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Behind the Scenes

A gallery of behind-the-scenes images for the show, mainly animation cels, model sheets and publicity images used to promote the show.

## Animation Cels

The Nightmare Prince, When Bubba RulesKeiko as a bellhop, When Bubba RulesThe Nightmare Prince, Dozer QuestKeiko and Carter, Rosie's Extra Sweet DayKeiko and Carter, I Was a Teenage BabysitterPotsworthCarter (with a layout drawing)RosieRosieNick and PotsworthThe Nightmare Prince

## Trivia

* Poses from the model sheets were usually traced from (albeit animated) for the episodes and for the comic.
* The description for a now sold eBay listing implies that sheets for drawing instructions, mouth charts and shadow treatments for the characters existed, but they were not available as part of the listing. It is likely that these sheets may be in the hands of collectors.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/midnight-patrol-potsworth-animators-2054429371
DeitiesFromAroundTheWorld Wiki

**Welcome to the DeitiesFromAroundTheWorld Wiki!**
The DeitiesFromAroundTheWorld Wiki tackles Deities from different religions and mythologies from around the world!

## Examples of Deities

Utu, Sumerian god of the sun and justiceAshtoreth, Canaanite goddess of war and loveMaat, Egyptian goddess of orderPoseidon, Greek god of the seaDiana, Roman goddess of the huntThor, Germanic god of thunderVishnu, Hindu god of preservationYu Huang, Chinese king of the godsTsukuyomi, Japanese god of the moonMixcoatl, Aztec god of warAh Puch, Mayan god of death and the underworld
Hestia

**Hestia** was the Greek goddess of hearth, home, domesticity, virginity, family, and the state.

## Overview

Hestia was one of the six children of Cronus and Rhea, alongside Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, and Demeter. All save for Zeus were swallowed by their father, he forced Cronus to vomit the five other gods out and united they overthrew him. Hestia was the oldest child, which meant she was the last vomited out.

She chose to remain a virgin, similar to Artemis, goddess of the hunt and the Moon, and Athena, goddess of war, crafts and wisdom, despite her brother Poseidon and Apollo, the god of the sun and healing, desiring to marry her. She would become the caretaker of the hearth of Mt. Olympus, and thus there are not many myths around her, and she for example had not role in the events of the Trojan war, the journey of Odysseus or the many tales of the demigod-heroes.

## References

1. ↑ Castrén, Paavo. *Antiikin myytit*
2. ↑ Castrén, Paavo. *Antiikin myytit*
Determinação 01 - Secretário-Geral da AN

**De:** Dirlei Diaz, *Presidente Interino da República, Secretário-Geral da Assembleia Nacional e Delegado por Mérida*

A pedido do Delegado Yann Carlos, o Secretário-Geral da Assembleia Nacional DETERMINA:

- Fica arquivada a Moção 002.

- A Moção poderá ser desarquivada a pedido de um terço dos delegados presentes em qualquer sessão.
The Jarldom of VinterFöld

### Members

Jordan [Húskarl] Ulf Brant[Húskarl]Sporkespeare Halvard\_108 Raymo Farboid Marc (Crimson) Tranix 0\_NO Raino\_val SicariusMors [Húskarl]

Originating from the brutal North of Försvar, the people of VinterFöld are natural warriors and sailors, learning to kill and sail from a very young age. War is an integral part of both Vinterian culture and life, and death in combat is held as the highest honour, with those warriors being slain in battle said to be raised in the afterlife to the halls of the gods. In the North raids occur frequently during the summer, and every man capable of wielding the axe that he chops his firewood with is levied to fight and defend his home.

Vinterians swear their loyalty to their jarl, who in turn ensures law and order in his realm as well as protection from foreigners.

**The Assembly**

The jarl may choose to call upon an assembly of his people whenever he feels it is necessary. At these meetings, announcements regarding matters such as wars, raids, and mercenary work will be made, and the jarl will be able to recieve input from the people, from the lowliest farmer to the highest chiefs and húskarls.

Additionally, the jarl will also solve disputes and punish criminals in these assemblies. Each Vinterian present will be able to vote, and the jarl will consider their votes in his decision.

**Succession**

Every man with proper claim may challenge the current ruling jarl to a duel for control of the jarldom.

Once a jarl has retired or died an assembly will be called to vote in a new jarl.
Determinação 04 - Secretário-Geral da AN

**De:** Dirlei Diaz, *Presidente Interino da República, Secretário-Geral da Assembleia Nacional e Delegado por Mérida*

O Secretário-Geral da Assembleia Nacional DETERMINA:

- Fica instituída a Comissão Constituinte, sendo responsável pela redação da Constituição nacional e sua apresentação ao Plenário da Assembleia Nacional.

- A Comissão Constituinte será composta por no máximo 1/3 dos Delegados da Assembleia Nacional, se reunindo em datas diferentes as das Sessões Ordinárias.

- Os membros da Comissão Constituinte serão os Delegados: Miguel Ángel Rodriiguez Martin (Campeche), Yann Carlos (Péten) e Gabriel Zelma Purkot (Mérida)

- Novos membros poderão ser indicados, bem como membros poderão ser afastados por Determinação do Secretário-Geral da Assembleia Nacional, ouvindo o Presidente da Comissão Constituinte e seus demais membros.

- Os membros da Comissão Constituinte elegerão um Presidente, que poderá indicar seu Vice-Presidente.
Determinação 03 - Secretário-Geral da AN

**De:** Dirlei Diaz, *Presidente Interino da República, Secretário-Geral da Assembleia Nacional e Delegado por Mérida*

O Secretário-Geral da Assembleia Nacional DETERMINA:

- Fica instituída a Comissão de Relações Exteriores (COREX), sendo responsável pela aprovação das Diretrizes Gerais das Relações Exteriores, pelo aconselhamento ao Presidente da República em assuntos exteriores e pela revisão dos tratados e acordos internacionais.

