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The Aziza are a beneficent fairy race from Africa, specifically Dahomey. The Yumboes are supernatural beings in the mythology of the Wolof people (most likely Lebou) of Senegal, West Africa. Their alternatively used name Bakhna Rakhna literally means good people, an interesting parallel to the Scottish fairies called Good Neighbours.
The label of fairy has at times applied only to specific magical creatures with human appearance, magical powers, and a penchant for trickery. At other times it has been used to describe any magical creature, such as goblins and gnomes. Fairy has at times been used as an adjective, with a meaning equivalent to "enchanted" or "magical". It is ...
Germanic lore featured light and dark elves (Ljósálfar and Dökkálfar).This may be roughly equivalent to later concepts such as the Seelie and Unseelie. [2]In the mid-thirteenth century, Thomas of Cantimpré classified fairies into neptuni of water, incubi who wandered the earth, dusii under the earth, and spiritualia nequitie in celestibus, who inhabit the air.
Name derived from Lenape language word for snake, but creature completely made up by whites. Ammut – female demon, funerary deity and animal hybrid (Egypt) Bakunawa – Serpent-like Dragon in Philippines (Philippines) Basilisk – king of serpents, has the power to cause death with a single glance (Europe)
العربية; Azərbaycanca; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Brezhoneg; Чӑвашла; Čeština; Eesti; Español; Esperanto; فارسی; Français
(Norse mythology) Maltet, the name of the spear of Baligant from The Song of Roland. (French folklore) Rhongomyniad (also Rhongomiant), the spear of King Arthur that he used to defeat the legendary Sir Thomas of Wolford. (Arthurian legend) Spear of Achilles, created by Hephaestus and given to Peleus at his wedding with Thetis. (Greek mythology)
Prince Arthur and the Fairy Queen by Johann Heinrich Füssli, c. 1788. In folklore and literature, the Fairy Queen or Queen of the Fairies is a female ruler of the fairies, sometimes but not always paired with a king. Depending on the work, she may be named or unnamed; Titania and Mab are two frequently used names. Numerous characters ...
This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world.. List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere