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RA.triplemind.com

Our sungod is retired, not he does easy work in the office. Sun-god of Heliopolis (known to the Egyptians as Annu), head of the Heliopolitan ennead. He was considered self created and the creator of all. He is the father of Tefnut and Shu. Ra has been known by many names and takes many different forms. This makes him one of the most confusing gods to understand. At sunrise he is Khepera, represented by the sacred scarab. Around noon, when the sun is at its full power, he is Ra. At sunset, when the sun is said to be weak and growing old, he is Tem or Temu. He travels across the sky with the sun upon his head in two boats. The boat used in the morning is called Matet, which means becoming stronger. From midday on he travels in the Semktet (growing weak) boat. When he has set, he begins his journey into the underworld or the Duat/Tuat. Here he encounters many dangers and foes. Chief amoung them is a creature called Apep. He usually wins his battles with Apep and is then born anew as Khepera. On a number of occasions Ra has been merged with other solar deity. For example, one of the oldest sun gods was Horus (Heru), not be confused with Horus, son of Osiris. When these two gods merged they/he was called Ra-Harakhty, meaning Horus of the Horizon. In later times Ra was merged with the Theban god Amen, to become Amen-Ra. Pictures: [1][2][3]

MARDUK.triplemind.com

Application Server Node and DB Replication Slave. Marduk - God of healing and regeneration. His father is Enki and his mother is Dankina. His spouse is Sarpanitum. And his son is Nabu. His patron city is Babylon and his temple is called Esagila. He is a god known for justice, impartiality, and compassion. He is the god-king of Babylon, the holder of 50 names of power. Bestowed upon him by the gods when as their champion, he defeated Tiamat for supremacy of the gods. He is the great grandson of Tiamat. He is also known as the Shepherd of the Gods due to his peacekeeping talents. Pictures: [1][2][3][4]

KU.triplemind.com

Backend Application Server. Ku (male or husband), and Hina (female or wife) were the rulers of the ancient people and are the earliest gods. They are great ancestral gods of earth and heaven who have general control over the bounty of earth and generations of mankind. Ku freed one from their faults and errors. He is associated with sacrifice and prisoners. Ku represents the East, or the sun rising, which indicates morning. Ku equals "rising upright." Hina represents the West, or the sun setting, which indicates evening. Hina means "leaning down." Ku represents the universal character as a god to worship. The Ancient Hawaiians worshiped Ku for things such as good fishing, long life, good crops, and family and national prosperity for a whole. For example, early in the morning, prayers are said by fishermen to Ku to help them with their fishing. Pictures: [1][2]

POSEIDON.triplemind.com

Master DB Server (for mysql, dolphin). In Greek mythology, Poseidon (Greek: Ποσειδών; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of the sea, as well as of horses and, as "Earth-Shaker," of earthquakes. The sea gods Rodon in Illyrian mythology, Nethuns in Etruscan, and Neptune in Roman mythology were sea gods analogous to Poseidon. Poseidon also has many family members such as Zeus, Hera, and his many children. Pictures: [1][2][3]

SHIVA.triplemind.com

Application Server Node. Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव or श्रीशिव (when used to distinguish lordly status), and written Śiva in the official IAST transliteration, pronounced as "shιvə") is a form of Ishvara or God in the later Vedic scriptures of Hinduism. Adi Sankara interprets the name Śiva to mean "One who purifies everyone by the utterance of His name" or the Pure One. That is, Śiva is unaffected by the three gunas (characteristics) of Prakrti (matter): Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas. Śiva is "the destroyer", though this title can be misleading as Shiva appears in a multitude of roles. Additionally, Śiva can also mean, "the Auspicious One." He is often depicted as the husband of Uma or Parvati. In the process of manifestation, Lord Shiva is the primeval consciousness and creates the other members of the trimurti. He is symbolized by the wisdom of the Serpent. He has many other names, for example Shankara and Mahadev. Shiva is the ultimate reality who is the nature of Bliss itself and all complete in Himself. He is beyond description, beyond all manifestation, beyond limitation of form, time and space. He is eternal, infinite, all pervading, all knowing and all powerful. (Source: Wikipedia) Pictures: [1][2][3]

