Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends & Folklore
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⚡ Deity 121
- Adad
- Aegir
- Aeolus
- Agathodaemon
- Ala
- Alphito
- Amaterasu
- Ammit
- Amun
- Anansi
- Anat
- Anu
- Anubis
- Anyame
- Ao Guang(敖光)
- Aphrodite
- Apis
- Apollo
- Ares
- Arimanius
- Artemis
- Asclepius
- Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé
- Ashur
- Aten
- Athena
- Atlas
- Attis
- Atum
- Aurora
- Baal
- Badb
- Baldr
- Baron Samedi
- Boreas
- Brahma
- Cernunnos
- Charites
- Cronus
- Cybele
- Dagon
- Demeter
- Dionysus
- Djang'kawu
- Enki
- Enlil
- Erinyes
- Eros
- Freyja
- Freyr
- Gaia
- Ganesha
- Hades
- Hathor
- Hecate
- Helios
- Hephaestus
- Hera
- Hermes
- Horus
- Huehueteotl
- Huītzilōpōchtli
- Hypnos
- Igaluk
- IKaggen
- Inanna
- Inari Ōkami
- Inti
- Itzamna
- Izanagi
- Jade Emperor
- Janus
- John the Conqueror
- Katonda
- Kernosivsky idol
- Kibuka
- Kim Quy
- Lares
- Maat
- Marduk
- Mari
- Mbombo
- Mithra
- Mixcoatl
- Moirai
- Mokosh
- Muses
- Nabu
- Nike
- Nommo
- Nut
- Nyami Nyami
- Nüwa
- Ogun
- Osiris
- Pabilsaĝ
- Pan
- Pangu
- Pele
- Persephone
- Perun
- Poseidon
- Prometheus
- Proteus
- Ra
- Rainbow Serpent
- Sedna
- Set
- Shamash
- Simargl
- Styx
- Sugaar
- The Dagda
- Thoth
- Tiamat
- Tithonus
- Vaiśravaṇa
- Yatagarasu
- Ymir
- Zbruchskiy idol
- Zeus
👑 Legendary Figure 291
- Abrskil
- Acastus
- Achilles
- Actaeon
- Adapa
- Adonis
- Aeacus
- Aeneas
- Aiwel
- Ajax the Great
- Albert I of Belgium
- Alcestis
- Alectryon
- Alexander the Great
- Amphitryon
- Anawrahta
- Andromache
- Andromeda
- Antaeus
- Antarah ibn Shaddad
- Arachne
- Arion
- Arminius
- Arthur Wellesley
- Aslaug
- Atalanta
- Attila
- Augustus
- Baba Dochia
- Bayinnaung
- Bellerophon
- Benkei(西塔武蔵坊弁慶)
- Beowulf(Hero)
- Betsy Ross
- Bevis of Hampton
- Bhumibol Adulyadej
- Black Hawk
- Blackbeard
- Blas de Lezo
- Bodhidharma
- Botond
- Boudica
- Brunhild
- Brân the Blessed
- Buffalo Bill
- Buluggin ibn Ziri
- Butch Cassidy
- Cadmus
- Calypso
- Casey Jones
- Cassandra
- Cassiopeia
- Castor and Pollux
- Charlemagne
- Chiron
- Christopher Columbus
- Circe
- Coel Hen
- Colonel Plug
- Confucius(孔子)
- Constantine XI Palaiologos
- Corone
- Coyote
- Cú Chulainn
- Daedalus
- Damarwulan
- Danaë
- Dangun(단군)
- Daniel Boone
- Daniel Shays
- Davy Crockett
- Deborah Sampson
- Delphine LaLaurie
- Dick Turpin
- Dido
- Diomedes
- Dmitry Pozharsky
- Ducetius
- Dulla Bhatti
- Dun Mikiel Xerri
- Echo
- El Cid
- Elaine of Astolat
- Eleanor of Arborea
- Electra
- Emperor Jimmu(神武天皇)
- Empress Jingū(神功皇后)
- Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson
- Enkidu
- Enmerkar
- Eppelein von Gailingen
- Europa
- Eurydice
- Eurytion
- Everard t'Serclaes
- Fergus mac Léti
- Fionn mac Cumhaill
- Frithuswith
- Fujiwara no Hidesato
- Fuxi(伏羲)
- Gajah Mada
- Ganymede
- Genghis Khan
- George Washington
- Germanicus
- Geryon
- Gilgamesh
- Glooscap
- Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus
- Godfrey of Bouillon
- Gogmagog
- Green Knight
- Guan Yu(關羽)
- Guinevere