- A COREX será composta por no máximo 1/3 dos Delegados da Assembleia Nacional, se reunindo em datas diferentes as das Sessões Ordinárias.

- Os membros da COREX serão os Delegados: Aluisio Victor Pessoa Nascimento (Mérida), Ana Júlia Barros Araújo (Quintana Roo) e Geovana Ávila Pinheiro de Azevedo (Quintana Roo).

- Novos membros poderão ser indicados, bem como membros poderão ser afastados por Determinação do Secretário-Geral da Assembleia Nacional, ouvindo o Presidente da COREX e seus demais membros.

- Os membros da COREX elegerão um Presidente, que poderá indicar seu Vice-Presidente.
Kothar-wa-Khasis

**Kothar-wa-Khasis**, also known as **Kothar**, is the Semitic god of craftsmanship and the forge.

## Mythology

### Baal-Cycle

During Baal's battle with Yamm, the chaotic god of the sea and rivers, Kothar-wa-Khasis assisted him in the battle by creating two smiting weapons: the first one was called Yagrush (or "chaser""), which is thrown against Yamm, but when this does not take the sea-god out, so crafts a second Ayamur (or "driver"), which defeats him once and for all.

Kothar-wa-Khasis would later travel alongside Baal and Anat to Mt. Zephon, where he constructed the temple palace for Baal.

## Comparison in other Mythologies

Within Egyptian religion, theology and mythology, notably in the city of Memphis, Kothar-wa-Khasis has been compared to the Ptah, a god craftsmanship, architecture and creation. He has also been compared to Hephaestus, the Greek god of the forge, fire and smith of the pantheon.

## References

1. ↑ Leick, Gwendolyn. *A Dictionary Of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology*
2. ↑  Töyräänvuori, Joanna. *Weapons of the Storm God in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Traditions*
3. ↑  Day, John N. *God and Leviathan in Isiah 27:1*
4. ↑  Miller, Robert D. *Tracking the Dragon across the Ancient Near East*
5. ↑  Satterfield, Bruce. *The Nature of the Struggle Between the Israelite and Canaanite Religion*
6. ↑ Coogan, Michael D. and Mark S. Smith. *Stories from Ancient Canaan*
7. ↑  Wimmer, Stefan J. *A Hieratic Inscription: “The Bow of Anat”?*
8. ↑ Coogan, Michael D. and Mark S. Smith. *Stories from Ancient Canaan*
9. ↑ Kitts, Margo. *The Near Eastern Chaoskampf in the River Battle of Iliad 21*
Aphrodite

**Aphrodite** is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation.

## Overview

Aphrodite in general had two different birth-stories: according to one she was the child of Zeus and Dione, which is mentioned in Homer's Iliad. According to Hesiod she was born out the sea-foam from the castrated testes of Ouranos, and emerged from the sea as a fully grown woman, who eventually arrived in the city of Paphos and Mount Olympus.

After arriving among the Olympians, she was put in an arranged marriage to Hephaestus, the fire, forge and blacksmithing, though she had often paired with Ares, the god of war, for which both was eventually caught publicly in a magical net. This humiliating event was usually seen as the end of her marriage with Hephaestus, and she also had an affair with Poseidon after this, as he was one of the gods who argued for the lovers to be released.

She also had several human lovers, such as Adonis, whose mythology might be rooted in the Mesopotamian myth of Inanna and Dumuzid, as well as Anchises, a prince from the legendary city of Troy, with who she had Aeneas, a great hero of the Trojan war and one of the ancestral hero of Rome. In the latter relationship she is often also syncretised with the Roman goddess Venus.

As the goddess of the love, she had much influence in the wider Greek mythology. She was responsible for the beginning the Trojan war, by causing the kidnapping Helen of Sparda as a reward for Paris of Troy after he chose her as the most fairest goddess among Hera and Athena. She sided with Troy alongside during the legendary war alongside Ares, Artemis and Apollo, and was injured by the hero Diomedes.

As a goddess of love she was also jealous and punished those who avoided her will, such as the women of Lemnos and Hippolytus, the son of Theseus.

## References

1. ↑ Castrén, Paavo. *Antiikin myytit*
2. ↑ Castrén, Paavo. *Antiikin myytit*
3. ↑ Castrén, Paavo. *Antiikin myytit*
4. ↑ Castrén, Paavo. *Antiikin myytit*
5. ↑ Castrén, Paavo. *Antiikin myytit*
Ninhursag

Ninhursag alongside other deities

**Ninhursag**, also known as **Ninmah** or **Damgalnuna**, is the Mesopotamian goddess of goddess of fertility, mountains, and rulers, as well as a mother goddess.

## Overview

### Family

Ninhursag was usually the spouse of Enki, the god creation, intelligence, crafts, water, magic, and mischief, though she was sometimes paired with Enlil, the god of storms and winds, with whom she had a son called Ninurta,the god of agriculture, hunting, and war. As Damgalnuna, she was also the mother of Marduk, the national god of the city of Babylon, with Ea, the Babylonian version of Enki, being the father.

She is one of the great gods in the Mesopotamian pantheon.

### Life Dilmun

She and Enki lived on the paradise-island Dilmun. The two gods lived happily, but the marriage was strained as Enki started to be attracted to their daughters, which led to various catastrophes between them, varying from myth to myth. In the most famous version Ninhursag used Enki's semen to grow eight mysterious plants. When Enki saw the plants, he ate them and became ill in eight organs of his body. Ninhursag decided to eventually cure Enki and gave birth to eight minor deities: Abu, Nintulla, Ninsutu, Ninkasi, Nanshe, Azimua, Ninti, and Enshag.

