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Chronicles

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Mesopotamian & Near Eastern

Edimmu

Discover the Edimmu, the restless ghost of Akkadian and Babylonian belief — the unburied or neglected dead who seize the living with sickness until

Aug 8, 20268 min read

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern

Bashmu

Discover Bashmu, the venomous serpent-dragon of Akkadian and Babylonian myth — a horned chaos-monster of Tiamat’s brood subdued by Marduk and set as a

Aug 8, 202610 min read

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern

Ardat-Lili

Discover Ardat-Lili, the Akkadian night-demon — the unwed maiden who seduces sleeping men and menaces childbirth, one of the lilu-demon trinity and an

Aug 8, 20268 min read

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern

Shamash

Meet Shamash, the Akkadian sun-god and supreme judge — the all-seeing eye of heaven, source of the law given to Hammurabi, and helper of heroes against

Aug 8, 20268 min read

Mesopotamian & Near Eastern

Ishtar

Discover Ishtar, the great Akkadian goddess of love and war — the Queen of Heaven and planet Venus, heir of Inanna, famed for her descent to the

Aug 8, 20269 min read

Southeast Asian

Bota

Discover the Būta (būta kála), the elemental demon-spirits of Balinese tradition — chaotic lower beings of the wild who must be propitiated through daily

Aug 7, 20269 min read

Southeast Asian

Calon Arang

Discover Calon Arang, the legendary witch-widow of Javanese and Balinese tradition — a sorceress whose vengeance brought plague upon a kingdom, defeated

Aug 7, 20268 min read

Southeast Asian

Rangda

Discover Rangda, the demon-queen of Balinese mythology — the terrifying witch-goddess of black magic and death, queen of the leyak and eternal adversary

Aug 7, 20269 min read

Southeast Asian

Barong

Discover Barong, the protective lion-beast of Balinese mythology — the king of the good spirits and guardian of the people whose eternal battle with the

Aug 7, 20268 min read

Southeast Asian

Mangkukulam

The Mangkukulam, the witch or sorcerer of Philippine folklore — a practitioner of kulam who inflicts pain, illness, and misfortune through sympathetic

Aug 7, 20269 min read