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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 |
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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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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deva | देव | god |
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devi | देवी | goddess |
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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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ikiryō | 生霊 | disembodied spirit |
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jinn | جِنّ
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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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leipreachán | leipreachán | short male fairy |
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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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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 | male trinity of supreme divinity |
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tridevī | त्रिदेवी | female 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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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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Beings | Concepts | Events | Figures | Locations | Objects | Practices |