Showing posts with label mythology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mythology. Show all posts

Tuesday, 12 June 2012 7 rulers of the underworld

  1. Supay - Incan
  2. Vanapagan - Estonian
  3. Kewa - Maori
  4. Xibalba - Mayan
  5. Hel - Norse
  6. Yama - Buddhist
  7. Satan - Christian

Saturday, 4 February 2012 7 fictional fairies

  1. Tinkerbell - Peter Pan
  2. Titania - Midsummer Night's Dream
  3. Oona - Legend
  4. Maleficent - Sleeping Beauty
  5. Jareth - Labyrinth
  6. Nac Mac Feegle - Discworld
  7. Psammead - Five Children and It

Tuesday, 17 January 2012 7 mythological greek creatures

  1. Chrysomallus, a flying, talking, golden-fleeced ram
  2. Manticore, a monster with the head of a man, the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion
  3. Cerberus, the three-headed, giant hound that guarded the gates of Hades
  4. Pegasus, a divine winged horse
  5. Orthrus, a two-headed, serpent-tailed dog, slain by Heracles
  6. Ichthyocentaurs, a pair of marine centaurs with the upper bodies of men, the lower fronts of horses, and the tails of fish
  7. Empusa, a vampiric demon with a leg of bronze and a hoofed foot of a donkey; she seduced men in order to feed on their flesh and blood

Monday, 26 December 2011 7 norse valkyries

  1. Brynhildr
  2. Guðr
  3. Kára
  4. Reginleif
  5. Sigrún
  6. Skuld
  7. Þrúðr

Wednesday, 12 October 2011 7 Gaulish and Brythonic deities

  1. Thamesis - Goddess of the River Thames
  2. Robor - God of oak trees
  3. Moritasgus - Healing badger god
  4. Coventina - Goddess of wells and springs
  5. Debranua - Goddess of speed and fat
  6. Borvo - God of mineral and hot springs
  7. Abellio - God of apple trees

Saturday, 19 March 2011 7 earliest warewolf movies

  1. The Warewolf - 1913
  2. The Wolf - 1914
  3. The Wolfman - 1915
  4. La Loup Garou - 1923
  5. The Wolf Man - 1925
  6. Wolf Blood - 1932
  7. The Warewolf - 1935

Saturday, 15 January 2011 7 Sumerian deities

  1. Kabta - God of the brickmold
  2. Ashnan - Goddess of grain
  3. Duttur - Goddess of sheep
  4. Jabal - God of tents
  5. Nin-kasi - Goddess of inebriating fruit
  6. Uttu - Goddess of weaving
  7. Abtagigi - Goddess of harlots

Sunday, 26 December 2010 7 names for Mars in ancient languages

  1. Harmakhis - Ancient Egyptian
  2. Nirgal - Babylonian
  3. Tiu - Old English
  4. Auqakuh - Quechua (Inca)
  5. Mangala - Sanskrit
  6. Simud - SUmerian
  7. Ares - Greek

Thursday, 4 November 2010 7 Norse Jötnar

  1. Ægir
  2. Bolthorn
  3. Fornjót
  4. Gríðr
  5. Hrímgerðr
  6. Ymir
  7. Fárbauti

Friday, 23 April 2010 7 dragons

  1. Smaug
  2. Puff (the magic)
  3. Tiamat
  4. Fafnir
  5. The Soup Dragon
  6. Vermithrax Pejorative
  7. Zu

Sunday, 29 November 2009 7 norse gods

  1. Odin
  2. Baldr
  3. Tyr
  4. Freyr
  5. Loki
  6. Vili
  7. Tor

Sunday, 27 September 2009 7 greek heroes

  1. Perseus
  2. Heracles
  3. Achilles
  4. Oedipus
  5. Theseus
  6. Odysseus
  7. Battus

Wednesday, 24 June 2009 7 Egyptian Gods

  1. Thoth - God of knowledge and scribe of the gods
  2. Osiris - God of the underworld
  3. Hathor - Goddess of love
  4. Khepri - God of creation
  5. Horus - God of the sky
  6. Ptah - God of craftsmen
  7. Seth - God of chaos

Saturday, 6 June 2009 7 poems in the poetic edda

  1. Völuspá
  2. Hárbarðsljóð
  3. Lokasenna
  4. Völundarkviða
  5. Grímnismál
  6. Hávamál
  7. Alvíssmál