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Gods, goddesses, and other figures from world mythological systems.
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| x Yeti |
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Nepali mythology |
The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is a mythological creature and an ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their...
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| x Lakhey | Newari mythology |
Lakhey (Nepal Bhasa:लाखे, lā-khé) is a famous character in Newar culture. It is a demon character popularized by its dance.
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| x Pandubbi | Nepali mythology |
Spirit living in ponds and lakes.
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| x Menehune |
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Hawaiian mythology |
In Hawaiian mythology, the Menehune [pronounced meh-neh-HOO-neh] are said to be a people, sometimes described as dwarfs in size, who live in the deep forests and hidden valleys of the Hawaiian islands, far from the eyes of normal humans. Their...
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| x Pele |
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Hawaiian mythology |
In Hawaiian mythology, Pele (pronounced [ˈpɛlɛ] in Hawaiian, /ˈpeɪleɪ/ PAY-lay in English) is the goddess of fire, lightning, dance, volcanoes and violence. She is a daughter of Haumea and Kane Milohai, and her home is believed to be the fire pit,...
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| x Titania |
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Fairy |
Titania is the name of a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. In Shakespeare's play, she is the queen of the fairies. Due to Shakespeare's influence, later fiction has often used the name "Titania" for fairy queen...
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A fairy (also fay, fey, faery, faerie; collectively, "fae", wee folk, good folk, people of peace, fair folk, and other euphemisms) is a type of mythological being or legendary creature, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural...
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| x Ask and Embla |
In Norse Mythology, Ask and Embla (Old Norse: Askr ok Embla) were the first two humans created by the gods. The pair are attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the...
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| x Ægir |
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Ægir (Old Norse "sea") is a jötunn and a king of the sea in Norse mythology. He seems to be a personification of the power of the ocean. He was also known for hosting elaborate parties for the gods. In Snorri Sturluson's Skáldskaparmál, Ægir is...
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| x Anubis |
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Anubis is the Greek name for a jackal-headed god associated with mummification and the afterlife in Egyptian mythology. In the ancient Egyptian language, Anubis is known as Inpu, (variously spelled Anupu, Ienpw etc.). The oldest known mention of...
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| x Balder |
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Balder is a god in Norse Mythology associated with light and beauty.
In the 12th century, Danish accounts by Saxo Grammaticus and other Danish Latin chroniclers recorded a euhemerized account of his story. Compiled in Iceland in the 13th century,...
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| x Bilskirnir |
Bilskirnir (Old Norse "lightning-crack") is the hall of the god Thor in Norse mythology. Here he lives with his wife Sif and their children. According to Grímnismál, the hall is the greatest of buildings and contains 540 rooms, located in Asgard, as...
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| x Brisingamen |
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In Norse mythology, Brísingamen (from Old Norse brisinga "flaming, glowing" and men "jewellry, ornament") is the necklace of the goddess Freyja.
Brísingamen is referred to in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf as Brosinga mene. The brief mention in...
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| x Bragi |
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Bragi is a skaldic god in Norse mythology.
Bragi is generally associated with bragr, the Norse word for poetry. The name of the god may have been derived from bragr, or the term bragr may have been formed to describe 'what Bragi does'. A connection...
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| x Draupnir |
Draupnir is a golden arm ring possessed by Odin, the highest god in Norse mythology. The ring was a source of endless wealth, since each ninth morning it had spawned eight more gold rings just like itself. Draupnir was forged by the dwarven brothers...
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| x Donn |
According to Irish mythology, Donn, or the Dark One, is the Lord of the Dead and father of Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, whom he gave to Aengus Óg to be nurtured. Donn is regarded as the father of the Irish race; a position similar to that of Dis Pater and...
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| x Enki |
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Enki (Sumerian: EN.KI(G)𒂗𒆠) was a god in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea in Akkadian and Babylonian mythology. He was originally patron god of the city of Eridu, but later the influence of his cult spread throughout Mesopotamia and to the...
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| x Frigg |
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Frigg (sometimes anglicized as Frigga) is a major goddess in Norse paganism, a subset of Germanic paganism. She is said to be the wife of Odin, and is the "foremost among the goddesses". Frigg appears primarily in Norse mythological stories as a...
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| x Forseti |
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Forseti (Old Norse "the presiding one", actually "president" in Modern Icelandic and Faroese) is the Æsir god of justice, peace and truth in Norse mythology. Fosite is a god of the Frisians often identified with Scandinavian Forseti. So Jacob Grimm,...
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| x Geri and Freki |
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In Norse mythology, Geri and Freki (also Gere and Freke) are a pair of wolves, companions of the god Odin. Freki is translated as "Ravenous." Geri is "Greedy"
Snorri Sturluson in Gylfaginning indicates that it is to these wolves that Odin gives his...
