Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Spirit name "Nu'tenut Chukchee" | East | earth spirit who is the owner of the world Siberia(East) |
Spirit name "Oi" | Suk / western Kenya, East Africa | Sickness god. A spirit of personal illness rather than plague. The sick person's house is emptied and the priest exorcizes Oi out of the dwelling.... |
Deities name "Peju'lpe" | Yukaghir / southeastern Siberia | Guardian spirits. Attendant deities who look after the well-being of animals in their care. They are benevolent toward the hunter so long as he observes certain regulations and kills only when necessary.... |
Spirit name "Peri" | Arabia | Delicate, gentle, fairy-like beings of Eastern mythology, begotten by fallen spirits. They direct with a wand the pure in mind the way to heaven. These lovely creatures, according to the Koran, are under the sovereignty of Eblis; and Mahomet was sent for their conversion, as well as for that of man. |
Spirit name "Poluvirica" | Slavic | A female Forest spirit who appears naked, with a long face, pendulant breasts and three braids of hair down her back. Slavic |
Spirit name "Pu'gu" | Yukaghir / eastern Siberia | Sun god. A spirit åśśociated with justice and honorable living who punishes those who are evil or violent.... |
Spirit name "QUIKINN.A'QU (big raven)" | Koryak / Kamchatka peninsula, southeastern Siberia | A spirit of a primitive culture still heavily influenced by animism. Founder of the world.... |
Spirit name "Qaitakalnin" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | Guardian spirit. The brother of Big Raven, QUIKINNA'QU, and of the mother spirit Ha'na (A'na).... |
Spirit name "Qeskina'qu (big light)" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | sky spirit. One of the sons of QUIKINNA'QU, he is the apotheosis of daylight, a precious commodity during the long Winter months.... |
Spirit name "Ryangombe" | Rwanda / East Africa | Tutelary god. An ancestral deity and king of the spirit world who has an oracular capacity.... |
Spirit name "Si'duku" | Kamchadal / southeastern Siberia | Mother spirit. The daughter of KUTKHU, Si'duku is the consort of her brother TI'ZIL-KUTKHU and the mother of Amle'i. Amle'i married another unnamed daughter of Si'duku and fathered the Kamchadal race.... |
Spirit name "Si'duku Kamchadal" | East | Mother spirit Siberia(East) |
Spirit name "Si'mskalin" | Kamchadal / southeastern Siberia | Guardian spirit. One of two sons of KUTKHU.... |
Spirit name "Si'mskalin Kamchadal" | East | Guardian spirit Siberia(East) |
Spirit name "Tanu'ka" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | earth spirit. A guardian of the earth and its plants and animals, Tanu'ta is the consort of YINE'ANE'UT (in other legends she is married to the son of the supreme being TA'YAN).... |
Spirit name "Tapio" | East | Forest spirit or god. Hunters prayed to him before a hunt. East Finnish |
Spirit name "Tatqa'hicnin (root man)" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | vegetation spirit. A vaguely defined being who is chthonic and lives under the ground, presumably controlling edible roots and their availability.... |
Spirit name "Tecei'vune" | East | Female spirit of the dawn Siberia(East) |