9 World Chronicles

Cherubim

Classification: Unearthly being, sub class of Angels

Kerubim connected with the Assyrian word Karibu)

 

 

Hybrid creatures, half animal half huan  who appear in the Old Testament.

A cherub is one of the unearthly beings who directly attend to God, according to Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden

They are presented as guardians of the sacral points round which Jewish life and belief center the Tree of Life , the Ark of the Covenant , the temple and they indicate the presence of God.

 

In the vision of Ezekiel they for the living chariot of Yahweh.

 

In the book pf Revelation as they are described as beast and they stand around the throne of God.

 

They are full of eyes before and behind and this identifies them as cosmic being symbolizing the stars.

 

According to a Christian interpretation which goes back to the Greek Dionysius

 

In Islam, the cherubim are the angels closest to God and sometimes include the Bearers of the Throne and the archangels. Below the angels of the throne, the angels subordinative to Michael are also identified as cherubim. In Ismailism, there are seven cherubim, comparable to the Seven Archangels.

 

Their protective symbolism derived from the earlier Persian an Mesopotamia am gars guardian spirits who flight temples. They are usually appear in art as blue winged heads sometimes with the book symbolizing define divine knowledge by reason of their proximity to God whom they are sometimes shown supporting in flight. In baroque art cherubs are undistinguishable from cupids or putti.

The Book of Thoth

Classification: Sacred Text

Last Known Location: The Tomb of  Neferkaptah the City of Memphis

Author: Thoth Djhuty

Associated: Supreme knowledge

 

The Book of Thoth represents the accumulated knowledge of the wisest of the Kemetic Ntrs. Ut is said to contain the secrets of the universe and the most sacred and powerful spells in existence. The wielder of this book would attaint supreme knowledge. But the knowledge is far to great for mortals. And carries a curse of the Gods.

Karkota the 3 Eyed Goddess

Culture/Area: Hindu

Classification Goddess

Snake

Of the Mahanagas

 

Naga, (Sanskrit: “serpent”) in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, a member of a class of mythical semidivine beings, half human and half cobra. They are a strong, handsome species who can assume either wholly human or wholly serpentine form and are potentially dangerous but often beneficial to humans.

 

Color Black

Attributes : Rosary and waterjar

 

Karkota Dynasty ruled over the Kashmir valley and some northern parts of the Indian subcontinent during 7th and 8th century. The Serpent Empire as it was called was founded in 625 bce. Their rule saw a period of political expansion, economic prosperity and emergence of Kashmir as a center of Indian culture and scholarship.

 

 

 

Astoreth

Classification : Goddess

Origin Palestine and Philistine

AKA; Astarte

Known Period of Worship

1200 BCE to 200 BCE

Cult Center Palestine Costal region including Jerusalem

Various art references

 

Literary Source Vetus Testamentum

She was initially a goddess of both war and love. And is usually depicted wearing a horned head dress.

Biblical references include Kings 11.5 and II kings 23.13. Solomon is said to have built a temple in her honor near Jerusalem.

Astarte, also spelled Athtart or Ashtart, great goddess of the ancient Middle East and chief deity of Tyre, Sidon, and Elat, important Mediterranean seaports. Ashtaroth, the plural form of the goddess’s name in Hebrew, became a general term denoting goddesses and paganism.

 

King Solomon, married to foreign wives, “followed Astarte the goddess of the Sidonians” (1 Kings 11:5). Later the cult places to Ashtoreth were destroyed by Josiah. Astarte/Ashtoreth is the Queen of Heaven to whom the Canaanites burned offerings and poured libations (Jeremiah 44).

 

Astarte, goddess of war and sexual love, shared so many qualities with her sister, Anath, that they may originally have been seen as a single deity. Their names together are the basis for the Aramaic goddess Atargatis.

 

Astarte was worshiped in Egypt and Ugarit and among the Hittites, as well as in Canaan. Her Akkadian counterpart was Ishtar. Later she became assimilated with the Egyptian deities Isis and Hathor (a goddess of the sky and of women), and in the Greco-Roman world with Aphrodite, Artemis, and Juno.

