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Kusanagi
Kusanagi is a sacred sword in Japanese mythology and one of the Three Sacred Treasures of Japan. Its full traditional name is usually given as Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, meaning “the Grass-Cutting Sword,” although the history …
Nyonye Ngana
Nyonye Ngana is a little-documented figure associated in some modern accounts with Bantu-speaking traditions of Africa, where she is usually described as a female water spirit or water goddess. The available information …
Alecto
Alecto is one of the Erinyes, the terrifying avenging powers of Greek mythology. In Greek, her name is usually written Ἀληκτώ and is commonly understood to mean “unceasing” or “unrelenting,” especially in the sense of an…
Loviatar
Loviatar is a feared female figure in Finnish mythic poetry, best known as the blind daughter of Tuoni, the ruler of the realm of the dead. In the Kalevala, Finland’s national epic, she is associated with death, corrupti…
Astaroth
Astaroth is a demon of European Christian demonology, best known from early modern manuals of magic and the tradition commonly called the Ars Goetia. The name is connected historically with the ancient Near Eastern godde…
St. Quadratus Of Athens
St. Quadratus of Athens was a second-century Christian leader, bishop and apologist associated with the church of Athens. He is chiefly remembered for an apology, or reasoned defence of Christianity, that he reportedly p…
Fe’e
Fe’e is a Polynesian name associated primarily with the octopus, especially in Samoan tradition and in related languages of the central Pacific. Depending on the source, Fe’e may refer simply to an octopus, to a remarkab…
Guinechen
Guinechen is a name used in some Spanish-language accounts for Ngünechen, a major divine figure in Mapuche religious tradition. The Mapuche, also known as the Mapuche people, are Indigenous inhabitants of south-central C…
Nanautzin
Nanautzin—more commonly written Nanahuatzin in modern renderings of Nahuatl—is a deity of central Mexican tradition best known for becoming the Sun in the creation story of the Fifth Sun. He appears as a poor, humble, an…
Kwikwilyaqa
Kwikwilyaqa is a Hopi katsina associated in many English-language descriptions with the butterfly. The name is often translated or explained as “Butterfly Maiden,” although translations of Hopi religious names are not al…
Momotaro
Momotaro (桃太郎, “Peach Boy”) is one of Japan’s best-known folktale heroes. He is a boy who emerges from a giant peach, grows into a capable young warrior, and travels to Onigashima, the “Island of Oni,” to defeat its inha…