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Fukurokuju
Fukurokuju is a Japanese deity of good fortune associated especially with longevity, wisdom and prosperity. He is best known as one of the Seven Lucky Gods (Shichifukujin), a popular group of benevolent figures honoured …
Aje Shaluga
Àjẹ́ Ṣàlùgá, often written in English as Aje Shaluga or Aje Saluga, is a figure associated in Yoruba religious thought with wealth, prosperity, commerce and the circulation of valuable goods. The spelling and the extent …
Apollo
Apollo is one of the most important gods of ancient Greek religion and mythology. He is associated with prophecy, healing, music, poetry, archery, protection from disease, and the ordered movement of life and ritual. In …
Otr
Otr, or Ótr in Old Norse, is a shapeshifting figure in the Völsung tradition of Norse mythology. He is the son of Hreidmar and the brother of Fafnir and Regin. By day, Otr takes the form of an otter and catches fish; by …
Leraje
Leraje is a demon listed in early modern European ceremonial magic, most famously in the Ars Goetia, the first section of the Lesser Key of Solomon. He is described as a powerful marquis who commands thirty legions of sp…
St. Peter Chanel
St. Peter Chanel was a nineteenth-century French Catholic priest and missionary who was killed on the Polynesian island of Futuna in 1841. Venerated as a Christian martyr, he is known in Catholic tradition as the first m…
Ngurunderi
Ngurunderi is a major ancestral being of the Ngarrindjeri peoples of South Australia. His traditions are associated especially with the lower Murray River, the Coorong, Lake Alexandrina, Lake Albert, Encounter Bay and th…
Tiwanaku
Tiwanaku is an ancient ceremonial and political centre in the southern Andes, near the southern shore of Lake Titicaca in present-day Bolivia. It is often placed under Inca mythology because later Inca traditions connect…
Cinteotl
Cinteotl is a Nahua maize deity associated with corn, agricultural fertility, nourishment, and the generative power of the earth. The name is often written Centeotl, Centéotl, or Cintéotl in English-language works. Cinte…
Wonomi
Wonomi is a little-documented figure associated in some sources with the Indigenous mythologies of California, especially traditions connected with the Miwok and neighbouring peoples. The name is often presented as belon…
Gama-sennin
Gama-sennin (Japanese: 蝦蟇仙人, “Toad Immortal” or “Toad Hermit”) is a legendary Daoist-style sage associated with toads, supernatural longevity and arcane powers. Although the figure belongs to Japanese mythology and Japan…