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Bunyanesque
Bunyanesque is not a monster from an ancient myth, a medieval bestiary, or a named creature from a single traditional folklore cycle. It is a modern descriptive word used for things that are exaggeratedly huge, powerful,…
St. Rose Of Lima
St. Rose of Lima is a revered Catholic saint of the early modern period and the first person born in the Americas to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. She is associated with asceticism, chastity, prayer, charity…
Tuli
Tuli is a name found in Polynesian contexts, but it does not point to a single universally agreed figure across all Polynesian traditions. In some references it appears as a personal name, while in others it is associate…
Tamusi
Tamusi is the name of a divine or ancestral figure in the traditions of some Indigenous peoples of South America, especially in the cultural world of the Siona and related peoples of the northwestern Amazon region. In su…
Xiuhtecuhtli
Xiuhtecuhtli is the Aztec fire deity associated with heat, light, life, and the center of the household and cosmos. In Nahua religion, he was especially important as a divine force tied to fire in many forms: the hearth,…
Hahgwehdaetgah
Hahgwehdaetgah is a name associated with Iroquois mythology, though the figure is not as widely documented in published English-language summaries as major Haudenosaunee beings such as Sky Woman, the Good Minded spirit, …
Uba
Uba is a figure found in Japanese folklore and folk-religious tradition, usually understood as an old woman or crone-like presence rather than a major deity with a fixed mythological biography. In Japanese storytelling, …
Wulbari
Wulbari is the name of a divine being in the traditional religion of the Talensi and related peoples of northern Ghana. In the cultural setting where the name is used, Wulbari is understood as a high god or supreme sky d…
Aphrodite
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, desire, beauty, attraction, and sexual pleasure. In Greek religion and myth, she belongs to the divine world of Olympus, but her identity is broader and more complex than a simple …
Sadb
Sadb is a female figure from Irish mythological tradition, best known as the mother of the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill. She appears in medieval Irish narrative as part of the wider Fenian cycle, where family lineage, fostera…
Black Shuck
Black Shuck is a name from English folklore, especially associated with East Anglia, for a spectral black dog said to appear on lonely roads, churchyards and coastlines. In traditional accounts, it is usually described a…