Various deities, spirits, myths, demons, mythological creatures, fairies, angels and legends from around the world.
Reading Time: 4 minutes In Irish mythology, Balor (modern spelling: Balar) was the tyrant leader of the Fomorians, a group of supernatural beings. He is often described as a giant with a large eye that wreaks destruction when opened.…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Pan Twardowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpan tfarˈdɔfski]), in Polish folklore and literature, is a sorcerer who made a deal with the Devil. Pan Twardowski sold his soul in exchange for special powers – such as summoning…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Stingy Jack, perhaps also known as Jack the Smith, Drunk Jack, Flaky Jack, and Jack of the Lantern, is a mythical character apparently associated with All Hallows Eve. The “jack-o’-lantern” may be derived from the…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The eudaemon, eudaimon, or eudemon (Greek: εὐδαίμων) in Greek mythology was a type of daemon or genius (deity), which in turn was a kind of spirit. A eudaemon was regarded as a good spirit or…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The idea of the daimonic typically means quite a few things: from befitting a demon and fiendish, to be motivated by a spiritual force or genius and inspired. As a psychological term, it has come…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes An agathodaemon (Ancient Greek: ἀγαθοδαίμων agathodaímōn) or agathos daemon (Greek: ἀγαθός δαίμων agathós daímōn, lit. “noble spirit”) was a spirit (daemon) of the vineyards and grainfields in ancient Greek religion. They were personal companion spirits,…
Read More Agathodaemon Reading Time: 6 minutes Daemon is the Latin word for the Ancient Greek daimon (δαίμων: “god”, “godlike”, “power”, “fate”), which originally referred to a lesser deity or guiding spirit such as the daemons of ancient Greek religion and mythology…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes In Norse mythology, a fylgja (plural fylgjur) is a supernatural being or spirit which accompanies a person in connection to their fate or fortune.
Read More Fylgja Reading Time: < 1 minute In 1745, Paul Rolli, as part of his argument in favor of the idea of spontaneous human combustion, reprinted an account that he claimed was first published in 1613. The incident as described, if true,…
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Reading Time: < 1 minute In 1654 Thomas Bartholin [1616-1680], Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian, wrote that during the reign of Queen Bona Sforza (from 1468 to 1503), a Polish knight who had drunk two glasses of brandy died after…
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