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Afa

• Minor Goa’uld who brought several thousand humans to the planet of Avnil (P3X-513) to mine the naquadah and valuable minerals about 1,000 years ago • Avnil’s atmosphere is very thin with high levels of dangerous radiation, so Afa set up a radiation shield placed around the mining colony and constructed underground facilities to process the ores • The mineral wealth of Avnil only lasted 500 years and Afa abandoned the planet and the humans he brought there • In time, the Avnilians forgot how to maintain the radiation shield and the population retreated permanently into the caves making the abandoned mines their homes • Afa and his Jaffa servants became the “bogeymen” of Avnil society and the Stargate was viewed with fear

Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 22 Avnil pg. 21-23

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

The Samoan storm-god.

- 2 - Amaunet

• Apophis’ newly matured Goa’uld queen • Took Daniel Jackson’s wife, Sha’re, as a host in the episode Children of the Gods • Conceived a Harsesis child with Apophis and returns to Abydos to have him during the episode Secrets . Daniel Jackson arrives shortly before she is ready to give birth and convinces Sha’re to return to Earth with him. Shortly after Daniel delivers the baby, Heru’ur arrives hoping to capture Amaunet and the child. Heru’ur is forced to flee, Amaunet leaves with Apophis, and the child is hidden and remains safe on Abydos with Sha’re’s father, Kasuf. • In the episode Forever in a Day , Amaunet wanted to protect her child by Apophis from Heru’ur and the System Lords. Under the protection of Horus guards, she had come to Abydos to steal the child from Kasuf, and sent him into hiding with her closest aide, on Kheb. Sha’re/Amaunet is killed by Teal’c in the end to prevent her from killing Daniel.

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 10, 16, 124, 128 Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 8, 84, 95, 119 Statistics pg. 95

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

An Egyptian mother goddess, called the "Hidden One". She is the personification of the life-bringing northern wind. She belongs to the Ogdoad of Hermopolis. Within this group of gods her consort is the god Amun. She is referred to as 'the mother who is father' and in this capacity she needs no husband. Amaunet was regarded as a tutelary deity of the Egyptian pharaohs and had a prominent part in their accession ceremonies. She is portrayed as a snake or a snake-head on which the crown of Lower Egypt rests.

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

Amentet was originally the place for the setting sun but with time she became the hostess in the next world. She took care of the dead and guided them to their new homes and supplied them with food and water. She personified the world beyond - "Land of the West" - Amenty. From her shelter in a tree at the desert edge she had a good view over the gates to the underworld. Her looks were of a woman with a falcon, an ostrich feather or the sign for "west" (picture right) on her head. She was linked to the main goddesses an occasionally she could have wings. Her parents were Horus and Hathor and she represented the setting sun.

- 3 - Amurru

• At war with Anhur on Tuat at the time of Ra’s death • Anhur and Amurru have been involved in a personal vendetta involving Tuat, among other worlds • Left alive as Anhur left

Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 10

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

An Akkadian mountain god and a god of nomads. He is equated with the Sumerian god Martu. His consort is Beletseri.

- 4 - Anhur

• Ra’s chief general; led Ra’s armies to battle on numerous occasions • Often used Ra’s resources to settle his own personal vendettas • Goa’uld warmaster • Waging war against the Goa’uld Amurru on Tuat (PY9-623) at the time of Ra’s death in order to settle a personal vendetta • When Ra sent the original message through the Stargate to Tuat, Anhur chose to ignore it believing it a falsehood in the hopes that he could settle his score with Amurru once and for all • Once Ra’s Jaffa were able to escape to Tuat and inform Anhur of his mistake, Anhur immediately left Tuat, allowing Amurru to survive • He went to several worlds (except Abydos) only to end up on Chulak • At the time of Children of the Gods , he was residing on Chulak where he subtly opposes Apophis and is determined to stand defiant as his master, whom he believes he destroyed through his inaction, would have wanted • He is an unusually noble and tragic Goa’uld and exhibits a strong sense of honor and loyalty to his dead master, Ra

Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 10, 95-96 Statistics pg. 95-96

Encyclopedia Mythica Article Micha F. Lindemans:

The Egyptian warrior and hunter god, the personification of the royal warriors. As the champion of Egypt, he hunted and slew the enemies of Re. His consort is the lion goddess Mekhit. The center of his cult was the city of Thinis in Upper Egypt. He is portrayed as a bearded warrior wearing a long robe. On his head he wears a headdress with four tall plumes and in his hand he holds a lance.

His Greek form is Onuris, derived from the Egyptian anhuret , which means 'he who brings the far near'. Anhur is also identified with the god Shu.

- 5 - Anat

• Daughter of Ra • Worshipped in ancient Egypt as a warrior goddess • Imprisoned on Cerador for some forgotten offense in a canopic jar awaiting her awakening where her bloodthirst can be quenched on the citizen’s of Kali’s homeworld

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 67-68

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Ben White:

A major goddess of fertility, sexual love, hunting and war. She was known among the Canaanites in prehistoric times. From the fertile agricultural area along the eastern Mediterranean coast, her cult had spread throughout the Levant by the middle of the third millennium BC. Around the beginning of the Phoenician period (circa 1200 BC) Anat enjoyed a significant cult following. She was quite prominent at Ugarit, a major religious center, and appears frequently in Ugaritic literary works incorporating mythical elements, in deity and offering lists, and in votive inscriptions.

For more information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Anat .

An exerpt from alt.mythology Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.1 :

Anat (Anath, Rahmay - 'the merciful') - Ba’al's sister, daughter of El. Goddess of war, the hunt, and savagery. She is an archer. Virgin, sister-in-law (progenitress?) of peoples (Li'mites'?). She and Athirat are nursemaids to the gracious gods. She restrains Ba’al when he intends to attack Yam's messengers. In missing texts, she killed Yam-Nahar, the dragon, the seven-headed serpent. She also destroyed Arsh, Atik, Ishat, and Zabib, all enemies of Ba’al. She holds a feast at Ba’al's palace to celebrate his victory over Yam. After the guests arrive, she departs her abode and adorns herself in rouge and henna, closes the doors and slaughters the inhabitants of two nearby towns, possibly Ba’al's enemies. She makes a belt of their heads and hands and wades through the blood. She lures the towns' warriors inside to sit and joyfully massacres them. She then makes a ritual peace offering and cleans up. This is possibly related to a seasonal fertility ritual welcoming the autumn rains. Anat receives messengers from Ba’al thinking that some new foe has arisen, but they assure her that he only wishes that she make a peace offering that he might tell her the secret of lightning and seek it on Mt. Zephon. She does so, demanding first to see the lightning, and is welcomed by Ba’al from afar. Hearing him complain of lack of a proper mansion, she storms off to El, creating tremors. She threatens to mangle his face lest he heed her and have Ba’al's court constructed, yet her plea is rejected. She is assisted in her petition by Athtart. She accompanies Ba’al to Athirat with a bribe and assists Athirat in her successful petition to El for Ba’al's court. After Ba’al dies, she searches for him and, finding his body goes into a violent fit of mourning. She has Shapash take his body to Mt. Zephon, where she buries it and holds a feast in his honor. After seven years of drought, she finds Mot, and cuts, winnows, and sows him like corn. She attends the feast where Daniel presents Aqhat with a bow and arrows set made by Kothar-u-Khasis. Desiring the bow, she offers Aqhat riches and immortality, for it. He refuses and so she promises vengeance upon him should he transgress and leaves for Mt. Lel to denounce him to El. Upset with El's response, she threatens to strike his head, sarcastically suggesting that Aqhat might save him. El remarks that he won't hinder her revenge, so she finds Aqhat, and taking the form of a kinswoman, lures him off to Qart-Abilim. Unsuccessful with her first attempt there, she calls her attendant warrior Yatpan to take the form of an eagle, and with a flock of similar birds pray strike Aqhat as he sits on the mountain. They do so and Aqhat is slain, unfortunately, the bow falls into the waters and is lost and Anat laments that her actions and Aqhat's death were in vain.

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

A very old goddess from the nomad society for fertility, sexuality, hunting and war. She originated from the Syro/ Phoenician coasts and was imported to Egypt in the late Middle Kingdom. In dynasty 17 she became a member of the Theban pantheon as wife of Anedjti but other deities like Hathor, and Nephthys put her in the shadows.

- 6 - Anubis Lord of the Underworld

• Originally an underlord of Apep during the First Goa’uld Dynasty (19,000 B.C.) • As Apep declined, Anubis became his most trusted advisor while he secretly built his forces on the planet of Sekh’Pa, his original homeworld prior to his first banishment • He set a dynamo up beneath the earth of a moon orbiting Sekh’Pa that draws electrical current from the planet creating a static charge that will take out any powered device by draining it of energy • In 17,500 B.C., Anubis finds out the secret location of a great cache of Ancient weapons from Apep by forcibly exposing Apep to Thoth’s rudimentary sarcophagus • From the cache he creates a “super weapon”, he forcibly removes Apep’s symbiote and eats it. • After 100 years of war, Anubis is banished by Ra and others at the end of the First Goa’uld Dynasty. • In 8,721 B.C. he returned at the head of an army promising to defeat the Asgard once and for all, only to be defeated again by Ra. The symbiote was removed from the host and cast out into space. • It was during this time, that Anubis learned how to ascend. However, the others prevented his ascension but could not send him back all the way so he is still part energy. • His physical form is a mass of energy and his “skin” ripples with the fluidity of a Stargate’s event horizon • The artifact The Mask of Anubis provides his body with necessary cohesion by amplifying and focusing his will into physical reality. It also makes him invulnerable to damage inflicted by both energy and kinetic force. • He retains a lot of the knowledge that he gained during his ascension and that he had from his genetic memory prior to his ascension • Upon his return 2 years ago, he worked through lesser Goa’uld such as Tanith, Osiris and Zipacna quietly bringing about the destruction of Tollana and wreaking havoc on the System Lords in a series of devastating and mysterious raids and guerilla warfare type attacks • Since his return, Anubis has returned to Sekh’Pa in his mothership that is shielded from the dynamo and static field. He uses the strongest of the planets inhabitants for his ongoing genetic research • In the episode Between Two Fires , Anubis’ underlord, Tanith blackmails the Tollans into making weapons for Anubis; eventually, Anubis attacks the world of Tollana when they refuse to attack the Tauri and lays waste to the planet’s only city • During his attack, Anubis targeted fault lines, volcanoes, and other hot spots in an effort to destroy life on Tollana; since the bombardment has ended, he maintains a strong military presence in the ruins of the city—hundreds of battalions of his Jaffa and dozens of death gliders • It is revealed during the episode Summit , that Anubis has returned. During Last Stand , Osiris acts as Anubis’ representative and asks for Anubis’ reinstatement as a System Lord. • In return for his reinstatement, Anubis promises the destruction of the Tauri. In an effort to keep his promise, he sends a naquadah-enriched asteroid in the path of Earth In the episode Fail Safe . His plan is thwarted by SG-1. • In the episode Revelations , Anubis manages to capture and interrogate Thor and Thor’s knowledge is downloaded into Anubis’ mothership computers. SG-1 manages to rescue Thor’s body and Anubis flees before the might of 3 Asgard vessels. • Anubis’ mothership, with Thor’s consciousness in the on-board computers, crashes into the Pacific in the episode Descent and SG-1 manages to recover Thor from the ship’s computers. • In the episode Redemption Part I and Part II , Anubis uses an Ancient weapon to hold open the Tauri stargate and send minute amounts of radiation through in the hopes of overloading the stargate and destroying Earth. Anubis’ weapon is eventually destroyed by Rya'c, son of Teal’c. • Later, Anubis attacks the Tok’ra base in the Risa system and sends an Ashrak through the stargate to the Alpha Site to sow descent and discord among the rebel Jaffa and the Tok’ra who evacuated there in the episode Allegiance . • Anubis then manages to accumulate the six Eyes of the Gods and recreate his super weapon that was used to destroy Apep • In the episode Full Circle, Anubis’ true nature is revealed. It is also revealed that he has all of the Eyes which together power an Ancients’ super weapon that Anubis used in 17,500 B.C. to destroy Apep. Eventually Yu unites all the System Lords and they attack but the combined fleet is easily destroyed and pushed back by Anubis’ powerful weapon. It is at this time that Anubis destroys Abydos and the Abydonians ascend to a better place. • In the episodes Fallen and Homecoming , Anubis’ super weapon is destroyed but only after Anubis has captured Jonas Quinn and extracted all his knowledge with the same device the System Lord used on Thor. The remaining forces of Lord Yu then attack Anubis’ disabled vessel, but not before Anubis escapes again in an escape pod.

- 7 - • Anubis recovered portions of the Book of Thoth which included Telchak’s original design for a sarcophagus and has genetically engineered his own army in the form of super soldiers. • In the episodes Evolution Part I and Part II , it is revealed that Anubis did, in fact survive the attack by Yu and returned to his homeworld to create a breed of Goa’uld super soldiers based on some of the information he gained from Jonas Quinn. In the end, it is discovered that Anubis has thousands of these super soldiers and the future looks extremely grim unless the SGC and the Tok’ra can find a way to stop them. • During the episode Death Knell , it is revealed that Jacob and Samantha Carter have designed a weapon capable of fighting Anubis’ super soldiers. • He is currently in a race with the Tauri in the hunt for the Ancient’s Lost City • Anubis uses the long abandoned space station Amun Station to meet and plot with his underlords

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 29, 31-32, 35, 52, 67-69, 104, 115, 124, 127-130 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 8, 12-13, 16-22, 31, 36-37, 59, 64, 66, 91, 95, 99- 100, 111, 118-119, 131-132, 146-147, 167, 173 Statistics pg. 16-17 Sekh’Pa pg. 18-19 Mask of Anubis pg. 19 Tollana pg. 20-21 ` Super Soldier Specialty pg. 131, 146, 148

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Stephanie Cass

Anubis, who the ancient Egyptians called Ienpw (phonetically "Yinepu"), is the mysterious canid funerary deity of ancient Egypt. Even the meaning of his name is unknown -- speculations range from "Royal Child" to having derived from the world for "to putrefy". Both certainly fit the deity, who was at various points in time of Egyptian history known as the lord of the dead before Osiris and, later, became popularly known as the son of Osiris.

For more information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Anubis .

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

Anubis took care of the cemeteries and was the son of the solar god Re. Later he was connected to the vast Osiris cult and conciered as his son with the goddess Nephthys. Depicted as a jackal or a man with a jackal's head, he was originally a god from Abydos in Upper Egypt. He guided the deceased to the next life via the court of Osiris in the Underworld. He was the god of embalming and was the subject of the mortuary prayers in funerals. His fame was constantly on top during all periods of the long Egyptian history.

- 8 - Apep (Presumed deceased)

• 22,000 B.C.: Apep kills the son of Atok claiming the forces of Atok for his own • He divides these forces equally among the strongest Goa’uld and solicits stewardship forming the first set of underlords; in this way, he ensures that no one Goa’uld becomes too powerful • He then decrees that his underlords are his “brothers” and “sisters • The first group of underlords included: Ra, Nut, Thoth, Osiris, Isis, and Bastet • Apep encouraged the practice of ritual cannibalism • Most powerful Goa’uld during The First Goa’uld Dynasty • Underlords during First Dynasty: Ra, Bastet, Nut, and Thoth • Built the Serekh on Saqqara where priests still work to maintain the knowledge collected by Apep • The Serekh used to be home to Apep and is now a huge library of Goa’uld tablet devices • Although Saqqara is under the control of Apophis, the Goa’uld librarians are not in service to Apophis • Underneath the Serekh lies an extremely powerful Ancients’ starship; the key to finding and activating the starship is in the Eyes of the Gods scattered among the Goa’uld by Ra and later recovered by Anubis • Elevated Anubis through the ranks and entrusted him with all of his knowledge and secrets • Betrayed and killed by Anubis

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 114, 124 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 7-8. 26-27, 116 Saqqara pg. 26-27, 58

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Linemans

An Egyptian monster living in perpetual darkness. This snake god is the chief of the antagonists of the sun god Re and each night he tries to stop the sun god's barque on his journey through the underworld. In the struggle between light and darkness, the monster is wounded by the divine entourage of Re with knives and spears. The god Seth and the god Mehen were often depicted defending the solar barque.

Apep is the personification of darkness, evil, and chaos. Occasionally, the battle was decided in his favor, causing a solar eclipse, but his victories were of short duration for Re always triumphed in the end. Eventually, Apep was slain by Re, who cut up his body and burned it. The Greeks referred to him as Apophis.

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

The gigantic serpent Apep was the symbol of all devilries that fought the sun god Re every day and tried to stop his journey in the sky. He dwelt in the cosmological waters chaos or was hiding below the surface of the Nile. On cloudy days the Egyptians were afraid that Apep had won and they made extra offerings in the temples. Texts describing rituals how to overthrow Apep have been found and everyone took part in the chase, even the wicked god Set who was seen depicted when spearing him in Re's solar boat when he was jumping up from the water. Though he was defeated every day he rose every morning in strength, ready to fight again.

Called Apophis in Greek. Sun god Re (as a cat) slaying the serpent of darkness - Apep, with a bucher's knife.

- 9 - Apophis Egyptian Serpent God (Presumed deceased)

• Origins unknown: perhaps spawned by Isis or Ra’s progenitor; whispered that he may even be Apep himself • Actually cemented Ra’s rule during the Second Goa’uld Dynasty by soundly defeating the upstart Sokar; his actions made a millennia-old enemy that would eventually help bring about his defeat at the hands of the Tauri • He was a very brutal ruler on Earth and at one point Ra sent Hathor, in the guise of Sekhmet, to put him down and it is said the “Nile ran red with blood”. • It is believed by some that Apophis’ cruelty is one of the reasons the Tauri finally rose up to overthrow the Goa’uld • Rose to power and became a System Lord during the Third Goa’uld Dynasty • One example of his brutality is the attack and enslavement of the Unas on K’kaa; after killing billions of the moderately advanced citizens, he enslaved them to mine the naquadah and then abandoned the now primitive society • He built a fortress on Chulak where he began keeping a supply of hosts; captured humans were sent through the Stargate and kept there for Apophis’ future needs • Amaunet was originally carried in a Jaffa that he captured in a raid on one of Heru’ur’s worlds; the Jaffa claimed that the symbiote she carried was a Goa’uld queen • Seized control of a large number of worlds after Ra’s death in 1995 at the hands of the Tauri • In 1997, he finds a cartouche of Stargate addresses left by Ra and begins a sweep of lost worlds seeking technology, hosts, and treasure • In this way, he arrives on Earth and then on Abydos during the series premiere Children of the Gods in order to find potential hosts for his new queen, Amaunet. Eventually, he takes Sha’re for Amaunet’s host. It was at this time that he is betrayed by his first prime, Teal’c. • Leads a hunting party to the Nox homeworld to capture Fenri in the episode The Nox . There Shak’l, his new first prime, is killed. • In the episode Cor-ai , it is revealed that Cartago is one of the planets where Apophis would come to hunt for hosts; and that at that time, Teal’c was his first prime and was ordered to kill one of the villagers; at the end of the episode, Jack and Carter return to Cartago to find it under siege by Apophis’ serpent guards; with the help of Teal’c, they drive the Jaffa away • Together with Klorel, Apophis leads an attack on Earth in Within the Serpent’s Grasp and The Serpent’s Lair . The attack is unsuccessful leading to the destruction of two of Apophis’ motherships. He and Klorel escape at the last moment in an escape pod. • During the episode Family, Apophis kidnaps Rya'c, Teal’c’s son and brainwashes him in an effort to draw Teal’c back to Chulak and bolster his failing reputation. • Creates a forbidden Harsesis child with Amaunet. He intends eventually for the child to be his new host. • In the episode Serpent’s Song, it is revealed that Apophis was captured by Sokar and tortured. He managed to escape and in hopes of destroying Earth along with himself, he claims “cal mah” or sanctuary and SG-1 takes a dying Apophis back to Earth. Eventually, he dies and his body is given to Sokar in an effort to save Earth from Sokar’s wrath. • Sokar banishes Apophis to the moon Netu where Apophis sets himself up as Bynarr’s first prime. At the end of the episode Jolinar’s Memories , he reveals himself as the presumed dead Apophis to SG-1. • During the episode The Devil You Know , he replaces Bynarr as ruler of Netu taking Kintac as his first prime. He tortures SG-1 and Martouf using the Blood of Sokar in order to get information that he can use as leverage with Sokar. His plan goes awry when SG-1 escapes and Sokar and Netu are destroyed. At the last moment, he manages to escape to Delmak. • Apophis takes over Sokar’s fleet and then attacks and destroys Chulak in an effort to find the Harsesis child. • Failing to find the Harsesis, he begins to build an advance class of battleship on PX9-757. The battleship is destroyed in the episode Upgrades . • At this time, Apophis and Heru’ur control the two largest fleets among the system lords. Apophis and Heru’ur agreed to meet in order that they could discuss an alliance. During the meeting, the Tauri and Tok’ra set off one of the mines, Apophis assumed Heru’ur did it and subsequently ended up destroying Heru’ur presumably killing him during the episode The Serpent’s Venom. • During Exodus , Tanith manages to relay the location of the Tok’ra base on Vorash to Apophis and Apophis sends his fleet to attack. In an effort to destroy Apophis’ fleet, the Tauri send the gate into Vorash’s sun and open it up to a planet with a black hole causing the sun to go supernova. • The resulting supernova destroyed 12 of Apophis’ ha’tak vessels • In the following episode, Enemies , the Tauri mothership and Apophis’ vessel are sent to an uncharted section of the galaxy. When SG-1 comes out from the protection of a gas giant, they find Apophis’ ship adrift with no life - 10 - signs aboard. Teal’c returns aboard a transport, but he brings Apophis and he replicators with him. Replicators take over the ship and boost the hyperdrive returning the ship to the world of Delmak. SG-1 sets the ship to crash into Apophis’ homeworld destroying both Apophis and the replicators as they escape with an injured and brainwashed Teal’c. • As of Season One, Apophis holds the balance of power on Chulak • Bra’tac was First Prime of Apophis before Teal’c and Teal’c was once Brat’ac’s apprentice • After Teal’c betrayed him, Apophis appointed Shak’l as his first prime • After the destruction of Bynarr on Netu, Apophis appointed Kintac his First Prime, but Kintac was killed in the resulting explosion of Sokar’s ship and Netu while Apophis escaped • Arrived at Earth long before Ra and used the original Earth gate (Antarctic gate) to stage attacks against Ra from Earth • Apophis set a temporary base of operations up at Antarctica, moving the gate there in order to ensure that Ra’s forces wouldn’t come to Earth • Once Ra discovered and traced the location of the attacks, Apophis quietly gathered up his forces and gated to a safe location, leaving the Antarctic gate to sink into the ice of the Antarctic glacier • Buried deep in the ice of the Antarctic glacier is a large cache of staff weapons, zats and Jaffa armor which were left behind as Apophis slipped quietly away • Also buried in the ice is Goa’uld tech thought to be lost • Also a tablet that describes the location of P4A-771 is buried under the ice • P4A-771 once served as a secret base for Apophis; Ra discovered the planet and had the coordinates inscribed in the Abydos cartouche • When Apophis is on-world at P4A-771, he resides in a palace in the village where the Jaffa and human slaves live; there is also a great temple, and other than those structures, the world is largely undeveloped • At the height of his power, Apophis had a huge fleet of more than 20 ha’tak vessels, several hundred smaller vessels and death gliders, and more than 100,000 Jaffa • Apophis’ host was a scribe from Egypt who proved to be very resilient

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 10-17, 19-21, 25-26, 83, 104, 115, 124, 127-130 Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 7-8, 42, 44, 49-50, 52, 55-56, 70-72, 74, 77, 80-86, 99, 109, 118-119 Statistics (Set One) 85 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 10-12, 22-29, 39, 41, 58-59, 63, 65-66, 79, 113-114, 116, 173 Statistics (Set Two) pg. 23 K’kaa pg. 27-28

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

Greek rendering of the Egyptian snake of the underworld (see Apep).

