According to the ancient Hebrews, Abaddon was chief of the demons of the 7th hierarchy.
*Abira
In Antioquia mythology, Abira is the creator.
*Abominable snowman
The Abominable snowman is a legendary creature, said to resemble a human, with long arms and a thickset body covered with reddish gray hair. Reports of its existence in the Himalayas have been made since 1832, and they gained substance from a published photograph of a huge footprint in the snow in 1951. No further "evidence" has been found.
*Achiyalatopa
In Zuni mythology, Achiyalatopa is a celestial giant monster with feathers of flint knives.
*Adekagagwaa
In Iroquois mythology, Adekagagwaa is the spirit of summer who rests during the winter in the south.
*Adonis
Adonis was a Phoenician god, adopted by Greek mythology as a mortal favourite of Aphrodite. He was killed by a wild boar and upon finding him Aphrodite caused the plant the anemone to rise from his blood.
*Agla
An agla is a talisman used by the rabbis to exorcise evil spirits.
*Agni
Agni is the Hindu god of fire, the guardian of homes, and the protector of humans against evil.
*Ah Kinchil
In Maya mythology, Ah Kinchil is the sun god.
*Ah Puch
In Maya mythology, Ah Puch is the god of death.
*Ahau Chamahez
In Maya mythology, Ahau Chamahez was one of two gods of medicine.
*Ahmakiq
In Maya mythology, Ahmakiq is a god of agriculture. He locks up the wind when it threatens to destroy the crops.
*Ahriman
In Zoroastrianism the Ahriman is the supreme evil spirit, lord of the darkness and death.
*Ahura Mazda
In Zoroastrianism Ahura Mazda is the spirit of supreme good, god of light and life.
*Airsekui
In Huron mythology, Airsekui is the great spirit. He is invoked at times of great danger.
*Akhushtal
In Maya mythology, Akhushtal is the goddess of childbirth.
*Aktunowihio
In Cheyenne mythology, Aktunowihio is the soul of the earth. A subterranean spirit.
*Akycha
In Eskimo mythology, Akycha is the sun spirit.
*Amaterasu
In Japanese mythology, Amaterasu is the sun goddess, grandmother of Jimmu Tenno, the first ruler of Japan.
*Amitolane
In Zuni mythology, Amitolane is the rainbow spirit.
*An
In Sumerian mythology, An was the personification of heaven.
*Angpetu Wi
In Dakota mythology, Angpetu Wi is the sun spirit.
*Anguta
In Eskimo mythology, Anguta is a god who lives under the sea and drags down the dead.
*Aningan
In Eskimo mythology, Aningan is the moon spirit.
*Anpao
In Dakota mythology, Anpao is the spirit of the dawn.
*Anu
In Babylonian mythology, Anu is the god of the sky. He is the son of Anshar and Kishar.
*Anulap
In Truk Island mythology, Anulap is the sky god and the husband of Ligougubfanu.
*Apsu
In Babylonian mythology, Apsu is the sweet-water ocean. It is the union of Apsu with Tiamat which brings forth the first gods.
*Aratron
In magic, Aratron is ruler of the affairs of Saturn. It is a spirit which can be invoked on the 1st hour of saturday.
*Ashera
Ashera was an ancient Semetic goddess symbolised by the phallus.
*Ashnan
In Sumerian mythology, Ashnan was the goddess of grain. She was created by Enlil to provide food and clothes for the gods.
*Ashtaroth
Ashtaroth was a goddess worshipped by the ancient Canaanites. She was regarded as symbolising the productive power of nature.
*Asrael
In Islam, Asrael is the angel of death who takes the soul from the body.
*Astarte
Astarte is a Syrian goddess representing the productive power of nature. She was a moon goddess.
*Ataentsic
In Iroquois mythology, Ataentsic is the goddess of the earth.
*Atanua
In the mythology of The Marquesas Islands, Atanua is the dawn goddess. She was the wife of Atea, and it was her miscarriage that created the seas.
*Atea
In the mythology of the Marquesas Islands, Atea is the god of light and husband of Atanua.
