Every day, the sun god Ra carries the sky from West to East, and Apep attempts to swallow it. He embodies chaos itself, and is also called “The Great Serpent.” He’s also associated with Ouroboros, the giant serpent from Greek mythology that surrounds the world.Īs his name suggests, Apep’s body is gigantic. Nowadays, the Seimei ward of Kyoto houses the Seimei Shrine, which celebrates the anniversary of Seimei’s death every year with a festival on September 26.Įgyptian snake god born from the primordial sea. In retaliation, Douman assassinated Seimei’s father, but Seimei was able to revive him using his power. The two of them once competed to see who was superior and Seimei won. It was also said that he had outstanding abilities, such as being able to divine the cause of the Emperor’s illness, and also employ a total of twelve shikigami. In the Konjaku Monogatari, Seimei was a pupil of Kamo no Tadayuki and learned the secret arts from him. Seimei’s name has also been recorded in multiple manuscripts, some of them depicting legends that stray from reality. It is speculated that he’s a descendant of Abe no Musaki, but his mother’s identity is unknown, though some believe that his mother was the fox spirit Kuzunoha.
He also presides over Mitnal, the lowermost layer of Xibalba.Īn onmyōji who lived in Japan during the Heian (794-1185) period.
He wears bells all throughout his body and is accompanied by a dog and an owl.Īh Puch is the leader of the Bolontiku, a group of nine gods who govern Xibalba, the Mayan underworld. He looks like a white skeletal figure with protruding ribs and patches of decayed skin. Which means here’s a whooping FIFTEEN profiles in total. Since I missed four days it should’ve meant 12 profiles, but 3 of those are stuff I’ve already translated in the past so they don’t count. Real Life™ has been hectic, but here’s all the profiles that should have been posted if everything went according to plan. Sorry for not posting anything in the past few days. Its name means “shining mane.” It’s capable of dashing over land and sea alike, moving as fast as the wind, which cemented him as Lugh’s means of transportation.ĭay 1- Day 2- Day 3- Day 4- Day 5- Day 6- Twitter thread That is because the Greeks did not value fighting as much as the Romans did, and so it is believed that Mars took his role from fellow deity of battle Athena instead.įrom Celtic mythology, Aonbharr is the favorite horse of Lugh, the light god. It’s believed that Ares’ Roman counterpart is Mars, but as Ares has very few appearances in myths, that is hard to confirm. Even his own father Zeus has called Ares wicked by nature and mad with anger. He’s a violent and cruel god who rules over battles and revenge. One of the twelve Olympians from Greek mythology, a son of Zeus and Hera. The Erinyes always act together, and their role is to enact retribution on humans who break the law. Her name means “the implacable.” When Cronus castrated his father Uranus, the blood that dripped from the discarded genitalia gave birth to Alecto and her sisters.ĭespite being a goddess, Alecto had snakes in place of her hair and her appearance was said to make one want to avert their gaze. One of the three Erinyes, the goddesses of revenge in Greek mythology. She also had an important role during the outbreak of the Trojan war, where she carried messages from the chief god Zeus across her rainbow bridges.ĭay 1- Day 2- Day 3- Day 4- Day 5- Day 6- Days 7-10- Twitter thread According to legend, Iris sleeps with her sandals on, so that she can start delivering messages as soon as she wakes up. In ancient times, rainbows were believed to be bridges connecting the earth to the heavens, and so Iris is also the messenger of the gods. Ahriman’s role is also to instill evil in the hearts of good people and cause death by illness. He rules over all that is evil, such as death, falsehoods, and violence, and keeps creating more evil in order to oppose Ahura Mazda, the supreme deity of Zoroastrianism and lord of all that is good. He visits the houses of humans who are nearing their deaths and reaps their souls using the large scythe he carries with him. He has the appearance of either a skeleton or a rotting corpse, and wears both a large-brimmed hat and a long cloak to hide those features.Įvery day at twilight, Ankou and his servants (who look exactly like him) ferry the souls of the dead to the afterlife in horse carriages. Grim reaper from Brittany, a small region in the west side of France. Day 1- Day 2- Day 3- Day 4- Day 5- Day 6- Days 7-10- Day 11- Twitter threadĪll entries can be found in my blog, tagged as “demonic compendium.”