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Looks cool! It reminds me of a story from Arabian folklore. In Islamic culture, Asmodeus is imprisoned inside a chest/box of rock, chained with iron and thrown into the sea. After forty days, King Solomon defeats Sakhr (Arabic name of Asmodeus) and gets his throne back, whereupon he imprisons Sakhr in a chest sealed in iron chains and throws him into the sea.
I would ask @Akiko Misaki He is fluent in Arabic and I believe he added that to the Lucifer wiki page. He is from Saudi Arabia and is very knowledgeable on these things.
@LittleBeanOfAntiSocial I couldn't find any sources, because I don't know Cyrillic. If you could find any Cyrillic sources for the Zimadevushka article, it would be greatly appreciated.
To my knowledge, Nidhogg is the only Norse dragon with wings. Most are more serpent like.
From Bellows' translation of Völuspá:
"From below the dragon
dark comes forth,
Nithhogg flying
from Nithafjoll;
The bodies of men
on his wings he bears,
The serpent bright:
but now must I sink."
I was unable to find any sources in English for this exact folktale. The closest similar entity I found was the popular snow maiden. This is what I found: "The snow maiden, or Snegurochka, is a character in Russian fairytales. It is difficult to trace the roots of this folk tale, but there are many variations of this myth, depicting Snegurochka both as the character of the snow children, and the snow maiden. In the versions in which she is portrayed as a maiden, she is said to be the daughter of Grandfather Frost (also known as Ded Moroz, a legendary Slavic figure who brings children presents on New Year’s Eve) and Spring-Beauty. A maiden made of snow, she longs to live with humans but cannot fall in love."
Rakshasas are a good example from Dharmic mythology. Rākshasas (Sanskrit: राक्षस) are a race of usually malevolent beings prominently featured in Hindu mythology. They reside on Earth but possess supernatural powers, which they usually use for evil acts such as disrupting Vedic rituals or eating humans.
Listen to folktales of the steppe we try traditional Mongolia beef tongue by the campfire. Watch my reaction as I try beef for the first time!
https://www.youtube.com/live/PKMPyumjas8?si=J5Z0PbNzYeTb3Azv
Check out my trailer from my upcoming short film on Ancient Greeks vs Indians. Based on Sanskrit play by Kālidāsa, who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright.
https://youtu.be/0kxjy2B_Kh4?si=G_VeiTxp3mGTFBcr
Great! Thanks everyone for your suggestions! I made a poll for voting on the next featured article! @Purple wookie I choose your first option, Mahah from Inuit folklore.
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Hi everyone,
Its time for users to offer their ideas for the next featured article for the months of September, October and November! Please offer your suggestions in the comment section below! Once we have enough suggestions, I'll create a poll for everyone to vote on!
Normally Mythos Jones does this post, but since he has been inactive for awhile, SJB said that I could do it for this autumn season.
Happy Autumn!
Hi Nate, welcome! That's cool that you're from Africa. I have a book on Hinduism in Africa. Did you know that Hinduism is the fastest growing religion in Ghana?
Interesting. Although most of that is mytholocial and probably not accurate to the historical Trojan war. Also, take into account the Saxon invasion of England and the Norman overthrow of the Saxons. Also the pre-Saxon Celtic/Welsh rulers.
The sisemité (Nahuatl: "diviner") is a cryptid reported from forests across Central America and Mexico, usually described as an ape-like creature which kills men and kidnaps women. The cave cow is a creature reported from Central America's Yucatán Peninsula, described as a hairy animal the shape of a lizard. Ivan T. Sanderson suggested that it may be based on extinct ground sloths. Could these giant sloths still roam?
The Fens, also known as the Fenlands, are marshy regions found throughout Eastern England. As most of the fens were drained centuries ago to make farmland, only a few sites still remain today. The Fens have been referred to as the "Holy Land of the English" because of the ancient monasteries that once existed there. They are also a site of paranormal occurrences and the subject of numerous legends and local folklore, the most notable being Black Shuck, the dog like phantom who haunts the region, lantern men, and the Toadman. There is also believed to be ghosts of the Great Heathen Army, also known as the Viking Great Army, who pillaged the area in the 8th-9th centuries.
From what I understand, the conception of the Nephilim being giants is actually based on incorrect translation of the word from Hebrew to Greek and then to Latin.