- 11 - Asarluhi

• Goa’uld ruler of Eridu in what is now southern Iraq • Killed by Marduk when he served as an ashrak for Ra

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 76

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no mention of Asarluhi in Encyclopedia Mythica.

With further research, Asarluhi is mentioned in the Babylonian creation myth epic, Enuma Elish , as being the renamed Marduk.

From alt.mythology Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.7 :

One of the many alternative names given to Marduk by Anshar.

- 12 - Ashikaga

• Most powerful warlord under and second-in-command to Raiden • He rules Raiden’s most heavily defended world, Kyoto • Kyoto is home of Raiden’s Jaffa and the capital serves a training ground for all warriors serving Raiden; there are also many centers of learning and Goa’uld laboratories • He has a lust for power and plans for the day when he can rise up against Raiden and take his master’s throne

Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 17-18, 96-97 Statistics pg. 96-97

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no mention of Ashikaga in Encyclopedia Mythica.

Ashikaga is the family name of the Japanese family that ruled as shogun from 1338 to 1568. For more information follow the following link to http://www.compsoc.net/~gemini/simons/historyweb/ashikaga.html .

- 13 - Astarte

• Also known as Istar or Athtar • Portrays herself as a goddess of fertility and reproduction • Serves as Ba’al’s underlord • Often comes in to Ba’al’s conquered worlds and serves as the first ruler of the “new order” driving Mot out • It is getting close to time for her to turn her attention to the world of Truskat since Mot has established the new order there.

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 33-34 Statistics pg. 33-34

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Peter Wyche:

West Semitic great goddess, and goddess of love and fertility.

The Phoenician goddess of fertility and reproduction and the principal deity of the port city of Sidon. As Astarte she was worshipped as far west as Carthage, Sicily, Sardinia and Cyprus. She was also the sister and co-consort of Ba’al, sharing this role with their sister Anath. Astarte is also known as Istar in Akkadian and Athtar in Sabaean.

Image courtesy of JBL Statues.

An exerpt from alt.mythology Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.1 :

Athtart (Athtart-name-of-Ba’al, Astarte, Ashtoreth) - consort of Ba’al, and lesser goddess of war and the chase. Outside of Ugarit, many nude goddess statues have been tenuously identified with her as a goddess of fertility and sex. In Sidon she merited royal priests and priestesses. There she served as a goddess of fertility, love, war and sexual vitality and to that end had sacred prostitutes. She was the Phoenecian great goddess and was identified with Aphrodite by the Greeks. She restrains Ba’al when he intends to attack Yam's messengers. She rebukes Ba’al for holding Yam captive and calls on him to 'scatter' Yam, which he does. Apparently she, along with Anat, is willing to become Ba’al's cup-bearer once he achieves a proper palace.

- 14 - Arawn Skull Lord of Annwn

• An eccentric Goa’uld scientist who served under the System Lord Balor • Attracted the attention of Manannan mac Lir when he led an army of cybernetically enhanced Jaffa against another underlord, Gwydion • Joined in an alliance with Manannan to destroy Balor in return for Manannan’s protection and a hidden base where he could carry out his research • Manipulates the mental capacity of his engineered Jaffa through a modified sarcophagus called The Black Cauldron • Troops risen from the Black Cauldron are referred to as Cauldron Born and are immune to pain and fear and are unable to disobey any order given by their controller • Current residence is the mist shrouded world of Annwn which was given to him by Manannan in exchange for the production of cauldron-born warriors • Operates a huge fortress/laboratory hidden away in the mountain range that splits Carmarthen in half and far away from Annwn’s stargate • His cauldron-born warriors are housed in immense underground barracks where they await ha’taks that take them to destinations ordered by Manannan; the Stargate on Annwn is rarely, if ever, used

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 69-73, 149 Statistics pg. 72-73 Black Cauldron pg. 69, 149-150 Annwn pg. 71

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

The Welsh god of the underworld. The god Amaethon stole from him a dog, lapwing and roebuck which led to the Battle of the Trees, in which his forces were defeated. A tale in the Mabinogion relates how he persuaded Pwyll to trade places with him for the span of a year and a day. In this period, Pwyll defeated Arawn's rival for dominion of the underworld Hafgan. Because Pwyll also refrained from sleeping with Arawn's wife, they became close friends.

On Pwyll by Karen Davis

Pwyll, lord of Dyfed, encountered while hunting a strange pack of hounds, pure white except for their red ears. Beating them off their prey, he set his own pack upon them, an act for which he was chided by their owner, who turned out to be Arawn, King of Annwn (the Underworld). Arawn laid upon Pwyll the following penance: he would live in Arawn's place, disguised, for a year and a day, while Arawn lived in his place in Dyfed. At the end of the time, he would do battle with Arawn's enemy, Hafgan, and defeat him, for only a mortal man could so do.

- 15 - Atalanta The Huntress

• Leads Cronus’ Guard of Ages on the Great Hunt held on Kalydon every summer • Allows the king of Nephele and his warriors to guard the Stargate during her absences • Covertly encouraged to undermine Cronus’ wishes by his chief advisor, Ja’din • Owes Ja’din everything—position, power, and life especially since the Guard of Ages is now fiercely loyal to her • Plotted to assassinate Ja’din only to learn of the oracle’s death • Shortly after, she learned of Cronus’ death on Juna • She has yet to pledge her legions to another System Lord

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 42, 46-47 Statistics pg. 47 Kalydon pg. 42, 150-151 Guard of Ages pg. 132

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Mia Gibson:

The famous Greek huntress who wanted to remain unmarried until she could be defeated in a footrace. Melanion drops golden apples and Atalanta stops to pick them up, thus losing the race.

Atalanta is the female athlete in Greek myth. It is unclear exactly where Atalanta comes from, some sources say that she came from Arcadia and was the daughter of Iasus and Clymene, but Hesiod and other sources attributes Atalanta's origin to Boeotia where her father is Schoeneus. The contradiction over Atalanta's birth contributes to the assumption that there were two mythic women that were merged into one person.

Whoever Atalanta's father was, he wanted a boy so bad that when Atalanta was born, he exposed her on a hill were she was suckled by a she bear, sent by Artemis, until a group of hunters found her and raised her to womanhood. Atalanta, like Artemis, loved to hunt.

For more information, including an image, see the Encyclopedia Mythica’s article on Atalanta .

- 16 - Atok

• The first Goa’uld ruler (28,000 years ago) • Alpha male of an Unas tribe • His dynasty ended when Apep killed his son

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 7

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no mention of Atok in Encyclopedia Mythica.

- 17 - Atum

• Ra’s first underlord • Helped transfer Ra’s symbiote to a human host • Later became known to the Egyptians as Apep • First chronicler of the Goa’uld in ancient Earth history

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 114

Encyclopedia Mythica Article Micha F. Lindeman:

The primeval Egyptian sun god and creator of the world. He is the evening aspect of the sun, representing the setting sun. Later he was syncretized with Re as the god Atum-Re. According to the myths, he was the first substance (a hill) who emerged from the primeval waters.

For more information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Atum .

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

Atum ("The Completed One") was a creator god at Heliopolis and one of the "Nine deities", of Lower Egypt. He created everything (himself too) through masturbating or spitting as the first god on earth, and from one of his hands he made woman. He embodied the setting sun and was reborn every morning as the god Kheper. He could be seen in many forms, like a cat or an eel wearing the double crown. He was considered the building block of all physical matter and was mostly seen as a man with the Peshent crown (pictures). When combined with his local colleague Re he became Atum-Re. His wife was Akusaa, a rare deity who like him symbolized the setting sun.

- 18 - Aziel

• Demon-impersonating underlord of Sokar • The gatekeeper of Sokar’s realms • Human male host • Scar down one side of his face • Wears a modified form of Necropolis armor that is sized to fit him; it has wings that protrude from the rear • Wields a kara-kesh • He continually thwarts the efforts of other System Lords to take his dead master’s territories that were under his control • Could claim the status of System Lord but decides to remain loyal to Sokar

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 114, 116-117 Statistics pg. 116-117

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no mention of Aziel or Asiel in Encyclopedia Mythica.

More information was located in the Occultopedia:

Also Asiel. A demon, which name probably derives from Azael, one of the angels who revolted against God, one of the princes of the Watchers who descended to earth to couple sexually with mortal women. The rabbis say that he is chained on sharp stones, in an obscure part of the desert, awaiting the last judgment. Azael is also named in the Hebrew Book of Enoch .

Aziel is said to be a guardian of hidden treasure. His description as having three heads and serpentine fingers suggest an association with the threefold goddess Hecate, the Greek deity of witchcraft and the underworld. The demon is also described as being bearded, with a feminine body presenting breasts, a narrow waist, and broad hips. This also indicates that the demon is androgynous. His serpentine legs that end in fishy tails link him with serpentine monsters of the deep such as Leviathan.

For more information see the Occultopedia article on Aziel, angel from hell .

- 19 - Ba’al Rider of the Clouds

• Served as a minor underlord during the Second Goa’uld Dynasty (Fantastic Frontiers) • Served as one of Ra’s prominent underlords on Earth during the Second Goa’uld Dynasty (Living Gods) • Oversaw the development of an agricultural infrastructure among the Canaanites, the Phoenicians and other areas of the Mediterranean • When the people failed to meet his food production quotas, he would demand mass human sacrifices and due to his cruelty, he was one of the first Goa’uld to encounter rebellion among the Tauri • His second-in-command used to be Mot before the Tauri destroyed him. • One of the “gods” of Carthage or Lu’Cartago as the Byrsa on Cartago call the ancient city • He gained the enmity of the Goa’uld Ra, who he served for so long, by abandoning the Earth before the rebellion and ousting of Ra • Came to power and became a System Lord at the beginning of the Third Goa’uld Dynasty through subversion and cunning • Once Ra’s attention was focused on him he suffered several major defeats and started an alliance with Sokar, offering him some of his Jaffa • With the use of Sokar’s Jaffa, Ba’al slowly carved out a territory that Sokar largely let him run since it served as a buffer between himself and Ra • Subverted Sokar’s Jaffa and the ships they crewed, Ba’al broke off his alliance with Sokar and claimed himself sovereign over the sector he had eked out • When Sokar’s fleets retaliated, Ba’al met him with only two ha’tak vessels; the ha’taks caused the star to go nova destroying themselves and Sokar’s fleets; the gambit paid off and Sokar agreed to a peace treaty • After Ra was destroyed by the Tauri, Ba’al seized much of his territory which propelled him to the top ranks of the System Lords • At one time, Ba’al destroyed 2 star systems and killed 60 million people rather than give them to Sokar in a territorial dispute. • He and his underlings have researched several different scientific areas, including gravity technology • His favorite tactic is to falsify galactic coordinates, leak the information to his enemies, and then lead his enemies into a system with a nearby black hole trapping them between the black hole and his forces • His host is of Mediterranean or middle eastern descent • He initially voted to let Anubis rejoin the ranks of the System Lords in the episode Summit ; his actions drew the enmity of Yu which evolved into open hostility • Tortured Jack O’Neill during the episode Abyss after Jack came to his homeworld during his blending with the Tok’ra Kanan in search of a servant girl that Kanan had fallen in love with. • Ba’al’s forces are now forced to fight alongside Yu’s in an effort to destroy Anubis. In the episode Homecoming , Yu’s First Prime convinced Ba’al to fight alongside him in order to drive Anubis’ mothership away from Kelowna after the Tauri had destroyed his super weapon • Ba’al has now turned his sights on the naquadria on the planet of Kelowna; so much so that he planted a spy to gain information and to speed up the process of mining and researching the naquadria. • This spy is revealed and actually aids Jonas Quinn, the Kelownans, and SG-1 in stopping the eventual destruction of Kelowna in the episode Fallout • In a recent bid to further hinder Anubis’ advance, Ba’al has planted naquadah devices intended to saturate the planet’s water table with radiation on the pastoral world of L’Kresha; this will effectively kill the ecosystem there as well as the Kreshians before Anubis gets there • A planet that used to be in the hands of Sokar and that has largely been ignored by Ba’al, Atraxia, because when L’Kresha falls to Anubis, Atraxia is next in line. Ba’al has been sending reinforcements there for quite some time now

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 33, 115, 125, 128 Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 57, 83 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 9, 13, 29-34, 63, 65-66, 82, 152, 173 Statistics pg. 29-30 Atraxia pg. 31-32, 152 L’Kresha pg. 32 Crucian Knight NPCs pg. 152-153

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Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Alan G. Hefner:

Ba’al is the god of rain, thunder, and lightening. "At the touch of his right hand, even colors wilt."

The worship of Ba’al extended from the Canaanites to the Phoenicians who also were partially an agricultural people. Both Ba’al and his cohort Ashtoreth, or Astarte, who is equivalent to the Greek goddess Aphrodite, were both Phoenician fertility symbols. Ba’al, the sun god, was fervently prayed to for the protection of livestock and crops. Priests instructed the people that Ba’al was responsible for droughts, plagues, and other calamities. People were often worked up into great frenzies at the prospects of displeasing Ba’al. In times of great turbulence human sacrifices, particularly children, were made to the great god Moloch.

In the Bible Ba’al is also called Beelzebub, or Ba’alzebub, one of the fallen angels of Satan.

For more information refer to the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Ba’al .

An exerpt from alt.mythology Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.1 :

Ba’al (also called Ba’al-Saphon (Zephon), Hadad, Pidar and Rapiu (Rapha?) - 'the shade') - son of El, god of fertility, 'rider of the clouds', god of lightning and thunder. He is 'the Prince, the lord of earth', 'the mightiest of warriors', 'lord of the sky and the earth' (Alalakh). He has a palace on Mt. Zephon. He has a feud with Yam. His voice is thunder, his ship is a snow bearing cloud. He is known as Rapiu during his summer stay in the underworld. He upbraids the gods for their cowardice when they intend to hand him over to Yam's messengers and attacks them but is restrained by Athtart and Anat. Kothar-u-Khasis gives him the magic weapons Yagrush (Chaser) and Aymur (Driver). He strikes Yam in chest and in the forehead, knocking him out. Athtart rebukes Ba’al and calls on him to 'scatter' his captive, which he does. In a alternate version of this episode, he slays Lotan (Leviathan), the seven-headed dragon. The battle may have been representative of rough winter sea-storms which calmed in the spring and which were receded and accompanied by autumn rains which ended summer droughts and enabled crops to grow. After his victory he holds a feast and remarks on his lack of a proper palace, instead retaining residence with El and Athirat. He sends messengers to Anat to ask her to perform a peace-offering that he might tell her the word which is the power of lightning and seek lightning on the holy Mt Zephon. She does so and he welcomes her. Hearing his complaints Anat leaves to petition El for a new palace for Ba’al. Rejected, Ba’al dispatches Qodesh-and-Amrur to Kothar- u-Khasis with a request to make a silver temple set with which to bribe Athirat. He and Anat view Athirat with trepidation keeping in mind past insults which he has suffered at the hands of the other gods. He and Anat ask Athirat to ask El for permission to build a more extravagant house and Athirat's request is granted. Gathering cedar, gold, silver, gems, and lapis at Mt. Zephon, he calls Kothar-u-Khasis, feeding him and instructing him on how to build the palace. He doesn't want a window, for fear of Yam breaking through or his daughters escaping, but Kothar-u-Khasis convinces him to allow its inclusion so that he might lightning, thunder, and rain through it. At its completion he holds a feast, takes over scores of towns and allows the window to be built. He threatens to ask Mot to invite any of Ba’al's remaining enemies to come for a visit and at night, binds the lightning, snow and rains. He sends Gupn and Ugar to Mot to invite him to acknowledge his sovereignty at his new palace. He sends messengers to Mot to carry this message to him and they return with a message of such weight that Ba’al declares himself Mot's slave. He hopes to ameliorate Mot by having Sheger and Ithm supply live sheep and cattle for the god to feast upon. Fearing Mot he seeks Shapash's advice and sires a substitute on a cow. He (or possibly his substitute) dies and remains in the underworld for seven years. El dreams that he is alive again but he is absent. Ashtar attempts to take Ba’al's place, but can not. Shapash searches for him. Ba’al returns and fights Mot's allies, the sons of Athirat and the yellow ones. After seven years, Mot returns, demanding one of Ba’al's brothers lest he consume mankind. Ba’al rebuffs him and they fight tooth and nail. Shapash separates the two declaring that Ba’al has El's favor and Ba’al resumes his throne.

- 21 - Balor

• The System Lord that Arawn and Manannan mac Lir served as underlords prior to their alliance • During a battle between Balor and another underlord, Dagda, Arawn and Manannan tipped their hand and sent an army of cauldron-born warriors against Balor • Once ruled Magtireth at which time it provided the resources to feed his armies; the planet was lain to waste when Balor was eventually destroyed • With the additional help of another underlord named Lugh, Arawn and Manannan were able to destroy Balor and Dagda and Manannan split his empire amongst them

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 69, 81, 83

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

In the Celtic-Irish mythology, Balor is the god of death and the king of the Fomorians, a race of giants. He was the son of Buarainech and the husband of Cethlenn. Balor had only one eye, which he kept closed because anything he looked at would die instantly.

According to some prophesies, Balor would be killed by his own grandson. He locked his daughter Ethlinn in a crystal tower, to prevent her from getting pregnant. With the help of the druidess Birog, Cian of the Tuatha Dé Danann, managed to enter the tower and slept with Ethlinn. She gave birth to a son, but when Balor learned of his existence he threw him in the ocean. Birog saved the boy and gave him to the sea god Manannan mac Lir, where he was raised. The boy, named Lugh Lamhfada (Lugh of the Long Arm), became a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann and led them in the second battle at Mag Tuireadh.

- 22 - Bastet The Protectress

• One of the first underlords to serve Apep • All of Bastet’s servants including her Jaffa are female • Her Jaffa are called Bast guards and they favor the hand claws used by Jackal Guards; they are also expert martial artists and train extensively in several forms of melee combat • Originally came to Earth with Ra and was charged with caring for Ra’s queens • During Anubis’ second return from banishment, Bastet mustered a fleet and outflanked Anubis’ fleets with such ferocity that he was forced to retreat instead of destroying Ra; avoiding Ra’s destruction • In payment, Ra gave her the fleet she had mustered to his aide • Bastet never took an Unas for a host but preferred using the feline race known as Sekhmet for hosts • The Sekhmet also made up the bulk of her armies and may have been the basis for the Egyptian worship of cats • Known in Egypt by the name Bast. • Sobek’s head adorns the wall in her palace at Bubastis • Toward the end of the Second Dynasty, she suffered a setback when Sokar turned his attention toward her territory • It was at this time that she started her alliance with Kali and together their armies pushed the forces of Sokar back and effectively stopped his incursions • She has maintained this close alliance with Kali for millennia and together they make a very deadly force to contend with • In the episodes Summit and Last Stand , she voted to allow Anubis back into the ranks of the System Lords • Her host is a beautiful woman of middle eastern appearance • She is often a benevolent leader who rules with gentility and mercy and she favors women and children • She possesses a darker side, that of Sekhmet, and she can be a fierce and bloodthirsty leader and warrior • Her capital planet is Bubastis and it is covered by urban sprawl; it also has a very large population of over 6,000,000 natives • Technology level on Bubastis is still very primitive • Tarvis is considered Bastet’s hunting ground; it is covered with thick jungles and rainforests and Bastet will take prisoners there and hunt them in a dangerous life-and-death game of cat and mouse • Her First Prime is a Jaffa warrior named Relana

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 113-115, 125-127 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 8, 10, 35-39, 49, 59, 89, 131, 139, 173 Statistics pg. 35 Bubastis pg. 37-38 Tarvis pg. 38-39 Relana pg. 39-40 Bast Guard Specialty pg. 131 Sekhmet Macro-Species pg. 139-140

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Stephanie Cass:

The Egyptian cat-headed goddess, Bastet was strictly a solar deity until the arrival of Greek influence on Egyptian society, when she became a lunar goddess due to the Greeks associating her with their Artemis. Dating from the 2nd Dynasty (roughly 2890-2686 BCE), Bastet was originally portrayed as either a wild desert cat or as a lioness, and only became associated with the domesticated feline around 1000 BCE. She was commonly paired with Sakhmet, the lion-headed goddess of Memphis, Wadjet, and Hathor. Bastet was the "Daughter of Ra", a designation that placed her in the same ranks as such goddesses as Maat and Tefnut. Additionally, Bastet was one of the "Eyes of Ra", the title of an "avenger" god who is sent out specifically to lay waste to the enemies of Egypt and her gods.

The cult of Bastet was centered in Bubastis (located in the delta region, near modern- day Zagazig) from at least the 4th Dynasty. In the Late Period Bubastis was the capital of Egypt for a dynasty, and a few kings took her name into their royal titles. Bubastis was made famous by the traveler Herodotus in the 4th century BCE, when he described in his annals one of the festivals that takes place in honor of Bastet.

For more information, refer to the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Bastet .

- 23 - Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

Old cat goddess known from inscriptions from the cemeteries at Abydos and Sakkara (Memphis) and venerated in Bubastis, capital of the 18th province in Lower Egypt. She protected pregnant women and was patroness for singing, music and dancing. The rays of the sun were also symbols of hers. She could sometimes be seen as a woman with a cat's head, or as a sitting cat. She originally wore a lioness' head and in depictions she can be seen as a cat with a mask of a lioness (with rounded ears) in her hand. Thousands of mummified Bastet cats have been found from all times and amulets and figurines depicting her were common. Her festival was very popular since she also was protector of love, joy and pleasure. During the New Kingdom she had a lion-headed son with the god Ptah called Maahes. He was a god of war.

- 24 - Bel

• Originally named Hamar • Son of Marduk; also called The Lord of Marduk • Insighted Marduk’s priests to rebel against their lord and imprison him and escaped to Ra-controlled space • One of the Goa’uld he took with him was Surpanakha who was lost to him when her host, Kendra, escaped to Cimmeria and survived Thor’s Hammer destroying the Goa’uld symbiote • After Ra was killed, Bel defected to Apophis and became a minor underlord • He developed a rivalry with Zipacna • When Apophis’ fleet was destroyed at Vorash, Bel escaped and is biding his time and building his forces preparing to make a bid to become a System Lord • Took over control of Marduk’s Zoo after Marduk disappeared and turned the world into an army survival/testing ground where he would send Jaffa in the final stages of their training—if they survived, then they were deemed strong enough

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 76, 79-80 Statistics pg. 79-80

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

The name of the Assyrio-Babylonian gods Enlil and Marduk. It has the same meaning as Ba’al.

The supreme god of pre-Islamic Palmyra, in ancient Syria, and the god of the sky. His name means "lord" or "master". Together with the gods Aglibol and Yarhibol he forms a powerful triad. His attributes are the eagle and lightning bolts.