THOR.triplemind.com

Fileserver and Backup Application Server Node. In Norse mythology, Thor was the god of war, thunder and strength, and son of Odin. Thor destroyed the enemies of the gods with his magic hammer. It was he who chased away the frosts and called gentle winds and warm spring rains to release the earth from its bondage of ice and snow. He was also the god of the household and of the common people. He even married Sif a pesant woman. The lightning's flash was his mighty hammer, Mjolnir, hurled in battle with the frost giants, and the rolling thunder was the rumble of his fiery chariot. Thor was a good-natured, careless god, always ready for adventure, and never tired of trying his great strength. He could shoulder giant tasks with the greatest ease and slay bulls with his bare hands. For sport he sometimes rode among the cloud-veiled mountains, hurling his hammer at their peaks and cleaving them in twain. Pictures: [1][2]

ODIN.triplemind.com

Application Server Node and Gateway to the Internet running several Services such as named and sendmail. Odin was the wisest of the gods, and all the other dieties came to him for advice. He drew his wisdom from the well of the giant Mimir. Odin gave up one of his eyes to Mimir as a pawn to gain wisdom and was sometimes portrayed as a one-eyed old man. Occasionally, however, he appears as a heroic man with a spear and shield. In Valhalla and Vingolf Odin gave elaborate banquets, but he only drank wine, which was all he needed to sustain himself. The meat served to the god was given to his wolves, Geri and Freki (the greedy one). Odin had two ravens called Hugin (thought) and Munin (memory) that perched on his shoulders. Every day they flew forth throughout the universe and brought news home to the god. Odin was often called the God of Ravens. From his throne Lidskjalf in Valaskkalf, the god could see everything pass before him. His horse was Sleipnir, an eight-footed animal; his spear was called Gungnir and could hit anything aimed at; and on his arm he wore a precious ring, Draupner, from which dropped eight other rings every nine nights. Pictures: [1][2][3]

VISHNU.triplemind.com

Application Server Node. Vishnu is regarded as a major god in Hinduism and Indian mythology. He is thought as the preserver of the universe while two other major Hindu gods Brahma and Shiva, are regarded respectively, as the creator and destroyer of the universe.
The original worship of Vishnu, by the Aryan conquerors of India or the original Dravidian inhabitants is not definitely known. In the ancient Vedas, the body of literature known as the Veda, and sacred literature of the Aryan conquerors, Vishnu is ranked among the lesser gods and is usually associated with the major Vedic god Indra who in the epics and Puranas fights against dragons and demonic forces. These latter writings emerge during the later development of Hinduism.
It is throughout this literature and especially through incarnations that Vishnu is raised to higher rankings within the Hindu pantheon. He becomes the prominent second god of the Trimurti, the Hindu Triad, while Brahma is first and Shiva is third.
In some Puranic literature Vishnu is said to be eternal, an all-pervading spirit, and associated with the primeval waters that are believed to have been omnipresent before the creation of the universe.
The concept of Vishnu being the preserver of the world came relatively late in Hinduism. Presumedly it sprang from two other beliefs: that men attain salvation by faithfully following predetermined paths of duty, and that powers of good and evil (gods and demons) are in contention for domination over the world. When these powers are upset Vishnu, it is further believed, descends to earth, or his avatar, to equalized the powers. Further it is thought that ten such incarnations or reincarnations of Vishnu will occur. Nine descents are said to have already occurred, the tenth is yet to come. Rama and Krishna were the seventh and eighth.
Another interesting speculation concerning Vishnu's role as preserver among many modern scholars is that it is characteristic of the practitioners of Hinduism to raise local legendary heroes to gods in the Hindu pantheon.
Vishnu is portrayed as blue or black shinned and has four arms. He has a thousand names and their repetition is an act of devotion. He also has a female incarnation, Mohini[pic] and a pet called Garuda[p1][p2] Pictures: [1][2][3][4][5]

BAAL.triplemind.com

Application Server Node. Haddad (in Ugaritic Haddu) was a very important northwest Semitic storm and rain god, cognate in name and origin with the Akkadian god Adad. Hadad is often called simply Ba‘al Lord, but this title is also used for other gods. Hadad was equated with the Anatolian storm-god Teshub, the Egyptian god Set, the Greek god Zeus, and the Roman god Jupiter.
In religious texts, Ba‘al/Hadad is the lord of the sky who governs the rain and thus the germination of plants. He is the protector of life and growth to the agricultural people of the region. The absence of Ba‘al causes dry spells, starvation, death, and chaos.
Ba‘al is many times called son of the god Dagon. A few references to El being Ba‘al's father may not be a variant tradition but refer to El's status as an acting father to all the gods. Ba‘al is himself the father of three goddess named Pidray 'Shining', Tallay 'Rainy', and Arṣay 'Earthy', no mother named. Their mother may be ‘Athtart, also called ‘Athtart-name-of-Ba‘l. The goddess ‘Anat in these texts is Ba‘al's sister. Ba’al has his home on Mount Ṣapan, presumably the Biblical Mount Zephon on the northern coast of Syria, called Hazi in Hittite, Mons Casius in Latin and today known as Jebel al-Aqra‘. This mountain, 1780 metres high, stands only 15 km north of the site of Ugarit, clearly visible from the city itself. Pictures: [1][2][3]

ISIS.triplemind.com

Application Server Node. Isis, though worshipped all over Egypt, was specially venerated in certain cities, and the following are among the most common of her titles: --"The great lady, the God-mother, lady of Re-a-nefer; Isis-Nebuut, lady of Sekhet; lady of Besitet; Isis in Per Pakht, the queen of Mesen; Isis of Ta-at-nehepet; Isis, dweller in Netru; Isis, lady of Hebet; Isis in P-she-Hert; Isis, lady of Khebt; Usert-Isis, giver of life, lady of Abaton, lady of Philae, lady of the countries of the south," etc. From a list of title of the goddess collected by Dr. Brugsch, it is clear that Isis was called Usert, in Thebes, Aat, in Heliopolis, Menkhet, in Memphis, God-Mother, in Coptos, Hert, in Letopolis; and "Hent," i.e., "Queen," in every nome; and another important list tells us that Isis was called Ament, in Thebes, Menhet, in Heliopolis, renpet, In Memphis, Sept, in Abydos, Hetet, in Behutet, Hurt, in Nekhen, Thenenet, in Hermonthis, Ant, in Dendera, Sesheta, in Hermopolis, Heqet, in Hibiu, Uatchit, in Hipponus, Mersekhen, in Herakleopolis, Renpet, in Crocodilopolis, Neb-tept, in Arsinoe, That, or Tchetut, in Aphroditopolis, and Shetat, in Bubastis. Among her general titles may be mentioned those of "the divine one, the only one, the greatest of the gods and goddesses, the queen of all gods, the female Ra, the female Horus, the eye of Ra, the crown of Ra-Heru, Sept, opener of the year, lady of the New Year, maker of the sunrise, lady of heaven, the light-giver of heaven, lady of the North Wind, queen of the earth, most mighty one, queen of the South and North, lady of the solid earth, lady of warmth and fire, benefactress of the Tuat, she who is greatly feared in the Tuat, the God-mother, the God-mother of Heru-ka-nekht, the mother of the Horus of gold, the lady of life, lady of green crops, the green goddess (Uatchet), lady of bread, lady of beer, lady of abundance, lady of joy and gladness, lady of love, the maker of kings, lady of the Great House, lady of the House of fire, the beautiful goddess, the lady of words of power, lady of the shuttle, daughter of Seb, daughter of Neb-er-tcher, the child of Nut, wife of Ra, wife of the lord of the abyss, wife of the lord of the Inundation, the creatrix of the Nile flood."
From a number of passages in the texts of various periods we learn that Isis possessed great skill in the working of magic, and several examples of the manner in which she employed it are well known. Thus when she wished to make Ra reveal to her his greatest and most secret name, she made a venomous reptile out of dust mixed with the spittle of the god, and by uttering over it certain words of power she made it to bite Ra as he passed. When she had succeeded in obtaining from the god his most hidden name, which he only revealed because he was on the point of death, she uttered words which had the effect of driving the poison out of his limbs, and Ra recovered. Now Isis not only used the words of power, but she also had knowledge of the way in which to pronounce them so that the beings or things to which they were addressed would be compelled to listen to them and, having listened, would be obliged to fulfill her bequests. The Egyptians believed that if the best effect was to be produced by words of power they must be uttered in a certain tone of voice, and at a certain rate, and at a certain time of the day or night, with appropriate gestures or ceremonies. In the Hymn to Osiris it is said that Isis was well skilled in the use of words of power, and it was by means of these that she restored her husband to life, and obtained from him an heir. It is not known what the words were which she uttered on this occasion, but she appears to have obtained them from Thoth, the "lord of divine words," and it was to him that she appealed for help to restore Horus to life after he had been stung to death by a scorpion. Pictures: [1][2][3][4][5][6]

NYAME.triplemind.com

DB Master and Backup Application Server Node.Nyame (Ashanti) Supreme God of Heaven, both the sun god and the moon goddess. Nyame created the three realms, the sky, the earth and the underworld. Before being born, souls are taken to Nyame and washed in a golden bath, Nyame gives the soul its destiny and places some of the water of life in the soul's mouth. The soul is then fit to be born. Pictures: [1][2]

A Myth from Nyame: Iadola's babies.
Nyame, the great sky god, was lonely up in the clouds so one day he made a huge round basket and filled it with animals, with insects, with birds. When it was ready he cut a big hole in the sky, a curved hole like the slice of an orange. Then he pushed the basket through, stretched out his hand and hung it onto a cloud. So he could see it better he cut some pointy little holes to let the light through. These were the stars and the big curved one was the moon.
For a while Nyame was happy, looking down at his big round basket which he called Earth, but then he got bored. So he made another basket, filled it with flowers and plants and sprinkled them all over Earth through the orange shaped hole.
He was pleased with it now, and he spent long happy days watching the animals coming and going on Earth, watching the blossom come out, the grass grow long and lush. But others were watching to, for inside Nyame lived two little spirit people, a man and a woman, and they sometimes crept right to the edge of the sky gods mouth and peeped out.
One day Nayme caught a bad cold and gave a terrific sneeze. Out fell the spirit people, through the big curved hole in the clouds, and down, down, down until they landed on Earth with a bump.
What a funny place it was after all the comfortable warm darkness inside Nayme! they wandered all over it, looking at the trees and flowers. They watched the animals playing and the insects scurrying busily about; they marvelled at the rain, at the wind and at the sun. Soon the man spirit found he could catch the animals with sharp sticks, and he became a hunter.
Iyadola, the woman spirit, grew lonely then. Her man didn't want her to come hunting with him; he left her all alone in a cave where they had made their home. So one day she worked out a plan, and when he came back that night she was eager to tell him about it.
He didn't want to listen though. "I don't like your plans' he said grumpily. "It was you plan to creep into Nyame's mouth, to see what he was doing. If it hadn't been for you we'd still be safe and warm, not stranded on earth getting hungry, with me having to hunt for our food.
But Iyadola was determined to explain. "We could get some clay," she said, "and we could make some little creatures that looked just like us. We could bake them in the fire and breath life into them, so that they could walk and talk, like we do. They could be our children. If they were with me I wouldn't be so lonely when you went of hunting all day."
The man spirit had to agree that this was a fine idea so the very next day they got busy. They heaped up the fire ill it glowed red hot and made a whole batch of little clay children, putting them carefully into the bright embers so they would cook properly. Then they sat back and waited excitedly to see what would happen next.
What happened was that Nyame came thundering through the trees, shouting out their names in his enormous, deep voice. They were frightened of the great sky god and they snatched their little clay children out of the fire, wrapping them in cool leaves in case he saw what they'd been up to. He was a moody kind of god and they thought he might punish them.
But he only wanted to see how they liked Earth, with all it's plants and animals, it's creeping things, its rivers and it's rainbows. He was a god who liked praise. "We love it Nyame," they said in chorus, bowing low before him; and he went away content.
The minute he was out of sight they made some more children and put them in the fire, but they'd scarcely wiped the clay of their hands before Nyame came crashing back. "I hope your behaving yourselves here on Earth," he said self-importantly. "I made it you know. I expect you to look after it. By the way, what's this great fire for?" and he poked it suspiciously. "We were cold, Nyame," they said feeling rather foolish for the sun was shining. "Humph!" Snorted the sky god, and away he went again. He had stayed so long that the second lot of clay children were all but ruined.
All day the two little spirits baked busily, but Nyame, who clearly thought he was missing something, kept coming back to check up on them. Sometimes, when they heard his foot steps, they had to whip the clay babies out before they were ready. Sometimes he just wouldn't go away, with the result that the batch was overcooked.
But in the end, though, the sky god got hungry and went back home for good. As soon as they felt it was safe, the spirit people unwrapped all the green leaves, set out their handiwork on the forest floor and looked at it.
Some of the children hadn't been in the fire nearly long enough and they were almost white. Others had been in far too long, while Nyame was busy talking, and these had been burnt black. There were lots of other colours too, yellow and red-brown and pink.
Iyadola was delighted and she swept them all up in her arms. With the help of the spirit man she breathed warm life into them and soon they stretched, wiggled their new little legs, and ran about in the forest. After that she no longer complained when the man sharpened his sticks and went hunting. She would never be lonely again; she had her children. And that is why she is called 'Iyadola' because it means 'Earth Mother.'

