9 World Chronicles

Name: Illujanka, the Snake Demon

Classification: Greater Demon

Associated: Destruction,

Culture: Hittite, Greek, Semitic

Illujanka is a Great Demon, a primordial being linked to the creation of the cosmos. He has lived since the first days, his only quest is to devour the world.

In Hitite  myth this snake is described he is described as a great sea dragon, who blue and green scales shimmered like twilight. It was far too strong for the spears of mortal men. Its eyes glimmered like jewels and from its mouth spewed hell fire.

It caused the seas to churn and created Typhons and fleets fell to his whim.

 He was defeated by the weather deity Tarhun, who was the supreme god of the pantheon.

Tarhun crafted Impenetrable  armor for himself from its scales and claimed the jeweled eyes as his treasure.

In Canaanite beliefs this story is told in the form of Baal against the great Leviathan. And in Greek myth he was called Typhon.

The tale of his destruction is celebrate on the New Year.

Name: Reret

Hippo Goddess, The Great Sow

Classification: Goddess

Associated: Fertility, creation, Child Birth     

Culture: Kemetic Egyptian

Region: Nile River Valley

Reret is an ancient Kemetic deity associated with the Hippopotamus. Her name translates to me “Sow” which ties her to the concept of creating new life.

She is known to be a fearsome protective figure particularly of pregnant women and small children.

At time she is seen as the consort of Set.

Reret is linked to the Draco Star constellation and it is said that the stars revolve around her.

The deity is typically depicted as a bipedal female hippopotamus with feline attributes, pendulous female human breasts, the limbs and paws of a lion, and the back and tail of a Nile crocodile. She commonly bears the epithets "Lady of Heaven", "Mistress of the Horizon", "She Who Removes Water", "Mistress of Pure Water", and "Lady of the Birth House

Name: Reahu

King of the Demons

Classification: Demon

Associated: Eclipses, Death,     

Culture: Khmer

Region: Asia

Originating in Brahmanist and Buddhist legend and adopted into the demonology of the Khmer people of Cambodia, Reahu is named as the king of the demons and all that is evil. Described as being a round, floating head with bulbous eyes, a lion's nose, and claw-like hands.

pursues the sun and the moon through the heavens, trying to swallow them.

Name: Perkons

Thunder Wielder

Classification: Patron God

Associated: Thunder, Storms    

Culture: Prussian Lithuanian Latvian Indo-European

Region: Baltic

Sacred Color; Red

Sacred Number: 33

Element: Iron

Literature: Latvian Folk Myth

Symbol the Thunderbolt

God of thunder, and the second most important deity in the Baltic pantheon after Devas. In both Lithuanian and Latvian mythology, he is documented as the god of sky, thunder, lightning, storms, rain, fire, war, law, order, fertility, mountains, and oak trees.

Perkons is venerated at the bringer of rain and thus fertility. He is honored with wine, season meats and nuts.

In myth he appears as the Smith of Heaven armed with his many weapons, which he has forged, and uses to fight the devil for mankind.

Perkūnas is the god of lightning and thunder and storms. In a triad of gods Perkūnas symbolizes the creative forces (including vegetative), courage, success, the top of the world, the sky, rain, thunder, heavenly fire (lightning) and celestial elements, while Potrimpo, is involved with the seas, ground, crops, and cereals and Velnias/Patulas, with hell, and death.

Perkūnas pursues an opponent in the sky on a chariot, made from stone and fire Sometimes the chariot is made from red iron. It is harnessed by a pair (less often four or three) of red and white (or black and white) horses (sometimes goats

Perkūnas possesses many weapons. They include an axe or sledgehammer, stones, a sword, lightning bolts, a bow and arrows, a club, and an iron or fiery knife. Perkūnas is the creator of the weapons "the stone smith") or he is helped by the heavenly smith Televelis (Kalvelis).

Name: The Uraeus Symbol of the Cobra Goddess

Classification: Sacred Symbol

Associated: Royalty   

Culture: Kemet/ Egyptian

Classification: Matron Deity

The Uraeus is a symbol for the goddess Wadjet. She was one of the earliest Egyptian deities and was often depicted as a cobra, as she is the serpent goddess. The center of her cult was in Per-Wadjet,

She became the matron of the Nile Delta and the protector of all of Lower Egypt.

