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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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Neptune
Neptune, Roman god of the sea, earthquakes and horses
Neptune is the Roman god of the sea, earthquakes and horses, equivalent to the Greek Poseidon.
Egeria
Egeria, nymph of the springs of the sacred grove of Aricia and counselor of Diana Nemorensis
Roman nymph of the springs of the grove of Aricia by Lake Nemi, counselor of Diana and divine wife of Numa Pompilius.
Mars
Mars, the Roman god of war, agriculture, and fertility
Mars, the Roman god of war, agriculture and fertility, equivalent to the Greek Ares but a protective patron of Rome and father of Romulus and Remus.
Minerva
Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom, strategic war and the arts
Minerva is the Roman goddess of wisdom, strategic war, the arts and crafts.
Juno
Juno, Roman goddess of marriage, the state and the protection of women
Juno is the supreme Roman goddess of marriage, the state and the protection of women.
Jupiter
Sky Father, guarantor of the Roman oath
King of the Roman gods. His name is an invocation, and Rome swore upon his flint.
Strix
The blood-sucking bird of ancient Rome
Night bird that tears infants in the cradle; from its name come the strega and the strigoi.
Mercury
Mercury, Roman god of commerce, travelers, thieves and eloquence
Mercury is the Roman god of commerce, travelers, thieves and eloquence, identified with the Greek Hermes and the Etruscan Turms.
Pluto
Pluto, Roman god of the underworld and lord of subterranean riches
Pluto is the Roman god of the underworld, equivalent to the Greek Hades, lord of the dead and subterranean riches.
Diana
Diana, Roman goddess of hunting, the moon, nature and childbirth
Diana is the Roman goddess of hunting, the moon, nature and childbirth.
Bacchus
Bacchus, Roman god of wine, identified with Liber Pater
The Greek Bakchos fused with Liber Pater, the Italic god of the vine, the seed and plebeian liberty.
Virbius
Virbius, numen of Diana's sacred grove in Aricia
Virbius is the numen of the Nemi grove and guardian of Diana Nemorensis, identified with the resurrected Hippolytus.
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