#deitytober2020

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3° Morrigan Morrigan is one of the most important Irish deities, one of the “warrior rages” of Irish myths, goddess of war, death and fate. Morrigan is part of the Túatha Dé Danann, she is the daughter of Fiacha mac Delbaíth and Ernmas and sister of Badb and Macha. She is described as a shapeshifter, who especially likes to assume the shape of a crow, so flies over the battlefields and devours corpses. Sometimes she shows herself as an old woman calling warriors prepare to death. She also occurs as an eel, a red-eared white cow, a gray-red wolf, or a woman or giantess washing bloody clothes near battlefields, and she is able to age or rejuvenate at will too. Her shape-shifting characteristic brings her closer to the figure of the druid as a bard-sorcerer, a role she takes on in some stories, singing songs to bring victory, practicing divination and predicting the future. She is also linked to fertility and sexuality, and some stories attribute to it an insatiable sexual desire; she seduce soldiers before battle, and lead her lovers to victory.

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19° Jarylo Jarylo is a Slavic god of vegetation, fertility and springtime. The only historic source that mentions this deity is a 12th-century biography of the proselytizing German bishop Otto of Bamberg, who, during his expeditions to convert the pagan tribes of Wendish and Polabian Slavs, encountered festivals in honor of the war-god Gerovit in the cities of Wolgast and Havelberg. Gerovit is most likely a German derivation of the Slavic name Jarovit. Up until the 19th century in Russia, Belarus and Serbia, folk festivals called Jarilo were celebrated in late spring or early summer. All of these spring festivals were a processions of villagers would go around for a walk in the country or through villages.

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12° ARES In Greek mythology, Ares is the God of War. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, the son of Zeus and Hera. Ares was born in Thrace, the home of a people just as warlike as he was and his bird has been identified as the vulture. His attendants included his sister Eris (discord), a battle goddess named Enyo, and his sons Deimos and Phobos. Ares was affiliated with the Amazons, a tribe of warrior women. Two of its queens, Hippolyta and her sister Penthesilea (who fought and died at Troy) were his daughters. Their mother was Otrera, another Amazon queen and daughter of Eurus. Ares was a brutal god, but he knew how to be a caring and present father; several myths testify to it, famous is the story of Alcippe. Ares one day killed Alirrozio, one of the sons of Poseidon, because he was about to rape his daughter Alcippe; Poseidon wanted a trial, but Ares defended himself and was acquitted.

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5° Brigid Brigid, or Bríg, is a goddess of pre-Christian Ireland. She appears in Irish mythology as a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the daughter of the Dagda and wife of Bres, with whom she had a son named Ruadán. She is associated with the spring season, fertility, healing, poetry and smithcraft. Saint Brigid shares many of the goddess's attributes and her feast day on 1 February was originally a pagan festival (Imbolc) marking the beginning of spring. It's almost certain that saint is a Christianization of the goddess.

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4° Macha Macha was a sovereignty goddess of ancient Ireland, counted as one of the three Morrigan. Several figures called Macha appear in Irish mythology and folklore, all believed to derive from the same goddess. Macha is associated with the land, fertility, kingship, war and horses.

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11° Loki Loki is a god in Norse mythology and king of jotunheim In some sources the son of Fárbauti and Laufey, and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. By the jötunn Angrboða, Loki is the father of Hel, the wolf Fenrir, and the world serpent Jörmungandr. But him have other sons with her wife Sigyn and the stallion Svaðilfari. Loki has at times been associated with the Old Norse word logi ('flame'), but also with a germanic word luk-, which denoted things to do with rings or knots. Loki is described with a benevolent character, prone to jokes. He will play a decisive role in Ragnarok, but he is often alongside the Gods of Asgard and helps them.

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18° Chernobog Chernobog, also spelled as Czernobog, is a Slavic deity, whose name means black god, about whom much has been speculated, but little can be said definitively. The only historical sources, which are Christian ones, interpret him as a dark, accursed god, but it is questionable how important (or evil) he was really considered to be by ancient Slavs.

