Palladium (Roman Tradition)

Palladium (Roman Tradition)

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Origin

The Palladium was already present in Troy, and Aeneas took it to Rome.

Appearance

A wooden statue (xoanon) of Pallas Athena.

Abilities

Its significance lies in its symbolic power as a protector of cities, rather than direct actions or abilities.

Weaknesses & Wards

Weaknesses

None recorded.

Wards

  • Ritual
    Vestal Virgins' care
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Pyrene (Celtic Tradition)

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Paimon

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Palaechthon

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Palaemon

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Paliuli

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Pallas

Pallas is a name applied to multiple distinct figures in Greek myth (several mortal, semi-divine, and Titan personages) and functions as an epithet of the goddess Athena; in later usage the name is also applied to non-mythic objects such as the asteroid 2 Pallas and a genus name in biology. The sources do not treat Pallas as a single unified supernatural species but as a polyvalent label across genealogies and later nomenclature.

Pallas Athena

Pallas Athena (Athena or Athene) is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, strategic warfare, and handicraft; she functions as patron and protectress of cities—most notably Athens—and appears throughout art and myth from antiquity into later cultural traditions.

Pallas of Arcadia

Pallas of Arcadia is a mythic eponymous Arcadian prince and founder-ancestor credited with founding the town Pallantion/Pallantium in Arcadia. He appears in Greek legendary genealogies (sometimes cited as a son of Lycaon) and is used in later Roman tradition as an ancestor linked to Evander and the Italian Pallantium.

Pallas's cat (manul)

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Palles

Palles is not attested in the supplied sources as a supernatural being. The term appears primarily as a surname (notably Anne Palles and Christopher Palles), as a toponym (Les Palles reef in France), and as titles of modern musical works. The only connection to supernatural topics is historical: Anne Palles (1619–1693) was an alleged witch and the last woman to be legally executed for sorcery in Denmark.

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