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Beings | Concepts | Events | Figures | Locations | Objects | Practices |
being | description | religion/folklore |
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amesha spenta
𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬱𐬀⸱𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀
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highest divinity |
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alfr
alfr |
humanoid supernatural |
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angel
מַלְאָךְ
ἄγγελος angelus |
Is a heavenly supernatural or spiritual being.in many religious systems.
In Ancient Greek the meaning its messenger, envoy |
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apu
apu |
spirit of mountains |
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archangel
רַב־מַלְאָךְ
ἀρχάγγελος archangelus |
a significant angel (Rabbinic Judaism); second-lowest rank of angels (Christianity); one of the eight groups of angels (Islam) |
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arhat
अर्हत् 羅漢 |
person who has gained insight into the true nature of existence and has achieved Nirvana |
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ayakashi
アヤカシ |
yōkai that appears above the surface of a body of water |
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bodhisattva
बोधिसत्त्व 菩提薩埵 བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ โพธิสัตว์ |
person who is spiritually awake or enlightened |
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boksa
卜師 |
male shaman |
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buddha
बुद्ध |
person who have achieved buddhahood |
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deva
देव |
god |
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devi
देवी |
goddess |
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Gígas
Γίγας |
Capitalize Γ, "ο Γίγας" the "Giant", it's a wild race of men destroyed by the gods;
as an adjective "ο γίγας" "the giant" is the powerful, the great, the genius. |
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ikiryō
生霊 |
disembodied spirit |
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jinn
جِنّ
|
invisible creature |
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kami
神 |
deity, divinity, spirit |
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kitsune
狐 |
fox with paranormal abilities |
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mononoke
物の怪 |
spirit that can possess individuals and make them suffer |
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nasnās
نَسْنَاس
|
creature |
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oni
鬼 |
strong humanoid monster |
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onryō
怨霊 |
ghost of vengeance |
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orisha
orisha |
divine spirit |
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sangha
संघ 僧伽 དགེ་འདུན พระสงฆ์ |
monastic communities of monks and nuns |
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shén
神 |
deity, divinity, spirit |
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shikigami
式神 |
kami represented by a small ghost |
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shiryō
死霊 |
souls of the dead |
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tengu
天狗 |
deity that takes form of a hybrid of birds and monkeys |
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trimūrti
त्रिमूर्ति |
trinity of supreme divinity |
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tridevī
त्रिदेवी |
trinity of supreme divinity |
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vidyārāja
विद्याराज 明王 |
wrathful deity |
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xiān
仙 |
immortal |
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xunguruuf
xunguruuf |
creature |
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yōkai
妖怪 |
creatures with supernatural abilities |
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yāoguài
妖怪 |
creatures with supernatural abilities |
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yūrei
幽霊 |
ghost |
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zhēnrén
真人 |
spiritual master |
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