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Sigu
Sigu is an obscure and uncertain name associated in some modern references with South American mythology. Unlike well-documented figures such as the Guaraní Pombero, the Andean Supay or the Mapuche Pillán, Sigu does not …
Tzitzimitl
Tzitzimitl is the singular form of tzitzimime, a Nahuatl term for dangerous supernatural beings associated with the stars, darkness and cosmic disorder in central Mexican religious traditions. They are most often discuss…
Gaoh
Gaoh, also written Gǎ-oh, Ga-oh or Gaho in English-language sources, is a giant spirit associated with the winds in traditions commonly described as Iroquois mythology. He is most often presented as the master or keeper …
Takami-musubi
Takami-musubi is a primordial kami of Japanese mythology, best known from the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. His name is also written Takamimusubi, Takami-musubi-no-kami, or Takamimusuhi-no-kami. He is associated with the gener…
Unkulunkulu
Unkulunkulu is a major ancestral and creator figure in Zulu religious tradition. The name is commonly associated with the “greatest one,” the “very great ancestor,” or the first human ancestor, although its exact meaning…
Adonis
Adonis is a figure of Greek mythology associated with extraordinary beauty, erotic desire, hunting and untimely death. His story became especially influential in Greek and Roman literature, but his name and some features…
Snotra
Snotra is a little-known female deity, or ásynja, in Norse mythology. She appears in Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda as a wise and courteous goddess associated with intelligence, good judgment and proper conduct. Unlike fi…
Doppelgänger
A Doppelgänger is a supernatural double of a living person. In its traditional sense, the figure is not simply a stranger who happens to look alike, but an apparition or uncanny counterpart connected to a particular indi…
St. Ronan Of Iona
St. Ronan of Iona is a little-known Christian figure associated with the monastery of Iona and with the early medieval controversy over the date of Easter. His identity is not entirely secure. The surviving evidence most…
Tiki
Tiki is a name and image associated with several Polynesian traditions, especially the carved human or ancestor figure known in parts of eastern Polynesia. It does not identify one universally defined god or legendary be…
Sinaa
Sinaa is an obscure name associated in some modern compilations with Indigenous mythology from South America. It is sometimes presented as a creator, sky being or supreme spirit, but its cultural origin and traditional i…