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Zahhak, Zohhāk, Aži Dahāka, Dahāg, Bēvar-Asp
The story of Zahhak originates in the Avesta. But in the tenth century AD, the famous Iranian poet, Ferdowsiretold this story in his famous book named Shahnameh (Book of Kings).Here is the summary of...
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Hephaestus
Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. He is the Greek god of technology, blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, fire and volcanoes.Sometimes it is said that Hera alone...
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Huginn and Muninn
Huginn ("thought") and his sidekick, Muninn ("memory"), are not gods in Norse folklore; they aren’t even angels...They are ravens with symbolic names, and the pets of a powerful Odin...Each morning...
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Ninki Nanka
Most of you by now would have heard about this years CFZ expedition to Gambia, in search of Dragons!One of the dragon-like beast they are searching for is locally known as Ninki-Nanka, which apparently...
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Hapi, Hapy, Ahephi, Hep, Hap
Hapi (not Hapi son of Horus) is a deification of the annual flooding (inundation) of the Nile River in Ancient Egyptian folklore... His name means Running One, probably referring to the current of the...
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Hygieia, Hygieia, Hygiea, Hygeia, Hygēa, Hygīa, Hugieia
Hygieia, one of the daughters of Asklepios (Asclepius) and granddaughter of Apollo, played an important role in the cult of Asklepios as a giver of health... She is often identified with health,...
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Pan, Faunus, Inuus
The legend of Pan tells of a god born with goat legs and feet, horns, and a furry human upper body. The other gods ridiculed him because of his appearance, and so Pan left Olympus, and went to live in...
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Frigg, Frigga
Frigg “The Beloved”sometimes Anglicized as “Frigga,” is the highest-ranking of the Aesir goddesses in Norse folklore... (Aesir are warrior deities of the sky who lived in Asgard).http://bit.ly/ZFdO1M...
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Lamashtu, La-maš-tu, Dimme, Demon Queen, the Mother of Beasts, the Demon Mother
Lamashtu is a hideous she-demonic-vampire in the Akkadian-Babylonian, Mesopotamian folklore... Unlike other demonic entities of Mesopotamian lore, Lamashtu is indicated to have acted of her own...
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Lilith, Lilit; Seductress, Heroine or Murderer?
For 4,000 years the highly seductive yet destructive Lilith has wandered the earth, figuring in the mythic imaginations of writers, artists and poets... Her dark origins lie in Babylonian demonology,...
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Diwata, Encantada, Engkantada
Then, like slippery oral art, like slips of the tongue, creation stories about men, women, and diwata—a god or spirit in Philippine folklore—are made up and told again and again... Diwatas [possibly a...
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Pallas
Pallas is the Greek titan-god of warcraft and the campaign season of late spring and early summer... He is the son of Crius and Eurybia , the husband os Styx and the father of Victory (Nike),...
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Cecrops, Kekrôps
Cecrops is a legendary king of Athens who is said to have reigned for fifty six years. The name is not of Greek origin according to Strabo[1], or it might mean 'face with a tail': it is said that, born...
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Shapash, Shapsh, Sapas, Shapshu, Torch of the gods, Pale Shapash, Shaph
Shapash is the Phoenician (Ugaritic)/Canaanite sun-goddess, daughter of El and Asherah, called the "Torch of the gods", or "Pale Shapash". The goddess of the sun is frequently dispatched on errands by...
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Mara
Mara is the master magician of illusion, became in Buddhist legends the Evil One. Because the Buddha delivers men from desire, birth, and death, the demon Mara was his special enemy, and thus his...
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Menehune, Kane-hoa-lani, Lalo-kona, Pua-Nawao, Ku-ma-menehune, Ku-hooia, Ku-iiki
Tales of little people have been recorded throughout the ages in every culture, in every country around the globe. One race of them is the mysterious Menehune of Hawaii... Reports of a little race...
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Scylla (Skylla) And Charybdis (Kharybdis)
In Greek folklore, Scylla is a sea monster who lived underneath a dangerous rock at one side of the Strait of Messia, opposite the Charybdis.The latter is the whirlpool who lived in a cave at one side...
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Vesna
For the Slavs Vesna is the goddess of spring and and awakening. She is also associated with youth. Vesna was a very popular goddess among people because she replaced winter and death that is Morena......
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Seshat, Safkhet, Sesat, Seshet, Sesheta, Seshata, Mistress of the House of...
Seshat is the Ancient Egyptian goddess of wisdom, knowledge, and writing. She was the daughter of Nut and Geb, her siblings included Osiris, Isis and Seth. In Ancient Egyptian folklore there are...
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Tiangou, Tiāngoǔ, Tien kou, Celestial dog
The tiāngoǔ is a legendary creature from China. Chinese literature assigns this creature a variety of descriptions, but most often it is a fierce and anthropophageous canine monster that resembles a...
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