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{{Traditions}}
Hi, all.
Hi, all.


You may encounter figures and events through all kinds of artworks related to myths, but unaware of their background stories. Here is a list of figures in mythologies and religions.
You may encounter figures and events through all kinds of artworks related to religions and folklores, but unaware of their background stories. Here is a list of different aspects in them.


In progress
In progress


This page has a sibling: [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Philosophical-and-Religious-Texts]]
This page has and a cousin: [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Philosophical-and-Religious-Texts]].
 
== Beings ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!being
!description
!mythology/religion
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|kitsune
|fox with paranormal abilities
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* Japanese mythology
* Shintō
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|oni
|strong humanoid monster
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* Japanese mythology
* Shintō
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|onryō
怨霊
|ghost of vengeance
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* Japanese mythology
* Shintō
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|tengu
天狗
|deity that takes form of birds and monkeys
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* Japanese mythology
* Shintō
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|yūrei
幽霊
|ghost
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* Japanese mythology
* Shintō
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== Events ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!event
!description
!mythology/religion
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== Figures ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!figure
!description
!mythology/religion
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|Amaterasu
 
天照
|goddess of the sun
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* Japanese mythology
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|Ame-no-Uzume
天宇受売、天鈿女
|goddess of dawn
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* Shintō
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|Ariel
<div style="text-align:right">אֲרִיאֵל</div>
 
Ἀριήλ
|angel
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* Judaism
* Christianity
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|Asmodeus, Ashmedai
<div style="text-align:right">אַשְמְדּאָי</div>
 
Ἀσμοδαῖος
 
<div style="text-align:right">آشماداي</div>
|king of demons
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* Judaism
* Christianity
* Islam
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|Astaroth, Ashtaroth, Astarot, Asteroth
<div style="text-align:right">אַשְמְדּאָי</div>
 
Ἀσμοδαῖος
 
<div style="text-align:right">آشماداي</div>
|Great Duke of Hell
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* Judaism
* Christianity
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|Azrael
<div style="text-align:right">עֲזַרְאֵל</div>
 
Αζραήλ
 
<div style="text-align:right">عَزْرَائِيل، عِزْرَائِيل</div>
|angel of death
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* Judaism
* Christianity
* Islam
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|Barachiel, Barakel
<div style="text-align:right">בַּרַכְאֵל</div>
|archangel
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* Judaism
* Orthodox Catholic Church
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|Beelzebub, Baʿal Zebub
<div style="text-align:right">בַּעַל־זְבוּב‎</div>
|demon
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* Judaism
* Christianity
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|Belial, Beliar
<div style="text-align:right">בְּלִיַּעַל‎</div>
|devil
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* Judaism
* Christianity
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|Belphegor, Beelphegor
<div style="text-align:right">בעל פְּעוֹר</div>
|devil
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* Judaism
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|Benzaiten
弁才天、弁財天
|goddess of all that flows: water, music, arts, love, wisdom, wealth, fortune
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* Japanese mythology
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|Bùdài, Qìcǐ
布袋、契此
|buddha of the future
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* Chán Buddhism
* Zen Buddhism
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|Cháng'é, Héng'é
嫦娥、姮娥
|goddess of the moon
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* Chinese mythology
* Chinese folk religion
* Hàn Buddhism
* Daoism
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|Daikokuten
大黒天
|god of wealth, fortune, the household, agriculture, fertility, sexuality and war
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* Japanese mythology
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|Dhṛtarāṣṭra
धृतराष्ट्र
 
持國天、提頭頼吒
 
ཡུལ་འཁོར་སྲུང
 
ท้าวธตรฐ
|Heavenly King
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* Buddhism
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|Ebisu
恵比寿、恵比須
|god of water, fisheries, business and wealth
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* Japanese mythology
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|Enki, Ea, Ae
𒀭𒂗𒆠
 
𒀭𒂍𒀀
|god of water
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* Mesopotamian religion
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|Enlil, Elil, Ellil, Nunamnir
𒀭𒂗𒆤
 
𒀭𒂗𒆤
|god of the wind, air, earth and storms
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* Mesopotamian religion
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|Èrláng Shén
二郎神
|god with a third eye
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* Chinese mythology
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|Fukurokuju
福禄寿
|god of the fortune
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* Japanese mythology
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|Fúxīng
福星
|god of fortune
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* Chinese folk religion
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|Gabriel
<div style="text-align:right">גַּבְרִיאֵל</div>
 
