...kijimunaa is representative of the spiritual power of trees in the Ryukyu belief system.
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...who went out of style after Christian missionaries came to Ireland and the belief faded into memory. Some think that Crom Dubh has become the Irish faery 'th
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...they often became seen as sorcerous figures. This may be influenced by the belief that millers yearly drown a drunk passerby as an offering to the vodianoi.
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'''Tlaloc''', also known as '''Nuhualpilli''', in Aztec belief, was the god of rain and fertility. He was greatly feared among the Aztecs,
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In Melanesian belief (San Christoval, Ulawa, southern Mala island), '''adaro''' is the the bad p
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...men to honor them, as snow is believed to be brought by the sky women. One belief has it that the thunder and lightning of springtime are brought on by Sky W
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...can, perhaps, be best explained by the essential reality of the underlying belief to those who held it, from the heathen period through the time of our own g
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...in the afterlife. One of the most prominent and well-known aspects of this belief is the concept of jigoku, or "hell." The idea of jigoku plays an important
The belief in jigoku also played an important role in the development of the Japanese
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...mpel people to go out to them in the dark forest to be devoured. A similar belief is found in Abyssinia.
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The Dahomeans have essentially the same belief, but they call this type of witch the [[asiman]].
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...vac was widespread in Bosnia, western Serbia, Šumadija and in Kosovo. Also belief in Drekavac and similar creatures (Bukavac) was well spread in Vojvodina an
...ften used as a child scare, in a similar way a bogeyman is in the West but belief in it has faded, and Baba Roga, which more closely resembles western bogeym
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...surrection. Upholders of philosophical rationalism also generally consider belief in ghosts to be a superstition. Still, the fear of ghosts is widespread eve
The belief in and fear of ghosts and other supernatural beings, such as spirits and [[
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''Neuntoter'' translates as ''killer in the night'' given the belief that it takes nine full days for the vampire to develop in his coffin or to
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The belief in vampire fruit is similar to the belief that any inanimate object left outside during the night of a full moon will
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Some northern Albanian mountain tribes hold the belief that an undead or vampire, which they call either a '''kukuthi, kukudhi'''
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...e revenant became pre-occupied with counting these. The same practices and belief here concerning seeds and such occurs in Eastern Europe and, at least to so
...es the corpse was cremated. But then a ball of thread is burned with it in belief that the woman's spirit will be so occupied with unwinding the ball that sh
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In the vicinity of Hanover, Germany the Wends (Western Slavs) had belief in a special type of vampire which they called the '''doppelsauger''', a Ge
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...ne'' (translated as The Forbidden Forest), includes references to the folk belief about skies opening at night, as well as to paranormal events happening in
...tion of the man they are to marry (ursitul, "the fated one"). Another folk belief is that during the Sânziene night, the heavens open up, making it an adequ
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...n Neo- spiritual and religious movements such as "Druidry" and Ásatrú. The belief in spiritual beings, particularly ghosts, is almost universal to human cult
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A belief held by many Charismatic and Pentecostal Christians and promoted by Kingdom
This belief has been promoted by the popularity of the Christian novel ''This Present D
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This belief also seems to have become muddled up with the idea that [[witch]]es rode in
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In the Aztec belief system the day of a persons birth calculated in the Tonalpohualli would det
...ncept is wholly imported from Europe, where he compares it to the medieval belief in werewolves. This assumption has been all but rejected, however, since in
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...n her partner, for he couldn’t bear to stay far from her. Because of that, belief spread that she was destructive.
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The main belief states that they are the souls of the ancient Druids, which, being too good
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According to the Visayan belief, Kataws belong to a higher hierarchy compared to other water and sea creatu
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...e sacred animal of the sun goddess Saule that symbolizes fertility. With a belief that it would bring good harvest and wealth, people keep it as a pet near t
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According to Scandinavian Folk Belief and Legend (eds. Reimund Kvideland and Henning K. Sehmsdorf), the oskorei i
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According to Christian Greek folk belief, a child born during Christmas (Dec 25) and the Epiphany (Jan. 6) will beco
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...16th century. Pirates of that era were often from the British Isles, where belief in faeries was quite common, especially amongst those of lower socio-econom
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...Banyuwangi, and places all along the south coast of Java. There is a local belief that wearing a green garment in these areas will anger her and will bring m
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...l orientation and dig their feet into the ground for stability. It is this belief that gives the species its name.
...years. Sir Thomas Browne, writing in the 17th century, recorded a popular belief that British badgers (popularly referred to back then as "brocks") had legs
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...possible that the whole superstition may be a corruption of the Gold Coast belief in the sisa.
...The poor child screams with pain, but the mother hardens her heart in the belief that the Abiku is suffering equally.
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According to Euhemerist belief, all gods were living men. Vahagn came from the ranks of Armenian kings and
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...s of the dwarves (dvergar) in Norse mythology lived on in the Scandinavian belief in vættir. They were thought to be similar in appearance to humans, even s
...al values of the Romantic Era. These stories reflected the animistic 'folk belief' that preserved earlier elements deriving from the Viking Era but strongly
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...nt or belief of a group or person, be sure you attribute that statement or belief to them. This is not necessary for beliefs that are considered very common
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The most popular belief regards Annwn as the supernatural, or the invisible, world and later perhap
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...l lycanthropy''' is a rare psychiatric syndrome that involves a delusional belief that the affected person is, or has, transformed into an animal. It is name
Affected individuals report a delusional belief that they have transformed, or are in the process of transforming into anot
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...f time. Currently this state is called ''sleep paralysis'', but in the old belief the subject had been ''hagridden''.
