Forgotten Gods
From the Caribbean

Mama Dlo (Mother of the River) also known as Mama Glo, is the protector and healer of all river animals. She is a beautiful woman with long hair, who sits on upper body and arms and from her waist downwards twists into the coils of an anaconda. Her tongue is forked and she holds a golden comb which she passes through her snaky hair. She protects her creatures by luring hunters with her beautiful face and her singing, then capturing and sometimes killing them with the strength of her anaconda tail.
Mama Dlo is the consort of Papa Bois

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Forgotten Gods
From the Caribbean

Papa Bois (father of the woods) or "Daddy Bouchon" (meaning hairy man), is a folklore character of St. Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. He is thought of as the protector of the forests and their flora and fauna.

His appearance is that of a short, old man of African descent with cloven hooves and a beard of leaves. His body is completely covered with hair like that of a donkey and small horns sprout from his forehead. Despite his aged appearance he is very strong and fast. He is also known to carry a hollowed-out bull's horn, which he uses to warn animals of hunters' approach.

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From Finnish Mythology

Äkräs, also known as Ägröi, Egres, was the god of fertility in the Finnish mythology. He was also the god of turnip and the protector of beans, peas, cabbage, flax, and hemp.

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From Finnish Mythology

Väinämöinen (Vī-nuh-mōy-nên) demigod, hero and the main character in the folklore epic Kalevala. Väinämöinen was described as an old and wise man, and he possessed a potent, magical singing voice.
An immortal wise man. Väinämöinen’s power comes from his wisdom. He can descend to the realm of the dead and return unharmed. He steals the sampo, (the pillar supporting the heavens) and vanquished his opponent, Joukahainen, in a duel in which the weapons were magic songs.

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From Irish Celtic Mythology:

Scáthach, “The Shadowy One”, was a mythical Celtic warrior and martial arts trainer. She was an incredible trainer and her school of warriors turned out some of the top Celtic heroes including Cú Chulainn, the hero of the Ulster Cycle.
To get to her training fortress, first, one has to cross the Plain of Ill-Luck and the Glen of Peril. Then one has to cross the “Bridge of Leaping”; as one sets foot on it, the end swings up and flings them back where they came from.

At this nigh-impregnable castle, she trained heroes in the arts of pole vaulting, underwater fighting, and combat with the Gáe Bolg, a barbed harpoon of her own invention.

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From Finnish Mythology:

Tuoni was the god of the underworld and darkness personified. He was the husband of Tuonetar and father of Loviatar, Kalma, Vammatar, Kipu-tyttö and Kivutar (the divinities of suffering)

When in human form, he appears as an old man with three fingers on each hand and a hat of darkness.

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My guru and patron goddess...

AKILANDESHVARI is pronounced as ‘Akilan – Anda –Esvari’ meaning ‘Universe – Ruler – Goddess’. But the word ‘Akhilanda’ essentially means “never not broken.”

This purports that Akhilandesvari is the Goddess of ‘Never Not Broken’. In other words She is the ‘the always broken Goddess.
This is a double negative and it would appear that even in Her name the Goddess is broken down.
She is the Goddess for times of disarray. Her Vahana (riding animal), the crocodile is symbolic of the fear that resides in us, which need not weaken us but transform us and be transformed by us.

Akhilandeshvari gains strength and beauty by constantly breaking apart and coming together again.

Akhilandeswari teaches us that there is nothing wrong in being broken, that in actuality, sitting in pieces is not a bad thing after all. Thoughts of togetherness and completeness are only illusions which we cling for comfort. This illusion of comfort certainly does not save us when things fall apart.
Akhilandeswari teaches us that we are to pick up the pieces and move ahead. Her lesson is simply this: even that new whole, that new, colourful, amazing groove that we create, is an illusion. It means nothing unless we can keep on breaking apart and putting ourselves together again as many times as we need to.
We are already “never not broken.” We were never a consistent, limited whole. In our brokenness, we are unlimited.

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Forgotten Gods
From Celtic Mythology:

Lugh, of the Tuatha Dé Danann, sometimes called Lámfada, which translates as ‘long hand’ or ‘long arm’, was a skilled warrior, a king, and a master craftsman. There are many stories about Lugh that highlight his skilled mastery of many different disciplines.

He is also called Samildánach, translating to ‘equally skilled in many arts’.

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Forgotten Gods
From Celtic Mythology:
The Trí Dée Dána (The three gods of art)
Three brothers who created all of the weapons for the Tuatha Dé Danann.

Goibniu was the metalsmith. He was a smithing god and is also associated with hospitality.

Credne was the goldsmith, but he also worked with bronze and brass.

Luchtaine was the carpenter or wright; who made all the shields and javelin shafts which the Tuatha Dé used to battle the Fomorians.

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From Prussian mythology:

Peckols and Pockols the gods of the dead, hell and darkness. They were described as angry, evil spirits with beards and a white headdress similar to a turban. They were frightening and ruthless gods of the dead who would haunt and taunt the living if they disobeyed their pagan priests or buried the dead without proper sacrifices.

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