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Makara (Hindu mythology) – half terrestrial animal in the frontal part (stag, deer, or elephant) and half aquatic animal in the hind part (usually of a fish, a seal, or a snake, though sometimes a peacock or even a floral tail is depicted) Mug-wamp - (Canadian) giant sturgeon monster said to inhabit Lake Temiskaming in Ontario. Name is of ...
Duppy is a word of African origin commonly used in various Caribbean Islands, including The Bahamas, Barbados and Jamaica, meaning ghost or spirit. [1] The word is sometimes spelled duffy. [2] It is both singular and plural. Much of Caribbean folklore revolves around duppy.
In the Admiralty Islands, one myth exists about a lonely man who longed for a wife and so commanded a carved wooden figure of a woman to come to life. In the Banks Islands, the deity Qat is described as the first to make humans, cutting wood out of the dracaena tree and forming it into six figures, three men and three women. After hiding them ...
Adaro is a term for two distinct classes of beings found in the mythology of Makira island, in the Solomon Islands. The first class is that of ghosts, which may enter an animal, tree, or stone, or remain in the village where they had lived. With the proper entreaties, these ghosts can be commanded to kill or maim living people at a distance. [1]
Jikininki – Corpse-eating ghost; Jinn (Arabian, Islamic) – Spiritual creatures; genii; Jipijka'm – Underwater horned snake; lives in lakes and eats humans; Jiufeng – Nine-headed bird worshiped by ancient natives in Hubei Province. Jiu tou niao – Nine-headed, demonic bird
Ichneumon (Medieval Bestiaries) – Dragon-killing animal; Ichthyocentaur – Human-fish-horse hybrid; Iele – Female nature spirits; Ifrit – Fire genie; Ijiraq – Spirit that kidnaps children; Ikiryō – Can be considered a 'living ghost', as it is a person's spirit outside their body
The kijimuna are small wood spirits according to Okinawan mythology. The kijimuna are said to live in trees, but the most common one is the 'gajumaru' or banyan tree. Their name, derived from the Okinawan language, translates to "child of the tree" or "tree ghost". [3]
Matagot (French mythology) – Spirit that takes animal form; usually that of a black cat; Matsya (Hindu mythology) – First Avatar of Vishnu in the form of a half-fish and half-man; Mayura (Hindu mythology) – Peacock spirit; Mazzikin (Jewish mythology) – Invisible, malevolent spirit; Mbói Tu'ĩ (Guaraní mythology) – Snake-parrot hybrid