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Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.
Ghaddฤr
Yemeni jinn who tortures desert travelers
Ghaddฤr ambushes lone travelers in the deserts of Yemen and the Hejaz, captures, tortures and leaves them to die; cousin of the ghลซl and siสฟlฤ.
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Anubis
God of mummification
He embalmed Osiris and weighs the dead man's heart against the feather of Maat.
Sobek
Sobek, god of the Nile, fertility and protection in Egyptian mythology
Sobek is the Egyptian god of the Nile, fertility and protection, represented as a crocodile or a man with a crocodile head.
Nephthys
Nephthys, Egyptian funerary goddess, sister of Isis, wife of Set and mother of Anubis
Nephthys is the Egyptian funerary goddess, sister of Isis, wife of Set and mother of Anubis.
Thoth
Thoth, Egyptian god of writing and the moon
Ibis-headed god of writing and the moon: he invented hieroglyphs and records the verdict of the scales.
Set
Set, god of chaos, storm and violence in Egyptian mythology
Set is the Egyptian god of chaos, storm, desert and violence.
Ra
Ra, Egyptian god of the sun, creator of the world and father of the gods
Ra is the Egyptian god of the sun, creator of the world and father of the gods.
Osiris, Lord of the Afterlife
Lord of the Duat, with an incomplete body
Osiris after the dismemberment. He presides the weighing of the heart without touching the scales.
Apophis
Apophis, the great serpent of chaos in Egyptian mythology
Apophis is the serpent of chaos that each night tries to devour Ra's solar boat.
Isis
The Great in Magic
She gathered the pieces of her murdered husband and gave him life just long enough to conceive his avenger.
Sekhmet
Sekhmet, Egyptian goddess of war, vengeance and healing
Egyptian goddess of war, vengeance and healing, depicted as a lioness or woman with a lioness head.
Ammit
Ammit, the Devourer of the Dead in Egyptian mythology
Ammit devours the deceased's heart if it weighs more than Maat's feather.
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