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stole from him the drink of immortality. She
speaks to women of the strength necessary to
leave an abusive relationship. Note: Do not
confuse with the African/Caribbean Chango.Chantico—Female Goddess—Central America
Animal associations: Dog, Snake (red serpent)
Plant association: Paprika
‘She who lives in the home’—Aztec god of
home, hearth, and volcanoes. Her story com-
ments on the principle of the kin familiar. She
was originally found in human form but violated
a law that stated paprika would not be eaten on
fast days. In punishment, she was turned into a
dog, the most popular kith familiar in Arctic
North, and North, South, and Central America.
Interestingly enough, this is not so much the
case in Europe and not at all in Asia, where her
lore is geographically separated.Charon—Male—Mediterranean
Father: Erebus
Mother: Nyx
‘Fierce Brightness’ or ‘Fierce Brilliance’—
Greek god who conducted souls across the
River Acheron into the Underworld. Later
cites would say the river was Styx, but those
cites seem far less accurate.Chaos—Male—Mediterranean
Mother: Achlys
Daughter: Nyx
Animal association: Alligator
‘Great Void’ or ‘Gaping Void’—Greek origin/
Creator god similar to the Nameless One in the
creation story given in the Book of Genesis. Nyx
is sometimes listed as his wife and other times
as his sister, with Erebus brother to both. I be-
lieve this came into play with the old question:
Where did the first god come from if s/he did
not have a mother and father? Note that the
story of Diana and her brother Lucifer is told
here as well. Chaos was born from his mother
Achlys, whose name loosely means ‘dark mist.’Chasca—Female—South America
Inca goddess of flowers who protects young
women.Chia—Female—South America
Husband: Bochica
Colombian moon goddess who was patron
of women and men who dressed like them. In
other references, men dressed like women to
escape her wrath after they had offended her.
With her association to the moon, and thus the
tide, she is sometimes cited as the one respon-
sible for the Great Flood. Patron of cross-
dressing men.Ch’i-lin—Female—Central Asia
Chinese creature guardian of the West. She
is similar to the unicorn in having a single horn,
but is described as having the tail of an ox, the
body of a deer, and the scales of a fish. She
presides over that which is good and pure. The
other guardians are Ch’i-lin, Gui Xian, Feng-
huang, and Long. They are collectively known
as the Ssu Ling.Chiminigagua—Male—South America
Animal association—Blackbird
Chibcha Creator god who set order to the
universe by causing light to come from eternal
darkness. He spread that light across the world
with the assistance of Blackbird.Chiron—Male—Mediterranean
Father: Cronos
Mother: Philyra
Animal association: Horse
‘Hand’—Greek educator who taught
Apollo and the sons of Apollo: Aristaeus,
Asclepius and Orpheus. In some references he
was one of the Centaurs (half man and half
horse).Chung, Mo Li—Male—Central Asia
Mo Li Chung is the Chinese Buddhist
guardian of the East. His statue is often in-
cluded at the east point of Buddhist temples.
In the modern practice of Feng Shui, his statue
is placed in the East-most part of a home to
protect from negative influences coming from
that direction. In Wiccan ritual, he is one of
the names for the Four Quarters, the other
three being Hung, Shou, and Hai.z WB Chap 17.p65 307 7/11/2003, 6:04 PM