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Explore myths, traditions and legendary beings grouped under Religious Traditions.
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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 …
Adonael
Adonael is a name found in later angelological and occult traditions, where it is generally treated as an angelic figure whose name suggests a connection to divine lordship. Unlike well-attested angels such as Michael or…
St. Rupert Mayer
St. Rupert Mayer (1876–1945) was a German Jesuit priest, preacher, and anti-Nazi resister who was venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic tradition and canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1987. He does not belong to myt…
St. Sabas
St. Sabas is best known as one of the great monastic saints of the Christian East, especially in the traditions of Byzantine and Eastern Orthodox Christianity. He was a historical ascetic and monastic founder of the 5th …
Abraxos
Abraxos is a name associated with a figure from late antique religious and magical tradition, but its exact identity is not fully settled. In surviving texts and later interpretation, the name is most often connected not…
Abaddon
Abaddon is a figure from Jewish and Christian traditions whose meaning has shifted over time. In the Hebrew Bible, the word abaddon most often refers to “destruction” or the realm of destruction, not a personal being. In…