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A smile dimples her cheeks when I ask her what she’ll do if, later today, she’s chosen to be a kumari, or living goddess, a role that will bring people to their knees before her.

Aside from the spirits, worshipped privately at home, the Romans had a large number of public gods. Many gods were believed to have taken part in the founding of Rome. All were consulted and ...

Once enslaved by dragons, they strive to be self-sufficient, not wanting to be beholden to anyone, not even the gods. The Drow race of Faerûn doesn’t have the best reputation. They live in a ...

Please verify your email address. Many drow cultivate poisons with religious fervour. After all, Lolth, their dread arachnid Goddess, is pleased by only the deadliest of concoctions. The Drow ...

In India where light skin is coveted, a new campaign is re-imagining popular Hindu gods and goddesses with a darker skin, writes the BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi. The desire for fairer skin is not ...

This goes for a peculiar triad of gods worshipped on the island of Rugia (Slavic Rana, today Rügen off the German Baltic coast), which in Middle Ages was inhabited by the Slavic tribes of Rani (or ...

Like most elves, though drow finish growing around age 25-30 ... Montolio was dedicated to the goddess of the forest, Mielikki, having vowed to spend his days defending the creatures of the ...

and "Jaxanaedegor Farruking Doomfall!" Eilistraee, a chaotic good drow goddess of freedom, beauty, swordplay, dance (the list of domains goes on for a while) can have her groove thrown off by the ...

Goddess worship is one of the longest standing religious traditions in Hinduism. Arthur Basham, a well-known historian of India wrote: The theme of shakti perhaps grew out of a conflict and eventual ...

Please verify your email address. Tracings of glossy black spider-web mark this drown-made armour. Its supple, but strong - and made to blend in with the dark caves and crevices of the Underdark.

This is intended to portray her as a goddess of energy. She is also seen as Kali, a goddess who is linked with the idea of death and demons.