#aes sidhe

[moiraimyths]

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[honoringthor]

Euphemisms for the faery, ☘️ Irish ☘️

Sidhe/si is pronounced (shee) not sure how to pronounce a lot of these so I’ll add hoe to pronounce things once I figure it out. I’d appreciate any help anyone can give me. These were compiled by Morgan Daimler in Aos Sidhe

There’s a lot of them

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Aes Sidhe “people of the hills”

Gáethshluagh “host of the wind”

Túthgeinte “left turning folk”

Sidaige “dweller in the fairy mound”

Daoine Sidhe (Dee-nuh shee) “people of the fairy mounds”

Daoine Uaisle (Dee-nuh posh-Luh) “noble people”

Na hUaisle Bheaga (anh oosh-Luh vyuhg) “the little gentry”

Uaisle na gcnoc (oosh-luh nuh g-nvk) “gentry of the hill”

Daoine Maithe (dee-nuh ma-ha). “Good people”

Daoine Eile (dee-nuh elluh) “other people/crowd”

Slua si (soo-uh shee) “fairy host”

An slua aerach “host of the air” ����️

An slua bheatha (soo-uh va-ha) “the living host”

Slua si an aeir (sloo-uh shee ahn air) “fairy host of the air”

Slua si na spére (sloo-uh shee nuh spare-eh) “fairy host of the sky”

Siog (shee-og)

Bunadh na gcnoc (buhn-aw nuh g-nuk) “people of the hills”

Cuid na gcnoc ()”part of the hills”

An dream aerach (ahn dryahm air-a(ch) “people of the air”

An dream beag (ahn drayhm bywhg) “the little people “

Lucht na mbearael dearg (lockt nuh m-ah-read) “people of the red cap”

An bunadh beag (ahn buhn-aw byuhg) “the little people”

An mhuintir bheag (ahn woon-cheer vyuhg) “the little family”

Bunadh beag na farraige (buhn-aw byuhg nuh far-ih-guh) “the little people of the sea”

Daoine beaga (dee-nuh byuhg)

Also

Othercrowd

Themselves

Good folk

The people outside us

[oespiritocelta]

Mitologia - Criaturas 

Em inglês, a palavra "fada" é aplicada a todos seres sobrenaturais, especialmente aqueles que tem corpos humanoides e que comem, dormem e usam roupas como os humanos. Sendo assim, qualquer habitante do Outro Mundo (com exceção dos deuses) pode ser chamado(a) de “fada” ou “das fadas”

Aes Sidhe: Aes Sidhe (Ei Xi) é uma raça sobrenatural da mitologia irlandesa e escocesa. "Sidhe" significa “colina sobrenatural” e as pessoas acreditavam que uma das passagens mais comum para o Outro Mundo eram os montes e as colinas.

Seelie e Unseelie: No folclore escocês, as fadas ou seres sobrenaturais são divididos em Seelie (Sili) e Unseelie (Ansili). Seelie: feliz, sortudo, bom...; Unseelie: infeliz, desafortunado, mau...

Tylwyth Teg: O povo das fadas na mitologia galesa é chamado de Tylwyth Teg (Télui Tig). Eles são bondosos, mas capazes de travessuras ocasionais.

[israaverse]

practicing gambesons with Giolla (and Aedlyn offscreen), Aedlyn's first man/lieutenant and sort-of-squire despite gaining his knighthood a long time ago

[fateboundknight]

New updated reference for Niamh! I love this lil lady a whole lot and she’s just really fun to draw.

[siderealxmelody]

Sebastian rubbed at a hand over his face.

"I don't know if there's anything else Natalia. I came to you. I -"

"Sebastian!"

He gritted his teeth, spinning to see Dimitri hurrying toward them.

"What now? We're busy -"

"The Aes Sidhe have made their move! They've taken Cerullie. The Crowns say that their magic is growing unstable -"

Sebastian held up a hand, rubbing his temples.

"I am not Heir. Why are you telling me this? Tell my father or the boy -"

"Rigelus is joining them Sebastian. That's why I was told to find you."

Sebastian stilled, momentarily stunned. Of all the things to happen...he didn't think the boy had it in him.

But if they were looking for contenders. It wouldn't be his sons it be Sarai's children. Specifically Estrella, Orsus had noticed it first. Her lightning as she and Xaden and they had played as children.

Sebastian's eyes narrowed.

"I will not be your King during another war."

"Your father -"

"Fuck my father Dimitri. He can come speak to me if it's so urgent. I haven't hidden myself from court."

Dimitri threw a pleading look at Natalia. They'd all come a long way from the Blood Wars. He was aware they probably wouldn't survive another.

ANSWERED ASK ::

Sorsha fell to her knees, crawling toward Nikolai, she stared up at Aleksander, eyes wide.

"Why?"

His dark eyes slid to her, his hand raising again.

"Because this is my birthright, because she thought she knew best. Because she thought she was better than me Princess."

------

Sebastian stared at the report, unable to believe it. He looked to the sky, it had been yesterday hadn't it?

Oh gods.

Oh no.

He winnowed to Natalia, crashing through the Doranelle court.

Thankfully he found her easily enough in the hallway.

Her surprise turned to wariness as he got closer.

"What's happened?"

Sebastian held the report to her, summarizing for her.

"Aleksander has started a war we aren't going to win. He killed Alana to take the Witch Throne."

@siderealxmelody

The words almost took too long for her to understand them. Like Natalia didn't quite catch that, because surely Sebastian hadn't said what she thought he did, what she thought he'd uttered.

❝ Say that again. ❞

Her voice, quiet. Her tone, near deadly. But it wasn't Sebastian she held that anger towards. Not remotely. It wasn't even their son, for all such foolish actions he might have taken, such rash actions he might have embarked upon--

❝ Tell me there is more to it than that, Sebastian. He is not-- He cannot have been so reckless! ❞

[oidheadh-con-culainn]

What do you think about using Irish as a stand-in for a dying Indigenous language in a Gaelic-inspired fantasy story? It would be spoken by sí, but also just be the native language colonialism has done a lot of damage to. If you don't have the time/spoons to answer this, completely understand and I appreciate you just having your ask box open and taking the time to read this. No ill will meant, your earlier post is just making me reconsider things. I am am Irish person, but I've been living abroad most of my life.

i am not the irish police or anything but i think it is worth considering the impact of continuing to use irish in fantasy as an unnamed magical or dead language that belongs to the distant past without naming and acknowledging it as a real language that real people speak everyday in the real world

because a lot of people will see this unnamed language and think "this is a fictional language" or "this is a dead language" and then when they see irish IRL it will seem magical and mystical and they won't think about it as something entwined with politics and language rights and funding and people's everyday existence

and a lot of them will also not realise it is irish at all. it is obviously difficult in a fantasy setting to refer to things by their real names but you can often tell the difference between an author with knowledge of irish who has deliberately chosen to use it to evoke certain real world parallels, and an author who has borrowed it because they think it's mystical and none of their readers will be able to understand it (and part of the difference comes from how the reader is cued to experience that language and indeed whether it appears to occur to the author that the reader might well understand every word of it)

there are certainly ways to use Irish in fantasy that are respectful and whatever, but i would caution that having otherworld beings be the speakers (i assume this is what you mean by "sí" although usually the word needs a person word with it since it refers to the place not its inhabitants, hence aes sidhe, daoine sidhe etc) and presenting the language as a "dying" language feels like it falls into some of those harmful tropes

(irish in the real world is a minority language, but it is also language with a growing number of urban speakers, new words being coined all the time, influencers and social media as gaeilge, growing support for language rights in the north, etc. that doesn't mean it's not endangered. but it does mean it is not a relic of the past found only in forgotten villages that haven't changed in 100 years, and the popular depiction of it hasn't really caught on to that fact)

but also i'm not the irish police. i'm not even irish. the language is not in my blood, i just went out and chose to learn it bc it interests me (maybe this is part of why i resist the Magical Language Of Our Ancestors spiel so much)

[rbkzz]

...[*whispered*] wip wednesday?

(context under the cut)

(is this is too long?)

(i wrote a trixie/keris one-shot)

(it is my first written thing)

(i am so nervous!)

(trixie pov)

Penelope Bunce is once again whirling around our room like a frizzy haired tornado.  She has literally picked up and put down every single article of clothing, book, paper, or other object at least twice (except the box under my bed, thank goodness I spelled that).

She’s such a menace – their whole golden trio is.  People say I’m annoying because of my dust, short attention span, and possessive tendencies (well anyone who had to grow up in a lower faedom and pay a tithe to the aes sidhe of all your most precious belongings each year would end up being a possessive brat too! I just don't like to share if I can avoid it is all)... 

…but I think the ‘golden trio’ made up of Snowbuncebelove should get an actual award for being the most annoying, self-absorbed students at Watford.  Nobody else would stand a chance - they’d win that award category every year.

Recently on discord my alpha @noblecorgi was lamenting the lack of lesbian smut in the CO fandom... they then got into an interesting discussion with @roomwithanopenfire about pixies/other fae folk. There was aaaalso a recent conversation about Niamh and their perspective in AWTWB about how the leads of CO had been living in their own bubble at Watford (unreliable narrators the whole lot of 'em!!)

Even though I don't write I loved the ideas that were shared, so I decided to try to smoosh them all together into a Trixie/Keris one-shot lesbian smut fic.

I got really excited about writing and caught up in the experience of it - it was so much fun!! Now I know why people do it! @roomwithanopenfire even beta read for me for which I am soooo grateful ♡♡♡♡

......aaaand then the next day I embarked on an intense perfectionist shame spiral (iykyk) and decided I should hide myself and my ideas away forevermore 🥲

However...... my brain itself is an unreliable narrator 🫠 And my recent therapy homework is to regularly try new things, mess up publicly, and be imperfect in order to rewire my brain to understand that I am still okay even when I am bad at things. Sooo I am posting part of my first fic here as therapy homework and for accountability as well as to continue on my plight of becoming consistently and unabashedly imperfect. Maybe someday I'll find the courage to post it on ao3 😬

I don't know about tags because I'm still so confused and shy about putting myself out here on tumblr 🙊 but I doooo want to say THANK YOU for tags and hellos! I love to read what y'all are up to, even though I usually wait til fics are posted in completion before starting (I'm too impatient to wait for chapter updates 🤪). xoxo!

my first wip wednesday!

[wraithofmorhogg]

Riders of the Sidhe and The Wild Hunt

In the Irish language, aos sí means "people of the fairy mounds" as "sídhe"  Some sources describe them as the survivors of the Tuatha Dé Danann who retreated into the Otherworld when fleeing the mortal Sons of Míl Espáine. Oftentimes, they are not named directly, but rather spoken of as "The Fair Folk", or simply "The Folk". - During the Conjunction of the Spheres, part of the elves from the main world, later described as the Aen Seidhe world, left their kin and, using portals, came to a new world. They took the new world for their own and started to call themselves Aen Elle - the Alder folks.  - Stories tell of the Riders of Sidhe kidnapping people and taking them to their world. -

The Wild Hunt are a group of Aen Elle elves from Tir ná Lia who also call themselves the Dearg Ruadhri in their native Elder Speech, meaning Red Riders.

Their true purpose was to find and capture slaves from other worlds, such as that of the Aen Seidhe, to serve the Alder Folk.  - The tradition of the "apple" island 'Avalon' among the ancient Britons may also be related to Irish legends of the otherworld island home of Manannán mac Lir (King of the Tuath Dé) and Lugh (Also Tuatha Dé Danann) (Reminder The Tuath Dé eventually became the aes sídhe, the sídhe-folk or "fairies" of later folklore) In the early 12th century, William of Malmesbury claimed the name of Avalon came from a man called Avalloc, who once lived on this isle with his daughters. (Cirillac'h confirmed?)

[seewetter]

List of Mythic Beings by Type

Full alphabetical list of mythic creatures unsorted by type here.

Q: What is this?

A: This is a list of all Wikipedia articles that begin with the letter A and deal with a creature or person or group of people whose existence is found in accounts that don't neatly fit the modern scientific understanding of the world.

The purpose of this list is to be really open. I want writers (artists, LARPers, performers, people with imaginations, people with fun hobbies) to have an overview of the information available on Wikipedia.

Q: Are the categories from Wikipedia? If not, how do they work?

A: The groupings are my own. Their purpose is to let you quickly find tropes. So if you look under "Habitat" and then "Forest" you find Wikipedia articles referencing stories set in the woods. This could be creatures whose literal habitat is the forest, but it can also be a creature that hunts in the forest. I hope that especially groupings like "Changeling", for example, which lists all Wikipedia articles where a creature exchanges infants for their own, helps writers and other artists find what they are looking for. To make things a bit easier I also add remarks like "(some accounts)" which indicates that only some sources portray a creature a certain way and I give a bit more info so that you, dear reader, can compare and contrast creatures in the same category -- in one culture, the Changeling myth might indicate an extremely ableist society, in another culture, the Changeling myth is so abstract it's hard to imagine. I try to give people those kinds of contrasts, although of course what qualities I contrast will reflect my biases.

Q: I noticed some creatures that start with A only mentioned once in this list and not under every appropriate category.

A: I'm winging it. Please let me know when you have spotted an oversight and I'll gladly correct it. :)

TLDR

The following Wikipedia articles were too long for my project and I skipped over them. I have been working on this project for months, so every now and then I just skip articles: Angel, Angels (List), Angra Mainyu, Annunaki, Antichist, Aos Sí, Apophis, Apsara, Archon, Argus, Asha, Asmodeus, Aspidochelone, Atargatis, Aura, Azazel, Azrael.

I intend to eventually cover the above entries as well, but currently would rather like to complete this project for most mythic beings.

Supertype

Supertypes are not species or cultures or anything like that. They are my word for "belongs to a larger group".

