| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Cer" | Greek | The personified necessity of death The påśśages in the Homeric poems in which death appears as a real personification are not very numerous and in most cases the word may be taken as a common noun. Greek |
| Monster name "Ceto" | Greek | A hideous aquatic monster, a daughter of Gaia and Pontus. She was the personification of the dangers of the sea, unknown terrors and bizarre creatures. Eventually, the word "ceto" became simple shorthand for any sea monster. Greek |
| Demon name "Chac Uayab Xoc" | Maya | A fish god known as the great demon shark |
| Demon name "Chac Uayab Xoc" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Fish god. Known as the great demon shark, he feeds on the bodies of drowned fishermen, but also provides catches.... |
| Goddess name "Chamunda" | Hindu | An emanation from the forehead of the goddess Durga to encounter the demons Chanda and Munda. Hindu |
| God name "Chaob (carrying off)" | Mayan / Lacandon, Mesoamerican / Mexico | wind god(s). They live in the four cardinal directions and, according to tradition, will bring about the end of the current world with earthquakes and tempests when the last of the Lacandon people dies. They will blow so hard that they blast the monkeys out of the trees. The names of two are identified, Hunaunic in the east and Chikinkuh in the West.... |
| Demon name "Charun" | Etruscan | The Etruscan demon of death who torments the souls of the deceased in the underworld and guards its entrance to the underworld. Similar to the Greek Charon, is portrayed with the nose of a vulture, pointed ears, winged, holding a hammer, with which he finished off his victims. |
| King name "Charybdis and Scylla" | Greek | The names of two rocks between Italy and Sicily, and only a short distance from one another. In the midst of the one of these rocks which was nearest to Italy, there dwelt, according to Homer, Scylla, a daughter of Crataeis, a fearful monster, barking like a dog, with twelve feet, six long necks and mouths, each of which contained three rows of sharp teeth. Greek |
| Demon name "Chemosh" | Moabite | A Moabite demon. |
| Monster name "Chichivache" | French | Chichivache the "sorry cow," a monster that lived only on good women- all skin and bone, because its food was so extremely scarce. The old English romancers invented another monster, which they called Bicorn, as fat as the other was lean; but, luckily, he had for food "good and enduring husbands," of which there is no lack. French |
| Monster name "Chimaera" | Greek | A fire-breathing monster, which, according to the Homeric poems, was of Divine origin. Greek |
| Demon name "Chung K'uei" | Taoist / Chinese | God of the afterlife. He belongs to the heavenly ministry of exorcism and, though not the most senior (he is subservient to CHANG TAO LING), is probably the most popular within the category. He was originally a mortal working as a physician in the eighth century AD. He is depicted with a fearsome face, said to be so terrible that it can drive away any demonic spirit who dares to oppose him. He is engaged in combat using a sword and a fan on which is written a magical formula to ward off evil. Symbolic peaches are suspended from his hat and a bat circles his head representing happiness.... |
| God name "Chunsu" | Egypt | The son of Amon-Ra, a moon-god and god of healing. He formed one of the Triad with Mut and Amon-Ra. Egypt |
| King name "Cinyras" | Greek | A famous Cyprian hero. According to the common tradition, he was a son of Apollo by Paphos, king of Cyprus, and priest of the Paphian Aphrodite, which latter office remained hereditary in his family, the Cinyradae. Greek |
| Monster name "Cipactli" | Aztec | A vicious primeval sea monster, part crocodile and part fish. Always hungry, every joint on her body was adorned with an extra mouth. Aztec |
"Cithara" | Greek | One of the most ancient stringed instruments, traced back to 1700 B.C. among the Semitic races, in Egypt, Assyria, Asia Minor, Greece and the Roman empire, whence the use of it spread over Europe. Greek |
| Goddess name "Clementia" | Roman | Minor goddess. Generally invoked to protect the common man against the emperor's absolute use of power. Under Hadrian the term cdementia temporum (mildness of the times) came into common usage.... |
| Demon name "Cms" | Enochian | A cacodemon. Enochian |
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