- Guo Ziyi(郭子仪)
- Guy Fawkes
- Guy of Warwick
- Gwyn ap Nudd
- Harun al-Rashid(هَارُون ٱلرَّشِيد)
- Hayk
- Hector
- Heimdallr
- Hengist and Horsa
- Heracles
- Hereward the Wake
- Hermaphroditus
- Hermes Trismegistus
- Hermocrates
- Hiawatha
- Hildegard of Bingen
- Homer
- Horatio Nelson
- Icarus
- Iktomi
- Ilmarinen
- Imhotep
- Io
- Ishikawa Goemon(石川 五右衛門)
- Ivan Susanin
- Ivan the Terrible
- Jack o' Kent
- Jan Breydel
- Jan Žižka
- Jason
- Jean Lafitte
- Joan of Arc
- Joaquin Murrieta
- John Henry
- John of Bohemia
- Johnny Appleseed
- Judas Maccabeus
- Jugurtha
- Julius Caesar
- Juraj Jánošík
- Karna
- Khutulun
- King Arthur
- King Lud
- Koxinga(鄭成功)
- Kublai Khan
- Kullervo
- Kutkh
- Lady Godiva
- Lady of the Lake
- Lady Xian(冼夫人)
- Lafayette
- Laocoön
- Lapulapu
- Lazar of Serbia
- Lebe
- Leif Erikson
- Leir of Britain
- Lekë Dukagjini
- Lin Zexu(林则徐)
- Liu Bowen(劉基)
- Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
- Lucretia
- Lugh
- Lycurgus
- Lü Dongbin
- Madoc
- Manco Cápac
- Marco Polo
- Marie Laveau
- Maya Hero Twins
- Medea
- Menelaus
- Merlin
- Midas
- Miloš Obilić
- Minos
- Miyamoto Musashi
- Morgan Le Fay
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- Māui
- Napoleon
- Narcissus
- Naresuan
- Nasreddin
- Nathan Hale
- Neil Armstrong
- Nyctimene
- Odysseus
- Oedipus
- Oisín
- Orestes
- Orion
- Orpheus
- Pandora
- Patroclus
- Paul Revere
- Peleus
- Pelias
- Penelope
- Percival
- Perseus
- Peter Stumpp
- Phaethon
- Phaon
- Philomela
- Piers Shonks
- Piet Pieterszoon Hein
- Pocahontas
- Polyphemus
- Porus
- Prester John
- Prince Marko
- Procrustes
- Puran Bhagat
- Pygmalion
- Pythagoras
- Pythia
- Ragnar Lodbrok
- Redmond O'Hanlon
- Renaud de Montauban
- Rhadamanthus
- Rob Roy MacGregor
- Robert the Bruce
- Robin Hood
- Roger I of Sicily
- Roland
- Romulus and Remus
- Rostam
- Scipio Africanus
- Sejong the Great(세종)
- Semiramis
- Shin Arahan
- Sigmund
- Sigurd
- Simon bar Kokhba
- Sinbad the Sailor
- Sisyphus
- Skanderbeg
- Sun Tzu(孫子)
- Sun Wukong
- Sundiata Keita
- Taliesin
- Tamamo-no-Mae
- Tantalus
- The Buddha
- The Great Gama
- Theseus
- Thetis
- Tiresias
- Titusz Dugovics
- Tlahuicole
- Tom Hickathrift
- Ulubatlı Hasan
- Urška Dolinarka
- Utnapishtim
- Vercingetorix
- Viriathus
- Vlad the Impaler
- Vladimir the Great
- Vytautas the Great
- Väinämöinen
- Wat Tyler
- Wayland the Smith
- Wen Tianxiang(文天祥)
- William Tell
- William Wallace
- Winston Churchill
- Wojciech Bartosz Głowacki
- Yellow Emperor(黃帝)
- Yermak Timofeyevich
- Yu the Great(大禹)
- Yue Fei(岳飛)
- Zahhak
- Zhang Sanfeng(張三丰)
- Zhuge Liang
- Zoroaster
🐲 Legendary Creature 320
- Aatxe
- Abaia
- Abarimon
- Abath
- Abere
- Abgal
- Abura-sumashi
- Achlis
- Adaro
- Adlet
- Afanc
- Agogwe
- Aguara
- Ahuizotl
- Aiatar
- Aicha Kandida
- Aigamuxa
- Al-Mi'raj
- Alerion
- Alicanto
- Alkonost
- Almas
- Aloés
- Alp
- Amarok
- Amomongo
- Amphisbaena
- Anaskelades
- Anchutka
- Ancient One
- Anggitay
- Anqa
- Antigonus
- Anzû
- Ao (鳌)
- Apalala
- Aranda
- Arassus
- Areion
- Argus Panoptes
- Ascapart
