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Ox-Head and Horse-Face
In Chinese lore, Horse Face and Ox Head are two creatures depicted over and over again in the hell scrolls.... "Each is firmly bound and tightly tied,Shackled by both ropes and cords.The slightest move...
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Keto, Kētō, Ceto,Crataeis, Krataiis,Trienus
In Greek lore, Keto, The daughter of Gaia and Pontus, is a marine goddess who personifies the dangers and horrors of the sea. She consorted the sea-god Phorkys, and produced the Gorgons (a brood of...
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Fukurokuju, Fukurokujin
Fukurokuju is the Shinto god of wealth, happiness, and longevity in Japanese lore...Fukurokuju is a personification of the southern polar star and he is often confused with Jurōjin (another god of...
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Sea Bishop, Bishop-Fish
The seabishop or bishop-fish is a type of sea monster reported in the 16th century.According to legend, it was taken to the King of Poland, who wished to keep it. It was also shown to a group of...
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Noppera-bō
A lazy fisherman who decided to fish in the imperial koi ponds near the Heian-kyō palace.Despite being warned by his wife about the pond being sacred and near a graveyard, the fisherman went anyway.On...
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Allocamelus, Ass-camel
The allocamelus is an heraldic monster described as having the head of an donkey and a body with a camel’s hump; it’s sometimes called an “ass-camel” in the heraldic literature... It is the legendary...
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Heryshaf, Hershef, Herishef, Herysaf, Heryshef, Terrible Face, Terrible Face,...
Heryshaf (Heri-shef, 'he who is on his lake') is an ancient ram-god whose cult was centered in Middle Egypt at Herakleopolis Magna (now Ihnasiyyah al-Madinah)...Heryshaf is a fertility god and said to...
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Kothar-wa-Khasis, Kothar, Kathar-Wa-Hasis, Kothar-u-Khasis, Kathar-Wa-Hassis,...
Kothar-wa-Khasis (“skill-and-cunning”), ancient West Semitic god of crafts, equivalent of the Greek god Hephaestus. Kothar was responsible for supplying the gods with weapons and for building and...
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Lorelei, Loreley
According to German legend, there was once a beautiful young maiden, named Lorelei, who threw herself headlong into the river in despair over a faithless lover.Upon her death she was transformed into a...
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Tugarin Zmeyevich, Zmey Tugarin, Zmey Tugaretin, Zmeishche Tugarishche
Tugarin Zmey is a creature which personifies evil and cruelty and has a dragon-like nature; originates from East Slavic lore... Tugarin Zmeyevich is best known from a bylina* about his duel with...
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Liluri
In the lore of the Levant, little is known about Liluri, the ancient Syrian mountain goddess, consort of the weather god Manuzi...It has been said that bulls were sacrificed to both of...
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Buer
The 10th spirit, wise in the art of medicine, one of the 72 Spirits of Solomon, Buer is a demon of the second order... Buer appears in Sagittary, and that is his shape when the Sun is there...Yet...
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Nikkal, Nikkal-wa-Ib
Nikkal, the Syrian moon-goddess of the Ugarits and later of the Phoenicians, is married to the moon-god Jarih, and their marriage is lyrically described in the Ugaritic text Nikkal and the Kathirat....
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Voltumna, Veltha
In Etruscan lore, Veltha was the chthonic (earth deity related to or inhabiting the underworld), who became the supreme god of the Etruscan pantheon, the deus Etruriae princeps, according to Varro....
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Far darrig, Fear dearg
The far darrig or fear dearg, a faerie of Irish lore, is a near relation to the leprechaun, with similar features and a short stocky body. His face is splotched yellow. He dresses in red from his hat...
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GEGENEES
....In the Propontis there is an island sloping steeply to the sea, close to the rich mainland of Phrygia, and parted from it only by a low isthmus barely raised above the waves. The isthmus, with its...
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Gula
Beyond the role of the ashipu and the asu, there were other means of procuring health care in ancient Mesopotamia. One of these alternative sources was the Temple of Gula. ▣ Gula is the Sumerian...
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Gefjon, Gefion, Gefn, Gefjun
As the poet Bragi the Old says: Gefion dragged with laughter from Gylfi liberal prince What made Denmark larger, so that beasts of draught the oxen reeked with...
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