Amazon

Agave (Alcibie) (Alcippe) (one Alcippe in Greek myth) (Alke) (one Alke in Greek myth) (Amazonomachy (Event)) (Amazons (List)) (Antandre) (Antibrote) (Antiope) Amazon Queen (Apollo Amazonius) (Areto) (Asteria)

Angel

(Anakim) Nephilim (historical sources speculated) (Armaros) Grigori ("Watchers")

Anito

3 subcategories: bound (to a location); unbound ((Engkanto)); and Aswang

Asura

(Aghasura) (Andhaka) (Asura) (deva are asura by default, according to the Rig Veda; Deva become Deva by being virtuous, asura remain asura by being selfish, according to the Rig Veda) (Asura Lords mentioned on asura page) multiple factions of asura, each with a lord

Aswang

(Amalanhig)

Aufhocker (Creature that jumps on someone's back, holding them down)

(Aufhocker)

Creature that sits on someone's chest, holding them down

(Alp) Sits on Sleeper's Chest (Rides/Mounts Sleeper); crush small farm animals (like geese) to death in pressing attack (Alû) Sits on Sleeper's Chest (Rides/Mounts Sleeper)

Bloodsucker

(Alukah) dies without blood (Asanbosam) (Aswang) subtype: Bloodsucking Woman (example Mandurugo): slow bloodsucking

Centaur

(Amycus) (Anggitay) female centaur (Arktos) (Asbolus) benevolent (Polkan on Ascapart page) Centaur (Russian culture)

Changeling

(Aes Sidhe) (Al) (Al Ana) (Wikipedia has lengthy descriptions of their characteristics, this is a clear extreme use of ableism in the changeling story) (Alan) take drops of menstrual blood, miscarried fetuses, afterbirth, or other reproductive waste and transform them into human children, whom they then raise as their own. (Asrai) (in oldest account by Robert Williams Buchanan)

Colour

(Aitvaras) White or Black Colour (Akabeko) Red (Akaname) Red (Akerbeltz) Black (Aketeko) Red (Akugyo) Gold and Silver Scales (Alicanto) Metallic, depends on ore it eats: golden wings from gold mine, silver wings from silver mine, copper-green / If spotted, turns off colours of its wings, going into dark (Almas) black fur (Aloja - Aloges) gold or red hair, emerald or deep blue eyes (Alphito) White Hair (Am Fear Liath Mòr) Dark Skin, Dark Hair (Amaru) reddish snout (Ambika) golden skin; (South Indian version) dark blue skin (Amomongo) white hair (Amphiptere) green snake, light coloured feathers (Anchanchu) red (Angak) black beard (up to mid-chest) --> represents trails of rain & for Hokywan Angak'china: red beard (Anhangá) (Tupi-Guarani version) white deer (Anito) pale skin (Anito) omen birds, most commonly with green or blue iridescent feathers (Anjana) white skin (Anubis) Black Fur (symbol of Nile River soil, symbol of regeneration and life) (Aoandon) Blue Skin (Aobōzu) Blue Skin and/or Blue Clothes (Okayama Prefecture) (Aonyōbō) Blue Skin (the source Wikipedia uses https://yokai.com/aonyoubou/ directly contradicts the idea that they have blue skin, instead saying that blue in Japanese is like "green" in English, a word for inexperience. For a more detailed explanation, see there.) (Cŵn Annwn mentioned on Arawn page) White Hounds with Red Ears (Archura) Green Hair (made of living grass), Green Beard (made of living grass) (Arkan sonney) white skin, red eyes (some accounts), red ears (some accounts) (Arzhang Div) blue skin (Asag) dark skin (Asanbosam) pink skin, red hair (Asi) deep-blue colour as personified form (Asrai) pale skin (in oldest account by Robert Williams Buchanan) (Aswang) Subtype: Manananggal light skin by day (Augenbrand) (Auriaria) red hair (Azukiarai) yellow eyes (Āṭavaka) blue skin, black skin, red skin (Átahsaia) black and white scales cover arms

Construct

(Anchimayen) created from corpses of children

Corpse-Eater

(Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) (Anhangá) (Aswang) subtype "Ghoul"

Daemon / Daimon

(Aloadae) Ephialtes is a daimon

Daeva / Div

(Arzhang Div)

Demi-God

(Almops) Poseidon and half-nymph (Amykos) (Arjuna) (Auriaria)

Demi-Goddess

(Alcippe) (one Alcippe in Greek myth)

Diminutive

(Afanc) (Agogwe) (Akaname) (Aloja - Aloges) (Alux - Aluxo'ob) (Anchanchu) (Anjana) tiny (15 cm = 0.5") (Aobōzu) (Yamaguchi Prefecture Version) in other accounts, giant (Asrai) 2-4" (Awes-kon-wa) (Aziza) (Azukiarai)

Disembodied Organ

(Aketeko) hand (Aswang) subtype: Manananggal disembodied head (by night)

Div

(Akvan Div)

Doghead

(Anubis) (Egyptian gods don't really have animal heads, they are personalities) (Anubis) brother Wepwawet (Egyptian gods don't really have animal heads, they are personalities) (Anubis) female counterpart Anput (Egyptian gods don't really have animal heads, they are personalities)

Dragon

(Amaru) could be called a dragon; 2 heads; 2 Amarus destroy the land while fighting each other; horns of a taruka, a type of huemul deer; wings; lives in underworld and associated with water; scales

Dvergr

(Alberich) beard / smith

Elemental

(Aitvaras) fire tail (like meteor) (Akuma) flaming eyes, fiery head (Alara) butterfly wings made of light; formed from love tears of 1,000 women (Giant Black Dog mentioned in Almamula or Mulánima) teeth of fire, transformed into this state (Tsé’nagahi on Anaye page) monstrous rock, crushes passersby to death (Anhangá) (Tupi-Guarani version) white deer with fiery eyes (Augenbrand) fire eyes (Azhdaha) flaming eyes (Āṭavaka) enveloped by flame

Elf Clothes

(Archura) left shoe on right foot

Fairy (Petty Fairy, Winged Little Sprite)

(Alara) hovers over lake (Mmoatia the Fairy on the Anansi page) what is the Akan word for the type of being that Mmoatia is? (Iambana on the Anito page) No tiny winged beings like fairies ("petty fairies") in precolonial native Filipino folklore, but lambana are fairies in modern Filipino folklore (Awes-kon-wa) (Aziza) (sometimes & possibly European influence)

Familiar

(Alloces) grants familiars (Amy) grants familiars

Figment / Personification

(Alke) Courage / Battle-Strength spirit (Aloadae) Ephialtes is a Nightmare (Amalur) the Earth itself (Amanozako) originated when Susanoo let his own ferocious spirit (his Aramitama) build up inside him until he vomited her out (Andaokut) born from tears of a grieving mother (Aonyōbō) appears as an ancient court noblewoman, living in a now abandoned house of fallen nobles and ruined families, constantly fixing her hair and applying makeup, expecting possible guests who never show up (e.g. a lover who lost their interest or a husband who abandoned his wife) (Asi) asi is a sword, but has a personified form (Ask-wee-da-eed) personified fire / embodies fire (associated with comets, meteors) (Awelo) embodies the essence of the Tigua people and their customs and morality, monitors their conduct and punishes those who don't behave properly (Azone) universal commonalities of humans, united in worship (Azure Lóng) represents springtime (Aufhocker) Emotional Burdens weighing on one's shoulders (old woman haunted by memories)

Face on Back of Head

(Akerbeltz) (Christian Version)

Fallen Angel

(Agaliarept) (Agares) (Alloces) (Amaymon) (Amy) (Archdemon) rather short Wikipedia page that simply mentions various archdemons by name, often the sin they are associated with or the cardinal direction they preside over / different archdemons in different religious traditions

Flying Head

(Aswang) Subtype: Manananggal hides lower half during nighttime

Green Hair and/or Green Beard

(Archura) made of living grass (Asrai) long green hair (account by Ruth Tongue)

Giant

(Aghasura) Giant Animal (Aido Hwedo) Giant Animal (Akkorokamui) Giant Animal (Akugyo) Giant Animal (Ala - Ale) huge ears (Albruna) (Alcyoneus) a gigantes, NOT ALWAYS a giant, hurls rocks, hurls 12 chariots, hurls 24 heroes, uses mountain as weapon (some accounts) (Alfred Bulltop Stormalong) giant baby, giant adult (Almops) (Aloadae) 16.4592m = 9 fathoms tall at age 9 (Alpos) body reaches the clouds, touches the sun, pulls back the moon; hurl rocks, hurl hills; uses rock as shoulder shield (Am Fear Liath Mòr) over 10" tall (Endriago on Amadís de Gaula page) (Amala) supports the world (Amarok) (Amemasu) Giant Animal (Anakim) (Anathan) (Sasnalkáhi on Anaye page) (Teelget on Anaye page) (Tsetahotsiltali on Anaye page) massive legs (perhaps not a conventional giant, just really long legs) (Yeitso on Anaye page) colossal (but speaks and asks questions when trying to find victims); drinks lake in four gulps; travels across horizon in one step; scalp becomes a peak (Andaokut) (Angalo) (Anguiped) (some examples) (Antaboga) Giant Animal (Antaeus) giant bones entombed within a tumulus (Antero Vipunen) (Anzû) (Ao) Giant Animal (Aobōzu) (Apotamkin) Giant Animal (Apukohai) (Prabu Niwatakawaca (Javanese) on Arjuna page) (Asag) (Asanbosam) 20" wings (not a conventional giant, just huge wingspan) (Ascapart) 30" tall (smallest giant of his land) (Pelucan on Ascapart page) (Ashinaga-tenaga) 3m, 6m, 9m legs (some accounts) (not a conventional giant, just long legs or arms) (Asi) personified form may not be giant, but is described as tall (Athos) crushed under a mountain, died in a fight with a god who hurled rocks at him (Atosis) Giant Animal (Augerino) Giant Animal (Azhdaha) 30 gazes (~30m); Giant Animal (Átahsaia) (Wikipedia page has descriptive size comparisons)

Gigantes

(Alcippe) one Alcippe is daughter of a Gigantes (Alcyoneus) but she may not be (Alcyoneus) [Aloadae] (Alpos) (Antaeus) (Athos)

Glutton

(Ala - Ale) (Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) possessed by ala: huge hunger (Alfred Bulltop Stormalong)

Griffon

(Akhekh)

Haunt

(Alseid) (Am Fear Liath Mòr) presence

Human

(Angalo) the first human (he is also a giant) [Arikura-no-baba] (Atlantes)

Hybrid: Object-Creature

(Akaname) pebble head (Al) clay nose, copper claw, iron teeth (Al Basty) (Armenian Version) iron teeth, brass fingernails (Amaru) crystalline eyes (Anaye) resemble objects (human mothers fornicated with objects)

(Tsé’nagahi on Anaye page) monstrous rock, crushes passersby to death (Asanbosam) iron teeth, iron hook feet (Axehandle hound) axeblade-shaped head, axehandle shaped body, stubby legs, eats abandoned axehandles, travels logging camps looking for next meal

Island Turtle

(Ao) Carries the three islands of the eight immortals (Penglai, Fangzhang, Yingzhou)

Joetunn

(Alvaldi)

Kachina

(Ahöl Mana) (Ahöla) (Ahöla) (Angak) (Angwusnasomtaka)

Long / Lóng

(Ao Guang) (Azure Lóng)

Luminescent

(Alicanto) eyes emit lights (Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) glowing eyes (Aosaginohi) gives off iridescent blue light; releases golden powder into the air that forms heat-less fiery light that eventually dissipates in the wind

Man-Eater

(Afanc) (Agnen) (Ahuizotl) (Aigamuxa) (Akashita) swallows evildoers (Akerbeltz) (Christian Version organizes lunches with witches and elves where human meat is served) (Aku-aku) (Amanesaku mentioned in Akubōzu) (Akugyo) (Ala - Ale) huge mouth, carries spoon, eats at home, home full of children's bones and spilt blood, smells humans (Alpos) (Amai-te-rangi) (Amanojaku) (Amarok) (Amikuk) (Ammit) (Tsenahale on Anaye page) feed people to hatchlings (Anhangá) (Anhang - Anhangá (Spirit) in Mawé culture) (Ao Ao) humans are its only source of food (eats them with clothes) (Ao Ao)'s children, see Ao Ao (Aonyōbō) devours those who trespass in the abandoned house she now occupies (Apotamkin) (Asanbosam) (Aswang) subtype: Silagan: tears out human liver and eats it (Aswang) subtype: Manananggal eats internal organs; eats phlegmatic discharge of the sick, eats fetuses within the womb [Ato-sees] forces humans to find the materials with which he would cook them (Atosis) (Atshen) [Azukiarai] (Azukibabaa) (swallow into bright light) (Gunma Prefecture) (Āṭavaka) (Átahsaia) (Aswang) subtype: Weredog favours pregnant people travelling roads at night

Child Harmer (Boogeyman)

(Maria Enganxa from Aloja - Aloges) takes children (with hook) (Alphito) (Amanojaku) child eater, kidnaps children (Ao Ao) child eater (Aobōzu) (Shizuoka Prefecture Version) kidnaps children (Apotamkin) child eater (Azukibabaa) (Kawagoe City Version) children who fall behind their parents, scoops up people in basket; (Kanagawa Prefecture Version) child eater

Mermaid

(Akugyo) (Amabie) mermaid, merman

Mortal

(Aku-aku) (Arzhang Div)

Multiple Organs

(Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) 3 heads; 2 headed snake form (Alpos) many arms (Amabie) 3 Tail Fins ("3 Legs") (Amabiko on Amabie page) 3 legs, 4 legs, 5 legs, 7 legs (Yamawarawa on Amabie page) 3 legs (Amaru) 2 heads (Ambika) 4 arms (Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) head at each end (Andhaka) 1,000 heads, 1,000-2,000 arms, 2,000 legs (some accounts), 1,000-2,000 eyes (Anpao) 2 faces (Anqa) 8 wings (4 pairs of wings) (Asag) 3 legs, 3 arms, several eyes across body (Ayahos) 2 heads (in snake form) (Āṭavaka) 1 head, 4 heads, 6 heads, 17 heads, 4 arms, 8 arms, 36 arms

Missing Organs

(Alû) no ears, no lips, no mouth (Amabie) no torso (Amikiri) no hindlegs (Binaye Ahani (Eye Killers) on Anaye page) no limbs (Asag) no neck (Astomi) no mouths (some accounts)

Naga

(Apalala)

Nat

(Akathaso)

Nymph

(Agave) Nereid (Alseid) (Anthousai) (Auloniad)

Omen

(Akashita) Bad Luck (Akuma) Misfortune (Anito) omen birds (either a diwata's true form, a diwata's shapeshifted form or servant of a diwata) (Arkan sonney) good omen

One-Eyed

(Amefurikozō) (some accounts) (Arimaspi)

One-Legged

(Aziza) (if sole being of its type)

Oni

(Amanojaku) appearance of a small oni

Pendulous Breasts

(Ajatar) long breasts maybe not pendulous (Al) long breasts (sagging) (Al Ana) large breasts (Anguane) long breasts

Pendulous Breasts Hung Over Shoulder (this category exists because there's a lot of creatures that fit this trope and it will be expanded once we get beyond the letter A.)

(Anguane) throw breasts over backs; carry children in baskets on backs

Psychopomp

(Anubis) guide the dead to the underworld

Rainbow Snake

(Aido Hwedo)

Santa

(Ayaz Ata)

Snakehair

(Al Basty) (Armenian Version) (Alpos) vipers

Tanuki

(Ashi-magari) (some accounts) a trick by tanuki (Azukiarai) (some accounts) a trick by tanuki

Tennin / Tennyo

(Amorōnagu)

Tsukumogami

(Azhdaha) snake reaches 100 years of age and grows to 30 Gazes (~30m in length!)

Tuatha

(Aillen)

Undead

(Aes Sidhe) (sometimes the hosts ("sluaghs"), which are a type of sidhe, are counted as undead) (Ahkiyyini) skeleton (Aitu) (Aku-aku) (Al Ana) (Wikipedia describes all the at-risk groups of women who may return from the dead as Al Ana) (Alp) (in some stories, e.g. stillborn infant) [Alû] Wikipedia calls it a vengeful spirit, so does that mean it's undead? (Amalanhig) (Akhu mentioned on Ammit page) (Anchimayen) created from corpses of children (Ankou) skeleton, black robe, hat conceals face, shadow, scythe (Ankou) first person to die that year (some accounts), last person to die that year (some accounts) (Ankou mentioned on French Mythic Creatures and Saints page) female skeleton (??) (Lil a subtype of Ardat-lilî mentioned on that page) ghosts of young people who died sexually unfulfilled

Utukku

(Alû)

Vampire

(Amalanhig) vampire teeth

Webbed Feet

(Asrai) (account by Ruth Tongue)

Wisdom King

(Āṭavaka) has subjects, including doorkeeper

Wisp

(Akurojin-no-hi) (Anchanchu) fireball (Ayakashi) ghost light

Witch / Hag

[Arikura-no-baba]

Woman Head

(Alkonost)

World Serpent

(Antaboga)

Worm

(Augerino)

Yaksha

(Ambika) (a yakshini) (Āṭavaka)

Youkai / yōkai

(Akashita) (Amefurikozō) (Amikiri) (Aobōzu) (Aonyōbō) (Ayakashi) (Azukibabaa)

Animal

The "animal" section lists animal traits of these beings. If a creature has a goat head, a snake foot, the whole body of a dog etc. it may be listed under that entry.

