Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Bogie or Bogle" | Scotish | A bugbear (Scotish form of bug). |
"Bug or Bugbear" | Welsh | Any imaginary thing that frightens a person. Welsh |
Supreme god name "Buga" | Siberia / Tungus | The supreme god and represents the entire universe. Siberia / Tungus |
Monster name "Bugaboo" | Italian | A monster, or goblin, introduced into the tales of the old Italian romancers. |
"Bugady Musun" | Siberian | Revered by many Siberian peoples. Bugady Musun was the patron of wildlife and the guardian of animals. |
"Bugarik" | Assam / Garos | A lovely river siren with the body and arms of a woman, but no legs. Her head floats on the current and she will kill anyone she catches. |
Spirit name "Bugarit" | British | The spirit found on building sites and invoked as the cause of minor accidents. British |
God name "Bugid Y Aiba" | Puerto Rico / Haiti | God of war. Clåśśed as one of the ZEMIS. The local Indians have believed that the deity can give them strength. When they smoke in a ritual ceremony in honor of the god, their arms increase in size. He will also restore failed eyesight.... |
God name "Bugid Y Alba" | Haiti | God of war Haiti / Puerto Rico |
God name "Kibuka" | Buganda / Uganda, East Africa | God of war. The brother of the creator god MUKASA, said to reside on the island of Sese. According to tradition, he secured victory in war for the Buganda by taking the form of a cloud which hovered above their enemies and Rained spears and arrows. He apparently enjoyed a succession of temples in the past which housed the hidden statue of the god and his sacred shield.... |
God name "Kibuka Buganda" | Uganda | God of war Uganda |
"Mormo" | Greek | A female spectre, with which the Greeks used to frighten little children. Mormo was one of the same clåśś of bugbears as Empusa and Lamia. |
"Mormolyce or Mormolyceion" | Greek | The same phantom or bugbear as Mormo, and also used for the same purpose. Greek |
God name "Mukasa" | Lake | God of lake Victoria. Buganda, Uganda |
Supreme god name "Mukasa" | Buganda / Uganda, East Africa | Supreme god. A benevolent deity whose main oracular sanctuary was sited on the island of Bubembe, lake Victoria. His first high priest was Semagunga and, by convention, only the tribal leader was permitted to consult with the oracle there. Mukasa provides Rain, food and cattle.... |
God name "Mukasa Buganda" | Uganda | A beneficent god for he demanded no sacrifices |