As a mother, nature and fertility goddess, she was also a very revered in old Mesopotamia, being seen as the protector of women, children, crops and domestic cattle, as well as the various royals bloodlines.

## Pop Culture

* Ninhursag appears as a supporting character in the fantasy novel *Gilgamesh Immortal* by Brian Godawa. She is one of the many fallen angels turned pagan deities, in this case the watcher called Ezeqel (or Chazaqiel).
* Ninhursag appears in the game *Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku*.
* Ninhursag appears in the game *Legend of Minerva*.
* Ninhursag appears in the game *Tower of Saviors*.
* Ninhursag appears in the game *Age of Ishtaria*.

## References

1. ↑ Leick, Gwendolyn. *A Dictionary Of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology*
2. ↑ Cotterell, Arthur. *The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends*
3. ↑ Black, Jeremy A. & Green, Anthony. *Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary*
4. ↑ Wiggermann, Frans. *The Mesopotamian Pandemonium A Provisional Census*
5. ↑ Cotterell, Arthur. *The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends*
6. ↑ Cotterell, Arthur. *The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends*
Nations

## Active Nations

There are currently 11 nations in the world of Polivus:

* The Technocratic Republic of Nivoa
* The Republic of New Grimsburg
* The Imperium
* The City-State of Ilios
* The Kosbian Empire
* The Jarldom of VinterFöld
* The Despotism of Mournas
* The Republic of Suiris
* The Theocratic Republic of Cicigedia
* The Oligarchy of Kodota
* The Bovine Theocracy

## Previous Nations

* The Kingdom of Grimsburg
* Dictatorship of Ildenhaven
* The Isle of Exiles
* Egrana
* The Dictatorship of Colishire
* The Vuldaran Empire
* The Republic of Yagach
* The Kingdom of Malmfjell
Alea jacta est! -The Die is Cast- (voice drama)

—**Clock over ORQUESTA**.

**"Alea jacta est! -The Die is Cast-"** is the first and a voice drama adaptation of chapter 0. There's also a voice comic version on Clock over ORQUESTA's Youtube channel.

## Featured Characters

* Tokito Ichiya
* Sakurakoji Nika
* Azusawa Mito
* Tsuyuri Azuma
* Otoha Iosuke
* Tenma Rikka
* Tenma Nanase
* Sakaki Yairo
* Kokonoe Konoe
* Fuwa Tokihito
* Harumi Kazuto
* Tokito Reiji
* Tink

## Synopsis

By the mysterious bisque doll, Tink, the owner of clock shop, Tokihito Fuwa is plunged into darkness. In the depth of it, he met a group of young men who have made a "wish fulfilment" pact with Tink.

A world of deep, endless space. The darkness, which seems no ends, suddenly cut off. A mysterious amusement park suddenly appears, there, an enchanting beautiful bisque doll is waiting for them. However, what confronts them there is a cruel truth...

"Only one person that can be granted."
Neptune

**Neptune**, also known as **Neptunus**, was the Roman god of the seas.

## Overview

Much of Neptune's mythology was incorporated from the Greek god Poseidon, and he didn't appear to have much of an original mythology among the Romans. His celebration, *Neptunalia*, was celebrated on July 23rd, which was usually seen as the hottest day of the year. He was also associated wit horses and chariots, and he was even seen as the patron of horses.

Many of Poseidon's myth's associated with Neptune included: being the son of Saturn as well as the brother of Jove and Pluto, with whom he divided the world, being the father of the hero Theseus and the messenger Triton, as well as the rape of Medusa in the temple of Minerva.

## Counterparts

* Poseidon
* Yam
Poseidon

God of the sea, picture by Marie-Lan Nguyen

### Other relatives

Ares, Hephaestus, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Hermes, Dionysus, Persephone (nieces and nephews)

### Counterparts

Neptune, Potrimpo, Yam, Nethuns, Varuna, Apam Napat

**Poseidon** is the Greek god of the sea, storms, earthquakes, drought, as well as horses.

## Overview

### Background

Poseidon was one of the six children of Cronus and Rhea, alongside Zeus, Hades, Hera, Demeter and Hestia. All save for Zeus were swallowed by their father, he forced Cronus to vomit the five other gods out and united they overthrew him. Zeus, Poseidon and Hades then drew straws on which aspect of the universe they would rule:

Zeus became the lord of the skies, Poseidon lord of the seas and Hades became lord of the Underworld. His abode was mainly under the sea, and he rarely visited Mount Olympus, the abode of his brother Zeus. His consort was the goddess Amphitrite, the oldest of the nereids, with whom he had Triton, the messenger of the sea.

### Affairs & other children

Like Zeus, Poseidon too had many affairs with other goddesses and humans, which led to various children.

Notable ones included Gaia, with whom he had had the giant Antaeus, with his sister Demeter, whom he raped in the shape of a horse and which led to Arieon and a nameless daughter, and the Troezean princess Aethra, with whom he had Theseus, the slayer of the minotaur.

He also had an affair with Aphrodite, after he freed her from the golden net, that her Hephaestus dropped on her when she had an affair with the god Ares. He was also considered the father of the one monstrous cyclopses, like Polyphemus, and the legendary hunter Orion. In some myths he also raped Medusa before her transformation into a monster, which would lead to the eventual birth of the legendary pegasus.

### Homeric epics

Poseidon, like many of the Greek gods, had rivalries with other deities over territories and human maters. He lost the patronage of the city of Athens to his niece Athena, and he sided with the Greeks during the Trojan war, as he, alongside the solar-god Apollo, was forced to built the legendary city's. walls due to failed coup attempt. He also hated the hero Odysseus, mostly due to blinding his son Polyphemus, and made sure that hero's journey back would be as long and difficult as possible.

