no-Kawa
Ama-no-Kawa (Ama-no-yase-kawa, Amenoyasu-no-kawa, Yasu) In Japanese mythology, the river of heaven, identified with the Milky Way or the rainbow. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and…
Ama-no-hashidate
Ama-no-hashidate (heavenly stairs) (Amanouki-hasi [floating bridge of heaven], Amenoiha-fune [heavenly rocking boat]) In Japanese mythology, bridge or stairway between heaven and earth. On it the…
Akubo
Akubo In Japanese No plays, the character of a wicked priest who wears a coarse beard and carries a halberd. SEE ALSO: No Japanese Mythology…
MARDUK
Marduk (bull calf of the sun) In Near Eastern mythology (Babylonian), hero-god who defeated the monster of chaos, Tiamat, and was proclaimed king of the…
Shamash
Shamash In Near Eastern mythology (Babylonian-Assyrian), sun god, (originally female) god of justice and healing, his consort was the goddess Aa, and his attendants were…
Sarpanitum
Sarpanitum (silvery bright one) In Near Eastern mythology (Babylonian-Assyrian), goddess who presided over the sweet waters, earth, and wisdom. She was the wife of the…
Rimmon
Rimmon (Ramman, Rammanu) (the thunderer) In Near Eastern mythology (Babylonian-Assyrian), the storm god, often called Adad or Hadad. In the biblical book 2 Kings (5:1–18),…
Lugulbanda
Lugulbanda is in Near Eastern mythology (Babylonian-Assyrian), a shepherd god who appears as a protector and father of the hero in the epic poem Gilgamesh.…
Irra
Irra (Dibbara, Girra, Iea, Ura) In Near Eastern mythology (Babylonian-Assyrian), god of pestilence, the fearful slaughterer who laid waste the plains, taking delight in destroying…