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In Christian mythology, Casper was one of the three wise men who travelled from the east to pay homage to the baby Jesus.
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In Quecha mythology, Cavillaca was a goddess loved by Coniraya.
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In Chinese mythology, Ch'ang-O is the graceful moth-eyebrowed maiden goddess of the moon and immortality. The dispenser of life magic.
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Chemosh was the god of the Moabites.
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In Slav mythology, Chernobog was the Black god of death, the adversary of the White god Byelobog.
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In Chibcha mythology, Chia is the moon-goddess.
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In Chibcha mythology, Chibchacum was the god of farmers and merchants.
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In English folk-lore, the Chichevache was a monster that fed on obedient wives. It was reported to be a thin and emancipated creature, unlike it's fat and well fed rival the Bicorn that fed on men bullied and commanded by their wives.
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In Curra mythology, Chipiripa is the rain god.
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In Chinese mythology, Chun-T'i is a goddess of war. She who is capable of miraculous feats and she who excels in the magic arts.
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In Tinneh mythology, Chutsain is an evil spirit personifying death.
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The Cockatrice is a fictious creature said to be hatched from a cock's egg by a serpent. It is an ugly creature with a crested head, glittering eyes, a barbed tongue and a serpents tail. Mention is made of the Cockatrice in several passages of the bible. It probably has as its origin the hermaphroditic fowl - a crowing hen - which is known to occur in nature. In 1474 a Basel cock was sentenced to death for laying an egg!
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In Quecha mythology, Coniraya is the creator of all things and the founder of agriculture. He came to earth as a beggar, fell in love with the goddess Cavillaca and secretly impregnated her by turning some of his sperm into fruit which she ate. Cavillaca later turned herself and her child into stone at the shame of mothering the child of a beggar.
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In Thracian mythology, Cotys was the moon-goddess. She is listed as one of the demons in mediaeval Christian texts.
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The crescent and hand is an Islamic amulet for protection against misfortune.
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A crucifix is a Christian image, often worn as an amulet, comprising an image of Christ on the cross. As an amulet the crucifix offers the wearer Christ's protection against evil.
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In Inca mythology, Cupay (or Supay) was a death-god whose speciality was to snatch babies at the moment of birth. His attentions could be warded off by sacrificing live children to him.
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In Anglo-Saxon Christian mythology, the Curse of Eve was the pain that women must endure during childbirth in retribution for Eve's sin.
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