Adlet
ADLET ( Inuit ) – Five blood-drinking MONSTERS that were born to a woman who married a DOG. The young woman had turned down many…
Month: September 2017
Above -Old -Man
ABOVE-OLD-MAN (Gudatri-Gakwitl) Wiyot – The CREATOR of the world and everything in it. Above-Old-Man was unhappy with the first people he made, because they had…
Kananesky Amaiyehi
Kananesky Amaiyehi In North American Indian mythology (Cherokee), the water spider who brought back fire to the animals. In the beginning there was no fire,…
Baabenga
BAABENGA, a goddess of the island of Bellona and daughter of the god Mauloko, her brother was Teangaitak and her sister was Tehahine’angiki, capable of…
Balmung
Balmung In Norse mythology, a magical sword forged by Völund the Smith (Wayland the Smith). Balmung appears in the sagas relating to the adventures of…
Audhumla
Audhumla (Audhumbla, Audumla) (rich, hornless cow) In Norse mythology, the primeval cow at creation, formed from vapors. She fed the primeval giant Ymir and lived…
Atea and Papa
Atea and Papa (sky and flat) In Polynesian mythology, the sky and the earth, who were later made into gods. In one myth the couple…
Ask and Embla
Ask and Embla (ash and elm) In Norse mythology, the first man and woman. Odin, Vili, and Ve (or as a variant account lists them,…
Asgard
Asgard (home of the gods) In Norse mythology, home of the Aesir gods. Asgard was surrounded by an enormous wall and consisted of many palaces,…
Aesir
Aesir (god) In Norse mythology, a race of gods and goddesses under the leadership of Odin and opposed to the Vanir. The name may come…
