SourceAengus Óg
The youthful god associated with the enchanted palace of the Boyne.
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Ama-terasu
The Sun Goddess whose presence illuminates the world in Davis's retelling of Japanese mythology.
Japanese mythology, Davis retelling
SourceAnubis
Guardian of the mummy and guide into the judgment hall.
Egyptian funerary religion
SourceArawn
The crowned king of Annwn whose white hounds meet Pwyll in the forest.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
SourceArawn
The king of Annwvyn who exchanges kingdoms and appearances with Pwyll.
The Mabinogion, Guest’s 1877 edition
SourceAshvins
The twin divine physicians whose gift of youth earns a place in the gods’ offerings.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceAtum
The self-emerging creator called Tum by Tirard, rising from primordial water in the Heliopolitan creation account.
Egyptian funerary religionSourceBalarama
Krishna’s brother, associated in the collection with the serpent Shesha.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
SourceBenten
A figure associated with love, beauty, eloquence and island shrines in Davis.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
SourceBes
Egyptian protective figure associated with merriment, children, and renewed youth.
Historical talisman traditionsSourceBrahma
The creative aspect of the divine, distinct in the collection from the absolute Brahman.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceDagda
Divine king who assigns the Sidhe palaces and negotiates with conquerors.
Celtic fairy traditionsSourceDaikoku
The wealth-bringing figure with a mallet, rice bales and a precious bag.
Japanese legends, Davis retellingSourceDana
The goddess whose name defines the Tuatha Dé Danann in Evans-Wentz’s survey.
Celtic fairy traditions
SourceDevas in Theosophy
A higher evolutionary kingdom whose forms extend beyond the astral plane.
Theosophical astral cosmologySourceEbisu
The fishing figure whom Davis places beside Daikoku among the Gods of Luck.
Japanese legends, Davis retellingSourceÉtaín
Sidhe woman reborn as a mortal princess without her former memories.
Celtic fairy traditionsSourceFour Devarajas
Four elemental regents in Leadbeater’s system, associated with the cardinal directions and distinguished from rulers of the deva kingdom.
Theosophical astral cosmologySourceGanesha
The elephant-headed figure of success, wisdom and the removal of obstacles.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
Ganga
The heavenly river whose descent joins ancestral restoration to Shiva’s restraint.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
Garuda
Vishnu’s great bird mount and the feared opponent of serpents.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceGeb
Earth god named Keb in the scanned funerary account.
Egyptian funerary religionSourceGwyn ap Nudd
The fairy king who rules a splendid court and the shadow realm of Annwn.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Hanuman
The wind-born monkey hero who crosses the sea as Rama’s envoy.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceHathor
Goddess associated with sustenance and a varying divine company.
Egyptian funerary religionSourceHorus
Avenger of Osiris and restorer of the dead person’s powers.
Egyptian funerary religionSourceHotei
The laughing, contented figure whose bag also becomes a place for children.
Japanese legends, Davis retellingSourceInari in Davis's Fox Legends
The deity whom Davis connects with rice, fox traditions and ambiguous rewards in his fox-legends chapter.
Japanese fox legends, Davis accountSourceIsis
The protective mother and mourner who searches for Osiris’s scattered body and appeals for the healing of Horus.
Egyptian funerary religion
Kali
A form of Devi within the collection’s account of the divine feminine power.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceKamadeva
The god of desire whose attempt to rouse Shiva ends in a bodiless existence.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
Krishna
The divine child of the cowherd world and the teacher who addresses Arjuna’s crisis.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceKumara
The young war god born to bring the gods victory over Taraka.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceLakshmana
Rama’s devoted brother, whose loyalty can take a fiercer form than Rama’s restraint.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceLucky Tree-God
A tree deity who offers to suffer in pieces so that nearby trees will survive.
Buddhist traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceLugh
Long-handed divine figure linked with Cuchulainn’s birth.
Celtic fairy traditions
Mana-Yood-Sushai
The sleeping maker of the gods in Lord Dunsany’s mythology of Pegāna.
Lord Dunsany, The Gods of Pegāna (1911 illustrated edition)SourceManannán mac Lir
Sea-associated ruler and guide to the Land of Promise.
Celtic fairy traditionsSourceManasa Devi
The serpent goddess whose struggle for recognition centres on a resistant merchant.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceMidir
Otherworld king whose reunion with Étaín crosses mortal memory.
Celtic fairy traditionsSourceMorrígan
A war goddess in the survey’s account of the Badb.
Celtic fairy traditionsSourceNephthys
Sisterly mourner and guardian of Osiris’s restored body.
Egyptian funerary religionSourceNut
Starry sky goddess and protective presence over the dead.
Egyptian funerary religionSourceOsiris
Slain king, restored father, and judge of the Egyptian dead.
Egyptian funerary religionSourceParvati
The mountain daughter whose devotion brings her into union with Shiva.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceRa
Solar god whose daily passage becomes a path for the deceased.
Egyptian funerary religion
Radha
Krishna’s beloved, whose closeness and separation shape the dance-of-love narrative.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceRaiden
The thunder figure carrying an arc of drums in Davis’s account.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
Rama
The prince of Ayodhya whose exile and return form the centre of the Ramayana.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceSaint Brigit
Christian saint interpreted as an inheritor of older Irish devotion.
Celtic fairy traditions
Sengen
The goddess associated with Fuji's summit and luminous clouds in Davis's account and Evelyn Paul's illustration.
Japanese mountain legends, Davis retellingSourceSet
Osiris’s adversary in Tirard’s funerary account, whose attacks scatter the body and injure the Eye of Horus.
Egyptian funerary religion
Shiva
The ascetic and dancer whose action embraces the creation and release of worlds.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceShu
The god who raises the sky from the earth in Tirard’s account, opening the space of the created world.
Egyptian funerary religion
Sita
Janaka’s daughter, whose captivity in Lanka becomes the centre of Rama’s search.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
Susa-no-o
The deity who defeats an eight-forked serpent and discovers a divine sword in Davis's myth cycle.
Japanese mythology, Davis retellingSourceThoth
The divine writer in Tirard’s account, assisting Isis and recording the result of the deceased’s weighing.
Egyptian funerary religionSourceTuatha Dé Danann
The divine people who continue within Ireland’s fairy hills.
Celtic fairy traditionsVishnu
The divine figure whose descent into human life makes the defeat of Ravana possible.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
Yama
The figure of Death who receives Nachiketas as a guest and responds to Savitri’s persistence.
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