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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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|Amesha Spenta
<div style="text-align:right">𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬱𐬀⸱𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀</div>
|highest divinity
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* Zoroastrianism
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|Buddha
बुद्ध
|person who have achieved Buddhahood
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* Buddhism
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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
|-
|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
|-
|yūrei
幽霊
|ghost
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* Japanese mythology
* Shintō
|}
 
== Events ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!event
!description
!mythology/religion
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== Figures ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!figure
!description
!mythology/religion
|-
|Abe no Seimei
安倍晴明
|Onmyōji
|
* Japanese mythology
|-
|Amaterasu
 
天照
|Goddess of the Sun
|
* Japanese mythology
|-
|Ame-no-Uzume
天宇受売、天鈿女
|Goddess of dawn
|
* Shintō
|-
|Aphrodite
Αφροδίτη
|Goddess of love, lust, passion, pleasure, beauty and sexuality
|
* Greek mythology/religion
|-
|Apollo
Ἀπόλλων
 
Apollō
|God of oracles, healing, archery, music and arts, light, knowledge, herds and flocks, and protection of the young
|
* Greek mythology/religion
* Roman mythology/religion
|-
|Apulu
𐌖𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌀
|God of the Sun and light, thunder and lightning, healing and plague
|
* Etruscan religion
|-
|Ares
Ἄρης
|God of war and courage
|
* Greek mythology/religion
|-
|Ariel
<div style="text-align:right">אֲרִיאֵל</div>
 
Ἀριήλ
|Angel
|
* Judaism
* Christianity
|-
|Artemis
Ἄρτεμις
|Goddess of nature, childbirth, wildlife, healing, the hunt, sudden death, animals, virginity, young women, and archery
|
* Greek mythology/religion
|-
|Asmodeus, Ashmedai
<div style="text-align:right">אַשְמְדּאָי</div>
 
Ἀσμοδαῖος
 
<div style="text-align:right">آشماداي</div>
|King of Demons
|
* Judaism
* Christianity
* Islam
|-
|Astaroth, Ashtaroth, Astarot, Asteroth
<div style="text-align:right">אַשְמְדּאָי</div>
 
Ἀσμοδαῖος
 
<div style="text-align:right">آشماداي</div>
|Great Duke of Hell
|
* Judaism
* Christianity
|-
|Astarte
𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕
 
Ᾰ̓στᾰ́ρτη
|Goddess of war, beauty, hunting and love
|
* Canaanite religion
|-
|Athena
Ἀθηνᾶ
|Goddess of wisdom, warfare and handicraft
|
* Greek mythology/religion
|-
|Atum
tm
 
ⲁⲧⲟⲩⲙ
|primordial God
|
* Egyptian mythology/religion
|-
|Azrael
<div style="text-align:right">עֲזַרְאֵל</div>
 
Αζραήλ
 
<div style="text-align:right">عَزْرَائِيل، عِزْرَائِيل</div>
|Angel of death
|
* Judaism
* Christianity
* Islam
|-
|Barachiel, Barakel
<div style="text-align:right">בַּרַכְאֵל</div>
|Archangel
|
* Judaism
* Orthodox Catholic Church
|-
|Beelzebub, Baʿal Zebub
<div style="text-align:right">בַּעַל־זְבוּב‎</div>
|Demon
|
* Judaism
* Christianity
|-
|Belial, Beliar
<div style="text-align:right">בְּלִיַּעַל‎</div>
|Devil
|
* Judaism
* Christianity
|-
|Belphegor, Beelphegor
<div style="text-align:right">בעל פְּעוֹר</div>
|Devil
|
* Judaism
|-
|Benzaiten
弁才天、弁財天
|Goddess of all that flows: water, music, arts, love, wisdom, wealth, fortune; one of the seven Gods of Fortune
|
* Japanese mythology
|-
|Bùdài, Qìcǐ
布袋、契此
|Buddha of the future; one of the seven Gods of Fortune
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* Chán Buddhism
* Zen Buddhism
|-
|Cāngjié
倉頡
|official historian
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* Chinese mythology
|-
|Cáo Guójiù
曹國舅
|one of the eight Immortals
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* Daoism
|-
|Cháng'é, Héng'é
嫦娥、姮娥
|Goddess of the Moon
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* Chinese mythology
* Chinese folk religion
* Daoism
* Hàn Buddhism
|-
|Daikokuten
大黒天
|God of wealth, fortune, the household, agriculture, fertility, sexuality and war; one of the seven Gods of Fortune
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* Japanese mythology
|-
|Dàodé Tiānzūn, Tàishàng Lǎojūn
道德天尊、太上老君
|one of the Grand Pure Ones
|
* Daoism
|-
|Dažbog
Дажьбогъ
|God of the Sun
|
* Slavic mythology/religion
|-
|Demeter
Δημήτηρ
|Goddess of the harvest, agriculture, fertility, and sacred law
|
* Greek mythology/religion
|-
|Dhṛtarāṣṭra
धृतराष्ट्र
 
