Western culture

Zeus: The supreme god in Greek mythology, who mastered thunder and lightning, was also called Raytheon. With the support of his mother Leia, he killed his father Cronus and became the third generation God King. He is extremely lewd, often cheating on his wife Hera with other goddesses and mortals, and there are countless illegitimate children.

Cronus: One of the gods in front of Olympus, the son of Urano and Rhea, the goddess of the earth, and the youngest of the Titans. He overthrew his father and became the second generation king of gods, but later suffered the same fate as his father.

Poseidon: the emperor of the sea, the second brother of Zeus, holds a huge trident and commands all the creatures in the sea. Described as half man and half fish, it can call the shots. Violent and cruel.

Hades: Zeus, Poseidon, brother of Demeter, was in charge of the underworld. He is very strong, but very peaceful. There is nothing wrong with it except taking Posephone, the daughter of Demeter, the goddess of harvest, as his wife.

Rhea: The goddess of the earth in Greek mythology, an ancient god in front of Mount Olympus and the mother of Titan. She and Urano gave birth to many Greek gods.

Pallas Athena: The daughter of Sivir, Zeus and menes, the goddess of wisdom and justice. When she was born, Zeus suffered from a severe headache. After Athena split it with a big axe, she jumped out from the inside with a pike in her hand and armor on. Is a very popular god. She changed her name to pallas for killing her friend pallas by mistake. Athena.

Apollo: The son of Zeus and Leto, the sun god, the elder brother of themis, the moon god and the goddess of hunting, one of the twelve Greek gods, also known as Helius. In charge of lighting, medicine, literature, poetry and music. Every day, the golden car driven by Tianma travels in the sky for one week.

Themis: the goddess of the moon, the goddess of hunting and the god of purity. So it is also called the patron saint of virgins. Apollo's twin sister

Ares: The God of War is a ferocious, cunning and irrational god who fights for war. Once had an affair with Venus, the wife of the craftsman god, and was caught in a big net specially woven by the craftsman god. Venus was originally a Roman god and was later absorbed by Greek mythology. )

Hermes: The son of Zeus and Maya and the daughter of Atlas. Winged feet, flying at high speed, became messengers of the gods in the sky, later became protectors of travelers, businessmen and thieves, and often turned into the lower bound of mortals to help protectors.

Dionysus: Dionysus, Latin name bacas, is the legendary inventor of wine making. His image is holding a wine glass in one hand and a pine cone stick in the other, and he was later promoted to the god of joy and civilization.

Heracles: The illegitimate child of Zeus and mortals was hated by the goddess Hera, but under Athena's ingenious arrangement, Hera nursed her. After he was born, he was very powerful. He once pressed two giant snakes in the cradle. As an adult, I have accomplished twelve major events that are said to be impossible. Therefore, he was later promoted to Hercules. Because he swept away many monsters and liberated Prometheus, a good god imprisoned by Zeus, he was loved. He was full of rebellious spirit, dissatisfied with Zeus' tyranny and rebelled against the gods.

Cerberus: The gatekeeper of hell, a three-headed but anticlimactic Warcraft, attacks the enemy with the sound of bronze. It's a monster born of giants and monsters.

Nordic articles

Odin: the highest god of the Nordic ASEAN family, the king of gods, the king of death, the god of war, the god of power and the god of magic. I once risked my life to be plunged into the underworld by a man. Many people gained knowledge of ancient Chinese characters, so they lost an eye. He is tall, wearing shiny armor, riding an eight-legged Sripnir with a famous Gunnar gun in his hand. He lived in the temple of Wahala and asked Valkyria to collect the souls of the dead to prepare for the final battle of Lanauk, that is, the twilight of the gods. Believed by the world-famous Nordic barbarians and vikings. They firmly believe that as long as they die bravely, they can enter the "Varhala", so the battle is extremely heroic and has swept across most of Europe. Odin once played a super summoner in Squawell's masterpiece FF8. There is an eighth chance that it will appear, and every time it is killed with one blow, but it is an "iron sword" in hand ("Gunnar"? )。 Later, he was killed by a move to "cut the iron sword back". (God of War will be killed by his own moves? )

