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Xochipilli
Xochipilli is a deity from Aztec religion, most often understood as a god of flowers, song, dance, beauty, love, pleasure, and the flowering richness of life. His name is usually translated from Nahuatl as “Flower Prince…
Hinu
Hinu is a figure associated with Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee, mythology, but the surviving record is limited and the identity of the name is not always clear across sources. In some cases, names recorded in early ethnogra…
Umashiashikabihikoji
Umashiashikabihikoji is an early Japanese deity named in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki, the two foundational mythological chronicles of Japan. He belongs to the creation narratives of Shinto tradition and appears among …
Yasigi
Yasigi is a figure from Dogon tradition in West Africa, especially associated with communities in present-day Mali. In published accounts, Yasigi is most often described as a masked or ritual presence connected with perf…
Acheron
Acheron is best known in Greek mythology as a river of the underworld, one of the great boundary streams associated with the realm of the dead. In later tradition it could also be imagined as a place, a power, or even a …
Sól
Sól is the sun personified in Norse mythology, a female divine figure associated with the daylight sky, the passage of time, and the daily movement of the sun. She belongs to the mythological tradition of medieval Scandi…
Beast of Gévaudan
The Beast of Gévaudan is one of the best-known animal mysteries in French history: a series of lethal attacks in the Gévaudan region of south-central France between 1764 and 1767 that were soon surrounded by fear, rumor,…
Af
Af is a name that appears in a few religious and magical-text traditions, but it is not among the best-known angelic figures in Jewish, Christian, or Islamic literature. In available sources, the identity of Af is uncert…
Vehine Hae
Vehine Hae is a name associated with Polynesian tradition, but reliable published information about the figure is limited and uneven. In the available material, Vehine Hae is best treated with caution: the name appears t…
Ugúvu-cuengo
Ugúvu-cuengo is a name recorded in South American mythological or folkloric contexts, but the available information about the figure is limited and uncertain. Because surviving documentation is sparse, the identity, orig…
Xochiquetzal
Xochiquetzal is a major goddess in Aztec religion and a broader figure in central Mexican mythology. Her name is usually understood as meaning “Precious Flower” or “Flower Feather,” combining Nahuatl words associated wit…