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Explore myths, traditions and legendary beings grouped under Religious Traditions.
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Amitiel
Amitiel is a name associated in modern angelological and occult writing with an angel of truth, honesty, or sincere communication. Unlike Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, or other well-attested angels, Amitiel does not have a …
Akriel
Akriel is a name found in modern lists of angels and angelic beings, but its place within traditional religious literature is uncertain and not securely established. Unlike major angels such as Michael or Gabriel, Akriel…
St. Rose Of Lima
St. Rose of Lima is a revered Catholic saint of the early modern period and the first person born in the Americas to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. She is associated with asceticism, chastity, prayer, charity…
Agla
Agla is a figure associated with Jewish and Christian angelological traditions, though the name is not among the best-known angels of scripture. In most surviving references, Agla appears not as a fully developed archang…
St. Rose Of Viterbo
St. Rose of Viterbo is a young Italian Christian saint remembered for her intense piety, public preaching, and defiance of political power in the thirteenth century. In Catholic tradition she stands as a teenage lay peni…
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…
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne was a French Catholic religious sister and missionary whose life is remembered in the tradition of the Church rather than in myth or folklore. She is venerated as a saint in Roman Catholicism…
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…
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…
St. Rufina
St. Rufina is remembered in Christian tradition as a martyr of early Christianity, usually associated with Rome and most often commemorated together with St. Secunda. Their story belongs to the broad tradition of virgin …