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| x Turkish folklore |
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Al Basti |
The tradition of folklore—folktales, jokes, legends, and the like—in the Turkish language is very rich, and is incorporated into every day life and events.
Perhaps the most popular figure in the tradition is Nasreddin, (known as Nasreddin Hoca, or ...
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| x African Traditional Religion |
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Abada |
African traditional religions is a term referring to a variety of religions indigenous to the continent of Africa.
Most traditional African religions have, for most of their existence, been orally/spiritually (rather than scripturally) transmitted....
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| x Orcadian folklore | Orkney Islands | Nuckelavee | |||
| x Ashanti mythology | Obayifo |
The Ashanti people of Ghana in West Africa are known for their colorful folktales and mythology.
The most important God in the pantheon of the Ashanti of Ghana is Nyame (also Nyankopon), the omniscient, omnipotent sky god. His wife is Asase Yaa and...
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| x Abenaki mythology | Pamola |
The Abenaki (also Wabanaki) is a Native American tribe located in the northeastern United States. Religious ceremonies are led by shamans, called Medeoulin (Mdawinno).
The history of the Abenaki people is divided into three time periods. In the...
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| x Chilota mythology | Peuchen |
The Chilote mythology or Chilota mythology is formed by the myths, legends and beliefs of the people who live in the Chiloé Archipelago, in the south of Chile. This mythology, reflects the importance of the sea in the life of chilotes.
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| x Phoenician mythology | Phoenix |
Phoenician mythology is the mythology of the Phoenicians.
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| x Cornish folklore |
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Pixie |
Cornish folklore is the folk tradition which has developed in Cornwall. There is much traditional folklore in Cornwall, often tales of giants, mermaids, piskies or the 'pobel vean' (little people.) These are still surprisingly popular today, with...
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| x Polish mythology | Polevik |
Polish mythology comprises beliefs and myths of ancient Poland, including witchcraft and elements of Paganism.
An early Polish settlement featuring an allocated place of pagan worship, which is located near the ancient complex of Poganowo not far...
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| x Jainism |
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Preta |
Jainism (pronounced /ˈdʒaɪnɪzəm/, also called Jain Dharma') is an ancient dharmic religion from India that prescribes a path of non-violence for all forms of living beings in this world. Its philosophy and practice relies mainly on self-effort in...
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| x Egyptian mythology |
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Sphinx |
Ancient Egyptian religion encompasses the various religious beliefs and rituals practiced in ancient Egypt over more than 3,000 years, from the predynastic period until the adoption of Christianity in the early centuries AD. Initially these beliefs...
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| x Cherokee mythology |
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Ani Hyuntikwalaski |
This article concerns itself with the mythology of the Cherokee, Native Americans indigenous to the Appalachias, and today are enrolled in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee Nation, and United Keetowah Band of Cherokee Indians.
The...
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| x Breton mythology | Ankou |
Breton mythology is the mythology or corpus of explanatory and herioc tales originating in Brittany, now in France. Bretons were a subset of Celtic people that adopted Christianity. Celtic traditions predominates their mythology:
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| x Arthurian legend |
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Questing Beast |
The Arthurian Legends are the legend that concern the legendary history of King Arthur and the knight of the Round Table. Arthur is the chief subject of the Matter of Britain.
Arthurian legend as a literary genre emerges in the 12th century as part...
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| x Salian Mythology |
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Quinotaur |
Frankish mythology comprises the mythology of the Franks, from its roots in polytheistic Germanic paganism through the inclusion of Greco-Roman components in the Early Middle Ages. This mythology flourished among the Franks until the conversion of...
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| x Lenape mythology | Rainbow crow |
Lenape mythology is based on polytheism.
Kishelemukong is the creator god, not involved in the daily affairs of the Lenape. Instead, he directed the manitowak, the life-spirits of all living things, which were created by Kishelemukong. The manitowak...
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| x Shamanistic cultures in Siberia |
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Raven |
Northern Asia, particularly Siberia is regarded as the locus classicus of shamanism. It is inhabited by many different ethnic groups. Many of its Uralic, Altaic, and Paleosiberian peoples observe shamanistic practices even in modern times. Many...
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| x Manx mythology | Arkan Sonney |
Manx mythology is the mythology of the Manx people.
