The Kukudh (Albanian definite form: Kukudhi) is an undead creature in Albanian mythology.
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Kroni (Demon)
Kroni (Tamil: குறோணி) is a figure in Ayyavazhi mythology. He is the primordial manifestation of evil, and manifests in various forms of evil, such as Ravana and Duryodhana, in different ages or yugas. To counteract…
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İye (Demon)
İye (sometimes İne or Eğe; Chuvash: Ийӗ, İyĕ; Tatar: Ия, İyä; Yakut: Иччи, İççi; Turkmen: Eýe, Эе; Tuvan: Ээ, Ee; Uzbek: Ega, Эга; Ottoman Turkish: اي or ٳي; Russian: Ийе, Ije) is a spirit in…
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Ifrit (Demon)
Ifrit, also spelled as efreet and afrit (Arabic: ʻIfrīt: عفريت, pl ʻAfārīt: عفاريت), is a powerful type of demon in Islamic mythology. The afarit are often associated with the underworld and also identified with the…
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Erlik
Erlik, Erlig, or Erlik Khan, (in Hungarian mythology equivalent to Ördög) is the god of death and Tamag (hell) in Turkic mythology. FeaturesAccording to Siberian mythology, Erlik was the first creation of Ülgen/Ulgan, the creator…
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Dev – (Demons)
Dev (or div) are monstrous creatures in Iranian, Armenian, Turkic and Albanian mythology, comparable to fiends or ogres. They consist of a body similar to a human, but giant, with two horns, relishing human flesh,…
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Leshy
The Leshy (also Leshi; Russian: леший, IPA: [ˈlʲeʂɨj]; literally, “[he] from the forest”, Polish: boruta, borowy, leśnik, leśniczy, lasowik, leszy) is a tutelary deity of the forests in Slavic mythology. The plural form in Russian…
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Apaosha
Apaosha (Apaoša, Apauša) is the Avestan language name of Zoroastrianism’s demon of drought. He is the epitomized antithesis of Tishtrya, divinity of the star Sirius and guardian of rainfall. In Zoroastrian tradition, Apaosha appears as…
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Anqa
Anqa (Arabic: عَنْقَاء, romanized: ʿanqāʾ), also spelled ‘Anqa’, Angha (Persian: عنقا) or Anka, or Anqa Mughrib or Anqa al-Mughrib (Arabic: العَنْقَاء المُغْرِب) is a large mysterious or fabulous female bird in Arabian mythology. She is…
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Agrat bat Mahlat
Agrat bat Mahlat (אגרת בת מחלת) is a demon in Jewish mythology.
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