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Aetna
Aetna (Greek Aitnē, Αἴτνη) is a figure associated with Mount Etna in eastern Sicily and with the Greek mythological imagination of volcanic landscapes. She is generally described as a mountain nymph or personification of…
Metsänhaltija
Metsänhaltija is a Finnish forest guardian or forest spirit. The name is usually understood as “the keeper” or “guardian of the forest,” although it does not always refer to one clearly defined individual. In Finnish fol…
Ogopogo
Ogopogo is the name commonly given to a legendary lake creature associated with Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, Canada. In modern popular culture it is usually portrayed as a long, serpentine “lake monster,” but the o…
Arael
Arael is an uncertain and relatively minor name in angelological tradition. Unlike Michael, Gabriel, Raphael or Uriel, Arael does not possess a consistent identity in the major Jewish, Christian or Islamic scriptures. Th…
Ngaru
Ngaru is a name associated with the sea, waves, and ocean movement in parts of the Polynesian world. It is sometimes presented in modern mythology lists as the name of a Polynesian sea god or wave deity. That description…
Marerewana
Marerewana is a name associated in some modern mythological and folklore compilations with South American indigenous tradition. Its identity, however, is unusually uncertain. Unlike well-documented figures such as the Gu…
Temazcalteci
Temazcalteci is a Nahua goddess associated with the temāzcalli, the heated sweat bath of central Mexico. Her name is commonly translated as “Grandmother of the Temazcal” or “Grandmother of the Sweat Bath.” In accounts of…
Kananeski Anayehi
Kananeski Anayehi is a name associated in some modern accounts with a hairy or wild people of Cherokee tradition. The name is often presented in English as “hairy people,” “hairy beings,” or “hairy ones,” and the figure …
Samebito
Samebito is a mysterious aquatic being associated chiefly with Japanese folklore and with the undersea world of the Dragon King. The name is usually written 鮫人 and can be translated as “shark person” or “shark-man.” In E…
Sakarabru
Sakarabru is an obscure name associated with African legendary tradition, but its identity is not securely established in the surviving English-language record. It is often described in modern compilations as a dangerous…
Aethon
Aethon is a name given to several different figures, animals and beings in Greek and Greco-Roman mythology. It is not the name of one universally defined mythological character. The best-known Aethon is the eagle that ea…