Exerpt from alt.mythology Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.7 :

Bel - Cleverest of the clever and sage of the gods, he is the child of Ea and Dumkina. This name (meaning 'lord') is most likely referring to Marduk.

- 25 - Belus

• Until his invasion of Oannes, he served under Ra and was responsible for a small domain within Ra’s kingdom • Discovered and invaded the Ohnes homeworld of Oannes and transported slaves to Belus’ ship in orbit • The Ohnes overwhelmed the Jaffa aboard the ship and Belus set the self-destruct on his ship killing thousands of captured Ohnes • He returned to his home world in disgrace having been defeated by slaves • The Ohnes on the planet also launched and attack on the Goa’uld and Jaffa who remained on Oannes and gained the location of Belus’ homeworld • The warriors sent to Belus’ homeworld were captured and Belus ordered them all slain • Belus sent one survivor back through the Stargate with the bodies • The Ohnes staged a series of strikes against Belus crippling his ships and slaughtering his Jaffa; Belus fled his stronghold with most of his fleet and more than half his forces gone • Ra sent him to Earth to oversee the occupation of Babylon; within a few years, Omoroca arrived with a small team of Ohnes freedom fighters • Ultimately the Ohnes failed and Belus killed Omoroca and captured Kel; however, before they died the freedom fighters managed to insight the Babylonians to revolt and once again Belus was on the verge of defeat • He rounded up what slaves he could, his Jaffa, and Kel and transported them to Akkad • After this, his final failure at the hands of Omoroca’s freedom fighters, Belus was punished by Ra and put him and the world of Akkad in service to Ishtar • Ishtar gave control of Akkad to Sargon but allowed Belus to return there • Shortly afterward, Kel made an attempt to kill Belus and gain his freedom; however, Kel failed and Belus chose to take the Ohnes as a host

Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 46-47, 97, 112 Statistics pg. 97

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

The son of Poseidon by Libya, daughter of Epaphus, who was the son of Io and Zeus. Belus's most famous sons were Aegyptus and Danaus.

- 26 - Bynarr

• A minor Goa’uld in the service of Sokar • Rules as overlord of the hell moon of Netu • Killed by Apophis (then his disguised first prime) in the episode Jolinar’s Memories

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 114

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no information in the Encyclopedia Mythica about Bynarr. Further research found no mention of Bynarr in mythological references.

- 27 - Chiang

• Biological son of Yu the Great • Conspiring with Qian without his father’s knowledge • Waiting to slip into power upon his father’s downfall

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 123

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no mention of Chiang in the Encyclopedia Mythica. There is a reference to Ch’u Chiang being an alternative name for Chu Jiang .

- 28 - Cronus Lord of Fate (Presumed deceased)

• Originally ruled the Greeks and Trojans on Earth • Very fearful that his underlords would betray him possibly because of his own betrayal of his overlord • His bride, Rhea, conspired with Zeus to overthrow Cronus and Zeus took control of many of Cronus’ holdings— including those on Earth • When he left Earth he to with him a stock of slaves onboard his ha’tak vessels • He was a ruthless and brutal ruler who trusted no one with an unparalleled paranoia • At the end of the Second Dynasty he moved against Zeus • After a coup on Zeus’ homeworld of Delos, Cronus finally came to prominence as a System Lord during the Third Goa’uld Dynasty and his growth was only held in check by Ra • Cronus banished Zeus to Tartarus—his prison world and took control of all of Zeus’ holdings, armies, and fleet • Led a bold attack against Heru’ur several centuries ago where he buried a squadron of death gliders on a small moon and then launched them in a flanking maneuver to pin Heru’ur’s fleet • Killed his First Prime—Teal’c’s father, Ronac—after he failed to win a victory for Cronus. Teal’c’s father was killed by having his symbiote crushed inside him and Ronac’s wife and his son were exiled • One of the three System Lords who came to Earth to negotiate Earth’s inclusion in the Asgard Protected Planets Treaty in the episode Fair Game . He initially demanded that the Tauri hand over their Stargates. At this time, Nirrti attempted to kill Cronus and blame it on the Tauri only to have her plan backfire—Earth was included in the treaty and the Goa’uld did not get all the concessions they had asked for. • After the fall of Heru’ur at the hands of Apophis, Cronus stepped in and took over many of Heru’ur’s former worlds • At the time of Cronus’ death, his first prime was Sindar who was a Jaffa terrified of Cronus causing his underlings to have little faith in him • Cronus and his first prime, Sindar, were presumably killed on Juna in the episode Double Jeopardy at the hands of the SG-1 duplicates and SG-1 themselves. Teal’c took revenge for his father by destroying Cronus personally. • His host was a huge man with pale skin, blue eyes and long blond hair; he usually was seen wearing the ceremonial armor of Ancient Greece • Kalydon is the world that serves as a training ground for Cronus’ armies; inhabitants were brought here during Cronus’ hasty retreat from Earth; the forests beyond those inhabited areas are home to monstrous beasts making this an ideal place to kull out the weak among his elite Guard of Ages • The people of Kalydon are devoted worshipers of Cronus and refer to him as the Hunter • Kalydon was discovered by a rogue NID team and while the rest of the team was killed in the forests, one member did survive to sow descent among the natives—Dr. Abraham Weiss • Tartarus is Cronus’ prison world where Cronus’ cohorts torment those who fall out of favor or are taken prisoner • Zeus was held here after his capture and eventually was able to make his escape due to the unstable tectonic nature of the prison • Lekanos, another of Cronus’ holdings, provides the food for Cronus’ legions through a thriving agricultural and fishing industry; populated entirely from the Greek islands on Earth; home to the Temple of Fate which is a strong seat of Cronus worship though it is declining rapidly since his death; the planet’s only source of naquadah is on the Black Isle

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 18-19, 23, 26, 82, 115, 125-126, 130 Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 83, 109 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 10-12, 40-48, 76, 89, 118-119, 126-127, 132, 173 Statistics pg. 40 Kalydon pg. 42 Tartarus pg. 43 Lekanos pg. 43-45 The Guard of Ages Specialty pg. 132

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Ron Leadbetter:

Cronus, the son of Uranus and Gaia and the youngest of the twelve Titans. His wife was also one of the Titans, since he married his sister Rhea. Their offspring were Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Hades, Poseidon and Zeus.

Once Cronus had castrated Uranus, he and his wife Rhea took the throne. Under their power a time of harmony and prosperity began, which became known as the "Golden Age"; a time when it was said that people lived without greed or

- 29 - violence, and without toil or the need for laws. But not all was well for Cronus, as it was fated that he would be overthrown by one of his own children. To prevent this from happening he began to swallow his newborn, taking them at birth then swallowing them whole, retaining them inside his own body where they could do him no harm.

For more information, refer to the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Cronus .

- 30 - Cuchulainn

• Dagda’s general after Lugh was accused and imprisoned by Morrigan • Host was chosen to seed the queen Danu and knew that Morrigan was a queen Goa’uld • Morrigan attempted to sway him to her allegiance in her plot against Dagda, but Cuchulainn would not go for it • In a later battle, Morrigan sabotaged his flagship during a critical battle, and while his forces won the day, Cuchulainn did not survive

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 81

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

The article on Cuchulainn is under construction. However there are several related articles at Encyclopedia Mythica .

- 31 - Dagda

• An underlord that started a revolt against the System Lord, Balor • Was aided in Balor’s destruction by Manannan mac Lir and his assistant Arawn • Petitioned to join the System Lords after Balor’s holdings and armies were split between him and Manannan • Appointed Cuchulainn as his general after the imprisonment of Lugh • Cuchulainn was killed by Morrigan’s sabotage during a critical battle • Dagda was eventually destroyed at the hands of Morrigan with three successive blasts from a Zat during a council meeting • Took control of Magtireth after the destruction of Balor

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 69, 81, 83

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindeman:

The Irish-Celtic god of the earth and treaties, and ruler over life and death. Dagda, or The Dagda, ("the good god") is one of the most prominent gods and the leader of the Tuatha Dé Danann. He is a master of magic, a fearsome warrior and a skilled artisan. Dagda is a son of the goddess Danu, and father of the goddess Brigid and the god Aengus mac Oc. The Morrigan is his wife, with whom he mates on New Years Day.

For more information, refer to the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Dagda .

- 32 - Danu The Dreaming Queen

• The mother of Lugh, Dagda, Manannan mac Lir, and Morrigan • Long ago lost the ability to produce larva, but Morrigan continues to pass her spawn off as her mother’s so Danu continues to revel in her abilities despite the fact that all of her contemporaries have long since become infertile

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 70, 81-82, 84 Statistics pg. 84

*Note: The exact location in which Morrigan keeps Danu and uses her to disguise her own larval production is not directly stated in any of the Stargate SG-1 RPG Sourcebooks; however, it is implied that Danu resides on Morrigan’s homeworld and crèche world of Eriu.

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindeman:

The Irish/Celtic earth goddess, matriarch of the Tuatha Dé Danann ("People of the goddess Danu"). Danu is the mother of various Irish gods, such as the Dagda (also mentioned as her father), Dian Cecht, Ogma, Lir, Lugh, and many others. Her Welsh equivalent is the goddess Don.

- 33 - Egeria The Traitor Queen Roman Goddess of Fountains

• Goa’uld queen bound to the System Lord Ra in 16,000 B.C. • Originator of the Tok’ra; she began her genetic alterations in 1000 B.C. • Reveals her role as the originator of the Tok’ra at a summit in 37 B.C. and is banished to stasis by Ra to Pangar; original host was killed publicly by Ra • After Ra banished Egeria, restrictions were placed on the Goa’uld Queens and spawning and larvae disbursement were carefully controlled • Killed on Pangar after the Pangarans used her to make countless symbiotes in order to produce Tretonin; these events came to light in the episode The Cure .

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 34, 100, 115, 118, 123, 125, 127 Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 44 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 9-10, 12

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

The Roman goddess who inspired and guided Numa Pompilius, the successor of Romulus in the kingship of Rome. She is also regarded as his wife. They used to meet in a sacred grove in the midst of which a spring gushed forth and there she taught him wise legislation and the forms of public worship.

After his death in 673 BCE she changed into a well in the forest of Aricia in Latium, which was dedicated to Diana. Egeria is one of the Camenae and was also worshipped as a goddess of birth.

- 34 - Eurythion

• Underlord to Cronus administered dozen worlds in his name • Was slowly killed over a thousand years because Cronus believed he had tried to insight a rebellion

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 40

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

Eurythion is part of the Legend of the Cattle of Geryon. For more information about this legend, refer to the Encyclopedia Mythica Article Cattle of Geryon .

- 35 - Evnith

• The current regent of Gleanavar • Tasked with eradicating the dissident factor brought to the planet by the Tok’ra spy that held her position previously, Sholdred • Rules through awe and terror in the hopes that when the rebellion is crushed, Morrigan will reward her with greater power

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 83-85 Statistics pg. 84-86 Gleanavar pg. 82-83

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

No information was available on Encyclopedia Mythica regarding Evnith. Further research revealed nothing on Evnith in mythological resources.

- 36 - Gwydion

• A Goa’uld war leader who stole several valuable artifacts from the Goa’uld scientist Arawn • Arawn sent an army of cybernetic Jaffa against him • Gwydion rallied his armies and destroyed Arawn’s Jaffa by force of numbers

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 69

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

The battle between Arawn and Gwydion is mention in the article on Amaethon by Micha F. Lindemans:

The Welsh god of agriculture, son of the goddess Don. He is directly responsible for the war between the deities of the underworld, led by Arawn, and the Children of Don. In the Battle of the Trees (Battle of Cath Godeau) Amaethon's brother Gwydion transformed trees into warriors with whose help the deities of the underworld were defeated.

- 37 - Hathor Goddess of Love, Drunkenness, and Music “Eye of Ra” (Presumed deceased)

• One of the queens of the Goa’uld capable of producing larval young • Lesser known face: Sekhmet, Eye of Ra, devourer and destroyer • Its possible that her influence spread and she is known under other names in Ancient Civilizations: Aphrodite, Venus, Ishtar • Ta-Netjer was Hathor’s personal seat of power before she entered into an alliance with Ra making her his queen; after she left, Netjerians experienced major cultural setbacks until they were able to create a new society that did not take Hathor as its inspiration • The mother of Hathor’s host refused to pay tribute; Hathor’s Jaffa destroyed the queen’s army and as payment for her insubordination, Hathor demanded the life and body of her daughter • After a thwarted coup attempt against Ra, Ra booted her out of Egypt and she ended up in Mayan Mexico where she took the form of Ixal (goddess of the moon) • Hathor remained on Earth long after the overthrow of Ra; eventually she was routed and sealed in a sarcophagus on Earth for thousands of years in the Mayan Temple of the Inscriptions located in Palenque, Mexico • Awakened in 1997, she made her way to the Stargate where she very nearly succeeded in taking over the SGC in the episode Hathor. She managed to escape through the Stargate. • Set up a base on P3X-254 where she started a small movement comprised of Jaffa that she sweetened away from the outer planets of other System Lords. • The planet of Eskal was the location for her mock-up of the SGC; it is uninhabited and was chosen for its remote location; originally a mining planet of Ra’s • Underneath the compound of Eskal lies an intricate system of Tok’ra crystalline tunnels; the Stargate is guarded by several pulse cannon guard towers and a powerful energy field surrounds the entire complex • The fabrication of the SGC is about 10 levels of the Eskal fortress and details are very precise thanks to Hathor’s photographic memory • In the episodes Out of Mind and Into the Fire , Hathor took SG-1 prisoner and set them up in a mock-up of the SGC and told them it was 2077. SG-1 was able to figure out what was going on and with the help of an undercover Tok’ra operative, Mingala, prevent Colonel O’Neill from being taken over by a Goa’uld host. In the end, O’Neill threw Hathor into a cryogenic pit presumably killing her • Her first prime at this time was Trofsky who was a Horus Guard she seduced away from the distant world Heru’ur had banished him to; Trofsky was very much infatuated with Hathor and was slain by SG-1 shortly after Jack O’Neill killed his beloved goddess • Her loyal followers and warriors are called the Eyes of Hathor • Another of her consorts and followers, a Jaffa Captain named Levan went wild after Hathor was killed and swore vengeance on the Tauri; he has since tried to raise an army for a massive attack on Earth and largely met with failure • Extremely charismatic, curvaceous and beautiful, one of her favorite tactics was to seduce Jaffa and other followers away from the other System Lords; her view toward females was usually dismissive which eventually led to her downfall in the form of a Tok’ra spy, Mingala • Javabli serves as a world where her worship is very active and where she gained resources prior to her time in stasis; the world welcomed her back and it served as a starting point after her escape from Earth • Took control of Neone after it was abandoned by Nirrti; here she required tribute as well as taking the strongest for her armies; they are responsible for much of her mock up SGC; this world has abundant resources in food and raw materials as well as recruits

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 13, 18, 82, 125, 129 Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 53-55, 102, 126, 159-160 Ta-Netjer pg. 54 Statistics (Set One) pg. 102 Netjerians Macro-Species pg. 126-127 Eye of Hathor NPCs pg. 159-160 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 10-11, 49-53, 55-56, 88, 91, 100, 109, 111, 173 Statistics (Set Two) pg. 49 Eskal pg. 51-52 Javabli pg. 52

- 38 - Neone pg. 53 Trofsky pg. 53-55 Levan pg. 56-57

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Stephanie Cass:

Hathor, as the Eye of Ra, "becomes" Sakhmet in the story "The Destruction of Mankind". Engraved into one of the shrines of Tutankhamen's tomb, the story tells how Hathor, at the request of her father (Ra), turns into Sakhmet in order to punish humans for transgressing against him. When she nearly wipes out all of humanity, Ra tries to stop her and, failing in that, contrives to get her drunk, whereupon she immediately forgets what it was she was doing and goes back to being Hathor. Hathor also appears as a minor character in "The Contendings of Horus and Seth". Her father (Ra) falls into a black mood so Hathor sets forth to cheer him up. Removing her clothing, she dances around his throne until he smiles again.

An additional myth, sometimes called "The Distant Goddess", tells of how Hathor became angry with Ra and wandered away from Egypt. Great sadness falls over the land and Ra, lost without his Eye, decides to fetch her back. However, Hathor has now become a deadly wild cat who destroys all that approaches her, and so no man or god will volunteer to go get her. Thoth eventually agrees to lure her back and, dressed in disguise, manages to coax the angry goddess to return to Egypt by telling her stories. Back in her homeland, she bathes in the Nile and once again settles into her normally gentle demeanor, but not before the waters turn red from the effort of cooling her rage. In some versions of this story it is Tefnut, not Hathor, who wanders away from Egypt, and Shu, not Thoth, who brings her back.

For more information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Hathor .

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

The cow goddess Hathor protected music, dancing, love and had seven forms. Wife to the sacred bull Buchis*. She and Horus protected the royal couple and she attended at the arrival of the dead king in the afterworld. On her head (left) was seen her favorite musical instrument - a sistrum rattle. On top of pillars she was seen as Heret - a woman's head (inserted left) with a cow's ears. In the Old kingdom the pharaohs were often shown with Hathor at their side. Sometimes she was combined with Isis as Isis-Hathor with a woman's head. One of the still standing temples of her cult is at Dendera in Upper Egypt.

- 39 - Hekort

• A goa’uld warmaster and ashrak in the service to Heru’ur • Extremely attractive male host • Sadistic personality; enjoys torturing his victims • His fate since the death of Heru’ur at the hands of Apophis is unknown

Stargate System Lord: Living Gods pg. 61-62 Statistics pg. 61-62

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

No information was available on Encyclopedia Mythica regarding Hekort. Further research revealed nothing regarding Hekort in mythological resources.

- 40 - Heru’ur The Avenger (Presumed deceased)

• Son of the first queen of the pharaoh, Nut (according to the Core Rulebook) • Son of Hathor, Ra’s consort (according to System Lords) • Served as a minor underlord during the Second Goa’uld Dynasty • Benefited greatly from a tight alliance with Ra during Ra’s time on Earth in Ancient Egypt • He fought alongside Ra when he ousted Sokar from Earth • Ancient Egyptians worshipped him as the God that brought the sun (Ra) into the sky • Also known on Earth as Horus • Came to power as a System Lord in his own right during the Third Goa’uld Dynasty • Upon Ra’s death, he seized many of Ra’s holdings and went to war with Apophis over the rest • Once controlled Juna (P3X-729) until the SG-1 copies convinced the people of that world to overthrow the false god • Came to Abydos with the hopes of kidnapping Amaunet and her Harsesis child in the episode Secrets only to be thwarted by SG-1 • Bitter enemy of Apophis, repeatedly attempted to kidnap the Harsesis child; also hunted down Klorel just before Klorel landed on Tollana and asked for asylum. • Attempted an invasion of Cimmeria which was eventually put down by the Asgard in the episode Thor’s Chariot • Destroyed by Apophis’ fleet in the Tobin system in the episode The Serpent’s Venom after the Tauri and Tok’ra made it appear that he had betrayed and tried to attack Apophis during their negotiations for alliance • Several centuries ago he was involved in a fight with Cronus in which Cronus hid a squadron of death gliders on a moon and used them to outflank him and turn the tide of the battle • He is a brilliant tactician, devious and cunning • His host is a lean male whit bald head and goatee; he wears a gold version of his Horus Guard’s armor and his weapon of choice is the kara kesh • He tolerated little during the years of is reign and believes an iron fist is the most effective way to control a population • Letopolis was a major center of power for Heru’ur; a natural disaster made the planet, which once was ruled by Bastet, uninhabitable; Heru’ur, with the help of scientists, created the city of Letopolis which is a huge city of interconnected, anti-gravity platforms and thus he is able to mine the huge Trinium deposits on the surface of the world • The Horus Guard Training Academy is located on Letopolis • Soma-Kesh is home to an extremely large orbital shipyard where the death gliders and many other combat ships for many Goa’uld are produced and sold; prior to his death, Heru’ur controlled this world and the shipyards and only those Goa’uld at war with him were prohibited from buying them. • When he was killed, Apophis attempted to take over the world, but the orbital shipyards escaped and Apophis, realizing Soma-Kesh was now useless for his purposes, left and the shipyards returned to await the return of their true God, Heru’ur • One of Heru’ur’s minions is a particularly sadistic, ashrak named Hekort; his fate since his masters disappearance is unknown

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 16, 25-26, 73, 82-83, 104, 114-115, 124-125, 128, 130 Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 81, 83, 109 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 9, 11, 41, 49, 53, 58-61, 81, 109, 173 Statistics pg. 58 Letopolis pg. 59-60 Soma-Kesh pg. 60-61

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Stephanie Cass:

The name "Horus" is a general catchall for multiple deities, the most famous of whom is Harsesis (Heru-sa-Aset) or Horus-son-of-Isis (sometimes called Horus the Younger) who was conceived after the death of his father, Osiris, and who later avenged him. In all the Horus deities the traits of kingship, sky and solar symbology, and victory reoccur. As the prototype of the earthly king, there were as many Horus gods as there were rulers of Egypt, if not more.

- 41 - The oldest of the Horus gods is appropriately named Horus the Elder (Heru’ur), and was especially venerated in pre- Dynastic Upper Egypt along with Hathor. In this very ancient form, Horus is also a creator god, the falcon who flew up at the beginning of time. The pre-Pharaohnic rulers of Upper Egypt were considered "shemsu-Heru" or "followers of Horus", and the original Horus is himself considered in some myths to be the brother of Seth and Osiris, second-born of the five children of Geb and Nut (Osiris, Horus, Seth, Isis, Nephthys). Horus the Elder's city was Letopolis, and his eyes were thought to be the sun and moon. When these two heavenly bodies are invisible (as on the night of the new moon) he goes blind and takes the name Mekhenty-er-irty, "He who has no eyes". When he recovers them, he becomes Khenty-irty, "He who has eyes". A warrior-god armed with a sword, Horus could be especially dangerous to those around him in his vision- deprived state, and during one battle in particular he managed to not only knock off the heads of his enemies but of the other deities fighting alongside him, thus plunging the world into immediate confusion that was only relieved when his eyes returned.

For more information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Horus .

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

Horus (the Elder: Heru) was a sky and solar god from Upper Egypt and from before the unification the personal symbol of the local ruling pharaohs to whom he also gave courage and protection. Soon he became the common Horus (the Younger: Hor) and originated lots of deities (Harpakhrad, Har-Wer etc.) who had wide spread cults all over Egypt. He conquered all evil (symbolically) by defeating Set who had killed his father Osiris. His twin sister was Bast and he was sometimes seen as a child being breast fed sitting in the lap of his mother Isis.

- 42 - Imhotep

• Minor Goa’uld until end of the Second Goa’uld Dynasty • Possessed the body of his first prime, K’tano, then claimed to have killed his “master” and rallied his former Jaffa around him as a secret army. Led the Jaffa resistance until Yu discovered the truth. Imhotep was killed by Teal’c and the majority of the Jaffa resistance was taken out by Yu in the episode The Warrior .

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 29, 128

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindeman:

In Egyptian mythology, Imhotep was the architect, physician, sage, astrologer, scribe, and chief minister of the Pharaoh Djoser, who reigned from 2630 - 2611 BCE. He designed the first pyramid (the Step Pyramid at Sakkara. The Greeks equited Imhotep with their Asclepius.

