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Pages in category "Trickster goddesses" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ame-no-Uzume; Apate;
1722 German woodcut of a werewolf transforming. Popular shapeshifting creatures in folklore are werewolves and vampires (mostly of European, Canadian, and Native American/early American origin), ichchhadhari naag (shape-shifting cobra) of India, shapeshifting fox spirits of East Asia such as the huli jing of China, the obake of Japan, the Navajo skin-walkers, and gods, goddesses and demons and ...
Because of their association with springs, they were often seen as having healing properties; [1] other divine powers of the nymphs included divination and shapeshifting. [2] Nymphs, like other goddesses, were immortal except for the Hamadryads, whose lives were bound to a specific tree. [3]
Actaeon was a hunter who walked into the hunt goddess Artemis bathing naked. Angered over the insolence, the goddess splashed water at him, immediately turning him into a stag (who was then devoured by his own hunting dogs as he tried to escape). Arachne ("spider") Spider: Athena: Arachne was a Lydian girl noted for her talent in weaving. When ...
The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes. A temple would house the statue of a god or goddess, or multiple deities, and might be decorated with relief scenes depicting myths. Divine images were common on coins. Drinking cups and other vessels were painted with scenes from Greek myths.
Long before "Twilight" put Jacob on the map, werewolves have been the subject of countless movies, books and monster tales.. In fact, much like ghosts, witches and vampires, the werewolf has been ...
Animated television series about shapeshifting, the ability to physically transform oneself through unnatural means. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
This was a Mayan goddess, dominated as Íxtab, who was the goddess of the hanged, the latter rewarded suicides with heaven but, with the arrival of Christianity, she is now their punisher and a demon woman who scares the men. A second version tells that it was a Mayan princess named Suluay, daughter of Governor Halach Huinic, who had fallen in ...