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Belief in the [[Hell]] wain as the wagon in which were borne the souls of the dead
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Regions where belief in psychic vampires is common include Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa,
Some North American Indian cultures, such as the Hopi, also share this belief.
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Arising mainly in the Heian period, the belief was that the spirits of powerful lords, especially those who have been mart
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...in his way; but doubly so the unfortunate who attempts to mount him in the belief that he is an ordinary steed, for after a fiery gallop he will be precipita
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...y surprise or force. Dusii continue to play a role in the magico-religious belief systems of Gaul and Francia as a type of incubus in early-medieval paganism
...y, was converted to Christianity by Welsh missionaries. His vita records a belief among his fellow Picards in northwest Gaul that the dusi, called maones in
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...eneration’s acceptance of these stories as being literally true, and their belief in aitu, are markedly less pronounced than that of their elders. Neverthele
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...e word huma in the Persian language stands for a fabulous bird. There is a belief that if the huma bird sits for a moment on someone's head it is a sign that
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...n who died first was labeled to be the cause of the group's death. Another belief was that if a person's name was not removed from his burial clothing, that
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According to the belief of the early people, eclipse occurs when the Minokawa swallows the sun. It
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Sickle cell anaemia might have contributed to this belief, as the inheritance of the disease within families may have led people to c
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...word which has been used over the years to describe a number of different belief systems in a number of contexts. People claiming to be Satanists, or outsid
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...nt the authentic spirit, tradition, and identity of the German people; the belief that there can be such authenticity is one of the tenets of the romantic na
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*The first reference to the sea serpent may be the belief of Native Americans, predating western settlement of the area, that an evil
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...ch some scholars believe may be evidence of syncretism of a ''fiery lake'' belief, from an as yet unidentified elsewhere. In still another version, Ammut at
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...y Chaigidel, Chaigidiel, or Oghiel), Confusion of the Power of God, in the belief system of Kabbalah, is the name of the [[Qliphoth]] corresponding to the Se
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...kert remarks (Burkert III.3.3) "is deeply rooted not only in poetry but in belief and ritual; the worship of these deities is limited only by the fact that t
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...e comes from ''Draumkvedet'', written near the end of the middle ages. The belief itself might be considerably older, though there exists no proof for this.
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...bo) or Priest (Houngan) or sometimes Bokor (Sorcerers). Part of the Voodoo belief is that loa communicate with followers through possession. The possession,
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...'s book on the folklore of Dunstable, published in 1910, stating ''Another belief is that there are ghostly black dogs, the size of large retrievers, about t
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...n the Peruvian and Bolivian altiplano have been attacked by natives in the belief that they were Pishtacos. The work of anthropologists has been stymied beca
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Ryūjin shinkō 竜神信仰 "dragon god faith" is a form of Shinto religious belief that worships dragons as water kami. It is connected with agricultural ritu
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Belief in the [[vampire]] '''Tlahuelpuchi''' (plural tlahuelpocmimi) is prominent
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...es until assured by the management that the knockers were already on duty. Belief in the knockers remained well into the 20th century. When one large mine cl
...sterious nature of mining may have led the Cornish miners to develop their belief in the tommyknockers - a superstition that helped explain the unexplainable
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...This was interpreted as the Tzitzimimeh attacking the sun, this caused the belief that during a solar eclipse, the tzitzimime would descend to the earth and
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...out a rite of exorcism. The mystic Isaac ben Solomon Luria helped promote belief in dybbukim with his doctrine of the transmigration of souls. The folkloris
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By the end of November, belief in the painting's curse was widespread enough that The Sun was organising m
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...his concept of spirit and that of the pre-existing or eternal soul because belief in souls is specific and far less common, particularly in traditional socie
...The experience of such a connection can be a primary basis for spiritual belief. The term ''spirit'' has been used in this sense by at least Anthroposophy
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A '''Superstition''' is the [[Irrationality|irrational]] belief that [[future]] events are influenced by specific behaviors, without having
*Commercial buildings don't have 13th floor,following the belief of its bad luck.Instead,some name the storey as floor 12.5.
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*A.I. Bewaji, John. ''OLODUMARE: GOD IN YORUBA BELIEF AND THE THEISTIC PROBLEM OF EVIL.'', University of Florida, Gainesville, Ap
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...o say that they believe Oro to be a powerful Orisha, and to act up to that belief.
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...uctured society. Some ethnologists and folklorists suggest it relates to a belief in deities (or spirits) coming from abroad to take away misfortune and brin
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...' 'the House of the Gorics,' the country-folk in this district holding the belief that its megalithic monuments were reared by these manikins, whom they desc
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In an open letter sent to the education board, Henderson professes belief in a supernatural creator called the Flying Spaghetti Monster which resembl
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Whichever the underlying belief, they are almost always depicted as troublesome and destructive. They were
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...caves. Retired Opeongo High School geography teacher Stew Jack thinks that belief in Mussie's existence may be caused by hallucinogenic qualities of the lake
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...stinguish), shape shifting, and human speech - all of which encourages the belief that hyena may have contributed to the original myth of the crocotta.
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...nce with it, are considered powerful. In modern Islamic Malay culture, the belief in Hantu Raya is no longer valid, but rather it is identified with a demon,
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...Red Fox'' and ''Hondo Kitsune'', and they are both related to mythological belief in Japasese [[folklore]].
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* This belief is recorded in ''The Book of Imaginary Beings'' by [[Jorge Luis Borges]].
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Some say that toyol has its origins from Mecca near the Kaaba (the belief refers to the Pre-Islamic Era where the Arabs used to kill their children a
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