Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Gwyllgi
The Dog of Darkness, a huge mastiff apparition with fiery red eyes.
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Names and descriptions of beings change across texts and traditions. Begin with a particular account, then follow the recorded relationships, images and stories that help explain its role.
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Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
The Dog of Darkness, a huge mastiff apparition with fiery red eyes.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
Mountain fairies who mislead travellers on lonely roads.
Welsh folklore, Wirt Sikes
The fairy king who rules a splendid court and the shadow realm of Annwn.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
The wind-born monkey hero who crosses the sea as Rama’s envoy.
Buddhist traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
The generous hare whose image Sakra places on the moon after testing his resolve.
Egyptian funerary religion
Goddess associated with sustenance and a varying divine company.
Egyptian funerary religion
Avenger of Osiris and restorer of the dead person’s powers.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
The laughing, contented figure whose bag also becomes a place for children.
Japanese fox legends, Davis account
The deity whom Davis connects with rice, fox traditions and ambiguous rewards in his fox-legends chapter.
Protection, sacred speech and the renewal of life in Egyptian religion
Explore Isis through protection, sacred speech, the stories of Osiris and Horus, Egyptian ritual and the spread of her worship around the Mediterranean.
John Milton, Paradise Lost
The searching angel whose spear reveals Satan’s true shape beside the sleeping Eve.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
The aged bird who defends Sita and dies after reporting her abduction.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
The learned courtly figure whose fox identity is revealed in Davis's Death-Stone story.
Unseen beings in Islamic teaching, interpretation and folklore
Explore jinn in Islamic teaching and folklore, their moral diversity, the debate about Iblis, Solomon’s legendary command and questions of religious authority.
Japanese Buddhist tradition
A compassionate protector of children and the souls of the dead in the Japanese traditions described by F. Hadland Davis.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
A form of Devi within the collection’s account of the divine feminine power.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
The god of desire whose attempt to rouse Shiva ends in a bodiless existence.
Buddhist traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
The prince’s horse, whose silent departure carries the seeker out of the guarded city.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
The water creature whose power and promises are explored in Davis’s river tales.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
The woman who returns through her painted hanging scroll in Davis's account of a broken attachment.
Japanese heroic legend, Davis retelling
The mountain being who teaches Yoshitsune swordsmanship in Davis's heroic legend.
Celtic fairy traditions
Breton fairy beings associated with dances, fountains, and ancient stones.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
The divine child of the cowherd world and the teacher who addresses Arjuna’s crisis.
Indian traditions, Nivedita and Coomaraswamy
The young war god born to bring the gods victory over Taraka.