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Macuilcuetzpalin
Macuilcuetzpalin is a calendrical figure in Nahua, commonly called Aztec, religious tradition. The name is usually translated as “Five Lizard”: macuil means “five,” while cuetzpalin refers to a lizard or similar small re…
Negafook
Negafook is a name associated with cold weather in some modern accounts of Inuit mythology. He is commonly described as a spirit or deity responsible for severe cold, frost, or winter winds. The name is sometimes written…
Inari
Inari is one of the most widely worshipped kami in Japan, associated especially with rice, agriculture, food, prosperity, commerce and the well-being of households. Inari belongs primarily to Japanese Shinto, although ce…
Oko
Oko, more fully known as Òrìṣà Oko or Orisha Oko, is a Yoruba deity associated chiefly with farming, cultivated land and the harvest. The name is commonly connected with the Yoruba word oko, “farm” or “farmland,” althoug…
Anna-perenna
Anna Perenna is a Roman goddess associated with the yearly cycle, continued life and the renewal of time. Her festival was celebrated on 15 March, the Ides of March, with outdoor feasting, drinking, songs and prayers for…
Lir
Lir is a figure of Irish mythology best known as the father of the Children of Lir, the four children transformed into swans in one of Ireland’s most famous tragic legends. He is also associated with the sea through the …
Enepsigos
Enepsigos is a female demon who appears in the Testament of Solomon, a late antique work that presents itself as the account of King Solomon’s dealings with demons. She is associated with changing shape, lunar imagery an…
Barrattiel
Barrattiel is an obscure angelic name found mainly in later angelological and occult lists. Unlike Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, or other angels with substantial scriptural and liturgical traditions, Barrattiel has no widel…
Wuluwait
Wuluwait is a name associated in some modern accounts with Australian Aboriginal mythology, particularly with a spirit or supernatural being connected with rain, weather, or the sky. The identification is uncertain, howe…
Ariconte
Ariconte is a name associated with South American mythological and folkloric material, but its identity is uncertain. Unlike well-attested figures such as Inti, Pachamama, Viracocha or the Mapuche Pillán, Ariconte does n…
Macuiltochtli
Macuiltochtli, whose Nahuatl name means “Five Rabbit,” is a figure associated with drunkenness, pulque and the wider religious symbolism of excess in Aztec and other Nahua traditions. He is commonly connected with the Ce…