*Ateshga
Ateshga was a sacred site for the Guebres. It was on the peninsular of Apsheron on the west coast of the Caspian sea. Pilgrims would bow before the sacred flames which issued forth from the bituminous soil.
*Au
In the mythology of the Gilbert Island, Au is the sun god and lord of the skies.
*Aum
Aum is the sacred mystical syllable representing the Hindu trinity.
*Avali
Avali is the plural of Omuli.
*Avatar
Avatar (Avatara) in Hindu mythology is an incarnation of a deity.
*Ba-Maguje
In Hausa mythology, Ba-Maguje is the spirit of drunkeness.
*Baal
In Canaanite mythology, Baal was the god of fertility. He was the son of El.
*Babamik
In Arapesh mythology, Babamik is a cannibal ogress who is eventually lured to her death and she then becomes a crocodile.
*Bacabs
In Maya mythology, the bacabs are the canopic gods. They stand at the four corners of the world supporting the heavens.
*Barong
In Balinese mythology, Barong is a protective spirit portrayed as a lion or tiger.
*Batara Guru
In Indonesian mythology, Batara Guru is the great god who made the earth.
*Begu
In Batak mythology, begu are ghosts which wander the afterworld formless and starving. They approach humans by way of mediums demanding sacrifices to feed on. They may also steel the soul of a living person for a husband/wife.
*Belam
In Melanau mythology, Belam are protective spirits who catch the souls of sick people and return them to their bodies thereby curing them.
*Biloko
In Zaire mythology, Biloko are spirits which live in hollow trees in the forest. They dress only in leaves and are devoid of hair, instead grass grows on their body. They have piercing eyes and a snout with a mouth which can open wide enough to swallow a man dead or alive. They have long sharp claws and can put a spell on passers by except those protected by strong counter magic.
*Bochica
In Chibcha mythology, Bochica was the supreme being.
*Bodhisattva
A Bodhisattva is someone who has transmuted his personal human nature and raised it into impersonality.
*Bokwus
In Kwakiutl mythology, Bokwus is a wild spirit of the woods who draws the spirits of the drowned to his home.
*Bope
In Bororo mythology, Bope are evil spirits who attack the souls of the dead.
*Boraspati ni Tano
In Batak mythology, Boraspati ni Tano is an earth spirit. Sacrifices are made to him when a new house is built.
*Brahma
Brahma is the Hindu supreme god and creator of the cosmos.
*Cavillaca
In Quecha mythology, Cavillaca was a goddess loved by Coniraya.
*Centeotl
In Aztec mythology, Centeotl was the corn god. He was a son of Tlazolteotl and the husband of Xochiquetzal.
*Chahuru
In Pawnee mythology, Chahuru is the spirit of water.
*Chalchiuhtlicue
In Aztec mythology, Chalchiuhtlicue was the goddess of running water. She was the sister of Tlaloc.
*Chantico
In Aztec mythology, Chantico was the goddess of hearth fires and volcanoes.
*Chenoo
In Abnaki mythology, the Chenoo were stone giants versed in hunting who were invoked to assist the hunters.
*Chia
In Chibcha mythology, Chia is the moon-goddess.
*Chibchacum
In Chibcha mythology, Chibchacum was the god of farmers and merchants.
*Chicomecoatl
In Aztec mythology, Chicomecoatl was the goddess of corn and fertility.
*Chipiripa
In Curra mythology, Chipiripa is the rain god.
*Chixu
In Pawnee mythology, Chixu are the spirits of the dead.
*Cihuacoatl
In Aztec mythology, Cihuacoatl was a goddess whose roaring signalled war.
*Cit Bolon Tum
In Maya mythology, Cit Bolon Tum was a god of medicine.
*Coniraya
In Quecha mythology, Coniraya is the creator of all things and the founder of agriculture. He came to earth as a beggar, fell in love with the goddess Cavillaca and secretly impregnated her by turning some of his sperm into fruit which she ate. Cavillaca later turned herself and her child into stone at the shame of mothering the child of a beggar.
*Dagon
Dagon was the god of the Philistines. He had the upper torso of a man and the tail of a fish.
*Dakaki
In Hausa mythology, the Dakaki is a serpant spirit which causes the evil eye resulting in stomach ulcers.
*Dama
In Huli mythology, dama are invisible deities which control the weather and attack people causing illness, sterility or death. Most of them can also bring good fortune, but a small minority are completely evil.
*Dama dagenda
In Huli mythology, dama dagenda are evil forest-spirits that attack travellers making their noses bleed and giving them sores.
*Danhyang Desa
In Java mythology, each village has a Danhyang Desa which is a spirit who lives in a large tree near to or in the village. All blessings emanate from him. Any disasters occuring to the village are seen as a sign that he has been neglected.
*Datagaliwabe
In Huli mythology, Datagaliwabe is a giant who punishes offences against kinship laws with illness, fatal accidents or death in battle.
*Dido
Dido was a Phoenician princess. The legendary founder of Carthage, she committed suicide to avoid marrying a local prince.
*Dinditane
In Huli mythology, Dinditane is a fertility god of gardening.
*Dumuzi
In Sumerian mythology, Dumuzi is the shepherd god.
*Dunawali
In Huli mythology, Dunawali is an evil goddess who lodges herself in a woman's internal organs making the victim the innocent vehicle of the goddesses evil power.
*Duppies
#Duppy
*Duppy
In Jamaican folklore, Duppies are the ghosts of deceased people. An Obeah man will summon a Duppy and plant it in a home to curse the occupants. A sample of the victim's clothing, hair or especially menstrual fluid may be obtained so that a Duppy may rape a femal victim while she sleeps and make her ill.
*Durga
Durga is a Hindu deity. She is depicted as having ten arms. Her most famous exploit was slaying Mahisha. The festival of Durga puja is celebrated annually in her honour.|In Bali mythology, Durga is the goddess of death.
*Dyaus
In Hindu mythology, Dyaus is the god of the sky.
*Dzivaguru
In Korekore mythology, Dzivaguru was the great earth goddess. She lived in a valley near Dande, kept cattle and goats and dressed in goatskins. She posessed a long horn which gave he whatever she wished for.
*Ea
In Babylonian mythology, Ea was the god of wisdom and magic.
*Eblis
In Islamic mythology, Eblis is the chief of the evil spirits.
*Ehecatl
In Aztec mythology, Ehecatl was the god of wind.
*Ekahau
In Maya mythology, Ekahau is the god of travellers and merchants.
*Ekkekko
In Quecha mythology, Ekkekko is the god of good fortune.
*El
In Canaanite mythology, El was the father of the gods.
*Eloko
In Zaire mythology, the Eloko are dwarves who live in the densest and darkest parts of the forest guarding their treasure, which is the fruits and animals of the forest.
*Enki
Enki was the Sumerian water god. Enki supplied clear drinking water to the town of Dilmun at the request of Ninhursag.
*Enkidu
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, Enkidu is the wild man created by the goddess Aruru who becomes a companion to Gilgamesh. After Gilgamesh has provoked the anger of the goddess Ishtar, Enkidu sickens and dies.
*Enkimdu
In Sumerian mythology, Enkimdu was the farmer god.
*Enlil
In Sumerian mythology, Enlil was the son of Ki and An. He was the god of the sky and separated the earth from the heaven.
*Finweigh
In Bilan mythology, Finweigh was the god who with Melu made man.
*Forso
In Gururumba mythology, the forso are ghosts of the dead. They are tiresome attracting attention and causing accidents and illness.
*Ga-oh
In Iroquois mythology, Ga-oh is the wind-giant. His house is guarded by a bear, whose prowling brings the north wind; a panther whose whining brings the westerly wind; a moose whose breathing brings the wet east wind and a fawn whose returning to its mother brings the gentle south wind.
*Gahonga
In Iroquois mythology, the Gahonga are the jogah of rocks and rivers.
*Gandayah
In Iroquois mythology, the Gandayah are the jogah who tend the earth's fertility.
*Ganesa
Ganesa is an elephant headed Hindu god. He is the son of Siva and Parvati.
*Gans
In Apache mythology, the Gans were mountain spirits sent to teach the Apache the arts of civilisation. But they went away because they were distressed by the corruption of people.
*Geyaguga
In Cherokee mythology, Geyaguga is the moon spirit.
*Gikuyu
Gikuyu and Mumbi were the spiritual ancestors of all the Kikuyu people. They had 9 daughters. For the daughters, Gikuyu found 9 husbands beneath a large fig tree at Murang'a for the daughters. These husbands then became the ancestors of the 9 Kikuyu clans.
*Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh was a hero of Sumerian, Hittite, Akkadian and Assyrian legend. He was one-third mortal and two-thirds divine. Gilgamesh was Lord of the Sumerian city of Uruk.
*Gnomes
The Gnomes are elementals evolved in the realm of Earth.
*Gohone
In Iroquois mythology, Gohone is the spirit of winter.
*Guanyin
In Chinese mythology, Guanyin is the goddess of mercy.
*Guebres
The Guebres were Persian fire worshippers.
*Ha Wen Neyu
In Iroquois mythology, Ha Wen Neyu is the great spirit.
*Hadad
In Canaanite mythology, Hadad was the god of thunder and lightning.
*Hafoza
In Jate mythology, Hafoza is the god of thunder and lightning.
*Hanghepi
In Dakota mythology, Hanghepi is the spirit of the night moon.
*Hanuman
In Hindu mythology, Hanuman is the monkey god and King of Hindustan. He assisted Rama in the recovery of his wife, Sita, from Ravana of Lanka.
*Hastsehogan
In Navajo mythology, Hastsehogan is the god of houses.
*Hastseltsi
In Navajo mythology, Hastseltsi is the god of racing.
*Hastsezini
In Navajo mythology, Hastsezini is the fire-god.
*Haumea
In Hawaiin mythology, Haumea is the goddess of procreation and childbirth.
*Heammawihio
In Cheyenne mythology, Heammawihio is the great spirit.
*Heise
In Ju mythology, Heise was half man and half god. He created the forests from his own hair so that his own delicate son could have shelter from the searing sun.
*Helabe
In Huli mythology, Helabe is a son of Honabe.
*Helahuli
In Huli mythology, Helahuli is a son of Honabe. His four sons were the founders of mankind and the four tribes bear their names.
*Heng
In Huron mythology, Heng is the god of thunder.
*Herabe
In Huli mythology, Herabe is a god who causes insanity.
*Het-Her
#Athor
*Hindu
#Hinduism
*Hinduism
Hinduism is a religion that originated in India.
*Hino
In Iroquois mythology, Hino is the thunder god, guardian of the skies.
*Hiribi
In Canaanite mythology, Hiribi was the goddess of summer.
*Hiro
In Easter Island mythology, Hiro is the god of rain and fertility.
*Hokewingla
In Dakota mythology, Hokewingla is a turtle spirit who lives in the moon.
*Honabe
In Huli mythology, Honabe is the primaeval goddess and the first inhabitant of the land. She was seduced by the god Timbu and bore five deities.
*Hoturu
In Pawnee mythology, Hoturu is the wind spirit.
*Houmea
In Maori mythology, Houmea was a cannibal who swallowed her own children, but was forced to disgorge them by her husband, Uta. She later persued him and the children in the form of a stag and he killed her by throwing hot stones down her mouth.
*Hu
Hu was the giver of mead and wine to man. He holds a plough to show men that the noblest of the arts is to control and to guide.
*Huitaca
In Chibcha mythology, Huitaca is the beautiful goddess of drunkeness and licentiousness.
*Huitzilopochtli
In Aztec mythology, Huitzilopochtli was the son of Coatlicue and a god of war and the sun.
*Huixtocihuatl
In Aztec mythology, Huixtocihuatl is the goddess of salt.
*Idlirvirissong
In Eskimo mythology, Idlirvirissong is an evil spirit.
*Ifa
Ifa is the Yoruba god of wisdom, knowledge and divining.
*Igaluk
In Eskimo mythology, Igaluk is the moon spirit.
*Ilara
In Tiwi mythology, Ilara is the underworld.
*Inanna
In Sumerian mythology, Inanna is the sister of Utu. She must choose as a husband between Enkimdu and Dumuzi. Both gods were keen to marry her, but she eventually married Dumuzi.
*Incubus
In folk-lore, the Incubus were male spirits who raped women during their sleep, producing Witches and Demons as offspring.
*Indra
Indra is the Hindu sky god. He is depicted as a four-armed man on a white elephant carrying a thunderbolt. It is he who slashes the clouds with his thunderbolt to release the rain.
*Inti
In Inca mythology, Inti is the sun god.
*Ishtar
Ishtar was the Mesopotamian goddess of love and war, worshiped by the Babylonians and Assyrians, and personified as the legendary queen Semiramis.
*Isitoq
In Eskimo mythology, Isitoq is a spirit who helps to find people who have broken taboos.
*Itzpapalotl
In Aztec mythology, Itzpapalotl is a goddess of agriculture.
*Ix Chel
In Maya mythology, Ix Chel is the goddess of the moon.
*Ixtab
In Maya mythology, Ixtab is the goddess of the hanged. She receives their souls into paradise.
*Ixtlilton
In Aztec mythology, Ixtlilton was the god of healing, feasting and games.
*Izdubar
Izdubar was a hero of ancient Babylonia. He has feats similar to those of Hercules ascribed to him.
*Jinn
In Muslim mythology, a jinn is a spirit which is able to assume human or animal shape.
*Jogah
In Iroquois mythology, jogah are dwarf nature spirits.
*Kabta
In Sumerian mythology, Kabta is the god of bricks, he is the god who lays foundations and builds houses.
*Kali
Kali is the Hindu goddess of destruction and death. She is the wife of Siva.
*Kalunga
In Ndonga mythology, Kalunga is the creator of all things, the supreme god.
*Kan-u-Uayeyab
In Maya mythology, Kan-u-Uayeyab was the god who guarded cities.
*Kanati
In Cherokee mythology, Kanati was the first man and ancestor of the Cherokee. He was married to Selu.
*Kapo
In Hawaiin mythology, Kapo is a fertility god.
*Kathirat
In Canaanite mythology, the Kathirat were the wise goddesses.
*Keneun
In Iroquois mythology, Keneun is chief of the Thunderbirds. He is an invisible spirit. Thunder is the sound of his beating wings and lightning his flashing eyes.
*Ki
In Sumerian mythology, Ki was the personification of the earth.
*Kianda
In Angolan mythology, Kianda is the god of the sea and the fish in it.
*Kinich Kakmo
In Maya mythology, Kinich Kakmo is the sun god symbolised by the Macaw.
*Kishi
In Angolan folklore, a Kishi is an evil spirit. It is a demon with two faces on its head. One face resembles that of a normal man, and the other is the face of a hyena with big strong teeth and powerful jaw muscles.
*Kisin
In Maya mythology, Kisin is the evil earthquake spirit. He lives beneath the earth in a purgatory where all souls except those of soldiers killed in battle and women who died in childbirth spend some time. Suicides are doomed to his realm for eternity.
*Kostrubonko
In Russian mythology, Kostrubonko is god of the spring.
*Kothar-u-Khasis
In Canaanite mythology, Kothar-u-Khasis was the god of craftsmanship.
*Kukucan
In Maya mythology, Kukucan is the wind god.
*Kuri
In Hausa mythology, Kuri is a black hyena spirit who causes paralysis.
*Lahar
In Sumerian mythology, Lahar was the god of cattle. He was created by Enlil to provide cattle for the earth.
*Lakshami
Lakshami is the Hindu goddess of wealth and beauty.
*Lakshmi
Lakshmi is the Hindu goddess of wealth and beauty. She is the consort of Vishnu and is celebrated during Diwali.
*Lisa
In Fon mythology, Lisa is the sun god who causes the day and its heat. He is the god of strength and endurance.
*Lubangala
In Bakongo mythology, Lubangala is the protector of villages, men and the souls of the dead. He appears as a rainbow during and after storms.
*Macuilxochitl
In Aztec mythology, Macuilxochitl was the god of music and dance.
*Mahisha
Mahisha was chief of the demons in Hindu mythology. He was killed by Durga.
*Mamlambo
In Zulu mythology, Mamlambo is the godess of the rivers.
*Mangalubulan
In Batak mythology, Mangalubulan is the god of thieves.
*Manu
In Hindu mythology, Manu was the founder of the human race. He was saved by Brahma from a deluge.
*Mara
In Buddhism, the Mara is a supernatural being who tried to distract Buddha from the meditations which led to his enlightenment. In Hindu mythology, Mara is a goddess of death.
*Marduk
Marduk was the Babylonian sun god, creator of Earth and humans.
*Maruts
In Hindu mythology, the Maruts are the fierce storm-beings who toss the sea into foam.
*Mawu
In Fon mythology, Mawu is the moon goddess. She is the sister of Lisa, and causes the night and its coolness. She is also the goddess of peace, joy, fertility, motherhood and rain.
*Mayahuel
In Aztec mythology, Mayahuel was a goddess of maguey.
*Mbombo
In Zaire mythology, Mbombo is the White Giant who rules over the chaos of the universe and one day from his stomach comes the sun, the moon and the stars, and soon after the trees, animals and people of the earth.
*Metempsychosis
Metempsychosis is the transmigration of the soul after death through the bodies of lower animals, plants or inanimate objects. Also called reincarnation.
*Metztli
In Aztec mythology, Metztli was the moon god.
*Mictlan
In Aztec mythology, Mictlan was the underworld. It was the home of all the dead except warriors and women who died in labour.
*Mictlantecuhtli
In Aztec mythology, Mictlantecuhtli was the god of Mictlan and the dead.
*Mithras
Mithras was the Persian god of light. Mithras represented the power of goodness, and promised his followers compensation for present evil after death. He was said to have captured and killed the sacred bull, from whose blood all life sprang. Mithraism was introduced into the Roman Empire 68 BC. By about AD 250, it rivaled Christianity in strength. A bath in the blood of a sacrificed bull formed part of the initiation ceremony of the Mithraic cult, which spread rapidly, gaining converts especially among soldiers.
*Mitnal
In Maya mythology, Mitnal was the underworld hell where the wicked were tortured.
*Mot
In Canaanite mythology, Mot was the god of sterility.
*Nacon
In Maya mythology, Nacon was the god of war.
*Nammu
In Sumerian mythology, Nammu was the goddess who gave birth to the heavens and the earth.
*Nanna
In Sumerian mythology, Nanna was the god of the Moon.
*Ndara
In the mythology of Sulawesi Island, Ndara is the god of the underworld.
*Nergal
Nergal was the Babylonian god of the underworld.
*Ngendi
In Fiji mythology, Ngendi is a fertility god who showed men the use of fire.
*Ni
In Huli mythology, the god Ni is the sole cause of leprosy.
*Nikkal
In Canaanite mythology, Nikkal was the goddess of the fruits of the earth. She was a daughter of Hiribi. She married Yarikh.
*Ningal
In Sumerian mythology, Ningal was the wife of Nanna.
*Ninhursag
In Sumerian mythology, Ninhursag was the earth mother. From her union with Enki came Ninsar, the goddess of plants.
*Ninkurra
In Sumerian mythology, Ninkurra was a goddess. She was the daughter of Enki and his daughter Ninsar.
*Ninsar
In Sumerian mythology, Ninsar was the goddess of plants. She was the daughter of Enki and Ninhursag.
*Obatala
In Yoruba mythology, Obatala was the son of Olodumare. He created makind from the earth.
*Oduduwa
In Yoruba mythology, Oduduwa is the wife of Obatala.
*Ogun
In Yoruba mythology, Ogun is a son of Obatala and Oduduwa. He was a warrior who won many battles and was rewarded with the kingdom of the town of Ire in the land of Ekiti given to him by Oduduwa.
*Ohdows
In Iroquois mythology, the Ohdows are the jogah who control the underworld spirits and prevent them coming to the surface.
*Olokun
In Nigerian mythology, Olokun is the god of sea and lagoons and brother of Olorun.
*Olorun
In Nigerian mythology, Olorun is the god of the sky.
*Ometecuhtli
In Aztec mythology, Ometecuhtli was the god of duality.
*Omuli
In Nande folklore, an Omuli is a woman or girl who consumes the soul of a living person, and causes that person to die of consumption.
*Patecatl
In Aztec mythology, Patecatl was the god of medicine.
*Paynal
In Aztec mythology, Paynal was the messenger to Huitzilopochtli.
*Pinga
In Eskimo mythology, Pinga is a female spirit who watches carefully over men's actions, especially their treatment of animals.
*Quetzalcoati
In Aztec and Toltec mythology, Quetzalcoati was the feathered serpant god.
*Quetzalcoatl
In ancient Mexican mythology, Quetzalcoatl was the god of the air. He presided over commerce, and was said to have predicted the coming of the Spaniards.
*Raja Guru
In Batak mythology, Raja Guru is the gods' huntsman. He catches souls with his hounds Sordaudau and Auto Portburu. When he catches a soul that person dies suddenly.
*Raja Indainda
In Batak mythology, Raja Indainda is the thunder god. He is the spy and messenger of the other gods.
*Rakshasa
In Hindu mythology, the rakshasa are demons capabale of assuming the form of animals or humans they are completely evil, powerful creatures that delight in spreading fear, confusion, chaos, and destruction among human families and communities, finishing the trouble they cause in a murderous, ghoulish feast upon human flesh. They are among the most feared of all creatures, for they delight in mental torture of their victims .
*Rati-mbati-ndua
In Fiji mythology, Rati-mbati-ndua is the god of the underworld who devours the dead. He lacks arms, but has great wings.
*Ravana
In Hindu mythology, Ravana is the demon King of Lanka who abducted Sita, the wife of Rama.
*Sabians
The Sabians were a sect which arose about 830 and who followed a religion of the ancient Syrians modified by Hellenic influences.
*Sajara
Sajara is the Rainbow-god of the Songhai people of eastern Mali. He is represented by a forked tree where a white ram is sacrificed to him.
*Salamanders
The Salamanders are elementals evolved in the realm of Fire.
*Savitar
In Hindu mythology, Savitar is an all-powerful sun god. He cut off one hand at a sacrifice, and priests gave him a golden hand to replace it.
*Shahar
In Canaanite mythology, Shahar was the god of the dawn, and twin brother of Shalim. He was a son of El and Asherah.
*Shalim
In Canaanite mythology, Shalim was the god of the dusk. He was the twin brother of Shahar and a son of El and Asherah.
*Shango
In Yoruba mythology, Shango is an earth god. He was the King of Oyo, but because his citizens were dissatisfied with his tyranical rule he rode off into the forest and rose up into heaven where he became a god of thunder and lightning. He is the god of justice and fair play.
*Shapash
In Caananite mythology, Shapash is the sun goddess.
*Sodza
In Hua mythology, Sodza is the great god who lives in heaven and to whom the priests pray for rain.
*Sogblen
In Hua mythology, Sogblen is a god who mediates between priests and Sodza. He carries the priests prayers to Sodza and brings back promises of good crops.
*Sogbo
In Fon mythology, Sogbo is the god of thunder, lightning and fire.
*Succubus
In folk-lore, Succubus were female spirits who seduced men and had intercourse with them whilst they slept.
*Sutalidihi
In Cherokee mythology, Sutalidihi is the sun-spirit.
*Sylphs
The Sylphs are elementals evolved in the realm of Air.
*Tahit
In Tlingit mythology, Tahit is the god of fate.
*Taio
In Lakalai mythology, Taio is the moon goddess.
*Takuskanskan
In Dakota mythology, Takuskanskan is the wind-spirit and trickster.
*Tammuz
In Sumerian mythology, Tammuz was a god of agriculture. He died in midsummer, and was brought back from the underworld by his lover Ishtar.
*Taxet
In Haida mythology, Taxet is a sky-god who receives the souls of those who die by violence.
*Tcolawitze
In Hopi mythology, Tcolawitze is the fire-spirit.
*Teoyaomqui
In Aztec mythology, Teoyaomqui is the god of dead warriors.
*Tiamat
In Babylonian mythology, Tiamat is the salt water Ocean. In the beginning there was only Apsu and Tiamat.
*Tlaloc
In Aztec mythology, Tlaloc is the great rain and fertility god. He lived at Tlalocan with the corn goddesses.
*Tlalocan
In Aztec mythology, Tlalocan was the paradise of Tlaloc. It was where the souls of those killed by lightning, dropsy, skin diseases and those sacrificed to Tlaloc went.
*Tlazolteotl
In Aztec mythology, Tlazolteotl was the goddess of licentiousness.
*Tonacatecuhtli
In Aztec mythology, Tonacatecuhtli was the creator and provider of food.
*Tonatiuh
In Aztec mythology, Tonatiuh was a sun-god, the eagle and heavenly warrior.
*Tule
In Zande mythology, Tule is the Spider god who brought from heaven the seeds of all the plants on earth which he scattered in all the countries.
*Ulala
In Haida mythology, Ulala was a man-eating ogress.
*Undines
The Undines are elementals evolved in the realm of Water.
*Unicorn
The unicorn is a mythical horse with a straight horn projecting from the forehead.
*Usukun
In Lacandones mythology, Usukun is a troglodyte who rules earthquakes.
*Uta
In Maori mythology, Uta is a hero and the husband of Houmea.
*Utchat
The Utchat was an amulet representing the eye of Horus and used in ancient Egypt. According to the book of the dead, the amulet should be made of lapis-lazuli or mak stone. However, these amulets have been found made of almost every conceivable material.
*Uttu
In Sumerian mythology, Uttu was the daughter of Enki and Ninkurra. Her mother warned her to avoid the advances of her father Enki. When Enki made advances on her she demanded cucumbers, apples and grapes as a gift. Enki supplied the fruits and as a result of their union eight plants spring forth. Enki ate the plants and was cursed by Uttu, subsequently becoming ill in eight different parts of his body.
*Utu
In Sumerian mythology, Utu was the sun god. He was the son of Nanna and Ningal.
*Vampire
In Slav mythology, a Vampire is an undead corpse which lives by drinking the blood of the living.
*Varuna
In Hindu mythology, Varuna is a thousand-eyed god who sees all that happens in the world.
*Vayu
In Hindu mythology, Vayu is the god of the winds.
*Vritra
In Hindu mythology, Vritra is the snake of darkness. Enemy of Indra.
*Wakinyan
In Dakota mythology, Wakinyan is the thunder-spirit.
*Wakonda
In Sioux mythology, Wakonda is the Great Spirit.
*Xilonen
In Aztec mythology, Xilonen was the goddess of young maize. She was a wife of Tezcatlipoca.
*Xipe Totec
In Aztec mythology, Xipe Totec was the god of seedtime.
*Xochipilli
In Aztec mythology, Xochipilli was the god of feasting and young maize.
*Yacatecuhtli
In Aztec mythology, Yacatecuhtli was the god of merchant adventurers.
*Yagis
In Kwakiutl mythology, Yagis is a sea monster that overturns canoes and eats their crews.
*Yarikh
In Canaanite mythology, Yarikh was the moon god.
*Yaxche
In Maya mythology, Yaxche is the tree of heaven under which good souls rejoice.
*Yum Kaax
In Maya mythology, Yum Kaax is the maize god.
*Zu
In Babylonian mythology, Zu is an evil lesser-god who steals the tablets of destiny from Enlil while he was washing, and flies away to his mountain. He was killed by Lugalbanda who was sent by the gods to retrieve the tables of destiny.
