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Skuld
Skuld is a figure associated with Norse mythology, but her identity is not entirely straightforward. In the best-known tradition, she is one of the three principal Norns, the beings connected with the shaping of human li…
Kraken
The kraken is a legendary sea monster associated chiefly with Scandinavian folklore, especially traditions from Norway and Denmark. In older accounts, it was not a god, demon or creature from a single canonical myth. Ins…
St. Romanus Of Condat
St. Romanus of Condat was a fifth-century Christian monk and monastic founder associated with the Jura Mountains of eastern Gaul, in the region now forming part of eastern France. Known in French as Saint Romain de Conda…
Sisimatailaa
Sisimatailaa is a little-documented figure associated with Samoan mythology and the wider Polynesian cultural region of Oceania. The name appears in modern collections of Polynesian mythological beings, but descriptions …
Pariacaca
Pariacaca is a major deity in the religious traditions of the Huarochirí region of the central Peruvian Andes. He is especially well known from the Huarochirí Manuscript, a Quechua-language collection of Indigenous tradi…
Tlaltecuhtli
Tlaltecuhtli is a powerful earth deity of central Mexican, especially Mexica (Aztec), religious tradition. The name is usually translated as “Earth Lord” or “Lord of the Earth,” although the figure is often represented a…
Flying Head
Flying Head is a frightening being associated chiefly with Seneca and other Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois, storytelling. In English-language retellings, it is usually described as a huge disembodied head that moves through …
Shoki
Shoki (Japanese: Shōki; Chinese: Zhong Kui) is a legendary demon-queller associated with protection against evil spirits, illness and misfortune. Although Shoki is often discussed within Japanese mythology, his immediate…
Tilo
Tilo is a name associated in some comparative accounts with a sky-related supreme power in southern and central African religious traditions. The name is often placed within discussions of Bemba or wider Bantu-speaking m…
Aegle
Aegle is a name shared by several figures in Greek mythology rather than belonging to one single, universally defined goddess or creature. The Greek name Αἴγλη (Aiglē) is commonly connected with “radiance,” “brightness,”…
Ogma
Ogma is a figure of Irish mythology associated with the Tuatha Dé Danann, the supernatural people who appear in medieval Irish narratives as rulers and champions of Ireland before the arrival of the Milesians. He is best…