 

 

I observed everything that took place in the heavens, how the luminaries,

which are in the heavens, do not depart from their paths, that each one rises and sets in

order, each in its time, and they do not depart from their laws. 2. See the earth and observe

the things that are done on it, from the first to the last, how no work of God is irregular in

appearing. 3. See the summer and the winter, how then the whole earth is full of water, and

clouds and dew and rain rest over it.

Karttiki

Classified Goddess

Pantheon Culture: Hindu

Origin: Indus River Valley

Literary Sources

Epic and Puranic Text

 

Sacred Stone Lapis Lazuli

She is one of the9 Navasaktis who in Southern India rank as their hight deties

 

She was revered as a Mother goddess

 

Abrahamic religion.

 

Anakim were described as a race of giants, descended from Anak, according to the Old Testament. They were said to have lived in the southern part of the land of Canaan.

 

Goliath (Book of Samuel) The Philistine Killed by David.

 

 Nephilim, in the Hebrew Bible, were the offspring of the fallen angels and human women and the motivation for the flood tales

 

Nimrod (Old Testament) Nimrod is described in Genesis 10:8–12 as “the first on earth to be a mighty man. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord.” The only other references to Nimrod in the Bible are Micah 5:6, where Assyria is called the land of Nimrod, aOg (Book of Numbers)

 

Rephaite In the Hebrew Bible, refers either to a people of greater-than-average height and stature as dictated in the Hebrew scriptures of Genesis.

 

ZAMZUMMIM the name given by the Ammonites to the inhabitants of the Transjordanian territory whom they dispossessed. They were part of the nation of giants known as *Rephaim, who formed the ancient population of Transjordan.

 

Rephaim (Old Testament) to a people of greater-than-average height and stature as dictated in the Hebrew scriptures of Genesis 14:5; Genesis 15:20;

 

Celtic mythology

 

Cewri Giants (Welsh: cewri) feature prominently in Welsh folklore and mythology. Among the most notable are Bendigeidfran fab Llyr, a mythological king of Britain the chief antagonist of the early Arthurian tale. Both Arthur and Gwalchmai fab Gwyar feature prominently as giant-slayers in Welsh tradition.

 

 "Ysbaddaden, Chief of Giants," is the primary antagonist of the Welsh romance accounts. he is A vicious giant residing in a nigh unreachable castle.

 

Idris Gawr or Idris the Giant; of English mythology lived circa 560 to 632) was a king of Meirionnydd , Meiri-on-nydd. in early medieval Wales.

 

Cormoran the giant is said to have made St. Micheal Mount his home, with his wife Cormelian. He was slain by Jack the Giant Killer

 

 Gogmagog was a legendary giant in Welsh and later English mythology. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, he was a giant inhabitant of Albion, thrown off a cliff during a wrestling match with Corineus.

 

Fachen, In Scottish folklore, is a monster or giant described by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands as having a single eye in the middle of its face, a single hand protruding from its chest instead of arms, and a single leg emerging from its central axis.

 

Fomorians: The Fomorians (Old Irish: Fomóire, Modern Irish: Fomhóraigh or Fomóraigh)[1] are a supernatural race in Irish mythology. They are often portrayed as hostile and monstrous beings who come from under the sea or the earth. Later, they were portrayed as giants and sea raiders.

 

Balor In Irish mythology, was a leader of the Fomorians,

 

the other notable include Banba,

 

Bres,

 

Buarainech,

 

Cethlenn,

 

Corb,

 

Cuchulain,

 

Elatha,

 

Ériu,

 

Ethniu,

 

Fódla,

 

Tethra,

 

From Bohemian Silesian myht there is

 

Rübezahl.

 

Greek and Roman mythology.

