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Ba Egypt
The soul. According to egyptian belief it went thru a harrowing journey
to reach the realm of Osiris where happiness
was assured.
Baalzebub
The Devil, The enemy of God and Goodness, tempter of humanity, keeper of Hell.
Also known as Lucifer, son of the morning; he was one of the 144,000 angels
who fell foul with the godheads in wanting to usurp their place. They were
ejected from heaven.
Also Beelzebub, Beelzebul.
Baba Yaga Russian
An ogress of russian folklore who stole young children and ate them. She
flew in an iron cauldron, raising tempests on her way.
Bacchus Roman
The god of vine and wine. He portrays the wild frenzy of alcoholic intoxication
and the sensual, sexual nature.
See Dionysus
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Bakha Egypt
The sacred bull of Hermonthis. This bull is an incarnation of Menthu, a
personification of the heat of sun. He changes colour every hour of the
day.
Balder Scandinavian
God of light. Son of Odin and Frigg. His mother
had bound all things by oath not to harm him, but she accidently omitted
mistletoe. Thus he was killed by a twig of mistletoe. Another legend says
that he was killed by Hodhr while fighting for the beautiful Nanna.
Balkis
The mohammedan name of the queen of Sheba.
Baphomet (M/F/A)
The mysterious God of Templars, having a woman's breasts and an erect phallus,
goat's head and hooves. He is Pan, god of magic and initiation. He is the
Light Bearer clothed in the disguise of evil. He is also the horned devil
of nightmares. He is also the god of analysis and synthesis, the path of
all knowledge. He represents the magical light of universal equilibrium
Baron Samedi Haiti
Trickster loa of death and cemeteries. (Gege Nago)
Basilisk
Also called a Cockatrice. The king of serpents. Has the power of killing
anyone by looking at that person. Said to have hatched by a serpent from
a cock's egg.
Bathsheba
Wife of Uriah the Hittite, whom King David stole away and made her his
mistress.
Bhasmasur Hindu
Brahma Hindu
He is the creator in the Hindu Triad, the others are Shiv
and Vishnu
When Brahma first started thinking how he would populate the creation,
his thoughts crystallized into 4 man-children. He then asked them to go
forth and populate the world but they refused preffering meditation.
Brahma then created seven more men:
Marich from his eyes, Brighu from his
heart, Angira from his head, Pulah and Pulast from his nostrils, Vasisth
from his mouth and Attri from his ears. But these seven also preffered
asceticism over worldly duties.
Still undeterred by his previous failures, he created Narad, Daksh and Kamdev. Then Shiv appeared before him in the Ardhnareswar form and he realised his fundamental mistake. He then created Manu - the first man and Satrupa - the first woman. Also see Yamaraja.
Brahman, Brahmand Hindu
God, Universe, the eternal flame, the shapeless - massless - sexless ball of energy, the ultimate reality, Truth.
Buddha (M)
First name Gautam or Gauthama or Gothama
Born in Kapilavastu, Nepal....
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