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  1. The sun god of Aztec lore who
  2. is also worshipped as a war
  3. god. He is said to give
  4. warriors strength.
  5.  
  6. He is often depicted as an
  7. armed warrior with the sun
  8. on his back.
  9. -----------------------------*--
  10. The god of night, evil, and
  11. death in Slavic lore. His name
  12. means "black god."
  13.  
  14. Like many other gods of the
  15. dead, he is said to live below
  16. the earth. His counterpart is
  17. Belobog, the "white god."
  18. Despite being feared, he was
  19. also worshipped. The curse,
  20. "May the black god kill you,"
  21. is still used in Ukraine.
  22. -----------------------------*--
  23. Seiten Taisei is also known
  24. as Sun Wu Kong and was
  25. supposedly born from a rock
  26. at the summit of the Mountain
  27. of Flowers and Fruit.
  28.  
  29. He wreaked havoc and was
  30. punished by Buddha, but was
  31. eventually saved by a monk
  32. named Santsang and travelled
  33. with him on a journey
  34. towards enlightenment.
  35. -----------------------------*--
  36. A violent god of Japanese
  37. legend, he was one of three
  38. gods born from Izanagi.
  39.  
  40. Originally banned from
  41. Takamagahara for uncouth
  42. behavior, he later performed
  43. heroic deeds such as slaying
  44. Yamata-no-Orochi and became
  45. a great god of Ne-no-Kuni.
  46. -----------------------------*--
  47. A Hindu god of war, also known
  48. as Skanda and Murugan.
  49.  
  50. He rides upon a peacock called
  51. Paravani, with bow and arrow
  52. drawn. He commands the army of
  53. the gods, and defeated the
  54. forces of Asura.
  55. -----------------------------*--
  56. The Hindu creator and
  57. destroyer of the world.
  58. Along with Vishnu, Shiva
  59. is one of the most revered
  60. gods in the Hindu faith.
  61.  
  62. He purifies the world
  63. through destruction and
  64. then reconstructs it.
  65. Though he uses his
  66. destructive force towards
  67. demons, he grants blessings
  68. to believers. There are
  69. various depictions of Shiva,
  70. but the common version has
  71. four arms, one face, and
  72. three eyes. His weapon is
  73. a trident of light, and
  74. his third eye is said to
  75. be able to set the world
  76. ablaze.
  77. -----------------------------*--
  78. The Egyptian goddess of
  79. fertility. She is also the
  80. goddess of love, motherhood,
  81. and joy.
  82.  
  83. She is depicted as a cow with
  84. the disc of the sun between
  85. her horns, or as a horned
  86. woman holding the disc of
  87. the sun.
  88. -----------------------------*--
  89. In Hindu lore, she is the
  90. consort of Brahma and the
  91. goddess of knowledge, music,
  92. and art, who appears with
  93. a vina.
  94.  
  95. Because Vedas, songs offered
  96. to the gods, are said to be
  97. her creation, she is known
  98. as the mother of the Vedas.
  99. Brahma was fascinated by her
  100. beauty and though she tried
  101. to dodge his gaze, each time
  102. a new face formed. Finally,
  103. after he gained four faces,
  104. she realized that she could
  105. not escape and gave up,
  106. becoming his wife.
  107. -----------------------------*--
  108. The goddess of Shirayama,
  109. also called Shirayama-Hime.
  110.  
  111. The deification of a maiden
  112. who relayed Izanami's words.
  113. She once mediated between
  114. Izanagi and Izanami during
  115. their confrontation in Yomi,
  116. the land of the dead. Since
  117. she is the goddess of love
  118. and marriage, she was thought
  119. to have been named for
  120. "kukuri," to bring people
  121. together.
  122. -----------------------------*--
  123. The goddess of fire in
  124. Irish lore. She also presides
  125. over craftsmanship,
  126. intelligence, poetry, and
  127. healing.
  128.  
  129. She is depicted carrying a
  130. magic cup symbolizing a
  131. brazier. She had such
  132. authority that her name
  133. itself was synonymous with
  134. "goddess." When Christianity
  135. spread to Ireland, she was
  136. so revered by the masses
  137. that the church canonized
  138. her as a Christian saint.
  139. -----------------------------*--
  140. The war goddess of Celtic lore,
  141. as well as the queen of the
  142. Land of Shadows.
  143.  
  144. She is a skilled magician and
  145. a master warrior. She trains
  146. young men who come to her in
  147. the art of war. The famed
  148. Cu Chulainn was one of her
  149. students, and it is said that
  150. he received the legendary
  151. Gae Bolg upon his mastery of
  152. her teachings.
  153. -----------------------------*--
  154. The goddess of beauty and
  155. good fortune in Hindu lore.
  156. She is a love goddess, wife
  157. to Vishnu and mother to Kama.
  158.  
  159. She is the embodiment of the
  160. ideal woman and is said to
  161. have charmed many gods with
  162. her dance.
  163. -----------------------------*--
  164. Goddesses of fate in Norse
  165. lore. Said to be giantesses.
  166.  
  167. They live in a well below
  168. the roots of Yggdrasil,
  169. where they weave the threads
  170. of fate which bind even the
  171. gods.
  172. -----------------------------*--
  173. The mother goddess of Egypt.
  174. She is wife and sister to
  175. Osiris, god of the underworld.
  176.  
  177. Known for her powerful magic,
  178. she could perform miracles
  179. such as raising her husband
  180. from the dead. As the patron
  181. goddess of the dead, her image
  182. can be found at many burial
  183. sites.
  184. -----------------------------*--
  185. The Japanese goddess of
  186. light. She is a leading
  187. deity of Takamagahara,
  188. the land of the Amatsu gods.
  189.  
  190. She is said to have been born
  191. of Izanagi's left eye, and is
  192. enshrined in many places,
  193. such as Ise Grand Shrine. Her
  194. most well-known tale is when
  195. she grew so angry at her
  196. brother Susano-o-no-mikoto's
  197. violence and chaos that she
  198. withdrew into Amano-iwato,
  199. shrouding the world in
  200. darkness.
  201. -----------------------------*--
  202. An Indian god who repels
  203. evil, known as Daikokuten
  204. in Buddhism.
  205.  
  206. His swords are fearsome, but
  207. by paying tribute to him,
  208. his worshippers are blessed
  209. with tremendous wealth and
  210. happiness. One theory holds
  211. that he is an incarnation of
  212. Shiva, the destroyer.
  213. -----------------------------*--
  214. The Norse god of thunder and
  215. fertility, whose strength is
  216. incomparable. He is a heroic
  217. and honest god.
  218.  
  219. He is worshipped mainly by
  220. farmers and is most known for
  221. defeating giants. He wields
  222. Mjolnir, a hammer which
  223. returns to its owner after
  224. being thrown. He and the
  225. World Serpent, Jormungandr,
  226. are fated to kill each other
  227. at Ragnarok.
  228. -----------------------------*--
  229. One of the chief gods of
  230. ancient Japanese lore. His
  231. image is reflected in
  232. shakoukidogu statues.
  233.  
  234. Because he was worshipped by
  235. Nagasunehiko, who defeated
  236. Emperor Jimmu's army, he was
  237. seen as a symbol of rebellion
  238. toward the Emperor, causing
  239. his adherents to be persecuted.
  240. -----------------------------*--
  241. In Norse lore, he is the
  242. father of the gods, as well
  243. as the god of wisdom.
  244.  
  245. He rides his eight-legged
  246. horse Sleipnir, bears his
  247. spear Gungnir, and wears the
  248. ring of Draupnir. He freely
  249. sacrificed an eye to drink
  250. from the Well of Wisdom. He
  251. also welcomes the souls of
  252. warriors to Valhalla.
  253. -----------------------------*--
  254. In Hindu lore, he is a god
  255. who manages hell. He has been
  256. incorporated into Buddhism
  257. as well, where he is well-
  258. known as King Enma.
  259.  
  260. He was originally born human
  261. and had a twin sister named
  262. Yami. Yama died first, which
  263. filled Yami with sorrow. The
  264. gods created day and night
  265. for her to forget Yama.
  266.  
  267. As the first person to die,
  268. Yama was given the role of
  269. guiding the deceased to the
  270. land of the dead, but he
  271. eventually began punishing
  272. them according to their deeds
  273. while alive. Originally, the
  274. land of the dead consisted
  275. only of heaven, but through
  276. Yama's work, hell was born
  277. and over time he came to
  278. manage it.
  279. -----------------------------*--
  280. A sun god of Irish lore. His
  281. name means "flashing light."
  282.  
  283. He is skilled in many arts,
  284. carries his spear Areadbhar,
  285. and is known as the Long Arm.
  286.  
  287. He is father to Cu Chulainn
  288. and is said to have many wives,
  289. including Bui. His grandfather
  290. Balor was also his greatest
  291. foe; during the battle of
  292. Magh Tuireadh he pierced
  293. Balor's evil eye with a magic
  294. stone.
  295. -----------------------------*--
  296. The chief Semitic god. He was
  297. worshipped as a fertility god,
  298. and his name means "Lord."
  299.  
  300. He is the god of Canaan and
  301. brother and consort to the
  302. goddess Anat. Many demons,
  303. such as Bael, Beelzebub,
  304. Belphegor, and Berith are
  305. believed to be derivations
  306. of Baal. Long ago, he was
  307. worshipped in the same
  308. temples as Yahweh.
  309. -----------------------------*--
  310. A violent group of demons
  311. in Hindu lore. They are
  312. very powerful and caused
  313. the gods much grief.
  314.  
  315. They are a strict group who
  316. attacks anyone that runs
  317. counter to their ideals.
  318. They were originally gods of
  319. light who were worshipped in
  320. Persia. The Zoroastrian god
  321. Ahura Mazda was one of them.
  322. -----------------------------*--
  323. A god of death originating
  324. in Greco-Roman lore.
  325.  
  326. In those days, he was
  327. depicted as a demon with the
  328. head of a pig, most likely
  329. because sacrifices to him
  330. commonly used pigs.
  331. -----------------------------*--
  332. The evil Babylonian lord
  333. of southeastern wind and
  334. scorching sands.
  335.  
  336. He has a lion's head and
  337. arms, a human body, eagle-
  338. clawed feet, bird wings, and
  339. a scorpion's tail. He also
  340. has an oddly bent horn on
  341. his forehead. It's said he
  342. comes alongside the poisonous,
  343. scorching winds from the
  344. Persian Gulf to spread
  345. plague.
  346. -----------------------------*--
  347. The king of the abyss that
  348. appears in the Revelations
  349. of the New Testament. He
  350. controls locusts and plagues.
  351.  
  352. He leads the seventh order
  353. of demons who appear at the
  354. sounding of the fifth
  355. trumpet on Judgement Day,
  356. when he will bring a horde
  357. of locusts to make people
  358. suffer. His name in Hebrew
  359. means "destroyer" and
  360. "endless pit." It's thought
  361. that his origins lie in
  362. deification of the natural
  363. disasters caused by locust
  364. swarms.
  365. -----------------------------*--
  366. One of the Si-Xiong of
  367. ancient China. It has a
  368. human face on a sheep-like
  369. body and sharp fangs.
  370.  
  371. Its insatiable hunger causes
  372. it to eat until nothing
  373. remains. It's said that it
  374. steals treasure from the
  375. weak while toadying up to
  376. the strong.
  377. -----------------------------*--
  378. A fallen angel of Judeo-
  379. Christian lore representing
  380. vengeful spirits. His name
  381. means "Fearsome Lion."
  382.  
  383. It's said that he only helps
  384. get revenge for those who
  385. hire him. When he still
  386. served God, he was entrusted
  387. with the protection of St.
  388. Enoch. He is originally
  389. mentioned in the books of
  390. Genesis and Daniel, but
  391. somehow he came to be known
  392. as a demon.
  393. -----------------------------*--
  394. A fearsome creator god of
  395. Aztec lore. His name means
  396. "smoking mirror."
  397.  