- Ashuaps
- Aspidochelone
- Auka
- Azeban
- Baba Yaga
- Bai Ze(白泽)
- Bakeneko
- Baku(獏)
- Balius and Xanthus
- Ball-tailed cat
- Barghest
- Barong
- Basabasa (婆娑婆娑)
- Basilisk
- Beast of Gévaudan
- Bicorn and Chichevache
- Bifang(毕方)
- Bigfoot
- bjarndýrakóngur
- Bonnacon
- Bugbear
- Bukavac
- Bukit Timah Monkey Man
- Bull of Heaven
- Bunyip
- Cactus cat
- Cadborosaurus
- Caladrius
- Carbuncle
- Carcinus
- Cardiff Giant
- Cat-sìth
- Cath Palug
- Catoblepas
- Centaur
- Cerberus
- Ceryneian Hind
- Champy
- Chaneque
- Charybdis
- Chenoo
- Cherufe
- Cheval Gauvin
- Cheval Mallet
- Chickcharney
- Chimera
- Chuhaister
- Chupacabra
- Ciguapa
- Cinnamon bird
- Clíodhna
- Crocotta
- Curupira
- Cyclopes
- Cù-sìth
- Dahu
- Deer Woman
- Denglong(蹬龙)
- Dobhar-chú
- Domovoy
- Dover Demon
- Dragon turtle(龍龜)
- Druid
- Dryad
- Dullahan
- Dybbuk
- El Cuero
- Erlking
- Erymanthian boar
- Fachan
- Fenrir
- Fish-man of Liérganes
- Fouke Monster
- Futakuchi Onna
- Gamayun
- Giant of Kandahar
- Glashtyn
- Glawackus
- Gloucester Sea Serpent
- Gold-digging ant
- Goldhorn
- Golem
- Gorgons
- Griffin
- Grootslang
- Gytrash
- Hakawai
- Harpy
- Headless men
- Hibagon(ヒバゴン)
- Hippogriff
- Honey Island Swamp monster
- Horned Serpent (Uktena)
- Huli jing(狐狸精)
- Humbaba
- Hundun(混沌)
- Iemisch
- Igopogo
- Indrik
- Inkanyamba
- Inmyeonjo
- Jersey Devil
- Jiangshi(僵尸)
- Jiaolong(蛟龙)
- Joint snake
- Jorōgumo(絡新婦)
- Jué yuán(玃猿)
- Kachina
- Kamaitachi
- Kamapua'a
- Kappa
- Kapre
- Karkadann
- Kasha
- Kikimora
- Knucker
- Kraken
- Krampus
- Kumiho(구미호)
- Kushtaka
- Ladon
- Laelaps
- Lavellan
- Leprechaun
- Lernaean Hydra
- Leshy
- Leviathan
- Lightning bird
- Likho
- Lindworm
- Lion of Cithaeron
- Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp
- Loch Ness Monster
- Lou Carcolh
- Loveland frog
- Lusca
- Manananggal
- Manipogo
- Manticore
- Mapinguari
- Mavka
- Medusa
- Menehune
- Mermaid
- Michigan Dogman
- Minotaur
- Minyades
- Mocha Dick
- Mokele-mbembe
- Mongolian death worm
- Montauk Monster
- Morgawr
- Mothman
- Mo’o
- Mungoon-Gali
- Nachtkrapp
- Nachzehrer
- Nandi bear
- Nandi(नन्दि)
- Nemean Lion
- Nguruvilu
- Nine-headed bird(九頭鳥)
- Ninki Nanka
- Nittaewo
- Not-deer
- Nue
- Nun'Yunu'Wi
- Nāga
- Ogopogo
- Ojáncanu
- Orang Pendek
- Orthrus
- Owlman
- Pamola
- Panther
- Pard
- Pegasus
- Phoenix
- Piasa
- Poludnitsa
- Popobawa
- Pouākai
- Psoglav
- Pukwudgie
- Qalupalik
- Queensland tiger
- Raijū
- Ramidreju
- Raróg
- Roc
- Rompo
- Rougarou
- Rusalka
- Samebito
- Sarangay
- Sarimanok
- Sasabonsam
- Satori(覚)
- Scylla
- Sea goat
- Selma
- sha
- Shahbaz
- Shahmaran
- Shen(蜃)
- Shug Monkey
- Shuten-dōji(酒呑童子)
- Sidehill gouger
- Sigbin
- Sirin
- Sisiutl
- Skunk ape
- Spearfinger
- Spider Grandmother (Kokyangwuti)
- Steller's sea ape
- Strix
- Stymphalian birds
- Talos
- Taniwha
- tanuki
- Tarand
- Tengu
- Teumessian fox
- THE AGROPELTER
- THE AXE-HANDLE HOUND
- The Beast of Bray Road
- THE COLUMBIA RIVER SAND SQUINK
- THE COME-AT-A-BODY
- THE DUNGAVENHOOTER
- The Flatwoods Monster
- THE FUNERAL MOUNTAIN TERRASHOT
