Identities from past lives (gods only)
Tamiel was one of the two hundred Watchers who guarded humanity and the boundaries of Tel’aran’rhiod during the Fifth Age. Once revered for his wisdom and vigilance, he was charged with understanding the dangerous interactions between the World of Dreams and the waking world. His knowledge of supernatural afflictions, forbidden Read more
ba’al (ba’lu): Lord. al’iyanu ba’lu: “Al’iyan Ba’al,” “Ba’al the mighty one”‘al’iy qrdm: “the mightiest of the heroes/warriors.”‘in d ‘lnh: “there is none above him,” “the one without equal.”malku: “king”zubulu: “prince”tapitu: “judge”zubulu ba’lu arsi: “Prince, Lord of Earth” Baal Hadad is remembered in later myth as a god of storms, fertility, Read more
Cernunnos was born on the darkest day of the year, in the shadow of winter’s solstice, in a forested region revered for its ancient groves and sacred stones. His family were minor guardians of the land, people attuned to natural cycles and the rhythms of the seasons, but his connection Read more
Born in the silver hush of dawnlight beside the River Acheron, Leuce was the fairest daughter of Okeanos, the ancient Titan of freshwater streams, sacred wells, and the endless rains and his wife, Tethys, goddess of the nourishing flow. Though her father was as old as the world’s first waves, Read more
—Lilith, private journal fragment Lilith was the first Ishsha, a product of the High Ones’ most ambitious undertaking: the Genesis Ideal’s Eden Project. She was meticulously bred over generations to be “Eden’s Heart,” a woman of perfect intellect, empathy, and, above all, pliability. Yet fate had introduced a catastrophic and Read more
The Greeks referred to Eros as a primordial being because love and desire have existed since the moment of creation. Even desire, passion, love and romance were depicted as winged children of Eros. The singular Eros, however, remained distinct in myth. It was he who lit the flame of love Read more
The woman who would one day become remembered as Yuki-onna is believed to have been born in the rural provinces of northern Japan. Oral accounts suggest she was of humble origins, the daughter of a traveling herbalist and a shrine attendant. She was lovely to behold, her eyes the shade Read more
Among the dreadful children of Gaia and Ouranos, none inspired such awe or terror as the Hekatonkheires and the Kyklopes. Both races were cast into Tartarus long before the Titanomachy, sealed away by their own father’s fear. When the time came for rebellion, it was Gaia herself who whispered prophecy: Read more