### Appearance & worship

He was usually depicted as middle-aged man with black hair, who carried a trident. His temples were usually located near beaches and the sea, often near capes. One of these was the ancient sanctuary of Isthmia in the area city-state of Corinth.

## References

1. ↑ Gordon, R.L., *Poseidon* (p.659), in Toorn, Karel van der; Bob Becking; Pieter W. van der Horst. *Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible*
2. ↑ Castrén, Paavo. *Antiikin myytit*
3. ↑ Castrén, Paavo and Leena Pietilä-Castrén. *Antiikin käsikirja*
4. ↑ Castrén, Paavo. *Antiikin myytit*
5. ↑ Castrén, Paavo and Leena Pietilä-Castrén. *Antiikin käsikirja*
6. ↑ Castrén, Paavo and Leena Pietilä-Castrén. *Antiikin käsikirja*
7. ↑ Castrén, Paavo. *Antiikin myytit*
8. ↑ Castrén, Paavo. *Antiikin myytit*
Osiris

Osiris by Jeff Dahl

**Osiris**, originally known as **Usir**, is the Egyptian god of fertility and agriculture who also serves as the ruler of the underworld.

## Mythology

### Family

Osiris was the son of Geb, the god of the earth, and Nut, the goddess of the sky, and was the brother of Isis, the great mother goddess, Nephthys, the goddess of dusk and death, and Seth, the god of chaos and deserts. He married his sister Isis, and the two were regarded as the king and queen of the gods, though he also had sexual relations with his other sister Hathor.

He is the father of Horus, the sky god, whom he had with Isis and he was also somtimes said to be the father of Anubis, the god of the death and mummification, with Nephthys.

### The Osiris-myth

Osiris was the king of the gods and first pharaoh of Egypt, until he was betrayed by his brother Seth, who seeked to have the throne for himself. Osiris was murdered and dismembered by his brother, who scattered his body partsall over Egypt. The god would later be found, reassembled and revived by Isis and Nephthys, by being mummified, and he concieved Horus with the former. After this he decended into Duat, the underworld and became it's ruler. Horus would go on to fight and defeat Seth, avenging his father and claiming his birthright.

The role of the Egyptian pharaoh tied himself with both Horus and Osiris, with the ruler being associated with Horus when he lived, and associated with Osiris after dying, and his descendant becoming a new Horus, showing the divine kingship. In the underworld Osiris often interact with the Re, the god of the sun who traveled in the realm during, and according to some sources, the two gods would merge to become **Re-Osiris**, the great and perfect god of one soul and body.

## Appearance

Osiris is usually presented as a mummified man with green skin who holds a crook (heka) and flail (nekhakha), and wears a Atef-crown. An animal associated with the bull, such as the Apis-bull, who was seen as an incarnation of the god, despite being usually associated the creator-god Ptah.

## References

1. ↑ Van Voss, M. Heerma, *Osiris* (p.649), in Toorn, Karel van der; Bob Becking; Pieter W. van der Horst. *Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible*
2. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
3. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
4. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
5. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
6. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
Hebat

**Hebat**, also known as **Hepat**, is an important Hurrian goddess associated with the sky.

## Overview

### Family

Hebat was the wife of Teshub, the Hurrian god sky, thunder, and storms as well as head of the pantheon, and mother to Sharruma, a god that was associated with the mountains. She held the title "Lady of Heaven" or "Queen of Heaven", a common ephinet among high-ranking goddesses in the Mediterranean and Ancient Near East.

### Worship

Within Anatolia, the goddess' most important cult centre were the cities of Kizzuwana. Other important areas where she was worshipped included Ugarit, Alalakh and Aleppo, with the latter being an ancient place of worship dedicated to the goddess.

### Connection to other cultures

As a goddess called "Queen of Heaven", Hebat has been compared to the Akkadian and Babylonian figure of Ishtar, who was the goddess of sex, love, war, justice, and political power. Some sources also identify her with the Semitic goddess Pidray, who was the daughter of the storm-god Baal.

## References

1. ↑ Toorn, Karel van der, *Hebat* (p.391), in Toorn, Karel van der; Bob Becking; Pieter W. van der Horst. *Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible*
2. ↑ Toorn, Karel van der, *Hebat* (p.391), in Toorn, Karel van der; Bob Becking; Pieter W. van der Horst. *Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible*
3. ↑ Toorn, Karel van der, *Hebat* (p.391), in Toorn, Karel van der; Bob Becking; Pieter W. van der Horst. *Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible*
4. ↑ Toorn, Karel van der, *Hebat* (p.391), in Toorn, Karel van der; Bob Becking; Pieter W. van der Horst. *Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible*
Khonsu

Khonsu

**Khonsu**, also known as **Chonsu**, **Khensu**, **Khons**, **Chons** or **Khonshu**, was the Egyptian god of the Moon and childbirth.

## Overview

### Family

Most commonly Khonsu is seen as the son of Amun, a god of creation, and Mut, an important mother goddess, and the three were often worshipped as the powerful triad of Thebes, similar how Osiris, Isis and Horus were also worshipped as a triad. Sometimes Khonsu was also considered the son of Sobek, the crocodile-god of the Nile, and Hathor, goddess of fertility, while others connect him as potential son of Osiris.

### Role

In the oldest myths, notably the "Cannibal Hymn" of the Pyramid Texts, Khonsu was often portrayed as a bloodthirsty deity, who catches lesser gods and hands them over to a bloodthirsty deceased king who absorbs them. Later on though, likely after becoming the son of Amun and the god of the Moon, he became a more revered deity. He notably became associated with healing and childbirth, and after supposedly healing king Ptolemy IV Philopator (244-204 BC) from an illness, he became seen as a protector of the pharaoh who could drive away evil spirits.