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

Imhotep was a genius human that became a true god after his death in about 2600 BC. As chief architect under king Djoser (third dynasty) he created the first monumental building in history made of hewn stone: the step pyramid in Sakkara, still partly standing. Few written remains come from his own time and his background is not known. He was also the prime minister, chief physician, high priest, a poet and a philosopher. He was worshipped for 2500 years as the god of medicine. The Greeks and the Romans adopted his thoughts and it was wide spread. As the first child of god Ptah and goddess Nut he brought to man the arts of healing and knowledge of medicine. He was also the protector of studies. He is a young man dressed in a simple way sitting with his studying material on a throne. His tomb has not yet been found. It's likely to be in Sakkara.

- 43 - Indra Hindu Thunder God

• Original overlord of Prakiti • Directed the building of irrigation systems • Stayed in the Palace of the Thunder God in the city of Saravad; this is also where he would here petitioners when on the planet • Indra and his Jaffa were routed by Vritra • Holy warriors: Maruts; drawn from the native population • Maruts began an insurrection in Indra’s name and started a lengthy war that in continuing to this day; people aiding the Maruts are killed on the spot • No statistics listed in any sourcebook • Wars continuously against his neighbors and coveted the wealth and dominions of more powerful System Lords • Current whereabouts unknown; his Jaffa claim to receive regular communications that Indra is working on a project that will allow him to defeat his enemies once and for all

Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 12, 13, 121, 162-163 Marut NPCs pg. 162-163

Encyclopedia Mythica Article Stephen N. Naylor:

In Vedic times, Indra was the supreme ruler of the gods. He was the leader of the Devas, the god of war, the god of thunder and storms, the greatest of all warriors, the strongest of all beings. He was the defender of gods and mankind against the forces of evil. He had early aspects of a sun-god, riding in a golden chariot across the heavens, but he is more often known as the god of thunder, wielding the celestial weapon Vajra, the lightening bolt. He also employs the bow, a net, and a hook in battle. He shows aspects of being a creator god, having set order to the cosmos, and since he was the one who brought water to earth, he was a fertility god as well. He also had the power to revive slain warriors who had fallen in battle.

For more information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Indra .

- 44 - Ishtar

• One of Ra’s underlords who oversees the running of Akkad and the naquadah mines there as well as the resources of several other worlds • Placed Sargon in control of Akkad • Allows Belus to remain on Akkad and oversee a naquadah mine there making sure the broken Goa’uld does not regain any power • Sargon and Belus continue to serve Ishtar even after Ra’s death

Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 48, 97

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

Ishtar was the ancient Summer-Babylonian goddess of love and fertility. She is often described as the daughter of Anu, the god of the air. In most of the myths concerning her, she is described as an evil, heartless, women who destroyed her mates and lovers. Her greatest lover was the farm god Tammuz, who is similar to the Greek Adonis. After he died she went into the underworld to retrieve him but her efforts were vain and she returned to the living world alone.

Image courtesy of JBL Statues.

Exerpt from alt.mythology Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.7 :

Ishtar (Ishhara, Irnini, Inanna) - She is Anu's second consort, daughter of Anu and Antum, (sometimes daughter of Sin), and sometimes the sister of Ereshkigal. She is the goddess of love, procreation, and war. She is armed with a quiver and bow. Her temples have special prostitutes of both genders. She is often accompanied by a lion, and sometimes rides it. The Eanna in Uruk is dedicated both to her and Anu. As Irnini, she has a parakku (throne-base) at the cedar mountain. She loved Tammuz in her youth, although he spends half the year in the nether world wailing. She loved a lion, a stallion, a shepherd, all of whom she required great sacrifice from and abandoned. She loved Ishullanu a gardener who offered her fruit, but was taken aback when she revealed herself to him, so she turned him into a frog. After Gilgamesh cleans himself up, following his defeat of Humbaba, she asks him to be her lover and husband, and offers him many gifts and the homage of earthly rulers and kingdoms. She is rejected, both because of her godly nature, and as a fair-weather lover. Ishtar asks Anu to send the Bull of Heaven to kill Gilgamesh, and he agrees. She determines to go to the Underworld. She threatened to smash the gate and raise the dead so that they would eat and outnumber the living unless the gatekeeper would open it for her. She holds the great keppu-toy (a whipping top). She is allowed in by the gate keeper, who takes her through seven gates to Ereshkigal's realm. By Erishkigal's rites, she is stripped of items of clothing as she passes through each of the gates: first her crown, then her earrings, then her necklace, then her tudditu (breast pins), then her belt of birthstones, then her wrist and ankle bangles, and finally her garment. While in the underworld, no creatures engaged in acts of procreation. She was kept in Egalgina and brought forth by Namtar after being sprinkled with the water of life, and after 'His appearance is bright' has been cursed. She is led back out through the gates, given back her accouterments, and released in exchange for Dumuzi (Tammuz).

- 45 - Isis Queen to Osiris

• Child of the first queen of the pharaohs, Nut • One of the first underlords to serve Apep • Ruled prominently as one of the original System Lords during the Second Goa’uld Dynasty • Consort and queen to the Goa’uld ruler, Osiris • Tried to assassinate Ra at the urging of her brother Seth and was imprisoned in a canopic jar by Ra • Died in her prison when the seal on the stasis jar was broken; events which came to light during the episode The Curse

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 114, 125 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 8-9, 23, 99-100

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

One of the most popular goddesses in Egypt. Isis belongs to the Ennead of Heliopolis, and according to the Heliopolitan genealogy is a daughter of Seb and Nut, sister and wife of Osiris. Possibly she was originally the personification of the throne (her name is written with the hieroglyph for throne), and as such she was an important source of the pharaoh's power. In the Hellenistic time Isis was the protrectress of sailors.

For more information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Isis .

Also of interest, the story of Isis and Osiris; how Seth murdered Osiris and how Horus avenged his father.

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

Isis from Lower Egypt stood for love, magic, motherhood, children, medicine and peace. She was the oldest deity to survive almost unchanged through thousands of years. People ask her to make marriages happy, and with time she joined the Osiris cult as his wife. She was normally shown as a woman with a throne upon her head wearing a long dress and her name simply meant "seat". A popular motif was her sitting with her little son Horus, giving him a meal (picture right). Like Hathor she could also wear the sun disc within two cow-horns and a cobra. She was daughter of Nut and Geb, and sister to Osiris, Set and Nephthys. Temples to her cult are found all over Egypt and her very popular worshipping was continued by the Greeks and the Romans

- 46 - Ja’din

• Oracle and advisor to Cronus and indispensable to the paranoid System Lord • Systematically removed all the underlings opposed to her by telling Cronus they were plotting against him • In reality, she herself plotted against the System Lord, Cronus, foreseeing a time when he would just be a figure- head and she would be the true control behind the power • She was tricked by the android duplicate of Samantha Carter into detonating the power cell of a defunct duplicate and killed herself in the episode Double Jeopardy

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 46

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

No information was available on Encyclopedia Mythica regarding Ja’din. Further research revealed nothing regarding Ja’din in other mythological references.

- 47 - Kali The Destroyer Hindu Goddess of Dissolution and Destruction

• Once served the minor Goa’uld Shiva on Earth • Due to unrest caused by Shiva’s refusal to take a human host, Ra asked Kali to kill Shiva in exchange for control of his dominion; Kali accepted and took over Shiva’s forces and territory • When the Tauri ousted Ra, Kali withdrew to a few tightly controlled planets in order to build her own empire; by striking quickly and decisively she managed to take a number of worlds belonging to other minor Goa’ulds • Pressed to maintain control of her empire she formed a bond with and remains in a tight and long lasting alliance with Bastet • Thanks in part to her alliance with Bastet, she came to power and became a System Lord during the Third Goa’uld Dynasty • After Ra’s death, she seized several knew holdings and had difficulties against both Ba’al and Apophis. Since the destruction of Apophis, she has been hard-pressed at times to hold her ground against Ba’al’s forces • She was one of the System Lords who voted for Anubis’ return to the rank of System Lord in the episodes Summit and Last Stand • She has since joined the other System Lords against him in response to an attack on her home base of operations, Cerador • Her host is a woman of Hindu descent who wears extravagant clothing usually with a veil • She is very egotistical but does not throw her weight around; however, she is deadly and quick to strike when angered or betrayed • Base of operations is located on Cerador and has a technology level higher than that allowed by most Goa’uld • Cerador was once ruled by Ra, but now, Ra’s crumbling temples are guarded and off limits; • Kali, when she does appear to her subjects, appears at one of the Palaces of Rebirth in any of Cerador’s cities; she will either arrive to punish someone who has betrayed her or reward one of her subjects through a private implantation • The Stargate on Cerador lies in the courtyard of the Palace of Rebirth in Colcratta, the capital • Cerador is the home of Kali’s fleets and Jaffa ground forces and is far away from the edge of Kali’s territory; however, Anubis recently managed to destroy two ha’tak vessels that were orbiting Cerador • Kali has been at war with Apophis and Ba’al on the planet of Poligra for centuries; currently about ½ of Poligra is under Kali’s control; the Stargate is in Kali’s territory • Kel’ry is Kali’s First Prime

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 115, 125-127 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 10, 36-37, 62-67, 88-89, 116, 132, 134, 151, 167, 173 Statistics pg. 62 Cerador pg. 63-64 Poligra pg. 65-66 Kel’ry pg. 66-67 Brahma Guard Specialty pg. 132 Cerador Cabal NPCs pg. 151-152

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

Kali ("the black one") is the Hindu mother goddess, symbol of dissolution and destruction. She destroys ignorance, maintains the world order, and blesses and frees those who strive for the knowledge of God. In the Vedas the name is associated with Agni, the god of fire, who had seven flickering tongues of flame, of which Kali was the black, horrible tongue. This meaning of the word has meanwhile been replaced by the goddess Kali, the grim consort of Shiva.

For more information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Kali .

- 48 - Klorel

• Son and heir of Apophis • Possessed the brother of Sha’re, Skaara, in the episode Children of the Gods • The Goa’uld often finds himself having trouble maintaining control over such a strong-willed host • Charged with the task of returning to Gaia, the Nox homeworld, to locate, capture, or kill the Nox for their technology and knowledge; he failed utterly searching the planet for days before leaving • Launched a failed attack on Earth along with his father, Apophis, in the episodes Within the Serpent’s Grasp and Within the Serpent’s Lair • After Apophis was presumed killed by Sokar, he became hunted by the forces of Ba’al and Heru’ur. He eventually crashed on Tollana where he asked for amnesty. In a Tollan Triad, it was decided that Skaara had rights to their shared body, and Klorel was removed by the Tok’ra in the episode Pretense

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 10, 14, 18, 20-21, 128-129 Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 52, 81, 84, 106-107, 119 Statistics pg. 106-107 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 22, 167

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

No information was available on Encyclopedia Mythica regarding Klorel. Further research revealed nothing regarding Klorel in any other mythological references.

- 49 - Kur Sumerian Dragon God

• Helmets of Kur’s Jaffa are modeled after dragons • Ruled through violence and fear • On a Goa’uld scouting mission, Kur was killed by a powerful blast of energy from an advanced Unity crystal • Kur’s First Prime ordered that the crystals be gathered in one place and destroyed • The crystal that Kur touched duplicated him and then left through the Stargate to Kur’s throne world of Herevah • The Unity imposter silenced doubts when he demonstrated the ability to fire bolts of energy without a kara kesh and read the thoughts of his First Prime; the imposter uses Kur’s forces to wage his own war against the System Lords • Managed to defeat an Ashrak sent by the System Lords to assassinate him • His main goal: total eradication of the Goa’uld • His personal war has lasted centuries without the knowledge of the Goa’uld or the Unity • Dragon Guards: Jaffa, cunning and deceitful, vicious warriors; equipped with dragon talons which are used in close combat

Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 32-34, 107, 123 Statistics pg. 107 Herevah pg. 32 Dragon Guard Specialty pg. 123

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

The underworld river in Sumerian mythology.

Kur is also given as an alternate name for the god Enlil; however, the mythology surrounding Enlil does not match the one given above the Kur.

For more information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Enlil .

Expert from alt.mythology Sumerian Mythology FAQ, ver. 2.0 :

Kur literally means "mountain", "foreign land", or "land" and came to be identified both with the underworld and, more specifically, the area which either was contained by or contained the Abzu. (Kramer 1961 p. 76) In the prelude to "Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the Underworld, Ereshkigal was carried off into the Kur as it's prize at about the same time as An and Enlil carried off the heaven and the earth. Later in that same passage, Enki also struggled with Kur as and presumably was victorious, thereby able to claim the title "Lord of Kur" (the realm). Kramer suggests that Kur was a dragon-like creature, calling to mind Tiamat and Leviathan. The texts suggests that Enki's struggle may have been with instruments of the land of Kur - its stones or its creatures hurling stones. (Kramer 1961 p. 37-38, 78-79)

Kramer, Samuel Noah, History Begins at Sumer , University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1981.

- 50 - Lugh

• Helped Manannan mac Lir and Dagda to destroy the System Lord Balor • After Manannan became a System Lord, Lugh became his warmaster • Trained Mordred in battle and war tactics • Accused of plotting against the queen Goa’uld Danu by Morrigan and Manannan used the possibly fabricated accusation to put Lugh aside • Put into stasis by Morrigan and is kept in her private apartments

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 69-70, 81

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Dave Buchert:

Lugh is the Celtic lord of every skill. He was patron of Lugodunum (Lyons) in Gaul. He and his nature goddess consort (Rosmerta) were worshipped during the 30 day Lugnasad midsummer feast in Ireland. Fertility magic during this festival ensured ripening of the crops and good harvest. He was called Lamfhada or 'of the long arm' in Gaelic because of his great spear and sling. His animal attributes were the raven and the lynx. Lugh mirrors Hindu Karttikeya, the spiritual warrior, and Roman Mercury, the swift messenger. His exploits are recounted in the "Tain Bo Cuailnge", the Cattle-raid of Cooley.

Image courtesy of JBL Statues.

- 51 - Manannan Mac Lir Lord of the Cauldron Legions

• Spawn of the Goa’uld queen Danu and had very few dealings with Ra before the Sun God’s demise • Developed an important alliance with a Goa’uld scientist named Arawn after he noticed Arawn’s cybernetically enhanced Jaffa marched against another underlord, Gwydion • Arawn’s armies were destroyed, but Manannan approached him with the bold plan of offering Arawn a hidden base where he could continue his experiments • Finally he led an army of cauldron-born warrior Jaffa against his overlord Balor during a battle with Dagda • Between the armies of Manannan, Dagda, and Lugh, Balor was destroyed • Manannan petitioned to join the ranks of the System Lords, Lugh became his warmaster and he received the allegiance of the queen Goa’uld Morgause • For centuries, Manannan took his slaves from the Earth territories of Ireland, Britain and the Isle of Man • Emain Abhlach means “Isle of Apples” and is considered in Celtic lore as one of the Islands of the Blessed; it is organized into counties each with its own lord • High King Cormac mac Art, Manannan’s First Prime, rules over the lords and also commands the all-male Fianna warriors • Fostered the belief in Emain Abhlach which in actuality was his base of operations, but his followers on Earth believed to be a magical Otherworld where warriors went to reap their rewards in the afterlife • Shortly after the destruction of Balor, a Tauri named Arthur united the clans of Britain • Sent Morgause to Arthur to seduce him, gather information, and kill him if possible; Morgause gave birth to Mordred who grew up to train with Lugh and kill Arthur • Saw Morrigan’s accusations against Lugh as a chance to displace his warmaster and replace him with the very competent Mordred • Hangs on the fringes of Goa’uld politics and continues to expand and colonize new planets as well as support Arawn’s research • Must now rely on his right to the larvae of other queens because Morgause has gone barren • Headquarters are in the capital city of Emain Abhlach and serve mostly as a communications center; this also used to be the location of Morgause’s spawning pools but now serves as only a stronghold and retreat

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 68-74, 81, 144, 149, 173 Statistics pg. 68 Emain Abhlach pg. 70-71 Fianna Specialty pg. 132 The Black Cauldron pg. 144, 149-150

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

The Irish god of the sea and fertility, who forecasts the weather. He is older than the Tuatha Dé Danann, yet was considered to be one of them. He is the son of Lir and his name means "Manannan Son of the Sea". His wife is Fand and he is the foster-father of many gods, including Lugh. He is the guardian of the Blessed Isles, and the ruler of Mag Mell. Manannan has a ship that follows his command without sails; his cloak makes him invisible; his helmet is made of flames and his sword cannot be turned from its mark. He is described as riding over the sea in a chariot.

His Welsh equivalent is Manawydan ap Llyr. He is also called Barinthus.

In regards to Cormac mac Art:

Cormac Mac Airt is probably the most famous of the ancient kings of Ireland, now thought to be an authentic historical king. Cormac was the son of Art son of Conn of the Hundred Battles. He ruled Tara, the seat of the High Kings of Ireland, for forty years (probably 227 - 266 CE) and under his rule Tara flourished. He was famous for his wise, true, and generous judgments.

Cormac owned the wonderful gold cup given to him by the sea-god Manannan Mac Lir in the Land of the Living. If three lies were spoken over it, it would break in three; three truths made it whole again. Cormac used this cup during his kingship to distinguish falsehood from truth. When Cormac died, the cup vanished, just as Manannan had predicted it would.

- 52 - Marasis

• Ruled the world of Dendara, a secondary Goa’uld homeworld in Ra’s name • The Tomb of Ra on Dendara was originally the home and breeding ground for Marasis and is now one of the only permanent structures left on the planet • Word of the revolt on Earth reached here and the human slaves kept here for the Goa’uld rose up and overthrew the forces of Marasis and Ra

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 110 Dendara pg. 109-110

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no mention of Marasis in the Encyclopedia Mythica. Upon further research, several references to the marasis of India, which appear to be a type of traveling bard, were found.

- 53 - Marduk The Bull of the Sun (Presumed deceased)

• First served as an ashrak to Ra and grew to become one of Ra’s most trusted generals • He offered to kill the mad queen Tiamat in return for gaining the status of System Lord • Led the combined fleets of the System Lords against Tiamat’s fleets which were trapped in a few strategic star explosions • Trapped Tiamat herself in a ring transporter that tore her in two after she almost killed him herself; he then ate her body gaining most of her knowledge and memories • Her memories led him to who was holding the Eye of Tiamat; he captured Qingu alive and was brought before the System Lords only to behead him in front of them • He then took control of the Eye of Tiamat as well as all her holdings, armies and fleet • Used tactics of cannibalism, shock and intimidation and a unique flair for ferreting out his enemies secrets to continue to eat away at weaker Lords territories; with every Goa’uld he killed, he would consume them and their memories • Bel, one of Marduk’s sons, finally insighted his priests to act against the madness of their God • His own priests turned against him and sealed him in a sarcophagus with a flesh-eating creature for several thousand years on the arid world P2X-338 • He was trapped for thousands of years with the creature until he eventually took over the creature and was freed by a Russian exploration team. The Goa’uld takes over a member of the Russian team in The Tomb and tries to recover the artifact, the Eye of Tiamat. He is caught in an explosion just as SG-1 escapes from his clutches. • At the height of his power he controlled over 12 ha’taks, several naquadah rich planets, 2 shipyards, trinium production facilities, and hundreds of thousands of troops • Often made use of transport rings to insert troops into strategic flanking positions during key points in battles • One of Marduk’s consorts, Surpanakha was blended Kendra of Cimmeria who was originally a priestess of Marduk on the world of Jebanna • Marduk took control of the planet Marduk’s Zoo just as life was about to become entirely extinct on the planet; started using it as a game preserve for breeding the monsters created by Tiamat • Marduk’s treasury planet was Zigara; the planet has prospered independent of Goa’uld control since Marduk’s overthrow

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 27, 82, 126-127, 130 Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 35 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 12, 75-79, 90, 144, 151, 173 Statistics pg. 77-78 Cuneiform Combination Locks pg. 144

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

Literally, "bulf calf of the sun". The son of Ea, and leader of the gods. He was a fertility god, but originally a god of thunderstorms. His consort was Sarpanitu

According to Enuma Elish, an ancient epic poem of creation, Marduk defeated Tiamat and Kingu, the dragons of chaos, and thereby gained supreme power. Acknowledged as the creator of the universe and of humankind, the god of light and life, and the ruler of destinies, he rose to such eminence that he claimed 50 titles. Eventually, he was called simply Bel, meaning "Lord."

Exerpt from alt.mythology Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.7 :

Marduk - son of Ea and Dumkina. He supplants the other Babylonian deities to become the central figure of their pantheon. He is a "King of the Igigi" He often works with and asks questions of his father. He has fifty names many of which are those of other deities whose attributes he usurped. He was of proud form and piercing stare, born mature, powerful, and perfect and superior. He has four eyes, four ears, and emits fire from his mouth when he speaks. He is also gifted in magic. Anu gave him the four winds to play with. When Anu's peace mission to Tiamat fails, Ea urges him into action. He goes before Anshar and the divine assembly and declares that he will defeat Tiamat and lay her head at his feet, but that the assembly must promise that he should be the one to fix fates and more or less assume the role of the leader of the pantheon. Anshar, Lahmu, Lahamu, and Anu find him a shrine and Anu instills upon him the Anu-power in which, his word decrees fate. He is proclaimed king and invested with the scepter, throne, and staff-of-office. He is given an - 54 - unfaceable weapon, the flood-weapon. He takes a bow and arrow and mace. He puts lightning in front of him, marshals his winds, makes a net to encircle Tiamat, fills his body with flame. He rides his storm-chariot driven by Slayer, Pitiless, Racer, and Flyer, poison-toothed, tireless steeds. He had a spell on his lips and an anti-toxin in his hand. He led the gods to battle. Qingu's strategy confused him. Tiamat tried to enspell him and wheedled at him. Marduk reproaches her and calls her out for single combat. She looses her temper and they fight. He unleashes his weapons at her, distended her body with winds, shot her in the belly with an arrow, split her in two and slit her heart. He defeats the rest of her forces and retrieves the Tablet of Destinies. He smashed Tiamat's skull to herald her death. He made half of her skin the roof of the sky. He leveled Apsu, measured it and established numerous shrines for many of the gods. He set up stands for the gods, constructed the heavens and regulated the year, giving Shamash some dominion over the months and the year. He made the Tigris and Euphrates rivers from Tiamat's eyes and made mountains from her udders. He smashed the weapons of Tiamat's army and put images of them at the gates to the underworld. He set up his temple at Esharra and his seat in Babylon. The gods honored him as king. He put blood and bones together as and made early man to bear the work of the gods, as in Atrahasis. For Qingu's part in the war he was made to provide the blood for the creation of man. He divided the Anunnaki and placed 300 to guard the sky, and six hundred to dwell in heaven and earth. He had them create Babylon building the Esagalia temple and a high ziggurat.

- 55 - Marteen (Host: Nyklos )

• During the early years of Egeria’s treachery, she made different alterations to her offspring • Marteen is a descendent of the early Tok’ra and still has a genetic memory close to the original Goa’uld • Committed to the destruction of the Goa’uld but is still scheming and treacherous by nature and he fits into Goa’uld society suprisingly well • He entered into Apophis’ service by murdering another Goa’uld in secret and assuming his identity as an underlord • He took as his most recent host a man who dared to defy Apophis even as Apophis was killing him—Nyklos • Once Nyklos realized that Marteen hated the Goa’uld as well they both began working together as an incredibly effective tool to undermine the Goa’uld • Marteen is adept as using surveillance devices and gathering intelligence; he is also extremely good at forging official documentation and manipulating his identity

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 28-29 Statistics pg. 29

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no mention of Marteen in the Encyclopedia Mythica. Further research revealed no mention of Marteen in other mythological references.

