...ver the wicked spirits and the chaotic forces of nature. His companion was Death.
With the advent of Christianity, the more beneficent aspects of the deity were supplanted by missionaries who came to misrepresent Ekwensu
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...''' are considered intermediaries spirits, which emanate and act on behalf of ''Bondye'' (''Bon Dieu'', or ''good god''), the Creator, who is distant fro
...during rituals. Most similar to the veve are the drawings of zemi or gods of the Taino religion.
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...'), and comparisons have been made with the Old Indian ''dhvaras'' (a type of demonic being).
...ioned whether this is a later development stemming from comical portrayals of the beings.
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...f Shiva associated with annihilation and one of the most important deities of Nepal, sacred to Hindus and Buddhists alike. According to the Puranas, it w
Being one of the eight forms of Shiva, Bhairava himself has eight manifestations: Kala Bhairava, Asitanga B
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...pite much research, "the figure of Loki remains obscure; there is no trace of a cult, and the name does not appear in place-names".
...replaces it, or when he is responsible for the loss of [[Iðunn]]'s apples of youth and then retrieves them again. Loki is an adept [[Shapeshifting|shape
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...and mistress of magic. She is also seen as a forest spirit, leading hosts of spirits.
...''Бáба-Ягá''; Bulgarian uses ''Баба Яга'' and Ukrainian, ''Баба Яґа''; all of the last three are transliterated as ''Baba Yaga''.
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The '''Mi-go''' are a race of extraterrestrials in the [[Cthulhu Mythos]] created by H. P. Lovecraft and
...air of membranous bat-like wings which are used to fly through the "ether" of outer space (a scientific concept which is now discredited). The wings do n
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[[Image:orion.jpg|right|thumb|An engraving of Orion from Johann Bayer's ''Uranometria'', 1603]]
...n in Greek mythology whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion.
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...and the body of a man or, conversely, with the body of a bull and the head of a man.
...r. The actual historical site of Knossos is usually identified as the site of the labyrinth. The Minotaur was eventually killed by Theseus.
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...osest that the human vocal apparatus can come to reproducing the syllables of an alien language. Other possible pronunciations include ''k-Thoo-Loo''.
...of Cthulhu" (1928)—though he makes minor appearances in a few other of Lovecraft's works.
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...ue find the sleeping Ariadne whom Theseus has just abandoned on the island of Naxos. ]]
...'''Liber'''), the Thracian God of wine, represents the intoxicating power of wine, but also its social and beneficent influences.
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''This page is about the concept of the '''devil'''. For the Christian devil, see [[Devil in Christianity]], fo
...ifer]] and/or [[Mephistopheles]]. In classic [[demonology]], however, each of these alternate names refers to a specific supernatural entity.
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...in Haiti; '''Vudu''' in the Dominican Republic) is applied to the branches of a West African ancestor-based [[Spiritism|spiritist]]-[[Animism|animist]] r
...ced by Central African traditions. The Kongo rite, also known in the north of Haiti as Lemba (originally a cult practiced among the Bakongo) is as widesp
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...ntasy literature and role-playing games, trolls are featured to the extent of being stock characters.
...ad the originally meaning of ''supernatural'' or ''Magic'' with an overlay of ''malignant'' and ''perilous''. Another likely suggestion is that it means
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...''' (/əˈnɑːnsi/ ə-nahn-see) the trickster is the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore.
...kes the shape of a spider and is considered to be the god of all knowledge of stories. He is also known as Ananse, Kwaku Ananse, Kweku Ananse, and Anancy
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'''Goblin''' is a general term that can apply either to the ugliest members of the fae, or to certain sub-races. Those fae numbered among the goblin subra
...ng to some traditions, ''goblin'' comes from ''Gob'' or ''Ghob'', the king of the [[gnome|gnomes]], whose inferiors were called ''Ghob-lings''.
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...blood, and their long tongues are a disgusting dark blue. Its eyes are one of its most frightening aspects, which range in color from glowing red to brig
...is filled with needlelike teeth, made all the more disturbing by its lack of lips (some say that the creature’s hunger is so great that it devoured it
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