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  2. List of mortals in Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    While the Greek gods are immortal and unaffected by aging, the mortality of humans forces them to move through the stages of life, before reaching death. [2] The group of figures referred to as "heroes" (or " demigods "), unique to Greek religion and mythology, are (after the time of Homer ) individuals who have died but continue to exert power ...

  3. List of legendary creatures (P) - Wikipedia

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    Pok-wejee-men – Tree spirit; Polevik (Polish) – Little people and field spirits; Pollo Maligno – Man-eating chicken spirit; Polong – Invisible servant spirit; Poltergeist – Ghost that moves objects; Pombero – Wild man and nature spirit; Ponaturi – Grotesque, malevolent humanoid

  4. List of death deities - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. List of legendary creatures (V) - Wikipedia

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    Veļi – Ghost, shade, formed after a death of a human; Věri Şělen – Chuvash dragon; Vetala – Corpses possessed by vampiric spirits; Víbria – Dragon with breasts and an eagle's beak; Vielfras – Gluttonous dog-cat-fox hybrid; Vila – Weather spirit; Vilkacis – Animalistic, werewolf-like monster

  7. List of Greek deities - Wikipedia

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    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

  8. How Marvel's 'Eternals' got their mythic names - AOL

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    Chloé Zhao's Eternals draws that comparison even closer by adapting a troupe of Marvel characters who are both heroes and legends.Each Eternal is a reference to some part of mythology or folklore ...

  9. List of Basque mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    Aatxe, a cave-dwelling spirit who adopts the form of a young red bull, but being a shapeshifter, sometimes takes the shape of a man. Akerbeltz, demonic spirit in the form of a billy goat. Basajaun, the wild man of the woods. Gaizkiñ, an evil spirit that causes diseases. Gaueko, an evil spirit that comes out at night.