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x Yeti Yetiscalp 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...
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.
Nepali mythology
x Kichkandi   Nepali mythology  
x Pandubbi   Nepali mythology
Spirit living in ponds and lakes.
x Menehune Alekoko fishpond 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...
x Pele Pele HVO Hawaiian mythology
In Hawaiian mythology, Pele (pronounced [ˈpeh- lei] /ˈpeɪleɪ/ PAY-lay) is the goddess of fire, lightning, dance, volcanoes and violence. She is a popular figure in many stories of ancient Hawaii. There are several traditional legends associated with...
x Titania Lady Titania 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...
x Fairy Take  the  Fair  Face  of  Woman... by Sophie Anderson  
A fairy (also faery, faerie, fay, fae; euphemistically wee folk, good folk, people of peace, fair folk, etc.) is a type of mythological being or legendary creature, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural or preternatural....
x Ask and Embla    
Ask and Embla (Old Norse: Askr ok Embla), according to Norse mythology, were the first two humans created by the gods. The pair are attested in both the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the Prose Edda,...
x Ægir Daugthers of Ægir and Rán  
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...
x Anubis Anubis personificación o antropización egipcia vinculada a las almas  
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...
x Balder Balder's death is portrayed in this illustration from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript  
Balder (also spelled Baldr or Baldur) is a god in Norse mythology associated with light, beauty, love and happiness . In the 12th century, Danish accounts by Saxo Grammaticus and other Danish Latin chroniclers recorded a euhemerized account of his...
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...
x Brisingamen Freya and Heimdall by Blommer  
In Norse mythology, Brísingamen (from Old Norse brisinga "flaming, glowing" and men "jewellery, 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...
x Bragi Idunn and Bragi by Blommer  
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...
x Draupnir    
In Norse mythology, Draupnir (Old Norse "the dripper") is a gold ring possessed by the god Odin with the ability to multiply itself. Draupnir was forged by the dwarven brothers Brokkr and Eitri (or Sindri). Brokkr and Eitri made this ring as one of...
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...
x Enki Enki as portrayed in various cylinder seals, courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum  
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...
x Frigg FriggSpinning  
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" and the queen of Asgard. Frigg appears primarily in Norse...
x Forseti Forseti zu Gericht sitzend  
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,...
x Geri and Freki Odin with the pair of wolves Geri and Freki and the ravens Hugin and Munin, 1888  
In Norse mythology, Geri and Freki (Old Norse, both meaning "the ravenous-one" or "the greedy one") are two wolves that accompany the god Odin. Odin feeds the wolves while he himself only consumes wine. Geri and Freki are attested in the Poetic Edda...
x Höðr Loki tricks Höðr into shooting Baldr  
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...
x Joseph Campbell Joseph Campbell & Joan Halifax  
Joseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 31, 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....
x Loki Processed SAM loki  
In Norse mythology, Loki is a god or jötunn (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 a...
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, descending from a divine mother–son pair. His name is related to the Romano-British god Maponos, whose name means "divine son";...
x Njord Njord in an illustration to the Poetic Edda from 1893.  
In Norse mythology, Njörðr is an Æsir god. Njörðr is father of the 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") and is associated with sea,...
x Rán Ran, by Peter Hurd, 1882  
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....
x Skíðblaðnir The third gift — an enormous hammer by Elmer Boyd Smith  
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...
x Sleipnir Ardre Odin Sleipnir  
In Norse mythology, Sleipnir (Old Norse "slippy" or "the slipper") 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...
x Skirnir An illustration from Fredrik Sander's 1893 Swedish edition of the Poetic Edda  
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...
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...
x Tyr IB 299 4to Tyr  
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. Corresponding names in other Germanic languages are Gothic Teiws , Old English Tīw and Old High...
x The Dagda The Dagda  
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...
x Verdandi Nornir by Lund  
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...
x Vidar Vidar by Collingwood  
In Norse mythology, Víðarr (Old Norse, possibly "wide ruler", sometimes anglicized as Vidar, Vithar, Vidarr, and Vitharr) is a god among the Æsir associated with vengeance. Víðarr is described as the son of Odin and the jötunn Gríðr, and is foretold...
x Isis Isis  
Isis was a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshiped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the patron of nature and magic. She was the friend of slaves, sinners,...
x Amaterasu The Sun goddess emerging out of a cave, bringing sunlight back to the universe  
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 one of the principal Shinto deities (神, kami). Her name, Amaterasu, means literally "(that which) illuminates Heaven". She...
x Tórshavn The peninsula Tinganes is seat of the Faeroese Government in Tórshavn  
Tórshavn (IPA: [ˈtʰɔuʂhaun]; Danish: Thorshavn) 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...
x Aten The Pharaoh Akhenaten is shown bigger than the rest of his royal family, because he was of greater importance  
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...
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...
x Set Set represented in the tomb of Thutmose III (KV34)  
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...
x Ukko Ukko  
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...
x Fulla Frigg and Fulla 1874  
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...
x Gná Frigg by Doepler  
In Norse mythology, Gná is a goddess who runs errands in other worlds for the goddess Frigg and rides the flying, sea-treading horse Hófvarpnir (Old Norse "he who throws his hoofs about", "hoof-thrower" or "hoof kicker"). Gná and Hófvarpnir are...
x Hlín Frigg by Doepler  
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...
x Eir Menglöð and Nine Maidens by Froelich  
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...
x Sif Sif from Swedish Edda translation  
In Norse mythology, Sif is a goddess associated with the earth with famously golden hair, and 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 in...
x Skaði Skaði, by Frølich  
In Norse mythology, Skaði (sometimes anglicized as Skadi, Skade, or Skathi) is a jötunn and goddess associated with bowhunting, skiing, winter, and mountains. Skaði is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier...
x Hrungnir Thor und Hrungnir  
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...
x Ninhursag Ninhursag  
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...
x Mímir Oden vid Mims lik  
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...
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,...
x Astyanax Hector Astyanax MN Jatta  
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),...
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.
x Phaedra Alexandre Cabanel's painting Phaedra (1880)  
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 either Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, or Antiope,...
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...
x Scamander    
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...
x Protesilaus    
In Greek mythology, Protesilaus (Ancient Greek: Πρωτεσίλαος, Protesilaos), was a hero in the Iliad who was venerated at cult sites in Thessaly and Thrace. Protesilaus was the son of Iphicles, a "lord of many sheep"; as grandson of the eponymous...
x Sarpedon Death Sarpedon MNA Policoro detail  
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...
x Patroclus Achilles heals Patroclus, since he learned the arts of medicine from his tutor, Chiron  
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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