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| x Babylonian mythology |
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Asakku |
Babylonian mythology is a set of stories depicting the activities of Babylonian deities, heroes, and mythological creatures. While these stories are in modern times usually considered a component of Babylonian religion, their purpose was not...
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| x Dahomey mythology | Obayifo |
The Dahomey (or Fon) are a nation located in Benin, Africa. The mythology of the Dahomey includes an entire pantheon of thunder gods; for example,
It is also in Dahomey where the Mami Wata religious tradition is widely established.
Lisa (male) and...
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| x Macedonian mythology | Aerico |
Macedonian mythology is the mythology of the Macedonians.
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| x Khoikhoi mythology | Aigamuxa |
This is a summary of some of the gods, heroes and monsters that appear in the beliefs of the Khoikhoi, an ethnic group from southern Africa.
Aigamuxa, a man-eating, dune-dwelling creature that is mostly human-looking, except that it has eyes on the...
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| x Ainu mythology | Akkorokamui |
Ainu mythology is the mythology of the Ainu people.
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| x Altaic mythologies |
Altaic mythologies is a cover term for the mythologies and indigenous religions of the Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Korean, and sometimes Japonic peoples. These peoples speak languages which are widely thought to be related in an Altaic language...
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| x Swiss mythology | Barbegazi |
Swiss folklore is used to describe a collection of local stories, celebrations and customs of the alpine and sub-alpine peoples that occupy Switzerland. The country of Switzerland is made up of several distinct cultures including German, French,...
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| x Thai Mythology | Naree Pons |
Thai Mythology is the mythology of the Thai people.
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| x Guyanese Mythology | Ole-Higue |
Guyanese Mythology comprises certain beliefs and myths in Guyana.
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| x Brazilian mythology | Saci |
The term Brazilian mythology is used to describe a series of cultural elements of diverse origin that are found in Brazil, comprising folk tales, traditions, characters and beliefs regarding places, peoples and entities. It is a subset of the...
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| x Caribbean mythology | Loogaroo |
Dominican mythology comprises certain beliefs and myths in Dominican Republic.
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| x Chippewa mythology |
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Baykok |
Anishinaabe traditional beliefs cover the traditional belief system of the Anishinaabeg peoples, consisting of the Algonquin/Nipissing, Ojibwa/Chippewa/Saulteaux/Mississaugas, Odawa, Potawatomi and Oji-cree, located primarily in the Great Lakes...
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| Elbow witch | |||||
| x Albanian folklore | Shtriga |
Albanian myths can be divided into two major groups: legends of metamorphosis and historical legends. Some of the best known legends are:
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| x Folklore of the United States | Bigfoot |
The folklore of the United States, or American folklore, is one of the folk traditions which has evolved on the North American continent since Europeans arrived in the 16th century. While it contains much in the way of Native American tradition, it...
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| x Mythology in the Low Countries |
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Goat riders |
The folklore of the Low Countries (Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg) has its roots in the mythologies of pre-Christian Gaulish (Gallo-Roman) and Germanic cultures, predating the region's Christianization by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages.
In...
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| x Lakota mythology | Canotila |
Here is a list of articles pertaining to Lakota mythology, a Native American people of North and South Dakota:
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| x Wendish mythology | Skrzak |
In 1824 the Danish poet Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789–1862) published his thesis on North-Slavic and Wendish mythology in which he established the following pantheon:
First line of gods (good): Triglau (Bog), Swantewit, Radegast, Prove, Sieba,...
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| x Trinidadian Folklore | Soucouyant |
Trinidadian Folklore comprises certain beliefs and myths in Trinidad and Tobago.
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| x European mythology | Changeling |
European mythology comprises certain beliefs and myths in Europe.
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| x Navajo mythology | Chindi |
Navajo Mythology is a system of beliefs that is enormously rich and expressive as well as complex with many tales. Navajo mythology is based on the recognition that all of the stories find a place within several major eras of sacred history, a...
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| x Burmese mythology | Chinthe |
Burmese mythology comprises certain beliefs and myths in Burma.
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| x Korean mythology |
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Chollima |
Korean mythology consists of national legends and folk-tales which come from all over the Korean Peninsula.
The original religion of Korea was a form of the Eurasian shamanism and the totemism of Far East Asia, specifically of the nomadic peoples of...
