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Pihuechenyi
Pihuechenyi is a frightening flying creature associated with Mapuche and wider Chilean folklore. It is commonly described as a nocturnal, blood-drinking being that inhabits remote forests, caves or other secluded places.…
Tonacatecuhtli
Tonacatecuhtli is a creator deity in the religious traditions of central Mexico, especially those recorded in Nahuatl-speaking communities during and after the Spanish conquest. His name is commonly translated as “Lord o…
Dajoji
Dajoji is a name associated in some modern reference works with an Iroquois or Haudenosaunee thunder deity. The identification is uncertain, however. Unlike better-documented figures such as Heno, the Thunderer of Seneca…
Yomi
Yomi, also called Yomi no kuni or the “Land of Yomi,” is the realm of the dead in early Japanese mythology. It is best known from the story of the creator kami Izanagi and Izanami, preserved most fully in the Kojiki of 7…
Tsetse Bumba
Tsetse Bumba is a name associated in some modern English-language compilations with the creator figure better known as Mbombo or Bumba in traditions attributed to the Bushoong (also written Bushongo), a Kuba-speaking peo…
Briareus
Briareus is a primordial being in Greek mythology, one of the three Hekatoncheires, or “Hundred-Handers.” He is described as possessing extraordinary strength, many arms and numerous heads, and he plays an important part…
Sleipnir
Sleipnir is the eight-legged horse of Norse mythology and the principal mount of the god Odin. Renowned as the fastest and finest of horses, Sleipnir carries Odin across the worlds of the Norse cosmos and appears in stor…
Jersey Devil
The Jersey Devil is a legendary creature associated with the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey in the United States. In its most familiar form, it is described as a winged, hoofed being with a long horse-like head, cla…
Anael
Anael is an angelic name found mainly in later Jewish, Christian and Western esoteric traditions. It is commonly associated with the planet Venus, Friday, love, beauty, harmony and pleasure, especially in ceremonial syst…
Tangiia
Tangiia, also known as Tangiia Nui, is a celebrated ancestral chief in the traditional histories of the Cook Islands, especially Rarotonga. He belongs to the Polynesian traditions of central Eastern Polynesia, but he is …
Pillan
Pillan (also written Pillán, Pillan or Pu-pillan in some contexts) is a powerful spiritual figure, or class of spiritual beings, in the religious traditions of the Mapuche people of south-central Chile and western Argent…