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| Beings | Concepts | Events | Figures | Locations | Objects | Practices |
| being in Latin script | being | description | religion/folklore |
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| amesha spenta | 𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬱𐬀⸱𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀
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highest divinity |
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| alfr | alfr | supernatural humanoid |
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| angel | מַלְאָךְ
ἄγγελος angelus ملأك
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heavenly supernatural or spiritual being
In Ancient Greek it means messenger or 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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| Asur | असुर | demigod in Kāmadhātu (Buddhism); demigod beings with good or bad qualities (Hinduism) |
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| ayakashi | アヤカシ | yōkai that appears above the surface of a body of water |
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| ben síde | ben síde | female spirit that wails before listener's family member's death |
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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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| daēuua | 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀
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supernatural entity with disagreeable characteristics |
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| deva | देव | celestial being who have god-like characteristics (Buddhism); benevolent deity (Hinduism); Tīrthaṅkara or celestial beings born on special beds without parents (Jainism) |
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| dracō | dracō | large, fire-breathing, scaly, horned, lizard-like creature |
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| drákōn | δράκων | large, constricting snakes with poisonous spit or breath |
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| dwerg | dvergr
dweorg |
craftspeople living in mountains or stones |
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| Fomóire | Fomóire | supenatural race |
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| Gígas | Γίγας | wild race of men destroyed by the gods |
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| gobelin | gobelin | small, grotesque, monstrous creature |
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| ikiryō | 生霊 | disembodied spirit |
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| jinn | جِنّ
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invisible creature |
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| kami | 神 | divinity of nature, manifestations of the interconnecting energy of the universe and paragons for the human |
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| kitsune | 狐 | fox with paranormal abilities |
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| leipreachán | leipreachán | diminutive supernatural being |
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| lóng | 龍 | snake-like creature with four legs |
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| mononoke | 物の怪 | spirit that can possess individuals and make them suffer |
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| nasnās | نَسْنَاس
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half-human creature |
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| onmyōji | 陰陽師 | official for divination |
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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 sent by Ọlọrun to assist humanity |
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| shén | 神 | supernatural being that inspires awe or wonder |
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| shikigami | 式神 | kami manipulated by an onmyōji |
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| shiryō | 死霊 | souls of the dead |
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| tengu | 天狗 | yōkai or kami that takes form of a hybrid of birds and monkeys |
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| trimūrti | त्रिमूर्ति | trinity of supreme divinity |
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| Tuatha Dé Danann | Tuatha Dé Danann | supernatural race |
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| vidyārāja | विद्याराज
明王 |
wrathful deity |
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| wyrm | wyrm
ormr |
large venomous serpents |
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| xiān | 仙 | entities who have attained immortality and supernatural abilities |
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| xunguruuf | xunguruuf | creature |
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| yōkai | 妖怪 | monster with supernatural abilities |
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| yāoguài | 妖怪 | monster with supernatural abilities |
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| yūrei | 幽霊 | spirit barred from a peaceful afterlife |
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| zhēnrén | 真人 | spiritual master |
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