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Gods/Goddesses/Demigods * Aitu-i-pava - a Samoan war god. Worshipped at Fa'asalele'anga (DPOLY.5) * Ares - greek god of war. Was hated by most of the other immortals. He fathered Phobus, Deimus and Harmonia with his sister Aphrodite. Son of Zeus and Hera.(DM.27) * Bellona - Roman goddess of war. wife or sister to Mars. (DM.43) * Cihuateteo - ancient mexico - "horrific" warrior goddess representing women who had died in childbirth. (MEX.120) * Mars - Roman god of war, one of the chief gods. (diff. w/ greeks who preferred Athena, goddess of armed wisdom) (DM.166) * 'Oro - Ancient Tahitian warrior god. (DPOLY.5) * Quirinus - another Roman god of war - name is in triad with Jupiter and mars. thought as a deification of Romulus. (DM.225) * Tyr - Norse god of war. Son of Odin. Has one had. (the other was bitten off by the fennris wolf) (DM.262) * Ygg - Norse. "the terrible one" Odin's name when considered the god of storms and war. (DM.275) Creatures/Beings/People * Valkyries - norse priestesses of Freya. rode horses into battle to select the best men destined to be slain and bore them to Valhalla. (DM.266) Places, Geographical Elements * Valhalla - where the valkyries and chosen warriors would wait, fight and die daily training for the final battle of Ragnarok. (DM.266) Symbols and Objects * Arrow - Symbolizes war gods Mars (roman) and Tyr (scandinavian) (WDS.20) *two open circles with dots/closed circles in the center of both circles (like 2 boobs together) - (possibly) Teotihuacan symbol for WAR. (Mex.98) * Cross with flames at each point - (later used by the kkk) - was ancient scottish call to battle. Fire would be extinguished with blood. (WDS.48) * Sword - in ancient scythia some worshipped their swords as gods. The god of war was 'an iron sword annointed with human blood. (WDS.31) * Tyr - celtic/teutonic tribe rune (up arrow) - also war god. (WDS.152) |