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Ga Gaah
Ga Gaah is a name associated in some modern reference lists with Iroquois or Haudenosaunee ideas of thunder and storm power. The identification is not securely established across the traditions of the Haudenosaunee natio…
Sojobo
Sōjōbō (also written Sojobo or Sōjōbō) is a powerful tengu associated with Mount Kurama in Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese legend, he is often described as the king or chief of the tengu who inhabit the mountain. His best-know…
Tore
Tore is a name associated in some ethnographic accounts with the sacred forest and a supreme or powerful forest being among certain Mbuti communities of the Ituri Forest in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Con…
Aegina
Aegina is a figure of Greek mythology best known as a river nymph, the daughter of the river god Asopus and the mother of the hero Aeacus. Her story explains the mythic naming of the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf …
Ovda
Ovda is a little-documented wilderness figure commonly labelled as part of Finnish mythology. In modern descriptions, Ovda is usually presented as a hairy, human-shaped forest being associated with remote woodland, disor…
Jorōgumo
Jorōgumo is a spider-associated yōkai from Japanese folklore, usually described as a monstrous spider capable of taking the form of a beautiful woman. In traditional stories, the creature uses this appearance to attract,…
St. Romaric
Saint Romaric, also known as Romary or Romaricus, was a seventh-century Frankish nobleman who became a monk and an important founder of religious life in the Vosges region of north-eastern Gaul. He is especially associat…
Tahu
Tahu is a name associated with Polynesian mythology in some modern collections, but it does not identify one clearly documented, pan-Polynesian god. Unlike widely attested figures such as Māui, Tangaroa, Tāne, or Tū, Tah…
Pihuechenyi
Pihuechenyi is a frightening flying creature associated with Mapuche and wider Chilean folklore. It is commonly described as a nocturnal, blood-drinking being that inhabits remote forests, caves or other secluded places.…
Tonacatecuhtli
Tonacatecuhtli is a creator deity in the religious traditions of central Mexico, especially those recorded in Nahuatl-speaking communities during and after the Spanish conquest. His name is commonly translated as “Lord o…
Dajoji
Dajoji is a name associated in some modern reference works with an Iroquois or Haudenosaunee thunder deity. The identification is uncertain, however. Unlike better-documented figures such as Heno, the Thunderer of Seneca…