Satanism
Devotion to Satan, the Devil, or forces of darkness. Satanism is not structured as a single, unified organization or movement. Some forms of it are…
Month: November 2017
AYYAVAZHI
Ayyavazhi (Tamil: அய்யாவழி, meaning “Path of the Father”) is a monotheistic spiritual tradition that emerged in southern India during the mid-nineteenth century, centred on the teachings and life of its prophet, Ayya Vaikundar (also…
Antero Vipunen
Antero Vipunen (Wipunen) In the Finnish epic poem The Kalevala (rune 17), primeval giant who gave charms to the culture hero Vainamoinen. Once, wanting to…
Finnish Mythology
Finnish religious leaders were usually called shamans. The shamans did magick, conjuration, incantations and spells to control men, animals, divine or Demonic entities and inanimate…
Ant and the Grasshopper, The
Aesopic fable, derived from the medieval prose version by Phaedrus. One frosty autumn day an ant was busily storing away some of the kernels of…
UNICORN
unicorn In world mythology and folklore, a fantastic animal usually portrayed as a small horselike creature with a single horn protruding from its head. In…
Enchanted Horse, The
The Enchanted Horse is a Tale in The Thousand and One Nights (nights 357–371). A Persian inventor constructed a mechanical horse for Sabour, king of…
Douban
Douban is a physician who killed King Younan in the “Story of the Physician Douban,” a tale in The Thousand and One Nights
Dendan
Dendan In Arabic legend, a monstrous fish that dies when it eats human flesh or hears a human voice. In the tale “Abdallah the Fisherman…