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In #Egyptian #Mythology, #Set/#Seth/#Suetekh, was the #god of #war, #chaos and #storms, brother of #Osiris and #Horus the Elder, and husband to #goddess of the #air #Nephthys. His other consort was the goddess of #fertility #Tawaret.
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The pair sang beautiful #music as they went, that put all listeners throughout #Ireland asleep for three days and nights. #Caer married #Aengus and joined the #TuathaDéDannan as the #goddess of #dreams and #prophecy.
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#Caer and the other girls were turned into #swans and #Aengus had to pick. He chose correctly and Aengus turned himself into a #swan and they flew away together, to the #BrúNaBóinne/#palace on the #River #Boyne near #Slane...
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where she stood beside his bed and as he tried to reach for her, Caer would disappear. She also had another #talent, every other #Samhain she would turn #human, and after that, she would revert into a #swan until next Samhain...
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In #Celtic #Mythology #Rhiannon also known as #Rigantona was #goddess of #fertility, #rebirth, #wisdom, #magic, #transformation, #beauty, #inspiration, #poetry, #night, the #moon and #death. She is the #Divine #Queen of #Faeries Her name means #NightQueen
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In #Irish #mythology, #Donn/"#TheDarkOne" is an #ancestor of the #Gaels and a #god of the #dead. Donn is said to dwell in #TeachDuinn/the house of Donn/house of the dark one, where the #souls of the dead gather. He is also viewed as a #phantom #horseman.
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In #Irish #Mythology The #Fomorians are #hostile #monsters from under the #sea or in the #earth. They are #enemies and #opponents of the #TuathaDéDanann.They are #gods who represent the harmful or #destructive #powers of #nature; #chaos, #darkness and #death
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A #Sylph also known as a #Sylphid is a #mythological #air #spirit. In #life they were #coquettes and #flirtatious women who became #invisible spirits of the air and protected #secret #knowledge and #beautiful women who rejected the advances of men
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In #Irish #Mythology #Brigid is a member of the #TuathaDéDanann, the daughter of the #Dagda, wife of #Bres, and mother of #Ruadán. She is associated with #spring, #fertility, #healing, #poetry and #blacksmithing.
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In #GreekMythology, #Aphrodite, the #goddess of #love and #beauty had a golden #chariot drawn through the sky by a team of #doves. In some #myths, she was revered as a #sea #goddess and had a chariot drawn by fish-tailed #Tritones.
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In #GreekMythology, #Helios was the #Titan god of the #Sun. He was said to ride a golden #chariot which brought the Sun from the #east to the #west. In some #myths he gave up the chariot after his son #Phaethon died driving it.
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In #Gaelic #mythology the #Cailleach is a veiled #divine #hag, a #creator #deity, a #weather deity, and an #ancestor deity. She had #powers over the #land, the #birds and the #beasts and was associated with the #otherworld, and the #dead.
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In #Celtic/#Irish #Mythology, #Dagda is the #god associated with #fertility, #agriculture, #manliness and #strength, as well as #magic, #druidry and #wisdom. He is one of the #TuathaDéDanann, Dagda is a father-figure, #king, and #druid.
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In #GreekMythology #Morpheus is the sons of #Hypnos/#sleep. He is the #god of #dreams and sends human shapes to the #dreamer, while his brother #Phobetor sends #Nightmares and #Phantasus sends the #animals and inanimate things
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#Djinn/#Jinn/#genies, are #supernatural #creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabian and later Islamic #mythology and #theology. They could grant #wishes, but they were also able to manipulate these wishes and turn them into #punishments
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In #GreekMythology the #Fates were three primordial deities who determined the lives & fortunes of #gods and #mortals. Their names were Clotho, Lachesis & Atropos In some #myths, they were daughters of #Nyx in others #Zeus & #Themis or even #Ananke
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In #GreekMythology #Tethys was the #Titan #goddess of #fresh #water that nourishes the #earth. She was the wife of #Oceanus and the mother of the #Potamoi/#Rivers, the #Oceanid #nymphs and the #Nephelai/#Clouds
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Today is #CelebrationOfLifeDay! The #god of #life in #GreekMythology is #Phanes/ #Protogonus. He was also god of #creation, #fertility and #light. Phanes put #souls into bodies. He was later confused with #Eros.
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In #GreekMythology, #Prometheus was the #Titan #god of #tricks and #fire. He helped create #humans and gave them fire against the wishes of #Zeus who punished him by having him tied to a rock and sending an #eagle to tear out his liver each day.
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