  398. He is a god of many things,
  399. including war. He was the
  400. first sun god before being
  401. struck down by Quetzalcoatl.
  402. -----------------------------*--
  403. A god of the Cthulhu mythos.
  404. He came to Earth in ancient
  405. times from outer space and
  406. is known as the Crawling
  407. Chaos.
  408.  
  409. He acts as a proxy to his
  410. masters such as Azathoth,
  411. who have no intelligence to
  412. make their desires manifest
  413. in our world. Because he can
  414. assume various forms, he is
  415. known as a faceless god. He
  416. is particularly known as the
  417. Haunter of the Dark, and he
  418. seems to have other guises on
  419. Earth as well.
  420. -----------------------------*--
  421. A holy creature that carries
  422. the gods on its back in
  423. Hindu lore. It lives in
  424. rivers and lakes.
  425.  
  426. It is a type of fish said to
  427. have the qualities of
  428. crocodiles, hippopotami,
  429. elephants, and Naga. In the
  430. Da Tang Xiyu Ji, a Buddhist
  431. record of the western world,
  432. it is the size of a mountain
  433. and its eyes shine like the
  434. sun.
  435. -----------------------------*--
  436. A snake spirit said to live
  437. in the mountains in ancient
  438. Japanese scriptures. It is
  439. believed to govern lines of
  440. energy.
  441.  
  442. It is a god of wilderness
  443. with a large mouth, but no
  444. eyes or nose. It is not evil,
  445. but has a violent temper and
  446. sometimes attacks humans that
  447. cross its path.
  448. -----------------------------*--
  449. The king of dragons from
  450. Arthurian lore. Its name
  451. means both "dragon's head"
  452. and "head dragon."
  453.  
  454. When Arthur's father Uther
  455. fought the Saxons, two comets
  456. like fire soared across the
  457. sky. To commemorate this,
  458. he called himself Uther
  459. Pendragon, a name which
  460. Arthur inherited. Thus, a
  461. Pendragon is thought to be
  462. the symbol of a king's
  463. ultimate authority. Its
  464. figure can be seen in places
  465. such as the emblem on the
  466. shields of British knights.
  467. -----------------------------*--
  468. One of the Ssu-Ling, celestial
  469. creatures in Chinese lore.
  470.  
  471. It represents the direction
  472. north, the season of winter,
  473. and the element of water.
  474. -----------------------------*--
  475. An Aztec creator deity known
  476. as the Feathered Serpent.
  477.  
  478. He is identified as the sun,
  479. and also known as the god of
  480. wind and giver of breath. He
  481. created humans by sprinkling
  482. blood on the bones of people
  483. from a previously created
  484. world, and acts as guardian
  485. of their fertility and
  486. culture. Venus is said to be
  487. Quetzalcoatl's heart.
  488. -----------------------------*--
  489. One of the Ssu-Ling,
  490. celestial creatures in
  491. Chinese lore.
  492.  
  493. It represents the direction
  494. east, the season of spring,
  495. and the element of wood. It
  496. is the noblest of the Ssu-
  497. Ling and dwells in a palace
  498. at the bottom of the ocean.
  499. In Feng Shui, placing water
  500. in the east side guides its
  501. power and is said to bring
  502. good fortune.
  503. -----------------------------*--
  504. A giant snake with eight
  505. heads and eight tails that
  506. appears in the Kojiki.
  507.  
  508. It demanded a sacrificial
  509. maiden each year, but
  510. Susano-o got it drunk and
  511. killed it with his sword.
  512. -----------------------------*--
  513. A serpent of Hindu lore that
  514. appears at the beginning and
  515. end of the world.
  516.  
  517. Vishnu rested on Ananta, who
  518. stands on the endless milk
  519. ocean. After awakening, he
  520. began creating the world.
  521. -----------------------------*--
  522. A snake god said to be the
  523. master of the lake in Ainu
  524. lore. It is also known as
  525. Sakusomoaipu, "He who is not
  526. to be spoken of in summer."
  527.  
  528. It has a thin head and tail,
  529. a fat body, wings on its back,
  530. a sharp nose, and red lining
  531. around the eyes and mouth.
  532. Its lake habitat gives off a
  533. foul smell; anyone who comes
  534. near will experience swelling
  535. of the body and hair loss.
  536. -----------------------------*--
  537. A possessive spirit in the
  538. form of a small snake, spoken
  539. of in the Shikoku and San-in
  540. regions. A golden ring is
  541. wrapped around its neck.
  542.  
  543. It is also called Tonbe or
  544. Tonbo and can possess humans.
  545. They are kept in earthen
  546. bottles and are given the
  547. same food as people. If you
  548. send it to one you have a
  549. grudge against, it will make
  550. them suffer, but if treated
  551. badly it will attack its
  552. owner. Because snakes are
  553. thought to bring good luck,
  554. it's said that taking care
  555. of a Toubyou will bring
  556. prosperity to one's family.
  557. -----------------------------*--
  558. The heroine of the Chinese
  559. tale of the white snake. She
  560. appears as a human.
  561.  
  562. She was originally portrayed
  563. as an atrocious monster who
  564. charmed and ate young men,
  565. but was later depicted as a
  566. sad girl who falls in love
  567. with a human and is tormented
  568. by the difference in their
  569. natures.
  570. -----------------------------*--
  571. A dark dragon from Northern
  572. Africa, whose name means
  573. "king of snakes."
  574.  
  575. Since tales about it have
  576. been told for ages, there are
  577. various versions of it, but
  578. they are marked by their
  579. wings and crested crown. Its
  580. breath and gaze are so toxic
  581. that they will instantly
  582. kill any mortal being.
  583. -----------------------------*--
  584. A dragon that appears in
  585. ancient Semitic lore of the
  586. Palestinian region. He is
  587. enemies with Baal, the god
  588. of fertility and agriculture.
  589.  
  590. He gains his powers by
  591. dwelling underwater and
  592. ruling the seas and rivers,
  593. where he causes floods. Baal
  594. defeated him, but since there
  595. are similarities to Tiamat's
  596. death at Marduk's hands in
  597. Babylonian lore, some believe
  598. that Ym and Tiamat are the
  599. same being.
  600. -----------------------------*--
  601. A gigantic, black snake god
  602. born from the Greek goddess
  603. Gaea with no father.
  604.  
  605. He has unparalleled prophetic
  606. abilities and has protected
  607. oracular shrines since days
  608. of old. Python is said to
  609. have been the guardian of
  610. Delphi, site of Delphic
  611. oracles. He is sometimes
  612. called "the king of the
  613. deceitful spirits" and gave
  614. prophecies that would only
  615. be in his favor, but he never
  616. gave prophecies that went
  617. against Gaea's will.
  618. -----------------------------*--
  619. A winged dragon that stays
  620. at springs when it's young
  621. and moves to dwell in the
  622. sea when it matures.
  623.  
  624. A young Culebre lives in
  625. springs connected underground
  626. and won't attack unless
  627. approached. When it gets
  628. older and its scales harden,
  629. it guards treasure in caverns
  630. at the bottom of the sea.
  631. They suck the blood of humans
  632. and livestock. To avoid this,
  633. one should offer them bread
  634. of grains and corn.
  635. -----------------------------*--
  636. A large, violent serpent of
  637. Hindu lore. Its name means
  638. "enveloper" and it blocked
  639. the Rivers, causing droughts.
  640.  
  641. Indra defeats Vritra and
  642. brings rain, but Vritra
  643. resurrects itself the
  644. following year. The struggle
  645. between the two is an endless
  646. cycle.
  647. -----------------------------*--
  648. A giant serpent of Hindu lore.
  649. It is said that gods and
  650. demons used him to churn the
  651. sea of milk to create Amrita.
  652. They used Mt. Mandara as the
  653. stick and Vasuka as the rope
  654. to pull it. The strain caused
  655. him to exhale incredibly
  656. poisonous venom, but Shiva
  657. safely swallowed it.
  658. -----------------------------*--
  659. Angelic entities without
  660. names.
  661.  
  662. It is said that many are
  663. souls that never saw life.
  664. As innocent souls, they are
  665. allowed to become angels.
  666. -----------------------------*--
  667. Ninth of the nine orders
  668. of angels.
  669.  
  670. They are closest in nature
  671. to humans. They watch over
  672. individuals and warn those
  673. who stray from the path.
  674. -----------------------------*--
  675. Sixth of the nine orders
  676. of angels. Their name means
  677. "power of God."
  678.  
  679. They are said to be the first
  680. line of defense in the halls
  681. of Heaven to prevent demons
  682. from entering.
  683. -----------------------------*--
  684. An angel in Judeo-Christian
  685. lore that presides over
  686. conception.
  687.  
  688. She is the intermediary
  689. between pregnant women and
  690. God. When a woman conceives
  691. a child, the seed is given to
  692. God, who then decides the
  693. child's sex, appearance, and
  694. destiny. After such things
  695. are decided, a new soul is
  696. placed into the woman's womb.
  697. -----------------------------*--
  698. He is the angel of beauty,
  699. also known as Hanael. His
  700. name means "grace of God."
  701.  
  702. He is generally associated
  703. with the planet Venus and
  704. performs a similar role as
  705. the goddess Ishtar. He gives
  706. rise to feelings of love
  707. amongst people and has the
  708. role of tying together young
  709. men and women. He is also
  710. thought to be the symbol of
  711. lasting friendship and lust.
  712. When he appears, it is said
  713. to be in the form of a
  714. beautiful man or woman.
  715. -----------------------------*--
  716. The sinful "angel of the
  717. oath." His original name was
  718. Biqa, meaning "good person."
  719.  
  720. He attempted to coerce
  721. Michael into telling him the
  722. sacred name of God, but was
  723. denied. After the Fall, he
  724. was given the name Kazbiel,
  725. "he who lies to God."
  726. -----------------------------*--
  727. One of the seven archangels
  728. serving God. His duty is to
  729. spread their instructions.
  730.  
  731. The words he conveys appear
  732. as visions to people. On the
  733. day of judgement, he knows
  734. which souls will be saved and
  735. which will be destroyed.
  736. His duty is to guide the
  737. souls that will be saved.
  738. -----------------------------*--
  739. The greatest and most
  740. mysterious of the angels.
  741. He has many names, such as
  742. the Voice of God and the
  743. Angel of Contracts.
  744.  
  745. His name is said to originate
  746. from the "one who serves
  747. behind the throne," and he
  748. acts as God's representative.
  749. He has immense power, and his
  750. body is the largest amongst
  751. the angels. In contrast to
  752. his duty to maintain the
  753. world, he is said to have a
  754. merciless side and has
  755. slaughtered hundreds of
  756. humans who disobeyed him.
  757. -----------------------------*--
  758. A monstrous bird said to be
  759. a human left to die of disease
  760. or starvation.
  761.  
  762. In the past, Japan suffered
  763. many deaths by plague and
  764. starvation. Usually the dead
  765. were buried, but in some cases,
  766. they were ignored. Itsumade
  767. would appear where such
  768. corpses were left, crying
  769. "Itsumade?" ("How long?")
  770. at those who abandoned the
  771. body.
  772. -----------------------------*--
  773. Meaning "evil bird," it's the
  774. ghost of a young girl who
  775. died without knowing love
  776. in Buryat folklore.
  777.  
  778. She seduces travelers only
  779. to crack their heads open and
  780. suck out their brains with
  781. her beak.
  782. -----------------------------*--
  783. A holy white goose which
  784. serves as the steed of the
  785. Hindu god Brahma.
  786.  
  787. During winter, geese migrate
  788. over India. These majestic
  789. white figures flying through
  790. the sky became symbolic of
  791. Brahmin dignity as they tried
  792. to reach Brahma, the god of
  793. knowledge. This may be how
  794. Hamsa came to be seen as
  795. Brahma's steed.
  796. -----------------------------*--
  797. A legendary bird of Hindu
  798. lore. Its name means "one
  799. with beautiful wings."
  800.  