Some animal features are listed not under the "Animal" section here but instead under the Power section, specifically the "Shapeshift - Animal" section. This means that the being is able to shapeshift into an animal.

Antelope

(Antelope (Real Animal)) Linnaeus didn't think antelopes were real: see Animalia Paradoxa page

Ape

(Aegipan) (Agropelter) (Amabiko on Amabie page) (Amomongo)

Bat

(Amphiptere) wings (Asanbosam) wings, body parts, feet point both ways

Bear

(Sasnalkáhi on Anaye page)

Beaver

(Afanc)

Bird

(Akhekh) wings (Alal) claws (Alerion) no beak, no claws (Alicanto) flightless (too heavy from ore) (Alkonost) woman's head (Alphyn) claw forelegs (Amabie) beak (Amabie) parts (Amaru) condor head (one of its heads) (Amaru) feet, wings (Amikiri) beak (Amphiptere) wings, beak (Anito) omen birds, most commonly with green or blue iridescent feathers (Anqa) long neck, human face (Anzû) (Aosaginohi) (Blue-Crowned Night Heron)

Bison

(Átahsaia) hair on scalp like a bison mane

Butterfly

(Alara) wings made of light

Camel

(Aisha Qandicha) hoofs (Allocamelus) camel body, donkey head

Cat

(Aswang) subtype "Weredog" (sometimes transforms into cat)

Chicken

(Aitvaras) rooster (Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) (Medieval Version) feet

Claws

(Amomongo) long nails (not claws) (Arzhang Div) (Átahsaia) long talons (Aswang) subtype "Ghoul" sharp nails

Cow

(Akabeko) (Akerbeltz) (Christian Version) Ox (Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) Bull

Crab

(Amikiri) claws

Crocodile

(Afanc) (Ammit) head

Deer

(Anhangá) (Tupi-Guarani version) white deer

Dog

(Akerbeltz) (Christian Version) (Alal) ears (Almamula or Mulánima's Victim) transformed into giant black dog (Ammit) body (some accounts) (Anchanchu) (Aralez) (Cŵn Annwn mentioned on Arawn page) White Hounds with Red Ears (Pelucan on Ascapart page) giant with dog parts (Augenbrand) (Axehandle hound) (Aswang) subtype Weredog

Donkey

(Allocamelus) head (but camel body)

Ears

(Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) (Medieval Version) ears

Eel

Elephant

(Airavata) 4 tusks, 7 trunks, pastel white skin (Erawan see Airavata) 3 heads or 33 heads (Aka Manah) elephant head --> mouth filled with tusks instead of teeth

Fangs / Teeth / Tusks

(Al) sharp fangs (Amanozako) large fangs (Amphiptere) snake fangs (Ao Ao) massive fangs (Ao Ao)'s children, see Ao Ao (Aoandon) sharp teeth (Apotamkin) (Arzhang Div) (maybe tusks?) (Asi) sharp teeth as personified form (Azhdaha) many teeth (Átahsaia) yellow tusks (Aswang) subtype "Ghoul": sharp teeth

Feathers

(Amphiptere) light coloured (Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) (Medieval Version) feathered wings (Awanyu)

Fish

(Aegipan) (Akugyo) (Amabiko on Amabie page) parts (Amaru) fish tail (Amemasu) (Asrai) fish tail (account by Rosalind Kerven) (Avatea) left body half is fish

Fox

(Amaru) fox muzzle on the llama head (one of its heads)

Goat

(Aegipan) (Aisha Qandicha) hoofs (Akerbeltz)

Hairy

(Almas) black fur (Amomongo) white hair (Asanbosam) long red hair (Astomi) (Auvekoejak) furry merman (has no Wikipedia page, may be hoax)

Hippo

(Ammit) hindlegs

Hoof

(Alphyn) Cloven Hoof Forelegs (Anguane) (Archura) (some accounts)

Horns

(Akugyo) (Al-Mi'raj) 1 or 2 horns (Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) huge horns (Amaru) of a taruka, a type of huemul deer (Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) (Medieval Version) (Teelget on Anaye page) thick antlers (Anggitay) 1 horn (some accounts) (Aoandon) twin horns (Archura) (some accounts) (Asanbosam) (Awanyu)

Horse

(Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) horse head (on snake body) (Alal) mane (Apaosha) black horse, black ears, black tail (Arion (Horse))

Human

(Akaname) child form (Anansi) human face; human with 8 legs (or other spider features) (Anqa) human face, long neck (Apsonsi) woman upper body (Arimaspi) (Ashinaga-tenaga) (Astomi) (Ato-sees) half human (Avatea) right body half is human

Insect

Leech

(Alukah)

Leopard

(Ammit) forelegs (Aq Bars) snow leopard with wings

Lion

(Alal) head (Alloces) head (Alphyn) hindlegs; thick mane (Ammit) (some accounts) mane, forelegs (Anzû) head (some accounts) (Apsonsi) biped with lion hindlegs

Lizard

(Azhdaha) (some accounts)

Llama

(Amaru) one of the heads (has a fox muzzle)

Mule

(Almamula or Mulánima's Victim) transformed into mule

Octopus

(Akkorokamui)

Orca

(Akhlut) orca parts

Oryx

(Akhekh) with bird wings and snake tail

Peccary

(Ao Ao) (some accounts) (Ao Ao)'s children, see Ao Ao

Pig

(Al) boar tusks (Ala - Ale) shapeshift form (Otherworldly Pigs mentioned on Arawn page) (Arkan sonney) (Aswang) subtype "Weredog" (sometimes transforms into pig)

Porcupine

(Átahsaia) Porcupine Quills --> Chest Hair

Puma

(Amaru) one of its heads

Raccoon

(Azeban)

Rabbit

(Al-Mi'raj)

Raven

(Ala - Ale)

Scales

(Amabie) covered in scales from the neck down (Endriago on Amadís de Gaula page) body is covered in scales (Amaru) crocodile or lizard (Átahsaia) cover arms

Sheep

(Ao Ao) (some accounts) (Ao Ao)'s children, see Ao Ao

Snake

(Agathodaemon) (Aghasura) (Aido Hwedo) (Airavata) (Aitvaras) appearance of "dragon" outdoors (Ajatar) (Akhekh) tail (Al Basty) (Armenian Version) hair (Ala - Ale) (e.g. snake body with horse head) (Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) 2 headed (Amaru) (Amarum) water boa (Amphiptere) (Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) Lifts the head that moves forward, lifts other head to reverse direction; (Medieval Version) small, serpent-headed tail (Ananke) (Orphic Version) incorporeal snake with arms stretching around the cosmos (Anguiped) snake legs (Antaboga) (Apotamkin) snake with long red hair (Ato-sees) half snake (Atosis) giant snake (Awanyu) (Azhdaha)

Spider

(Akkorokamui) once was called Yaushikep, a giant spider (Anansi) spider (some tales); anthropomorphic spider (some tales)

Sloth

Tail

(Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) 12 tails (some accounts) (Alphyn) knotted (Amikiri) (Amphiptere) spiked (Archura) (some accounts)

Tongue

(Alphyn) long, thin (Aswang) subtype: Manananggal Proboscis Tongue (Aswang) subtype: Bloodsucking Woman (example: Mandurugo) Proboscis Tongue

Turtle

(Ao) sea turtle

Peacock

Whale

(Amemasu)

Wings

(Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) huge wings, 6 wings (some accounts) (Zmajeviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) little wings beneath armpits (Alan) (Alara) (Alcyoneus) (some accounts) (Aloja - Aloges) colourful (Amphiptere) (Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) (Medieval Version) feathered wings (Anemoi) (Anjana) nearly transparent (Aq Bars) (Aralez) (Astaroth) (Awes-kon-wa) (Azhdaha) (some accounts) (Aziza) (sometimes & possibly European influence) (Aswang) Subtype: Manananggal wings by night

Wolf

(Akhlut) wolf parts (Amaguq) (Amarok) (Asena)

Body

Look

(Aka Manah) male, long hair (Akaname) long tongue, claws (Akashita) hairy face covered with dark clouds (Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) born covered with the caul (some accounts) (Alan) their fingers and toes point backwards (Alp) (14th Century Version) crooked nose (Alp) meeting eyebrows (Alp) Caused by Weird Birth (caul, hair on palms, pregnant mother scared of animal or biting horse collar) (Am Fear Liath Mòr) thin; long arms; broad shoulders (Amabie) long hair (Amala) supports the world; dirty (Amanozako) long ears, long nose (Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) dull eyes (Angak) specific clothes and decorations, see Wikipedia page (Anito) no philtrum (Anjana) slanted eyes (Ankou) first person to die that year (some accounts), last person to die that year (some accounts) (Ankou mentioned on French Mythic Creatures and Saints page) female skeleton (??) (Anthousai) hair resembles hyacinth flowers (Armaros) painted skin - green cross & 7 keys on forehead (Asanbosam) large, blood-shot eyes (Asi) personified form is described as slim (Azukiarai) grotesque appearance, large head, bald, crooked teeth, thin moustache, large bulging yellow eyes (Átahsaia) long, wild, grey hair; Red Hair (He pushes his hair out of his eyes with this knife, leaving his hair crimson with blood.); mouth from ear to ear; wrinkled, swollen face; bulging eyes; doesn't blink

Sound

(Ahuizotl) deceptive cry for help (Am Fear Liath Mòr) silent; intense high singing note; Crunching Gravel (from walking: Every few steps I took I heard a crunch, and then another crunch, as if someone was walking after me but taking steps three or four times the length of my own.) (Amafufunyana) speak in voices from victims stomach; speak in other language; speak in disturbing tone (Anjana) sweet voice (Azukiarai) like azuki beans being ground or washed; (some accounts) song "azuki togou ka, hito totte kuou ka? shoki shoki." ("Will I grind my azuki beans, or will I get a person to eat? shoki shoki." (Azukibabaa) sounds like azuki beans being ground or washed (Azukihakari) sounds like azuki beans being ground or washed; then like azuki beans being clogged and watered; sounds like 18 litres of beans being processed (Azukihakari) as if someone is stepping over the ceiling

Smell

(Aswang) subtype "Ghoul": rank and pungent smell

Taxonomy / Role

LGBT

(Agrat bat Mahlat) "mistress of the sorceresses" (Aido Hwedo) shares female concubine with her male partner (Akhkhazu) the word in Babylonian is male, but she is described as having a female nature (Ala - Ale) shapeshift into 6 fingered men (Alkonost) comforts Sirin (Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) child of ala and human woman (Alp) Drink Blood (from nipples of men and young children) (Alû) androgynous (Amaru) power over rainbows (Amazons) exclude men, return boy children (Amykos) look at the pictures of his punishment on Wikipedia (Anansi) "Aunt Nancy"; "Nancy"; "Sis' Nancy" all of whom are always male (Angwusnasomtaka) she has two names: Tümas ("Crow Mother") and she is also called Angwusnasomtaka ("Man with crow wings tied on") -- is this because men play her in the ritual? (Anito) choose a shaman (asog or bayok, usually women, often trans women who are classified as bakla, which gives certain rights and obligations) - shaman experiences serious illness or bout of insanity and recovers, having gained an anito as spirit guide (Anito) a subgroup (bound diwata) are genderless (Apsonsi) they are portrayed with nude breasts, sometimes surrounded by jewelry, so something for the sapphics (Aralez) which furry would not like the Wikipedia page for the aralez, where a cute dog with wings is looking at you in a friendly way (Asanbosam) breasts and beard (in many depictions) (Aspalis) cross-dresses as his sister Aspalis. She died but her body had disappeared (strange detail of the story). Kills the tyrant (see Euphemism section). Could be read as a trans man, trans woman or non-binary person. (Asrai) nude (account by Nancy Arrowsmith) (Atosis) love relationships with humans (some versions a woman lures her husbands to water for Atosis to eat, in others the woman falls in love with the snake but does not kill her husband or harm anyone) (Azovka) moans (Aufhocker) I'm being speculative here, but if Aufhocker sometimes transform into beautiful women and frequent targets are old women…I think I'm onto something (Aswang) Female aswang often expose their genitals

Hierarchical Politics

(Aino) old gender politics (Al Ana) old gender politics, ableist (Alebrije) this artform endangers copal trees (Endriago on Amadís de Gaula page) born of incest (Anaye) old Gender Politics: Offspring of women fornicating with objects (Aobōzu) (Kagawa Prefecture Version) kills women (Archura) kidnaps young women (Ardat-lilî) (some accounts) Backstory: Woman Who Died Sexually Unfulfilled or Without Marrying (in other accounts they are young women that died sexually unfulfilled) (Asag) hideously ugly & malevolent (so hideous that fish nearby boil alive in rivers)

Example Names

(Ala - Ale) (female personal names in eastern Serbia: Smiljana, Kalina, Magdalena, Dobrica, Dragija, Zagorka etc.) (Alastor) a common Greek male name (Alke) a common Greek female name (Asteria) (Asura) Vepacitti, Rāhu (Verocana), Pahārāda, Sambara, Bali, Sucitti, and Namucī

Phantom Name (meaning lost to time)

(Albruna) (Attila) (historical person, larger than life character in Norse sagas) name "Atilla" not Hunnic but among his Gothic mercenaries, means "little daddy" in Gothic language; early German myths call Attila the Hun "Etzel"

Namesake

(Asrai) "asrai night" (Athos) mountain and peninsula he created (Azure Lóng) star constellation

Euphemism (name to be avoided)

(Almas) (Alux - Aluxo'ob) naming them aloud will summon a disgruntled one from its home (Anemoi) secret missing entity: Eurus, eastwind (Anito) ("Elder", "Grandparent", "Those Unlike Us", "Dweller of a Place", "Dwellers of the Bowels of the earth" or "Dwellers of the Depths of the Sea") and euphemistic name for the harm they cause: victims were "greeted" or "played with" (Aspalis) fights the villain Tartarus, a human tyrant so cruel that citizens dared not pronounce his real name (which therefore is lost to history)

Name Confusion

(Æsir) Concept Applied To Name Foreign Beings (Æsir applied to gods, including Greek gods)

Joke Character / Fearsome Critter

(Agropelter) too fast to be seen (Alfred Bulltop Stormalong)

Wild Cultural Familiarity

(Amabiko on Amabie page) Speaks Japanese; Worships Buddhist Devas (Tenbu) of the Heavens (despite being sea-dwelling)

Sole Being

(Agave) Amazon (Agave) Nereid (Alerion) only 1 pair life at a time -> parents drown themselves on hatching of eggs, which they lay every 60 years. (Alkonost) (Maria Enganxa from Aloja - Aloges) (Amala) supports the world (Amarok) they hunt alone (caveat: can have lots of cubs) (Amycus) (Andaokut) (Ao) (Apalala) (Ardat-lilî) (Aremata-Popoa and Aremata-Rorua) 2 beings (Arion (Horse)) (Armaros) (Arzhang Div) (Asbolus) (Athos) (Augenbrand) (Aziza) (some accounts)

