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List of creation myths; List of legendary creatures by type; List of mythology books and sources; List of mythological objects; List of culture heroes; List of world folk-epics; Lists of deities; Lists of legendary creatures; National myth; Mythopoeia
A spin-off series titled The Nixonverse, set in a timeline in which former U.S. president Richard Nixon became a god, ran from May 14 to August 13, 2022. A compilation film, The Absolute Nixonverse, which added new sections and removed certain sections from the original series, was released on October 1, 2023, on the Dwight Comics YouTube channel.
A Māori spirit world for those who favor Papatūānuku The Earth Mother. Toi O Nga Rangi: The Māori spirit world for those who favor Ranginui The Sky Father. Sometimes known as the Sky World or the Summit Of The Heavens Ao: The Polynesian realm of light. Te Po: Polynesian realm of darkness and ancestors. Hawaiki
The ghost of Resurrection Mary allegedly haunts roads and buildings around Resurrection Cemetery near Justice, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Ghost of Queen Esther, the ghost of an Iroquois woman who allegedly mourns the massacre of her village in Pennsylvania. Ghosts of the American Civil War
An urban legend or urban myth is a modern genre of folklore. It often consists of fictional stories associated with the macabre, superstitions, ghosts, demons, cryptids, extraterrestrials, creepypasta, and other fear generating narrative elements. Urban legends are often rooted in local history and popular culture.
The overlap between religion and ghostlore can be seen in the many rituals, myths, and stories that involve interactions with the spirit world. [ 68 ] [ 23 ] [ 69 ] [ 70 ] [ 71 ] In many religions, there is a belief in an afterlife , where the soul or spirit of a person continues to exist after death. [ 72 ]
Children may become an Alp if a woman bites a horse collar to ease the pain during an extremely long and tortuous childbirth. Also, a child born with a caul or hair on the palms may become an Alp. If a woman who is pregnant is frightened by an animal, the child may be born an Alp.
The 1981 Indonesian horror film Mystics in Bali is partly based on the penanggalan legend, [4] and the American anthology streaming television series Creepshow features a penanggalan in the season three episode "Drug Traffic". [a] The penanggalan also appears in the Hellboy: The Troll Witch and Others comics, [7] as well as the Image Comics ...