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Achimi
Achimi is an obscure name associated with African mythology in some modern English-language catalogues of gods, spirits and legendary beings. Its identity, cultural origin and traditional role are not securely establishe…
Arion
Arion, also spelled Areion in transliterations of the Greek name, is a miraculous horse in Greek mythology. He is best known as the exceptionally swift and often immortal horse associated with the hero Heracles and the A…
Ód
Ód, more fully written in Old Norse as Óðr, is a little-known figure associated with Freyja in Norse mythology. He is described primarily as her husband and as the father of Hnoss and Gersemi. Unlike Odin, Thor or Freyja…
Marax
Marax, also spelled Morax in some sources, is a demon of early modern European ceremonial magic. He is best known from the Ars Goetia, the first part of the Lesser Key of Solomon, where he is listed as the twenty-first s…
St. Perpetua Of Carthage
St. Perpetua of Carthage was a Christian martyr who was executed in Carthage in Roman North Africa during the early third century. She is remembered chiefly through the Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, an unusual…
Mudungkala
Mudungkala is an ancestral being in the traditions of the Tiwi people of northern Australia. The Tiwi live primarily on Melville Island and Bathurst Island, in the Apsley Strait region north of Darwin in the Northern Ter…
Piguerao
Piguerao is an obscure name associated with Inca mythology, but its identity is not securely established in the surviving record. Modern lists of Inca beings sometimes describe Piguerao as a supernatural bird, usually co…
Chalmecatecuhtli
Chalmecatecuhtli is an obscure figure associated with Aztec, or more precisely Nahua, religious tradition in central Mexico. His name appears in colonial-era records and later catalogues of Nahua deities, but surviving e…
Utset
Utset is a name associated in some modern reference works with a female creator or earth-mother figure of the Pueblo peoples of the American Southwest. The identification is uncertain, however. “Pueblo” does not describe…
Ekibiogami
Ekibiogami is a Japanese term for a deity or spirit associated with epidemic disease. It is commonly written 疫病神 and may be romanised as ekibyōgami, ekibyougami or, in some English-language contexts, ekibiogami. The name…
Abuk
Abuk is a female figure in the traditional religious world of the Dinka people of South Sudan. She is commonly described as the first woman, a mother of humanity, and a goddess or sacred ancestral figure associated with …