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When it comes down to it, there's really only three types of monsters in the world. There are those that are mostly human, those that are mostly animal, and those that seem to be a concoction of floating goo and teeth that generally devour people's souls (okay, that's an exaggeration. They usually aren't goo.) What category the adlet falls into is really up to how they're presented by the story teller. The most basic of the adlet's origin story goes something like this: a woman gets pregnant by a red dog and the offspring she has are adlets. Okay, yes, I know, there's quite a bit to unpack there from that rather jarring summary. First off,

Gods can be assessed by many things, but for the most part, when judging on a god's character there usually shouldn't be a scale, at least in regarding the area in which a god presides over. Morality doesn't always apply when it comes to gods. The subject of today's Daily Deity really hits this concept home. Babi is a member of the vast Egyptian pantheon and makes up one of the immortals that presides over the Underworld. With that description, he doesn't seem to be that different than the usual run of the mill Egyptian god. Except for the fact that he's a baboon. And an incredibly dangerous one at that. As discussed in past articles, a god

If there is one thing that can be said about mythology is that it's a confusing sea of gods and heroes and monsters in which there are thousands of similar stories and names that everything can become a jumbled mess even to the most experienced of mythographers. Due to this, there are a number of figures that tend to fall through the cracks and are overshadowed by beings of seemingly greater significance. Plenty of mythologies fall victim to this, but Greek mythology with its vast array of characters and thousands of variations of myths, including those produced for the silver screen, is probably the worst culprit of having certain figures fo

Well, first things first, Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I hope that it has been a very lovely holiday for everyone. As has been the tradition for some time now, on Valentine's Day the subject of the Daily Deity is that of a love god/goddess. This Valentine's Day is no different, and today we are going to discuss the Baltic goddess of love, Milda. For those that don't know or need a refresher, the Baltic gods are those that are worshiped in the Eastern European countries of Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and a bit of Russia and Germany too. The mythology is filled with unique and powerful gods like Perun, Saule, and Medeina who are the god of t

There are some staples that every mythology has. Certain types of gods and heroes and monsters that act almost as pillars, and without them supporting the legends, the mythology can't stand on its own. We see the effects of these lost pillars especially in older mythologies that haven't been able to withstand the test of time and of other encroaching religions. One of the most severely damaged of the mythologies that have not been completely lost is that of Basque mythology. Basque mythology comes from the Basque region of Spain; an area that borders the bay of Biscay and whose northeastern most tip is part of the border with France. At one

By now most of us know that mythology is full of connections. Across the world there are gods that appear to be duplicates of each other, connecting people who never even had an inkling that the others existed. Now, in the case of Perun, we aren't traversing across an ocean for his connections, but we do find ourselves spanning across eastern Europe. Perun is a god of not so many roles, but of many names. The name change is due to the vast amount of places that worshiped him. Perun is the Slavic version of his name, which is the main pantheon he is associated with. However, Perun is also a part of the Baltic pantheon and goes under several n

Norse mythology has for a long time has been one of the most popular mythologies in the world with gods like Odin and Thor and Loki alongside the famous goddesses like Freya, Frigg, and Sif. The widespread fame of these gods and goddesses is largely what keeps the minor gods as lesser to almost unknown gods. So we're about to change that. The subject of today's Daily Deity is the Norse goddess Lofn. She is technically a goddess of marriage and lovers, but her specialization is dealing with lovers that have been separated from one another. Her biggest claim to fame is her title as the goddess of illicit affairs. Essentially, she is the goddes

For any antique traveler walking about the world there were plenty of dangers. There were roadside thieves, disease, the elements, perhaps even a pesky wolf that you just couldn't shake off your trail. If you were religious and believed in any of the more supernatural aspects of the world, then there was even more to worry about. Vampires and werewolves and other mythical baddies that would happily snatch you away for a tasty snack or to sell you on the Black Magic Market. Perhaps there was no more dangerous location than the waterways of the world. There were plenty of mysterious creatures that liked to lurk below the surface, waiting for th

Merry Litha everyone! And for those of you who are unfamiliar with this holiday, then you are probably more aware that today happens to be that of Midsummer or the summer solstice. To most this means that it is the longest day of the year, as well as there being the shortest amount of night. While nowadays plenty of people take the first official day of summer as the day to have a campfire and enjoy the warm weather (strikingly similar to what the ancient pagans did) this was also a day that represented the return of the growing season, and was a big marker for agriculture. In that respect we have today's goddess Aine. She is Celtic goddess

If there is one thing thunder gods seem to be good at, it's breaking things. Whether it be the skull's of giants or random mortals depends on the god, but in the case of this Incan god, he's breaking pots. The pots that this thunder god of the Andes is breaking are not just everyday average pots that hold either food or flowers. No, that would make him quite a nuissance, and Ilyapa, also known as Illapa, Ilyap'a, or Katylla, is far from being disliked by this people. In fact, Ilyapa is a god that his people dearly tried to appease. Ilyapa was like most thunder gods, in that, he was also a god of weather, in particular rain. With Ilyapa being