Umbrella Term

(Aitu) (Anaye) (Anito) (Chura mentioned on Archura page) umbrella term for nature beings (Archura) and household beings (Bichura) (Aswang) (malevolent shapeshifters) (Atua) (Azone) deities that were not the private divinities of any particular country or people. Azones were acknowledged as deities in every country, and worshipped in every nation

Uncertain Identity

(Aegipan) resembles Satyr or Faun (Agathodaemon) (Aitu) (Al Basty) name for Lilith (Anito) Spanish Names: Duende, Encantador / Encanto (Spell Caster), Hechicero (Sorcerer), Sirena (Mermaid), Maligno (Evil Spirit); Islamic Names: Jinn, Saitan (Aosaginohi) sometimes equated with Onibi lights

Intermixing

(Aguara) (Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) aloviti as child of ala and human woman (Zmajeviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) human mother, (Zmaj TLDR) father (Allocamelus) donkey and camel (Aloja - Aloges) marry mortal, but must be kept secret (aloja leaves with man's fortune if relationship is found out) (Anaye) human women and objects (Anito) can mater with humans (children = albinism, syndactyly, unusual beauty or behaviour) (Antaeus) half-giant (Wikipedia doesn't source this Antaeus as a half-giant and it make no sense to me, because the term "half-giant" doesn't seem to mean anything specific) (Asena) impregnated by a boy (an injured child she, as a wolf, nursed back to health); gives birth to 10 half-wolf half-human children (Atonga) half-spirit, half-mortal (Atosis) love relationships with humans (some versions a woman lures her husbands to water for Atosis to eat, in others the woman falls in love with the snake but does not kill her husband or harm anyone) (Aswang) Subtype: Manananggal marry into communities (Aswang) Subtype: Bloodsucking Woman (example Mandurugo) marry into communities; target husband

Unrelated Offspring

(Aitvaras) said to hatch from an egg of a 9- to 15-year-old rooster (Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) gives birth to fairies and winds in mouth (Alberich) Ortnit is Human, Alberich his father (Alcippe) one Alcippe is daughter of a Gigantes (Alcyoneus) but she may not be (Aloadae) father is Poseidon, mother is a mortal, they are both Giants (possibly Gigantes??). (Aloja - Aloges) children with mortals. Comb children's hair and dress them every morning even if they leave their husbands and take the fortune along. (Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) born from Medusa's head (Andhaka) parents are both deva (Angalo) his wife Aran…is she a giant too? Or is she like the ogre's wife in some version's of Jack and the Beanstalk, inexplicably human? And Angalo's father is the god of building. (Antaeus) gods like Gaia and Poseidon birth a giant (Anubis) snake goddess Kebechet is daughter (Note: "snake goddess" and "jackal god" refer to personalities, Anubis personality is like a jackal, hence being portrayed in jackal form or with jackal head…so technically not suited to this category. Same applies to all Egyptian deities.) (Asena) impregnated by a boy (an injured child she, as a wolf, nursed back to health); gives birth to 10 half-wolf half-human children (Ao Ao) born as one of 7 wicked children as result of goddess Arasy's curse against Tau and Kerana (Arion (Horse)) child of Poseidon in horseform and Demeter in horseform (Avatea) father of gods and men

Role - A Mount

(Akhekh) cavalry, flying mount (Ama no Fuchigoma (Horse)) mount of god Susanoo

Role - A Rider

(Agares) crocodile & cockatrice (Ala - Ale) humans, ridden like horses after being chased into gullies (Alp) can ride horses (Amazons) riding skill (Ambika) lion (Astaroth) dragon

Role - A Ruler

(Aibell) queen of the fairies (Ajatar) she is master of (Lempo) and "gnomes" (which may be (Haltija) or (Nisse)) (Akerbeltz) many elf servants (Alberich) elf king (Ao Guang) (Apalala) (Arawn) (Prabu Niwatakawaca (Javanese) on Arjuna page) giant king (Armaros) 1 of 20 leaders of the Grigori, who in that tale number 200 total (Arzhang Div) chief (Auriaria) giant chieftain

Role - A Parent of Divine Forces

(Amalur) Mother of Sun (Ekhi) and Moon (Ilazkhi / Ilargi) (Amanozako) ancestor of all yokai who share her short-fused temper and disobedience (e.g. (Tengu) and (Amanozako)) (Ananke) mother of the Fates (some accounts)

Role - A Servant of a Deity / Attendant Deity

(Amefurikozō) serve rain god Ushi (Anhangá) (Anhang - Anhangá (Spirit) in Mawé culture) followers of Yurupira (Anito) Some animals like crocodiles, snakes, monitor lizards, tokay geckos, and various birds were also venerated as servants or manifestations of diwata, or as powerful spirits themselves (Ardat-lilî) one group are servants of the god Erra; another group are the lil, ghosts of young people who died sexually unfulfilled, subjects of Pazuzu

Role - A Helper of Magic-User

(Anchimayen) serve a sorcerer (a kalku) (Anito) choose a shaman (asog or bayok, usually women, often trans women who are classified as bakla, which gives certain rights and obligations) - shaman experiences serious illness or bout of insanity and recovers, having gained an anito as spirit guide

Human Culture

(Aitu) (Amazons) (Antichthones) (Arimaspi) (Ashinaga-tenaga) Long-Leg Country and Long-Arm Country; Ashinaga-jin (long legs) and Tenaga-jin (or chōhi) (long arms)

Gender

Non-Binary

see LGBT section

Female

(Agrat bat Mahlat) (Ahöl Mana) (Aibell) (Aide) (Aido Hwedo) (Ajatar) long hair (Akhkhazu) (Akka) (Al) wild hair, fat, ugly, old, hairy (Al Ana) old, ugly (Al Basty) (Ala - Ale) (Albruna) (Aloja - Aloges) (Alphito) (Amalur) (Amanozako) (Amazake-babaa) old woman (Ambika) (Amemasu) beautiful (Ameonna) (Ammit) (Amorōnagu) (Ananke) (Anggitay) (Anguane) beauty (Angwusnasomtaka) (Anjana) (Anqa) (Anthousai) (Aoandon) (Aonyōbō) (Arae) (Ardat-lilî) appealing (atypical, since most malevolent beings in Mesopotamian accounts are portrayed as faceless / ever-changing and strange) (Arikura-no-baba) old (Asena) (Askafroa) (Asrai) (in oldest account by Robert Williams Buchanan) (Ayakashi) can assume form of beautiful woman (Azovka) (Azukibabaa) old

Male

(Ahöla) (Aholi) (Aka Manto) (Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) "ala-like" men (Alberich) (Ameotoko on Ameonna page) (Anansi) (Ao Guang) (Arquetu) old (Asrai) (in oldest account by Robert Williams Buchanan & account by Nancy Arrowsmith) (Astaroth) (Athos) (Ato-sees) (Azukiarai)

Habitat

Anthills

(Aziza)

Arctic

(Agloolik) under ice (Atshen) permafrost (Auvekoejak) has no Wikipedia page, may be hoax (not sure)

Beach

(Alkonost) lays eggs on beach (Ayakashi) beach

Cave

(Afanc) (Akerbeltz) (Aku-aku) (Ala - Ale) (Alux - Aluxo'ob) (Amomongo) (Sasnalkáhi on Anaye page) (Anchanchu) (Archura)

Cliff

(Tsetahotsiltali on Anaye page)

Desert

(Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) (Antaeus)

Fairy Fort

(Aes Sidhe)

Fairy Ring

(Aes Sidhe)

Field

(Alux - Aluxo'ob) (Aobōzu) hizuoka Prefecture)

Forest

(Agogwe) (Ajatar) (Ala - Ale) deep forest (Alebrije) (Alkonost) (Alseid) groves, woods (Alux - Aluxo'ob) (Anjana) (Apsonsi) the mythic Himappan forest / Himavanta forest (Archura) woodland (Asanbosam) (Aziza) (Āṭavaka) deep forest (Aswang) Subtype: Manananggal Forest (domiciles deep in the jungle, if not the trees themselves) (Aswang) Subtype: Bloodsucking Woman (example Mandurugo) Forests far from human communities

Grasslands

(Alseid) grassy meadows (Teelget on Anaye page) grassy fields

Hearth

(Akubōzu) the ashes / ash (Amanesaku mentioned in Akubōzu) the ashes / ash

Hidden Remote Places

(Ala - Ale) (Amazons) edge of the known world (often Scythia) (Anchanchu) isolated places (Anqa) the place of the setting of the sun (Antichthones) Opposite End of Earth, South of Torrid Equatorial Climate

Hills / Tumulus

(Aes Sidhe) beneath them (Aibell) beneath a hill or rock (Alven) hill mounds

Household

(Agathodaemon) worshipped (Aitvaras) (Akka) beneath tent (Amazake-babaa) visits homes (Amazake banbā on the Amazake-babaa page) Tries to sell sake and amazake door-to-door (Aka Manto) bathroom (Akaname) bathroom, dilapidated buildings (Aobōzu) Toilet (Yamagata Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture); Vacant Houses (Okayama Prefecture); (Bichura mentioned on Archura page)

Settlements (Villages, Cities)

(Aswang) Self-Domesticated (feral monsters that begin living in close proximity to humans) (Aswang) subtype: Bloodsucking Woman (example Mandurugo) Use village A as hideout, raid nearby villages at night (Aswang) subtype Witch Town Outskirts, Village Outskirts (Aswang) subtype "Ghoul" Gather in trees near cemeteries to exhume and consume fresh burials

Implausible

(Amabiko on Amabie page) Shinji-kōri (fake county in Higo Province)

Island

(Al-Mi'raj) remote island (Amorōnagu)

Lake

(Afanc) (Alara) (Lake Baikal)

Mountains

(Akkorokamui) lived in mountains as Giant Spider named Yaushikep (Ala - Ale) inhospitable (Yamawarawa on Amabie page) (Aobōzu) Mountains (Yamaguchi Prefecture) (Auloniad) mountain pastures; mountain vales (Azovka) (Mt. Azov)

Otherworld

(Aes Sidhe) [Ajatar] Pohjola (Akhekh) Set's Domain of Darkness Guajupiá (Tupinamba), an afterlife of the Tupinamba people ("Land without evils") mentioned in (Anhangá)

Portent

(Almas) empty homes, people have fled their homes because an almas is around (Alven) fishless pond (Anito) Cold Presence (unlike "warm" human spirits); Leave no footprints (unlike human spirits!) (Antaeus) Builds a temple of skulls (from his opponents)

Ravine

(Amorōnagu)

Roads / Paths

(Ala - Ale) crossroads are where Ala hunt for supper (Aufhocker) attack locations: ridges, crossroads, springs, woods, on a path through a hollow, and cemeteries (Aswang) subtype: Weredog favours pregnant people travelling roads at night

Rural

(Akurojin-no-hi) bad roads

Sky / Heaven

(Aerico) (Aguara) stars (builds structure from stars) (Ala - Ale) clouds (house) (Amai-te-rangi) Upper Spirit Realm / Sky (this detail is from the Ngaru Wikipedia article) (Amanozako) (Angiris) (Azhdaha) air

Stone

(Alux - Aluxo'ob)

Subterranean

(Aes Sidhe) (Amikuk) inside the ground (Augerino)

Tree

(Akathaso) canopy (Thitpin Saung Nat found in Akathaso) trunk (Myay Saung Nat found in Akathaso) root (Aketeko) honey locust tree (Ala - Ale) giant tree (Mmoatia the Fairy on Anansi page) fairies often meet in front of odum tree (Asanbosam) attacks from canopy (Askafroa) ash tree (Aziza) silk-cotton trees

Underworld

(Aillen) from Mag Mell (Alkonost) (Alû) (Amaru) [Ammit] Duat [Amycus] Tartarus (Anathan) (Kalug/kaluluwa on the Anito page) a free soul, travelling to afterlife on a boat (Anubis) Lord of Underworld (prior to Middle Kingdom 2055 BC)

Enchanted Place

(Alan) fine houses made of gold and other valuables (Aloja - Aloges) lakes that boil "in anger" when strangers enter

Upper World

(Aiy) (Amai-te-rangi) Upper Spirit Realm / Sky (this detail is from the Ngaru Wikipedia article)

Water

(Ahuizotl) (Aisha Qandicha) near water (ocean, river, drainage canal) (Al Ana) near streams, rivers, lakes (Ala - Ale) lake, spring (Alan) near springs (Aloja - Aloges) near fresh water; they bathe (Maria Enganxa from Aloja - Aloges) wells, cisterns (Alseid) springs of rivers (Altamaha-ha) rivers, streams, abandoned rice fields (Alven) fishless ponds (Amabie) open sea (Amahiko-no-mikoto on Amabie page) rice field (Amaru) bottom of lakes, bottom of rivers (Amarum) water boa (Amemasu) lake (Amikuk) sea (Amorōnagu) pools, waterfall (Anchanchu) river (Anguane) lake (Apalala) river (Vourukhasha mentioned on Apaosha page) is a cosmic sea (Apotamkin) sea (Passamaquoddy Bay) (Apukohai) sea (Aremata-Popoa and Aremata-Rorua) ocean (Ashinaga-tenaga) seashore (Asrai) lake (in oldest account: Robert Williams Buchanan), sea (Atosis) (Awanyu) springs, ponds, rivers, and ultimately the oceans (Ayakashi) water surface (Azhdaha) (Azukiarai) near rivers or bodies of water

Item

(Aeternae) bony, saw-toothed horns (Aholi) colourful cloak (Aibell) magic harp (Power - Cuts Life Short) (Akerbeltz) (Christian Version) horns as candles; eggs/bread/money as offerings (Akkorokamui) Offerings - Fish, Crab, Molluscs (give back what it gave) (Akuma) sword (Al Ana) red hat with fern twig (Zmajeviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) belemnite as lightning bolt (Zmajeviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) flint arrowheads (Alberich) cloak of invisibility (Tarnkappe) (Alberich) magic ring (Alberich) sword Eckisax (made by him) (Alberich) sword Nagelringr (made by him) (Alfred Bulltop Stormalong) huge ship (Alicanto) Leads to Treasure (if follower unnoticed) (Alkonost) egg laid on beach, hatching of egg causes thunderstorm and rough seas that are impossible to traverse (Alloces) spear (Almas) black fur; enormous foot claws; Sacrifices (edible wild roots, wild animal meat) (Aloadae) bronze jar (a storage pithos, similar to an amphora in shape) traps Ares for a year (a lunar year of 13 months) (Aloja - Aloges) fine, rich clothes (Aloja - Aloges) Wand (hazel wood, in Catalan tradition the only wood that allows casting spells) (Maria Enganxa from Aloja - Aloges) Hook to capture children outside her well (Alp) Tarnkappe (cap of concealment, sometimes a veil) -> offers reward for its return (Alpos) uses rock as shoulder shield (Alux - Aluxo'ob) offerings (Alux - Aluxo'ob) an alux house ("kahtal alux") is a 1-2 storey shrine; within 7 years farmer must close the windows and doors of the little house, sealing the alux inside; If this is not done, the alux will run wild and start playing tricks on people. (Amabie) glowing object (underwater light?) (Amadlozi) blood sacrifice: cow, goat, chicken (Amafufunyana) magic potion causes possession if ingested - brewed from ants that fed on buried human corpse Eguzki-lore luze (stemless carline thistle); flower; scares off malevolent spirits (created by (Amalur)) (Amazake-babaa) offerings (likely amazake) (Amazons) Weapon - Battle-Axe (Sagaris) (Amazons) Magic Belt (Hippolyte) (Amazons) bow (Ambika) paper lantern (Amefurikozō) umbrella without central pole (Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae)