- 56 - Medusa

• Host was an Unas • Killed by the Ashrak Perseus

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 128

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

One of the Gorgons, and the only one who was mortal. Her gaze could turn whoever she looked upon to stone. There is a particular myth in which Medusa was originally a beautiful maiden. She desecrated Athena's temple by lying there with Poseidon. Outraged, Athena turned Medusa's hair into living snakes.

Medusa was killed by the hero Perseus with the help of Athena and Hermes. He killed her by cutting of her head and gave it to Athena, who placed it in the center of her Aegis, which she wore over her breastplate.

Image courtesy of JBL Statues.

- 57 - Mehen

• Goa’uld underlord that, for centuries, has held a stronghold on P4A-771 (the planet with a heavily guarded gate that was hit when Jack and Sam were gated to Antarctica) • The gate requires a certain protocol in order to arrive on the planet safely. • One of Apophis’ most devoted subjects after he actually tried to usurp Apophis • He was a primary coordinator in the war against Ra • His host is bold, muscular, with a goatee and is of African descent • He commands the Serpent Guards used by Apophis but often commands more loyalty from them than their God

Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 71-72, 111-112 Statistics pg. 111-112

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

An Egyptian serpent god. He defends the solar barque of the sun-god during his nightly passage through the underworld. Mehen was usually depicted as a snake coiled about the barque.

- 58 - Melkart

• One of the “gods” of Carthage or Lu’Cartago as the Byrsa on Cartago call the ancient city

Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 57

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There was no information in the Encyclopedia Mythica on Melkart.

However further investigation revealed that Melkart is also known by the names Melqart, Melkart, Milkert, Milqart (Phoen.); Mi-il-qar-tu (Akkadian); Melkarthos (Greek)

Melqart means King of the City. As prototype of the Good King, he is primarily concerned with the health, prosperity, and general well-being of his people, rather than being an autocratic ruler. Originally the chief god of Tyre, where his consort was `Ashtart or Astronoë, his cult spread throughout the Mediterranean. He was quite popular in Carthage, Spain, and the Western (i.e., North African) colonies. Many scholars believe he is the source for the Greek Herakles (Hercules in Latin) with whom the Greeks identified him.

An exerpt from alt.mythology Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.1 :

Milqart (Melqart, Ba’al Tsur, Milkashtart?) - 'king of the city', the hunter, 'fire in heaven'. Patron god of Tyre. He was the god of the Metropolis and of Tyre and Carthage's monarchies. His cult spread throughout the Mediterranean region, but has not been found in second millennium sites. As with the Babylonian Nergal/Erra, he has been identified with Heracles archetypes. Greek sources imply that he was a dying and rising vegetation god, and that he was associated with the sacred marriage like the Sumerian god, Dumuzi. In an annual festival, he was burned in a ritual cremation which may explain Elissa's manner of death. He also was associated with the sea and was pictured riding a hippocampus.

- 59 - Mnevis the Oracle

• Originally a servant who helped Hathor manage her Jaffa • Hathor gave Mnevis to Ra to gain his favor • Has the ability to predict the movements of enemies and had insight into everything including combat and politics • Ra relied on him heavily and he became known as Mnevis the Oracle • Could not predict Ra’s death at the hands of the Tauri • In actuality, he was a Tok’ra spy and used his extensive information networks to foresee and “predict” movements and such that made him seem precognitive • Since the Tok’ra network could not predict the reopening of the Stargate on Earth, he could not predict the death of Ra

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 111-112 Statistics pg. 112

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

Also known as Mnewer. In Egyptian mythology, Mnewer is the sacred black bull of Heliopolis, worshipped as a god for its virility and its oracles. It was also regarded as an emissary of the sun god, and therefore represented with a solar disk between its horns. Many festivities were held in honor of this bull. The deceased bulls were embalmed and buried at Heliopolis.

- 60 - Moloc

• Thirty years ago, Moloc decreed that only male children would be allowed to live. • Female Jaffa born on Moloc’s breeding worlds are burned in the temples as sacrifices • Ishta, from the episode Birthright , was a temple high priestess and keeps records of Jaffa births as well as presiding over the sacrificial fires. She began to smuggle female children off of their world and started bringing them to a secret camp on the world of Hak’tyl • According to the episode Birthright , Moloc’s armies and holdings are very extensive

*Note: Moloc is not mentioned in any of the Stargate RPG books. He is only mentioned on the TV Series.

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no information in Encyclopedia Mythica regarding Moloc.

The name is most likely taken from Paradise Lost by John Milton. In the second book, Moloc is referred to as the Sceptr’d King and later described as such:

“First Moloch, horrid King besmear'd with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents tears, Though for the noyse of Drums and Timbrels loud Thir childrens cries unheard, that past through fire To his grim Idol. Him the Ammonite Worshipt in Rabba and her watry Plain, In Argob and in Basan, to the stream Of utmost Arnon. Nor content with such audacious neighbourhood, the wisest heart Of Solomon he led by fraud to build His Temple right against the Temple of God On that opprobrious Hill, and made his Grove The pleasant Vally of Hinnom, Tophet thence And black Gehenna call'd, the Type of Hell.”

An exerpt from alt.mythology Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.1 :

Moloch (Melech, Malik, Milcom?, Melqart?) - Not explicitly found in the Ugarit texts, Molech is a bit of an enigma. He shows up in the Old Testament in Leviticus 18 and 20, 1 Kings 11, 2 Kings 23, and Jeremiah 32. From that he appears to be a god of the Ammonites - a region west of the Jordon - whose worshipers sacrificed children in fires at temples, some of which were in the Valley of Hinnom, i.e. Gehenna, just south of Jerusalem. The Old Testament also names the similarly spelt "Milcom" as a god of the Ammonites leading to the suspicion that they are the same god. Molech is probably not the original name of the deity. There has been a good deal of argument as to whether Molech could be identified with another foreign deity and which deity that would be, or whether "molech" was simply a term which referred to child sacrifice of any sort. The Canaanite gods Mot and Melqart of Tyre, and the Mesopotamian god Nergal, whom I believe is somewhere referred to as Malik-king, are a some of the prime candidates for being Molech.

- 61 - Mordred

• The son of Morgause, Manannan’s Goa’uld queen, and the British clan leader, Arthur • Blended with a larva from Morgause’s own brood • Trained at the hands of Manannan’s warmaster Lugh • Led an army of Fianna warriors against Arthur killing him in battle and bringing his dead body back to Emain Abhlach • Became Manannan’s warmaster after Lugh was accused of plotting to kill the Goa’uld queen Danu by Morrigan • Currently maintains a residence in Manannan’s castle on Emain Abhlach • Very arrogant but works hard to put himself in people’s good graces • Mordred’s host was unusually cruel as a child before blending suggesting that some of his mother’s goa’uld characteristics followed into the host • Tends to make hasty decisions in battle due to short-sightedness and may well strike against Manannan too soon to do anything but bring his own downfall

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 70-74 Statistics pg. 73-74

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Brian Edward Rice:

Traitorous leader of the rebellion that leads to Arthur's downfall. Originally named Medraut, a legendary and possibly historical Welsh figure who disagrees with Arthur and does battle with him at Camlann, with fatal results for both. However, the Welsh do not make him plotting or evil. Geoffrey of Monmouth is responsible for the villainous role he assumes in later medieval literature. Possibly revealing an other than Welsh influence, Geoffrey changes the name to Mordred, a Cornish or Breton name. Modred is Arthur's nephew who rules jointly with Guinevere during Arthur's campaign in Gaul. Modred persuades the Queen into an adulterous affair and usurps the throne, making peace with the hated Saxons, whom Arthur had destroyed at Badon. Arthur speeds home and engages him by the River Camel in Cornwall. The rebellious usurper is killed and Arthur is borne to Avalon.

- 62 - Morgause

• Goa’uld queen pledged to Manannan mac Lir after he joined the ranks of the System Lords following his destruction of Balor • Morgause seduced Arthur at the behest of Manannan and returned to Emain Abhlach pregnant; her child was named Mordred and was blended with one of Morgause’s larva • Has recently become barren like so many other Goa’uld queens

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 69-71

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

No mention of Morgause in Encyclopedia Mythica. There is an article on Morgan le Fay .

Further research revealed the following:

Morgause is Arthur's half-sister and the wife of King Lot. Her sons are Gawain, Agravaine, Gaheris and Gareth, by Lot and Mordred by Arthur. In Malory, she and Arthur have an amorous encounter and engendered Mordred; Arthur remains relatively blameless since he did not know they are related, but we are not as certain whether she knows the encounter is incestuous or not. She is killed by Gaheris -her own son-while in bed with her lover Lamorak. Lamorak's father, Pellinore, had killed King Lot. Morgause is sometimes renamed, eliminated or conflated with Morgan le Fay, as in John Boorman's movie Excalibur.

- 63 - Morrigan The Phantom Queen Celtic Goddess of Battle and Strife

• Spawn of the Dreaming Queen Danu, sister to Lugh, Dagda, and Manannan mac Lir • Danu’s protector with ever expanding control over the aging queen • Planned the battle in which Lugh, Dagda, and Manannan mac Lir destroyed the System Lord Balor • Came up with evidence that Lugh was trying to destroy Danu and her spawn and then demanded the right to punish Lugh on Danu’s behalf • Killed Cuchulainn in an act of sabotage when he threatened to reveal the secret of her queen status to Dagda • Turned on Dagda in the middle of a council meeting and shot him 3 times with a Zat • Took control of Dagda’s holdings, fleets, and armies • An attack by Heru’ur caused much of her new holdings to be lost; after that she was forced to expand her domain agonizingly slowly while still maintaining her hold on her current resources • At the destruction of Heru’ur she was able to take back her lost holdings and finally join the ranks of the System Lords • Acts as an emissary to the rest of the Goa’uld for the rest of Danu’s brood • In the episodes Summit and Last Stand , Morrigan appears and attends the System Lord summit voting with the rest of her fellow System Lords to reinstate Anubis to their ranks • Had possession of the Eye of Balor until Anubis took it from her own world of Magtireth • In retaliation, she added her own fleet to those sent after Anubis as the System Lords gathered against him over Abydos in the episode Full Circle . • The planet visited in the episode Revisions , P3X-289, was once ruled by Morrigan • Most of her slaves and people are descended from the Celts • She is constantly in fear of revealing her status as a Goa’uld queen for fear that the other System Lords will stem her autonomy so she continues to mix her larva with Danu’s supposed broods passing her spawn off as Danu’s • Master tactician and strategist • Jaffa bear the symbol of the raven • Favored host presents her as a red haired Celtic beauty with a robust figure • Gleanavar, previously a mining colony in which the naquadah has long since been depleted, is an isolated holding that Morrigan left in the hands of various underlords—the last of which, Sholdred, was revealed to be a Tok’ra spy • The current regent is Evnith who has worked tirelessly to root out the stems of Sholdred’s quiet resistance • Magtireth, which once was in possession of Balor and then Dagda, is the seat of Morrigan’s military power; this is where her Jaffa are trained as well as the location of her shipyards; Rel’nar is the Jaffa Master that trains her troops on Magtireth • Eriu serves as Morrigan’s primary homeworld it is also a crèche world where larva and Jaffa are bred for incubation and hosts are bred for implantation and blending

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 115, 126 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 10, 69-70, 80-84, 86, 118, 133, 173 Statistics pg. 80-81 Magtireth pg. 83 Eriu pg. 83-84 Raven Guard Specialty pg. 133

Encyclopedia Mythica Article Danielle Dee:

The Morrigan is a goddess of battle, strife, and fertility. Her name translates as either "Great Queen" or "Phantom Queen," and both epithets are entirely appropriate for her. The Morrigan appears as both a single goddess and a trio of goddesses. The other deities who form the trio are Badb ("Crow"), and either Macha (also connotes "Crow") or Nemain ("Frenzy"). The Morrigan frequently appears in the ornithological guise of a hooded crow. She is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann ("Tribe of the goddess Danu") and she helped defeat the Firbolg at the First Battle of Mag Tuireadh and the Fomorians at the Second Battle of Mag Tuireadh.

For more information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Morrigan .

- 64 - Mot Canaanite God of Death and Sterility

• Second-in-command to Ba’al • Rules over the world of Truskat • Truskat is a dead world which serves as the training facility for Ba’al’s Jaffa • Mot would act as Ba’al’s opposite and move his armies into a world and rule there until the population was completely subjugated and then Astarte, another of Ba’al’s loyal underlords would move in and rout Mot in the name of Ba’al—thus “saving” the world. Terraforming would then commence and Ba’al would be worship as a God and savior • *Convinced Ba’al that one of his naquadah mines had gone dry, he took over the world with the intent to build his resources and betray Ba’al • *In the episode Prophecy , Jack O'Neill threatened to inform Ba’al about his plans to overthrow the System Lord, Mot disregarded the threats and, instead, threatened to execute several of the local villagers. He also launched a plan against Earth that very nearly led to the destruction of the S.G.C. Mot was eventually shot by Natania, a village girl, and is presumed dead. • *It is unknown whether Ba’al was aware of his Mot’s treachery or if he will retaliate against the Tauri for Mot’s death

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 128 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 32-35 Truskat pg. 32-33 Statistics pg. 34-35

*Note: The Living Gods Sourcebook makes no mention of Mot’s death or duplicity with his overlord, Ba’al

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Peter Wyche:

The god of death and sterility, and the arch enemy of Ba’al. He fought Ba’al each year and slew his brother only to see Ba’al rise from the dead to rejuvenate the lands for cultivation.

An exerpt from alt.mythology Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.1 :

Mot(-and-Shar) 'Death and Prince/Dissolution/Evil' 'the beloved one'- Mot is the god of sterility, death, and the underworld. In one hand he holds the scepter of bereavement, and in the other the scepter of widowhood. His jaws and throat are described in cosmic proportions and serve as a euphemism for death. When he has influence over Shapash, it is unusually hot and dry. He sits on a pit for a throne in the city of Miry in the underworld. Prior to the conception of the gracious gods, he is pruned and felled like a vine by the vine dressers. He is favored by El following Ba’al's defeat of Yam and Ba’al refuses him tribute. When Ba’al's messengers deliver him an invitation to feast at Ba’al's new palace, he is insulted that he is offered bread and wine and not the flesh he hungers for. In fact, he threatens to defeat Ba’al as Ba’al did Leviathan, causing the sky to wilt and then eat Ba’al himself. Ba’al would then visit _his_ palace in the underworld. He is pleased that Ba’al submits to him. Ba’al goes to the underworld and either he or his substitute is eaten by Mot. Presumably the sons of Athirat had some part in his death. After seven years of famine, Anat seizes Mot, splits, winnows, sows and grinds him like corn. Ba’al eventually returns and defeats Mot's allies. After seven years Mot returns and demands Ba’al's brother, lest he wipe out humanity. Ba’al rebuffs him and the two have a mighty battle, but are separated by Shapash who declares Ba’al to have El's favor.

- 65 - Nefertum Egyptian Lotus God

• Served under Ra • Took a group of humans to P2X-416 and became supreme ruler there until the Tauri exposed him • Occasionally tangles with Apophis; current whereabouts unknown

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 128

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

An ancient Egyptian god identified with the lotus, but he also personified some form of the morning sun. He is a son of Ptah and Sakhmet or Bastet. Nefertem is usually represented as a man with a cluster of lotus flowers upon his head, but sometimes he has the head of a lion. In the little faïence figures of him, which are so common, he stands upon the back of a lion. He represents the sun-god in the legend which made him burst forth from a lotus, for in the pyramid of Unas the king is said: "Rise like Nefer-Temu from the lotus (lily) to the nostrils of Ra" and to "come forth on the horizon every day."

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

Nefertem was a form of the sun god Re from Heliopolis in Lower Egypt. He was the god of the rising sun. His parents were Ptah and Sekhmet. Other stories says he was the son of Bastet, or he had no parents at all, having grown from a lotus flower in the Nile. He was seen like a man usually wearing the lotus-crown or a single lotus sometimes with two small plumes on his head. His staff could also be topped with feathers. His cult was performed in the homes where ordinary people worshiped him and carried small statuettes of him as good luck charms. He could also be a lion and with his parents he formed the "Triad of Heliopolis".

- 66 - Nephthys

• Child of the first queen of the pharaohs, Nut

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 114

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no mention of Nephthys in the Encyclopedia Mythica.

After further research:

Her name means 'Lady of the House' it's thought to be referring to Osiris' Palace. Nephthys conceived no children with her husband Seth. Her son, Anubis was conceived from a union with Osiris. It is said that she tricked Osiris into this union by making him drunk, or by disguising herself as Isis. Fearing Seth's anger, Nephthys hides the infant in the Delta marshes shortly after his birth. Seth murders Osiris and Nephthys flees in fear. She finds her sister, Isis, and helps in the search for Osiris' body. Nephthys tells her sister about the infant. During the search for Osiris, Isis finds Anubis and adopts him. After finding the body of Osiris, she helps Isis embalm him. The two sisters turn into birds and fly about mourning over the dead body. She is often rendered on the head of coffins, as Isis is rendered at the foot, with long wings spread to protect the deceased.

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

Nephthys was said to master magic, was attached to the mortuary cult and had the entire desert as her domain. She was a part of the cult of god Min, and was sister to Isis and Osiris. She was married to the evil Set and was usually called upon as - "the lady of the house". She usually wore a long dress and on her head she had the sun disk with a house-like object topped with a bowl. This last object could be alone on her head and makes it possible to single her out her from other goddesses in similar clothing. She was a popular motif for artists and became very popular during the Greco-Roman period.

- 67 - Nirrti Hindu Goddess of Destruction and Death (Presumed deceased)

• Accomplished geneticist who is obsessed with developing a Hok’tar or advanced human to serve as the perfect host • Territory on Earth was limited to the southern tip of India • Allied with Olukun for a brief time, she was able to learn much of politics among the System Lords as well as learn valuable information regarding the human hosts she was trying to improve • First major move was against Kali taking most of India and several resource holdings • Helped to engineer a special sub-species designed to incubate larval Goa’uld until ready for implantation—the Jaffa in 9,080 B.C. • Used crippling bio-weapons against enemies to make up for her lack of troop numbers • Exchanged a personal invisibility shield to Hathor in exchange for symbiotes to research on • Came to power during the Third Goa’uld Dynasty and joined the ranks of the System Lords right about the time of the Tauri revolt • Introduced congenitally faulty, yet very advanced, specimens into the host pool on Chulak—those that were chosen could not live even with the help of a sarcophagus—proving that they were not the perfect hosts she was looking for • Thrown out of the ranks of the System Lords more than once • The first time, she was expelled for surreptitiously experimenting on the human slave populations of other System Lords • After Ra’s downfall, she was able to make major expansions that forced the System Lords to reinstate her • Used the world Vilna as a breeding ground for humans to use in her experiments • Nirrti created the people of Hanka through genetic engineering as part of her experiments to find a Hok’tar • She infected the children of Hanka with a retrovirus that caused symptoms of telekinesis, then cured them so that the altered DNA would be passed on to the next generation, each generation becoming closer to an advanced human host. • Responsible for the death of Cassandra’s people on the planet Hanka (used a Lotus Pollen contagion) and the planting of the naquadah bomb in Cassandra’s chest in the episode Singularity. Nirrti had poisoned P8X-987 to hide evidence of her experiments. The toxin was non-persistent and the air was clean four years later. • One of the three Goa’uld to come to Earth during the negotiations to include Earth in the Asgard Protected Planets Treaty in the episode Fair Game. Attempted to assassinate Cronus and frame the Tauri. • She is very interested in developing phase shifting and personal invisibility shield technology and was the first to develop a personal cloaking device through the use of a small hand-held naquadah generator. The System Lords showed her mercy after her attempt to kill Cronus in exchange for access to this technology • In the episode Rite of Passage she cures Cassandra’s affliction in exchange for her freedom; she gates to unknown coordinates and connects to an unknown location in order to begin her experiments again. • Her personal cloaking devices are most often used by Ashrak assassins as seen in the episode Allegiance in which an Ashrak sows discord between rebel Jaffa and surviving Tok’ra at the Tauri Alpha Site. • In the episode Metamorphosis, it is discovered that Nirrti is using a DNA resequencer of Ancient design to directly alter human DNA in real time, as part of her experiments in genetic manipulation; in the end one of her own creations telekinetically snaps her neck and kills her • Original ruler of Neone; abandoned it because of the population’s vulnerabilities • Has not had a Jaffa First Prime in over a thousand years; appointed advanced humans as her generals • Released a virus on Kandara, a world once belonging to Marduk, that killed 95% of the population; humans there evolved have enhanced vision and hearing, can survive temperature extremes, and require little food and water but they have lost the ability to speak and suffer from serious congenital heart defects which limit their lifespan • The people of Jardia still actively worship her using a seasonal festival to “bury” their dead in the vortex of the Stargate and sacrifice strong and able warriors if they feel they have displeased their goddess. • Engineered the Goa’uld Pamchadra to be a queen; Nirrti sought to activate the genes that would make her a queen; Pamchadra also gave birth to a Harsesis child which showed much promise as did her larval Goa’uld • Once Pamchadra’s larva inhabited a host, their abnormality manifested itself as mindless aggression and Nirrti abandoned the research and set Pamchadra free

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 18-19, 29-30, 83, 98, 115, 122,125-126, 130 Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 61, 147 Vilna pg. 61

- 68 - Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 9, 12, 53, 87-91, 94, 118-119, 135, 144, 149, 167, 173 Statistics pg. 87-88 Jardia pg. 90-91 Cloak of Invisibility pg. 144 Kandaran-Fever pg. 149

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

"Destruction". An Indian goddess of destruction and death. She is said to live in the south (which is regarded as the land of the dead). Her husband and masculine aspect is Nirrta. In later Hinduism, Nirrti herself becomes a male dikpala god of terrifying aspect.

- 69 - Nut First Queen of the Pharaohs

• One of the first underlords to serve Apep • Originally came to Earth with Ra • Gave birth to Osiris, Heru’ur, Seth, Isis, and Nephthys

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 114 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 8

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

The ancient Egyptian sky-goddess, one of the Ennead of Heliopolis. She is the personification of the sky and of the heavens, the daughter of Shu and Tefnut.

Nu was the barrier separating the forces of chaos from the ordered cosmos in this world. The god Re was said to enter her mouth after setting in the evening and travel through her body during the night to be reborn from her vulva each morning. She also swallows the stars and have them reborn later. In the death cult she plays a part in the resurrection of the dead; she is portrayed on the inside of the lids of the sarcophagi. The pharaoh was said to enter her body after death, from which he would later be resurrected.

As sky-goddess Nut was portrayed as a naked woman covered with painted stars, held up by Shu. Thus she forms the firmament above her husband Seb, the earth. Her fingers and toes were believed to touch the four cardinal points or directions. The principal sanctuary of Nut was at Heliopolis.

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

Nut was the old sky goddess and wife (and sister) to Geb and mother to Horus the Elder, Set, Isis and Nephthys. Often depicted blue and covered with stars and stretched out like the arch of heaven and supported by her son Shu (above). She had a vase on her head and could be the cow of the sky, or a sow eating up she stars in the morning and giving them birth in the evening. Every morning the gave birth to Re seen as sun disk above a bewinged scarab (Kheper). People asked her to protect their dead relatives, but she had no temples. One title of hers was: "She who has a thousand souls".