### Appearance

Khonsu was often portrayed a either a mummified human, similar to Osiris or Ptah, whose head was topped with a full lunar disk on his head, not unlike the more famous solar disk. Sometimes he was also falcon-headed god, similar to Re, Horus or Montu. In his hands Khonsu usually carried a crook and flail as well as either *djed* or *was* sceptre.

## Pop Culture

* Khonsu is one of many Egyptian gods to appear in the Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan, which are based on Egyptian mythology. He notably appears in the *The Throne of Fire* and *The Serpent's Shadow*, being presented as a complex deity.
* Khonsu appears as a demon Japanese Megami Tensei-video games, such as *Shin Megami Tensei V*, *Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner*, and *Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner*.
* Khonsu appears as a character in the fictional universe of *Marvel*, notably in the *Moon Knight*-comics.

## References

1. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard H. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
2. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard H. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
3. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard H. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
4. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard H. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
Kumarbi

Kumarbi, picture by Zde

**Kumarbi** was an Hurrian god, who was seen as the former head of the pantheon, before he was deposed by his son Teshub.

## Overview

### Mythology

Kumarbi dethroned Anu, the god of the sky previous head of the pantheon, who in turn had done the same for Alalu, a primordial more primordial deity. Kumarbi notably castrated by devouring his testes. This resulted in Kumarbi becoming the king of the gods, but also pregnant with several other deities, whom he birthed, such as Teshub, god of storms, and Hebat, tutelary goddess of the city of Halab.

Kumarbi himself would be deposed by his son Teshub, who banished him into the underworld. Defeated, Kumarbi still tried to regain his position back by sending monsters (such as Ullikummi) to challenge his son, though Teshub and the other gods could fight them off and keep the cosmic order.

### Connection to other cultures

The Hurrian myth of succession is usually seen as a precursor to Greek succession myth Hesiod's Theogony, with Anu resembling Ouranos, the original king of the gods, Kumarbi resembling Cronus, the first usurper who castrated his predecessor, Teshub being equated to Zeus, the weather god who becomes the final king of the gods and Ullikummi to Typhon, the monster that challenges and loses against the final generation of gods.

## Pop Culture

* Kumarbi is one of the many rebellious watchers turned pagan gods the *Chronicles of the Nephlim*-book series by author Brian Godawa, alongside the likes of Anu, Inanna, Marduk, Ba'al, Asherah, Moloch, Chemosh, Dagon, Horus, Zeus, Ares, Ahura Mazda, Mithra, Odin, Vishnu, Shiva and Hubal.

## References

1. ↑ Leick, Gwendolyn. *A Dictionary Of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology*
2. ↑  Trémouille, Marie Claude. *Teshub*
3. ↑  Wade, Jenny. *The Castrated Gods and their Castration Cults: Revenge, Punishment, and Spiritual Supremacy*
4. ↑  Trémouille, Marie Claude. *Teshub*
5. ↑  Wade, Jenny. *The Castrated Gods and their Castration Cults: Revenge, Punishment, and Spiritual Supremacy*
6. ↑  Puhvel, Jaan. *Comparative Mythology*
7. ↑ Rutherford, Ian. *Hesiod and the Literary Traditions of the Near East*
8. ↑ Dietrich, B.C. *Some Eastern traditions in Greek thought*
Tefnut

**Tefnut** is an Egyptian goddess associated with the rain and moisture, though he true function is unclear.

## Overview

### Family

Tefnut was the daughter of the primordial sun-god Atum, and sister as well as the wife of Shu, the god of the air. With her husband she bore Geb, the god of the Earth, and Nut, the goddess of the sky and night, who in turn bred Osiris, the god of the underworld, Isis, the mothergoddess, Seth, the god of chaos, and Nephthys, the goddess of dusk.

These nine deities formed the Ennead that was worshipped in the city of Heliopolis.

### Apperance

Tefnut is often depicted as a lioness, either as a full animal, or a human with the head of a lion. In some traditions she and Shu were born as lioncubs. In the form of a humanoid, she also possessed other symbols, such as a solar disk or a uraeus (divine cobra) on her head, and carried a staff with the head of a serpent or lion on it's head.

### Worship

Tefnut, alongside Shu and the other Ennead, had their main cult in the city of Heliopolis, where she and her husband were mainly worshipped in the forms of lions.

## References

1. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
2. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
3. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
Adad

Illustration of Adad

**Adad**, also known as as **Iškur**, was the Mesopotamian god of Storms.

## Overview

### Family

The Sumerian Iškur's parentage varied from source to source, with some claiming that his father was either An, the god of the sky, Enlil, the god of storms, or Nanna, the god of the moon. As the son of Nanna, he was also the brother of Utu, god of sun and justice, and Inanna, goddess of war, sex and political power, and he was often paired with the goddess Shala, goddess of grain and the weather.

He is one of the great gods in the Mesopotamian pantheon.

### Within the Mythology

As the Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian Adad he was far more revered and responsible for the gathering the storms for the flood within the story of **The Epic of Atraḥasis**, and he was also one of the gods who tried to retrieve the Tablets of Destinies from the Monstrous Anzû-bird in the **Epic of Anzû**.

### Depiction, symbols & function

Adad or Iškur was an important weather-based deity. He is usually depicted sometimes holding lightning in his right hand and an axe in his left. He was also often shown to stand near or over a bull or a lionlike dragon (possibly a mušḫuššu similar to the Babylonian god Marduk).