Item - Live Amphisbaena Necklace (safe pregnancy)

Item - Amphisbaena Skin (wear item to cure for arthritis and common cold)

Item - Amphisbaena Carcass (or Skin) (nail to tree to keep warm during cold weather & allow tree to be felled more easily)

Item - Amphisbaena Meat (attract many lovers) (Ananke) spindle (Anemoi) blood sacrifice: horse (Anhangá) food offerings (grizzly caveat that doesn't apply in this circumstance: it eats corpses) (Anjana) Stick of Wicker or Hawthorn (Shines in different colour each day of the week) (Anjana) Petals of Happiness (Rose with purple, green, blue or golden petals) grants happiness till day of death (Ankou) black robe, hat that conceals face, scythe (Anzû) Tablet of Destinies (stole this item from Enlil, keeping it on mountaintop) (Ao Guang) Offerings and Sacrifices, Including human sacrifices (Ao Guang) Ruyi Jungu Bang, a magically expanding, gold-ringed iron rod weapon granted to Sun Wukong (originally a tool for measuring the depth of sea water, hence its ability to vary its shape and length; it remained in the sea and became the "Pillar holding down the sea", an unmovable treasure of the undersea palace) (Ao Guang) Golden Chain Mail (Ao Guang) Fenghuang Feather Cap (Ao Guang) Cloud-walking boots (Aobōzu) blue clothes (some accounts) (Okayama Prefecture) (Aonyōbō) Tattered, moth-ridden kimono (Aralez) tower: The dead are placed on top of towers to attract the aralezes (Arjuna) see magical heirlooms and powerful heirlooms (Arkan sonney) brings eternal silver coin to those who manage to catch it (Ascapart) club made from an entire tree (Astaroth) Magic Ring needed to withstand the stench of his breath (Astomi) carry roots, flowers, apples, spray perfume on their victims (Aswang) Subtype: Manananggal hides lower half during nighttime (Átahsaia) flint knife "as broad as a man's thigh and twice as long" (Āṭavaka) Seal(s) and Talismans (many for believers)

Item - Dussāvudha (aka Vatthāvudha) (made of cloth) (Superweapon): if he threw it up into the sky, no rain would fall for twelve years; if he let it fall on the earth, all plants and trees would die and nothing would grow for twelve years; if he threw it into the sea, the sea would completely dry up; it could make Sineru crumble into pieces.

1 of the 4 most powerful weapons

Yama's Nayanāvudha

- Śakra's Vajra

Vaiśravaṇa's _Gadāvudha

Accepts Offerings - Child Sacrifices

pregnant women fled the capital

"Dragon" Sacrifice

variation: the hero converts the dragon (Atlantes) Magic Garden Ringed By Glass (Atlantes) Magic Castle Filled with Illusions (Atonga) canoe transported by birds (Awelo) represented by grandfather and grandmother buffalo masks (Ayaz Ata) magic staff; lots of old clothing (Azhdaha)

Item - Azhdahā Heart

Power - Courage / Bravery

Item - Azhdahā Skin

Power - Heal Wound of Love

Item - Azhdahā Severed Head

Bury Head in Soil

Power - Fertility (for soil) (Aziza) (if sole being of its type) smokes a pipe (Azukiarai) ragged clothes (Azure Lóng) temple statue comes to drink from waterfall at nighttime

Vehicle

(Agrat bat Mahlat) chariot (Power - Flight) (Alven) bubble or broken eggshell boat (Ankou mentioned on French Mythic Creatures and Saints page) cart

Companion

(Agares) pet hawk (Akashita) black cloud (Akerbeltz) snake (Aketeko) 17-18 yo. specter of a young woman, induces trance or fever in passersby (Ala - Ale) Livestock: Owls, Wolves, Badgers, Forest Animals (Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) (version where it is child of ala) snake companion (Alastor) erinyes (Albruna) elves (Almamula or Mulánima) Mule (drags chains, is a transformed victim); Giant Black Dog (teeth of fire, transformed victim) (Archura) grey wolf (close bond) (Asag) his offspring and companions in battle (Wikipedia calls them "Rock Demons" but it says "citation needed") (Ashinaga-tenaga) Ashinaga-jin (long legs) is usually the companion of Tenaga-jin (or chōhi) (long arms)

Morality / Reputation

I'm not doing D&D alignment here. In fact, often the accounts about creatures are contradictory, some stories insisting they are all good and others they are all evil. I just classify them as both in those cases. I'll try and explain all these categories in more detail, but the main point here is to show how the storytellers in communities subjectively feel about these beings: are these beings helpers and we like them? Then probably "benevolent" is what they are considered. Are people calling them dangerous but insisting they are not wicked? Then that should be its own category. That's what this is based on: my best approximation (classifying only creatures where Wikipedia mentions it) of what people tell of these beings.

Ambivalent / Ambiguous

(Aes Sidhe) appeased with offerings (Aisha Qandicha) (Alberich) (probably a human morality, but he plays tricks in Ortnit) (Aloja - Aloges) avoid human contact, Prideful of own beauty, high self-esteem, Gaze at their reflection in lakes on full-moon nights (Anemoi) force of nature (Ankou) force of nature (Anpao) force of nature

Benevolent

(Agathodaemon) (Agiel) (Agloolik) aids fishermen & hunters, blesses hunters with prey (Aguara) (Aitu) (Aiy) (Akashita) (Akathaso) (Akkorokamui) (Alara) (Aloja - Aloges) (Alp) if evil eye of alp is destroyed, so too are their malicious intentions (Amadlozi) guide people's lives towards purpose and integrity (Akhu mentioned on Ammit page) (Angak) (Angiris) (Anhangá) (Tupi-Guarani version) pacifist (Anjana) (Anqa) (Anthelioi) (Anubis) (Apple Tree Man) (Apsonsi) protects from harm (Aralez) (Asbolus) (Asrai) (Awwakule) assists people (Aziza)

Benevolent, with caveats

(Ala - Ale) (caveat: to her favourites) saves lives, grants wealth to her favourites (Alux - Aluxo'ob) will occasionally stop and ask farmers or travelers for an offering, offers boons (good luck or cause enemy to be diseased), Refusal means they wreak havoc (Anito) cause misfortune if angered, disrespected or mistakenly encountered

Trouble or Dangerous

(Aeternae) wild beast (Afanc) wild beast, carnivore (Agropelter) territorial, destructive (Ahuizotl) destructive, carnivore (Almas) (Alp) (Early Medieval Texts) Eerie, Ferocious (Alven) Territorial (befoul cattle and humans who touch their favoured plants) (Amafufunyana) aggressive, can cause suicide (Amanozako) goes against conformity and does the opposite of what is expected by society and social norms. Also, it is said that Amanozako is picky, and will go into an atrocious rage if she does not get what she wants, or if things do not go according to her way. Her wrath cannot be stopped (Amaru) (2 Amarus destroy the land while fighting each other) (Amikiri) Pest (Cuts Fisher's Netting and Mosquito Nets) (Amomongo) (Apotamkin) dangerous but explicitly not always malevolent (Archura) territorial, fight with other archura, knock down trees (Asanbosam) territorial (Augenbrand) predator (see Motivation for nuance) (Ayakashi) vengeful

Harmless

(Aketeko) harmless, minor inconvenience (most accounts) (Anito) a subgroup (bound diwata) ignore human affairs (affairs as in: human matters) (Aosaginohi) flees human contact (Azukihakari) harmless, minor inconvenience; nuisance (drops dirt and paper waste from the ceiling), NOT Malevolent

Judgmental

(Akashita) swallows evildoers (Al Basty) visits the guilty, family of perpetrators of unpunished bloodshed (Al Basty) (Armenian Version) Punishes Unpunished Criminal Women (Ala - Ale) rewards being treated as normal, punishes being treated as weird (Punishment: Chest of Snakes that cause blindness, Eat Person) (parallels (Wekufe)) (Alicanto) leads off cliff (if pursuer is not of good heart) (Amefurikozō) if thieves steal their umbrella, they can't take it off (Ammit) Sentient, Ammit understands the results of the weighing of the heart and does not eat the akhu (the blessed dead who abide by the code of truth (Ma'at)) (Anhangá) (Tupi-Guarani version) avenges animals victimized by insatiable hunters (also describes as pacifist on Wikipedia, so either the accounts differ about pacifism or not (?) or the avenging is done peacefully) (Arkan sonney) misfortune to those who hold on to it for too long (causes good luck and has eternal silver coin) (Armaros) Lends money to those who spend their fortune; If they spend their fortune again, he curses them with eternal poverty (Awelo) morality personified (Aufhocker) targets thieves and criminals that need to be taught a lesson (Āṭavaka) wrathful

Malevolent

(Aeshma) causes animal cruelty, drunken violence, war (Agnen) (Agrat bat Mahlat) destructive (Aguara) (Aillen) (Aitu) (Ajatar) (Aka Manto) (Akaneburi mentioned in Akaname) (Aketeko) (some accounts) tear victims limb from limb (Akhkhazu) (Akvan Div) (Al) (Ala - Ale) (Alal) (Aloadae) attempted rape of Artemis and kidnapping of both Artemis and Hera, kidnapped Ares and contained him in a bronze jar for a year (a lunar year of 13 months) (Alp) (Alpos) (Alû) torment victims for fun (Amai-te-rangi) (Amalanhig) (Amanojaku) (Amanosagume on Amanojaku page) (Anathan) (Anaye) (Anhangá) (Anhangá) (Anhang - Anhangá (Spirit) in Mawé culture) (Aswang mentioned on Anito page) no appeal through offerings, utterly pitiless (Apaosha) (Ardat-lilî) (Arzhang Div) (Asag) (Askafroa) unless appeased through sacrifices on Ash Wednesday does much damage (Asrai) (account by Rosalind Kerven) (Asrestar) (Aswang) (e.g. victimize their own without hesitation) (Atlantes) (Átahsaia) (Aufhocker) they target people travelling alone and old women (Ayahos) (Azhdahak)

Malevolent (Riddle)

(Aka Manto) (Aobōzu) (Kagawa Prefecture Version) life or death question

Mischievous

(Aguara) (Alp) souring milk, elfknots, ride horse to exhaustion, and re-diapering a baby with soiled diaper (Alux - Aluxo'ob) (Amaguq) (Anansi) (Anito) (Archura) imitates human voices (lures wanderers to cave), horribly cry, removes signposts, kidnaps young women (Wikipedia page says this mischievousness is not evil) (Ashi-magari) prevents people from walking by wrapping around person's legs at night (soft thing, like a kitten or wad of cotton) (Asrai) (account by Rosalind Kerven) (Awwakule) harmless pranks (Azeban)

Undergoing Purification

(Apalala) converted by the Buddha

Magic Abilities and Major Non-Magic Skills

Miscellaneous

(Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) you gain power from slaying amphisbaena during full moon if you are pure of heart and mind (Antero Vipunen) magic (very valuable spells and knowledge, uses spells composed of words, see Luotes) (Arikura-no-baba) turned the hot water of an onsen cold by throwing a horse's hoof into it (Āṭavaka) Soften Solids (his glance can make a body soft as butter)

Animals (Power Over Animals)

(Aido Hwedo) snakes

Bliss

(Alkonost) her song causes people to have no more wants (see also Forgetting) (Anjana) Petals of Happiness (Rose with purple, green, blue or golden petals) grants happiness till day of death

Breathe Fire

(Akugyo) (Alloces) (Anzû)

Breathe Poison

(Endriago on Amadís de Gaula page) exhales poison gas (Amaymon) Poison astral breath

Breathe Water / Spew Water

(Anzû)

Cause Disability

(Al Basty) (Armenian Version) blindness in unborn children (Ala - Ale) stepping on an "ala's table" causes blindness, deafness, lameness

Cause Disease

(Aerico) (Ajatar) (Akhkhazu) (Akurojin-no-hi) (Ala - Ale) if Ala turns animal mad and that animal is eaten, it causes rabies (Alp) epilepsy, minor illnesses (Alp) through evil eye (Alux - Aluxo'ob) will do so for people in exchange for offerings (Alven) cattle, humans (Amazake-babaa) smallpox, common cold (Amazake banbā on the Amazake-babaa page) to those who answer the door (Askafroa)

Cause Madness

(Aisha Qandicha) (Akuma) (Al Basty) (Post-partum depression) (Ala - Ale) in animals

Cause Infertility

(Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) of Fields (thwart ripening or prevent fertility)

Cause Miscarriage

(Aisha Qandicha) (Al) (Al Basty) (Armenian Version)

Cause Misfortune

(Alp) through evil eye (Aonyōbō) (possibly, "a spirit of poverty and misfortune" may not cause misfortune) (Arkan sonney) to those holding on to it for too long (Ask-wee-da-eed)

Cause Poverty

(Aonyōbō) (possibly, "a spirit of poverty and misfortune" may not cause poverty) (Armaros) curses with eternal poverty those who lose the fortune he lent them

Cause Good Luck

(Alux - Aluxo'ob) in exchange for offerings (Arkan sonney) to those who manage to catch it

Cause Stillbirth

(Al Basty) (Armenian Version)

Creation

(Airavata) create clouds (Aiy) they collectively created the world and the fabulous land (Alfred Bulltop Stormalong) explains where some things were created (Aloadae) giants who built mountains (Amalur) (Angalo) shapes landscape (Antaboga) (Athos) Created a mountain and peninsula (named after him)

Deadly Gaze

(Binaye Ahani (Eye Killers) on Anaye page) glance kills (some stories)

Deadly Presence

(Asag) so hideous that fish nearby boil alive in rivers

Detection

(Ala - Ale) smell humans (Amanosagume on Amanojaku page) see into a person's heart (Amy) reveal treasures

Drought

(Ao Guang) (Apaosha)

Earthquakes

(Agares) (Ahkiyyini) (Amaru) (Amemasu) when they get tired from holding up the Earth (Angalo) (Ayahos)

Eat Smell

(Aku-aku) (Anito) can eat the vital force (the breath, the odem (ginhawa)) of humans > harmful; annoyed by perfume, salt and spices (Aonyōbō) spoiled and rotten leftover food, otherwise humans (Astomi) no need of food and drink; Apple smell, Flower smell, Perfume smell; die from strong, unpleasant smell (Awelo) represented by grandfather and grandmother buffalo masks, which are fed with smoke

Eat Solids

(Alicanto) eats ore (can't fly, too heavy from ore, faster if no recent meal)

Emotion Influence

(Al-Mi'raj) frightens animals -> they flee (Am Fear Liath Mòr) inspires feeling of unease (Amanozako) possess the hearts of humans and manipulate their emotions and personalities (Anjana) Petals of Happiness (Rose with purple, green, blue or golden petals)

Eternal Youth

(Alara) her beauty and youth depend on water, so you must remain close (Aloja - Aloges) retain youth throughout their long (not eternal) years (Asrai) only age in moonlight (account by Ruth Tongue)