  801. It can create wind at will
  802. by flapping its wings and
  803. can also change its size
  804. freely.
  805. -----------------------------*--
  806. A shining rooster in Norse
  807. lore that sits at the top of
  808. Yggdrasil, the World Tree.
  809.  
  810. Its name means "tree snake,"
  811. and it releases light atop
  812. Yggdrasil. By basking in that
  813. light, Yggdrasil floats into
  814. the sky.
  815. -----------------------------*--
  816. One of a trio of war
  817. goddesses in Celtic lore,
  818. her name means "battle crow."
  819.  
  820. She appears in combat to
  821. stoke morale and make
  822. soldiers fight brutally.
  823. Though she is a war goddess,
  824. she feeds on the heads of
  825. the fallen and conveys the
  826. names of those destined to
  827. die, so she is seen as more
  828. of a Death figure.
  829. -----------------------------*--
  830. An evil deity of Mesopotamian
  831. lore with an eagle's body and
  832. a lion's head.
  833.  
  834. While the god Enlil purified
  835. himself, Anzu stole the
  836. Tablets of Destiny from him.
  837. -----------------------------*--
  838. One of the Ssu-Ling,
  839. celestial creatures in
  840. Chinese lore.
  841.  
  842. It represents the direction
  843. south, the season of summer,
  844. and the element of fire.
  845. It is a giant bird that
  846. resembles a quail, and is
  847. said to chirp in five
  848. beautiful voices.
  849. -----------------------------*--
  850. The king of birds in Hindu
  851. lore. He has a human body
  852. with the head, claws, and
  853. beak of an eagle.
  854.  
  855. He once attacked the heavens
  856. for an elixir of eternal
  857. life, needed to save his
  858. mother who was seized by the
  859. serpents through trickery.
  860. His strength in fending off
  861. many gods impressed Vishnu,
  862. who granted him immortality
  863. in return for becoming
  864. a personal carrier.
  865. -----------------------------*--
  866. A low-ranking demon whose
  867. name means "spread out flat."
  868. He is thought to originally
  869. have been a Hebrew plague
  870. god.
  871.  
  872. Opinions vary as to Gagyson's
  873. master, but he is commonly
  874. depicted as a servant of
  875. Orias or Ose.
  876. -----------------------------*--
  877. A fallen angel with the head
  878. of a rooster and the lower
  879. half of a snake. It wields
  880. a flail and shield.
  881.  
  882. It was originally the ultimate
  883. entity in Gnosticism, but
  884. eventually came to be regarded
  885. as a fallen angel in Christian
  886. lore. He created the physical
  887. world, but on the day of
  888. judgement, this too will
  889. vanish. His figure is often
  890. carved into gems and stones
  891. as charms known as Abraxas
  892. Stones.
  893. -----------------------------*--
  894. One of the 72 demons of the
  895. Goetia, appearing as a leopard-
  896. faced warrior.
  897.  
  898. He has the power to see the
  899. past and future. He can also
  900. control fire and burn anything
  901. his summoner wishes.
  902. -----------------------------*--
  903. A fallen angel who is
  904. Beelzebub's personal chief
  905. of cuisine. He has authority
  906. over temptation through
  907. delicacies and food.
  908.  
  909. Before he fell, he was a
  910. principality that guarded
  911. the Tree of Life in the
  912. Garden of Eden. He is said to
  913. have been worshipped by
  914. Sennacherib, king of Assyria.
  915. But because tens of thousands
  916. of Sennacherib's soldiers
  917. were slaughtered overnight by
  918. an angel of God, Nisroc
  919. forsook God. He then rebelled
  920. alongside Lucifer and was
  921. cast down. After becoming
  922. chief of cuisine of the lords
  923. of Hell, he is said to cook
  924. dishes with the fruits of the
  925. Tree of Life to this day.
  926. -----------------------------*--
  927. One of the 72 demons of the
  928. Goetia. A demon said to
  929. appear as a human with a
  930. horse's head.
  931.  
  932. He answers any questions of
  933. the past, present, and future,
  934. and grants dignity and good
  935. will to the sorcerer that
  936. summons him. It seems he was
  937. often summoned by sorcerers
  938. in order to see through
  939. enemies' lies, and to predict
  940. the future.
  941. -----------------------------*--
  942. One of the 72 demons of the
  943. Goetia, this odd demon
  944. appears as a pentacle.
  945.  
  946. Keeper of minerals and herbal
  947. lore, Decarabia is said to
  948. lend one his bird-formed
  949. familiars.
  950. -----------------------------*--
  951. The general of Hell. He keeps
  952. watch over other demons.
  953.  
  954. One of the Hell's greatest
  955. necromancers, he can control
  956. souls and corpses.
  957. -----------------------------*--
  958. One of the 72 demons of the
  959. Goetia. He is a Grand Duke
  960. that rules the eastern zone
  961. of Hell.
  962.  
  963. He rides various grotesque
  964. creatures, like crocodiles,
  965. and appears as an old sage
  966. with a hawk on his arm. He
  967. grants words of wisdom to
  968. those who summon him and will
  969. bring back fugitives who
  970. escaped the summoner. He
  971. also causes destruction
  972. through earthquakes.
  973. -----------------------------*--
  974. One of the 72 demons of the
  975. Goetia, he is called the
  976. Great Duke of Thrones.
  977.  
  978. He appears clad in blue
  979. armor, riding a gryphon,
  980. and wearing a crown
  981. symbolizing his station.
  982. Philosophy and necromancy
  983. are his forte, and he can
  984. use any corpse as a vengeful
  985. spirit. He also leads over
  986. 30 armies as a Grand Duke
  987. of Hell.
  988. -----------------------------*--
  989. A goddess of Egyptian lore
  990. who governs water and is
  991. a symbol of fertility and
  992. resurrection.
  993.  
  994. She is depicted as a frog or
  995. a woman with a frog's head.
  996. She might have been derived
  997. from the creation myth of
  998. Hermopolis, where four frog
  999. gods existed before man. She
  1000. is the wife of Khnum and
  1001. the giver of life.
  1002. -----------------------------*--
  1003. A demigod of Hawaiian lore
  1004. who resembled a pig. He can
  1005. also turn into a caped human.
  1006.  
  1007. He was a brutal god, plundering
  1008. his enemies' harvests and
  1009. stealing precious goods. He
  1010. was also amorous and often
  1011. flirted with the goddesses.
  1012. When he made advances on the
  1013. fire goddess Pele, she called
  1014. him a "son of a pig," which
  1015. began a long battle between
  1016. the two.
  1017. -----------------------------*--
  1018. A holy beast said to protect
  1019. houses from evil and grant
  1020. them fortune.
  1021.  
  1022. It is known to have the
  1023. power to keep evil away.
  1024. Ceramic statues in its image
  1025. are placed on the roofs of
  1026. houses, in similar fashion
  1027. to gargoyles. In Okinawa,
  1028. souls of the deceased become
  1029. balls of fire and will burn
  1030. houses, but Shiisaa keeps such
  1031. spirits out.
  1032. -----------------------------*--
  1033. A holy beast of China that
  1034. is said to hold all the
  1035. knowledge in the world.
  1036.  
  1037. When the Yellow Emperor met
  1038. this beast, he was told tales
  1039. of all the supernatural
  1040. creatures of the world. He
  1041. then made records of each of
  1042. their descriptions. That book
  1043. is called Bai Ze Tu and is
  1044. the world's oldest compendium
  1045. of supernatural creatures.
  1046. -----------------------------*--
  1047. One of the Ssu-Ling,
  1048. celestial creatures in
  1049. Chinese lore.
  1050.  
  1051. It represents the direction
  1052. west, the season of autumn,
  1053. and the element of metal.
  1054. -----------------------------*--
  1055. A giant elephant with four
  1056. tusks which serves as Indra's
  1057. steed. His body is white as
  1058. snow.
  1059.  
  1060. He was born from the churning
  1061. of the milk ocean and is the
  1062. king of elephants. His size
  1063. is comparable to that of
  1064. Mt. Kailash, where Shiva
  1065. resides.
  1066. -----------------------------*--
  1067. A deified rice spirit of
  1068. Japanese lore. He presides
  1069. over the five grains.
  1070.  
  1071. In the Kojiki, he was the
  1072. child of Susano-o and Kamu-
  1073. ouichi-hime, while in the
  1074. Nihon Shoki, he was the child
  1075. of Izanagi and Izanami. His
  1076. name isn't well known, but
  1077. the god housed in many Inari
  1078. shrines throughout Japan is
  1079. Ukano Mitama. Traditionally
  1080. the god of agriculture, he is
  1081. currently known to bring good
  1082. fortune in matters of
  1083. commerce and household safety.
  1084. -----------------------------*--
  1085. A holy beast said to live in
  1086. the forests of Bali. It was
  1087. originally an evil god,
  1088. but through the people's
  1089. sanctification, it was made
  1090. into their guardian.
  1091.  
  1092. Now a symbol of good in Bali
  1093. and Hinduism, it is fated to
  1094. war with Rangda, the avatar
  1095. of evil, for all eternity.
  1096. -----------------------------*--
  1097. The jackal-headed god of
  1098. Egyptian lore. He weighs
  1099. the hearts of the dead to
  1100. determine their final
  1101. destination. He is also
  1102. associated with embalming,
  1103. and was able to rebuild
  1104. Osiris' body when it was
  1105. cut into pieces by the
  1106. evil god Seth.
  1107. -----------------------------*--
  1108. A demon of Ishikawa prefecture
  1109. that takes the form of a
  1110. kitten and is said to often
  1111. bewitch people.
  1112.  
  1113. Because it has a wide-ended
  1114. tail and lives in aquatic
  1115. regions, it is thought to be
  1116. a type of Kappa. It loves to
  1117. fool people with illusions
  1118. that cause them to wrestle
  1119. with boulders and tree roots,
  1120. or it may transform into a
  1121. beautiful woman to seduce
  1122. them. When a Kabuso tries to
  1123. pull a prank, it will follow
  1124. its victim while talking
  1125. incessantly. Beware, should
  1126. this happen to you.
  1127. -----------------------------*--
  1128. A demon dog of England. It is
  1129. a type of black, demonic hound
  1130. known as a Barghest and is
  1131. covered with mounds of hair.
  1132.  
  1133. It's said to appear commonly
  1134. in deserted farmlands and
  1135. wastelands. It can take
  1136. human form. Although it has
  1137. helped people in some cases,
  1138. in general they are dangerous
  1139. and will attack with fierce
  1140. strength if provoked.
  1141. -----------------------------*--
  1142. Long-lived cats are said to
  1143. become these. They can take
  1144. the form of human women.
  1145.  
  1146. When a pet cat lives for 50
  1147. years, it becomes a Nekomata.
  1148. The name comes from its tail,
  1149. which is split in two. They
  1150. can speak human languages,
  1151. and there are tales of them
  1152. telling humans about
  1153. themselves. They can stand
  1154. on two feet and even dance.
  1155. -----------------------------*--
  1156. A cat fairy of the highlands
  1157. of Scotland, said to have
  1158. their own kingdom inside
  1159. hollow trees and deserted
  1160. houses.
  1161.  
  1162. They are about the size of
  1163. dogs and covered in black
  1164. fur, except for their white
  1165. chests. Their green eyes
  1166. shine with intelligence, and
  1167. they can understand human
  1168. speech. They normally live in
  1169. the kingdom, but there are
  1170. times when they live amongst
  1171. people as normal black cats.
  1172. They are relatively gentle
  1173. fairies, but when a person
  1174. torments a cat, the offending
  1175. human is dragged off to
  1176. Cait Sith's kingdom.
  1177. -----------------------------*--
  1178. A creature of Japanese lore
  1179. with the head of a monkey, the
  1180. legs of a tiger, and the tail
  1181. of a snake.
  1182.  
  1183. Because of its unusual figure,
  1184. it is often used to describe
  1185. suspicious people. In the Tale
  1186. of the Heike, it hid behind
  1187. black clouds each night to
  1188. attack the Emperor.