- 70 - Olukun (all online sources spell his name Olokun ) The Typhoon

• Came to power as a System Lord during the Third Goa’uld Dynasty • Influenced part of the ancient culture of Africa • Base of operations is a water planet where he is revered as the god of the sea • Has a love of water planets due to the fact that he has an Ancient’s device similar to transporter rings that allows him to move huge quantities of nonliving goods from one planet to another but it only functions underwater • Developed a limited partnership with Nirrti where she gained resources necessary for her research and he benefited from her research; found out he was being manipulated and much information she was giving him was false and only helped him so much as it furthered her own goals • The partnership came to an end when he abandoned on line of research Nirrti deemed important and in the resulting battle Nirrti released a virus that damaged Olukun’s holdings and set his research back to the beginning • Abandoned his genetic research at that time • Developed a very deep and sophisticated counter-intelligence group which were called Cursor’va or secret police who became experts at not only disseminating misinformation to other Goa’uld but routing out spies and saboteurs in Olukun’s own empire • The Ohnes are a constant problem for Olukun costing him dearly and nearly revealing his transportation device to the other System Lords • Helped to restore Anubis to the rank of System Lord in the episodes Summit and Last Stand • Trying to advance his unique technology to work in non-water environments in order to expand his empire • Trying to find and create a useful amphibian race to utilize as a host • Sha’an is his First Prime and head of the Cursor’va • Host is an African man; has also taken several Ohnes as hosts in the past • Homeworld is Ohtwan, which is mostly water which was once ruled by an underlord that Olukun dispatched and is now suspected to be the location of Olukun’s massive cache of naquadah (an idea propagated by his transport device and his Cursor’va • Gualun is the planet where the secret Cursor’va training facility and the underwater ring transport device is located; though it appears to be a relatively unimportant holding it is actually one of Olukun’s most valuable; unfortunately, Gualun has recently been experiencing sabotage attempts and small invasions by Ohnes or Ohnes servants with their memories altered

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 115, 126 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 10, 88, 94-96, 118, 133, 153, 167, 173 Statistics pg. 94 Ohtwan pg. 95 Gualun pg. 96 Magi-Uchawi Specialty pg. 133 Cursor’va NPCs pg. 153-156

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

The Yoruba god of the sea. He lives in a huge underwater palace with both humans and fish as his servants. In some traditions Olokun is feminine.

- 71 - Osiris Egyptian God of the Dead

• Child of the first queen of the Pharaohs: Nut • One of the first underlords to serve Apep • Fought with Ra in the first war against Anubis and thus, afterward ruled prominently as one of the original System Lords during the Second Goa’uld Dynasty • First pharaoh of Egypt with Isis as his queen • Owner of one of the original Eyes that make up the super weapon Anubis used to destroy Apep that was dismantled by Ra • Tried to assassinate Ra at the urging of his brother Seth who then betrayed him to Ra and therefore he and his queen Isis were imprisoned in a canopic jar by Ra • An archaeologist, Sheldon Stewart, found the jars on a dig and sent them with other relics to the USA to be studied; on the trip the ship was sunk only to have it and the artifacts recovered in summer of 2000 and the relics along with Osiris’ canopic jar found their way to the US, Professor Jordan, and Dr. Sarah Gardner (a long time acquaintance of Daniel Jackson) • Escaped Earth in the host body of Sarah Gardner in The Curse • Approached by Zipacna to become an emissary for Anubis and goes to a System Lord summit as a representative of Anubis asking for his reinstatement to the ranks of those present in the episode Summit and Last Stand • Helps to capture Thor in the episode Revelations allowing Anubis to interrogate him. • Eventually captured in the middle of her attempts to force Dr. Daniel Jackson to remember the Stargate address for the Lost City and is forcibly removed from the host, Sarah Gardner, in the episode Chimera

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 24-25, 28-29, 31, 114 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 8-9, 11, 13, 97-100, 111, 173 Statistics pg. 97-98 Statistics for Sarah Gardner (host) pg. 99

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Katherine Fischer:

Osiris was the Egyptian god of the underworld, although he was also worshipped as a fertility, resurrection, and vegetation god. He was married to Isis, a sky goddess. He was father to Horus, the god of sky, and protector of the dead.

Osiris was killed by his brother Seth, who shut his body in a chest and threw it into the Nile, where it washed up onto the shore and was trapped in a huge tree. The King Byblos turned it into a pillar in his palace. Isis (who had been searching for her husband) discovered the trunk, and retrieved the trunk and the body. While Isis was away, Seth found the body, and chopped it up into many pieces, and scattered them throughout Egypt. Isis and her sister, Nephthys, found the pieces and made wax models of them to give to priests to be worshipped. When they found all of his pieces, they were so sad they wailed loudly enough for Re, the father god, to have pity on them. He sent Anubis and Thoth to help. They mummified Osiris, and put his body in a lion headed pier. Isis changed into a kite and fanned breath into Osiris.

He was not allowed to stay in the land of the living, and was sent to the underworld to serve as king, and to judge the souls of the dead.

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

Osiris - king of the Underworld, was first a god of agriculture and nature. His origin is disputed and he first appeared in dynasty five. In Heliopolis he was said to be son of Re and he represented the deceased king. Minor gods were taken into his vast cult and many legends were told about him. The common Myth of Osiris is about his death (murdered by Set) and resurrection. He was the chief judge in the court at the threshold to the next life, where all the dead citizens were trying to come through to Paradise. He wore a white mummy-dress and was brother to Isis, Set and Nephthys.

- 72 - Pamchadra Nirrti’s “Queen”

• One of the symbiotes given to Nirrti by Hathor in exchange for an invisibility device • Genetically engineered to be able to produce larva • Bore a Harsesis child that was to be used as the perfect host in Nirrti’s experiments • Her larva, once implanted, turned their hosts into mindless aggressive monsters • Released by Nirrti when she abandoned this line of research • Took a male host and joined the forces of Zipacna

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 91-92 Statistics pg. 92

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no mention of Pamchadra in the Encyclopedia Mythica. Further research found nothing dealing with mythology on the name Pamchadra.

- 73 - Pelops Greek Giver of Days

• Goa’uld scientist specializing in nanotechnology. • Known as the keeper of secrets • Currently controls only a handful of worlds and small fleet of ships • Pelops’ is a true scientist among Goa’uld focusing on his obsession with nanotechnology and its application to human physiology • Applications of his nanotechnology include accelerated aging, reversed aging, enhanced abilities, and healing and curing the body of injury and disease; also discovered that any damage the nanocytes could cure or heal they could also cause allowing Pelops to mimic various diseases and injuries • There is nothing unique about Pelops’ transmitters; anything transmitting the correct frequency will work • He seems largely beneficent, however, his Goa’uld nature is shown in his experiments in applying nanotechnology to human physiology using humans as lab rats • As a larva, was almost offered up for ritual cannibalism for some unknown slight perpetrated by the queen that spawned him; he was saved at the last moment • Took a group of humans from Earth and transplanted them to Chulak where he and several other Goa’uld scientists (including Nirrti) developed the first Jaffa well as the Jaffa creation devices • After the Jaffa were distributed evenly among the System Lords and the Jaffa creation devices given to the queens, Pelops took the technology he developed as well as his further plans and retreated to an isolated area of the universe where he could continue to develop his technology without the oversight of the other System Lords • Continued to interact with the Tauri after Ra was routed; interacted with them on several levels and took slaves to populate his worlds and for his continued experiments • He was ignored as a non-threat because of his isolationist policies • Took subjects from Earth to the planet Argos and subjected them to the experiments revealed in the episode Brief Candle . • His experiment on Argos is to serve as a control to monitor human evolution in idyllic surroundings; his experiment on Tiryns is to monitor human evolution in the worst possible environmental conditions survivable by human physiology—the people here are referred to as the “cursed” and believe they are on Tiryns as a form of punishment • Pelops’ nanocytes have a “safety” that causes them to start replicating uncontrollably if subjected to probes or outside stimulus which is what happened in Brief Candle when Samantha Carter and Janet Frasier tried to examine the technology • Pilos and Tripolis serve as breeding grounds for human subjects and the humans on these worlds remain ignorant of their potential use as lab rats; these worlds are ruled by large contingents of Jaffa • Pilos may be undergoing an underground resistance movement • In 464 BC, he took a large population of Spartans from Earth under the mask of a region-wide earthquake caused by an Ancient device Pelops discovered; from these humans he created his Spartan Warrior Jaffa • Sparta is the best defended of Pelops’ worlds with 5,000 Jaffa and human soldiers and another 5,000 Jaffa on Aegis in reserve • His fleet consists of 2 ha’tak and 12 al-kesh remain in orbit around Sparta when not engaged • Sparta is also home to several research facilities used for ongoing nanotechnology research • Aegis serves as his Jaffa homeworld; only has one city—Aegis—full of humans that serve as the control for his experiment on evolution going on on Argos and Tiryns; a millennia later, Pelops brought the Spartans here and they immediately enslaved the current inhabitants of Aegis • The Spartans are about 10% of the population of Aegis but rule by force of arms; the other 90% are called Helots • There are no male priests on Aegis only female priestesses and all male Spartans become Jaffa warriors and all Spartans, male and female, have nanocytes injected to make them stronger, faster, better, etc. • Has extensive laboratories under the coliseum on Aegis • His queen was killed about 1,000 years ago by a Tok’ra assassin; attempts to spread his empire now focus on worlds that hold temples containing crèches and tanks of larval Goa’uld • His most recent attack on other Goa’uld was on Raiden; Pelops’ forces had to retreat in the face of a superior enemy • He now uses his nanotechnology to lengthen the life of his female Jaffa and gives the use of symbiotes strictly to his male Spartan warriors • Desperately wants to forge an alliance with another queen and is willing to offer Queen Helen of Aegis as a host • Alexander serves as Pelops’ First Prime; he fell in love with Queen Helen and when he found out she was having an affair with a Helot, he killed the man who was actually a Tok’ra spy named Acastus and sentenced Helen’s son, Galen, to the role of Crypteia, an honorless group of Helot assassins - 74 -

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 127 Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 25-30, 94, 108, 115, 145-146 Aegis pg. 26 Sparta pg. 26-27 Tiryns pg. 29 Nanotechnology pg. 28-29, 145-146 Statistics (Set One) pg. 115 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 101-105, 107-108, 134, 145, 155, 167, 173 Statistics (Set Two) pg. 101 Sparta pg. 102 Aegis pg. 103-104 Alexander pg. 105-106 Spartan Guard Specialty pg. 134, 147 Nanotechnology pg. 145 Spartan Warrior NPCs pg. 155

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by James Hunter:

Pelops was the son of Tantalus and the grandson of Zeus. When he was a boy, his father cut him into pieces, stewed his flesh in a cauldron, and served him as a feast for the gods. The gods detected the trick and restored Pelops to life; a single piece of his shoulder had been eaten by Demeter, and this they replaced with ivory. After his restoration, Pelops was an even more beautiful young man than before; Poseidon fell in love with him and gave him a winged chariot.

Later, Pelops wooed Hippodameia, the daughter of King Oenomaus of Pisa. Oenomaus had decreed that any suitor might carry Hippodameia off, but that he himself would pursue them and would kill anyone he was able to overtake. He had already killed twelve or thirteen suitors this way. However Pelops (or Hippodameia in some accounts) persuaded Oenomaus' charioteer, Myrtilus, to remove the linchpins from the king's chariot; Oenomaus was thrown from the vehicle, became entangled in the reins, and was dragged to his death. Pelops then killed Myrtilus by throwing him into the sea, either because he had tried to rape Hippodameia or because Pelops resented sharing the credit for success in the chariot race. Myrtilus, as he was dying, cursed the house of Pelops, and this curse blighted the lives of Pelops' sons (Atreus and Thyestes), and his grandsons (Agamemnon and Aegisthus).

Pelops subdued the area of Greece which became known as the Peloponnesus, and then returned to rule Oenomaus' kingdom in Pisa. During the time of the Trojan War, the Greeks brought his bones to Troy because of a prophecy that only by doing so could they conquer the city.

- 75 - Perseus

• Ashrak who killed the Goa’uld Medusa • Became the personal assassin working for Zeus • Remained loyal to Zeus while he was imprisoned on Tartarus and actually attempted rescue a few times

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 128-129 Statistics pg. 128-129

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by James Hunter:

Perseus was the son of Zeus and Danae. Danae's father, King Acrisius, set Danae and her son adrift on the sea because of a prophecy that Perseus would kill him. The two were taken in by Polydectes, the king of Seriphus. Polydectes later conceived a passion for Danae, but was unable to force his attentions on her because Perseus had grown into a redoubtable protector. To get rid of Perseus, Polydectes sent him on a quest to bring back the head of the Gorgon Medusa, a snake- haired maiden who turned all who saw her into stone.

Perseus accomplished his quest with the help of Hermes and Athena. He went first to the Gorgons' sisters, the Graeae, who had only one eye and one tooth which they shared among themselves. Perseus took the eye and the tooth, and agreed to give them back only if the Graeae helped him in his quest. They helped him acquire a pair of winged sandals, a wallet or satchel, and the cap of Hades; the sandals enabled him to fly, the satchel was to carry the Gorgon's head, and the cap conferred invisibility on its wearer. Wearing the cap, he approached Medusa, looking only at her reflection in his shield, and cut off her head.

For more information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Perseus .

- 76 - Qian

• One of Yu’s biological sons • Placed under constant surveillance by his father Yu • Yu’s First Prime has standing orders to kill Qian if he should attempt any kind of coup if Yu is anywhere within the same star system • Two of his brothers, Chiang and Tan-Su, support Qian but lack the vision of their brother • Rumored to be meeting with Anubis on the sly • Rumored to be having an elicit liaison with Yu’s youngest concubine

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 123-124 Statistics pg. 123-124

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no information on Qian in the Encyclopedia Mythica. Further research revealed no mention of Qian in other mythological resources.

- 77 - Qingu

• Consort and son of Tiamat • Holder of the Eye of Tiamat • Captured by Marduk and taken before the System Lords • Marduk beheaded him in front of the System Lords and took control of the Eye and Tiamat’s holdings

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 76

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There are no references to Qingu in the Encyclopedia Mythica.

Exerpt from alt.mythology Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.7 :

Qingu - Tiamat's battle leader. He is promoted and enhanced to a leading position from among the ranks. Tiamat places the Tablet of Destinies into his possession, giving him the Anu-power, such that his word is law and effects reality. He gives his army fire-quenching breath and paralyzing venom. His battle strategy initially confuses Marduk. He is defeated by Marduk and counted among the dead gods.

- 78 - Ra Egyptian Sun God (Presumed deceased)

• One of Apep’s first underlords during the First Goa’uld Dynasty • Led the war to overthrow Anubis after Anubis killed Apep • Banished both Anubis and Thoth for their roll in the death of Apep • After Anubis’ defeat, Ra instituted himself as ruler of the Goa’uld and set up a structure similar to that of Apep’s • Dismantled Anubis’ original super weapon into 6 different control crystals or “Eyes” and gave each to a different System Lord; one he kept and placed on the desert world of Abydos • Prominent ruler during the Second Goa’uld Dynasty; commanded the original forces of Apep • Created a cadre of System Lords in which membership is decided by a vote of the existing members • Led the war against the Asgard throughout the Second Goa’uld Dynasty, • Ra was responsible for stockpiling naquadah and other resources • Outlawed the practice of symbiote cannibalism; the practice was reinstated after his death • Originally discovered Earth when fleeing from a particularly bad spanking by the Asgard and in doing so, discovers the perfect host—humans • Brought the Giza gate to Earth with him in order to make transport of human slaves to other worlds easier • Brought forth the other Goa’uld through the stargate; 1 st were Bastet, Nut, and Thoth • He divides the Earth up, allowing each System Lord to take and claim followers and populate breeding worlds that they are placed in charge of • Claimed and named Abydos approximately 10,000 years ago, brought original Abydonians from Earth to serve him as slaves and mine naquadah • Briefly lost control of Earth to Sokar but soon routed the upstart System Lord firmly reestablishing his control • Imprisoned both Osiris and Isis in canopic jars as punishment for their attempted assassination which was suggested to them by Seth • Cast Anubis’ symbiote into space after Anubis’ second uprising during the Second Goa’uld Dynasty and removed all of Anubis’ supporters from the ranks of the System Lords at the end of the Second Goa’uld Dynasty • In 8,076 B.C., the Tauri of Earth rise up and overthrow their Goa’uld oppressors and Ra is ousted unable to return due to Asgard threats forcing his attention elsewhere • Based his Jaffa armies on Chulak before he was destroyed • First Underlord: Atum • Sentenced Egeria to imprisonment on Pangar after her revelations at a System Lord Summit in 37 B.C. • At the beginning of the Third Goa’uld Dynasty, with on-going war between the System Lords and their enemies, the Asgard and the Tok’ra, Ra placed limits on army size, new technology, and the creation of new larvae in order to prevent the total destruction of the Goa’uld species through unchecked growth and in fighting. • Ordered the original invasion of the Reol homeworld • Killed by Dr. Daniel Jackson and Colonel Jack O’Neill in 1995 on Abydos at the end of the original motion picture, Stargate. • Supposedly built all structures on Abydos including the Abydos Map Building in which all of the Goa’uld Cartouche Stargate addresses came from • The rock from which the Map Building on Abydos was built out of stone that cannot be found on either Abydos or Earth; this and other evidence suggests that the Map building may predate Ra’s arrival on Abydos. • The Map Building contains a room covered with hieroglyphs that store a huge catalogue of Stargate coordinates – many of which are outdated; this suggests that the cartouche room is perhaps as old as 30,000 years • Two large side altars and a statue of Ra that are connected to the cartouche room in the Map Building laud and praise Ra and point to some Goa’uld influence in at least the upkeep or extension of the Map Building • Ruled over Heliopolis until an alliance between the Asgard, Furlings, and Nox wiped everything on the planet out except the fortress where the old alliance once met. Ra fled in defeat only to find the Tauri homeworld and begin his reign anew • Once ruled the world of Akkad; placed Ishtar and Sargon over the world after the failures of Belus; Ishtar and Sargon still retain control of Akkad even after Ra’s death • Ra secreted several Ancients’ artifacts away in the secret passageways and hidden chambers in the ruins of his temples on Cerador, which is now ruled by Kali • Anat, Ra’s daughter and a warrior deity in Egyptian mythology is also imprisoned in a canopic jar on Cerador; she was imprisoned for some forgotten slight to her father • Empire depended heavily on humans: used as hosts, slaves, religious leaders, warriors, bodyguards, and even as his First Prime

- 79 - • Even after being cut off from the stargate network and advancing in technology farther than the Tauri of Earth, the people of Seket-Hetep are still devoted worshippers of Ra who they see as their savior and praise him for “rescuing” them from Earth; it now contains two important and notable structures—The Temple of Amun-Ra and the Pyramid of the Stars (which is actually a huge spaceport) • Amun Station once served as Ra’s personal space station and it does not have a Stargate; since Ra’s death, it has been abandoned but recently was reinhabited by Anubis who now uses it as a meeting place for him and his underlords

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 9, 13, 34, 67-69, 100, 103-104, 107, 112-115, 119, 123-124, 127-129 Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 8-10, 40-41, 48, 52-53, 70-71, 74, 77, 82, 84, 119 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 8-11, 23, 26-27, 30, 36-37, 40-41, 49-51, 58, 62-64, 69, 76, 89, 99-100,108-111, 113-114, 118, 132, 134, 167, 173 Statistics pg. 108 Jackal Guard Specialty pg. 132

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

The Egyptian sun-god. Makes reference to the god Re

The most important of the Egyptian gods, the personification of the (midday) sun. According to the Heliopolitan cosmology he created himself from a mound that arose from the primeval waters of Nun or out of a primordial lotus flower. He then created Shu (air) and Tefnut (moisture), who in turn engendered the earth-god Geb and the sky-goddess Nut. Re was said to have created humankind from his own tears and the gods Hu and Sia from blood drawn from his own penis.

The sun itself was taken to be either his body or his eye (the 'Eye of Re’). The center of his cult was from the very beginning in Heliopolis, where he was also venerated in the forms of Atum (the setting sun) and Khepri (the rising sun) and, in connection to the morning sun, as Re-Harachte. As Re-Atum he is the creator who gives light and warmth and thus growth. Re was often combined with other deities to enhance the prestige of the latter, as in Re-Atum or Amun-Re.

For further information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Re .

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

Re was an old solar-god from Heliopolis and a mayor deity over all Egypt. He was travelling over the sky in his boat every day with his life-giving sundisc. He stood for life, rebirth, children, health, virility etc, and the myths about him are several. His cult was pushed forward during the fifth dynasty when the pharaohs took the title - son of Re, and this should last to the very end of Egyptian history. During the New Kingdom he was combined with Amon as Amon-Re and Horus as Re-Horakhte. He was shown as a falcon-headed man with the sun disc upon his head. In later times he got a wife - Ret, and she looked just like Hathor.

- 80 - Raiden Japanese God Thunder and Lightening

• Built a temple around the Simarkan Stargate and transported the Simarkan people from Earth • This temple was known as The Temple of Sholmoses which stood for centuries only collapsing within the last 200 years • The Temple’s collapse was the result of an uprising against the Goa’uld in which all the tribes bonded together to overtake Raiden and his Jaffa • The tribes destroyed the temple and disabled the Stargate • Supposedly brought the Mongols to Simarka as punishment for their attack on the land of Nihon; enslaved the Simarkan for centuries until he was overthrown • Ruins on Simarka contain a number of partial Stargate addresses to planets within Raiden’s domain; only one is readable-Kyoto • Kyoto is the home of the warlord Ashikaga and the Stargate functions only when Raiden’s flagship is in orbit around Kyoto • Styles himself as a Japanese Emperor and structures his empire in like a shogunate of feudal Japan • His empire currently comprises 17 worlds, 7 ha’tak, and 24 al-kesh bombers • Each world is run by one of his shogun who rules over several daimyo who each control a region of the world • Worlds are populated by people of Japanese descent or Chinese captured from Yu • Akita, Mito, Naha, and Tosa have Stargates on the world • Kyoto is most heavily defended • Kyoto is home of Raiden’s Jaffa and a monastary in a remote area near the capital city serves as a training ground for all warriors serving Raiden • There are many centers of learning and Goa’uld laboratories where technological advances are researched • New tech: Thunder and Lightening Staves, enhanced kara kesh (can mimic thunder • Raiden’s home and base of operations is actually aboard the flagship of his ha’tak fleet, the Katana • The Katana roams from world to world and is used as a mobile base of operations and carries the Kyoto stargate • He has two distinct groups of Jaffa—the Thunder Guards and the Lightening Guards—in addition to standard Jaffa

Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 17-18, 115, 149, 162, 165 Kyoto pg. 18 Statistics pg. 115 Raiden’s improved equipment pg. 149 Lightning Guard NPCs pg. 162 Thunder Guard NPCs pg. 165

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

The Japanese god of thunder ( rai ) and lightning ( den ). He prevented the Mongols from invading Japan in 1274. Sitting on a cloud he sent forth a shower of lighting arrows upon the invading fleet. Only three men escaped. Raiden is portrayed as a red demon with sharp claws, carrying a large drum. He is fond of eating human navels. The only protection against him is to hide under a mosquito net.

