Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Planet name "Eloai" | Egypt | Primordial being, one of the seven planetary spirits of the Egyptians |
Spirit name "Hemoana" | Tongans | In the beginning there was just the sea, and the spirit world. Tangaloa took the sky and Maui the underworld. Hemoana in the form of a sea snake, and Lupe, whose form was a dove, then divided the remainder between them, Hemoana taking the sea and Lupe taking the land. Tongans |
Spirit name "Kere'tkun" | Chukchee / eastern Siberia | Sea spirit. The chief being in the ocean depths, known to the maritime Chukchee. His consort is Cinei'nen. He owns all the creatures of the sea and is said to wear a cloak of walrus gut and to be extremely fierce. He feeds on the bodies of drowned fishermen and is the subject of sacrifice. Also Peruten.... |
Spirit name "Loa" | Africa | spirit beings who were imported by Africa slaves Haiti / Puerto Rico |
Spirit name "Loa" | Puerto Rico / Haiti | spirit beings. The gods of the voodoo cult who were originally imported by slaves from West Africa. An amount of Christian influence is present in their makeup.... |
Demon name "Piru" | Finland | spirit, demon. Probably later loan word related to "spirit". |