  1189. -----------------------------*--
  1190. The two-headed dog who
  1191. appears in Greek lore as the
  1192. younger brother of Cerberus.
  1193.  
  1194. He protected the titan
  1195. Geryon's red cattle, but
  1196. despite his skill as a guard,
  1197. Hercules killed him in one
  1198. blow while performing his
  1199. Twelve Labors.
  1200. -----------------------------*--
  1201. A monster whose front half is
  1202. a lion and rear half is an ant.
  1203.  
  1204. It is said to be born when a
  1205. male lion impregnates an ant
  1206. egg. Because its father is
  1207. carnivorous and its mother
  1208. herbivorous, it eats nothing
  1209. and dies of starvation. It was
  1210. apparently a mistranslation
  1211. of "old lion" in the Book of
  1212. Job that gave rise to this
  1213. strange creature.
  1214. -----------------------------*--
  1215. The guardian hound of Hades
  1216. in Greek lore. Traditionally
  1217. has three heads and a snake's
  1218. tail.
  1219.  
  1220. He was born from Typhon, the
  1221. giant of wind, and Echidna,
  1222. the mother of monsters. He is
  1223. also Orthrus' older brother.
  1224. -----------------------------*--
  1225. A giant wolf creature of
  1226. Nordic lore, son of the evil
  1227. god Loki. Fenrir is destined
  1228. to kill Odin at Ragnarok.
  1229.  
  1230. On that day, his magical
  1231. bindings will be broken and
  1232. he will rise against the
  1233. Aesir in combat.
  1234. -----------------------------*--
  1235. Known in Japanese as "Inaba
  1236. no Shirousagi," it is a smart
  1237. rabbit written of in the
  1238. Kojiki, worshipped as a
  1239. hare god.
  1240.  
  1241. Wanting to cross the sea from
  1242. Oki Island to the mainland,
  1243. he had sharks line up in a
  1244. row and crossed, pretending
  1245. to help count them. But when
  1246. he crossed and revealed that
  1247. he was just using them, the
  1248. sharks skinned him. He was
  1249. healed by a passing god.
  1250. -----------------------------*--
  1251. An unknown demon with the
  1252. body of a giant cow or
  1253. rhinoceros that dwells hidden
  1254. in the mountains and never
  1255. comes down to the flat lands.
  1256.  
  1257. It walks along the ground as
  1258. if crawling and digs up the
  1259. earth with its hooked claw
  1260. to eat the moles that it
  1261. finds. The sex of a Waira can
  1262. be determined by the color
  1263. of its body: males are brown
  1264. and females are red.
  1265. -----------------------------*--
  1266. The hound of Hel, queen of
  1267. the underworld. It watches
  1268. the entrance to Niflheim,
  1269. kingdom of the deceased.
  1270.  
  1271. The black fur on its chest
  1272. is tainted scarlet from the
  1273. blood of the dead. Its four
  1274. eyes burn like coal, with
  1275. which it keeps watch over the
  1276. deceased and mercilessly
  1277. mauls those who attempt to
  1278. escape. Though it is bound
  1279. by an unbreakable chain, it
  1280. will be released during
  1281. Ragnarok to duel Tyr. The
  1282. two of them will slay each
  1283. other.
  1284. -----------------------------*--
  1285. A lake monster that looks
  1286. like a giant beaver, said
  1287. to dwell in stagnant rivers.
  1288.  
  1289. It causes whirlpools and
  1290. drags down those who look
  1291. into them. Its strength is
  1292. monstrous, greater than many
  1293. men together, but it is weak
  1294. in the face of a maiden.
  1295. There is a tale where one was
  1296. lured onto land and ended up
  1297. captured by the powers of a
  1298. bull.
  1299. -----------------------------*--
  1300. A cryptid sighted in West
  1301. Virginia from the 1960s to
  1302. the 1980s.
  1303.  
  1304. It has red, shining eyes and
  1305. was known for the finlike
  1306. appendages on the sides of
  1307. its body. It's said to walk
  1308. on two feet and fly without
  1309. moving its appendages. It can
  1310. keenly sense blood to track
  1311. its source and feed on it.
  1312. Eyewitnesses say that a UFO
  1313. was sighted when Mothman
  1314. appeared, so some believe
  1315. that it is actually an alien.
  1316. -----------------------------*--
  1317. Known as one of the Si-xiong
  1318. in ancient Chinese lore. It
  1319. has the head of a human and
  1320. the body of a tiger.
  1321.  
  1322. It is said to live on China's
  1323. western border, where it
  1324. constantly disturbs the
  1325. peace. It does not listen to
  1326. advice and will not back down
  1327. from a fight, but it also
  1328. never falls for the traps
  1329. humans set for it.
  1330. -----------------------------*--
  1331. A gigantic demon also known
  1332. as Behemot.
  1333.  
  1334. It was originally an animal
  1335. mentioned in the Book of Job
  1336. as a giant fish, but later
  1337. generations referred to it
  1338. as a demon that presides
  1339. over darkness and tempts
  1340. men to excessively eat and
  1341. drink. It is an epicure and
  1342. excessive eater itself, and
  1343. its stomach is always swelled
  1344. to its limits.
  1345. -----------------------------*--
  1346. An Egyptian creature with
  1347. the head of a crocodile, the
  1348. front legs of a lion, and the
  1349. hind legs of a hippopotamus.
  1350.  
  1351. When humans die, their heart
  1352. is weighed at the court of
  1353. Osiris, deciding their fate.
  1354. If the scales tip towards
  1355. the heart, it is given to
  1356. Ammut to eat. Those whose
  1357. hearts are eaten cannot
  1358. continue their journey
  1359. toward immortality.
  1360. -----------------------------*--
  1361. A faerie knight from Scotland.
  1362. As a member of the Seelie
  1363. Court, he is charged with
  1364. protecting Carterhaugh.
  1365.  
  1366. Originally a child from the
  1367. area, after being kidnapped
  1368. by the faeries at age nine,
  1369. he took up their ways.
  1370. -----------------------------*--
  1371. Son of Vishnu and the wise
  1372. King of the Bears in Hindu
  1373. lore. He leads an army of
  1374. bears.
  1375.  
  1376. In the Valmiki Ramayana, he
  1377. assisted Prince Rama along
  1378. with Hanuman, the monkey god,
  1379. and fought against Ravana.
  1380. In honor of his service,
  1381. Prince Rama granted him the
  1382. blessing of being weak only
  1383. against his father. But in
  1384. the Mahabharata, he has to
  1385. fight Krishna, an incarnation
  1386. of his father Vishnu, over a
  1387. magic jewel, during which he
  1388. is slain.
  1389. -----------------------------*--
  1390. The god of rain and lightning
  1391. in Aztec lore, he is also
  1392. associated with clouds and
  1393. water.
  1394.  
  1395. In the tale of the Five Suns,
  1396. he reigned as the third sun
  1397. for 312 years. Those who died
  1398. of lightning strikes and
  1399. water-related causes are
  1400. accepted into his kingdom of
  1401. paradise, Tlalocan.
  1402. -----------------------------*--
  1403. A knowledgeable hero of Sioux
  1404. lore, son of the sun god.
  1405.  
  1406. Cast out of the heavens for
  1407. angering his father, he lived
  1408. a life of mischief and trickery
  1409. on Earth. But when he tried to
  1410. trick the beaver, kingfisher,
  1411. squirrel, and muskrat, who were
  1412. believed to be the creator
  1413. gods, he was punished. He also
  1414. taught the Sioux to fight.
  1415. -----------------------------*--
  1416. A heroic monkey god of Hindu
  1417. descent who is renowned and
  1418. popular. He is extremely
  1419. nimble and has extraordinary
  1420. knowledge.
  1421.  
  1422. He is known to have helped
  1423. Vishnu in the guise of Prince
  1424. Rama and performed many
  1425. heroic deeds in the Ramayana.
  1426. His name means "jaw," and he
  1427. has golden skin, a red face
  1428. that shines like a ruby, and
  1429. an extremely long tail. Since
  1430. he is the son of the wind god
  1431. Vayu, he can fly and change
  1432. shape into many forms.
  1433. -----------------------------*--
  1434. A gallant Celtic hero who
  1435. wields the mighty spear,
  1436. Gae Bolg.
  1437.  
  1438. He is the son of the sun god
  1439. Lugh and Deichtine and had
  1440. mighty strength ever since
  1441. childhood. In battle, his
  1442. normally beautiful appearance
  1443. turned fearsome and is said
  1444. to have singlehandedly turned
  1445. away an army. He was cursed
  1446. to die for spurning the war
  1447. goddess Morrigan's love and
  1448. was impaled on his own mighty
  1449. Gae Bolg. Even then, though,
  1450. he tied his body to a pillar
  1451. and died without ever falling.
  1452. -----------------------------*--
  1453. A holy vampire hunter who
  1454. was blessed by the light.
  1455. His name means "cross."
  1456.  
  1457. His rival is a Slovenian
  1458. vampire, Kudlak, and their
  1459. battle is unparalleled. They
  1460. both assume various animal
  1461. forms such as pigs, cows, and
  1462. horses, but his forms can be
  1463. recognized by their white
  1464. color. It is said that evil
  1465. can never overcome light, and
  1466. each battle ends with Kresnik
  1467. victorious.
  1468. -----------------------------*--
  1469. An elephant-headed god of
  1470. knowledge, learning, wealth,
  1471. and prosperity in Hindu lore.
  1472. He is the son of Shiva and
  1473. Parvati.
  1474.  
  1475. He is depicted with the head
  1476. of an elephant. Originally
  1477. Parvati created him to stop
  1478. anyone from watching her
  1479. bathe. Shiva batted his head
  1480. off but replaced it with an
  1481. elephant's head, resulting
  1482. in his current form. Because
  1483. he destroys obstacles and
  1484. brings about good fortune and
  1485. success, he is popular with
  1486. merchants. He is also known
  1487. as Vinayaka in Japanese
  1488. Buddhism.
  1489. -----------------------------*--
  1490. One of the most beautiful
  1491. gods of Norse lore, he is
  1492. also known as the White God.
  1493.  
  1494. He guards the Bifrost Bridge,
  1495. the entrance to Asgard,
  1496. kingdom of the gods. He will
  1497. blow his Gjallarhorn to
  1498. signal the beginning of the
  1499. end of all nine worlds. He
  1500. and Loki are mortal enemies,
  1501. and are fated to kill one
  1502. another during Ragnarok.
  1503. -----------------------------*--
  1504. A small faerie found in
  1505. southwest Britain. It is
  1506. cheerful and likes to play
  1507. pranks.
  1508.  
  1509. Their appearance changes from
  1510. region to region, but their
  1511. personality is constant. One
  1512. common prank is to cause
  1513. humans to travel in circles.
  1514. They also help farmers,
  1515. however, and are generally
  1516. considered good faeries.
  1517. -----------------------------*--
  1518. A sprite who lives in the
  1519. mines of Cornwall. They would
  1520. notify miners of a good ore-
  1521. bearing seam by knocking.
  1522.  
  1523. They are generally good
  1524. sprites, but show their anger
  1525. to those they dislike. They
  1526. hate whistling, so miners
  1527. never whistle inside mines.
  1528. -----------------------------*--
  1529. A tree spirit of Okinawa.
  1530. They are about the size of
  1531. babies and are covered in
  1532. hair.
  1533.  
  1534. They are the spirits of old
  1535. Chinese Banyan trees and are
  1536. also known by the names of
  1537. Kijimun and Bunagaya. They
  1538. love fish and crab, but if
  1539. they eat one eye of a fish,
  1540. they get tired of eating the
  1541. rest and discard the remains.
  1542. They hate octopi and will run
  1543. at the mere sight of one.
  1544. -----------------------------*--
  1545. A frost spirit that appears
  1546. during the winter and melts
  1547. away in spring.
  1548.  
