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Whereas most male gods have red skin and most goddesses are yellow—the same colors used to depict Egyptian men and women—some are given unusual, symbolic skin colors. [167] Thus, the blue skin and paunchy figure of the god Hapi alludes to the Nile flood he represents and the nourishing fertility it brought. [ 168 ]
A. Aceso; Achlys; Acte (mythology) Adephagia; Adikia; Adrasteia; Adrasteia (mythology) Aegiale (mother of Alcyone) Aergia; Aglaea; Aidos; Alala; Algea (mythology ...
A Greek dryad depicted in a painting. In religion, a nature deity is a deity in charge of forces of nature, such as water, biological processes, or weather.These deities can also govern natural features such as mountains, trees, or volcanoes.
Greek mythology, with its deep roots in oral and literary traditions, predates Roman mythology by over a millennium. It is a realm where gods and goddesses are portrayed with – often exaggerated – human traits, emotions, and physical forms. The Greeks envisioned their gods, for the most part, in a familiar human likeness.
In Greek mythology, Gaia (earth) had 12 children – six male and six female Titans – with her own son Uranus (sky). [6] [7] The male Titans were Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Cronus.
General deities were known by the Celts throughout large regions, and are the gods and goddesses called upon for protection, healing, luck, and honour. The local deities from Celtic nature worship were the spirits of a particular feature of the landscape, such as mountains, trees, or rivers, and thus were generally only known by the locals in ...
The list of Lithuanian gods is based on scarce written sources and late folklore. Many of them were outright invented . Lithuania converted to Christianity in 1387, but elements of Lithuanian mythology survived into the 19th century.
