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Wogan
Wogan is a name found in Irish tradition, but it is not among the best-known figures of Irish mythology, and its identity is not securely fixed across surviving sources. In some contexts it appears as a personal name, wh…
Surma
Surma is a name associated with Finnish mythology and folklore, but its identity is not fixed in a single canonical tradition. In Finnish and wider Finnic-language usage, the word can mean “death,” “end,” or “doom,” and …
St. Sabas
St. Sabas is best known as one of the great monastic saints of the Christian East, especially in the traditions of Byzantine and Eastern Orthodox Christianity. He was a historical ascetic and monastic founder of the 5th …
Abraxos
Abraxos is a name associated with a figure from late antique religious and magical tradition, but its exact identity is not fully settled. In surviving texts and later interpretation, the name is most often connected not…
Yacatecuhtli
Yacatecuhtli is an Aztec deity associated with travel, commerce, and the protection of merchants, especially long-distance traders. In the religious world of the Mexica and related Nahua peoples of central Mexico, he bel…
Zanahary
Zanahary is the name commonly used for the supreme creator god in many Malagasy religious traditions, especially among the Merina and other peoples of Madagascar. In traditional belief, Zanahary is associated with the sk…
Yurlungur
Yurlungur is the name of a powerful Rainbow Serpent figure in Australian Aboriginal mythology, especially associated with Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. The details of the being vary from group to group and from …
Abaddon
Abaddon is a figure from Jewish and Christian traditions whose meaning has shifted over time. In the Hebrew Bible, the word abaddon most often refers to “destruction” or the realm of destruction, not a personal being. In…