| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Bona Dea" | Roman | A Roman divinity, who is described as the sister, wife, or daughter of Faunus, and was herself called Fauna, Fatua, or Oma, worshipped at Rome from the earliest times as a chaste and prophetic divinity; and her worship was so exclusively confined to women. |
"Albadara" | Arab | A bone which the Arabs say defies destruction, and which; at the resurrection, will be the germ of the new body. The Jews called it Luz and the "Os sacrum" refers probably to the same superstition. |
| Monster name "Devonshire" | Britain | A corruption of Debon's-share. This Debon was one of the heroes who came with Brute from Troy. One of the giants that he slew in the south coasts of England was Coulin, whom he chased to a vast pit eight leagues across. The monster trying to leap this pit, fell backwards, and lost his life in the chasm. When Brutus allotted out the island, this portion became Debon's-share. Britain |
"Eurynomus" | Greek | A daemon of the lower world, concerning whom there was a tradition at Delphi, according to which, he devoured the flesh of dead human bodies, and left nothing but the bones. Greek |
"Orbona" | Roman | A female Roman divinity, to whom an altar was erected at Rome, near the temple of the Lares in the Via Sacra. She was invoked by parents who had been deprived of their children, and desired to have others, and also in dangerous maladies of children. Roman |
"Junner" | Scandinavian | A giant in Scandinavian mythology, said in the Edda to represent the "eternal principle." Its skull forms the heavens; its eyes the Sun and moon; its shoulders the mountains; its bones the rocks, etc.; hence the poets call heaven "Junner's skull;" the Sun, "Junner's right eye;" the moon, "Junner's left eye;" the rivers, "the ichor of old Junner." |
| God name "San Sgrub Bon" | Tibet | A god that was absorbed into a variety of Yama in Lamaism |
| Goddess name "Habondia/ Abondia/ Abunciada/ Habonde" | Britain | A goddess of abundance & prosperity |
| Goddess name "Bona Dea/ Fauna" | Roman | A goddess of fertility, great prophecy, the dispenser of healing herbs & rather prim & chaste |
| Goddess name "Lhamo/ Lha Mo" | Buddhist / Tibet | A goddess of the Bon pantheon |
| Goddess name "Solbon" | Slavic | A goddess of the morning star & the evening star |
| Goddess name "Flidais (Watch-Out-Dear)" | Ireland | A huntress and archer fond of the chase. A Celtic Artemis except, whereas Artemis was a virgin goddess, Flidais was very fond of jolly bonking. Ireland |
"Panthera" | East | A hypothetical beast which lived in the East. Reynard affirmed that he had sent her majesty the queen a comb made of panthera bone, "more lustrous than the Rainbow, more odoriferous than any perfume, a charm against every ill, and a universal panacea." France |
| Demon name "Kirmira" | India | A monster, brother of Vaka. He opposed the entrance of the Pandavas into the Kamyaka Forest, and threatened that he would eat Bhima. A furious combat ensued, in which Bhima and he hurled large trees at each other, but the demon was at length strangled and had all his bones broken by Bhima. India |
| King name "Al-A'war" | Jewish | A son of Iblis, a jinn who encourages debauchery and jolly bonking. Jewish |
"Jacques Bonhomme" | French | A sort of fairy good-luck, who is to redress all wrongs, and make all the poor wealthy. French |
| Spirit name "Astovidatu" | Persian | A spirit who divided the bones at death. Persian |
| God name "Nzame" | Gabon | A three in one god: Nzame, Mebere, and Nkwa. It was the Nzame part of the god that created the universe and the earth, and brought life to it. Gabon |
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