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In Irish mythology, Mag Mell (modern spelling: Magh Meall, meaning 'delightful plain') [1] is one of the names for the Celtic Otherworld, a mythical realm achievable through death and/or glory. Unlike the underworld in some mythologies, Mag Mell was a pleasurable paradise, identified as either an island far to the west of Ireland or a kingdom ...
Drapé - (France) Ghostly horse monster who finds and spirits away children wandering at night to an unknown location, never to be seen again. Gytrash- (english) shapeshifting spirit usually taking the form of a horse, mule or other animal. Opposite of a will o the wisp, as it appears to the lost and leads people back to where they want to be.
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".
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
Duwende – Little people, some are house spirits, others nature spirits; Dvergr – Subterranean little people smiths; Dvorovoi – Courtyard spirit; Dwarf – Little people nature spirits; Dybbuk – Spirit (sometimes the soul of a wicked deceased) that possesses the living
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
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 ...
Ōkami – Spirit wolf of powerful; Okiku – Spirit of a plate-counting servant girl, associated with the "Okiku-Mushi" worm; Ōkubi – Death spirit; Okuri-inu – Dog or wolf that follows travelers at night, similar to the Black dog of English folklore