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Orichas
Orichas are sacred divine beings honoured in Yoruba-derived religions of the Caribbean, especially Cuban Regla de Ocha-Ifá, commonly known outside the tradition as Santería. The word is a Spanish-influenced spelling of t…
Coyolxauhqui
Coyolxauhqui is a major figure in Mexica, or Aztec, mythology, best known as the leader of the Centzon Huitznahua and the enemy of the newborn god Huitzilopochtli. In the central myth associated with her, she leads an at…
Aningan
Aningan is a moon figure in some Inuit traditions, especially those recorded in Greenland and the eastern Arctic. He is commonly described as a male personification of the Moon and as the brother, pursuer, or estranged c…
Tamano-no-mae
Tamano-no-Mae is a legendary fox woman in Japanese medieval and early-modern tradition. She is usually portrayed as an extraordinarily beautiful court lady whose presence brings illness and disaster to Emperor Toba. Afte…
Hare
Hare occupies a modest but recognisable place in Yoruba animal folklore. In Yoruba, the animal is commonly called ehoro, although English translations may render the word as “hare,” “rabbit,” or sometimes simply “small w…
Aurora
Aurora is the Roman goddess and poetic personification of the dawn. Each morning she brings light to the eastern horizon, opening the way for the sun and marking the transition between night and day. Her name is also the…
Ratatoskr
Ratatoskr is a squirrel-like creature in Norse mythology, known for running up and down the world tree Yggdrasil. According to the surviving medieval poems and prose, Ratatoskr carries hostile messages between the great …
Gaap
Gaap is a demon described in early modern European demonological literature, most notably in the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum and the Ars Goetia, the first section of the Lesser Key of Solomon. These works present him as a p…
St. Peter Of Verona
St. Peter of Verona, also known as Peter Martyr or Pietro da Verona, was a thirteenth-century Italian Dominican friar, preacher and inquisitor who was killed in 1252. The Catholic Church venerates him as a martyr and sai…
Wati-kutjara
Wati-kutjara, also written Wati Kutjara or Wati-kutjara Tjukurpa, is the name commonly translated as “Two Men” in several Western Desert Aboriginal traditions of Australia. The name generally refers not to one individual…
Abe Mango
Abe Mango is an obscure and uncertain name associated in some modern lists with South American mythology. Unlike well-attested figures such as Yúcahu, Bochica, Makunaima or Supay, Abe Mango does not have a clearly docume…