Valkyria (Valkyrie): The goddess who served Odin, the Lord God, was ordered to rush about on the battlefield to collect the souls of the soldiers who died in battle and bring them back to life in "Varhala" to cope with the final battle of "Twilight of the Gods" between the gods and giants. Valkyria has superb martial arts and is the patron saint of mankind. Wagner, a famous playwright, once wrote the famous song "The Flight of Valkyria" for him (Wagner, his works and life will be introduced later, and his famous work "The Ring of Nibelungen" is an opera version of fantasy novels. If you are interested, you can listen to it. It is extremely wonderful! ! Yin Ying fans should not miss it. The Terran's powerful air-to-air plane in StarCraft was also named after Valkyria. )

Siegfried: the hero in the famous German heroic narrative poem Song of Nieberungen. He got the ring with supreme power and could understand birds. He killed the dragon, bathed in dragon blood, and became the strongest immortal. But it died because a leaf fell on its back in the shower, and a place under the scapula became a fatal weakness. (For details, see Wagner's The Ring of Nibelungen. )

Loki: Originally regarded as a benevolent god, he was accepted by Assyrians for his outstanding talent and appearance. However, as a giant, he naturally likes to provoke other gods to fight. He also killed the son of Odin, the Lord God, was imprisoned by the gods, broke out in the last battle between the gods and the giants, joined the giant camp and fought, which eventually brought the destruction of the gods.

Sartre: a giant living in the country of fire. He led the fire giant to fight in Twilight of the Gods.

Hull: the goddess who rules the underground world. It is said that she is Loki's daughter. Odin gave her the right to rule the nine realms in Neverheim, the underworld.

Burning Lille: The most famous Warcraft in Nordic mythology, a child of Loki, is a huge wolf-shaped monster. It is said that as soon as he opens his mouth, he can stand tall and be imprisoned by dwarves because of his violent personality. It was not until the end of the war that he got out of trouble and swallowed the sun and the Lord God Odin.

Thor: The famous god of thunder and lightning, whose name means "roaring", is the most Machamp god among the gods. He fights with a huge iron hammer. His iron mallet is also famous. Thor's Hammer has almost become a representative of strength in many works. He is also the god of abundance, in charge of all the rituals that human beings must go through, such as weddings and funerals. In "Twilight of the Gods", Thor and the world snake dream just perished with each other. Youmenggundo is a giant snake, symbolizing infinity.

Three fates in northern Europe: mastering existence and future, Karl mastering necessity and present, Wilsanti.

Dowav: the leprechaun clan among dwarves (strange combination). It is said that it was originally a maggot and gained human form and wisdom by eating the body of the primitive giant Youmir. He has the forging ability of genius, is an outstanding maker of weapons and handicrafts, that is, the prototype set by dwarves that often appears in fantasy novels, with many representatives, such as Flint in Dragon Gun. A stove. Jim in the battle of Rhode Island, they have the same characteristics: short and fat body, big beard, tomahawk, loyalty and bad temper.

BERSERK: Bassaka, the word comes from ancient Norse, which means "a man in bearskin" and was later called "Berserker". It is one of the most popular career settings in fantasy works. Under the careful care of the Lord God Odin, Berserker will fall into a state of ecstasy in the battle and attack the enemy with super physical strength, fearless and painless. In severe cases, people will fall into madness and die. Like Olson at the Battle of Rhode Island.

India

Brahma: One of the three highest gods in Hindu mythology. The creator of the world. Buddhism absorbed him as the protector and called him "the Great Brahma King".

Shiva: The third of the three great gods in India. Also known as "Xi Wa". Is one of the most worshipped gods. It is a god who symbolizes "prosperity" and "good omen". At the same time, it symbolizes "destruction" and is the god of resurrection. It is generally considered to be a "destructive god". At the same time, he is also the God of Reproduction, and after he spread to China, he interacted with the Tibetan tantric Great Joy Bodhisattva. Sometimes it is depicted as an ugly and angry man having sex with a beautiful woman. After Shiva's anger was introduced to Japan, it became very famous as a dark sky, and it was the patron saint of samurai and ronin.

Vishnu: One of the Three Gods, together with the first two, is called the Three Gods. There are many appellations, 1000, such as "Na Luo Yan" and "Lord of the world".

Indra: the god of thunder and lightning, the head of the gods, and later became the king of heaven. After being absorbed by Buddhism, it is also called "Indra Heaven" in order to be a good city master.