  1549. He is made of ice and snow,
  1550. but do not be fooled by his
  1551. cute demeanor. Jack Frost
  1552. freezes people with his cold
  1553. breath, smiling all the while.
  1554. He originally looked like an
  1555. abominable snowman, but he
  1556. may have changed form, the
  1557. better to freeze people.
  1558. -----------------------------*--
  1559. An Irish spirit, seen as a
  1560. floating flame in the swamp.
  1561. Also known as Jack O'Lantern.
  1562.  
  1563. He is known around the world
  1564. by names such as Will-o'-the-
  1565. Wisp and Hitodama, and is
  1566. said to be the wandering
  1567. spirits of the dead. He comes
  1568. at night to startle travelers
  1569. and make them lose their way.
  1570. -----------------------------*--
  1571. A female house faerie usually
  1572. seen near the border of
  1573. England and Scotland.
  1574.  
  1575. She carries out household
  1576. chores while others sleep and
  1577. is traditionally a welcomed
  1578. spirit. You can hear her silk
  1579. skirts rustle as she works.
  1580. She will kill anyone who
  1581. tries to cause harm to the
  1582. family under her protection.
  1583. -----------------------------*--
  1584. A beautiful river maiden who
  1585. lives on the eponymous rock
  1586. on the Rhine. She lures
  1587. sailors to their doom with
  1588. her enchanting voice.
  1589.  
  1590. Immortalized in Heine's poem.
  1591. In ancient times, she was
  1592. seen as the same as the river
  1593. goddess, but the menacing
  1594. rocks and heavy currents of
  1595. the Rhine turned her into a
  1596. witch that drags people below
  1597. the waters. There are many
  1598. legends concerning Lorelei.
  1599. In some, she is a goddess, in
  1600. others, she is a water witch,
  1601. and there is even a story
  1602. where she is a figure of
  1603. tragic love.
  1604. -----------------------------*--
  1605. A beautiful faerie of
  1606. Arthurian lore. She guarded
  1607. Lancelot, a knight of the
  1608. Round Table.
  1609.  
  1610. She lives with many knights
  1611. and servants beneath an
  1612. illusory lake in France, and
  1613. is known as the "Lady of the
  1614. Lake." She gave Excalibur
  1615. to Arthur.
  1616. -----------------------------*--
  1617. The queen of the faeries and
  1618. King Oberon's wife. She is
  1619. based on the Roman goddess
  1620. Diana.
  1621.  
  1622. She was later seen as a faerie
  1623. and was recognized as a queen
  1624. in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer
  1625. Night's Dream."
  1626. -----------------------------*--
  1627. The king of the faeries and
  1628. husband to Queen Titania.
  1629.  
  1630. He is quite old, but due to
  1631. a curse he received when he
  1632. was young, he remains small
  1633. yet still beautiful. He often
  1634. flirts with human women,
  1635. resulting in a scolding from
  1636. his wife.
  1637. -----------------------------*--
  1638. The king of snow, ruling over
  1639. an infinite number of Jack
  1640. Frosts.
  1641.  
  1642. He has the power to freeze
  1643. the entire world, but his
  1644. personality is actually very
  1645. naive.
  1646. -----------------------------*--
  1647. A Canaanite god of fire.
  1648.  
  1649. It is said that a bronze
  1650. statue of a man with a bull's
  1651. head was placed at the altar.
  1652. The statue's hollow insides
  1653. were heated and sacrificial
  1654. children were thrown in. His
  1655. name is mentioned in the
  1656. Bible as the god of an
  1657. atrocious sect.
  1658. -----------------------------*--
  1659. The goddess of the underworld
  1660. in Greek lore. It is said she
  1661. may be the deification of
  1662. Queen Persephone's strict
  1663. personality.
  1664.  
  1665. Her duty sees the dead and
  1666. those who incur the wrath of
  1667. gods suffer by her extremely
  1668. cruel hands. She is master of
  1669. the Furies, goddesses of
  1670. revenge. Her name means "she
  1671. who acts from afar," and is
  1672. associated with the moon. Later,
  1673. when she was turned into a
  1674. demon, she began to be
  1675. depicted as having three heads:
  1676. a dog's, a lion's, and a horse's.
  1677. -----------------------------*--
  1678. Aztec goddesses of night
  1679. and fear.
  1680.  
  1681. They constantly attack the
  1682. sun and cause solar eclipses.
  1683. They demand a sacrifice once
  1684. every 52 years.
  1685. -----------------------------*--
  1686. One of the 72 demons of the
  1687. Goetia. A beautiful fallen
  1688. angel said to be a duke of
  1689. Hell.
  1690.  
  1691. He appears in the form of a
  1692. prince riding a dragon and
  1693. leads an army of 40 evil
  1694. spirits. He can also travel
  1695. through time. Originally he
  1696. was the goddess Astarte in
  1697. Phoenicia, but became warped
  1698. into his current form by the
  1699. Judeo-Christian God. In
  1700. Christianity, he is a fallen
  1701. Throne that lures men into
  1702. leading indolent lives.
  1703. -----------------------------*--
  1704. The Mesopotamian god of
  1705. death. He lives in the
  1706. netherworld.
  1707.  
  1708. Mot lured the storm god
  1709. Baal and killed him, but
  1710. was in turn killed by Baal's
  1711. sister Anat.
  1712. -----------------------------*--
  1713. A major Norse deity, known
  1714. as a trickster who clashes
  1715. with the other gods.
  1716.  
  1717. Though his parents are giants
  1718. and enemies of the gods, he
  1719. joined the pantheon as Odin's
  1720. blood brother. Due to his
  1721. countless evil deeds, such as
  1722. the murder of Beldr, he was
  1723. eventually punished with
  1724. imprisonment in a cave. He is
  1725. fated to be released on the
  1726. day of Ragnarok, when the
  1727. world will end and he will
  1728. battle the gods.
  1729. -----------------------------*--
  1730. A fallen angel and the lord
  1731. of Hell and all its demons
  1732. in Judeo-Christian lore.
  1733.  
  1734. He was once the highest-
  1735. ranking Seraph, second to
  1736. God, whose name means "Light-
  1737. Bringer." His pride led him
  1738. to revolt, taking a third of
  1739. the heavenly host with him.
  1740. He now awaits a second chance
  1741. to challenge God.
  1742. -----------------------------*--
  1743. A Hittite mountain god that
  1744. dwells in the bottom of the
  1745. Persian Gulf and supports
  1746. the land and sea.
  1747.  
  1748. He is extremely dense, such
  1749. that when the gods placed the
  1750. stone giant Ullikummi on his
  1751. shoulders to create the world,
  1752. he didn't notice the burden.
  1753. On top of that, even when the
  1754. heavens and the lands he was
  1755. supporting split, he didn't
  1756. notice at all.
  1757. -----------------------------*--
  1758. An evil elephant king that
  1759. appears in Sri Lankan lore.
  1760.  
  1761. In Hinduism, elephants are
  1762. holy animals that would never
  1763. be treated as evil beasts,
  1764. but elephants may have
  1765. been looked down upon
  1766. in Sri Lanka, where
  1767. Hinduism was thought
  1768. to be a Pagan religion.
  1769. -----------------------------*--
  1770. Japanese god of words, thought
  1771. to be the deification of
  1772. echoes.
  1773.  
  1774. In the Kojiki, Emperor
  1775. Yuraku's party supposedly
  1776. encountered Hitokotonusi
  1777. at Mt. Katsuragi.
  1778.  
  1779. Said to proclam good and bad
  1780. in a single word. All words
  1781. uttered by him come true.
  1782. -----------------------------*--
  1783. The Japanese god of war or
  1784. thunder. He is a god who
  1785. played an active role in the
  1786. abdication of Japan.
  1787.  
  1788. He was born from the blood
  1789. spattered on the sword that
  1790. Izanagi used to behead the
  1791. fire god Hi-no-kagutsuchi.
  1792. He was sent to Okuninushi
  1793. from Takamagahara at the time
  1794. of abdication, but since
  1795. Okuninushi's son Take-Minakata
  1796. didn't obey Take-Mikazuchi,
  1797. they had a duel of strength,
  1798. from which he emerged
  1799. victorious.
  1800. -----------------------------*--
  1801. Zouchouten, or Virudhaka, is
  1802. one of the Four Heavenly Kings
  1803. in Buddhist lore.
  1804.  
  1805. He dwells halfway up Mt. Meru
  1806. in the center of the world
  1807. and protects the South under
  1808. the command of Sakra. He is
  1809. the god of fertility and
  1810. agriculture, and affects the
  1811. growth of all things. He is
  1812. commonly depicted wearing
  1813. armor, with a sword in hand
  1814. and an angry expression on
  1815. his face.
  1816. -----------------------------*--
  1817. Jikokuten, or Dhrtarastra, is
  1818. one of the Four Heavenly Kings
  1819. in Buddhist lore.
  1820.  
  1821. He dwells halfway up Mt. Meru
  1822. in the center of the world
  1823. and protects the East under
  1824. the command of Sakra. He helps
  1825. maintain the security of the
  1826. nation. He is commonly shown
  1827. wearing armor, with a sword
  1828. in hand and an angry expression
  1829. on his face.
  1830. -----------------------------*--
  1831. Koumokuten, or Virupaksha, is
  1832. one of the Four Heavenly Kings
  1833. in Buddhist lore.
  1834.  
  1835. He dwells halfway up Mt. Meru
  1836. in the center of the world
  1837. and protects the West under
  1838. the command of Sakra. He keeps
  1839. a close watch on the world
  1840. with his sharp gaze and
  1841. enlightens people with his
  1842. speeches. He is commonly
  1843. depicted wearing armor, with
  1844. a trident in hand and an
  1845. angry expression on his face.
  1846. -----------------------------*--
  1847. Also known as Tamonten and
  1848. Vaishravana in Buddhist lore,
  1849. he is the strongest of the
  1850. Four Heavenly Kings.
  1851.  
  1852. He dwells halfway up Mt. Meru
  1853. in the center of the world
  1854. and protects the North under
  1855. the command of Sakra. He is
  1856. renowned as a war god since
  1857. Prince Shotoku prayed to him
  1858. for victory, and was later
  1859. incorporated as one of the
  1860. Seven Gods of Fortune as a
  1861. deity that protects wealth.
  1862. He is commonly depicted
  1863. wearing armor, with a
  1864. spear in hand and an angry
  1865. expression on his face.
  1866. -----------------------------*--
  1867. Repeller of evil found by En-
  1868. no-Ozunu at Kinpussen. Believed
  1869. to be a fusion of Buddha,
  1870. Guanyin, and Maitreya, a god
  1871. who originated from Japan
  1872. rather than Buddhavacana.
  1873. -----------------------------*--
  1874. A German fairy commonly
  1875. depicted as a small creature
  1876. with a doglike face.
  1877.  
  1878. They appear in mines and
  1879. switch out valuable minerals
  1880. for useless ones, thus acting
  1881. as the namesake for cobalt.
  1882. -----------------------------*--
  1883. A creature said to appear in
  1884. German grain fields. It comes
  1885. at night and damages crops.
  1886.  
  1887. It is tall and emaciated with
  1888. an ugly face. Scythes are
  1889. tied to its toes, and by
  1890. walking through fields with
  1891. them on, it mows down the
  1892. grain. Bilwis appears on
  1893. Walpurgisnacht, or before
  1894. sunrise on Pentecost.
  1895. -----------------------------*--
  1896. A cow-headed demon from
  1897. Buddhist lore. Along with
  1898. Mezuki, he works in the
  1899. underworld under King Enma.
  1900.  
  1901. He is responsible for
  1902. clubbing and stabbing
  1903. sinners sentenced to Hell.
  1904. -----------------------------*--
  1905. A horse-headed demon from
  1906. Buddhist lore. Along with
  1907. Gozuki, he works in the
  1908. underworld under King Enma.
  1909.  
  1910. He tortures the damned with
  1911. lethal punishments, and when
  1912. they are brought back to
  1913. life, he continues their
  1914. torment anew.
  1915. -----------------------------*--
  1916. Demons who serve in the army
  1917. of the gods of Yomi.
  1918.  
  1919. Izanagi chased after his dead
  1920. wife to the land of Yomi, but
  1921. he broke the taboo and saw
  1922. Izanami's unsightly face. He
  1923. started to run, which angered
  1924. Izanami, causing her to send
  1925. the Yomotsu Ikusa after him.
  1926. Just as they nearly caught
  1927. him, Izanagi threw a purifying
  1928. peach seed and escaped.
  1929. -----------------------------*--
  1930. A famous Scottish ghost that
  1931. appears around Glenmore.
  1932.  
  1933. It is also known as Ly Erg
  1934. and appears with a bloody
  1935. right hand. He challenges
  1936. men to fights, and any who
  1937. accept will die in a matter
  1938. of days. It is thought that
  1939. those who die in war while
  1940. still thirsting for battle
  1941. become Lham Deargs.
  1942. -----------------------------*--
  1943. Fierce warriors of Norse
  1944. origin who fight heedlessly
  1945. and without fear.
  1946.  
  1947. Their name comes from their
  1948. bearskin coats that they
  1949. wear when fighting. They are
  1950. also warriors of Odin.
  1951. -----------------------------*--
  1952. A spirit of demigod status
  1953. that serves the Hindu god
  1954. of wealth. It lives in the
  1955. Himalayas and guards
  1956. treasure.
  1957.  
  1958. It is a holy spirit of sorts
  1959. that lives in other worlds,
  1960. in the air, in forests, and
  1961. underwater. It is known as
  1962. Yasha in Buddhism, and
  1963. protects its teachings.
  1964. It prevents invasion of homes
  1965. by evil spirits, grants
  1966. blessings to the good, and
  1967. devours the evil. It is a
  1968. benevolent god in India, but
  1969. in Japan, it is known as a
  1970. dreadful man-eating demon
  1971. that kills men and devours
  1972. their bodies and souls.
  1973. -----------------------------*--
  1974. A deity of Chinese lore,
  1975. also known as Zhongtan
  1976. Yuanshuai. He committed
  1977. suicide to atone for killing
  1978. a Dragon King, but was brought
  1979. back to life as a lotus.
  1980. -----------------------------*--
  1981. The giant of the Izumo-no-kuni
  1982. Fudoki, or the Records of
  1983. Izumoa.
  1984.  
  1985. He performed the Kuni-biki,
  1986. roping in land from the
  1987. opposing Silla, in an effort
  1988. to expand Izumo.
  1989.  
  1990. All over Japan, there are
  1991. stories of how Daidarabocchi
  1992. giants shaped the land.
  1993. Oumitsunu is thought to be
  1994. the root of these tales.
  1995. -----------------------------*--
  1996. A Japanese "piggyback monster"
  1997. that jumps on people's backs as
  1998. they walk along grassy paths.
  1999.  
  2000. It is heavy and not easily
  2001. removed, but if you can take
  2002. it back home, it will turn
  2003. into gold coins.
  2004. -----------------------------*--
  2005. An evil monster that lives
  2006. in the hills. They are
  2007. strong but stupid.
  2008.  
  2009. It is large in size and is
  2010. said to attack and eat humans,
  2011. especially young, beautiful
  2012. women. It can also transform,
  2013. but its relative stupidity
  2014. has caused it to often fall
  2015. for human tricks.
  2016. -----------------------------*--
  2017. A humanlike spirit of Murngin
  2018. lore that lives in the jungle
  2019. and moves at night.
  2020.  
  2021. He is the reincarnation of
  2022. the "shadow soul" of humans,
  2023. and kidnaps and eats children,
  2024. sometimes causing war with
  2025. humans.
  2026. -----------------------------*--
  2027. A heroic warrior god of
  2028. Voodoo. Worship of him
  2029. involves the use of rum,
  2030. which he enjoys.
  2031.  
  2032. He has many aspects such as
  2033. warrior, guardian, and victim,
  2034. as well as governor of fire,
  2035. politics, and of course,
  2036. war. His name comes from the
  2037. Nigerian god of ironsmithing.
  2038. -----------------------------*--
  2039. An abominable snowman of
  2040. Canada. Its height is over
  2041. five meters.
  2042.  
  2043. It has a face that looks
  2044. like a skull and its thick
  2045. fur lets it run quickly in
  2046. snow. It appears in villages
  2047. and eats humans. Sacrifices
  2048. are common to avoid being
  2049. attacked. It is also said to
  2050. be a type of spirit that
  2051. dwells in mountains.
  2052. -----------------------------*--
  2053. The spirit who said, "For
  2054. we are many," in scripture.
  2055. A conglomeration of evil
  2056. spirits that experienced
  2057. similar pains.
  2058.  
  2059. The evil spirits see other
  2060. spirits suffering similar
  2061. troubles as part of themselves.
  2062. As they gather, the boundary
  2063. between the self and others
  2064. breaks down, and they truly
  2065. become one entity. The name
  2066. comes from the Roman military
  2067. term for an army unit of
  2068. 3,000 to 6,000 men.
  2069. -----------------------------*--
  2070. Evil spirits that battle the
  2071. gods in Hindu lore. They also
  2072. attack humans.
  2073.  
  2074. Their hideous appearance
  2075. symbolizes their evil nature,
  2076. but they can also change shape
  2077. to fool humans.
  2078. -----------------------------*--
  2079. A giant elephant monster of Sri
  2080. Lankan lore. It is typically
  2081. portrayed as being ridden by
  2082. the Evil One, Mara.
  2083.  
  2084. Whoever looks into its evil
  2085. eye is said to be met with
  2086. misfortune. It was originally
  2087. thought to be Airavata, the
  2088. mount of Indra, but was later
  2089. regarded as an evil entity.
  2090. -----------------------------*--
  2091. The monster best known from
  2092. the saga of Beowulf.
  2093.  
  2094. He raided the hall of Hrothgar,
  2095. king of Denmark, for 12 years
  2096. until the Swedish hero Beowulf
  2097. ripped his arm off. The next
  2098. day, Beowulf found Grendel in
  2099. his lair below the lake and
  2100. beheaded him.
  2101. -----------------------------*--
  2102. A Jack Frost that grew
  2103. powerful and evil through
  2104. endless training as a demon.
  2105.  
  2106. It was once a peaceable
  2107. prankster of a winter fairy,
  2108. but it has become massively
  2109. powerful, strong enough to
  2110. earn the title of overlord.
  2111. -----------------------------*--
  2112. A female spirit that appears
  2113. in Slavic lore. Her face and
  2114. legs are said to be like that
  2115. of a bird.
  2116.  
  2117. She appears in the dead of
  2118. night to make babies cry and
  2119. spin thread. It's said that
  2120. those who see her or hear her
  2121. spinning will meet with
  2122. misfortune. In some cases,
  2123. she helps with housework,
  2124. but only if the wife is a
  2125. hard worker. If she is lazy,
  2126. the Kikimora will tickle the
  2127. children in the night and
  2128. make the mother suffer.
  2129. Still, if you wash all the
  2130. dishes in the house with a
  2131. tonic brewed from ferns, you
  2132. can reconcile with her.
  2133. -----------------------------*--
  2134. A demon in female form from
  2135. Judeo-Christian lore. Said
  2136. to tempt sleeping men and
  2137. attack infants.
  2138.  
  2139. She is the daughter of the
  2140. demoness Lilith who tempted
  2141. Adam. Like her mother, she
  2142. drains men of their essence.
  2143. -----------------------------*--
  2144. A female demon of Japanese
  2145. lore who appears on snowy
  2146. nights.
  2147.  
  2148. She is a type of Yuki-onna
  2149. who freezes and kills men.
  2150. Sometimes she appears with
  2151. a baby and asks travelers
  2152. to hold it for her. The baby
  2153. gets heavier and heavier,
  2154. and if you drop it she will
  2155. kill you. But if you can
  2156. bear it, she will give you
  2157. strength.
  2158. -----------------------------*--
  2159. A beautiful faerie of Irish
  2160. lore whose name means "faerie
  2161. mistress."
  2162.  
  2163. She drains the life of her
  2164. lovers in return for granting
  2165. them artistic inspiration.
  2166. -----------------------------*--
  2167. A fairy or spirit of Persian
  2168. lore with white, dove-like
  2169. wings. They are often drawn
  2170. as beautiful maidens.
  2171.  
  2172. They eat fragrant scents such
  2173. as musk, and when their blood
  2174. dries, it is said to form a
  2175. gem. They are skilled magic-
  2176. users and can perform feats
  2177. such as transformation,
  2178. flight, and prophesying.
  2179. They often help heroes with
  2180. their magic, sometimes even
  2181. becoming their wives.
  2182. -----------------------------*--
  2183. A Buddhist goddess also known
  2184. as Kishimojin. She is revered
  2185. as the goddess who protects
  2186. the growth of children.
  2187.  
  2188. Hariti once was an evil demon
  2189. that ate the children of
  2190. others, but Buddha hid her
  2191. youngest and most favorite
  2192. child out of her 500 offspring
  2193. and she fell into despair.
  2194. Buddha preached to her the
  2195. sadness of a parent losing
  2196. their child and admonished
  2197. her. She eats pomegranates
  2198. now, and is a goddess of
  2199. parenting.
  2200. -----------------------------*--
  2201. A wicked witch and the symbol
  2202. of evil in Balinese Hinduism.
  2203.  
  2204. When women who used magic
  2205. held a grudge or went down
  2206. the path of evil, they became
  2207. this dreadful creature. She
  2208. spreads plagues, causes
  2209. natural disasters, curses
  2210. people, and even uses evil
  2211. spirits to do her bidding.
  2212. The holy beast Barong that
  2213. symbolizes good is her
  2214. eternal rival. Even if
  2215. defeated, she will come back
  2216. to life, and their battle
  2217. will have no end.
  2218. -----------------------------*--
  2219. The Black One, a symbol of
  2220. death and destruction. She is
  2221. said to be another face of
  2222. Parvati, Shiva's consort.
  2223.  
  2224. Wearing a necklace of human
  2225. heads, she carries bloody
  2226. weapons in her four arms.
  2227. When Durga, another form of
  2228. Parvati, was fighting the
  2229. Asuras, she summoned Kali
  2230. and defeated the Asura army
  2231. in an instant.
  2232. -----------------------------*--
  2233. Adam's first wife in apocryphal
  2234. Biblical scripture. She became
  2235. a demon after leaving Eden.
  2236.  
  2237. There are several theories as
  2238. to the reasons for her fall,
  2239. but all note her infidelity.
  2240. -----------------------------*--
  2241. A trickster ghost known for
  2242. haunting houses.
  2243.  
  2244. It wreaks havoc by making loud
  2245. noises and moving objects
  2246. around through the air.
  2247. -----------------------------*--
  2248. A familiar with no physical
  2249. body that only appears during
  2250. the day.
  2251.  
  2252. There is no consensus on the
  2253. appearance of an Agathion:
  2254. it can resemble a human, bird,
  2255. or animal. They are usually
  2256. sealed away in bottles or pots,
  2257. but can also be sealed in
  2258. rings or talismans. The term
  2259. Agathion is also used as a
  2260. general term for familiars.
  2261. -----------------------------*--
  2262. An earth spirit of Malaysian
  2263. Senoi folklore.
  2264.  
  2265. They appear from the ground
  2266. during sunshowers and possess
  2267. people. A headache during a
  2268. sunshower is one sign that
  2269. you are being possessed. They
  2270. are invisible to the human
  2271. eye and are said to perch on
  2272. top of people.
  2273. -----------------------------*--
  2274. A demon of Buddhist lore, said
  2275. to drain human life energy.
  2276.  
  2277. It has dark skin and stands
  2278. three meters tall, but
  2279. sometimes changes shape to
  2280. a gourd. It is known to have
  2281. once served Rudra, the god
  2282. of storms.
  2283. -----------------------------*--
  2284. A group of deities
  2285. worshipped in voodoo.