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Höðr (often anglicized as Hod) is the brother of Baldr in Norse mythology. Guided by Loki he shot the mistletoe missile which was to slay the otherwise invulnerable Baldr.
According to the Prose Edda and the Poetic Edda the goddess Frigg made...
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Joseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience....
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| x Loki |
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In Norse mythology, Loki is a god or jötunn (giant), or both. Loki's relation with the gods varies by source. Loki assists the gods, and sometimes causes problems for them. Loki is a shape shifter and in separate incidents he appears in the form of...
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| x Mabon ap Modron |
Mabon ap Modron is a figure of Welsh mythology, the son of Modron. Both he and his mother were likely deities in origin, decending from a divine mother-son pair. His name is related to the Romano-British god Maponos, whose name means "divine son";...
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| x Njord |
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Njörðr is a Vanir god in Norse mythology. In surviving sources, Njörðr is the father of the major deities Freyr and Freyja by his unnamed Van sister, was in an ill-fated marriage with the goddess Skaði, lives in Nóatún (Old Norse "ship-enclosure")...
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| x Rán |
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In Norse mythology, Rán (Old Norse "theft, robbery") is a sea goddess. According to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, in his retelling of the Poetic Edda poem Lokasenna, she is married to Ægir and they have nine daughters together....
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| x Skíðblaðnir |
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In Norse mythology, Skíðblaðnir (the name can be anglicized as Skídbladnir, Skídhbladhnir or Skíthblathnir) is the ship of Freyr. The ship was made by Dvalin and his brothers, dwarves and sons of Ívaldi. It was made at the request of Loki, and was...
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In Norse mythology, Sleipnir (Old Norse "slippy") is an eight-legged horse. Sleipnir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson....
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In Norse mythology, Skírnir (Old Norse "bright one") is the god Freyr's messenger and vassal. In the Poetic Edda poem Skírnismál, Skírnir is sent as a messenger to Jötunheimr to conduct Freyr's wooing of the fair Gerðr on condition of being given...
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| x Sigyn |
Sigyn (Old Norse "victorious girl-friend") is a goddess and wife of Loki in Norse mythology. Sigyn is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by...
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Tyr (pronounced /ˈtɪər/; Old Norse: Týr [tyːr]) is the god of single combat, victory and heroic glory in Norse mythology, portrayed as a one-handed man. In the late Icelandic Eddas, he is portrayed, alternately, as the son of Odin (Prose Edda) or of...
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| x The Dagda |
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The Dagda (sometimes written with no definitive article; Proto-Celtic: *Dagodeiwos; Old Irish: dag dia; Irish: dea-Dia; all meaning "good god") is an important god of Irish mythology. The Dagda is a father-figure (he is also known as Eochaid...
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| x Verdandi |
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Verðandi (possibly "happening" or "present"), sometimes anglicized as Verdandi, is a Norn in Norse mythology. Along with Urðr (Old Norse "fate") and Skuld (possibly "debt" or "future"), Verðandi makes up a trio of Norns that are described as...
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| x Vidar |
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In Norse mythology, Víðarr (Old Norse, possibly "wide ruler", anglicized as Vidar) is a god among the Æsir associated with vengeance. Víðarr is described as the son of Odin and the jötunn Gríðr, and is foretold to avenge his father's death by...
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| x Isis |
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Isis was a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshiped as the ideal mother, wife, matron of nature and magic. She was the friend of slaves, sinners, artisans, the...
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| x Amaterasu |
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Amaterasu (天照), Amaterasu-ōmikami (天照大神／天照大御神) or Ōhiru-menomuchi-no-kami (大日孁貴神) is, in Japanese mythology, a sun goddess and perhaps the most important Shinto deity (神, kami). Her name, Amaterasu, means literally "(that which) illuminates Heaven"....
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| x Tórshavn |
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Tórshavn (IPA: [ˈtʰɔuʂhaun]) is the capital and largest town of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the north west of the town lies the 347-metre (1,140 ft) high mountain Húsareyn, and to the...
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| x Aten |
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Aten (or Aton) was the disk of the sun in ancient Egyptian mythology, and originally an aspect of Ra. He became the deity of the monotheistic — in fact, monistic — religion Atenism of Amenhotep IV, who took the name Akhenaten. The worship of Aten...
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| x Perkele |
Perkele is a god associated with thunder in Finnish mythology. Perkele was referred to with a variety of names, including Ukko "an old man", Lars "shortness", and Ylijumala "the supreme god."
The name is of Indo-European origin. Related gods from...
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| x Set |
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In Ancient Egyptian mythology, Set (also spelled Seth, Sutekh or Seteh) is an ancient god, who was originally the god of the desert, Storms, Darkness, and Chaos. Because of developments in the Egyptian language over the 3,000 years that Set was...
