http://www.pantheon.org/miscellaneous/newmodified.html The latest additions to the Encyclopedia Mythica, the online encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and religion. en-us Copyright 1995-2004 Encyclopedia Mythica rss@pantheon.org Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:11:45 GMT Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:11:45 GMT News excalibur http://rss.pantheon.org/ 1440 87 30 http://www.pantheon.org/ http://rss.pantheon.org/images/mythica.gif http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/avalokitesvara.html A manifestation of Amitabha, the buddha of compassion. He is a bodhisattva who refuses entry into nirvana to help others. mythica@pantheon.org Other mythologies http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/avalokitesvara.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/padmasambhava.html One of the most important characters of Tibetan Buddhism. Sometimes called 'the second Buddha,' he is credited for the diffusion of Buddhism in Tibet in the eighth and ninth centuries. mythica@pantheon.org Other mythologies http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/padmasambhava.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/c/chromandae.html A legendary tribe of monkey-like people of India. They are a wild people, without any voice, but uttering a horrible noise. mythica@pantheon.org General folklore http://www.pantheon.org/articles/c/chromandae.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/struthopodes.html A legendary tribe of southern India. The men have feet one cubit long but the feet of the women are so small that they are called 'sparrow feet.' mythica@pantheon.org General folklore http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/struthopodes.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/sciritae.html In ancient belief, a race of nomadic, bandy-legged Indians whose members have holes instead of nostrils, like snakes. mythica@pantheon.org General folklore http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/sciritae.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/panotii.html A legendary tribe of men whose gigantic ears cover their whole bodies. They live in the cold regions of the far north and use their ears to keep warm. mythica@pantheon.org General folklore http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/panotii.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/g/gegenes.html A mythical tribe of fierce and lawless giants, each equipped with six arms. They lived on Bear Mountain, on an island in the Propontis near mainland Phrygia. mythica@pantheon.org Greek mythology http://www.pantheon.org/articles/g/gegenes.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/andriamahilala.html The Madagascan mother-goddess. When the gods created humans, she gave them flesh and form, while the others gave them bones, blood, and breath. mythica@pantheon.org African mythology http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/andriamahilala.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/k/kuba_earth_mother.html The earth mother of the Kuba of DR Congo. She and her husband, Heaven, were created by the creator deity Mbomba. mythica@pantheon.org African mythology http://www.pantheon.org/articles/k/kuba_earth_mother.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/n/ngaan.html The son of Mbomba. The two quarreled all the time and after Mbomba went to the heaven, Ngaan took the underworld sea. mythica@pantheon.org African mythology http://www.pantheon.org/articles/n/ngaan.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/w/woot.html A supernatural being of the Kuba. He is the son of the sky-god and the earth-mother and lives among mankind. He named all the animals and the plants. mythica@pantheon.org African mythology http://www.pantheon.org/articles/w/woot.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/mweel.html The daughter of the sky-god Mboma. She is the sister and wife of Woot, and by him the mother of Nyimi Lele. mythica@pantheon.org African mythology http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/mweel.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/n/nyimi_lele.html The ancestral hero of the Lele. He is a son of Woot and Mweel. mythica@pantheon.org African mythology http://www.pantheon.org/articles/n/nyimi_lele.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/a_mong.html A Mong and her brother Lan-yien are a pair of ancestor deities. They possess a magic drum with which they protect themselves (Karen, Burma). mythica@pantheon.org Other mythologies http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/a_mong.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/topetine.html The goddess of fire, mother of nU'tapa. She assumes to shape of a jaguar. mythica@pantheon.org Other mythologies http://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/topetine.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/tenye_teen.html The Nigerian goddess of marital fidelity. mythica@pantheon.org African mythology http://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/tenye_teen.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/sigrutan.html A spirit who ensnares people by the neck, causing them to die by strangulation (Isneg, Philippines). mythica@pantheon.org Other mythologies http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/sigrutan.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/n/nanen.html An earth-goddess of Brazil. mythica@pantheon.org Other mythologies http://www.pantheon.org/articles/n/nanen.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/k/katarwiri.html A malevolent river-goddess of the Ashanti and Tshi of Ghana. She is the wife of the river-god Tando. mythica@pantheon.org African mythology http://www.pantheon.org/articles/k/katarwiri.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/tando.html A river-god of the Ashanti and Tshi of Ghana. He is the husband of the malevolent river-goddess Katarwiri. mythica@pantheon.org African mythology http://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/tando.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/tsiyayoji.html 'Meadowlark Woman.' Tsiyayoji provides the ashes that are necessary to render enemy scalps harmless. mythica@pantheon.org Native American mythology http://www.pantheon.org/articles/t/tsiyayoji.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/pyatnitsa_prascovia.html A Russian goddess of the harvest. mythica@pantheon.org Other mythologies http://www.pantheon.org/articles/p/pyatnitsa_prascovia.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/hpi_bi_yaw.html Among the Karen of Burma, a goddess of agriculture who promotes the fertility of the crops and the rice fields. mythica@pantheon.org Other mythologies http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/hpi_bi_yaw.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/u/uwardaw.html A goddess of nature among the Maguzawa (Hausa) people of Nigeria. mythica@pantheon.org African mythology http://www.pantheon.org/articles/u/uwardaw.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pantheon.org/articles/z/zat-badar.html The goddess of the sun of the Axumite religion, Ethiopia. Zat-badar was known as early as the fifth century BCE. mythica@pantheon.org African mythology http://www.pantheon.org/articles/z/zat-badar.html Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT