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List of Homeric characters This page was last edited on 22 January 2025, at 11:47 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Lethe (Λήθη), spirit of forgetfulness and oblivion, and of the river of the same name; Limos (Λιμός), spirit of hunger and starvation; The Litae (Λιταί), spirits of prayer; Lyssa (Λύσσα), spirit of rage, fury and rabies in animals; The Machai (Μάχαι), spirits of fighting and combat
Chindi - (Navajo) The dark side of the soul which has the ability to remain behind in the earth after death and become a sort of dark spirit. Drekavac (Croatia) Name used for several distinct undead monsters. Ghost – (Worldwide) Inipi- (California Native) shapeshifting ghosts; Jikininki; Kuchisake-onna; Lugat (Albanian) Poltergeist ...
The Greek word κήρ means "the goddess of death" or "doom" [2] [3] and appears as a proper noun in the singular and plural as Κήρ and Κῆρες to refer to divinities. Homer uses Κῆρες in the phrase κήρες θανάτοιο, "Keres of death". By extension the word may mean "plague, disease" and in prose "blemish or defect".
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
Owuo, Akan God of Death and Destruction, and the Personification of death. Name means death in the Akan language. Asase Yaa, one half of an Akan Goddess of the barren places on Earth, Truth and is Mother of the Dead; Amokye, Psychopomp in Akan religion who fishes the souls of the dead from the river leading to Asamando, the Akan underworld
Zhongli Quan (鍾離權), associated with death and the power to create silver and gold, often depicted holding a fan. In literature before the 1970s, they were sometimes translated as the Eight Genies. Some stories had them all "cheerfully addicted to wine", so they were called the "Jiu-zhong Ba Xian" or "Eight Drunken Immortals". [6]
Genius loci – Spirit that protects a specific place; German – Male spirit associated with bringing rain and hail; Geryon – Three-headed six-armed giant with three torsos and (in some sources) six legs; Ghillie Dhu – Tree guardian; Ghost (Worldwide) – Disembodied spirits of those that have died