 

Argus Panoptes,

 

Caca,

 

Cacus,

 

Cyclopes,

 

Arges,

 

Brontes,

 

Polyphemus,

 

Steropes,

 

Geryon,

 

The Gigantes were/

 

Alcyoneus,

 

Athos,

 

Echion,

 

Enceladus,

 

Klytius,

 

Hekatonkheires,

 

Briareus,

 

Gyges,

 

Cottu,

 

Menoetius,

 

Talos,

 

The Titans.

Atlas

 

Coeus

 

Crius

 

Cronus

 

Dione (occasionally considered a Titan)

 

Epimetheus

 

Gaia

 

Hyperion

 

Iapetus

 

Mnemosyne

 

Oceanus

 

Ophion

 

Phoebe

 

Prometheus

 

Rhea

 

Tethys

 

Theia

 

and Themis

 

From Hindus mythology.

 

Hiranyaksha

 

Hiranyakashipu

 

Mahabali

 

Ravana

 

Kumbhakarna

 

Norse mythology

 

Jötunn

 

Ægir

 

Bestla

 

Gorm

 

Angrboða

 

Baugi

 

Bergelmir

 

Billingr

 

Bölþorn

 

Geirröd

 

Gilling

 

Gjálp and Greip

 

Gríðr

 

Gullveig (possibly)

 

Gymir

 

Hroðr

 

Hrungnir

 

Hymir

 

Járnsaxa

 

Kári

 

Loki

 

Alvaldi

 

Rindr

 

Skaði

 

Suttungr

 

Þjazi

 

Þrúðgelmir

 

Þrymr

 

Útgarða-Loki

 

Vafþrúðnir

 

Ymir/Aurgelmir

 

Shinto folklore

 

Emperor Keikō - According to records, this 1st century AD emperor stood 10ft 2in tall.

 

Emperor Chūai - Was said to be ten feet tall, with "a countenance of perfect beauty".

 

Other

 

Brobdingnag giant, from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels

 

Paul Bunyan (American folklore)

 

Ferragut (also known as Ferragus, Ferracutus, etc.)

 

Flaming Teeth, a giant in Fijian mythology.

 

Hurtaly, who is Og, in Jewish mythology.

 

Gargantua and Pantagruel

 

 

John Henry of American folklore.

 

Iovan Iorgovan from Romanian mythology.

 

Jentilak of Basque mythology.

 

Basajaun

 

Olentzero

 

Kapre of Philippine mythology.

 

Kroni, of Ayyavazhi mythology.

 

Kalevi and his sons, Uralic mythologies.

 

 

Ojáncanu, Cantabrian mythology.

 

Ogias the Giant, Manichaean mythology.

 

Oni of Japanese folklore.

 

St Christopher of Roman Catholic.

 

‘Uj ibn Anaq of Islamic mythology.

 

Matsieng

 

Ellert and Brammert

 

Crooked Mick, of Australian folklore.

 

Mbombo of African folklore.

 

Kua Fu, Chinese mythology.

 

Pecos Bill of American folklore.

 

Alfred Bulltop Stormalong, of American folklore.

 

Akaguagankak (Yup'ik Indian giant)

Asin (Alsea Indian giant)

Basket Ogress (Northwest Coast Indian giantess)

Big Owl Man (Apache Indian giant)

Caddaja (Caddo Indian giant)

Cenu (Micmac Indian giant)

Cheveyo Kachina (Hopi Indian ogre)

Gray Giant (Navajo Indian giant)

Ice Giants (Algonquian Indian giants)

Kee-Wakw (Wabanaki Indian giant)

Kolowa (Creek Indian ogre)

Kuku (Wabanaki Indian giant)

Kukwes (Micmac Indian ogre)

Lofa (Chickasaw Indian ogre)

Maushop (Wampanoag Indian giant)

Mhwee (Lenape Indian giant)

Shampe (Choctaw Indian monster)

Stoneclad (Cherokee Indian giant)

Stonecoat (Iroquois Indian giant)

Wetucks (Narragansett Indian giant)

Windego (Anishinabe Indian giant)

Winpe (Mi'kmaq Indian giant)

Witiko (Cree Indian giant)