- 81 - Rhea

• Wife of Cronus • Betrayed Cronus and conspired with Zeus to overthrow him

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 40, 126

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

In Greek mythology, Rhea is the mother of the gods, daughter of Uranus and Gaia. She is married to her brother Cronus and is the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon and Zeus.

Cronus, jealous of the future power of his children and to secure his dominion, ate his own children but Rhea managed to rescue one son, Zeus. She hid him in the Dictean Cave in Crete and gave Cronus a stone wrapped in the clothes of the infant, which he swallowed. Thus Rhea succeeded in making him believe that he had killed all of his children. When Zeus reached maturity he overpowered and dethroned his father and made Cronus disgorge his siblings.

- 82 - Ruax

• A Goa’uld underlord in an Unas host trapped in the labyrinth of Cimmeria • Formerly one of the chief henchmen of Sokar • Part of a council of four underlords who oversaw the carrying out of Sokar’s orders • He found himself trapped on Cimmeria after chasing a target through the Stargate • He was slain in the labyrinth by SG-1

Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 116 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 114

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no mention of Ruax in the Encyclopedia Mythica. Further research shows no mention of Ruax in other mythological resources.

- 83 - Sargon

• Ruler on the world of Akkad • Served by the Warriors of Akkad (elite Jaffa); specially trained Horus Guards • An Ohnes freedom fighter just recently arrived on Akkad and started instilling the seeds of resistance and rebellion

Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 48, 166 Akkad pg. 48 Warriors of Akkad NPCs pg. 166

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

Sargon I is mentioned as the founder of the city of Akkad.

- 84 - Sekhmet (referenced online in mythological indexes as Sakhmet

• See also Hathor and Bastet • Appeared in the episode Resurrection as a human/goa’uld hybrid who was created after an NID rogue cell found a cache of artifacts belonging to the once powerful Sekhmet • Sekhmet is mention in the episode as begin an ally of Ra • The artifacts most likely contained a canopic jar which contained the remnants of the Goa’uld which the NID scientists then took DNA samples from and used them to engineer a hybrid human • The hybrid, named Anna, actually started developing a separate Goa’uld personality who broke out of her prison and killed over 32 people and set a bomb to go off and destroy the facility in which she was held • At the end of the episode, Diana kills the scientist who created her and then commits suicide

*Note: Sekhmet as a separate Goa’uld is not mentioned in the Stargate RPG Sourcebooks; she is only mentioned as alternate forms of Hathor and Bastet as well as the name of a feline species that once served Bastet. However, in this season 7 episode, Sekhmet is referred to as a separate and unique Goa’uld ruler.

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Marianne Dixon:

A fiery and destructive Egyptian goddess associated with war and divine vengeance. Her name means "the Mighty One" and she was depicted as a woman with the head of a lioness. Her main center of worship was the Old Kingdom capital of Memphis. It was there that she was worshipped as a member of a divine triad with her husband Ptah and her son Nefertem. She was also worshipped in Luxor.

As goddess of war Sakhmet was often said to accompany Pharaoh into battle. The King at war was described as being like Sakhmet in her fury, and the goddess aided him by shooting arrows at his enemies. She was also the "Lady of Pestilence" who could send plague and disease. She was also revered as a healer of these ailments, a role which seems paradoxical in such a bloodthirsty deity

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

Sekhmet (in Greek: Sachmis) was the popular fire-goddess, daughter of Re and associated with plagues and famines. Her husband was the old god Ptah of Memfis an her popularity was parallel to his, that is - through all the 3000- years of Egyptian history. In some places she was considered to have healing functions. She and Hathor once almost wiped out all humanity when Re told her to punish all those who had forgotten him. She was shown as a woman with a head of a lioness and sometimes with the sun disc and/or a cobra on top of her head. Herself, her husband and son Nefertem formed the "Triad of Heliopolis". She had power to destroy Egypt's enemies, killing them with the rays of the sun that she sometimes carried along.

- 85 - Seth Egyptian God of Storms and Chaos

• Also known as Setekh, Set, Seti, and Setesh • Child of the first queen of the pharaohs, Nut • Served as a minor underlord during the Second Goa’uld Dynasty • Brother of Osiris • Convinced Osiris and Isis to attempt an assassination of Ra; after they were caught, he went into hiding on Earth • Trapped and abandoned on Earth for 10,000 years when the Tauri overthrew Ra. • Led several small cults throughout history • His most recent cult was hunted down, dismantled, and he was destroyed by SG-1 and the ATF during the episode Seth.

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 114, 126-127, 129 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 9, 11, 99-100, 167

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

The ancient Egyptian god of chaos, the embodiment of hostility and even of outright evil. He is also a god of war, deserts, storms, and foreign lands. As the god of deserts he protects the caravans which travel through the desert, but he also causes sandstorms which bring him into conflict with the fertility god Osiris. The two are adversaries and in the Osiris myths, Seth killed his brother and scattered the remains all over Egypt. Seth belongs to the Ennead of Heliopolis and is the son of Geb and Nut (or Re and Nut). He is the brother of Osiris, Isis, and Nephthys, who is sometimes given as his consort, although Seth is more commonly associated with the foreign, Semitic goddesses Astarte and Anat. During the 3rd millennium BCE Seth replaced Horus as the tutelary deity of the pharaohs, but the story of Osiris' murder gained currency and Horus was restored to his original status. The war that followed lasted eighty years, during which Seth tore out Horus' left eye and Horus tore off Seth's foreleg and testicles. Eventually, Horus emerged victorious, or was deemed the victor by the council of the gods, and thus became the rightful ruler of the kingdoms of Lower and Upper Egypt. Seth was forced to return the eye of Horus and was either castrated or killed. In other versions he went to live with the sun god Re, where he became the voice of thunder. In the Book of the Dead, Seth is called "Lord of the Northern Sky" and is held responsible for storms and cloudy weather.

Despite his reputation, Seth has some good characteristics. He protects the sun barge of Re during its nightly journey through the underworld and he fights the snake-like monster Apep. On the other hand, he was a peril for ordinary Egyptians in the underworld, where he was said to seize the souls of the unwary.

Seth was portrayed as a man with the head of undeterminable origin, although some see in it the head of an aardvark. He had a curved snout, erect square-tipped ears and a long forked tail.

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

Set from Upper Egypt was a god of winds and storms who became an evil spirit who brought along destruction and disorder. He was seen as a human with a head of an unknown pig-like animal, or just as a pig or a black hippo. His other forms were: a crocodile or a man with red hair and eyes wearing a red mantle since the Egyptians had bright red as a symbol of evil. His cult was by the long desert routes and in dynasty two his name was in the king's title and supporters of his and Horus possibly caused civil war. During the New Kingdom he gained high status as the god of war and got temples of his own. He murdered his brother Osiris and was condemned to pull the sun disc in Re's solar bark across the sky every day, forever. He could also be seen with a dog's body and a pointing tail sometimes looking like an arrow.

- 86 - Shak’ran

• Captured Pangar from Ra in a territorial dispute • Ra eventually destroyed him about 300 years ago • Pangar was never reclaimed

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 127

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no mention of Shak’ran or Shakran in the Encyclopedia Mythica. Further research revealed no mention of Shak’ran or Shakran in other mythological resources.

- 87 - Shiva

• Goa’uld during the time of the discovery of Earth • Held a small dominion and was given access to humans by Ra • Kali served him as an ashrak eliminating people who stood in the way of Shiva • Shiva refused to take a human host and the Tauri likened him more to a demon than a God causing great unrest in the Hindu religion • Shiva continued to refuse and when Ra demanded an audience, Kali appeared instead; Ra offered Kali the solution of killing Shiva herself in exchange for dominion over Shiva’s dominion • In the end, Shiva was killed by Kali and his remaining loyal subjects were in the end wiped out by her

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 62

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

The third deity of the Hindu triad of great gods, the Trimurti. Shiva is called the Destroyer, but has also the aspect of regeneration. As destroyer he is dark and terrible, appearing as a naked ascetic accompanied by a train of hideous demons, encircled with serpents and necklaces of skulls. As auspicious and reproductive power, he is worshipped in the form of the Linga, or phallus.

Shiva is depicted as white, with a dark-blue throat, with several arms and three eyes. He carries a trident and rides a white bull. His consort is Parvati (Devi).

- 88 - Sholdred

• Tok’ra infiltrator serving as an underlord for Morrigan • Given regency of Gleanavar and used the opportunity to create a significant rebellious factor before her true identity was discovered • Replaced by Evnith when her duplicity was exposed

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 82, 84, 86

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no mention of Sholdred in the Encyclopedia Mythica. Further research revealed no information on Sholdred in other mythological resources.

- 89 - Sin

• Goa’uld who ruled the Empire of the Moon • Empire fell to Marduk after the mad Goa’uld inserted a fifth flank of Jaffa troops inside Sin’s armies during a decisive battle

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 77

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

The Sumerian Nanna, the moon. The chief astral deity, sometimes regarded as the son of Enlil and Ninlil; father of Utu- Shamash, the sun, and of Ishtar. He is lord of the calendar, fixing the seasons, and also a vegetation-deity and patron of fertility. With Shamash and Hadad he makes up the second triad of Mesopotamian gods. His chief temple was in Ur.

Exerpt from alt.mythology Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.7 :

Sin (Nannar) - moon god, son of Enlil. He has a beard of Lapis Lazuli and rides a winged bull. His consort is Ningal. He is the father of Shamash. He does not answer Gilgamesh's plea to restore Enkidu to life.

- 90 - Sobek (also Sebek in mythological references) Egyptian God of Fertility

• Due to the small size of his holdings and fearing expulsion, he attempted to claim one of Bastet’s worlds • Bastet and Kali immediately swept over Sobek’s remaining worlds and other holdings • He tried to negotiate with Bastet for peace and she took his head to punish him for his impudence

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 125, 127 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 37

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

An Egyptian god who brings fertility from the Nile waters. He symbolized the power of the pharaohs. He is regarded as a son of Neith. The cradle of his cult was el Faiyum, at the ancient border of Upper and Lower Egypt, although his cult was wide-spread. Here, parts of his temples can still be found. One of the towns in that vicinity was called 'Crocodilopolis' by the Greeks. Other centers of his cult later became Kom Ombo and Thebes.

Sobek is represented as a crocodile or as a man with the head of a crocodile. On his head he often wore a pair or plumes. Later he was associated with the sun-god Re and is then wearing the solar disc and the uraeus on his crocodile head. His Greek name is Suchos.

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

Sobek was a crocodile from Faiyum who was born from the watery chaos when the world was created. He embodied the physical strength of the king, and was bodyguard for many gods protecting them from all evil and black magic as well. He stood for eternal time and in the pyramid texts he was the son of Neith. At the end of the Middle Kingdom kings ruling in the Faijum wore his name. Later he had a big cult at Kom Ombo, where his temple still stands. In some places he was equaled with Set and with the sun disk upon his head he was a manifestation of Re, Sobek-Re.

- 91 - Sokar Egyptian God of the Dead (presumed deceased)

• The most evil and villainous Goa’uld as well as one of the oldest • Came to power by force and terror and terraformed conquered worlds into his own vision of hell by orbital blasting of geological hot spots • After Anubis second return, he seized control of Earth for a time only to be ousted by Ra • A few thousand years later, Sokar is handed a sound defeat by Apophis • He survives to begin amassing a huge army/fleet on his homeworld of Delmak • One of his most trusted and ruthless underlords was Ruax, the Unas/Goa’uld trapped in the Cimmeria labyrinth and killed by SG-1; Ruax’s disappearance left a power vacuum in the ranks of Sokar’s underlords—one he is happy to see his minions squabble over • He eventually capture, tortured, killed and revived Apophis multiple times and sent the fallen System Lord to the hell world of Netu • During the episode Serpent’s Song , Apophis is “rescued” from the clutches of Sokar and Sokar begins to attack the Tauri gate with a particle beam accelerator. Finally, the SGC turns Apophis’ body over to Sokar in order to prevent the System Lord from invading Earth. • The Tauri and Tok’ra caught him and he was destroyed in a battle during which the moon Netu was destroyed along with Sokar’s mothership. It was during the attack that Apophis revealed himself as being alive and managed to escape to Delmak to avoid the destruction in the episode The Devil You Know . • The Blood of Sokar is a synthetic liquid compound administered orally that causes powerful hallucinations in the subject; hallucinations are very realistic including auditory and visual sensations; victims of the Blood are very susceptible to suggestion and it is often used by Goa’uld to extract information from their prisoners • Jaffa were called Necropolis guards and served as terrifying shock troops • Developed a spy network called the Cult of Sokar which served mostly as an information network but occasionally was used for sabotage or assassination; made up of a group of religious fanatics that performed bizarre rituals, practice human and Jaffa sacrifice, and recruit new members • Memphis served as a sanctuary for his demons and Unas who worshipped him; nearly lawless; haven for creatures and monsters of various races • Underneath the surface of Memphis, monsters unable to survive on Memphis are kept in cryogenic stasis for use later on • Necropolis is a world that contains the tombs of dead Goa’uld; contains the Shrine of Apep where it is rumored that the final host of the great Goa’uld Apep is laid to rest and that there is something of great value to Sokar inside

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 17, 19-20, 25, 123-125, 127, 129-130 Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 116 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 9-11, 30-31, 36-37, 100, 113-116, 133-134, 144, 173 Statistics pg. 113 Cult of Sokar pg. 114 Memphis pg. 115 Necropolis pg. 115-116 Necropolis Guard Specialty pg. 133, 146 Cultist of Sokar pg. 134 The Sunshade pg. 144

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

The Egyptian god of the Memphis necropolis, and a funerary god. In the Old Kingdom, Seker came to be regarded as a manifestation of the dead Osiris at Abydos in Upper Egypt. Also during this time, he came to be syncretized with Ptah as Ptah-Seker, in which form he took the lioness goddess Sakhmet as his consort. In the Middle Kingdom, the three were sometimes merged in the form Ptah- Seker-Osiris. As god of the necropolis, Seker is also the patron of the craftsmen who are put to work there. He was associated with the manufacture of various objects used in embalming and in funerary rituals.

He also played a prominent role at Thebes where he was depicted on the royal tombs. An important annual festival was held in his honor at Thebes. The festival celebrated the resurrection of Osiris in the form of Seker and the continuity of the Egyptian monarchy. - 92 -

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

Sokar was the old god of the dead from Memphis. He was taken into the vivid mythology around his big local colleague Ptah and was then said to have emerged from his divine creation. Later he joined the Osiris cult and made a triad with him and Ptah and was given a fancy mummy dress (see picture right). On rare occasions he could be seen as a dwarf with a big head. His animal was the falcon and he was usually depicted as a man with a falcon's head and the white crown of Upper Egypt with plumes, the so called Atef-crown (pictures).

- 93 - Surpanakha

• Goa’uld who inhabited the body of Kendra, a Marduk priestess on Jebanna • Kendra tricked her symbiote into going to Cimmeria where they were trapped in the labyrinth • Kendra entered Thor’s Hammer destroying Surpanakha and escaping to live a peaceful life as a healer and wise- woman • In the episode Thor’s Hammer , Kendra leads SG-1 to Thor’s Hammer where they destroy the protective device to save Teal’c • In the episode Thor’s Chariot , she again by leaving her legacy—a healing device and a kara kesh

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 79

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no information on Surpanakha in the Encyclopedia Mythica.

Further research found the following information:

Surpanakha had been sent to the forest by her brother Ravana to live in her own domain. She is described as a demon with wild, matted hair, flame- colored fangs, huge in size and a belly full of meat she had eaten. She saw Rama and fell in love with him. She accosted him, declaring her love, asking Sita to leave them alone. Rama knew it was time to end his visit with Surpanakha, so he asked her to leave. She went away temporarily, only to return and gaze threateningly upon Sita. Laksman leaped up, grabbed Surpanakha and cut her ears and nose. Surpanakha ran away to her brother Ravana, and told him of her injuries and the beauty of Sita. The painting is from a modern Bengali scroll.

- 94 - Svarog Slavic God of Sun and Fire

• Came to power during the Third Goa’uld Dynasty • Attended the System Lords’ Summit in the episodes Summit and Last Stand and voted to allow Anubis back into the ranks of the System Lords • Attacked Latona when it became suspected that the Sentinel had been disabled in the episode The Sentinel.

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 115, 127

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

Slavic sun and fire god, originally the supreme god of the Slavic pantheon. He is the divine smith, and patron of the fire of the hearth and of blacksmiths. In his capacity as a smith he is often equated with the Greek Hephaestus. He is also thought responsible for institutionalizing marriage. His sons are the gods Dabog and Svarozic. In later times he degrades to some kind of fire demon.

- 95 - Tanit

• One of the “gods” of Carthage or Lu’Cartago as the Byrsa on Cartago call the ancient city

Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 57

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

Tanit is listed as the wife of Ba’al-Hammon in the Encyclopedia Mythica.

An exerpt from alt.mythology Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.1 :

Tanit 'lady of Carthage', 'face of Ba’al’ the great goddess of the Carthaginians and, with Ba’al Hammon co- protector of that city. She is listed first of all deities in Carthage.

- 96 - Tanith

• Symbiote carried by the Jaffa priestess Shan’auc • In the episode Crossroads , Shan’auc claims that she can communicate with her symbiote and asks the Tok’ra to find it a suitable host. Once in a host, Tanith kills Shan’auc. • The Tok’ra and Tauri are aware of Tanith’s duplicity and use him as an unwitting double agent to send misinformation to the System Lords. • Finally, in the episode Exodus, Tanith’s duplicity is exposed, but he manages to escape to only to reveal the location of the Tok’ra base to Apophis. • After the destruction of Apophis, he turns his loyalty to Anubis and helps to blackmail the Tollan into building weapons for the secretly risen, banished System Lord. At the end of Between Two Fires , Tanith orders Tollana’s destruction and the super weapons built for Anubis by the Tollan are destroyed along with the Tollan homeworld. • Teal’c eventually kills Tanith at the beginning of the episode 48 Hours on P3X-116.

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 23, 26-28, 128 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 21-22 Statistics pg. 21-22

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no information on Tanith in the Encyclopedia Mythica. Further research revealed nothing about Tanith in other mythological resources.

- 97 - Tan-Su

• Biological son of Yu the Great • Conspiring with Qian without his father’s knowledge • Waiting to slip into power upon his father’s downfall

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 123

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no information on Tan-Su in the Encyclopedia Mythica. Further research revealed nothing about Tan-Su or TanSu in other mythological resources.

- 98 - Telchak

• Originally an apprentice to the initial creator of the sarcophagus, Thoth • Perfected the original sarcophagus design begun by Thoth in 9032 B.C. • The new design provides near-immortality to the Goa’uld • Telchak hides the original device on Earth and keeps his notes in the Book of Thoth • The original device designed by Thoth becomes the basis for the Fountain of Youth legends of Central America • In the episodes Evolution Part I and Part II , Daniel Jackson goes to Central America in an effort to locate the original device created by Telchak hoping to use it to develop a weapon against Anubis’ new super soldiers

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 8-10, 13

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no mention of Telchak or Chak in the Encyclopedia Mythica.

Further research revealed the following information:

Chac was the god of rain. He was a benevolent god for the Mayans who often sought his help for their crops. Chac was associated with creation and life. Chac was also considered to be divided into four equal entities. Each division represented the North, South, East, and West. Chac was also apparently associated with the wind god, Kukulcan. Some debate persists as to whether or not Kukulcan was just a variation of Chac.

Also known as Ah-hoya, Ah-Tzenul, Chac-Mol, Chac-Mool, Chak, Chaak, Cocl Jo, God-B

Chac: Top Mayan God of Agriculture, Fertility, Rain and Lightning. He's also one of the alphabet gods known as God B. B is for Bursting Clouds.

Chac is a reptilian critter with fangs and a rather droopy snout. His hair is a permanently knotted tangle of confusion, which we find quite endearing.

Very important for harvests and growing, Chac sends rain into the world by weeping from his large benevolent eyes. He's very good like that, even teaching the secrets of farming at no extra cost.

Chac comes in four fashionable colors symbolizing the four corners of the world, red (east), white (north), yellow (south) and black (west), and owns the color-coordinated Bacabs.

- 99 - Terok

• A torture master that served Heru’ur • Assigned to make an example out of Teal’c in hopes of crushing the growing Jaffa rebellion in the episode The Serpent’s Venom

*Note: Terok is not mentioned in any of the Stargate RPG sourcebooks. He was only mentioned in the TV series.

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no mention of Terok in the Encyclopedia Mythica. Other than being Terok Nor in the Star Trek mythos, there is no mention of Terok in any other earth-based mythological resources.

- 100 - Thoth Egyptian Moon God and God of the Dead

• One of the first underlords to serve Apep • Created the first sarcophagus 18,000 years ago which is initially dangerous to use and begins to pass naquadah into the blood of future symbiotes; however, sarcophagus exposure proves dangerous to the symbiotes • Banished for his part in Apep’s downfall; remaining research is left in the hands of his apprentice Telchak • His original device is hidden on Earth by Telchak and his lost teachings are held in the Book of Thoth • Anubis uses the information in the Book of Thoth and the designs for the original sarcophagus to create his genetically engineered super soldiers • The original device is eventually recovered by Dr. Daniel Jackson in the episode Evolution Part I and returned to the SGC Alpha Site for study in Evolution Part II

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 114, 128 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 8-9, 13

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

Thoth was the god of wisdom, inventor of writing, patron of scribes and the divine mediator. He is most often represented as a man with the head of an ibis, holding a scribal palette and reed pen. He could also be shown completely as an ibis or a baboon.

As with most Egyptian deities there were many different stories regarding the parentage of Thoth. Many sources call him the son of Re, but one tradition has him springing forth from the head of Seth. This latter story is reminiscent of the birth of the Greek goddess Athena, who like Thoth was the patron divinity of wisdom.

Myths concerning Thoth show him as a divinity whose counsel is always sought. His most significant role is during the battles of Horus and Seth. Thoth is a staunch supporter of Horus and his mother Isis, maintaining that Horus' claim to the throne is just and the murderous Seth has no right to the kingship of Egypt. Elsewhere Thoth is a reliable mediator and peacemaker.

For more information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Thoth .

Further information found at 96 Egyptian Gods :

The god of wisdom, learning, writing, wit, speaking and inventions. He was secretary at the court of Osiris and as a baboon (animal of wisdom) ready to manipulate the result at the "Scale of Truth". As a man he had a head of a ibis-stork and stood for fantasy. He protected physicians and knew of magic and could wear the moon upon his head.

- 101 - Tiamat Babylonian Goddess of Primeval Chaos

• Became an underlord of Apep around 17,800 B.C. • Ruled prominently as one of the original System Lords during the Second Goa’uld Dynasty • Launched a revolt when she was driven mad by constant war and slaughter; she was determined to destroy the Goa’uld and start a new dynasty • On the planet now named Marduk’s Zoo she started breeding a monster army to use as the new Goa’uld hosts • Ra gave Marduk free hand to kill her and the System Lords gave him control of their combined fleets to do so • He killed her by drawing her fleets into a few key star systems and then destroying those stars taking the majority of Tiamat’s fleet • Marduk’s Zoo was one such planet that was caught in the mini-supernova; most life was wiped out but the planet still contains many of the genetic variations created by Tiamat • In the end, she was caught and cut in two by a ring transporter trap that Marduk had set • Marduk took the ancient artifact the Eye of Tiamat after he killed her and the Eye was buried with him

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 114, 126-127 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 8-9, 12, 76-77 Marduk’s Zoo pg. 78

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

In Babylonian myths, Tiamat is a huge, bloated female dragon that personifies the saltwater ocean, the water of Chaos. She is also the primordial mother of all that exists, including the gods themselves. Her consort is Apsu, the personification of the freshwater abyss that lies beneath the Earth. From their union, saltwater with freshwater, the first pair of gods were born. They are Lachmu and Lachamu, parents of Ansar and Kisar, grandparents of Anu and Ea.