In the myth of Enki and the World Order, Iškur is described as the "canal-inspector", who was in charge of the weather-based phenomena, such as rain, storms and lightning. He was also the protector of the crops, similar to Canaanite god Ba'al.

He was also associated with magical acts, such as divination, oracles and exorcisms, of both human and cattle. He was also used in curses with the goal to harm the enemy with "evil lighting" and could sent floods and storms as a form of divine punishment.

## Pop culture

* Within Mike Mignola's Hellboy-comics, one of the Ogdru Jahad, the main antagonists of the whole story, is named after Adad. The other Ogdru Jahad are also named after other Mesopotamian and Egyptian gods, which are named Amon, Belili, Irra, Numrat, Nun, and Nergal.

## References

1. ↑ Black, Jeremy, and Anthony Green. "Gods, demons and symbols." Ancient Mesopotamia,(London, 1998) (1992): 108-109.
2. ↑ Wiggermann, Frans AM. "The Mesopotamian Pandemonium." Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni 77 (2011): 298-322.
3. ↑ Dalley, Stephanie, ed. Myths from Mesopotamia: creation, the flood, Gilgamesh, and others. Oxford University Press, USA, 1998.
4. ↑ Dijk-Coombes, Renate Marian van. "Mesopotamian Gods and the Bull." Sociedades Precapitalistas 8, no. 1 (2018).
5. ↑ Stanhope, Ben. (Mis) interpreting Genesis: How the Creation Museum Misunderstands the Ancient Near Eastern Context of the Bible. Scarab Press, 2020.
6. ↑ Leick, Gwendolyn. "A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology." Philosophy East and West 43, no. 2 (1993): 354.
7. ↑ Leick, Gwendolyn. "A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology." Philosophy East and West 43, no. 2 (1993): 354.
8. ↑ Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Demons in World Religions and Cultures. McFarland, 2014.
9. ↑ Ulanowski, Krzysztof. "Mesopotamian Divination. Some Historical, Religious and Anthropological Remarks." Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica 15, no. 4 (2014): 13-28.
Johann Bewer

Johann Bewer is a Canadian player who joined Polivus with his friend Asaroka Takemitcheeks. Together they drink excessive amounts of alcohol while developing the a new settlement on the northern tip of Suiris, the Træfallen Frontier.

* **Page Last Updated On: August 26, 2021**
* **In-Game Name (IGN):** Jamthemann

### **Lore/Backstory**

Johann Bewer was a random wanderer with his friend Asaroka Takemitcheeks. Together they stumbled upon a small city, that being Paradisios -- Capital of Suiris. They befriended Kai, the Prime Minister, and were introduced to alcohol by Jules. Ever since then, Johann and Asaroka have become known as Suiris' "token alcoholics" and basically do anything to get piss drunk on hard liquor. The based duo; true homies -- war heroes by day, war criminals by night. :sunglas:

Johann Bewer's name used to be "Jamick Bewer", but upon establishing Træfallen with Asaroka, changed his name and assimilated into Northern Suirisian culture.

### **Municipal Leader and Frontiersman in Træfallen**

On August 25 2021, Asaroka and Johann set off from Paradisios to the northern tip of the Suirisian nation in order to create a new settlement. Johann recently took an interest in urban planning as a hobby at the time, and wanted a "blank slate" in which he can put his studies into practice. The duo also wanted to help increase the development index of Suiris as a whole, as Paradisios became the only area anyone in the country lived in. When arriving, the duo created a makeshift underground shelter and set the groundwork for a new settlement they wanted to call "New Woodfall". However, after assimilating into Northern Suirisian culture, the frontier settlement was renamed to Træfallen (The Danish word for "wood" and the German word for "fall" combined) and approved by Prime Minister Kai a day later.
Noise Rondo

**Noise Rondo** (雑 (ざつ) 音 (おん) 輪 (りん) 舞 (ぶ) 曲 (きょく)  *Zatsuon Rinbukyoku*) is Mito's first battle song of Season 1. It is a duet song between two VAs, Sonosuke Hattori and Ryoko Shiraishi.

## Video

* Short MV
* Full Ver.

## Trivia

* Classical piece used in this song is Franz Liszt's La Campanella.
	+ The fact that the title correlated with the meaning of La Campanella, "a little bell".
* *Qualia* is like a different thinking about propositions or stream of consciousness thought. Simply put for this example, in Cantabile, Mito said that when he saw a falling snow, *as if it was singing*.

## External Links

* PetitLyrics - Lyrics
* NexTone - Download and purchase link
An

An by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

### Other relatives

Marduk, Nannar, Nergal, Ninurta (grandchildren), Utu, Inanna, Iškur, Nabu (great grandchildren)

### Counterparts

El, Ouranos, Atum

**An**, also known as **Anu** or **Anum**, is the Mesopotamian personification of the sky and one of the most high gods.

## Overview

### Mesopotamian mythology

An as the god of the sky, who was paired with Ki, the Mesopotamian personification of the Earth, who fertilised her with the rain and made her grow the vegetation and the trees. His other consorts include Uraš, another earth goddess, and Antu, a goddess associated with the sky and clouds. His sons were Enlil and Enki, the two most important male gods in Sumerian mythology.

He was tied to kingship, and it was An who announced the human king whom the other gods had voted on in their divine council in the city of Nippur. Within this council he also served as the highest judge and chairman. Within the heavenly realm, An lives in the third and highest heaven, which is called the Way of Anu, the vertical band of the eastern horizon, which lays between the Ways of Enki and Enlil, which in turn were south and north.

He was also seen as the source of all things, including the other gods and lesser spirits, both good and evil, and held author over them. Enlil would eventually replace him as the most high and the king of the gods in the Mesopotamian religions, until both them would be replaced by Marduk, the patron god of Babylon, which likely corresponded to the rise of the City of Babylon in the Ancient Near East.

