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Mixcoatl
Mixcoatl is a deity of Nahua, especially central Mexican, religious tradition whose name is commonly translated as “Cloud Serpent.” In Aztec mythology he is associated with hunting, warfare, ancestral peoples, the night …
Kokopelli
Kokopelli is the name commonly given to a humpbacked flute player associated with the ancient and modern Indigenous cultures of the American Southwest. He is especially linked in popular accounts with the Hopi, although …
Kunitsu-kami
Kunitsu-kami (国津神, also written 国つ神 or 国神 in some contexts) is a collective term in Japanese mythology for the “gods of the land” or “earthly deities.” Rather than naming one particular supernatural being, it describes a…
Nyokon
Nyokon is a name sometimes presented in English-language lists of African mythological beings, but its identity and cultural origin are uncertain. There is no widely recognised, pan-African tradition centred on a deity, …
Aestas
Aestas is the Latin personification of summer in Roman literature and artistic tradition. Her name is the Latin word for “summer,” and it is related to the language of heat and burning warmth. Unlike major Roman deities …
Midir
Midir is a supernatural lord of Irish mythology, best known from the medieval tale Tochmarc Étaíne, or The Wooing of Étaín. He belongs to the Tuatha Dé Danann, the divine or Otherworldly people who appear in Irish mythol…
Balam
Balam is a demon in early modern European ceremonial demonology, best known from the Ars Goetia, the first section of the Lesser Key of Solomon. In that tradition, Balam is presented as a powerful king who appears as a c…
Asteraoth
Asteraoth is an uncertain spelling associated with Astaroth, a figure in later Christian demonology. The name is sometimes placed in lists of angels or supernatural spirits, but Asteraoth is not a clearly established ang…
Turi-a-faumea
Turi-a-faumea is a name generally associated with a Polynesian deity or spiritual figure connected with childbirth. Modern reference works often classify Turi-a-faumea as a Samoan goddess of childbirth, although the surv…
Guecubu
Guecubu is a name found in older European accounts of Mapuche religious tradition for a malevolent supernatural power or spirit. The term is associated with misfortune, illness, death and other forms of harm. It is often…
Montezuma
Montezuma is the name commonly used in English for Moctezuma II, the Mexica ruler who governed the Aztec Empire when Hernán Cortés and the Spanish entered central Mexico in 1519. He was a historical sovereign rather than…