Γαβριήλ
 
Gabriēl
 
<div style="text-align:right">جَبْرَائِيل، جِبْرَائِيل</div>
|archangel
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* Judaism
* Christianity
* Islam
* Baháʼí Faith
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|Guān Yǔ
關羽
|military general
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* Chinese folk religion
* Daoism
* Hàn Buddhism
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|Inari
 
稲荷
|god of foxes, fertility, rice, tea and sake, agriculture and industry, and general prosperity and worldly success
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* Japanese mythology
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|Inanna, Ishtar
𒀭𒈹
 
𒀭𒈹
|goddess of love, war and fertility
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* Mesopotamian religion
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|Izanagi, Izanaki
伊邪那岐、伊耶那岐、伊弉諾
|creator deity
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* Japanese mythology
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|Izanami
 
伊邪那美、伊耶那美、伊弉冉、伊弉弥
|creator deity
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* Japanese mythology
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|Jurōjin
寿老人
|god of longevity
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* Japanese mythology
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|Kisshōten
吉祥天
|goddess of fortune
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* Japanese mythology
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|Leviathan
<div style="text-align:right">לִוְיָתָן</div>Λεβιάθαν
|sea serpent
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* Judaism
* Christianity
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|Lùxīng
祿星
|god of emoluments
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* Chinese folk religion
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|Michael
<div style="text-align:right">מִיכָאֵל</div>
 
Μῐχᾱήλ
 
Michaēl
 
<div style="text-align:right">مِيكَائِيل</div>
|archangel
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* Judaism
* Christianity
* Islam
* Baháʼí Faith
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|Nanna, Sin, Suen
𒀭𒂗𒍪
 
𒀭𒋀𒆠
|god of the moon
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* Mesopotamian religion
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|Ninhursag, Damgalnuna, Ninmah
 
𒀭𒎏𒄯𒊕
 
𒀭𒎏𒄯𒊕
|mother goddess; goddess of fertility, mountains and rulers
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* Mesopotamian religion
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|Raphael
<div style="text-align:right">רָפָאֵל</div>
 
Ραφαήλ
 
<div style="text-align:right">سمسمائيل، سمائل</div>
|archangel
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* Judaism
* Christianity
*Islam
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|Sandalphon
<div style="text-align:right">סַנְדַּלְפוֹן</div>
 
Σανδαλφών
|archangel
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* Judaism
* Christianity
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|Sariel
<div style="text-align:right">שָׂרִיאֵל</div>
 
Σαριηλ
 
ⲥⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ
|archangel
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* Judaism
* Christianity
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|Shòuxīng
壽星
|god of longevity
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* Chinese folk religion
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|Sūn Wùkōng
孫悟空
|Monkey King
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* Chinese folk religion
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|Susanoo
素戔嗚、須佐之男
|god of the sea, storms and fields
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* Japanese mythology
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|Tsukuyomi
月読
|god of the moon
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* Japanese mythology
* Shintō
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|Uriel
<div style="text-align:right">אוּרִיאֵל</div>
 
Οὐριήλ
 
ⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ
 
|archangel
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* Rabbinic Judaism
* Orthodox Catholic Church
* Oriental Orthodox Churches
* Lutheranism
* Anglicanism
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|Utu, Shamash
 
𒀭𒌓
 
𒀭𒌓
|god of the sun and justice
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* Mesopotamian religion
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|Vaiśravaṇa
वैश्रवण
 
多聞天、毘沙門天
 
རྣམ་ཐོས་སྲས་
 
ท้าวกุเวร
|Heavenly King
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* Buddhism
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|Virūḍhaka
विरूढक
 
增長天、毘樓勒叉
 
འཕགས་སྐྱེས་པོ
 
ท้าววิรุฬหก
|Heavenly King
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* Buddhism
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|Virūpākṣa
 
विरूपाक्ष
 
廣目天、毘樓博叉
 
སྤྱན་མི་བཟང
 
ท้าววิรูปักษ์
|Heavenly King
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* Buddhism
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|Xīwángmǔ
西王母
|Queen Mother of the West
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* Chinese mythology
* Chinese folk religion
* Daoism
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|Xuánzàng
玄奘
|Buddhist monk
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* Buddhism
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|Yùhuáng, Yùdì
玉皇、玉帝
|primordial god
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* Chinese mythology
* Chinese folk religion
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== Locations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!description
!mythology/religion
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== Objects ==
{{Religions-and-Folklores}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!object
!description
!mythology/religion
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|Kusanagi no Tsurugi


草薙劍
{{Traditions}}
|imperial regalia
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* Shintō
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|Yasakani no Magatama
八尺瓊勾玉
|imperial regalia
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* Shintō
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|Yata no Kagami
八咫鏡
|imperial regalia
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* Shintō
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