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Bellona
Bellona is a Roman goddess associated with war, military violence and the dangerous power of armed conflict. Her name is closely related to the Latin word bellum, meaning “war,” and she was sometimes represented as a hel…
Fúamnach
Fúamnach is a woman of the supernatural world in Irish mythology, best known as the first wife of Midir, a powerful Otherworld figure associated with Brí Léith. She appears chiefly in the medieval Irish tale Tochmarc Éta…
Kunopegos
Kunopegos is an obscure name associated with demonological catalogues and modern lists of supernatural beings. It is sometimes described as a canine or marine demon, but the evidence for a stable traditional identity is …
Bazazath
Bazazath is an obscure angelic name found in some later occult and angelological name lists. Unlike Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, or other well-attested angels, Bazazath does not possess a clearly established identity in th…
Njirana
Njirana is a name associated in some modern summaries with an Aboriginal Australian water being described as a mermaid-like woman who lures people into the water. The best-known version of the account says that Njirana a…
Urcaguary
Urcaguary is a little-known figure associated with Inca mythology and the hidden wealth of the earth. In modern descriptions, Urcaguary is usually presented as a subterranean guardian of gold, silver, precious stones and…
Cipactli
Cipactli is a primordial aquatic monster in Aztec and broader Nahua creation traditions. Described as a crocodile-like, fish-like, or otherwise monstrous creature that lived in the waters before the ordered world existed…
A’akuluujjusi
A’akuluujjusi is a creator figure associated with Inuit traditional narratives, especially stories recorded from Inuit communities in the eastern Arctic and Greenlandic cultural region. She is commonly described as a pow…
Gekka-o
Gekka-o is a name sometimes used for the elderly matchmaker spirit known in Japanese as Gekka Rōjin (月下老人), literally “the old person beneath the moon.” The figure is associated with marriage, destined relationships and …
Shango
Shango, written more precisely in Yoruba as Ṣàngó, is one of the most important òrìṣà—sacred powers or deities—in Yoruba religious tradition. He is chiefly associated with thunder, lightning, fire, political authority, c…
Apate
Apate (Ancient Greek Ἀπάτη, commonly transliterated Apátē) is the Greek personification of deceit, trickery, and deliberate deception. She belongs to the group of abstract powers associated with the darker or more troubl…