## Pop Culture

* Within the *Nephlim Chronicles*-book series by author Brian Godawa, An, alongside all other pagan deities of the world, was a Watcher-angel who rebelled against the God of the Bible. Within the book Enoch Primordial he is connected to Samyaza, who is the leader of the rebel-angels.
* Within the *Hellboy*-comics by Mike Mignola (notably in 2005's *The Island*) Anum is also featured as a Watcher, who was responsible for creating the Ogdru Jahad, the Lovecraftian Dragon of Revelation.

## References

1. ↑ Leick, Gwendolyn. *A Dictionary Of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology*
2. ↑ Black, Jeremy A. & Green, Anthony. *Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary*
3. ↑ Cotterell, Arthur. *The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends*
4. ↑ Black, Jeremy A. & Green, Anthony. *Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary*
5. ↑ Cotterell, Arthur. *The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends*
Freyr

**Freyr**, also known as **Frey**, is the Norse Vanir-god of sacral kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, virility, sunshine, fair weather, and good harvest.

## Overview

#### Family & relationships

Freyr was the son of Njord, the Vanir-god of the of sea and winds, and brother of Freyja, the goddess of war, death, love, sex, beauty, fertility, gold and magic. These three were the Vanir-gods who resided in Asgard, alongside the Aesir such as Odin and Thor. Over time he would go on to marry the beautiful jötunn Gerðr, despite the jötunn being officially the enemies of Aesir and Vanir-tribes of the gods.

It is also said that he holds sway over the realm of Álfheimr and bright elves that reside there.

### Possessions

The god owns several gifts from the dwarves, such as Skidbladnir, a boat that can fold into the size of something that could fit into the pocket and a boar named Gullinbusti, which could travel through the air and pull his chariots. He also once possessed a magical sword, but gave it in return to his servant Skirnir after he had gotten Freyr his wife Gerðr.

## References

1. ↑ Munch, Peter Andreas. *Norse Mythology Legends of Gods and Heroes*
2. ↑ Munch, Peter Andreas. *Norse Mythology Legends of Gods and Heroes*
3. ↑ Munch, Peter Andreas. *Norse Mythology Legends of Gods and Heroes*
4. ↑ Munch, Peter Andreas. *Norse Mythology Legends of Gods and Heroes*
Sin

Sin seated, picture by Onceinawhile

**Sin**, also known as **Nanna**, **Suen**, **Syn** or **Enzu**, was the Mesopotamian god of the Moon and patron deity of the city of Ur.

## Mythology

### Family

Sin was the product of the rape of the goddess Ninlil by the god Enlil, who was born in the underworld, but ascended into the sky later on. He was stometimes seen as the father of Ishtar, the goddess of war, sex and political power, Shamash, the god of the Sun and justice, and Adad, the storm god.

He was usually listed as one of the great gods in the Mesopotamian world.

### Function

Lunar eclipses were though to be assaults by demons and other evil spiritual forces. The lunar eclipses were also times for ritual purification in ancient Mesopotamia, to which the god was also tied to and it is speculated that Ur, his patron city, was astronomically aligned to the moon. He was also seen as an oracular deity.

As the god of the Moon, he was also tried to fertility and the cycles of living beings, such as the periods of women and the health of cattle. As the protector of the cattle he was responsible for the growth pastures, and he had connections to the pastoral god Tammuz, who was the consort of his daughter Ishtar. The chief priestess of Sin in the city of Ur was also seen as the spouse of the deity.

## Worship

Sin had several important temples in the ancient world, these include:

* The Great Ziggurat of Ur or Etemenniguru (𒂍𒋼𒅎𒅍 in Sumerian), which would later be turned into Ekišnugal.
* An unnamed temple at Harran during the Neo-Babylonian Period.

## Pop Culture

* Within the *Nephlim Chronicles*-book series by author Brian Godawa, Nanna/Sin, alongside all other pagan deities of the world, was a Watcher-angel who rebelled against the God of the Bible. Within the book Enoch Primordial he is connected to Tamiel, who is connected with evil spirits and abortion.
* Within the universe of the SCP-Foundation, Sin (or Suen) appears in the article of SCP-3740, which mostly tackles the Assyrian national deity Ashur.
* He is featured as a demon in the Japanese role-playing video game *Persona 2: Innocent Sin*.

## References

1. ↑ Cotterell, Arthur. *The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends*
2. ↑ Enlil and Ninlil. *The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature*
3. ↑  Leick, Gwendolyn.*A Dictionary Of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology*
4. ↑ Wiggermann, Frans. *The Mesopotamian Pandemonium A Provisional Census*
5. ↑ Cotterell, Arthur. *The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends*
6. ↑ Romain, William F. *Lunar alignments at Ur: Entanglements with the Moon God Nanna*
7. ↑  Leick, Gwendolyn.*A Dictionary Of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology*
8. ↑ Cotterell, Arthur. *The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends*
9. ↑ Leick, Gwendolyn. *A Dictionary Of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology*
10. ↑ Black, Jeremy A. & Green, Anthony. *Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary*
11. ↑ Black, Jeremy A. & Green, Anthony. *Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary*
Weather deity

A **weather deity** is a god or goddess associated with various aspects of the weather, such as storms, wind and rain.

## Weather deities by culture

### Aztec

* Tezcatlipoca - God of hurricanes and night winds
* Tlaloc - God of rain
* Xolotl - God of lighting
* Ehecatl - God of wind

### Chinese

* Dian Mu - Goddess of lighting
* Leigong - God of Thunder
* Yu Shi - God of rain

### Hindu

* Indra - God thunder and rain
* Vayu - God of wind

### Japanese

* Susanoo - God of thunder
* Fūjin - God of wind
* Raijin -G od of thunder, lightning, and storms

### Mayan

* K'awiil - God of lightning.
* Q'uq'umatz - God of wind and rain

### Mesopotamian

* Enlil - God of wind and storms
* Iškur - God of storms

### Norse

* Thor - God of thunder
* Freyr - God of rain

### Yoruba

* Oya - Goddess of winds, tempests, and cyclones
* Shango - God of thunder and lighting
Nephthys

Nepthys, depicted by Jeff Dahl

### Personify

Mourning, the night, darkness, childbirth, the dead, protection, magic, health, embalming, beer

## Family & Relationships

### Other relatives

Atum (or Re) (great grandfather) Shu, Tefnut (grandparents)

### Counterparts

Nyx, Nox

**Nephthys**, originally known as **Nebet-Het**, is the Egyptian goddess of mourning, night, darkness, service, childbirth, the dead, protection, magic, health, embalming, and beer.

## Overview

### Family

Nephthys was the daughter of Geb, the god of the earth, and Nut, the goddess of the sky and night, and sister to Isis, the great mother goddess, Osiris, the god of kingship, agriculture and the underworld, and Seth, the god of chaos, storms, lighting and the desert. She was usualy depicted as the wife of Seth, being a similair brother-sister-pairing than Isis and Osiris.

She was also the mother Anubis, the god of the dead and mummification, with the father being her husband Seth or Osiris, whom she had seduced at some point.

### Mythology

Nephthys was an important presence in the Osiris-myth, in which she sides against her husband Seth in favour of the breatyed and murdered Osiris. She asists Isis in mourning over the dead Osiris, and also helps in reassembling and guarding his corpse. She never appears to take the side of her husband during this story.

Through her role in this myth she became a protector of the dead pharahoh and deceased humans overall.

### Role in religion

Nephthys is usually depicted as a female humanoid figure, and she is often depicted alongside Isis and Osiris in funrerary artifacts, such as sarcophaguses, coffins and shrines. She was one of four protectors of canopic jars, alongside Isis, Neith and Serket, being associated with the canopic god Hapy, one of the sons of Horus.

Besides being often associated with her siblings Isis and Osiris, she was connected to Anukis, a river goddess worshipped in the city of Elephantine.

## References

1. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
2. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
3. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
4. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
5. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
6. ↑ Wilkinson, Richard. *The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt*
Weapons of Deity

**Weapons of Deity** is a term to refer to weapons used by gods and goddess in mythologies and religions around the world.

## Examples of divine weaponry

### Aegis

The aegis is a defensive weapon used in Greek mythology by Zeus, the god of the sky and thunder as well as head of the pantheon, and Athena, the goddess of wisdom, knowledge, crafts, justice and defensive warfare. It's usually depicted as a piece of armour made out of goatskin, which is depicts the gorgon Medusa.

### Mjöllnir

Mjöllnir is the war-hammer used by Thor, the Norse god of thunder.

Mjöllnir was made by the dwarves Brokk and Sindri, at request of Loki, who had crossed the the thunder-god. While forging the hammer, the handle remained short, though the dwarves explained to the gods that the hammer would never miss it's mark and always return to Thor's hand. The hammer would be the main-weapon Thor uses against in the battle Jötunn and eventually against Jörmungandr, the world serpent, during Ragnarök.

### Sharur

Sharur was the personified and deified mace used by Ninurta, the Mesopotamian god agriculture, war, storms, healing and scribes. The weapon was used by the god in his battles against the Anzû-bird and the Asag-demon.

### Vajra

The vajra is a ritual object that is also used as a weapon by several Vedic deities, such as Indra, god of the sky, weather, thunder and rain as well as head of the pantheon, who was known to battle Vritra, the demon of drought.

### Yagrush and Ayamur

Yagrush and Ayamur are two smiting weapons used by the Canaanite god Baal, which resemble clubs or war-hammers. They were created by the Kothar-wa-Khasis, the god of craftsmanship, so that Baal could battle Yamm, the chaotic god of the sea. The names Yagrush and Ayamur would translate into chaser and driver.

## References

1. ↑ Castrén, Paavo and Leena Pietilä-Castrén. *Antiikin käsikirja*
2. ↑ Graf, Fritz, *Athena* (p.116), in Toorn, Karel van der; Bob Becking; Pieter W. van der Horst. *Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible*
3. ↑ Munch, Peter Andreas. *Norse Mythology Legends of Gods and Heroes*
4. ↑ Dalley, Stephanie. *Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others*
5. ↑ Dempsey, Brendan Graham. *The Combat Myth According to Mark: From Ancient Near Eastern Genre to Apocalyptic Gospel*
6. ↑ Jacobsen, Thorkild. *The Harps that Once...: Sumerian Poetry in Translation*
7. ↑ Apte, V. M. *Vajra in the Ṛgveda*
8. ↑ Tiwari, Shashi. *Origin of Environmental Science From Vedas*
9. ↑  Töyräänvuori, Joanna. *Weapons of the Storm God in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Traditions*
10. ↑  Day, John N. *God and Leviathan in Isiah 27:1*
11. ↑ Woods, Fred E. *Who Controls the Water? Yahweh vs. Baal*
12. ↑ Alster, Baruch, *Tiamat* (p. 867), in Toorn, Karel van der; Bob Becking; Pieter W. van der Horst. *Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible*
13. ↑ Benjamin, Don C. and Victor H. Matthews. *Old Testament Parallels (Fully Revised and Expanded Third Edition): Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East*
14. ↑ Leick, Gwendolyn. *A Dictionary Of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology*