| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Spirit name "Will-O'-the-Wisp" | Roman | A spirit of the bogs, whose delight is to mislead belated travellers. |
| Spirit name "Will-o'-the-wisps" | Europe | In the mediaeval ages, the will-o'-the-wisps were known as elf lights, for these tiny sprites were supposed to mislead travelers; and popular superstition claimed that the Jack-o'-lanterns were the restless spirits of murderers forced against their will to return to the scene of their crimes. Northern Europe |
| Spirit name "Wiradyuri" | Australia | The ancestor and patron god of the Kamilaroi, as well as being an important creator spirit or culture hero of the Eora, the Darkinjung, the Wiradjuri, and several other eastern Australian language groups. |
| Spirit name "Wisaaka" | s | A spirit that figures prominently in their storytelling, including the story of the world's creation and is the Ojibwe trickster figure and culture hero. |
| Spirit name "Woan-no-mih" | Shawnees | A sacred spirit. Shawnees |
| Spirit name "Wondjina" | Australia | Cloud and Rain spirits. Australian Aboriginal |
| Spirit name "Wrath's Hole" | Britain | The legend is that Bolster, a gigantic wrath or evil spirit, paid embarråśśing attention to St. Agnes, who told him she would listen to his suit when he filled with his blood a small hole which she pointed out to him. The wrath joyfully accepted the terms, but the hole opened into the sea, and the wrath, being utterly exhausted, St. Agnes pushed him over the cliff. cornwall, Britain |
| Spirit name "Wu'squus" | Chukchee / eastern Siberia | spirit of darkness. The personification of the night and the sibling of NA'CHITNA'IRGIN, the spirit of the left-hand dawn.... |
| Spirit name "Xaya Iccita" | Yakut / central Siberia | mountain spirit. The owner or master of the mountains.... |
| Spirit name "Xhindi" | Albanian | Put scissors and broomsticks under your baby's mattress to keep these invisible spirits away. Albanian |
| Spirit name "Xian" | Chinese | A spiritually immortal, transcendent and super-human celestial being. Chinese |
| Supreme god name "Xucau" | Ossetians | The supreme god of the Ossetians, who ruled over all the heavenly spirits. |
| Spirit name "Ya'china'ut (moon woman)" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | moon spirit. The personification of the moon.... |
| Spirit name "Ya'halan (cloud man)" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | Guardian spirit. The son of the supreme being TENANTO'MWAN, his consort is YINE'ANE'UT. In alternative tradi tion he is the son of the supervisor being, INA'HITELAN. He is a protector of young couples, and youths beat a sacred drum invoking the spirit to turn the heart of a girl.... |
| Spirit name "Ya'halna'ut" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | Guardian spirit. Yajna (sacrifice)... |
| Spirit name "Yaksas" | Hindu | Tree spirits. Generic title for animistic beings mentioned circa fifth century BC by Panini.... |
| Spirit name "Yaksha" | Hindu | Well-meaning natural spirits, guardians of buried treasure. Hindu |
| Deities name "Yamadar Maraja" | Hindu | Collective name for the deities and spirits of the underworld. Hindu |
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