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| Korean dragon | |||||
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| x Cantabrian Mythology |
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Cuegle |
It seems that the native Cantabrian mythology connected, from the beginning and with the passing of the years, with Celtic and Roman mythology becoming partly related with legends and traditions from the rest of the Cantabrian Mountains. In most...
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| Fish-man | |||||
| x Berber mythology |
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Antaeus |
Berber beliefs or Amazigh beliefs are the beliefs of the indigenous Berber people of North Africa (not to be confused with the Ancient Egyptians or the Nubians). These beliefs were influenced primarily by the beliefs of the Berbers' Egyptian...
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| x Germanic paganism |
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Dwarf |
Germanic paganism refers to the theology and religious practices of the Germanic peoples of north-western Europe from the Iron Age up until their Christianization during the medieval. It has been described as being "a system of interlocking and...
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| Firedrake | |||||
| x Vietnamese Mythology | Vietnamese dragon |
Vietnamese Mythology comprises certain beliefs and myths in Vietnam.
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| x Indonesian mythology | Warak ngendog |
The origin of Indonesian mythology can be traced back to the earliest development of Indonesian kingdom predominantly called the Javanese Empire. Fossil evidence suggests the Indonesian archipelago was inhabited by Homo erectus, popularly known as...
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| Ebu Gogo | |||||
| Jenglot | |||||
| Singa | |||||
| x Chinese folklore |
Chinese folklore includes songs, dances, puppetry, and tales. It often tells stories of human nature, historical or legendary events, love, and the supernatural, or stories explaining natural phenomena and distinctive landmarks.
The main influences...
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| x Romani mythology | Dhampir |
Romani mythology is the myth, folklore, religion, traditions, and legends of the Romani people (also known as Gypsies). The Romanies are a nomadic culture which originated in India during the Middle Ages. They migrated widely, particularly to Europe...
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| x Kwakwaka'wakw mythology |
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Dzunukwa |
This article is about the spiritual beliefs, histories and practices in Kwakwaka'wakw mythology. The Kwakwaka'wakw are an Indigenous nation, numbering about 5,500, who live in the central coast of British Columbia on northern Vancouver Island and...
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| x Yoruba mythology |
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Egbere |
The Yorùbá religion comprises religious beliefs and practices of the Yoruba people of old before the Yoruba community encountered Islam, Christianity and other faiths. It originated from Africa (chiefly in Nigeria and Benin), and in the New World,...
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| x Lusitanian mythology | Enchanted Moura |
Lusitanian mythology is the mythology of the Lusitanians, the Indo-European people of western Iberia, in the territory comprising most of modern Portugal south of the Douro river.
Lusitanian deities heavily influenced all of the religious practices...
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| x Seneca mythology | Gaasyendietha |
The Seneca tribe was one of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy from the northeastern United States. Some important figures in Seneca Mythology were:
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| x Russian folklore | Gagana |
See Ilya Muromets, Dobrynya Nikitich, Alyosha Popovich, Svyatogor, Nightingale the Robber, Bogatyr, Bylina
''See Koschei, Baba Yaga, Leshiy, Domovoi, Kikimora
See Russian fairy tales
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| x Nuu-chah-nulth mythology | Haietlik |
Nuu-chah-nulth mythology is the historical oral history of the Nuu-chah-nulth, an Indigenous nation living on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
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| x Rapa Nui mythology | Hanau epe |
The Rapa Nui mythology, also known as Pascuense mythology or Easter Island mythology, is the name given to the myths, legends and beliefs (before being converted to Christianity) of the native Rapanui people of the island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)...
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| x Maltese mythology | Il-Belliegħa |
Maltese mythology involves myths and various stories from Malta, concerning mysterious creatures and supernatural occurrences. These were most comprehensively compiled by the scholar (and pioneer in Maltese archeology) Manwel Magri in his core...
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| x Iroquois mythology | Jogah |
Much of the mythology of the Iroquois, a confederation of variously five or six tribes of Native Americans, has been lost. Some of the religious stories have been preserved, including creation stories and some folktales.
Hahgwehdiyu is the creator...
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| x Hopi mythology | Kachina |
The Hopi maintain a complex religious and mythological tradition stretching back over centuries. However, it is difficult to definitively state what all Hopis as a group believe. Like the oral traditions of many other societies, Hopi mythology is...
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