LUGH.triplemind.com

Application Server Node. The god Lugh whose name means "shining one" was a Celtic sun god. He was handsome, perpetually youthful, and full of life and energy. This energy manifests itself especially in the number of skills he had, according to legend, mastered. He was the patron god of Lugdunum (cur: Lyon, France) and a solar deity. According to a prophecy, Balor, the god of the underworld was to be killed by his grandson. He locked his daughter, Ethlinn, in a tower made of crystal to keep her from becoming pregnant. However, Cian, one of the Tuatha de Danaan, with the help of the druidess Birog, managed to enter the tower. She gave birth to a son, Lugh, by him, but Balor threw him into the ocean. Birog saved him and gave him to Manannan mac Lir, who became his foster father. He was then nursed by Tailtiu.
Lugh was also sometimes considered a son of Danu and Beli.
Lugh was ingenious. One Irish tale relates of how the god travelled to Tara, and arrived during a feast for the royal court. Lugh was met by the gatekeeper, and was asked what talent he had, for it was a tradition there that only those who had a special ability could enter the palace. The god said: "I am a wright", to which the gatekeeper replied "We already have a wright, your services aren't needed here". Lugh persisted "I am a smith". Again, the guard said the court had a smith that was quite adequate; but the god was not to be dissuaded. Lugh then noted that he was also a champion, a swordsman nonpareil, a harpist, a hero, a poet, an historian, a sorcerer, and a craftsman. The gatekeeper merely nodded his head, and stated bluntly that all these trades were represented in the court by other members of the Tuatha de Danaan. "Ah, but you do have an individual who possesses all of them simultaneously?", was Lugh's clever reply. The guard was forced to admit his defeat, and so Lugh entered and joined the festivities. Lugh Lamhfada led the Tuatha in the Second Battle of Mag Tuireadh against the Fomorians. During this battle, Balor killed King Nuada with his eye, but Lugh ripped the fatal eye out with a sling, killing Balor.
Lugh was husband of Rosmerta. After the god Nuada lost an arm in the Second Battle of Magh Tuiredh and was forced to abdicate his kingship since he was no longer perfect, Lugh became the leader of the Tuatha De Danaan.
Lugh's name is the origin of that of the Pagan festival Lughnasadh (which is also the Irish Gaelic name for the month of August).
He was the father of Cuchulainn by Dechtere. [from Wikipedia] Pictures: [1][2][3][4]

ANU.triplemind.com

Application Server Node. In Sumerian mythology and later for Assyrians and Babylonians, Anu (also An; (from Sumerian *An 𒀭 = sky, heaven)) was a sky-god, the god of heaven, lord of constellations, king of gods, spirits and demons, and dwelt in the highest heavenly regions. It was believed that he had the power to judge those who had committed crimes, and that he had created the stars as soldiers to destroy the wicked. His attribute was the royal tiara, most times decorated with two pairs of bull horns. He was one of the oldest gods in the Sumerian pantheon, and part of a triad including Enlil, god of the sky and Enki, god of water. He was called Anu by the Akkadians. By virtue of being the first figure in a triad consisting of Anu, Enlil, and Ea, Anu came to be regarded as the father and at first, king of the gods. Anu is so prominently associated with the E-anna temple in the city of Uruk (biblical Erech) in southern Babylonia that there are good reasons for believing this place to have been the original seat of the Anu cult. If this is correct, then the goddess Inanna (or Ishtar) of Uruk may at one time have been his consort. [from Wikipedia] Pictures: [1]

PTAH.triplemind.com

Application Server Node. In Egyptian mythology, Ptah (also spelt Peteh) was the deification of the primordial mound in the Ennead cosmogony, which was more literally referred to as Ta-tenen (also spelt Tathenen), meaning risen land, or as Tanen, meaning submerged land. The importance Ptah was given in history can readily be understood since the name Egypt derives from Classical Greek Aigyptos which in turn derives from the native name of a temple at Memphis (transcribed as Ḥwt-k3-Ptḥ or Hat-ka-Ptah "temple of the Ka of Ptah").
It was said (in the Shabaka Stone) that it was Ptah who called the world into being, having dreamt creation in his heart, and speaking it, his name meaning opener, in the sense of opener of the mouth. Indeed the opening of the mouth ceremony, performed by priests at funerals to release souls from their corpses, was said to have been created by Ptah. Atum was said to have been created by Ptah to rule over the creation, sitting upon the primordial mound.
In art, he is portrayed as a bearded mummified man, often wearing a skull cap, with his hands holding an ankh, was, and djed, the symbols of life, power and stability, respectively. It was also considered that Ptah manifested himself in the Apis bull.
In Memphis, Ptah was worshipped in his own right, and was seen as Atum's father, or rather, the father of Nefertum, the younger form of Atum. When the beliefs about the Ennead and Ogdoad were later merged, and Atum was identified as Ra (Atum-Ra), himself seen as Horus (Ra-Herakhty), this led to Ptah being said to be married to Sekhmet, at the time considered the earlier form of Hathor, Horus', thus Atum's, mother.
Since Ptah was the primordial mound, and had called creation into being, he was considered the god of craftsmen, and in particular stone-based crafts. Eventually, due to the connection of these things to tombs, and that at Thebes, the craftsmen regarded him so highly as to say that he controlled their destiny. Consequently, first amongst the craftsmen, then the population as a whole, Ptah also became a god of reincarnation. Since Seker was also god of craftsmen, and of re-incarnation, Seker was later assimilated with Ptah becoming Ptah-Seker. Pictures: [1][2][3][4][5]

IXCHEL.triplemind.com

Backup Server. The ancient Mayans associated many human events with the phases of the moon. During the Late Classic period from AD 600-900 the principal God of the Moon was Itzamna, and his wife was the powerful Ixchel. Ixchel was a highly regarded deity as she was not only the goddess of the moon but also of healing and most importantly, childbirth. Pictures: [1][2][3]

GUANYIN.triplemind.com

Disaster Recovery and Backup Server. Guan Yin (literal meaning: "The bodhisattva who observes the sounds (of the people from the secular world)"), also written Kuan Yin, Kwan Yin, Kwan-yin and Kwun Yam, is a bodhisattva of compassion, worshipped by East Asian Buddhists. Developed from Avalokitesvara or Avalokiteshvara (The word avalokita means "seeing or gazing down" and isvara means "lord" in Sanskrit). It is also called kan'non-bosatsu in Japanese and is often referred to as kan'non-sama with respect.
One Buddhist legend presents Avalokitesvara as vowing to never rest until he had freed all sentient beings from samsara. Although with strenuously effort, he realized that still many unhappy beings were yet to be saved. After comprehending the great demand, he became overwhelmed and his head split into thousands of pieces. Fortunately, a Buddha assembled him back together again. With eleven heads gazing to the front and sides, Avalokiteshvara possesses the unique gift to see everywhere at once and reach out to the needy.
Another story describes her origin as the daughter of a cruel father who wanted her to marry a wealthy but uncaring man. She begged to be able to enter a temple instead. Her father allowed her, but asked the monks to give her very hard chores in order to discourage her. She was forced to work all day and all night while others slept in in order to finish her work. However, she was such a good person that the animals living around the temple began to help her with her chores. Her father, seeing this, became so frustrated that he burned down the temple. Kwan Yin put out the fire with her bare hands and suffered no burns. Now struck with fear, her father ordered her to be put to death. After she died she was made into a goddess for all of her kindness and began her journey to heaven. She was about to cross over into heaven when she heard a cry of suffering back on earth. She asked to be sent back and vowed to stay until all suffering had ended.
Kwan Yin is associated across Asia with vegetarianism. Chinese vegetarian restaurants are generally decorated with her image, and she appears in most Buddhist vegetarian pamphlets and magazines. Pictures: [1][2][3]

CERBERUS.triplemind.com

Gateway and Cache Server. In Greek mythology, the three-headed watchdog who guards the entrance to the lower world, the Hades. It is a child of the giant Typhon and Echidna, a monstrous creature herself, being half woman and half snake.
Originally, the dog was portrayed having fifty or hundred heads but was later pictured with only three heads (and sometimes with the tail of a serpent). Cerberus permitted new spirits to enter the realm of dead, but allowed none of them to leave. Only a few ever managed to sneak past the creature, among which Orpheus, who lulled it to sleep by playing his lyre, and Heracles, who brought it to the land of the living for a while (being the last of his Twelve Labors).
In Roman mythology, the Trojan prince Aeneas and Psyche were able to pacify it with honey cake. (See also: Garm.) Pictures: [1][2][3]

CHARON.triplemind.com

Gateway and Cache Server. Charon, in Greek mythology, is the ferryman of the dead. The souls of the deceased are brought to him by Hermes, and Charon ferries them across the river Acheron. He only accepts the dead which are buried or burned with the proper rites, and if they pay him an obolus (coin) for their passage. For that reason a corpse had always an obolus 1 placed under the tongue.
Those who cannot afford the passage, or are not admitted by Charon, are doomed to wander on the banks of the Styx for a hundred years. Living persons who wish to go to the underworld need a golden bough obtained from the Cumaean Sibyl. Charon is the son of Erebus and Nyx. He is depicted as an sulky old man, or as a winged demon carrying a double hammer. He is similar to the Etruscan (Charun). Pictures: [1][2][3]

R2D2.triplemind.com

Development Server. A resourceful, spunky and adventurous astromech droid, R2-D2 has saved the day time and again. His little .96-meter tall frame is packed with all sorts of tool-tipped appendages that make him a great starship mechanic and computer interface specialist. It's his bravery, however, that has made him an invaluable asset to his owners and friends. R2-D2 comes from the peaceful world of Naboo, where he and a team of astromechs served the elected monarch aboard her Royal Starship. When the greedy Trade Federation invaded Naboo, Queen Amidala rushed away from her world and ran afoul of a blockade. When the Royal Starship sustained damage to its shields, it was R2-D2 who repaired the ship, allowing it to escape into hyperspace. The droid used his magnetized rollers to cling tenaciously to the chromed surface of the ship while deadly turbolaser blasts rained overhead. For his courage, Artoo was personally thanked and recognized by Queen Amidala. Pictures: [1][2]