Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Tiamat, the primordial goddess of the salt sea and the dragon of chaos in Babylonian myth — the great mother of the gods who raised a monstrous army to
Marduk (Bel, Merodach), the supreme god and champion of Babylon — the storm-and-warrior god who slew the chaos-dragon Tiamat, made the heavens and earth
Discover the Tikoloshe (Tokoloshe), the small hairy water-sprite of Zulu and southern African folklore — a gremlin-like witch’s familiar that torments and
Discover the Inkanyamba, the colossal serpent-monster of Zulu legend — a giant eel-like creature of deep waters and the Howick Falls whose rage rises into
Discover the Impundulu, the “lightning bird” of Zulu and southern African belief — a man-sized bird whose wingbeats are thunder and strike is the
Discover Mbaba Mwana Waresa, the beloved Zulu goddess of the rainbow, rain, harvest and beer — who taught humankind to brew, dwells in a cloud-house of
Discover Nomkhubulwane, the Zulu goddess of rain, fertility and the rainbow — the “Mother of the Earth” and divine princess whose maiden-festivals invoke
Discover uMvelinqangi, the sky-father and primordial being of Zulu cosmology — “the one who came first,” the self-existent source of creation associated
Discover Unkulunkulu, the creator-god and First Ancestor of the Zulu — the “Very Great One” who rose from the primal reed-bed to make humankind, cattle
The Yelbegen (Jelbegen), the many-headed, man-eating dragon-monster of Turkic and Altai-Siberian mythology — a monstrous serpent with seven or twelve