2022年12月1日 · Pangu (盤古) is an ancient Chinese deity considered to be the first living being and creator of the world. Emerging from an egg containing the entire cosmos, his birth released the univer

2023年5月20日 · Pan was the infamous god of shepherds and goatherds who hailed from Arcadia. He was part-human and part-goat, and his days in the woods and countryside were spent singing, dancing, hunting, chasing nymphs, and playing his reed pipes.

2022年12月1日 · Nuwa (女媧) is a popular Chinese goddess associated with fertility and marriage. She created mankind in two different origin myths; once by shaping people out of clay, and once by repopulating the world after a flood.

2023年1月6日 · Some nymphs frolicked in the woods with Pan or the goatish satyrs; others reveled in the entourage of the wine god Dionysus alongside the raving Maenads; other, more virginal nymphs served as attendants of Artemis, the Olympian goddess of wild things; and others still accompanied Hermes, Apollo, or Aphrodite. On some occasions, nymphs served as ...

2022年12月1日 · Cangjie (倉頡) is the legendary Chinese cultural hero credited with inventing the Chinese writing system. The official historian of the Yellow Emperor, he took inspiration from nature in devising his new method of recording informat

2022年12月1日 · Guanyin has been featured in a number of stories, TV shows, and movies, most notably in the popular 2011 Thai movie, Top Secret: Wai Roon Pan Lan, and as a recurring character in Richard Park’s science fiction novels.

2022年12月9日 · Pandōra) is derived from the Greek words pan, meaning “all,” and dōron, meaning “gift.” The name can thus be translated as “all-gifted” or “all-giving.” According to Hesiod, Pandora received this name because, when she was created, “all they who dwelt on Olympus gave each a gift.” Pronunciation

2023年7月19日 · Faunus, like Pan, was a wild, playful, and lustful figure who roamed the countryside seducing beautiful women. In later traditions, he was represented as an early king of Latium who became an oracular god after his death.

Japanese mythology is a combination of primarily Shinto and Buddhist traditions. In addition to the most powerful gods and goddesses, there are also millions of kami, or “holy powers,” associated with forces of nature, geographical features, and the spirits of the venerated dead.

2023年3月8日 · Thetis was a nymph and goddess of the sea, one of the fifty Nereids born to Nereus and Doris, and the wife of the mortal hero Peleus. When her son Achilles went to fight in the Trojan War, she did everything in her power to prevent his death.