Lucky day: Lakshmi. The wife of Vishnu. In the oldest myth, it is associated with Brahma, Pilu and Indra, and is the patron saint of Buddhism. She is the sister of the King of Pishamen, and is called "the King of Merit". Sand King is the king of the north and the god of wealth, victory and protection.

Sakyamuni: Formerly known as Gautama. Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism. Legend has it that he was the prince of a small country in northern India, and later abandoned his family and power and ran away alone. Seven years later, he had an epiphany and became a Buddha under the bodhi tree. Also known as the great sun is coming. The noblest god in Buddhism once conquered Sheng Da, the god of war in China.

Eight dragons: that is, eight people, see in Buddhist scriptures. Hokkin. Devadatta once mentioned: "Eight dragons, inhuman people, are far away to see the dragon girl become a Buddha."

Heaven: a god headed by Indra. The life of the gods will also end, because Buddhists believe that everything is impermanent. Before the immortal dies, there will be five signs of "dirty clothes, withered flowers on his head, smelly body, sweating under his arms and unhappiness", which is also called "five sorrows between heaven and man"

Asura: Asura is a competition with heaven. They are very militant, men are extremely ugly and women are extremely beautiful. Asura has beautiful women, but no food. There is food but no beauty. The two sides often fight over this, and the scene is very tragic. The saying of "Xiuluochang" comes from this. Asura clan is regarded as the god of war, and he has another incarnation, Mani, the fire god, who is the highest god of Zoroastrianism and Zoroastrianism in Middle-earth.

Dragon: Dragon is a very popular character in both eastern and western myths and fantasy cultures. With its unique appearance and strong strength, it is favored. It can be said that when it comes to fantasy, people will think of dragons, and dragons have almost become the representative of fantasy literature. Although the dragons in the east and the west are different, they also have many similarities, such as head characteristics, good flying, spitting material from the mouth and so on. These amazing coincidences make people wonder whether such creatures existed before. The records of dragons have a long history in China, and a large number of detailed and vivid records run through the whole ancient official history. The recording was finally found in the early years of the Republic of China, which was very chaotic. But the dragon in Tianlong Babu is actually talking about a boa constrictor.

Gandapa: an elf with golden wings, half man and half bird. Musicians in heaven.

Goruda: A big bird familiar to China people, it evolved into a golden-winged Dapeng bird after being introduced to China. The prototype is a god bird with all kinds of solemn and precious wings, which devours a dragon king and 500 little dragons in one day (where are so many dragons for it to eat? ), set himself on fire once in 500 years, and then rose from the flame, from which came the legend of phoenix rebirth.

Other representative gods

Barr: Also known as Balloul or Bakar, they appear in different myths and have different names. The god of Mesopotamia, in charge of thunder and lightning, agriculture, animal husbandry and reproduction. And the god who rose from the dead. Mutu and his brother are sworn enemies. At first he was a good god, and later he was regarded as an evil god in Christianity. Debuted in Diablo II, he was regarded as the king of destruction.

Mutu: Also known as Mott. Death, the god of the underworld, the god of chaos, the god of drought and crop failure. Is Barr's brother and main rival. From semitic mythology.

Akat Ram: The brave god in Celtic mythology, another name of Nuada, Danu protoss. He fought Baal to the death.

Susano: The youngest of the three children of the earliest great god in Japanese mythology, and the other two are the highest gods in Japan, Shinto and Harle. His full name is Su Zhan Ming Zun, the god of chaos and violence. Because of his violent character, he is considered a destructive god. He killed the serpent and became a mythical hero.

Isis: A wizard with extraordinary power in Egyptian mythology, considered as the ancestor of magic.

Seth: From Egyptian mythology, the Greeks called it Tifeng, the embodiment of evil spirits, and always opposed to good. Legend has it that he once became a black pig, attacking and eating the moon every month.

Hanuman: The Indian Monkey King is a monkey in Indian mythology. The son of fengshen and the female monkey. Appeared in the heroic narrative poem Ramayana and became a good helper to help Prince Rama. He's brilliant, his ability is overwhelming, he's good at walking and changing his image and figure (not the Monkey King? ), rescuing Prince Rama many times is the embodiment of wisdom and strength.

Secer: the god of death in Egyptian mythology. Appearing as an eagle-headed mummy, it is said that judges in the underworld often weigh the dead man's heart with scales to decide what to do with him. It appeared in a large number of murals in the tombs of pharaohs in ancient Egypt and was worshipped in Rostov Temple.

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