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Yowie, Yowie-Whowie, Yahoo, Yaroma, Noocoonah, Wawee, Pangkarlangu, Jimbra,...
The name ‘Yowie’ is the rather affectionate term for an unidentified hominid reputed to stalk the Australian wilderness... Yowie is native to the Australian Aboriginal folklore. This Australian...
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Amaterasu, Amaterasu-ōmikami, Ōhirume-no-muchi-no-kami
Amaterasu is a sun goddess of the Shinto religion. It is believed that Amaterasu sent her grandson Jimmu to Earth 3,000 years ago to be the first ruler of Japan, beginning the divine family of...
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Ogmios, Ogmius
Ogmios is a gaulish god of eloquence, and the personification of poetry, literature, learning and persuasiveness... He was also a binding god who would use his powers of persuasion to bind men onto...
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Ammit, Ammut, Ahemait
Ammit is the crocodile-headed goddess of the Underworld (Duat), the 'Devourer of the Dead' and 'Eater of Souls' in Ancient Egyptian folklore... Although Ammit is often referred to as a goddess of the...
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Nerio, Neriene, Nerienis, Anatolian Ma, 'Valour', Magni,
Nerio is a goddess of war in Roman folklore... Very little is known about her, and the ancients themselves were doubtful as to the correct form of her name... Although this goddess did not play a...
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Bellona, Bellola, Duellona
Bellona is the goddess of war among the Romans, similar to the Ancient Greek Enyo... The name "Bellona" derived from the Latin word for "war" (bellum), and is directly related to the modern English...
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Brünnhilde, Brynhildr, Brunhild, Brynhild
Brynhildr,the daughter of Budli, is a shieldmaiden and a valkyrie in Norse folklore, where she appears as a main character in the Völsunga saga and some Eddic poems treating the same events... Under...
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Imbunche, Invunche, Achucho de la cueva, Ifünche
In the Chilote folklore and Chilote legends of the Chiloé Island in southern Chile, the Imbunche is a vampirish monster that protects the entrance to a warlock's cave... All the lore about the...
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Tykhe, Tyche
Tykhe, daughter of Aphrodite and Zeus or Hermes, is the spirit of originally fortune and chance, and then of prosperity in Greek folklore. However, according to Hesiod, Tyche is an oceanide; daughter...
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Rhiannon, Riannon
Rhiannon is the Celtic goddess of Inspiration and the Moon... She is a goddess of movement and change who remains steadfast, comforting us in times of crisis and of loss... Rhiannon's name meant...
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Pinga
'The one on high' is Pinga, the Eskimo goddess of game, the hunt, helper of medicine, men and the living. Pinga is also the Psychopomp (from the Greek word psuchopompos, literally meaning the "guide...
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Sabazios
Sabazios, the nomadic horseman and the sky/father god of Phrygia, is an ancient Thracian being*, whose precise nature is much debated in academia, with many scholars claiming with certainty an...
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Nergal, Nirgal, Nirgali, Nergel
Nergal is the (southern) Mesopotamian god of death, pestilence, plague and the netherworld... Nergal represents a very particular aspect of death, one that is often and rightly interpreted as...
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Dewi Sri, Dewi Shri, Shridevi, Nyai Pohaci Sanghyang Asri
Dewi Sri is the Indonesian Rice goddess, equivalent of the Indian Goddess Lakshmi. Sri is the goddess of the earth, the Rice Bride, and the Mother of the Javanese people. In the Javanese wayang...
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Yam, Yamm, Nahar, Yaw
Yam, the Ugaritic-Canaanite sea god of the waters: the seas, rivers, lakes, and chaos and disorder, periodically battled the weather-storm god Baal for supremacy. Yam represents the power of the...
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Mixcoatl, Mixcōhuātl, Camaxtli, Nahuatl, Mixcoatl-Camaxtli, Mixcoatl-Camaxtli
Mixcoatl is the god of the hunt and war. He is identified with the Milky Way, the stars, and the heavens in several Meso-American cultures. Mixcoatl was part of the Aztec pantheon... Mixcoatl is...
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Raijin, Raiden, Yakusa no ikazuchi no kami, Kaminari-sama, Raiden-samaNarukami
Raiden, the father of Raitaro, is the god of thunder (rai) and lightning (den) in the Shinto and Japanese folklore... He is fond of eating human navels. Some Japanese parents tell their children to...
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He-Bo, Feng Yi. Fen
He Bo, brother of the moon goddess Heng O, is from the Chinese folklore and is the god of the Yellow River. He wasn't always He Bo however. Long ago he was originally called Feng Yi. Fen... Feng Yi...
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Hypnos, Hypnus
Hypnos, the son of Nyx (the goddess of the night and darkness), in Greek folklore is represented as a gentle young man, usually with wings attached to his temples or shoulders. In Hesiod’s portray,...
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Isis, Aset, Iset
Isis, in ancient Egyptian folklore, is the goddess of fertility. She is a guardian of the dead, and the patroness of powerful magical abilities and nature...Isis is also a great enchantress......
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