For more information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Tiamat .

Exerpt from alt.mythology Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ, ver. 1.7 :

Tiamat - primeval Chaos, bearer of the skies and the earth, mother of Lahmu, Lahamu, Anshar, and Kishar. The clamor of the younger gods disturbed her, but she continued to indulge them. When Apsu and Mummu suggested that they kill the younger gods, she grew furious, calmed down and rejected the plan. Her restless subservient gods goaded her into action after Apsu is slain. They prepared to wage war against the other gods. As Mother Hubur, the underworld river, who fashions all things, she bore giant snakes with venom for blood, and cloaked dragons with a godlike radiance yet with a terrible visage, for the war. She rallied a horned serpent, a mushussu-dragon, a lahmu-hero, a ugallu- demon, a rabid dog, a scorpion-man, umu-demons, a fish-man, a bull-man, and eleven others underneath her champion, Qingu. She gave Qingu the Tablet of Destinies to facilitate his command and attack. Marduk came with his host to attack her. Qingu's strategy initially confuses him, and Tiamat tried to enspell him, hurling jibes at him. She was rebuffed and incited into single combat with Marduk. She continued to cast her spell and Marduk netted her, and threw a wind at her. She tried to swallow it and was undone - distended, shot, sliced in two and cut in the heart. Her crushed skull heralded her death, and half of her skin was used to roof up the sky. Her eyes became the sources of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

- 102 - Vritra

• Overthrew Indra on Prakiti • Viscous and sadistic; often invades worlds with the intent only to destroy the Goa’uld in power without any regard or care for the native population • Became an outcast among the Goa’uld • Studied ancient Goa’uld texts about the origin of the Stargate network • He is looking for Ancients’ technology that may have been scattered throughout the galaxy along with the Stargates • Followed up countless leads from old texts to hieroglyphic carvings to legends and myths • His research and expeditions led him to Prakiti which according to his theories used to be a stronghold of the Ancients • He has spent the last decade on Prakiti searching for the Ancients’ cache • His Jaffa are called the Asura • No statistics listed in any sourcebook

Stargate Season One: Fantastic Frontiers pg. 13-14,121,158 Prakiti pg. 12,121 Statistics pg. 121 Asura NPCs pg. 158

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Stephen T. Naylor:

Vritra was one of the asuras, perhaps the most powerful of them all. His name means "Enveloper." He was a dragon or serpent who was said to be so huge that his coils surrounded mountains, and his head touched the sky. He was the bringer of drought, and his chief enemy was Indra.

For more information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Vritra .

- 103 - Xiwangmu Queen Mother of the West

• Last remaining queen Goa’uld of Emperor Yu • Long ago became infertile • Still a trusted and valued advisor • Resides on the planet Ulan-Tze in the capital city of Kweilin in the Palace of Golden Peaches • Entrusted with the keeping of Yu’s most valuable technology

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 118, 120-123 Statistics pg. 122-123 Ulan-Tze pg. 119-120

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no information on Xiwangmu in the Encyclopedia Mythica.

Further research revealed the following information:

Daoist goddess who rules over the "Western Paradise" and is the head of a pantheon of goddesses and female immortals. In her garden, she grows the peaches of immortality.

- 104 - Yu the Great The Jade Emperor The Exalted Lord Yu-Hueng Sheng-Te Hero of Ch’in Eldest of the System Lords

• Ruled prominently as one of the original System Lords during the Second Goa’uld Dynasty • The last elected Emperor of China and the progenitor of the first inherited monarchy • May have been the reason for the belief that Chinese emperors are descended from dragons • Actively supported Ra during the First Dynasty • The oldest of the existing System Lords and is showing signs of his age as his health is deteriorating and he must spend more time in his Sarcophagus • At one time had 4 queens under his domain; three of these are dead but one, Queen Xiwangmu is still alive and in a position of trust • Had over 100 concubines on various worlds and put his biological sons in positions of cultural and religious importance • Rules his Jaffa with extreme latitude but expects them to achieve accordingly • Tok’ra have been unable to infiltrate his armies and underlords • First appeared in Fair Game as one of the three Goa’uld System Lords to come to Earth to negotiate terms for including Earth in the Asgard Protected Planets treaty • Is a staunch force against Anubis and will do anything to prevent Anubis from taking over the System Lords • The only System Lord to directly and vocally oppose Anubis’ reinstatement to the rank of System Lord in the episodes Summit and Last Stand. • Revealed to Teal’c the true identity of K’tano (Imhotep) in the episode The Warrior • His First Prime is currently Shin Kun who, while still extremely loyal to his lord, is beginning to believe that while his master is very old and powerful he is not a God; he has been in the service of Yu for 3 decades • Leads the combined fleet of the System Lords against Anubis in the episode Full Circle only to be defeated by Anubis’ super weapon; however, in the end, his first prime, Shin Kun, rallies his fleet and after the destruction of Anubis’ super weapon by the X-303, attacks Anubis’ mothership forcing Anubis himself to escape in an escape pod in the episode Homecoming. • Considered pragmatic and practical • Recently been engaged in battles with the likes of Cronus, Morrigan, and Olukun • His health is currently failing and with the multiple threats of Anubis and the growing strength of his ancient enemy Ba’al, he may not be able to prevail for much longer even with the power of the sarcophagus • Should Yu die, the power vacuum left in his wake would leave the System Lords scrambling over each other for control and Anubis would benefit greatly • A fleet of 16 ha’tak and over 1,000,000 Jaffa; planets are connected by transport corridors and satellites • Host is a middle-aged Asian man with hair and clothing from the earliest period of Chinese history • His demeanor and voice are very authoritative; advancing age and illness makes him forgetful and short- tempered

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 18-19, 28, 30, 35, 114-115, 124, 126, 128 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 9, 11-12, 31, 41, 117-124, 132, 167, 173 Statistics pg. 117-118 Shin Kun pg. 124-125 Emperor’s Hand Guard Specialty pg. 132

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Micha F. Lindemans:

The "Jade Emperor" of Chinese mythology. He is one of the most important deities of folk religion and religious Taoism. He personally determines all that happens in Heaven and on Earth, and for this purpose he has an enormous celestial administration at his disposal. This administration is a faithful replica of the administration of the Chinese empire. At the beginning of each new year, his subordinates ascend to his palace in Heaven and report to him. Depending on how well those deities have lived up to their responsibilities, the Jade Emperor may promote them to higher positions or transfer them to other departments.

For more information see the article in the Encyclopedia Mythica on Yu-Huang .

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Zarpani

• Daughter of Tiamat • Spared by Marduk • Goa’uld queen who was used to expand Marduk’s empire • Her symbiotes that rejected the perfect hosts that Marduk found for them were killed as an example to other symbiotes

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 76

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

There is no mention of Zarpani in the Encyclopedia Mythica. Further research revealed that there is no reference to Zarpani in any mythological resources.

- 106 - Zeus Lord of the Thunderbolt

• With the help of Cronus’ wife Rhea, he overthrew Cronus and took many of his holdings including those on Earth in ancient Greece and Troy • After Cronus’ empire toppled, and the Olympians ruled for centuries and he became like those he despised- despotic and corrupt • Cronus’ agents infiltrated Zeus’ throne world, Delos, and spread seeds of discontent and rebellion • Cronus then set his fleets to an all-out attack against Zeus; Zeus and his fleets were crushed while Zeus remained trapped in his palace • Cronus banished the upstart Zeus to his prison world Tartarus • When Cronus was killed, Zeus escaped Tartarus and has spent much of his time since trying to regain the former holdings of Cronus’ that became his for a brief time • Had a huge influence on Greece and the Mediterranean area in the short time he was on Earth • His Jaffa wear unique armor – the Olympian tunic • Olympus serves as Zeus’ “get-away” world where he is worshipped in idyllic settings; it is also the location of Mt. Olympus • Delos is the location of Zeus’ shipyards as well as a large naquadah mine on Arcadia • First Prime: Heracles was among the first Jaffa to welcome Zeus back and helped to hunt down the remainder of Cronus’ Jaffa on Olympus • After the death of Medusa, the ashrak, Perseus, became Zeus’ personal assassin

Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 40, 125-128, 133, 148, 173 Statistics pg. 125-126 Olympus pg. 126 Delos pg. 127 Heracles pg. 127-128 Olympian Guard Specialty pg. 133, 146-147 Lightning Thrower pg. 148

Encyclopedia Mythica Article:

Zeus, the youngest son of Cronus and Rhea, he was the supreme ruler of Mount Olympus and of the Pantheon of gods who resided there. Being the supreme ruler he upheld law, justice and morals, and this made him the spiritual leader of both gods and men. Zeus was a celestial god, and originally worshiped as a weather god by the Greek tribes.

For more information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Zeus .

- 107 - Zipacna

• A Mayan deity who took the form of a giant crocodile • Fled Earth after a pair of fellow Goa’uld crashed a ha’tak into his territory • He has poor military skills and his attempt at starting his own empire was cut off abruptly when Apophis defeated him and absorbed his territory • He has a knack for diplomacy and politics • When Sokar struck Apophis down, Zipacna’s host was killed and he was forced to find another body; he initially served Klorel but then switched his loyalty to Anubis who offered safety and protection in exchange for obedience • An underlord to Apophis who represented Klorel during the Tollan Triad in the episode Pretense • Managed to recruit the recently re-emerged Osiris and nearly destroy the Tok’ra during his surprise attack on Revanna in the episode Summit . • He currently continues to serve Anubis as a courtier and spy and works to subtly undermine the ranks of the System Lords

Stargate SG-1 Core Rulebook pg. 21, 126, 129 Stargate System Lords: Living Gods pg. 22-23, 79, 91, 100, 111 Statistics pg. 22-23

Encyclopedia Mythica Article by Barry Maquire:

Zipacna was a great giant in Mayan mythology, written about in the Popul Vuh , a compilation of Mayan myths and legends. He was brother of Cabrakan and son of Vucub Caquix, the Great Macaw. These three were considered by the gods to be the most arrogant of all at that time. They therefore dispatched the hero twins, Hun-Apu and Ixbalanque to slay them. These two boys were the undoing of this great giant. The creation of the Pleiades star cluster is also attributed to Zipacna.

For more information see the Encyclopedia Mythica article on Zipacna .

Further research found the following:

Zipacna: Mayan Evil Mountain God, son of the Underworld God Vucub-Caquiz and the giant brother of giant Cabrakan.

He was extremely arrogant and nasty, and thought nothing of killing four hundred brave young warriors by sitting on them. Okay, so they'd been sent by the Gods to kill him, but it's still a nasty way to go.

Zipacna came to a nasty end thanks to the hero-twins, who set a devious trap. They made an enormously juicy and mouthwatering artificial crab and told Zipacna his dinner was ready.

While he was salivating over it, they chopped down a nearby mountain the way lesser mortals would chop down a tree. And Timberrr! the mountain toppled and crushed Zipacna beneath its weight.

- 108 - Index

Abydos ...... 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 24, 41, 64, 79, 92 Aegis ...... 57, 74, 75 Afa ...... 2 Akita ...... 81 Akkad ...... 26, 45, 79, 84 Amaunet ...... 3, 10, 41 Amentet ...... See Amaunet Amun-Re ...... See Ra Amurru ...... 4, 5 Anat ...... 6, 14, 21, 65, 79, 86 Anhur ...... 4, 5 Anna ...... See Sekhmet Annwn ...... 15 Anubis ...... 7, 8, 9, 20, 23, 48, 64, 67, 71, 72, 77, 79, 80, 92, 95, 97, 99, 101, 105, 108 Amun Station ...... 8, 80 Mask of Anubis ...... 7, 8 Super Soldier ...... 8, 99, 101 Apep ...... 7, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 23, 46, 70, 72, 79, 86, 92, 101, 102 Serekh ...... 9 Apophis ...... 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, 25, 27, 29, 40, 41, 48, 49, 56, 58, 66, 92, 97, 108 Serpent Guards ...... 58 Arawn ...... 15, 22, 32, 37, 52 Black Cauldron ...... 15, 52 Argos ...... 74 Asarluhi ...... 12 Ashikaga ...... 13, 81 Ashrak ...... 7, 12, 40, 41, 50, 54, 57, 68, 76, 88, 107 Astarte ...... 14, 21, 65, 86 Atalanta ...... 16 Atok ...... 9, 17 Atraxia ...... 20 Atum ...... 18, 79, 80 Atum-Re ...... See Ra Avnil ...... 2 Aziel ...... 19

Ba’al ...... 6, 14, 20, 21, 25, 48, 49, 59, 65, 96, 105 Crucian Knight ...... 20 Balor ...... 15, 22, 32, 51, 52, 63, 64 Bast ...... See Bastet Bastet ...... 9, 23, 24, 41, 48, 66, 79, 85, 91 Bast Guards ...... 23 Bel ...... 25, 54 Belus ...... 26, 45, 79 Bubastis ...... 23, 24 Bynarr ...... 10, 11, 27

Cerador ...... 6, 48, 79 Chac ...... See Telchak Chiang ...... 28, 77 Chulak ...... 5, 10, 11, 68, 74, 79 - 109 - Cimmeria ...... 25, 41, 54, 83, 92, 94 Cronus ...... 16, 29, 30, 35, 41, 47, 68, 82, 105, 107 Guard of Ages ...... 16, 29 Cuchulainn ...... 31, 32, 64

Dagda ...... 22, 31, 32, 33, 51, 52, 64 Danu ...... 31, 32, 33, 51, 52, 62, 64 Delmak ...... 10, 11, 92 Delos ...... 29, 107 Dendara ...... 53

Egeria ...... 34, 56, 79 Emain Abhlach ...... 52, 62, 63 Enlil ...... See Kur Episode Abyss ...... 20 Allegiance ...... 7, 68 Between Two Fires ...... 7, 97 Birthright ...... 61 Brief Candle ...... 74 Children of the Gods ...... 3, 5, 10, 49 Chimera ...... 72 Cor-ai ...... 10 Crossroads ...... 97 Death Knell ...... 8 Descent ...... 7 Double Jeopardy ...... 29, 47 Enemies ...... 10 Evolution ...... 8, 99, 101 Exodus ...... 10, 97 Fail Safe ...... 7 Fair Game ...... 29, 68, 105 Fallen ...... 7 Forever in a Day ...... 3 Full Circle ...... 7, 64, 105 Hathor ...... 38 Homecoming ...... 7, 20, 105 Into the Fire ...... 38 Jolinar’s Memories ...... 10, 27 Last Stand ...... 7, 23, 48, 64, 71, 72, 95, 105 Metamorphosis ...... 68 Out of Mind ...... 38 Pretense ...... 49, 108 Redemption ...... 7 Resurrection ...... 85 Revelations ...... 7, 72 Revisions ...... 64 Rite of Passage ...... 68 Secrets ...... 3, 41 Serpent’s Grasp ...... 10, 49 Serpent’s Song ...... 10, 92 Seth ...... 86 Singularity ...... 68 Summit ...... 7, 20, 23, 48, 64, 71, 72, 79, 95, 105, 108 The Cure ...... 34 The Curse ...... 46, 72

- 110 - The Devil You Know ...... 10, 92 The Serpent’s Venom ...... 10, 41, 100 The Tomb ...... 53, 54 The Warrior ...... 43, 105 Thor’s Chariot ...... 41, 94 Thor’s Hammer ...... 25, 94 Upgrades ...... 10 Within the Serpent’s Lair ...... 49 Eridu ...... 12 Eriu ...... 33, 64 Eskal ...... 38 Eurythion ...... 35 Evnith ...... 36, 64, 89 Eyes of the Gods ...... 7, 9, 23, 54, 64, 72, 78, 79, 80, 102

First Goa’uld Dynasty ...... 7, 9, 79

Gleanavar ...... 36, 64, 89 Gualun ...... 71 Gwydion ...... 15, 37, 52

Hamar ...... See Bel Hanka ...... 68 Harsesis ...... 3, 10, 41, 68, 73 Hathor ...... 3, 6, 10, 23, 38, 39, 41, 42, 46, 60, 68, 73, 80, 85 Eye of Ra ...... 38, 39 Eyes of Hathor ...... 38 Hekort ...... 40, 41 Heliopolis ...... 18, 46, 60, 66, 70, 72, 79, 80, 85, 86 Herevah ...... 50 Heru’ur ...... 3, 10, 29, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 49, 64, 70, 72, 80, 84, 86, 101 Horus Guards ...... 3, 84 Horus ...... See Heru’ur

Imhotep ...... 43, 105 Indra ...... 44, 103 Maruts ...... 44 Ishtar ...... 26, 38, 45, 79, 90 Isis ...... 9, 10, 39, 41, 42, 46, 67, 70, 72, 79, 86, 101 Ixal ...... See Hathor

Ja’din ...... 16, 47 Jardia ...... 68, 69 Javabli ...... 38 Jebanna ...... 54, 94 Juna ...... 16, 29, 41

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K’kaa ...... 10, 11 Kali ...... 6, 23, 48, 68, 79, 88, 91 Brahma Guard ...... 48 Cerador Cabal ...... 48 Kalydon ...... 16, 29 Kandara ...... 68 Kandaran-Fever ...... 69 Kel ...... 26, 48 Kel’ry ...... 48 Kelowna ...... 20 Kendra ...... 25, 54, 94 Klorel ...... 10, 41, 49, 108 Kur ...... 50, 90 Dragon Guards ...... 50 Kyoto ...... 13, 81

L’Kresha ...... 20 Lekanos ...... 29 Letopolis ...... 41, 42 Lost City ...... 8, 72 Lugh ...... 22, 31, 32, 33, 51, 52, 62, 64

Magtireth ...... 22, 32, 64 Manannan mac Lir ...... 15, 22, 32, 33, 51, 52, 62, 63, 64 Arthur ...... 52, 62, 63 Cauldron Born ...... 15, 22, 52 Cormac mac Art ...... 52 Fianna ...... 52, 62 Marasis ...... 53 Marduk ...... 12, 25, 54, 55, 68, 78, 90, 94, 102, 106 Marduk’s Zoo...... 25, 54, 102 Marteen ...... 56 Martu ...... See Amurru Medusa ...... 57, 76, 107 Mehen ...... 9, 58 Melkart ...... 59, 61 Melqart ...... See Melkart Memphis ...... 92, 93 Mingala ...... 38 Mito ...... 81 Mnevis ...... 60 Moloc ...... 61 Moloc ...... 21, 61 Moloch ...... See Moloc Mordred ...... 51, 52, 62, 63 Morgan le Fay ...... See Morgause Morgause ...... 52, 62, 63 Morrigan ...... 31, 32, 33, 36, 51, 52, 62, 64, 89, 105 Raven Guards ...... 64 Mot ...... 6, 14, 20, 21, 61, 65

Naha ...... 81 - 112 - Necropolis ...... 19, 92 Nefertem ...... See Nefertum Nefertum ...... 66, 85 Neone ...... 38, 39, 68 Nephthys ...... 6, 8, 42, 46, 67, 70, 72, 86 Netu ...... 10, 11, 27, 92 Nirrti ...... 29, 38, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74 Hok’tar ...... 68 Nut ...... 9, 41, 42, 43, 46, 67, 70, 72, 79, 80, 86 Nyklos ...... See Marteen

Ohtwan ...... 71 Olokun ...... See Olukun Olukun ...... 68, 71, 105 Cursor’va ...... 71 Magi-Uchawi ...... 71 Olympus ...... 107 Osiris ...... 7, 8, 9, 41, 42, 46, 67, 70, 72, 79, 86, 92, 93, 101, 108

Pamchadra ...... 68, 73 Pangar ...... 34, 79, 87 Pelops ...... 74, 75 Nanotechnology ...... 74, 75 Spartan Warrior ...... 74, 75 Perseus ...... 57, 76, 107 Pilos ...... 74 Poligra ...... 48 Prakiti ...... 44, 103

Qian ...... 28, 77, 98 Qingu ...... 54, 55, 78, 102

Ra ...... 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 20, 23, 25, 26, 29, 34, 38, 39, 41, 45, 46, 48, 52, 53, 54, 58, 60, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 79, 80, 85, 86, 87, 88, 91, 92, 101, 102, 105 Jackal Guards ...... 23, 80 Raiden ...... 13, 74, 81 Lightning Guard ...... 81 Thunder Guard ...... 81 Re ...... See Ra Relana ...... 23 Replicators ...... 11 Rhea ...... 29, 82, 107 Ruak ...... 92 Ruax ...... 83

Sakhmet ...... See Hathor, See Sekhmet Saqqara ...... 9 Sarah Gardner...... See Osiris

- 113 - Sargon ...... 26, 45, 79, 84 Second Goa’uld Dynasty ...... 10, 20, 23, 29, 41, 43, 46, 72, 79, 86, 102, 105 Seker ...... See Sokar Seket-Hetep ...... 80 Sekh’Pa ...... 7, 8 Sekhmet ...... 10, 23, 38, 66, 85 Set ...... See Seth Seth ...... 9, 39, 42, 46, 67, 70, 72, 79, 86, 91, 101 Shak’ran ...... 87 Shiva ...... 48, 88 Sholdred ...... 36, 64, 89 Simarka ...... 81 Sin ...... 45, 90 Sobek ...... 23, 91 Sokar ...... 10, 11, 19, 20, 23, 27, 41, 49, 79, 83, 92, 93, 108 Blood of Sokar ...... 10, 92 Cult of Sokar ...... 92 Necropolis Armor ...... 19 Necropolis Guards ...... 92 Soma-Kesh ...... 41 Sparta ...... 74, 75 Stargate, The Movie ...... 79 Surpanakha ...... 25, 54, 94 Svarog ...... 95

Ta-Netjer ...... 38 Tanit ...... 96 Tanith ...... 7, 10, 97 Tan-Su ...... 77, 98 Tartarus ...... 29, 76, 107 Tarvis ...... 23 Telchak ...... 8, 99, 101 Terok ...... 100 Third Goa’uld Dynasty ...... 10, 20, 29, 41, 48, 68, 71, 79, 95 Thoth ...... 7, 9, 39, 72, 79, 99, 101 Book of Thoth ...... 8, 101 Tiamat ...... 50, 54, 78, 102, 106 Tiryns ...... 74, 75 Tollana ...... 7, 8, 41, 49, 97 Tosa ...... 81 Tripolis ...... 74 Truskat ...... 14, 65 Tuat ...... 4, 5

Ulan-Tze ...... 104

Vilna ...... 68 Vorash ...... 10, 25 Vritra ...... 44, 103 Asura ...... 103

Xiwangmu ...... 104, 105 - 114 - Y

Yu ...... 7, 8, 20, 28, 43, 77, 81, 98, 104, 105 Emperor’s Hand Guard ...... 105 Shin Kun, First Prime ...... 105

Zarpani ...... 106 Zeus ...... 26, 29, 75, 76, 82, 107 Olympian Guard ...... 107 Zipacna ...... 7, 25, 72, 73, 108

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