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2° Cernunnos The horned god, was the deified spirit of horned male animals, especially deer, a god of fecundity, virility, hunting, warfare, abundance, animals, wilderness and even death and the afterlife. From archaeological sources it-s known that Cernunnos was worshiped in Gaul, in northern Italy (Gallia cisalpina) and on the southern coast of Britain. It seems that the "horned" god was however a pre-Celtic deity of shamanic origin worshiped throughout the Indo-European continent. The oldest image of Cernunnos is found among the rock engravings of Val Camonica, in Italy, and dates back to the 4th century BC.

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20° Morana Morana is a pagan Slavic goddess associated with seasonal rites, associated with winter's death, rebirth of nature and dreams. In ancient Slavic rites, the death of the Goddess Morana at the end of winter becomes the rebirth of Spring of the Goddess Vesna representing the coming of Spring.

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6° Seth Seth, or Set, is a god of deserts, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners in ancient Egyptian religion. Set had a positive role where he accompanies Ra on his solar boat to repel Apep, the serpent of Chaos and he had a vital role as a reconciled combatant. He was lord of the red (desert) land, where he was the balance to Horus' role as lord of the black (soil) land. In art, Set is usually depicted as an enigmatic creature, maybe a beast resembling no known creature, although it could be seen as a composite of an aardvark, a donkey, a jackal, or a fennec fox. The animal has a curved snout, long rectangular ears, a thin nose. ((I drew Seth as a mix between aardvark and jackal.))

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10° Thor Thor is the god of thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of mankind and also hallowing and fertility. According to mythology Thor is the son of Odin, father of the gods, and of Joro; he lives in Asgard, in the kingdom of Þrúðvangar and more precisely in the room called Bilskirnir. In his frequent raids, Thor was often accompanied by Loki and he is characterized by a wiry build, red hair and a flowing beard.

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1° Lugh Lugh was a Celtic deity, called Lugh "son of the Sun" or "the bright one". He was the son of Cian and Ethniu, daughter of a Fomorian, Balor. Lugh was a sun god and military god, who protected merchants, travelers and thieves. He excelled in all arts and techniques, and for this reason, King Nuada gave him the throne of the Túatha Dé Danann in the war against the Fomorians. Lugh was declared supreme king of Ériu too. [Èriu is a goddess from which the name Ireland derives]. Lugh possessed one of the four treasures of the Túatha Dé Danann, the invincible spear (Slèabua), an invincible weapon. He was often depicted with a spear in his hand, blond and beardless.

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22° Chukwu Chukwu is the supreme being of Igbo spirituality. In the Igbo pantheon, Chukwu is the source of all other Igbo deities and is responsible for assigning them their different tasks. The Igbo people believe that all things come from Chukwu, who brings the rain necessary for plants to grow and controls everything on Earth and the spiritual world.

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8° Odin Odin is the supreme god os wisdom, healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, war, battle, victory, sorcery, poetry, frenzy, and the runic alphabet. In wider Germanic mythology and paganism, the god was known in Old English and Old Saxon as Wōden, in Old Dutch as Wuodan, and in Old High German as Wuotan. His best known name was All Father and he is Loki's blood brother, Loki is the Uncle of Thor. Odin also has the curious habit of appearing to humans as a traveler; this detail inspired Tolkien's Gandalf. Odin was also often accompanied by two ravens, Huginn and Muninn, which mean Thought and Word.

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21° Vesna Vesna was a mythological female character associated with youth and springtime in early Slavic mythology, particularly within Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia and Slovenia. Along with her companion Vesnik, she was associated with rituals conducted in rural areas during springtime.

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17° Rod Rod in the pre-Christian religion of Eastern and Southern Slavs, is the god of the family, ancestors and fate, perhaps as the supreme god. Among Southern Slavs, he is also known as Sud,the Judge. His cult lost importance through time, and in the ninth or tenth century he was replaced by Perun and Svarog, which explains his absence in the pantheon of Vladimir the Great.