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In
In is not a clearly identifiable, independently attested deity, spirit or legendary creature in the principal traditions of Japanese mythology. As a name written only in Roman letters, “In” is highly ambiguous: it may re…
Ogun
Ogun (also written Ògún or Ogún) is a major òrìṣà of Yoruba religious tradition. He is especially associated with iron, metalworking, hunting, warfare, clearing paths, labour, technology and the difficult work required t…
Amymone
Amymone is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as one of the fifty daughters of Danaus and as the mortal woman associated with the spring of Lerna. In the most familiar version of her story, the god Poseidon rescues …
Rig
Rígr is a figure in Norse mythology who appears chiefly in Rígsþula (“The Lay of Rígr”), a poem preserved among the poems associated with the Poetic Edda. In the poem, Rígr travels through the human world, fathers or est…
Flauros
Flauros is a demon listed in early modern European grimoires, most notably the Ars Goetia, the first section of the Lesser Key of Solomon. He is described as a powerful duke who initially appears as a leopard and can tak…
St. Peter Of Tarentaise
St. Peter of Tarentaise, also known as Peter II of Tarentaise or Pierre de Tarentaise, was a twelfth-century French Cistercian monk and archbishop. He is remembered within the Christian tradition as a reforming churchman…
Widjingara
Widjingara is a name associated in some modern English-language references with Australian Aboriginal mythology, but its identity is not securely established across the traditional records of any single Aboriginal nation…
Anchimallén
Anchimallén is a luminous spirit associated chiefly with Mapuche and, in some accounts, neighbouring southern Chilean traditions. It is usually described as a small, fast-moving light seen at night, although other versio…
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…