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Epunamun
Epunamun is a figure associated with Mapuche religious tradition in south-central South America, especially the cultural region known as Wallmapu, extending across parts of present-day Chile and Argentina. He is commonly…
Mictlantecuhtli
Mictlantecuhtli is the principal lord of Mictlan, the realm of the dead in Nahua and especially Mexica (Aztec) religious tradition. His name is commonly translated as “Lord of Mictlan,” although English renderings and sp…
Kloskurbeh
Kloskurbeh is generally identified with Kuloskap, Gluskabe, Glooscap, or related spellings of a major culture hero in Wabanaki Indigenous traditions of northeastern North America. The name is not normally associated with…
Kunitokotachi
Kunitokotachi, also written Kuni no Tokotachi no Kami or Kunitokotachi-no-Mikoto, is a primordial kami in Japanese mythology. The figure appears most prominently in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki, the two earliest surviv…
Nyiko
Nyiko is not securely documented as a single, widely recognised god, spirit, hero or monster in African mythology. In many contemporary references, the name is associated with Tsonga or Xitsonga-speaking communities of s…
Alectrona
Alectrona is a little-known female figure connected with the Greek mythology of Rhodes. She belongs to the family of Helios, the sun god, and is described in ancient tradition as the daughter of Helios and the Rhodian pr…
Sif
Sif is a female deity in Norse mythology, best known as the wife of Thor and the owner of remarkable golden hair. She appears only briefly in the surviving medieval sources, but one story gives her an important place in …
Balberith
Balberith is a name associated with demonological literature, but its background reaches back to the ancient Levantine deity called Baal-berith or Ba‘al Berith. The ancient name appears in the Hebrew Bible in connection …
St. Prætextatus
St. Prætextatus, also written Praetextatus, Pretextatus, or Prétextat, was a sixth-century bishop of Rouen in northern Gaul. He is remembered in Christian tradition as a bishop, political victim, and martyr whose death w…
Faumea
Faumea is a name associated with Polynesian mythology, although it does not identify one universally defined goddess throughout Polynesia. In modern English-language summaries, Faumea is commonly presented as a female su…
Huallepen
Huallepen is a little-known aquatic being associated with the mythology and folklore of southern Chile, especially the island of Chiloé and the wider cultural world of the Mapuche and Huilliche peoples. The name appears …