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Some deities have magic armor or weapons. In Aphrodite had a magic, embroidered girdle. She usually wore it herself but on occasion would lend it out to Hera or even to mortals. It had the power to inflame passions, desires, etc.

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The heroine Matabagka owns a small hat (sulinday) that could magically transform into an air vessel.

This she uses to travel to enemy territory in order to steal a powerful amulet which safekeeps the strongest whirlwind.

- from an epic of the Talaandig tribe

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Vulcan, the Roman god of the forge, made a mirror that could show the past, present and the future...
In one story, Cupid gave it to Antinous who gave it to Penelope, who saw within it, "the court of Queen Elizabeth..."

🖼Bassano

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a magical necklace worn by the goddess, It’s name, roughly translated from Old Norse, means ‘necklace of amber/fire’. Or, alternatively, it may also be a reference to the a mythical Dwarven tribe who crafted it.
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(whose name literally means "Great Queen") was a strong woman - she said of her husband Pwyll "Never was there a man who made feebler use of his wits." The singing of her 3 magical birds "wakes the dead, and lulls the living into slumber"

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Titania the Queen of the Fairies in The Books of Magic Book III: The Land of Summer's Twilight (1991). Written by Neil Gaiman. Art by Charles Vess. Letters by Todd Klein.

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In Marie de France's lai 'Lanval,' the title character becomes the lover of a fairy queen. Though he promises to keep his lady's identity a secret, he can't help but brag about her at Arthur's court. She forgives him, though, and carries him off to Avalon.

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Queen gets a bad press in Arthurian Legend - especially for her adulterous relationship with .... in the earliest tales Gwenhwyfar (White Phantom) was beautiful, wise, and loyal as well as being able to wield a sword ...

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‘Dido was I the cause of your dying? I swear by the stars,
by the gods above, I left your shores unwillingly, my queen.‘-Aeneas on seeing the shade of his one-time love in the Fields of Mourning. (Aeneid VI)#MythologyMonday

🎨Dido brought to the Underworld-Georges Moreau deTours

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Queen Cordelia was a legendary Queen of the Britons. She was the youngest daughter of Leir and the second ruling queen of pre-Roman Britain. There is no independent historical evidence for her existence. Her story was used by Shakespeare in his play "King Lear".

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Charon is the ferryman who transports the souls of the dead across the river Styx, bringing them to rest in Hades, the Underworld. He is a guide, moving between the lands of the living and the dead, and he must be paid for his labor, else a curse befall the soul.

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7. is the of and the he is the patron god of lost souls. He is one of the oldest gods of who most likely developed from the earlier god Wepwawet with whom he is confused. 8/8

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6. is the of the He also symbolized and the cycle of Nile floods that Egypt relied on for agricultural fertility. 7/8

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1. the of death in He is the child of and and the sibling of He is similar to the grimm reaper and goes to remove souls from mortals when the Fates/Moirai decide. 2/8

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Naglfar, a ship fated to sail during Norse end times, was to to be built entirely from the finger/toe nails of corpses. To deprive the otherworld of materials & delay the ship's construction, funerary tasks often included trimming the nails of loved ones.

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Greek Mythology: Cassandra – the Gift and the Curse of Apollo https://t.co/AxVXZujRxE

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In Greek mythology, Hypnos and his brother Thanatos are the gods of sleep and death respectively and are said to reside in the underworld realm of Hades.

Art: 'Sleep and His Half-Brother Death' - John William Waterhouse.

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In Greek Mythology Thanatos was the god or personified spirit of non-violent death. His touch was gentle, likened to that of his twin brother Hypnos. Violent death was the domain of Thanatos' blood-craving sisters, the Keres, spirits of slaughter and disease.

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Valkyries, once considered sinister spirits in Norse mythology, chose which slain warriors were admitted to Valhalla, to live with Odin. Later tales depict them as fearsome, beautiful shield maidens who were transformed into swan maidens on the battlefield.

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