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Af
Af is a name that appears in a few religious and magical-text traditions, but it is not among the best-known angelic figures in Jewish, Christian, or Islamic literature. In available sources, the identity of Af is uncert…
Vehine Hae
Vehine Hae is a name associated with Polynesian tradition, but reliable published information about the figure is limited and uneven. In the available material, Vehine Hae is best treated with caution: the name appears t…
Ugúvu-cuengo
Ugúvu-cuengo is a name recorded in South American mythological or folkloric contexts, but the available information about the figure is limited and uncertain. Because surviving documentation is sparse, the identity, orig…
Xochiquetzal
Xochiquetzal is a major goddess in Aztec religion and a broader figure in central Mexican mythology. Her name is usually understood as meaning “Precious Flower” or “Flower Feather,” combining Nahuatl words associated wit…
Onatah
Onatah is a figure associated with Iroquois mythology, especially in modern retellings of Indigenous North American traditions. She is often described as a corn spirit, corn goddess, or personification of the corn harves…
Yama-no-kami
Yama-no-kami is a Japanese mountain deity or mountain spirit associated with wild uplands, hunting, forestry, agriculture, and the shifting boundary between human settlement and untamed nature. The name is written simply…
Yeban
Yeban is a name that appears in references to African traditional religion and folklore, but its precise identity is not fixed in widely available published sources. In many cases, names of spirits, beings, or ancestral …
Achelous
Achelous is an ancient Greek river god, one of the best-known and most enduring of the river deities in Greek tradition. He is usually associated with the River Achelous in western Greece, but in myth he is more than a l…
Sheela Na Gig
Sheela Na Gig is the modern name usually given to a distinctive group of carved female figures found on churches, castles, and other buildings in Ireland and Britain. Their most striking feature is an exaggerated display…
Basilisk
The basilisk is one of the best-known monster figures of European tradition: a serpent or serpent-like creature feared for its deadly gaze, venom, and breath. Its earliest literary appearances belong to the ancient Medit…
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne was a French Catholic religious sister and missionary whose life is remembered in the tradition of the Church rather than in myth or folklore. She is venerated as a saint in Roman Catholicism…