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Achelois
Achelois is a Greek mythological name associated with healing, relief, and the soothing of pain. In surviving ancient material, the name does not belong to a single, fully developed goddess with a large myth cycle. Inste…
Sampsa
Sampsa is a figure from Finnish mythology and folk tradition, best known from the Kalevala, where he appears as a mysterious cause of fertility and abundance. The name is usually associated with growth, plenty, and the m…
Abominable Snowman
The Abominable Snowman is a modern English name for a mysterious Himalayan creature reported in stories, local tradition, and mountaineering accounts. It is most often associated with the high mountains of Nepal, Tibet, …
Aeshma
Aeshma is a demon of violence, wrath and destructive impulse in the religious traditions of ancient Iran, especially within Zoroastrianism and related Iranian religious thought. He is most often understood as a personifi…
Surt
Surt is a giant or fire-being from Norse mythology, best known as the guardian or wielder of the fires of the south and as a central figure in the destruction of the world at Ragnarök. In the surviving Old Norse sources,…
Tailtiu
Tailtiu is a figure from Irish mythology and early Irish tradition, best known as a goddess or divine ancestress associated with the land, sovereignty, clearing of territory, and the funeral games that later gave their n…
Piru
Piru is a figure from Finnish mythology and folk belief, most often understood as a name for a devil-like or demon-like being, especially in later Christian-era tradition. The word appears in Finnish vernacular usage wit…
St. Rumon Of Tavistock
St. Rumon of Tavistock is a saintly figure associated with medieval Devon and Cornwall, especially the town of Tavistock in Devon. He belongs to the broad tradition of early British and Celtic saints remembered in local …
Adonai
Adonai is a Hebrew term used in Jewish religious tradition as a reverent way of referring to God. It is not, in the usual historical or scholarly sense, the name of an angel, although it sometimes appears under the broad…
Suttung
Suttung is a figure from Norse mythology best known as the giant who guarded the mead of poetry, a precious drink associated with inspiration, wisdom and poetic skill. In the surviving Old Norse sources he appears as a m…
Tír Na Nog
Tír na nÓg is the legendary “Land of Youth” in Irish mythology, a supernatural otherworld associated with everlasting vitality, beauty, plenty and the suspension of ordinary time. It belongs to the wider Irish tradition …