Extreme

(Akaneburi mentioned in Akaname) lick victim down to the bones

Exorcism

(Akerbeltz) is immune to exorcism

Fertility

(Aido Hwedo) (Akerbeltz) (Alux - Aluxo'ob) (Amadlozi) (Anguane) including pregnancy (Ao Ao) (Ao Ao)'s children, see Ao Ao

Fire

(Aido Hwedo) (Aillen) (Ani Hyuntikwalaski) cause lightning fire in a hollow sycamore tree

Flight

(Alan) (Alcyoneus) (some accounts) (Alp) like a bird (Alukah) by releasing its long hair (Alven) (Amanozako)

Fog

(Am Fear Liath Mòr) mists as a cloak

Forgetting

(Alkonost) her song causes people to forget all knowledge (see also Bliss) (Azovka) enchantment so people get lost

Glue

(Amefurikozō) if thieves steal their umbrella, they can't take it off

God

(Æsir) mortal (Aide) (Aitu) (Akka) (Akkorokamui) Octopus God (hard to escape its grasp without permission) (Aku-aku) (Amalur) (Amanosagume on Amanojaku page) (Amanozako) (Amazake-babaa) of smallpox (Ambika) (Amefurikozō) (Ammit) not worshipped (Anammelech) (Ananke) even gods don't fight her (Anemoi) (Anguiped) (Anito) (Anthelioi) (Anubis) (Anzû) feared by all the gods (Apollo Amazonius) (Arawn) (posibly) (Askafroa) (Asteria) (Atua) (Avatea) (Ayaz Ata) (Aziza) (if sole being of its type) (Azone) (Azure Lóng) door god (Aswang) (Bilocano lore) Gugurang (God of Good) and Asuang (God of Evil)

Grant Knowledge

(Agares) languages (Alloces) astronomy, liberal sciences (Amy) astronomy, liberal arts (Anqa) shares wisdom (Astaroth) math, handicrafts, hidden treasures (Aziza) gift practical and spiritual knowledge; fire use; magic for hunters

Grant Strength

(Amarok) by removing bones that weaken person

Growth Spell

(Aghasura) (Aloadae) grow 9 fingers each month, never stop to grow 16.4592m = 9 fathoms tall at age 9 (Alven) Growth Spell (Shrink Spell), can shrink to minuscule size, only to then grow and spread into gorgeous monsters who cover half of the morning sky. (Arkan sonney) grows self

Hail

(Akerbeltz) (Akerbeltz, and the devil, and witches can make hail from the cut beard of a billy-goat) (Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) hail clouds through trance and spirit travel (Amaru)

Heal

(Akabeko) protect from Disease (Akerbeltz) for animals (Akkorokamui) (including mental, but also reminiscent of octopus that self-amputates and regenerates limbs) (Alara) remove hate and greed (Norse Álfar as represented in Álfablót) perform healing spells in exchange for blood sacrifice of animal (Amabie) Avert Disease (use pictures of it) (Angak) (Aswang) heal self (licking others transforms them into aswang)

Illusion

(Alp) (Anito) (Atlantes) castle filled with it

Immortality

(Aes Sidhe) (Alcyoneus) self-resurrection (Andhaka) (Ankou) as a curse

Incorporeal

(Alux - Aluxo'ob) can assume physical form / incarnate / manifest (Am Fear Liath Mòr) semi-corporeal (Ananke) (Orphic Version) incorporeal snake (Átahsaia) at times

Invisibility

(Aerico) (Afanc) undone by adder stone (Aibell) depends on item (Akubōzu) (Ala - Ale) not fully invisible, rather: indistinct shape (Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) but audible hissing in front of dark hail clouds & visible to Six Toed-Six Fingered People (Alberich) Tarnkappe (Alicanto) If spotted, turns off colours of its wings, going into dark (Alp) Tarnkappe (Alux - Aluxo'ob) (Alven) ((Invisibility/See-through) (insubstantial to human eyes)) (Anito) (Ashi-magari) (Astaroth) (Azone) said to be neither visible nor sensible (Azukihakari)

Invincibility

(Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) to guns or arrows, unless gold or silver (Amanozako) can chew metal blades ragged with her fangs (Antaeus) (Antero Vipunen) Antero Vipunen is NOT invulnerable, but like many giants even sharp stakes shoved into his stomach are simply perceived as a stomach ache (Asag) hardened skin, skin feels like rock, almost indestructible (Augerino) indestructible (Átahsaia) Thick Skin --> So Thick That Knuckles Appear Horned

Landslide

(Ayahos)

Levitation

(Aka Manah) (Alara) hovers over lake

Life

(Amadlozi) (Amalur) Holds All Life in the world

Light

(Avatea) eyes are sun and moon

Lightning

(Zmajeviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) also associated with belemnites and flint arrowheads (Binaye Ahani (Eye Killers) on Anaye page) Shoot Lightning from eyes (in some stories) (Ani Hyuntikwalaski) cause lightning fire in a hollow sycamore tree

Longevity

(Aes Sidhe) (Aibell) (Aloja - Aloges) live for millennia (Anqa) 1,700 years, mating at 500 years, chick only leaves egg 125 years after shell breaks (Asrai) (account by Ruth Tongue)

Mind Control

(Alloces) (possibly not mind control) can get summoner the favour of nobles (Amy) (possibly not mind control) cause positive reactions from rulers (Anqa) over animals, feeds the animals it controls (Astaroth) (possibly not mind control) power over serpents

Moon

(Anammelech) (Avatea)

Multiplication

(Amikuk) When Shot, Amikuk multiplies into eight beings (Andhaka) duplicate

Nature

(Aitu) power over nature (Amalur) Withhold Earth's Treasures (can't be found unless Amalur wants) (Asi) personified form's appearance causes earth to shake, turmoils in the oceans, forceful winds to howl and trees to fall and be torn apart while meteors blaze through the skies

Pass Wall

(Amikuk) swim through earth (Anthousai) nymphs of flowers

Poison

(Afanc) (Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) both heads are poison

Portal / Teleportation / Spirit Away

(Amaru) Travel Between Worlds (spirit realm and our world) (Anito) Seduce & Abduct Humans into Spirit World

Possession

(Aisha Qandicha) (Ala - Ale) "sneak" into living humans and corpses and even saints (St. Simeon) (in one account an ala gets into a deceased princess and devours the soldiers on watch) (Alastor) (Christian Version) (Alû) possessed are unconscious / in a coma (Amafufunyana) speak in voices from victims stomach; Possession by spirit horde from multiple cultural groups (Amikuk) (similarities with possession) Swim Upward Into Person's Body, making them weak (Anhangá) (Anhang - Anhangá (Spirit) in Mawé culture) (Anito) (Asrai) (Āṭavaka)

Prophecy

(Aibell) (Aka Manah) can share prophetic visions (Albruna) (Amabie) abundant harvest, epidemic (Amabiko on Amabie page) (Yamawarawa on Amabie page) (Asbolus) augur; reads omens in flight of birds (Atlantes) (Awanyu) harbinger of storms

Rain

(Alux - Aluxo'ob) (Amefurikozō) by waving their paper lantern (Ameonna and Ameotoko) encounter - rain (followed by rain) (Angak) sweet song (Ao Guang) torrential rain (Awanyu) torrential rain

Rebirth

(Ambika) Former Human (reborn as yakshini) (Azure Lóng) reborn as famous human general

Resurrection

(Alcyoneus) self-resurrection (Andaokut) resurrects children abducted by a man-eater by urinating on them (was born from the tears of a woman mourning the loss of one of her children) (Aralez) licks wounds --> the dead are placed on top of towers to attract the aralezes

Self-Replenishing

(Arkan sonney) brings eternal silver coin to those who manage to catch it

Seasons

(Anemoi) and seasonal weather (each has season & cardinal direction) (Ayaz Ata) winter

Shapeshift - Unspecified

(Alven) "shapechangers" (Amikuk) - Sea Shape: Hairless, 4 arms, leathery skin (Anhangá) (Anhangá) (Anhang - Anhangá (Spirit) in Mawé culture) (Anito) (Ao Guang) (Ayahos) (Aufhocker) diminutive mannikin shape (Aswang)

Shapeshift - Human

(Aerico) (Akaneburi mentioned in Akaname) (Ala - Ale) (e.g. 6 fingered men) (Alp) Night-Form of animal or human (person or animal is unaware); result of curse; can be lifted if origin (e.g. witchcraft) is known; injuries or other marks in both forms (Alp) human with meeting eyebrows (Alukah) (Amanojaku) impersonate with flayed skin (Amemasu) beautiful woman (Amikuk) human form called Qamungelriit (Amy) (Anchanchu) (Archura) peasant with glowing eyes (Ayakashi) child walking in the middle of a fire or beautiful woman (Aufhocker) beautiful woman shape (yeah, you can get weighed down by a beautiful woman magically stuck to your back); dead man shape (Aswang) subtype: Weredog impersonates a peddler or construction labourer on travels

Shapeshift - Animal

(Aino) fish (Aitu) (Akhlut) wolf (White Whale mentioned in Akhlut) reindeer (Akvan Div) onager (Ala - Ale) snake, raven (Aloja - Aloges) water blackbird (aka white-throated dipper) (Alp) Night-Form of animal or human (person or animal is unaware); result of curse; can be lifted if origin (e.g. witchcraft) is known; injuries or other marks in both forms (Alp) cat, pig, dog, snake, small white butterfly > always wears Tarnkappe (cap of concealment) (Alukah) wolf (Amaguq) (Anchanchu) red dog (Anito) crocodile, snake, monitor lizard, tokay gecko, bird (Aobōzu) Raccoon Dogs and Weasels are said to disguise themselves as "Blue Priests" (Ayakashi) remora (live sharksucker) that stops boats or sea snake (ikuchi) (Aufhocker)

Shapeshift - Plant

(Aitu)

Shapeshift - Elemental Form

(Aide) breeze, storm (Akvan Div) storm (Al) fiery eyes (Al Basty) (Armenian Version) flame form (Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) dark fog form (Amy) fire (Ankou) shadow form (Ayakashi) child walking in the middle of a fire or ghost light

Shrink

(Archura) (Arkan sonney) shrink self

Sleep

(Aillen) item - music instrument dulcimer (timpán)

Soul Power

(Zmajeviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) fight while body is in trance

Speed

(Agropelter) too fast to be seen (Arion (Horse)) fabulously fast

Spiritual Killing

(Amikuk) Can Jump Through Victim, Causing Them To Lie Down and Die

Steal Souls

(Amarok) store them in icy lake water

Storm

(Akerbeltz) (Amaru) (Anzû) (Ao Guang)

Strength

(Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) (version of aloviti that survived ala's breath or is child of ala) superhuman strength (Alberich) superhuman strength (Almas) great strength (Amala) supports the world (Amazons) strong and agile (Amemasu) supports the world ("holds up the Earth"); when hero struggles with amemasu, it pulls rock he is standing on into lake, creating an island (Andhaka) (Aobōzu) (Yamaguchi Prefecture Version) (Archura) knock down trees

Thunder

(Aido Hwedo) (Aloviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) thunderstorm clouds through trance and spirit travel (Alkonost) egg laid on beach, hatching of egg causes thunderstorm and rough seas that are impossible to traverse (Angalo) (Anzû) thunderclouds

Tireless

(Ao Ao) Stalks over any distance or terrain, never stops till it feeds (Ao Ao)'s children, see Ao Ao

Transform Others

(Almamula or Mulánima) victim behaves on instincts of new form (seducing, murdering, and devouring) (Aswang) subtype Weredog flesh they lick or spit is contaminated and turns anyone who eats it into one of them

Transmutation

(Alan) drops of menstrual blood, miscarried fetuses, afterbirth, or other reproductive waste and transform them into human children, whom they then raise as their own (Amikuk) Turn Earth Surface Into Quicksand; must circle swim around the area first; if victim holds walking stick in this circle, the victim tires out

Trap Souls

(Aku-aku) capture souls (Ankou) collects souls (responsible for death in the community not as a horror monster, but as a force of nature) (Ankou mentioned on French Mythic Creatures and Saints page) collects souls of peasants

Vanish

(Aka Manto) (Akvan Div) hard to catch

Water

(Aido Hwedo) (Alven) (most powerful at night) (Amaru) irrigation, fertility, canals, rivers, springs (Amemasu) Corpse can dam up water, risk of flooding (Awanyu) floods

Waves

(Abaia) tail splash (Ahkiyyini) tidal wave (Alkonost) egg laid on beach, hatching of egg causes thunderstorm and rough seas that are impossible to traverse (Azhdaha) sea waves

Wealth

(Aido Hwedo) (Amadlozi) (Anchanchu)

Power - Extract Minerals

Power - Gatekeeper of Minerals, trades them

appeal to Anchanchu via The Dance of the Horns and other lengthy procedures (Apple Tree Man) reveals buried gold to man who offers his last mug of mulled cider to the trees in his orchard

Weather - unspecified

(Ashinaga-tenaga) ashinaga's appearance always brings bad changes in weather

Wind

(Aide) gentle breeze, storm wind (Aido Hwedo) (Anemoi) (Anzû) south wind

Wisdom

(Amaru) symbol of wisdom (Archura) knows the seasons

Wish

(Aisha Qandicha) (Alara) (Ambika) her favourite tree becomes wishing tree (Anpao) answers prayer

Encounter

(Ao Guang) fought by the Eight Immortals who used magic talismans to defeat him

Animate

(Anthelioi) statues animated by the sun's pneuma (pneuma has it's own Wikipedia page but it's basically the breath and life force, the odem)

Barrier

(Azhdahak) Imprisoned in Mountain

Curse

(Aibell) white cat form (Alastor) personified curse (Ameonna) Mothers of children who got spirited away on a day of rain get turned into ameonna (Arae) female spirits of curses, particularly of the curses placed by the dead upon those guilty of their death (Arjuna) Pandu (Arjuna's father) was under a curse whereby he would die if he had sexual relations with a woman (thus Pandu's wives invoke devas (gods) and Pandu's children are fathered by these devas) > Curse = death by sex (Azovka) (some accounts) cursed Tatar princess, banished to the mountain

Exorcism

(Zmajeviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) exorcizing them means exiling them into wilderness

Petrification

(Akabeko) turned to stone

Prophecy

(Alebrije) alebrije art is based on a vision (Azhdaha) - will be punished by god for their harassment of other creatures - will be cast into the sea - will grow to 10,000 Gazes in the sea - will grow wings in the sea, like a fish (Azhdahak) - will break out of mountain prison at the end of time - destined to be defeated by Fereydun

Protection

(Ambika) As mortal, protected by the gods (from flooding)

Resurrection

(Afanc)

Séance

(Anito) ritual is called Pag-anito (or when its specific to diwata: pagdiwata -- diwata are anito specific to nature, while anito can also be ancestors or deities); makes a visitation

Summoning

(Amadlozi) (Aobōzu) Summoning (if a person stops breathing and spins around 7 times at the base of a certain pine tree, an aobōzu is said to appear and say "don't trample the rocks, don't snap the pine tree") (Nagano Prefecture) (Aswang) subtype Witch making certain objects, such as rice, bones, or insects, come out of the bodily orifices of the cursed

