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A gilded wooden figurine of a deer from the Pazyryk burials, 5th century BC. Deer have significant roles in the mythology of various peoples located all over the world, such as object of worship, the incarnation of deities, the object of heroic quests and deeds, or as magical disguise or enchantment/curse for princesses and princes in many folk and fairy tales.
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Beelzebub is the most recognized demon in the Bible, whose name has become analogous to Satan. Occult and metaphysical author Michelle Belanger believes that Beelzebub (a mockery of the original name [ 42 ] ) is the horned god Ba'al Hadad , whose cult symbol was the bull. [ 43 ]
Furfur is portrayed as a horned, red-skinned man in the anime and manga series Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun. He makes brief optional appearances as a passive antagonist in the video game Voices of the Void. Furfur is also a character in the comedy tv series Good Omens, and is depicted as a demon working for hell. [3]
Makara (Hindu mythology) – half terrestrial animal in the frontal part (stag, deer, or elephant) and half aquatic animal in the hind part (usually of a fish, a seal, or a snake, though sometimes a peacock or even a floral tail is depicted)
Deer Woman (Native American) – Human-deer hybrid; Deity (Worldwide) – Preternatural or supernatural possibly immortal being; Demigod (Worldwide) – Half human, half god; Demons (Worldwide especially in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic mythology) - Evil spirits that torment mortals; Dhampir – Human/vampire hybrid
In Greek mythology, the Ceryneian hind (Ancient Greek: Κερυνῖτις ἔλαφος Kerynitis elaphos, Latin: Elaphus Cerynitis), was a creature that lived in Ceryneia, [1] Greece and took the form of an enormous female deer, larger than a bull, [1] with golden antlers [2] like a stag, [3] hooves of bronze or brass, [4] and a "dappled hide", [5] that "excelled in swiftness of foot", [6 ...
In Norse mythology, four stags or harts (male red deer) eat among the branches of the world tree Yggdrasill. According to the Poetic Edda, the stags crane their necks upward to chomp at the branches. The morning dew gathers in their horns and forms the rivers of the world. Their names are given as Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór. An ...