“Queen of Elephantine”, who was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians on that island in the Nile. Her primary role was that of a guardian of Egypt’s southern (Nubian) frontier, killing enemies of the pharaoh with her arrows. Satis was also associated with the annual inundation of the Nile. With the god Chnum and the goddess [...]
The group of the nine chief deities of the Osirian cycle in ancient Egyptian myth. They are Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Seb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Seth, and Nephthys.
The term is also frequently used in Egyptian texts to denote the divine council of gods and goddesses in general.
One of the ancient names for the afterworld, the dark realm of death in Egyptian mythology, situated west of the Nile (in later times considered to be beneath the earth). The sun passes through this place on its return journey from west to east. This underworld is represented by the hieroglyph for a star. It [...]
Duamutef was a god of Egyptian mythology. He was the guardian of the East and one of the four Sons of Horus. Duamutef was represented as a mummified man with the head of a jackal. He was a funerary god. Duamutef protected the stomach of the deceased. The stomach was kept in a canopic jar [...]
The Chinese divine inventor of war and weapons. He was usually depicted as ox-headed.
The Red Robed One, a deity often found in the company of Wen-chang. He acts as the patron of ill-prepared candidates for official examinations.
In Chinese mythology, Zhu Rong is the god of fire and the ruler of the southern hemisphere. He is the father of Gong Gong, a demon that causes floods. Zhu Rong helped to separate the heaven and the earth. He rides a tiger. He is also simply referred to as Li.
The Chinese Taoist god of the afterlife, and a god of exorcism. His Japanese equivalent is Shoki.
The Chinese goddess of spinners. She wove the beautiful robes worn by all the other divinities.
The Chinese lord of the rain.
