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A death deity has a good chance of being either male or female, unlike some functions that seem to steer towards one gender in particular, such as fertility and earth deities being female and storm deities being male.
A bokor (male) (Haitian Creole: bòkò) or caplata (female) is a Vodou priest or priestess for hire in Haiti who is said to serve the loa, " 'with both hands', practicing for both good and evil." [1] [2] Their practice includes the creation of zombies and of ouangas (talismans that house spirits). [3] [4] [failed verification]
In Wicca, it denotes a male or female who has been initiated into the priesthood in the 1st or 2nd degree depending on the tradition. High Priest/High Priestess: A Wiccan role. One becomes a High Priest/ess once they attain the second or third degree, depending upon which tradition of Wicca they belong to. Bard
Chemosh (Moabite: 𐤊𐤌𐤔 , romanized: Kamōš; Biblical Hebrew: כְּמוֹשׁ, romanized: Kəmōš) is a Canaanite deity worshipped by Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples who occupied the region known in the Hebrew Bible as Moab, in modern-day Jordan east of the Dead Sea, during the Levantine Bronze and Iron Ages.
Hiereia (Ancient Greek: ἱέρεια, pl. ἱέρειαι, hiéreiai) was the title of the female priesthood or priestesses in ancient Greek religion, being the equivalent of the male title hiereus (ἱερεύς). Ancient Greece had a number of different offices in charge of worship of gods and goddesses, and both women and men functioned as ...
Anubis had male priests who sported wood masks with the god's likeness when performing rituals. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] His cult center was at Cynopolis in Upper Egypt but memorials were built everywhere and he was universally revered in every part of the nation.
Umibōzu (海坊主, "sea priest") is a giant, black, human-like being and is the figure of a yōkai from Japanese folklore. Other names include Umihōshi (海法師, "sea priest") or Uminyūdō (海入道, "sea priest"). Little is known of the origin of umibōzu but it is a mythical sea-spirit creature and as such has multiple sightings ...
High Priest Herakh - High Priest of the Temple of the Vulture Lord located in the Land of the Dead in Warhammer Online. Khalida Neferher m, - High Queen of Tomb Kings. Krell, Lord of Undeath m - was a mighty Chaos Champion in the days before the birth of Sigmar, the ruler of a barbarian tribe that had been corrupted by the Chaos God Khorne ...