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St. Rumon Of Tavistock
St. Rumon of Tavistock is a saintly figure associated with medieval Devon and Cornwall, especially the town of Tavistock in Devon. He belongs to the broad tradition of early British and Celtic saints remembered in local …
Adonai
Adonai is a Hebrew term used in Jewish religious tradition as a reverent way of referring to God. It is not, in the usual historical or scholarly sense, the name of an angel, although it sometimes appears under the broad…
Suttung
Suttung is a figure from Norse mythology best known as the giant who guarded the mead of poetry, a precious drink associated with inspiration, wisdom and poetic skill. In the surviving Old Norse sources he appears as a m…
Tír Na Nog
Tír na nÓg is the legendary “Land of Youth” in Irish mythology, a supernatural otherworld associated with everlasting vitality, beauty, plenty and the suspension of ordinary time. It belongs to the wider Irish tradition …
Sampo
Sampo is a mysterious and much-discussed object in Finnish mythology, best known from the national epic Kalevala. In traditional Finnish oral poetry and later literary retellings, the Sampo is a wonder-working source of …
St. Rufina
St. Rufina is remembered in Christian tradition as a martyr of early Christianity, usually associated with Rome and most often commemorated together with St. Secunda. Their story belongs to the broad tradition of virgin …
Adonael
Adonael is a name found in later angelological and occult traditions, where it is generally treated as an angelic figure whose name suggests a connection to divine lordship. Unlike well-attested angels such as Michael or…
Swan Maidens
Swan maidens are a widespread figure in folklore and myth: supernatural women who can transform into swans, or who take human form after removing a feathered garment. In a Norse mythology context, the term is often used …
Tuatha Dé Danann
Tuatha Dé Danann are a supernatural people in Irish mythology, remembered as one of the great mythic populations of Ireland. In the surviving medieval texts, they appear as skilled, otherworldly beings associated with so…
Suonetar
Suonetar is a figure from Finnish mythology and folk tradition, commonly understood as a supernatural being connected with veins, blood, and healing or affliction in the human body. Like many beings in Finnic folklore, S…
St. Rupert Mayer
St. Rupert Mayer (1876–1945) was a German Jesuit priest, preacher, and anti-Nazi resister who was venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic tradition and canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1987. He does not belong to myt…