  2286.  
  2287. They control the forces of
  2288. nature and influence human
  2289. activities. Some also have
  2290. powerful magic used to curse.
  2291. -----------------------------*--
  2292. A type of preta in Hindu lore
  2293. that eats human corpses.
  2294.  
  2295. It enters a human through the
  2296. mouth and causes harm to its
  2297. host until expelled. Those who
  2298. see one are said to die within
  2299. nine months.
  2300. -----------------------------*--
  2301. An evil vampire who fights
  2302. Kresnik, an agent of God.
  2303.  
  2304. It is said that all bad
  2305. things, including disease,
  2306. poor harvests, and bad luck,
  2307. are due to Kudlak. He
  2308. constantly ambushes the
  2309. blameless and defenseless.
  2310. He assumes various animal
  2311. forms to fight with Kresnik,
  2312. such as horses and pigs, but
  2313. his alternate forms are
  2314. always black.
  2315. -----------------------------*--
  2316. A mysterious mirror that
  2317. mediates curses. If you don't
  2318. forget about its existence by
  2319. the time you turn 20, you will
  2320. fall victim to misfortune.
  2321.  
  2322. Mirrors are often used as
  2323. tools of religion, but this
  2324. one is an implement of curses.
  2325. It may seem like mere foolish
  2326. superstition, but the unfounded
  2327. anxiety it causes can be said
  2328. to reflect the human fear of
  2329. death.
  2330. -----------------------------*--
  2331. A cute, mascot-like god of
  2332. luck. A famous statue of it
  2333. is at the Tsuutenkaku tower
  2334. in Osaka.
  2335.  
  2336. His plump figure and pointed
  2337. head are his distinguishing
  2338. characteristics. While now
  2339. famous as god of Naniwa, he
  2340. was actually created in the
  2341. 1900s by an American artist.
  2342. It is said he was named after
  2343. the American president William
  2344. Taft.
  2345. -----------------------------*--
  2346. A mysterious ghost, said to
  2347. be intense desire incarnate.
  2348.  
  2349. During Japan's period of
  2350. economic growth, it would
  2351. appear in homes, where it
  2352. would eat 25 bowls' worth of
  2353. rice at every meal, thereby
  2354. raising Engel's coefficient.
  2355. However, it was afraid of
  2356. dogs, so homeowners would
  2357. always keep a dog on hand.
  2358. -----------------------------*--
  2359. A grim reaper of sorts. The
  2360. hourglass in his hand governs
  2361. time and controls the lifespan
  2362. of man.
  2363.  
  2364. He does not kill for fun, but
  2365. rather comes when a person's
  2366. time is finished. His hourglass
  2367. is absolute, but if you can
  2368. somehow flip it over, you can
  2369. reverse the sands of time.
  2370. -----------------------------*--
  2371. A ghost who appears as a small
  2372. blonde girl. She seems young,
  2373. but her magic powers are
  2374. formidable.
  2375.  
  2376. She is either the ghost of an
  2377. English girl who died a sad
  2378. death, or an evil spirit from
  2379. a fevered writer's mind.
  2380. -----------------------------*--
  2381. Angels said to sound the
  2382. trumpets at the apocalypse.
  2383. Each trumpet calls more plagues
  2384. and disasters, turning the
  2385. Earth into a land of death
  2386. and suffering.
  2387. -----------------------------*--
  2388. A prophetic Taoist god,
  2389. originally known as Mao Shogun.
  2390. Due to a linguistic error
  2391. involving the Chinese word for
  2392. cat, his name was changed to
  2393. Neko Shogun.
  2394.  
  2395. He has the body of a human and
  2396. the head of a cat. His tomb
  2397. is said to be located in what
  2398. is now Vietnam.
  2399. -----------------------------*--
  2400. From the Nibelunglied, the
  2401. warrior who killed Siegfried.
  2402.  
  2403. He was a loyal vassal of
  2404. Gunther, king of Burgundy. He
  2405. killed Siegfried by throwing
  2406. a spear at Siegfried's only
  2407. weak spot while he was drinking
  2408. from a brook. Afterwards, he
  2409. and his king were both beheaded
  2410. by Siegfried's wife Krimhild.
  2411. -----------------------------*--
  2412. A French heroine who appeared
  2413. towards the end of the Hundred
  2414. Years War. She is nicknamed
  2415. "the Maid of Orleans."
  2416.  
  2417. Upon receiving a vision from
  2418. God at the age of 16, she took
  2419. a stand to save France. After
  2420. meeting with King Charles VII,
  2421. she drove the English out of
  2422. Orleans. Later she was captured
  2423. at Compienge and was burned
  2424. at the stake by the Rouen
  2425. diocese, occupied at the time
  2426. by the English.
  2427. -----------------------------*--
  2428. A Japanese general of the
  2429. Genpei War near the end of
  2430. the Heian era and start of
  2431. the Kamakura era.
  2432.  
  2433. Also known as Ushiwakamaru,
  2434. he is said to have learned
  2435. the art of war from the
  2436. Mt. Kurama Tengu. On joining
  2437. his half-brother Yoritomo's
  2438. army, he defeated the Taira
  2439. one by one, finishing them off
  2440. at the battle of Dan-no-ura.
  2441. Later, he was pursued by
  2442. Yoritomo's army and killed
  2443. himself at Koromogawa.
  2444. -----------------------------*--
  2445. Originally Guan Yu of the
  2446. Three Kingdoms period, he was
  2447. deified and worshipped as a
  2448. war god.
  2449.  
  2450. Guan Yu fought alongside his
  2451. blood brothers Liu Bei and
  2452. Zhang Fei, helping construct
  2453. the state of Shu until he
  2454. died as a result of a ploy
  2455. by the two rival states, Wu
  2456. and Wei. Several hundred years
  2457. after his death, he appeared
  2458. to Master Zhiyi at Yuquan
  2459. Hill, from whom he learned
  2460. to be a guardian and fend off
  2461. evil spirits.
  2462. -----------------------------*--
  2463. This low-level fire elemental
  2464. controls one of the four
  2465. prime elements that compose
  2466. the world. It is formed of
  2467. "dryness" and "heat"
  2468. essences.
  2469.  
  2470. The ancient Greek concepts
  2471. of the four basic elements
  2472. significantly influenced
  2473. early astrology.
  2474. -----------------------------*--
  2475. This low-level water
  2476. elemental controls one of
  2477. the four prime elements that
  2478. compose the world.
  2479.  
  2480. According to Aristotle, an
  2481. Aquans is comprised of "cold"
  2482. and "moist" essences.
  2483. -----------------------------*--
  2484. This low-level wind elemental
  2485. controls one of the four
  2486. prime elements that compose
  2487. the world.
  2488.  
  2489. It is a fusion of "heat" and
  2490. "moist" essences, forming
  2491. the basis for an exponential
  2492. energy increase.
  2493. -----------------------------*--
  2494. An earth elemental, or one
  2495. of the four basic elements
  2496. in energy form.
  2497.  
  2498. Erthys is composed of "cold"
  2499. and "dryness" essences, the
  2500. basic components of
  2501. destruction.
  2502. -----------------------------*--
  2503. One of the four great aspects
  2504. of Shinto thought, it has the
  2505. power to grant wildness and
  2506. ferocity.
  2507.  
  2508. It is said to aid in one's
  2509. bravery, growth, and
  2510. endeavors, though it can lead
  2511. in a negative direction.
  2512. -----------------------------*--
  2513. One of the four great aspects
  2514. of Shinto thought, it works
  2515. gently to help maintain a
  2516. calm mind.
  2517.  
  2518. It is said to aid in one's
  2519. relations, calmness, and
  2520. sociability, and can lead
  2521. one in a positive direction.
  2522. -----------------------------*--
  2523. One of the four great aspects
  2524. of Shinto thought, it uses
  2525. its power to bring good omens.
  2526.  
  2527. It is said to aid in one's
  2528. wisdom, observation, and
  2529. skill, and can mend fractured
  2530. paths.
  2531. -----------------------------*--
  2532. One of the four great aspects
  2533. of Shinto thought, it brings
  2534. great bounty from the hunt.
  2535.  
  2536. It is said to aid in love,
  2537. profit, and growth, and can
  2538. create new paths.
  2539. -----------------------------*--
  2540. His name means "opposer."
  2541.  
  2542. The prince of darkness in
  2543. Judeo-Christian lore, known
  2544. for his role as the snake
  2545. that tempted Adam and Eve
  2546. at Eden. It is also said he
  2547. is sent by God to test man's
  2548. piety.
  2549. -----------------------------*--
  2550. Lord of the Flies and the
  2551. prince of Hell.
  2552.  
  2553. He is established as a high-
  2554. ranking demon in the Bible,
  2555. and his flies carry souls
  2556. down to the abyss. He may be
  2557. a bastardization of the
  2558. Canaanite god Baal.
  2559. -----------------------------*--
  2560. One of the 72 demons invoked
  2561. by King Solomon. He leads 50
  2562. legions of demons as their
  2563. chief.
  2564.  
  2565. He is said to appear before
  2566. his conjurer as two beautiful
  2567. angels in a chariot of fire.
  2568. -----------------------------*--
  2569. One of the 72 demons of the
  2570. Goetia and the duke of Hell.
  2571.  
  2572. Said to be derived from Baal-
  2573. Berith or Baalberith, a god
  2574. of the Canaanite city mentioned
  2575. in the Old Testament, later
  2576. known as a demon in
  2577. Christianity. According to
  2578. Sebastien Michaelis,
  2579. Baalberith tempts men to
  2580. blasphemy and is an adversary
  2581. to St. Barnabus. Before his
  2582. fall from grace, he was prince
  2583. of the cherubim.
  2584. -----------------------------*--
  2585. Phoenician princess and wife
  2586. of Ahab who appears in the
  2587. Book of Kings.
  2588.  
  2589. She introduced Baal to the
  2590. Jews, but when Elijah defeated
  2591. the prophets of Baal and
  2592. Asherah, she tried to kill him.
  2593. After Ahab died, her sons
  2594. Ahaziah and Joram sat on the
  2595. throne, but both died in a
  2596. coup led by Jehu, son of
  2597. Josefat. She was thrown from
  2598. a balcony, then ran over with
  2599. a chariot, and her remains
  2600. were left for the dogs. All
  2601. this was as prophesied by
  2602. Elijah, as retribution for
  2603. killing Naboth for his
  2604. vineyard.
  2605. -----------------------------*--
  2606. More commonly known as Baldr,
  2607. the god of light in Norse lore
  2608. and son of Odin and Frigg. He
  2609. is married to Nanna and has
  2610. two brothers, Hod and Hermod,
  2611. and a son named Forseti.
  2612.  
  2613. He was loved by all the gods,
  2614. but after having a nightmare
  2615. of his death, Frigg made all
  2616. the plants and animals swear
  2617. not to harm Baldr. Only the
  2618. mistletoe was passed over as
  2619. it was too young. Hearing this,
  2620. Loki tricked Hod into shooting
  2621. a mistletoe at Baldr, which
  2622. killed him. Hel promised to
  2623. revive Baldr is every living
  2624. thing cried for him, but the
  2625. giantess Thokk refused to
  2626. weep. When it was found that
  2627. Thokk was Loki in disguise,
  2628. the gods punished him. With
  2629. the world's light gone, it
  2630. took its first steps toward
  2631. Ragnarok.
  2632. -----------------------------*--
  2633. One of the Seven Archangels.
  2634. His name means "God's command,"
  2635. and he is said to be an angel
  2636. of death.
  2637.  
  2638. His role is to watch over human
  2639. souls and prevent them from
  2640. sinning. He also governs the
  2641. phases of the moon, but as a
  2642. result of telling that secret
  2643. to humans, he fell from grace.
  2644. He is said to have silently
  2645. left the heavens with dignity.
  2646. He also has an evil eye that
  2647. can hurt anyone it falls upon.
  2648. -----------------------------*--
  2649. He is one of the Secundeis
  2650. angels recorded by Johannes
  2651. Trithemius, and is the spirit
  2652. of Venus.
  2653.  
  2654. He is considered to be the
  2655. same as Haniel, who appears
  2656. in the Book of Enoch. He is
  2657. the leader of the Virtues and
  2658. Principalities. His role is
  2659. to watch over the rules of
  2660. the world and protect those
  2661. who make charms to ward off
  2662. evil.
  2663. -----------------------------*--
  2664. A mysterious venomous snake
  2665. that can put its victim to
  2666. sleep with its gaze alone.
  2667.  
  2668. Known as the serpent of death,
  2669. it lulls its victims to sleep
  2670. allowing it to deliver the
  2671. fatal bite at will. Because
  2672. male and female asps always
  2673. live in pairs, it can be said
  2674. to be an affectionate snake.
  2675. If one of them is killed, the
  2676. other will come for revenge.
  2677. Egyptian cobras are currently
  2678. known as asps.
  2679. -----------------------------*--
  2680. A bull god and herald of
  2681. Ptah in Egyptian lore. He
  2682. was worshipped in the Memphis
  2683. region.
  2684.  
  2685. Apis was conceived by a ray
  2686. from the heavens. He is said
  2687. to have 29 distinct features,
  2688. such as a white triangle on
  2689. his forehead, a pattern that
  2690. resembles a vulture, and so
  2691. forth.
  2692. -----------------------------*--
  2693. A scorpion-man of Babylonian
  2694. lore. He is worshipped as a
  2695. beautiful holy beast, full of
  2696. intelligence.
  2697.  
  2698. He guards the rising and
  2699. setting sun from darkness at
  2700. Mt. Mashu.
  2701. -----------------------------*--
  2702. Odin's eight-legged horse
  2703. of Norse lore.
  2704.  
  2705. Its father was Svadilfari and
  2706. its mother was Loki, in the
  2707. guise of a female horse. It is
  2708. also used as a symbol of the
  2709. gallows.
  2710. -----------------------------*--
  2711. A mythical creature of Chinese
  2712. lore that looks like a sheep
  2713. with a single horn on its head.
  2714.  
  2715. It can see through lies and
  2716. is said to appear on Earth
  2717. periodically to punish the
  2718. guilty. Xiezhai is currently
  2719. the official symbol of gavels
  2720. in Chinese courts.
  2721. -----------------------------*--
  2722. A form of Ganesha adopted
  2723. into Buddhism. It is said
  2724. to bring many benefits.
  2725.  
  2726. Kangiten is commonly portrayed
  2727. as a man and woman with
  2728. elephant heads hugging each
  2729. other. The male is said to be
  2730. the son of Shiva and the
  2731. female, recognizable as the
  2732. one stepping on the other's
  2733. foot, to be Guanyin. It is a
  2734. violent god and its followers
  2735. are required to follow strict
  2736. rules.
  2737. -----------------------------*--
  2738. A goat-headed demon that
  2739. governs Black Masses. His
  2740. name is sometimes used as
  2741. a catch-all term for demons
  2742. in general.
  2743.  
  2744. During the Inquisition of the
  2745. Templar Knights, this name
  2746. came up. Later, he would
  2747. become an object of worship
  2748. for witches.
  2749. -----------------------------*--
  2750. The goddess of birth and
  2751. death. She is Baal's sister
  2752. and wife.
  2753.  
  2754. It is said that even her
  2755. father El in the heavens
  2756. feared her power. She is
  2757. known for bringing Baal back
  2758. from the land of the dead by
  2759. going there herself and
  2760. defeating its ruler, Mot.
  2761. -----------------------------*--
  2762. The virgin war goddess who
  2763. sprung from Zeus' forehead
  2764. fully armored after he
  2765. swallowed her mother,
  2766. Metis. She is the patron
  2767. goddess of Athens and is
  2768. associated with olive trees.
  2769. -----------------------------*--
  2770. An ancient Iranian god of
  2771. contracts, he was also revered
  2772. as a sun god. At the end of
  2773. time, he will descend from
  2774. the heavens and raise the
  2775. dead for final judgement.
  2776. -----------------------------*--
  2777. God of the dead in Egyptian
  2778. lore. His sister-wife is Isis.
  2779.  
  2780. He was the god of vegetation,
  2781. but was murdered by his brother
  2782. Set. His body was chopped into
  2783. several pieces and scattered
  2784. throughout Egypt, but Isis
  2785. gathered most of the pieces
  2786. and returned him almost to
  2787. normal. He left the land of
  2788. the living to his son Horus
  2789. and became the king of the
  2790. afterlife.
  2791. -----------------------------*--
  2792. A giant monster that appears
  2793. in the Popol Vuh of Mayan
  2794. lore.
  2795.  
  2796. He called himself the
  2797. "mountain shaker" and became
  2798. the Mayan god of earthquakes.
  2799. He ruled the Earth with his
  2800. father, but was buried alive
  2801. by the heroes Hunahpu and
  2802. Xbalanque.
  2803. -----------------------------*--
  2804. A giant bird of Chinese lore.
  2805.  
  2806. They are so huge that it is
  2807. impossible to tell their
  2808. actual size. They can fly
  2809. 30,000 miles into the sky,
  2810. and their wingspan is as long
  2811. as the clouds.
  2812. -----------------------------*--
  2813. The dualistic creator of all
  2814. in Aztec lore.
  2815.  
  2816. Ometeotl's male aspect is
  2817. Tonacatecuhtli and his female
  2818. aspect is Tonacacihuatl. They
  2819. are known as the creator, but
  2820. the world's actual creation
  2821. was done by their four sons.
  2822. -----------------------------*--
  2823. The Slavic god of vegetation
  2824. and fertility.
  2825.  
  2826. He is a beautiful young man
  2827. wearing a white cape who rides
  2828. a white horse. He has a human
  2829. head in one hand and ears of
  2830. wheat in the other. Festivals
  2831. in his honor were held each
  2832. year in many Slavic regions,
  2833. but the practice faded with
  2834. the advent of Christianity.
  2835. -----------------------------*--
  2836. One of the 72 demons invoked
  2837. by King Solomon. He is the
  2838. Great President and Earl and
  2839. commands many legions.
  2840.  
  2841. He appears before his summoner
  2842. as a terrifying snake and
  2843. grants knowledge of the past,
  2844. present, and future. He can
  2845. also transform into a human
  2846. with a sword, large teeth,
  2847. and two horns. Those who
  2848. behold him are struck with
  2849. terror.
  2850. -----------------------------*--
  2851. A mysterious angel whose name
  2852. means "poison of God."
  2853.  
  2854. He is often depicted as a
  2855. serpent. Opinions differ on
  2856. whether he is fallen or not,
  2857. but either way, he is linked
  2858. with death.
  2859. -----------------------------*--
  2860. One of the 72 demons of the
  2861. Goetia. He lights candles on
  2862. graves.
  2863.  
  2864. He only appears in human form
  2865. when ordered to; at all other
  2866. times he is a hideous monster.
  2867. He has a great deal of
  2868. knowledge and teaches about
  2869. magic, herbs, and gems. It is
  2870. said he also has the ability
  2871. to control the souls of the
  2872. dead.
  2873. -----------------------------*--
  2874. The Earl of Duke of Hell that
  2875. appears as a hunter. He is one
  2876. of the 72 demons of the Goetia,
  2877. and used to be a Virtue.
  2878.  
  2879. He has several unique powers,
  2880. such as finding treasure
  2881. hidden by magicians and
  2882. reconciling friends. He can
  2883. also understand the cries
  2884. of animals.
  2885. -----------------------------*--
  2886. A frog princess of North
  2887. American Haida lore. She is
  2888. also known as the volcano
  2889. woman.
  2890.  
  2891. She came from the sea with
  2892. six canoes full of people.
  2893. Her consort is the bear god
  2894. Kaiti.
  2895. -----------------------------*--
  2896. The Hindu god of sexual
  2897. desire. He looks like a young,
  2898. handsome man on a parrot.
  2899.  
  2900. He uses honeybees as his
  2901. string and shoots arrows
  2902. tipped with flowers. By the
  2903. gods' request, he shot Shiva,
  2904. but Shiva was angered and
  2905. burned him with his third eye.
  2906. -----------------------------*--
  2907. This beautiful goddess of
  2908. love is one of Shiva's wives
  2909. in Hindu lore.
  2910.  
  2911. She is the reincarnation of
  2912. Sati, Shiva's previous wife.
  2913. She is always at his side and
  2914. played a role in opening his
  2915. third eye. Symbolizing beauty,
  2916. her name means "she who lives
  2917. in the mountains."
  2918. -----------------------------*--
  2919. The Mayan goddess of suicide.
  2920. Portrayed as a woman hanging
  2921. by the neck from a rope, her
  2922. figure is that of a hanged
  2923. corpse.
  2924.  
  2925. Despite being a death goddess,
  2926. she was worshipped by many.
  2927. This is because she was the
  2928. guide for souls who died by
  2929. suicide, sacrifice, war, and
  2930. childbirth. She also guided
  2931. deceased members of the
  2932. priesthood. She took them to
  2933. rest under the shade of Yaxche,
  2934. where they would enjoy a life
  2935. of luxury.
  2936. -----------------------------*--
  2937. A one-eyed king in Celtic
  2938. lore. He can kill merely
  2939. with a look of his eye. He
  2940. is leader of the Fomorians,
  2941. enemies of the gods. His
  2942. name was feared and his army
  2943. troubled the gods.
  2944.  
  2945. Because of his deadly stare,
  2946. he kept his evil eye closed
  2947. when not on the battlefield.
  2948. -----------------------------*--
  2949. The god of the netherworld in
  2950. Sumerian lore. Originally, he
  2951. was the god of pestilence
  2952. and war who lived in the
  2953. heavens.
  2954.  
  2955. While there, he refused to
  2956. kneel to the messenger of
  2957. Ereshkigal, goddess of the
  2958. underworld. He was summoned
  2959. there with 14 demons given
  2960. to him as guards by his
  2961. father Ea. He intended to
  2962. kill Ereshkigal with his
  2963. sword, but she promised to
  2964. become his wife and give him
  2965. the netherworld's throne,
  2966. so he spared her.
  2967. -----------------------------*--
  2968. The Inca god of the sun,
  2969. revered as a creation god.
  2970.  
  2971. He and his wife, the moon
  2972. goddess Mama Quilla, were
  2973. worshipped as great gods
  2974. and loved by the Incas. The
  2975. Inca king Manco Capac was
  2976. said to be Inti's son, and
  2977. was also worshipped as a
  2978. sun god.
  2979. -----------------------------*--
  2980. The Arabian mother goddess,
  2981. also known as Allat. The Black
  2982. Stone at the Kaaba was thought
  2983. to be her residence. She
  2984. and her son, Dusura, were
  2985. worshipped there by desert
  2986. nomads.
  2987. -----------------------------*--
  2988. The Taoist deification of the
  2989. Big Dipper. He governs death
  2990. and judgement.
  2991.  
  2992. He is said to be an ugly old
  2993. man cloaked in a robe as
  2994. transparent as ice. He handles
  2995. the fortunes and misfortunes
  2996. of people's lives, but is
  2997. known mostly for judging the
  2998. fate of the deceased.
  2999. -----------------------------*--
  3000. The Taoist deification of the
  3001. southern Dipper, part of the
  3002. Sagittarius constellation.
  3003.  
  3004. Like Beidou-Xingjun, he
  3005. governs the life and death
  3006. of men, but he has stronger
  3007. associations with life and is
  3008. worshipped as a kinder god.
  3009. -----------------------------*--
  3010. A general who declared himself
  3011. the new emperor of Japan, but
  3012. fell to Hidesato Fujiwara and
  3013. Sadamori Taira. He was
  3014. enshrined to quell his spirit,
  3015. and later became known as the
  3016. protector god of Kanto.
  3017. -----------------------------*--
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