 The pharaohs wore the uraeus as a head ornament: either with the body of Wadjet atop the head, or as a crown encircling the head; This sacred serpent symbol reiterated the connection between the Gods and the Pharaohs and wearing the Uraeus conveyed legitimacy to the royal personage.

The rearing cobra indicated that the ruler enjoyed the protection and patronage of Goddess Wadjet, the Lower Egypt deity. After the unification of Egypt, the Uraeus was depicted together with the Vulture, which was the symbol of Nekhbet, the patroness of Upper Egypt. The merged symbol was called ‘The Two Ladies’, the joint protectors of the country.

Later, the pharaohs were seen as a manifestation of the sun god Ra, and so it also was believed that the Uraeus protected them by spitting fire on their enemies from the fiery eye of the goddess.

As the Uraeus was seen as a royal symbol, the deities Heru and Set were also depicted wearing the symbol on their crowns.

Some mythology tells that Auset created the Wadjet from dust of a dying star and the black soil of the Land (Kemet)

And she is thus a central part of the Wadjet itself. And it was her key to gaining the throne.

Name: Sekhmet

She who is powerful;

"(One) Before Whom Evil Trembles", "Mistress of Dread", "Lady of Slaughter" and "She Who Mauls".

Associated: War, Magic, Healing  The Pharaoh  

Culture: Kemet/ Egyptian

Classification: Matron Deity

Weapon: Bow and Arrow

Symbol : Uraeus

Color: Red

Sacred Stone: Blood Diamond

The Uraeus is a symbol for the goddess Wadjet.[2] She was one of the earliest Egyptian deities and was often depicted as a cobra, as she is the serpent goddess. The center of her cult was in Per-Wadjet, later called Buto by the Greeks.[3] She became the patroness of the Nile Delta and the protector of all of Lower Egypt.[4] The pharaohs wore the uraeus as a head ornament: either with the body of Wadjet atop the head, or as a crown encircling the head; this indicated Wadjet's protection and reinforced the pharaoh's claim over the land. In whatever manner that the Uraeus was displayed upon the pharaoh's head, it was, in effect, part of the pharaoh's crown. The pharaoh was recognized only by wearing the Uraeus, which conveyed legitimacy to the ruler. There is evidence for this tradition even in the Old Kingdom during the third millennium BCE.[5] Several goddesses associated with or being considered aspects of Wadjet are depicted wearing the uraeus as well.

At the time of the unification of Egypt, the image of Nekhbet, the goddess who was represented as a white vulture and held the same position as the patron of Upper Egypt, joined the image of Wadjet on the Uraeus that would encircle the crown of the pharaohs who ruled the unified Egypt. The importance of their separate cults kept them from becoming merged as with so many Egyptian deities. Together, they were known as the Nebty or the Two Ladies, who became the joint protectors and patrons of the unified Egypt.[2]

Later, the pharaohs were seen as a manifestation of the sun god Ra, and so it also was believed that the Uraeus protected them by spitting fire on their enemies from the fiery eye of the goddess.[citation needed] In some mythological works, the eyes of Ra are said to be uraei. Wadjets existed long before the rise of this cult when they originated as the eye of Wadjet as a cobra. Wadjets are also the name of the symbols called the Eye of the Moon, Eye of Hathor, the Eye of Horus, and the Eye of Ra—depending upon the dates of the references to the symbols.[citation needed]

As the Uraeus was seen as a royal symbol, the deities Horus and Set were also depicted wearing the symbol on their crowns. In early ancient Egyptian mythology, Horus would have been the name given to any king as part of the many titles taken, being identified as the son of the goddess Isis. According to the later mythology of Re, the first Uraeus was said to have been created by the goddess Isis, who formed it from the dust of the earth and the spittle of the then-current sun deity.[citation needed] In this version of the mythology, the Uraeus was the instrument with which Isis gained the throne of Egypt for Osiris. Isis is associated with and may be considered an aspect of Wadjet.[2]

Name: Aesma Daeva

His name translates to mean madness

The Destructive Demon

Associated: Lust, Anger

Culture: Zoroastrianism Persian/Iranian

Classification: Demon

Weapon: Sword,  

In Zoroastrianism, the Daevas are a class of demons that follows Angra Mainya.  The three Daevas mentioned by the Gathas are Aka Manah, Druj, and Aeshma.