持國天、提頭頼吒
 
ཡུལ་འཁོར་སྲུང
 
ท้าวธตรฐ
|one of the four Heavenly Kings
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* Buddhism
|-
|Diana
Diana
|Goddess of the hunt, wild animals, fertility and the Moon
|
* Roman mythology/religion
|-
|Dionysus
 
Διόνυσος
|God of wine, vegetation, fertility, festivity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre
|
* Greek mythology/religion
|-
|Durgā
दुर्गा
|Mother Goddess; Goddess of power, strength and protection
|
* Hinduism
|-
|Ebisu
恵比寿、恵比須
|God of water, fisheries, business and wealth; one of the seven Gods of Fortune
|
* Japanese mythology
|-
|Enki, Ea, Ae
𒀭𒂗𒆠
 
𒀭𒂍𒀀
|God of water
|
* Mesopotamian religion
|-
|Enlil, Elil, Ellil, Nunamnir
𒀭𒂗𒆤
 
𒀭𒂗𒆤
|God of the wind, air, earth and storms
|
* Mesopotamian religion
|-
|Èrláng Shén
二郎神
|God with a third eye
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* Chinese mythology
|-
|Fukurokuju
福禄寿
|God of the fortune; one of the seven Gods of Fortune
|
* Japanese mythology
|-
|Fúxī
伏羲
|culture hero
|
* Chinese mythology
* Chinese folk religion
* Daoism
|-
|Fúxīng
福星
|God of fortune; one of the Three Stars
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* Chinese folk religion
|-
|Gabriel
<div style="text-align:right">גַּבְרִיאֵל</div>
 
Γαβριήλ
 
Gabriēl
 
<div style="text-align:right">جَبْرَائِيل، جِبْرَائِيل</div>
|Archangel
|
* Judaism
* Christianity
* Islam
* Baháʼí Faith
|-
|Gaia
Γαῖα
|Earth
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* Greek mythology/religion
|-
|Geb
gbb
|God of the Earth
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* Egyptian mythology/religion
|-
|Guān Yǔ
關羽
|military general
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* Chinese folk religion
* Daoism
* Hàn Buddhism
|-
|Hades, Pluto
ᾍδης, Πλούτων
|King of the underworld; God of the dead and riches
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* Greek mythology/religion
|-
|Hán Xiāngzǐ
韓湘子
|one of the eight Immortals
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* Daoism
|-
|Hé Xiāngū
何仙姑
|one of the eight Immortals
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* Daoism
|-
|Hephaestus
 
Ἥφαιστος
|God of fire, volcanoes, metalworking, artisans, metallurgy, carpenters, forges, sculpting, and blacksmiths
|
* Greek mythology/religion
|-
|Hera
Ἥρα
|Queen of the Gods; Goddess of marriage, women, marital harmony and the protector of women during childbirth
|
* Greek mythology/religion
|-
|Hermes
Ἑρμῆς
|God of boundaries, roads, travelers, merchants, thieves, athletes, shepherds, commerce, speed, cunning, language, oratory, wit and messages
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* Greek mythology/religion
|-
|Hestia
Ἑστία
|Goddess of the domestic and civic hearth, the home, sacred and sacrificial fire, virginity, family and the state
|
* Greek mythology/religion
|-
|Himiko
卑弥呼
|shamaness-Queen
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* Japanese shamanism
|-
|Hòutǔ
后土
|Goddess of all land and earth
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* Chinese mythology
* Chinese folk religion
* Daoism
|-
|Hòu Yì
后羿
|archer
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* Chinese mythology
|-
|Huángdì
黃帝
|Deity
|
* Chinese mythology
* Chinese folk religion
|-
|Inari
 
稲荷
|God of foxes, fertility, rice, tea and sake, agriculture and industry, and general prosperity and worldly success
|
* Japanese mythology
|-
|Inanna, Ishtar
𒀭𒈹
 
𒀭𒈹
|Goddess of love, war and fertility
|
* Mesopotamian religion
|-
|Isis
ꜣst
|Goddess of warfare, health, marriage and love
|
* Egyptian mythology/religion
|-
|Izanagi, Izanaki
伊邪那岐、伊耶那岐、伊弉諾
|one of the two creator Deities
|
* Japanese mythology
|-
|Izanami
 
