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Manco Capac
Manco Capac is the legendary founder and first ruler of the Inca dynasty, traditionally associated with the establishment of Cusco in the Andean highlands. He belongs to the origin traditions of the Inca, or Inka, whose …Chalchiuhcihuatl
Chalchiuhcihuatl is a Nahuatl name associated with a female water deity in the religious traditions of central Mexico. The name is usually translated as “Jade Woman” or “Precious-Greenstone Woman.” In many modern referen…Umai-hulhlya-wit
Umai-hulhlya-wit is an obscure name associated in some modern catalogues with Native American mythology. Its precise cultural origin, meaning and identity are uncertain. Unlike better-documented figures such as Coyote, R…Chup Kamui
Chup Kamui is a name associated with the celestial world in Ainu religious tradition, especially with the moon or a moon-related kamuy. The Ainu are an Indigenous people of northern Japan and the southern Kuril region, w…
Adro
Adro is a name associated with the religious traditions of the Lugbara people of north-western Uganda and the adjoining areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In English-language writing, the name may also appear…
Ares
Ares is the Greek god of war, especially its violence, confusion and destructive force. He belongs to the religious and mythological traditions of ancient Greece, where warfare was both a practical necessity and a source…
Fódla
Fódla is a figure of Irish mythology associated with the land of Ireland and with the sovereignty of the country. In medieval Irish tradition, she is one of the three sisters who represent or personify Ireland, alongside…
Naberius
Naberius is a demon in the learned demonological tradition associated with European grimoires, especially the Ars Goetia, the first part of the seventeenth-century work commonly known as the Lesser Key of Solomon. He is …
St. Peregrine Laziosi
St. Peregrine Laziosi is a fourteenth-century Italian Christian saint, a member of the Order of Servants of Mary, commonly known as the Servites. He is especially associated with repentance, devotion to the Passion of Ch…
Muramura
Muramura, also written Mura-mura or with other variations in English-language records, is a collective name associated chiefly with the traditional ancestral beings of the Diyari (Dieri) people of South Australia. Their …
Pachacamac
Pachacamac was a major deity and oracle of the central Peruvian coast, worshipped at the large ceremonial centre now known as Pachacamac, south of modern Lima. Although often described as an Inca god, Pachacamac was prob…