| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Angel name "Blue Men" | Scotland | The fallen angels were driven out of Paradise in three divisions, one became the Fairies of the land, one the Blue Men in the sea and one the Nimble Men . . . or Merry Dancers of the sky. Campbell. Superstitions of Scotland. |
"Borr / Bor" | Norse | Borr aka Bor [burr, a son; Scotch bairn]. A son of Bure and father of Odin, Vile and Ve. Norse |
| Spirit name "Breath-of-the-Wind" | Iroquoi | A spirit of the air and child of Ataensic. Iroquoi |
"Brisingamen" | Scandinavian | Freyja's necklace made by the fairies. Freyja left her husband Odin in order to obtain this necklace; and Odin deserted her because her love was changed into vanity. It is not possible to love Brisingamen and Odin too, for no one can serve two masters. |
"Brollachans" | Scottish | Scottish fairies that help with housework. When frightened they may bleat like a goat. |
"Brownie" | Scotland | A domestic fairy; the servants friend if well treated. Scotland |
| Goddess name "Bunzi" | Zaire | Rain goddess. Zaire |
| Goddess name "Caireen" | Ireland | Protective mother goddess and patron of children. Ireland |
"Cairn Maiden" | Scotland | A beautiful, golden haired girl who slices off the heads of harvesters. Scotland |
"Canidia" | Greek | A Neapolitan hetaira beloved by Horace but when she deserted him, he revenged himself upon her by holding her up to contempt as an old sorceress. Greek |
"Cåśśandra" | Greek | Also called Alexandra, was the fairest among the daughters of Priam and Hecabe. There are two points in her story which have furnished the ancient poets with ample materials to dilate upon. The first is her prophetic power, concerning which, we have the following traditions: Greek |
| Goddess name "Cessair" | Ireland | The first ruler of Ireland and a well known pre-Celtic Mother Goddess figure much like Dana. Ireland |
"Changeling" | Greek | A child, usually stupid and ugly, supposed to have been left by fairies in exchange for one taken. Sometimes, it is an old fairy or the båśtåřd children of water-nixies and human beings whom they have dragged under the sea. Hartland, Science of Fairy Tales |
| Goddess name "Circe" | Greek | A mythical sorceress, whom Homer calls a fair-locked goddess, a daughter of Helios by the oceanid Perse, and a sister of Aeetes. Greek |
| God name "Cizin (stench)" | Mayan / Yucatec / other tribes, Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of death. The most important death god in the Mayan cultural area. Said to live in Metnal, the Yucatec place of death, and to burn the souls of the dead. He first burns the mouth and åñuś and, when the soul complains, douses it with water. When the soul complains of this treatment, he burns it again until there is nothing left. It then goes to the god Sicunyum who spits on his hands and cleanses it, after which it is free to go where it chooses. Attributes of Cizin include a fleshless nose and lower jaw, or the entire head may be depicted as a skull. Spine and ribs are often showing. He wears a collar with death eyes between lines of hair and a long bone hangs from one earlobe. His body is painted with black and particularly yellow spots (the Mayan color of death).... |
"Clairm'e" | Haiti | River loa Haiti / Vodun |
| Goddess name "Clairmezin'e" | Haiti | Goddess of rivers Haiti |
"Cormoran" | British | The cornish giant who fell into a pit twenty feet deep, dug by Jack the Giant-killer, and filmed over with gråśś and gravel. British fairy tale |
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