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Marjatta
Marjatta is a maiden in Finnish mythological poetry whose story forms the final major episode of the Kalevala, Finland’s national epic. She is presented as a modest and devout young woman who becomes pregnant after eatin…
Yowie
The yowie is a figure of Australian folklore commonly described as a large, hairy, human-like creature living in forests, mountains and other remote country. In modern popular culture, the name usually refers to an Austr…
Ariel
Ariel is a name with several different uses in Jewish and Christian religious history. In the Hebrew Bible, Ariel is not clearly presented as a personal angel. The name is used chiefly as a symbolic or poetic designation…
Mahu-fatu-rau
Mahu-fatu-rau is an obscure name associated with Polynesian religious tradition. It is preserved mainly in older records of Polynesian mythology rather than in a widely circulated body of traditional stories. The survivi…
Kononatoo
Kononatoo is a little-documented name associated in some modern mythological compilations with Indigenous traditions of northern South America. It is usually placed within the broad cultural region of the Guianas and the…
Popocatepetl
Popocatépetl is an active volcano in central Mexico and one of the most recognisable sacred mountains of the Nahua-speaking world. Its name comes from Nahuatl and is commonly translated as “Smoking Mountain.” Although it…
Blue Jay
Blue Jay is not securely documented as a single major god, spirit, or culture hero in Cherokee mythology. In Cherokee storytelling, the blue jay is better understood as a bird character whose significance can vary from o…
Oyamatsumi
Oyamatsumi, also written Ōyamatsumi or Ōyamatsumi-no-kami, is a kami of mountains in Japanese mythology. He appears most prominently in the Kojiki and in related accounts preserved by the Nihon Shoki, where he belongs to…
Qamatha
Qamatha is a name associated with the supreme creator in some accounts of Xhosa religious tradition in southern Africa. The figure is more commonly written Qamata, while Qamatha may reflect an alternative spelling or a r…
Artemis
Artemis is one of the principal goddesses of ancient Greek religion. She is associated with the hunt, wild animals, forests, sudden death, childbirth, and the protection of girls and young people. Greek poets and worship…
Skeggöld
Skeggöld is a Valkyrie in Norse mythology, a female figure associated with battle, the selection of the slain and the god Óðinn’s hall, Valhǫll. Her name appears in the lists of Valkyries preserved in the Poetic Edda and…