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| x Ukko |
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In Finnish mythology, Ukko, in Estonian mythology Uku, is a god of sky, weather, crops (harvest) and other natural things. He is the most significant god in Finnish and Estonian mythologies. The Finnish word ukkonen, thunderstorm, is derived from...
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| x Fulla |
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In Germanic mythology, Fulla (Old Norse, possibly "bountiful") or Volla (Old High German) is a goddess. In Norse mythology, Fulla is described as wearing a golden snood and as tending to the ashen box and the footwear owned by the goddess Frigg, and...
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| x Gná |
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In Norse mythology, Gná is a goddess who runs errands in other worlds for the goddess Frigg and rides the flying, sea-trodding horse Hófvarpnir (Old Norse "he who throws his hoofs about", "hoof-thrower" or "hoof kicker"). Gná and Hófvarpnir are...
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| x Hlín |
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In Norse mythology, Hlín (Old Norse "protectoress") is a goddess associated with the goddess Frigg. Hlín appears in a poem in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century...
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| x Eir |
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In Norse mythology, Eir (Old Norse "help, mercy") is a goddess and/or valkyrie associated with medical skill. Eir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda, written in the 13th...
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| x Sif |
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In Norse mythology, Sif (Old Norse "In-law-relationship") is a goddess with golden hair and is the wife of the god Thor. Sif is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda, written...
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| x Skaði |
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In Norse mythology, Skaði (anglicised as Skadi, pronounced /ˈskɑːði/) or sometimes referred to as Öndurguð or Öndurdís ("Snowshoe Goddess") is a jötunn, daughter of Thjazi, one-time wife of the god Njörðr and stepmother of Freyr and Freyja.
In...
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Hrungnir (Old Norse "brawler") was a jötunn in Norse mythology, slain by the god Thor with his hammer Mjölnir. The account is documented in the Skáldskaparmál, in the Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson.
Prior to his demise, Hrungnir engaged in a wager...
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| x Ninhursag |
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In Sumerian mythology, Ninhursag (NIN.ḪURSAG 𒊩𒌆𒉺𒂅) was the earth and mother-goddess, one of the seven great deities of Sumer. She is principally a fertility goddess. Temple hymn sources identify her as the 'true and great lady of heaven' and kings...
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Mímir (Old Norse "The rememberer, the wise one") or Mim is a figure in Norse mythology renowned for his knowledge and wisdom who is beheaded during the Æsir-Vanir War. Afterward, the major god Odin carries around Mímir's head and it recites secret...
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| x Var |
In Norse mythology, Vár or Vór (Old Norse, meaning either "pledge" or "beloved") is a goddess associated with oaths and agreements. Vár is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources; the Prose Edda,...
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In Greek mythology, Astyanax (pronounced /əˈstaɪəˌnæks/) (Ancient Greek: Ἀστυάναξ - Astyánax, gen.: Ἀστυάνακτος) was the son of Hector and Andromache. His birth name was Scamandrius (in Greek Σκαμάνδριος or Σκάμανδρος, after the river Scamander),...
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| x Deipyle |
In Greek mythology, Deipyle or Dipyle (Greek: Δείπυλη, Deipulē) was the daughter of Adrastus and Amphithea, mother of Diomedes and wife of Tydeus.
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In Greek mythology, Phaedra is the daughter of Minos, wife of Theseus and the mother of Demophon and Acamas.
Though married to Theseus, Phaedra fell in love with Hippolytus, Theseus' son born by Antiope, queen of the Amazons. According to some...
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| x Eetion |
In Greek mythology, Eëtion was the king of the Cilician Thebe. He is the father of Andromache, wife of Hector, and of seven sons, including Podes.
In Book 6 of the Iliad, Andromache relates that Achilles killed Eëtion and his seven sons in a raid on...
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In Greek mythology, Scamander (Skamandros, Xanthus) was a river god, son of Oceanus and Tethys according to Hesiod. Scamander is also thought of as the river god, son of Zeus. By Idaea, he fathered King Teucer.
Scamander fought on the side of the...
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In Greek mythology, Protesilaus (Ancient Greek: Πρωτεσίλαος, Protesilaos), was a hero in the Iliad who was venerated in Thessaly and Thrace. Protesilaus was the son of Iphicles and the leader of the Phylaceans. Hyginus surmised that he was...
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In Greek mythology, Sarpedon (Greek: Σαρπηδὠν; gen.: Σαρπηδόνος) referred to at least three different people.
The first Sarpedon was a son of Zeus and Europa, and brother to Minos and Rhadamanthys. He was raised by King Asterion and then banished by...
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In Greek mythology, as recorded in the Iliad by Homer, Patroclus, or Patroklos (Gr. Πάτροκλος “glory of the father”), was the son of Menoetius, grandson of Actor, King of Opus, and was Achilles’ beloved comrade.
Menoetius was a member of the...
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