Abdiel
The solitary seraph who refuses the rebellion and returns through hostile scorn.
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The youthful god associated with the enchanted palace of the Boyne.
Celtic fairy traditions
Ama-terasu
The Sun Goddess whose presence illuminates the world in Davis's retelling of Japanese mythology.
Japanese mythology, Davis retelling
Antaeus, Bearer of the Travellers
The unfettered giant who lowers Dante and Virgil toward Cocytus.
Dante, Inferno
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 religion
Baital
The corpse-animating, storytelling spirit who tests King Vikram in Burton's adaptation of the Baital tales.
Indian tale tradition, Burton adaptation
SourceBaku
The composite creature called upon to consume an evil dream.
Japanese legends, Davis retellingSourceBalarama
Krishna’s brother, associated in the collection with the serpent Shesha.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceBanshee
A warning woman associated with family, mourning, and the dead.
Celtic fairy traditions
Barbariccia Leads the Hooked Escort
The captain who restrains his own violent company long enough for questioning.
Dante, Inferno
SourceBeelzebub in Paradise Lost
The senior fallen counsellor who presents the scheme against the human world.
John Milton, Paradise LostSourceBelial in Paradise Lost
The persuasive speaker whose graceful counsel disguises indolence.
John Milton, Paradise LostSourceBendigeid Vran
The giant king who becomes a bridge for his army and leaves a protective head behind.
The Mabinogion, Guest’s 1877 editionSourceBennu
Solar heron whose identification with the Greek phoenix is questioned.
Egyptian funerary religionSourceBenten
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 traditionsSourceBirds of Rhiannon
Three birds whose song holds the surviving companions of Branwen’s story in an enchanted interval.
Welsh folklore, Wirt SikesSourceBlodeuwedd
The woman made from flowers who becomes an owl after conspiring against Llew.
The Mabinogion, Guest’s 1877 edition
SourceBoston’s Angel in America
A guardian figure rejects obedience, tears away his robe and sceptre, and draws the other thirteen Angels into a collective refusal.
William Blake’s illuminated mythology in America: A ProphecySourceBrahma
The creative aspect of the divine, distinct in the collection from the absolute Brahman.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceBucca
A Cornish power that the survey distinguishes from ordinary fairies.
Celtic fairy traditionsSourceBwbach
A household goblin who helps with work but can torment an unwelcome guest.
Welsh folklore, Wirt SikesSourceCastell Coch’s Eagle Guardians
Two great eagles guarding an iron chest beneath the castle in a treasure legend.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Cerberus in the Third Circle
The three-throated guardian among the gluttonous souls beneath ceaseless cold rain.
Dante, Inferno
Chaos in Paradise Lost
The ruler of the unformed abyss who welcomes ruin as a recovery of lost territory.
John Milton, Paradise Lost
Charon, Dante’s Ferryman
The fiery-eyed boatman who gathers the dead at Acheron and objects to Dante’s living presence.
Dante, Inferno
Chiron among the Armed Centaurs
The centaur who notices the physical evidence that Dante is alive.
Dante, InfernoSourceCoblynau
Mine fairies whose knocking is said to reveal rich veins of ore.
Welsh folklore, Wirt SikesSourceCornish Piskies
Fairy people whose presence is negotiated around Cornish homes and moors.
Celtic fairy traditionsSourceCŵn Annwn
Otherworld hounds whose cries can foretell a funeral route.
Welsh folklore, Wirt SikesSourceCyhyraeth
An unseen groaning spirit whose threefold cry is heard before death.
Welsh folklore, Wirt SikesSourceDagda
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
Death in Paradise Lost
The crowned shadow guarding Hell, whose appetite turns towards the human world.
John Milton, Paradise Lost
SourceDevas in Theosophy
A higher evolutionary kingdom whose forms extend beyond the astral plane.
Theosophical astral cosmologySourceDipankara
The earlier Buddha who recognises Sumedha’s resolve and foretells his awakening.
Buddhist traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
Dragon King of Lake Biwa
The ruler beneath Lake Biwa who seeks Hidesato's protection against a centipede in Davis's tale.
Japanese heroic legend, Davis retelling
Dragon of the Golden Lotus
The formidable speaker who exchanges wisdom with the Buddha in Davis's Golden Lotus legend.
Buddhist legend, Davis retelling
Earth as Nurse in Atalanta Fugiens
The globe-bodied nursing figure in Maier’s second emblem personifies earth as a source of nourishment.
Michael Maier’s Atalanta Fugiens (1618)SourceEbisu
The fishing figure whom Davis places beside Daikoku among the Gods of Luck.
Japanese legends, Davis retellingSourceElfin Milk-White Cow
An otherworldly cow whose abundance ends when people try to kill her.
Welsh folklore, Wirt SikesSourceEllylldan
The luring elf-fire that draws a wanderer into marshy ground.
Welsh folklore, Wirt SikesSourceEllyllon
Small woodland elves associated with hollows, fairy food and flowers.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Ephialtes in Chains
The rebellious giant whose immense strength is confined by a repeated chain.
Dante, InfernoSourceÉtaín
Sidhe woman reborn as a mortal princess without her former memories.
Celtic fairy traditionsSourceFad Felen
A golden-featured monster that Sikes reads as a legendary image of plague.
Welsh folklore, Wirt SikesSourceFenodyree
The Manx helper whose farm work ends when clothes are offered.
Celtic fairy traditions
SourceFortune, Minister of Worldly Change
Virgil’s account of the appointed power that distributes changing earthly advantages.
Dante, InfernoSourceFour Devarajas
Four elemental regents in Leadbeater’s system, associated with the cardinal directions and distinguished from rulers of the deva kingdom.
Theosophical astral cosmologySourceGabriel in Paradise Lost
The guardian who organises the night watch around Eden.
John Milton, Paradise LostSourceGanesha
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 CoomaraswamySourceGast Rhymhi
A princess living in wolf form with two cubs before her restoration in an Arthurian tale.
Welsh folklore, Wirt SikesSourceGautama Buddha
The awakened teacher whose search begins with the problem of suffering.
Buddhist traditions, Nivedita and CoomaraswamySourceGeb
Earth god named Keb in the scanned funerary account.
Egyptian funerary religion
Geryon, the Image of Fraud
A reassuring human face joined to a dangerous composite body at the descent into fraud.
Dante, Inferno
Ghosts of the Taira
The ghostly warriors who rise from the sea before Yoshitsune and Benkei in Davis's legend.
Japanese heroic legend, Davis retelling
Goblin of Oyeyama
The mountain goblin king defeated by Raiko and his companions in Davis's account.
Japanese heroic legend, Davis retellingSourceGoblin Spider
The disguised visitor whose webs and hidden influence afflict Raiko in one of Davis's spider legends.
Japanese heroic legend, Davis retellingSourceGuardian Angels
Protective presences in Leadbeater’s system, explained through loving thought, help from people, or occasional intervention by devas.
Theosophical astral cosmologySourceGwrach y Rhibyn
A winged apparition whose terrible call names the person expected to die.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Gwragedd Annwn
Women of the lake realm, whose encounters with humans can cross the boundary of Annwn.
Welsh folklore, Wirt SikesSourceGwyllgi
The Dog of Darkness, a huge mastiff apparition with fiery red eyes.
Welsh folklore, Wirt SikesSourceGwyllion
Mountain fairies who mislead travellers on lonely roads.
Welsh folklore, Wirt SikesSourceGwyn 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.
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