Aesma comes to the material world once on each night and according to the Legends, he is kept away by Sros.

The word “daeva” can be translated as “wrong god”, “rejected god” and “false god”. This term is used in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism in reference to their divine gods.

He was given the seven powers which he uses to destroy humanity and every other creature. His work is to sow discord among men, and cause slaughter. He can even incite demons to fight among themselves.

Due to his seven powers, he is said to be immune to poisons, natural and magical lightning.

Aeshma is a strange-looking creature. His body and face are engraved with markings and with two wings sprouting out of his back. Jagged spikes also form out of the back of his wrists and this compliment the brutishness of his physique.

He possesses great amount of physical strength, durability and great flight skills. When he punches the ground, it results to powerful shockwaves and fissures.

The recitation of a prayer from the Vendidad can drive away Aeshma. The Vendidad is a collection of texts that enumerate the various manifestation of evil spirits and the different ways to confound them.  The recitation of the Vendidad often requires a priest of higher rank.

Aeshma is opposed to Asha Vahishta, the Amesha Spenta, or good spirit, who embodies Truth. His chief adversary is Sraosha (Obedience), who is the principle of religious devotion and discipline.

Name: Andraste

She who is invincible,  the goddess Victoria

Associated: War

Culture: Britain

Classification: Matron Goddess

Weapon: Sword,  

A goddess of war in ancient Britain

Andraste, also known as Andrasta, Belladonna, Nike

Icenic war goddess invoked by Boudica in her fight against the Roman occupation of Britain in AD 60.

She is Andate, and described as "their name for Victory":  the goddess Victoria.. Nike, Bellona, Magna Mater (Great Mother), Cybele, and Vacuna—goddesses who are often depicted on chariots. Her name has been translated as meaning "indestructible" or "unconquerable".

"I thank you, Andraste, and call upon you as woman speaking to woman ... I beg you for victory and preservation of liberty."

Name: Acala

The Immovable

Protector of the Teaching

Associated: Thunder, Protection

Culture: Buddhism

Classification: God

Weapon: Sword,  Thunderbolt

His image stands before temples to ward of those who are hostile to Buddhist doctrine.

He has three eyes and six arms, and grinds his teeth. His weapons include the sword the thunderbolt (Vajra) the ax and the noose.

Acala is a dharmapala (protector of the Dharma), prominent in Vajrayana Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism.

He is classed among the Wisdom Kings and is preeminent among the Five Wisdom Kings of the Womb Realm. Accordingly, his figure occupies an important hierarchical position in the Mandala of the Two Realms.

In China he is Budong Mingwang ("The Immovable Wisdom King"). In Japan, he is known as Fudō Myōō,

Acala is especially important in Japanese Buddhism, where he is venerated in the Shingon, Tendai, Zen, and Nichiren sects, as well as in Shugendō.

He wields a sacred vajra or treasure sword fashion after a talon. It has been described as flaming in some myth.

At temples dedicated to Acala, priests perform a ritual service to enlist the deity's power of purification to benefit the faithful.

Name: Kvasir

Associated: Wisdom

Culture: Germanic Norse

Classification: God

Literature: The Prose Edda

Kvasir (pronounced “KVAHSS-ir”) is a being who was created by the Aesir and Vanir gods and goddesses at the conclusion of the Aesir-Vanir War.

The war had ended with a truce. In the tale of the Mead of Poetry, whose storyline picks up where that of the Aesir-Vanir War leaves off, the deities sealed their peace treaty by coming together to produce an alcoholic drink by an ancient, communal method: everyone in the group chewed berries and spat out the resulting mush into a single vat. This liquid was then fermented. In this particular instance, the fermented liquid became the god Kvasir, whose name is surely related to Norwegian kvase and Russian kvas, both of which mean “fermented berry juice

Kvasir was the wisest of all beings. There was no question for which he did not have a ready and satisfying answer. He took up the life of a wanderer, dispensing his wisdom to all whom he met along the road. When he came to the house of two dwarves, Fjalar (“Deceiver” and Galar (“Screamer”, they killed him and drained his blood into three containers. They told the gods that Kvasir had suffocated from an excess of wisdom. The two dwarves then brewed mead by mixing Kvasir’s blood with honey – the Mead of Poetry.

a mead which imbues the drinker with skaldship and wisdom, and the spread of which eventually resulted in the introduction of poetry to mankind.