Transformation

(Aino) into mermaid / nixie (Aitvaras) on death becomes spark (Akkorokamui) transformed from giant spider Yaushikep into giant octopus after dragged to sea by a sea god (Amaru) Transformed to Mountains on Death (Binaye Ahani (Eye Killers) on Anaye page) remains become cacti (Sasnalkáhi on Anaye page) remains become yucca (Aosaginohi) Feathers have fused into scales (Apotamkin) a human woman turned into a snake with long red hair (Asrestar) humans originate as transformed Asrestar (light particles (basically the soul) were added to the asrestar) (Atosis) transformed from human (Aswang) subtype Witch from human to aswang witch (powers surpass other witches)

Trapped In Smaller Object

(Aloadae) trap the Olympian Ares and contain in a bronze jar (a storage pithos, similar to an amphora in shape) for 13 months (a lunar year)

Motivation

Clean

(Akaname)

Eat

(Alicanto) eats ore (can't fly, too heavy from ore, faster if no recent meal) (Alp) Drink Blood (from nipples of men and young children); Drink Breast Milk; Drink Cow's Milk (drink cows dry) (Amazake-babaa) request a drink of amazake (Amemasu) eat large prey (deer) (Amomongo) attack livestock (Amphisbaena - Amphisbaenae) ants; (Medieval Version) birds (Mmoatia the Fairy on the Anansi page) fairies eat mashed yams (Anito) attracted to séance ritual (the pag-anito) through offerings and sacrifices (harvests, cooked food, wine, gold ornaments and betel nut, blood from an animal such as pig or chicken --> salt and spices avoided, believed to be distasteful), human sacrifices only among the Bagobo people (Anqa) Elephants, Large Fish, Tannin (Ashinaga-tenaga) catch fish (Átahsaia) eats his own (his fellow malevolent beings)

Follow Orders

(Agares) retrieve runaways

Gain Soul

(Asrai) (in oldest account by Robert Williams Buchanan)

Harm / Suffering

(Apaosha) prevent rain (Asrestar) do evil (e.g. lie) (Atlantes) Stop Conversion to Christianity (Because it will grant an alliance)

Hunt / Stalk

(Amarok) (Amikuk) pursues hunters onto land as it swims through earth (Sasnalkáhi on Anaye page) (Ao Ao) Stalks over any distance or terrain, never stops till it feeds; Digs at roots of tree until tree falls (unless it's a palm tree, see Strange Weakness section) (Asanbosam) entangles unwary hunters with its legs dangling from canopy (Atshen)

Kidnap

(Akashita) tongue hanging from clouds (Anhangá) (Anhang - Anhangá (Spirit) in Mawé culture) (Atosis)

Loneliness

(Augenbrand) search for its dead master

Protect - Unspecified

(Amadlozi) these entities can be summoned for assistance and protection (Amaru) (Ambika) (Angiris) (Arikura-no-baba) stop eruption of a mountain through prayer (Azure Lóng) cardinal direction (East)

Protect City

(Agathodaemon) (Azure Lóng)

Protect Families

(Aitu)

Protect Farms

(Akashita) (Ala - Ale) protector of fields (local ala protects local fields from outsider ala)

Protect Graves

(Anubis) as of First Dynasty 3100 BC

Protect Homes

(Agathodaemon) (Akerbeltz) households (Alebrije) against evil forces (Alux - Aluxo'ob) keep thieves out of homes that sacrifice to them (Anthelioi) guard doorways; charged by sunlight

Protect Nature

(Aes Sidhe) (Agloolik) protects seals (Ahuizotl) protects lake fish (Akathaso) protects sky, Thitpin Saung Nat protects tree, Myay Saung Nat protects earth (Akerbeltz) protects animals (Alven) care for favoured plants (nightwort, elf leaf) (Anhangá) (Tupi-Guarani version) plants and animals (especially female animals with babies: aids their escape from hunters), protects hunters (Anpao) prevent burning of earth by dancing as dawn with Han, the spirit of darkness (Ao Ao) hills and mountains (Ao Ao)'s children: hills and mountains (Apple Tree Man) farm cat (in one story) (Archura) wild animals, birds, forests (Askafroa) protects ash tree (Awanyu) guards waterways

Protect A People

(Aibell) (Aloja - Aloges) try to bring wealth and and well-being to the areas they live in. (Awanyu) Pueblo (Awelo)

Protect Treasure

(Alberich) (Azovka)

Protect Specialists

(Anhangá) (Tupi-Guarani version) protects hunters (Anubis) protects embalmers

Protect Village

(Aitu) (Angak) aid villages: Bring rain and flowers to Hopi villages

Re-Enter Heaven

(Amy) seeks to return to the 7th heaven after 12 centuries

Riches

(Arimaspi) they want the griffin gold

Have Sex

(Agrat bat Mahlat) (Aguara) (Aka Manto) (Akerbeltz) (Christian Version engages in sexual abuses against Christians) (Anito) seduction or rape

Seduce

(Aisha Qandicha) (Alp) (Amemasu) lure into death by drowning in human form (Anguane) (Anito) seduce and kidnap humans to spirit world (Ardat-lilî)

Attack Ships

(Akugyo) capsize ships (Amemasu) capsize ships (Amikuk) attack kayaks, drag hunters into sea

Temptation

(Alal) (Amanojaku) (Astaroth) laziness, self-doubt, rationalization

Theft

(Al Basty) (Alcyoneus) steals Helios' cattle

Seek Gems and Jewels

(Anggitay)

Music

(Ahkiyyini) (Aillen)

Song

(Alkonost) (Azukiarai) (Azukibabaa) (Gunma Prefecture Version)

Dance

(Ahkiyyini) (Akerbeltz) (Christian Version) (Anjana)

Relation

(Al) enemies of "Eve and her daughters" (Ala - Ale) enemies of St. Elijah and his dragon (and eagle?) allies (Zmajeviti mentioned in Ala - Ale) enemies of the Ala (Alfred Bulltop Stormalong) fought a (Kraken) (Alkonost) interacts with Rarog, Stratim, Sirin (Alpos) killed by Dionysus' staff, the Thyrsos (Andaokut) kills (Malahas) (Anjana) foil (outwit) Ojáncanu (Ao Guang) fights the Eight Immortals (Apukohai) defeated with assistance of owl god an the fish Ulu-makaikai by hero Kawelo (Arimaspi) animosity (Prabu Niwatakawaca (Javanese) on Arjuna page) encounters demi-god Arjuna (Auloniad) (some accounts) Eurydice (love of Orpheus) is Auloniad > (some) Auloniads go to Hades when they die > Auloniads can die from venomous serpents (Azhdaha) food for inhabitants of the land of Gog and Magog (Āṭavaka) with naga

Duality / Complementing / Counterpart

(Aido Hwedo) (Alkonost) and Sirin: Joy and Sorrow > Alkonost comforts Sirin (Ananke) (Orphic Version) with Chronos (Time) (Anubis) female counterpart Anput (Apaosha) makes war on the guardian of rainfall, Tishtrya (Apsonsi) Thepnorasi is the male equivalent (Archura) are nature beings, while Bichura are household beings. Both are chort/chura

Strange Weakness

I don't judge, all things that chase off or defeat a monster are classified as "strange weakness" in this list. So don't wonder if some are totally mundane things that would work on humans or animals too. I could call it just "weakness" but I don't know, it's just a quirky classification scheme I guess.

(Afanc) maiden's lap (Agares) can be drawn into crystals (Aigamuxa) blind hunter (eyes on feet) (only sees prey through handstand or lying in sand) (Aillen) (poison counteracts Aillen's sleep spell, keeps poison user awake) (Aisha Qandicha) metal (Al) garlic, metal, onions, prayers, charms (Al Ana) (Wikipedia has complex descriptions of rituals to ward them off) (Ala - Ale) can be defeated by dragons or eagles (Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) Visible to Six Toed-Six Fingered People; House Shakes When they enter in human form (Ala - Ale) (Regional Version) herbs collected in levees and in places on a field where plows turn during plowing, both considered unclean because ala visit them (Ala - Ale) multiple supernatural entities bring hail and rain torrents, so since cause is unclear, custom is to bring large selection of antidotes: to bring a table in front of the house, and to put bread, salt, a knife with a black sheath, and an axe with its edge directed skywards on the table. By another custom, a fireplace trivet with its legs directed skywards, knives, forks, and the stub of the Slava candle were put on the table. (Alal) amulets (Alcyoneus) immortal as long as in his native land (Alp) lead amulet; sign of cross on diaper to stop mischief

Weird Weakness (broomstick under pillow, iron horseshoes hung from the bedpost, placing shoes against the bed with the toes pointing toward the door, or placing a mirror on the chest)

Weird Weakness (must fulfill favour if asked, even impossible favours)

Weird Weakness (plug holes, including keyholes om a room, sealing it --> preventative measure, if done with alp in the room it locks the alp in, as they can only leave through the opening they entered from)

Weird Weakness (keep light on at night)

Weird Weakness (lemon shoved in alp's mouth if alp is caught resting immobilizes or weakens alp) (Amalanhig) they have a stiff body, can only walk in straight lines, so you can run in zigzag direction (Amalanhigs can only run straight due to stiff body) (Amalanhig) if you climb trees or high platforms (Amalanhig) you run into lakes and rivers, amalanhigs fear deep bodies of water (Amaru) can be trapped by storms (Amaymon) consecrated silver ring protects against this poison breath; shows of politeness keeps this demon pleasant (Amazake-babaa) avoids cedar branch (Amazake banbā on the Amazake-babaa page) sign by the door that says "we do not like sake or amazake" (Amemasu) Cold, Clammy Skin in human form, like a fish (Amemasu) can be killed from within (Amikuk) in human form pulls sled across ice, always in straight line (Amikuk) in human form Sit down with back to creature, don't speak to it --> it will offer gifts of increasing value --> stay silent till it offers everything you need or everything on your mind (Binaye Ahani (Eye Killers) on Anaye page) throw salt in eyes, fire arrows from afar (Teelget on Anaye page) attack from gopher tunnel below (Tsé’nagahi on Anaye page) place knives point up in the ground as a trap, then lure it over the knives (Tsenahale on Anaye page) trick them into taking you to their nest, take babies hostage (Tsetahotsiltali on Anaye page) can be pulled off the cliff by hair (Yeitso on Anaye page) lightning bolt (Anhangá) fears fire (Anhangá) (Anhang - Anhangá (Spirit) in Mawé culture) Water (either can't swim or afraid of Sukuyu'wera the protector of waters) (Anito) powers limited by domain (forest diwata has no dominion over the sea) (Antaeus) Invincibility dependent on contact with his mother, the earth (similar weakness to Alcyoneus) (Ao Ao) palm trees have some unknown power against the Ao Ao and protect people who climb them (Ao Ao)'s children, see Ao Ao (Archura) no shadow (Ardat-lilî) a mock marriage (Ardat-lilî) Unlike gods, Mesopotamian malevolent beings are incapable of heeding prayers (Arkan sonney) explicitly does not have the power to shapeshift (can grow or shrink itself) (Asrai) Sunlight melts them into water, can't live on land; fear light (in oldest account by Robert Williams Buchanan) (Astomi) die from strong, unpleasant smell (Augerino) requires dry environment to survive and thus bores holes in dams and irrigation ditches to drain the water (Axehandle hound) dislikes axe handles from red oak (Azukibabaa) holding your thumb will calm you when Azukibabaa sings her disturbing song (Aufhocker) church bells; sunlight; Victim makes it home before dying (Aufhocker) Tear out throats (telltale sign that the culprit is an Aufhocker) (Aswang)

Strange Weakness - power greatly reduced (or totally reduced) during the day

Strange Weakness - averse to noises

Strange Weakness - Holy objects, spices, salt, ash, the tail of a sting-ray, large crustaceans, vinegar, betel nut chew, and urine

Strange Weakness - reverse a ladder leading to the house

Strange Weakness - husband of child-bearing wife remains under the house naked while furiously waving a sword

Strange Weakness - anti-aswang oil (for details search the term)

Strange Weakness - try to dodge blessings during mass

Strange Weakness - witch aswang weak at middle of their back, because they can't reach it with their tongue to lick the wound and heal it

Strange Weakness - see Influences in contemporary society

Weakness - Sharp sticks or bolos inserted between bamboos of house floor

Weakness - stay quiet (don't groan from sicknesses)

Weakness - sick people shouldn't stay in houses with holes

Giveaway - scratching noises from the ceiling

Giveaway - pig with no tail (Aswang) subtype Witch

Giveaway - Eyes reflect images upside down

Giveaway - Elongated Irises

Behaviour

(Aitvaras) steal gold and grain; share stolen goods with family (Ala - Ale) (Regional Version)"drink the crops" i.e. seize the crops of a village and transport them to another place in their huge ears, thereby making some villages poor, and others rich (Amalanhig) Tickle Victim to Death (victim dies both of laughter and terror) (Amarok) preys on lone hunters (Ameonna) (Toriyama Sekien illustration) licking her hand (Asrai) shy (Asrai) speaks in unknown language

Time

Cyclical Appearance

(Aes Sidhe) (Ala - Ale) eves of greater holidays (night-time) (Anjana) Spring Equinox (Cŵn Annwn mentioned on Arawn page) ride through the skies in autumn, winter, and early spring (Asrai) surface once a century (account by Ruth Tongue)

Evening

(Ayakashi)

Diurnal

(Aswang) beautiful woman by day

Nocturnal

(Aigamuxa) (Akaname) (Akurojin-no-hi) rainy nights (Ala - Ale) gather at night on eves of greater holidays (Alicanto) (Aloja - Aloges) (Alp) (Alû) (Amarok) (Amazake-babaa) (Amefurikozō) rainy nights (Anchanchu) (Aosaginohi) (Ashi-magari) (Ashinaga-tenaga) (Asrai) full moon (Axehandle hound) (Aswang) Subtype: Manananggal disembodied head (by night) (Aswang) subtype: Bloodsucking Woman (example Mandurugo) (Aswang) subtype: Weredog (not always dog) nocturnal transformation into creature

Time (Mythic Events)

(Amazons) war on the titans alongside Dionysus (Amazons) - (Attic War (Event)) (Amazons) military expeditions (to Scythia, Thrace, Asia Minor, Aegea) (Amycus) Event - Centauromachy (Anqa) appears once in ages (Ato-sees) Of the Ancient Age (similar to Dreaming, when humans and animals were equal) (Awes-kon-wa) Present Age (when humans and animals are entirely separate) (Azeban) Of the Ancient Age (similar to Dreaming, when humans and animals were equal (Azovka) (some accounts) a queen left by the "Old People" to guard treasure

Time (Century)

6th Century BC

(Amazons) IRL Russian town of Voronetz archaeological find: several generations of Scythian warrior women buried with golden headpieces

5th Century BC

(Agathodaemon)

4th Century BC

(Amazons) NOT THEIR TIME, this is the time period when a lot of doubt is sowed as to their existence, such as Palaephatus

2nd Century BC

(Amazons) Marcus Justinius claims Amazons cut off one of their breasts

1st Century BC

(Albruna)

5th Century

(Alpos)

8th Century

(Akuma)

11th Century

(Alp)

12th Century

(Alukah) (Azovka) (some accounts): cursed Tatar princess, banished to the mountain; (some accounts) enchanted girl stolen by the Tatars (Tatars came to Europe in the Mongol invasions, which I think is roughly in the 12th century?? I need to brush up on my history knowledge.)

