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  2. Category:Sleep in mythology and folklore - Wikipedia

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    Legendary dreams (1 C, 7 P) S. Sandman (4 C, 15 P) Succubi (2 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Sleep in mythology and folklore"

  3. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Oneiros - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, dreams were sometimes personified as Oneiros (Ancient Greek: Ὄνειρος, lit. 'dream') or Oneiroi (Ὄνειροι, 'dreams'). [1] In the Iliad of Homer, Zeus sends an Oneiros to appear to Agamemnon in a dream, while in Hesiod's Theogony, the Oneiroi are the sons of Nyx (Night), and brothers of Hypnos (Sleep).

  5. Baku (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Before its adaptation to the Japanese dream-caretaker myth creature, an early 17th-century Japanese manuscript, the Sankai Ibutsu (山海異物), describes the baku as a shy, Chinese mythical chimera with the trunk and tusks of an elephant, the ears of a rhinoceros, the tail of a cow, the body of a bear and the paws of a tiger, which protected ...

  6. List of night deities - Wikipedia

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    Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, and wild animals, who was commonly associated with the moon; Astraeus, Titan god of the dusk, stars, planets, and the art of Astronomy and Astrology; Asteria, Titan goddess of nocturnal oracles and the stars; Hades, god of the underworld, whose domain included night and darkness

  7. List of legendary creatures in Hindu mythology - Wikipedia

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    Vritra try to eat indra. Antaboga is the world serpent of traditional Javanese mythology.It is a derivative from the Hindu Ananta Shesha combined with Javanese animism.; Gogaji also known as Jahar Veer Gogga is a folk deity, worshiped in the northern states of India.

  8. Category:Oracular animals - Wikipedia

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    Articles related to oracular animals, animals used for the purposes of divination. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. G. Groundhog Day ...

  9. List of vampiric creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

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    This list covers the many types of vampires, vampire-like legendary creatures of global folklore or people that were supposedly vampires. It does not include any vampire that originates in a work of fiction .