From: odysseus1479-at@yahoo-dot.ca   
      
   Master wrote:   
   >   
   > I am sure ther were some... like Eris (Godess of discord) in greek   
   > Mythology, an Loki in Norse, and Set in egyptian,but i cannot think of   
   > any other *evil* ones, not just mischieviuos, or so one but very   
   > against humanity, the titans, ice giants, do not count.   
      
   There's Apep (Apophis), a more consistently evil symbol through   
   Egyptian history than Set was: the serpent who seeks to devour the   
   Sun, often depicted as pierced with many knives--presumably by such   
   violent but (mostly) benign deities as Horus the Avenger and Sekhmet.   
      
   Then there's the demiurge Yaldabaoth from certain Gnostic traditions   
   (also exemplified in Egypt); he is said to have created the material   
   world as a prison for his fellow spiritual beings, trapping them in   
   human bodies.   
      
   But there seem to be few that are thoroughly evil, as compared to the   
   number that are neutral to humanity (albeit dangerous if   
   disrespected) or 'misbehave' only occasionally.   
      
   When one culture replaces another, the deities of the old often begin   
   to accrue malevolent, sinister, or 'sinful' attributes.   
      
   --   
   Odysseus   
      
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