15th Century

(Afanc)

19th century

(Asrai) modern 19th century invention

20th Century

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Marizhel could step aside, let others have their moment. Let them die as Mala's flame green brighter and brighter. It was the smart thing to do. His daughters wouldn't understand, Mala wasn't cruel in the ways Thurr was.

But his own magic burned in his veins, vibrant and so so angry.

Forgive me my love. I - I'm sorry I couldn't choose the right path for you.

He lunged, shifting as he lunged at her. As his teeth closed around her throat and pulled. No more elate out of touch Aes Sidhe, this movement was for the people - was to take back their home.

He sipped he'd given his soul to this before he'd met Sarai. Maybe she'd understand, maybe the time they had was enough. He wouldn't survive this fight anyway.

He was sorry for this but he had to do something. He couldn't - he couldn't stand by and watch any longer.

Green eyes were wide as terror and fear flew through her, her lips parted in horror at the sight as she watched her own mate pull from her. Watched as her mate engulfed the life of her mother, as he seemed to throw everything away in that second.

Tears ran down her cheek, his message played in her mind. These were not tears for her mother, her mother who had pushed and prodded her onto a path she was not happy way, but for the loss of a mate and future.

Marizhel was throwing it all away. He was sacrificing it all for his cause, one she knew as they had spoken about it in depth but he had no fully shared everything. How could she hate him or condemn him for doing what was right, what he believed was right?

Her heart shattered through.

"Mama." Hallarial was at her side as the chaos began to erupt around them.

Their children. Eliza and Estrella already had their younger sisters at hand, Emelin was on guard watching the chaos unfold before them.

"We need to go." Sarai's voice broke when she said it, turning away from the last time she would see her mate. "We need to leave, now. Before they turn on us, we need to get to safety."

[starlsssankt]

ANSWERED ASK ::

Sebastian clawed away from the rogue witches, the flameroot in his blood stopping his magic, stopping him from feeling Natalia. He fell to his knees in the snow. He looked to Aleksander, eyes narrowing.

"Are these yours son?"

He dragged himself to his feet, lunging for one of Aleksander's men. A killer based on the colors - he stabbed his fingers in his eyes. He followed him to the ground, taking his blade and snapping his neck in one fluid movement.

Without his magic he felt on his training, on the moves he learned in the fighting pit - Aes Sidhe, Kaden fought without honor. He stepped back away from the others. He focused on Aleksander.

"Did you know they drugged me?"

@siderealxmelody

He wanted to let the power lash out against every living thing in this world. Wanted to rip it all away, burn it all to ash. Leave nothing but dust and emptiness and utter darkness, a complete void, behind because no one in this realm deserved a moment's breath, a moment of life--

Aleksander said nothing as he stalked closer, darkness twisting around him. Snow crunched under his boots as each heavy footfall brought him closer to where his father fought. To where the violence had erupted and a few had fallen.

Pity, he thought, but Aleksander also could not find it in him to care that much.

Not about any of them.

Not like he should.

❝ And? ❞ Aleksander shrugged, looking at the older male as if his father spoke something that should concern him. That should mean anything of importance to him. The lands were falling to him, to his forces.

One by one by one...

He'd cover the world in the darkness it deserved, destroy all of it, for what they had done.

It was all that the realm deserved.

❝ You obviously have not died. The drug isn't fatal. ❞

[lolt64]

Hey yeah I'm still at der Elbenkonig's birthday shindig. Yeah still going. Aes sidhe party craazy… Uhh I think six months, technically 23 weeks, but yeah. We've gone on like 10 Wild Hunts it's crazy. If you see a black dog you better go inside lol. Get inside

[afledglings-guideto-witchcraft]

If it's not too much trouble, what do you think of how both of these games portray fairies and changelings: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/ChangelingTheDreaming https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost

The Fae have a long history with different cultures having different views on what exactly the creatures are. In some places, they are known as banshees, pixies, aes sidhe, elves, dwarfs, trolls, gnomes, and brownies. Depending on the area and what culture is there, you'll find different stories and different views on what fairies are.

The Fae Part One

The Fae Part Two

Fae Gift or Deity

[sabraeal]

A Fire's Light From Far Away

[Read on AO3]

Obiyukiweek 2023, Day 5: Woo

It was on four legs that Obi had run to Sereg, and it was on four that he left it, the ever-night sky bright with its new constellations. Not the ones his mistress has taught him— the hunter with his shield and sword aloft, the vain queen turned on her head, the two plows that carving Boann’s furrow through the stars. None of those hang in this night, so new that the air still smells of smoke and steel, beeswax and lethe but a fading memory.

But his hound nose scents it still, strong enough that he could follow it around in circles, spiraling closer and closer to where the enemy of his master’s master laid broken on the castle floor, cursing the day that the Wisteria line dropped from its branch. He’ll be taken soon, away from this knowe that only savors faintly of honey and deep into one steeped in it, forced to submit to a punishment fitting his crimes. What His Majesty will see fit to inflict him, only the gods can say; the aes sidhe are hard to kill as a rule, and the daoine harder still, but to revolt against a liege like this, against the high king himself—

Ah, well. It’s a good thing it’s not him who must swing that axe. Or pluck the bough from the rowan tree or whatever else kind of torture these half-gods can devise. No, his only duty is to his mistress, and it is to her that he races beneath this strange sky.

Beneath his fur, the wound itches. A four inch gouge torn into his side, not by iron or steel but by tooth alone. A glancing blow from a grinning mouth, a message writ deep in his skin. A man more mortal than he would not have weathered well, but copper had flooded his mouth and knit it true, and a few weeks care and rest had seen it healed, better than new. Save for the scar, of course, but he had not just been teasing when he told Sir that lasses loved a man with a little character carved into him.

Most did, at least. His mistress…well, she’d like the way it healed more.

*

What took days on the journey to takes mere hours from. The knowe’s shadows no longer resist his call, folding over his fur like a well-missed blanket. Sereg is no small domain, but with the blessing of his master and the surety of the shadows beneath his feet, Obi crosses it with no more trouble than a sleeping child draws breath.

He only slows when he feels that first tug of the veil on his fur, tendrils of awareness curling itself deep. Miss always shivers at this stage, telling him it’s spiderwebs against her skin, but to him— to him it is a caress, a promise. A seductive song that makes his magic sing, even as his geasa squeeze tight.

It’s then that he shifts, pelt ripping along his spine, ebbing up his legs in great, heaving waves until arms and flesh are bared. There’s no pain, not to return to himself, but iron and copper floods his mouth, so thick he has to spit to dull the taste. Obi rises from his crouch, brushing the last bit of wiry fur from his trousers. There’s miles left to go, ones crossed better with four legs rather than two, but well—

Obi takes his first step and nearly tumbles into the scattering leaves below him. Haah, it’d been a long while since he’d walked the earth in man’s shape. If he was going to see his mistress, better to practice, to look like he’d been a man more often than monster these past few weeks. He’d hate to slip in front of her, to show her just what sort of beast he could become if the right hand tugged on his lead.

She’s take Master to task, for one. It brings a wolfish grin to his lips, imagining the wag of her finger, the flush on her cheeks. What a lark it would be to see his cunning girl stand before an aes sidhe and accuse him of misusing his most versatile tool, his most loyal hound.

Or it would be, before she’d turn all that fire on him, each of her words rattling the chains lashed across his body, delivering their delicious sting. The air may be cold, but oh, a warmth flushes beneath his skin, stirring parts of him best left slumbering.

Haah, and that would be before she saw the scar. Oh, how the skin between her brows would pucker and furrow, the soft touch of her fingers tracing along the straight slash across his abdomen—

His muscles there tense with delicious anticipation, heart fluttering beneath the cage of his ribs. Only a few more miles now, he knows, tucking his hands deep into the pockets of his coat. His chin lifts, eyes tracing the shimmering cowpath across the heavens. Soon, soon.

With the shine of familiar stars washing over him, Obi turns, setting himself on the path he’s always been meant to walk. To the road that will bring him to his miss.

*

“Ho there!” A squat palm raises in greeting as the gates swing open, a squatter man following behind it, a bulldog made from human parts. “Is that our Good Neighbor’s best hound trotting home?”

“Careful there, Jirou,” Obi warns as the man ambles out to meet him. “There’s no hand holding this lead. You’re liable to get bitten if you play too rough.”

“Aye, aye, I know well enough.” With a fonder smile than a beast like him deserves, one of those broad hands claps his back, warmth burning through even the heft of his jacket. “It’s good to see you, boy. You’ve been well-missed around these parts.”

His tongue tangles around the taunt he’d meant to sling from it. “Ah, me?”

Jirou squeezes his shoulder, falling into step beside him. “Aye, you, lad. Thought Hiro might well pass away from the pining. Be glad the younger lot took the third watch tonight, otherwise you’d have no hope of getting to your bed before morning.”

Ah, but it not not his bed he longs to see, not when the embers smoldering in his chest flare to flames, burning with the same intensity they have since Miss fasted their hands at dawn’s first light and drew his oath from him, since she swore with all the power in her bones, you are mine. She’s here, somewhere, among the market’s press, and he—

“All right then,” Jirou chuckles. “I can see well enough that I won’t be getting a good word from ye until it’s done. Hie ye back to your mistress then, I trust ye remember the way?”

A laugh scrapes up from the depths of his chest, singed by the blaze within. “The hills could take my eyes and ears both, and I could still find my way to her.”

The guardsman may roll his eyes, may sigh like he’s a man lost, but his mouth twitches all the say. “You young men. Of with ye already, and spare me from the embarrassment of ye lovemaking.”

There’s a protest in him, a denial worn to its familiar shape, but there’s no patience left in him to still his feet long enough to give it. Not when that fire in him burns with so singular a purpose, not just a hazy glow at his edges, as it should be, but something that reaches out to him even as he reaches toward it, a different beast entirely—

He has only a moment to ponder it, to wonder at this new shape before it pulls his attention up the road, right to where the path draws to a small crest, and atop it— ah, he would know that color red anywhere, that taste of apples that washes over his tongue, spice making his nose sting. His hand rises with his heart to great her—

“Stay there!” His muscles clamp before his ears catch the command, rooting him to the spot. Oh, how sweet it is to be stung by her in this way, for his blood to rush and bring pleasure rolling over him, head to toe. He couldn’t move even if he wanted to, but haah, with his veins humming like this, he could hardly care.

At least until he realizes how complete the command is, how easily he submitted to it— too much, even for the pleasure of it. As if the compulsion had grown stronger in his absence, as if his body missed having her will hold him. As if something had changed.

It’s not until he sees how she runs, breathless and wild, that he realizes: perhaps it isn’t him who has.

Her hands clasp around his forearms, so hard he’s surprised his bones don’t creak from the pressure. She might even leave a mark, and ah, that’s best not thought about when he can feel her heat burning through his sleeves, when she’s so close that the scent of her magic clogs his nose. It doesn’t so much brush over him as swallow whole, enveloping him as firmly as she once had. Years ago now, back when His Majesty had first sent her to Lyrias, but it seems his body has not forgotten the feel.

And yet the physical distance remains. Already this is too close; copper must flood her mouth to touch him so, a bite so bitter most flinch, but not his miss. No, she just stares at him as if she wishes she could close this space between them, as if she were a woman lost and left to thirst, and he her first glimpse of water.

“You can be at ease, my lady.” It’s too breathless for his liking, but he cannot bear to raise his voice, cannot dare to find the strength. “Your sweet prince is tucked back in his knowe, safe and sound. The Lady Kiki and Sir as well.”

He might have slapped her for how she flinches, jaw slack as her sense comes back to her. “Oh, Zen…? I…ah, good. That’s…good to hear.”

Her grip eases, though it does not remove itself. No, instead her thumbs rub where they lay against his arm’s soft underbelly, tickling the skin at his wrists.

“Miss,” he breathes, confusion turning to mist between them. “It’s late. You should be abed.”

“I couldn’t…” Her lips press together as she looks up at him, just as lost as he. “I couldn’t sleep. Not when you were coming home.”

“How did you know that I would be…?” He shakes his head. “Did Sereg send word?”

“No.” Her brow furrows so sweetly his lips tingle. “I just…knew.”

His ribbon weaves through her hair, his awareness of it throbbing with the beat of his heart. She just knew. The way he’d just known in Tanbarun, her presence so bright and obvious the moment he’d fallen through Umihebi’s knowe.

Miss sits back on her heels, staring up into his eyes with an intensity that commands him as thoroughly as he words ever have. “Welcome home, Obi.”

The warmth that floods him is nothing like her sting. His breath catches, eyes blowing wide.

“Oh!” Her gaze drops to where she holds him, hands slipping from where they rest. “Sorry, I—”

“Miss,” he manages, but there’s no words that can convey the joy that pulses through him, no action that can dispel this lightning in his body save lifting her in his arms. He spins her, giddy, laughter flinging from his lungs with abandon, and—

“Ah!” And, yikes, that’s more than a sting. “That’s a lot of pain.”

“Obi.” She struggles against him until he sets her down, but then she does not flee, oh no, she bends closer, gloves probing at his side. “Did you—?”

“Ah, Miss, just a little flesh wound.” He waves a hand. “Nothing to worry yourself about. Didn’t even tear a stitch.”

“Stitches?” Her mouth pulls into a thin line. “I think I’ll be the judge of that.”

“Now, now.” His head fly up, placating. “There’s no sheep gut still strung through me! I promise I took good care of it. Let them sew it up real nice an everything.”

“Hm.” She’s hardly convinced. “Take off your shirt.”

It’s a concerted force of will to keep his hands off his jacket, but he fights it, if only to tease, “My lady, your wish is ever my command, but surely you don’t mean to ravage me in the marketplace.”

Her gaze rakes up him like nails on flesh, and ah, maybe she does.

“Fine, keep it on until we get to the exam room,” she tells him, a small smile on her lips. “Then we’ll see just how well you’ve behaved.”

“Oh, Miss,” he hums, following after her. “I’m sure you’ll find I’ve only been the best boy.”

[siderealxmelody]

Forever War Verse Realms

I thought I'd make an actual organized list of the different realms in this verse and their inhabitants. Realms can be seen as worlds or they be seen as different countries within one world depending on what each partner wants!!

Vanaheim

Inhabitants: Asteri

Description: The home of the Asteri, who feed on magic. It is a realm of splendor and decay, where the remnants of a cataclysmic civil war still linger. Those who still linger here are just getting by or scheming to rise above the poverty they've found themselves in.

Helheim

Inhabitants: Valg

Description: A dark and foreboding realm where the Valg feed on emotions and manipulate memories. It is a place of shadows and secrets, filled with spies and assassins.

Alfheim

Inhabitants: Fae & Aes Sidhe

Description: A realm of natural beauty and magic, where all Fae have animal forms. Primals, who can shift into dragons, protect all Fae-kind. The political landscape is intricate, filled with intrigue and subterfuge.

Nidavellir

Inhabitants: Mages and Witches

Description: A land rich in arcane knowledge and raw magical power. It is divided into the Orders of Vitaemancy, Elementomancy, and Fabrimancy for mages. Witches practice soulcraft engage in sacrificial blood magic. It is a place of learning, inherent magic, and sacrifice.

@luxmaeastra

@starlsssankt

@sankta-alina-s

@musings-of-an-antari (Asteri = Daglan)