- THE GOOFUS BIRD
- THE GUMBEROO
- THE HIDEBEHIND
- THE HODAG
- THE HOOP SNAKE
- THE HUGAG
- THE LEPROCAUN
- The Ozark Howler
- THE ROPERITE
- THE RUMTIFUSEL
- THE SANTER
- THE SIDE-HILL GOUGER
- THE SLIDE-ROCK BOLTER
- THE SLIVER CAT
- The Snallygaster
- THE SNOLIGOSTER
- THE SNOW SNAKE
- THE SQUONK
- THE TOTE-ROAD SHAGAMAW
- THE WAPALOOSIE
- Tokoloshe
- Troll
- Trunko
- Turul
- Typhon
- Underwater panther
- Unicorn
- Upir
- Ushi-oni(牛鬼)
- Viy
- Vodyanoy
- Volkolak
- Vucub Caquix
- Wampus cat
- Wandjina
- Wendigo
- Werewolf
- Yarchuk
- Yeren
- Yernagate
- Yeti
- Yowie
- Zaratan
- Zburator
- Zhar-ptitsa
- Zhenniao(鴆鳥)
- Ziphius
- Zmey Gorynych
🏛️ Legendary Place 38
- Aaru
- Abzû
- Arcadia
- Atlantis
- Avalon
- Brocéliande
- Buyan Island
- Camelot
- Chryse and Argyre
- Dilmun
- El Dorado
- Elysium
- Fountain of Youth
- Greek Underworld
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Hara Berezaiti
- Hy-Brasil
- Jazirah al-Tennyn
- Kitezh
- Labyrinth
- Lethe
- Lyonesse
- Mount Qaf
- Nysa
- Panchaia
- Pillars of Hercules
- Pirene
- Rupes Nigra
- Shambhala
- Takamagahara(高天原)
- The Garden of the Hesperides
- Tower of Babel
- Tír na nÓg
- Vinland
- Xanadu
- Ys
- Zaporizhian Sich
- Zerzura
📜 Folklore 95
- Alcyone and Ceyx
- Amleth
- Androcles
- Apache tears
- Babes in the Wood
- Baucis and Philemon
- Bayard
- Biddenden Maids
- Black Annis
- Black Lady of Bradley Woods
- Bluebeard
- Br'er Rabbit
- Brunswick Lion
- Byard's Leap
- Cauld Lad of Hylton
- Chained Oak
- Coco
- Curse of the Billy Goat
- Cynocephaly
- Damocles
- Devil's Arrows
- Diamonds and Toads
- Donkeyskin
- Drapé
- Draugr
- El Silbón
- En-Naddāha
- Faust
- Flying Africans
- Flying Dutchman
- Flying Head
- Founding of Udupi
- Gelert
- Gordian Knot
- Green children of Woolpit
- Heer Ranjha
- Herne the Hunter
- Hero and Leander
- Horatii and Curiatii
- Jack in the Green
- Julian's Bower
- King Thrushbeard
- Kit's Coty House
- Koshchei
- Lady Lovibond
- Lantern man
- Lazy Laurence
- Legend of the Bake-kujira
- Legend of the White Snake(白蛇传)
- Little Briar Rose
- Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln
- Long Tom's treasure
- Lost Doukhobor Ledge
- Madam Pigott
- Mermaid's Pool
- Momotarō(桃太郎)
- Moss people
- Mother Ludlam's Cave
- Mudhouse Mansion
- Muhlenberg legend
- Muskerra
- Myth of the First Thanksgiving
- Nala and Damayanti
- Nanny Rutt
- Night Doctors
- Old Rectory
- Palatine Light
- Paul Bunyan
- Pedlar of Swaffham
- Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Pishtaco
- Pyramus and Thisbe
- Ravens of the Tower of London
- Relics of St Oswald
- Reynard the Fox
- Rooster of Barcelos
- Si-Te-Cah
- Spring-heeled Jack
- Swearing on the Horns
- The Bell Witch
- The Giant of the Wrekin
- The Gray Man
- The Polovtsian Stone Women
- The Ratman of Southend
- The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter(竹取物語)
- Three Sisters
- Tiddy Mun
- Tristan and Iseult
- Umar Marvi
- Van Hunks and the Devil
- Vetala
- Wild Hunt
- Wise Men of Gotham
- Witches of Belvoir
- Yallery Brown