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St. Peter Damian
St. Peter Damian was an eleventh-century Italian Benedictine monk, bishop, cardinal, theologian and writer who became one of the strongest voices for reform in the medieval Latin Church. He lived during a period when pop…
Uluru
Uluru is a vast sandstone monolith in the centre of Australia and one of the most important sacred places in the living traditions of the Aṉangu peoples, including the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara. It is often disc…
Inle
Inle is an orisha venerated especially in Cuban Lucumí, the Caribbean religious tradition that developed from Yoruba beliefs carried from West Africa to Cuba. He is commonly associated with healing, medicine, fishing, ri…
Cochimetl
Cochimetl is a name associated in some modern reference works with an Aztec or Nahua deity of sleep. The figure is obscure, however, and the surviving evidence is much less substantial than it is for better-documented de…
Anguta
Anguta is a figure associated with Inuit traditions, especially stories from Greenland and parts of the eastern Arctic. He is best known as the father of Sedna, the powerful woman who becomes connected with the sea anima…
Hiruko
Hiruko is a mysterious figure in early Japanese mythology, best known as the first child of the creator deities Izanagi and Izanami. In the creation narratives preserved in the Kojiki and Nihon shoki, Hiruko is described…
Eshu
Èṣù, often written Eshu in English, is a major òrìṣà of Yoruba religious tradition. He is associated with communication, movement, exchange, uncertainty, and the power that allows messages and offerings to reach their de…
Anteros
Anteros is a minor figure of Greek mythology associated with returned love, mutual affection and, in some traditions, the punishment of unrequited love. His name is formed from the Greek ant-erōs, a word that can suggest…
Kalevala
The Kalevala is Finland’s national epic and one of the most important written records of Finnic oral poetry. It presents a world of powerful singers, smiths, spirits, enchanted objects and rival communities, especially t…
Samigina
Samigina is a demon in the early modern Western grimoire tradition, best known as the fourth spirit listed in the Ars Goetia, the first section of the Lesser Key of Solomon. The name appears in several forms, including G…
Barquiel
Barquiel is an uncommon name associated with angelological and occult traditions. It is often treated as a variant spelling of Barachiel, Barakiel, or related forms derived from a Hebrew expression meaning “lightning of …