...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.
Ivanits, Linda. Russian Folk Belief. M.E. Sharpe, Inc: New York, 1989.
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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
:The belief in vampires of plant origin occurs among Gs. [Gypsies] who belong to the Mo
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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
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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
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