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Subject: Re: Happy Halloween! Scavenger Hunt
Author: Tracie   (guest, 208.254.123.138)
Date: October 31, 2001 at 10:22:20 PM
Reply to: Happy Halloween! Scavenger Hunt by Nanaea
HECATE (f) In Greek mythology Hecate was a goddess associated with witchcraft, tombs, demons and the underworld

CHANDRA (f,m)This is also the name of a demon in Hindu legends.

LILITH (f) "of the night" from Assyrian lilitu. This was the name of a demon in ancient Assyrian myths. In Jewish and Islamic tradition she was Adam's first wife, sent out of Eden and replaced by Eve because she would not submit to him. The offspring of Adam and Lilith were the evil spirits of the world.





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