伊邪那美、伊耶那美、伊弉冉、伊弉弥
|one of the two creator Deities
|
* Japanese mythology
|-
|Jīngwèi
精衛
|Goddess
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* Chinese mythology
|-
|Jiǔwěihú
九尾狐
|mythical fox
|
* Chinese mythology
|-
|Juno
Iūnō
|Queen of the Gods; Goddess of marriage and childbirth
|
* Roman mythology/religion
|-
|Jupiter
Iūpiter, Iuppiter
|King of the Gods; God of the sky and diurnal thunder
|
* Roman mythology/religion
|-
|Jurōjin
寿老人
|God of longevity; one of the seven Gods of Fortune
|
* Japanese mythology
|-
|Kisshōten
吉祥天
|Goddess of fortune
|
* Japanese mythology
|-
|Kuāfù
夸父
|giant
|
* Chinese mythology
|-
|Lán Cǎihé
藍采和
|one of the eight Immortals
|
* Daoism
|-
|Leviathan
<div style="text-align:right">לִוְיָתָן</div>Λεβιάθαν
|sea serpent
|
* Judaism
* Christianity
|-
|Lǐ Tiěguǎi
李鐵拐
|one of the eight Immortals
|
* Daoism
|-
|Língbǎo Tiānzūn
靈寶天尊
|one of the Grand Pure Ones
|
* Daoism
|-
|Lóngwáng
龍王
|Dragon King; God of water and weather
|
* Chinese mythology
* Chinese folk religion
|-
|Lǚ Dòngbīn
呂洞賓
|one of the eight Immortals
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* Daoism
|-
|Lùxīng
祿星
|God of emoluments; one of the Three Stars
|
* Chinese folk religion
|-
|Mars
Mārs
|God of war, guardian of agriculture and the Roman people
|
* Roman mythology/religion
|-
|Māzǔ
媽祖
|Goddess of the sea
|
* Chinese folk religion
* Daoism
* Hàn Buddhism
|-
|Mercury
 
Mercurius
|God of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication, travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery, merchants and thieves
|
* Roman mythology/religion
|-
|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
|-
|Minerva
Minerva
|Goddess of poetry, medicine, commerce, weaving, the crafts and wisdom
|
* Roman mythology/religion
|-
|Nanna, Sin, Suen
𒀭𒂗𒍪
 
𒀭𒋀𒆠
|God of the Moon
|
* Mesopotamian religion
|-
|Nephthys
nbt-ḥwt
|Goddess of mourning, the night/darkness, temple service, childbirth, the dead, protection, magic, health, embalming and beer
|
* Egyptian mythology/religion
|-
|Neptune
Neptūnus
|God of the sea
|
* Roman mythology/religion
|-
|Nézhā
哪吒
|protection Deity
|
* Chinese folk religion
* Daoism
* Hàn Buddhism
|-
|Ninhursag, Damgalnuna, Ninmah
 
𒀭𒎏𒄯𒊕
 
𒀭𒎏𒄯𒊕
|mother Goddess; Goddess of fertility, mountains and rulers
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* Mesopotamian religion
|-
|Nut
nwt
 
Ⲛⲉ
|Goddess of the sky, stars, cosmos, mothers, astronomy and the universe
|
* Egyptian mythology/religion
|-
|Nǚwā
女媧
|culture hero
|
* Chinese mythology
* Chinese folk religion
* Daoism
* Hàn Buddhism
|-
|Osiris
wsjr
|God of fertility, agriculture, the afterlife, the dead, resurrection, life and vegetation
|
* Egyptian mythology/religion
|-
|Pángǔ
盤古
|primordial being; creation figure
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* Chinese mythology
* Daoism
|-
|Persephone
Περσεφόνη
|Queen of the underworld; Goddess of the dead, the underworld, grain, and nature
|
* Greek mythology/religion
|-
|Perun
Перунъ
|God of the sky, lightning, thunder, war, justice and physical realm
|
* Slavic mythology/religion
|-
|Poseidon
 
Ποσειδῶν
|King of the sea; God of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses
|
* Greek mythology/religion
|-
|Ra
rꜥ
 
𒊑𒀀
 
𐤓𐤏
 
ⲣⲏ
|Deity of the Sun
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* Egyptian mythology/religion
|-
|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
|-
|Sandalphon
<div style="text-align:right">סַנְדַּלְפוֹן</div>
 
Σανδαλφών
|Archangel
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* Judaism
* Christianity
|-
|Sariel
<div style="text-align:right">שָׂרִיאֵל</div>
 
Σαριηλ
 
ⲥⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ
|Archangel
|
* Judaism
* Christianity
|-
|Set, Seth
stẖ
|God of deserts, storms, disorder, violence and foreigners
|
* Egyptian mythology/religion
|-
|Shàngdì
上帝
|Highest Deity
|
* Chinese mythology
* Chinese folk religion
* Chinese Protestant Christianity
|-
|Shénnóng
神農
|culture hero
|
* Chinese mythology
* Chinese folk religion
* Vietnamese folk religion
|-
|Shòuxīng
壽星
|God of longevity; one of the Three Stars
|
* Chinese folk religion
|-
|Shu
šw
|God of peace, lions, air, and wind
|
* Egyptian mythology/religion
|-
|Shuten-dōji
酒呑童子
|Demon leader
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* Japanese mythology
|-
|Suìrén
燧人
|culture hero
|
* Chinese mythology
|-
|Sūn Wùkōng
孫悟空
|Monkey King
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* Chinese folk religion
|-
|Susanoo
素戔嗚、須佐之男
|God of the sea, storms and fields
|
* Japanese mythology
|-
|Svarozhits, Svarozhich
Сварожиць, Соварогъ
|Fire (East Slavs); God of protection and war (Polabian Slavs)
|
* Slavic mythology/religion
|-
|Tamamo-no-Mae
玉藻前
|fox spirit
|
* Japanese mythology
|-
|Tefnut
tfn.t
 
ⲧϥⲏⲛⲉ
|Deity of moisture, moist air, dew and rain
|
* Egyptian mythology/religion
|-
|Terra
Terra
|Earth
|
* Roman mythology/religion
|-
|Tsukuyomi
月読
|God of the Moon
|
* Japanese mythology
* Shintō
|-
|Uriel
<div style="text-align:right">אוּרִיאֵל</div>
 
Οὐριήλ
 
ⲟⲩⲣⲓⲏⲗ
 
|Archangel
|
* Rabbinic Judaism
* Orthodox Catholic Church
* Oriental Orthodox Churches
* Lutheranism
* Anglicanism
|-
|Utu, Shamash
 
𒀭𒌓
 
𒀭𒌓
|God of the Sun and justice
|
* Mesopotamian religion
|-
|Vaiśravaṇa
वैश्रवण
 
多聞天、毘沙門天
 
རྣམ་ཐོས་སྲས་
 
ท้าวกุเวร
|one of the four Heavenly Kings; one of the seven Gods of Fortune
|
* Buddhism
|-
|Veles
Велесъ, Волосъ
|God of the earth, waters, forests, underworld, music, magic, trickery, cattle and wealth
|
* Slavic mythology/religoin
|-
|Venus
Venus
|Goddess of love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity and victory
|
* Roman mythology/religion
|-
|Vesta
Vesta
|Goddess of the hearth, home, family, virginity and sacred fire
|
* Roman mythology/religion
|-
|Virūḍhaka
विरूढक
 
增長天、毘樓勒叉
 
འཕགས་སྐྱེས་པོ
 
ท้าววิรุฬหก
|one of the four Heavenly Kings
|
* Buddhism
|-
|Virūpākṣa
 
विरूपाक्ष
 
廣目天、毘樓博叉
 
སྤྱན་མི་བཟང
 
ท้าววิรูปักษ์
|one of the four Heavenly Kings
|
* Buddhism
|-
|Vulcan
 
Vulcanus
|God of fire, metalworking, and the forge
|
* Roman mythology/religion
|-
|Xīwángmǔ
西王母
|Queen Mother of the West
|
* Chinese mythology
* Chinese folk religion
* Daoism
|-
|Xuánzàng
玄奘
|Buddhist monk
|
* Buddhism
|-
|Yìnglóng
應龍
|Deity of rains
|
* Chinese mythology
|-
|Yuánshǐ Tiānzūn
元始天尊
|one of the Grand Pure Ones
|
* Daoism
|-
|Yùhuáng, Yùdì
玉皇、玉帝
|primordial God
|
* Chinese mythology
* Chinese folk religion
|-
|Zeus
Ζεύς
|King of the Gods; God of the sky, lightning, thunder, law, and order
|
* Greek mythology/religion
|-
|Zhōnglí Quán
鍾離權
|one of the eight Immortals
|
* Daoism
|-
|Zhùróng
祝融
|God of fire and the South
|
* Chinese mythology
* Chinese folk religion
|}
 
== Locations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!location
!description
!mythology/religion
|-
|Pénglái
蓬萊
|one of the three Sacred Mounts in Bohai
|
* Chinese mythology
* Japanese mythology
|-
|Fānghú, Fāngzhàng
方壺、方丈
|one of the three Sacred Mounts in Bohai
|
* Chinese mythology
|-
|Yíngzhōu
瀛洲
|one of the three Sacred Mounts in Bohai
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* Chinese mythology
|}


== Objects ==
{{Religions-and-Folklores}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!object
!description
!mythology/religion
|-
|Kusanagi no Tsurugi


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

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