Abraxas: The Gnostic Power Beyond Good and Evil Abraxas, also written as Abrasax, Abraxis, or Abracax, is one of the most mysterious and paradoxical figures in Gnostic, magical, and demonological tradition. He
Asmodeus (Aeshma, Ashmedai, Ashmodai, Asmoday, Asmodius, Hasmoday, Sydonay) The Demon of lust, the third of the Seven Deadly Sins, and of jealousy, anger, and revenge, and the 32nd of the 72 Spirits of Solomon. Asmodeus’ chief objectives are to prevent
Hant-Pare Pronunciation: HANT-P AR Variations: Han Parl, Hantu Pari, HANTU PENYARDIN In Indian lore the hantpare is a vampiric spirit that attacks people from the safety of its home on the astral
Hameh Pronunciation: Hay-MA A vampiric bird with beautiful GREEN or purple feathers from the mythology of Arabia, the hameh is created from the blood of a murder victim. The hameh has a
Hahuelpuchi Pronunciation: (Ha-hool-POO-chee) Variations: BRUJA, “the bloodsucking witch of Mexico” The hahuelpuchi (“witch”) originated in Spain,but it traveled to Mexico during Spain’s occupation. It is a LIVING WITCH who has the ability
Foma Berennikov is in Russian folklore, a hero who said he had killed 12 mighty heroes but in actuality had killed 12 gadflies. His boasting and cleverness enabled him to defeat various
The Firebird is in Russian folklore, a magical bird with golden wings and crystal eyes. The Firebird appears in many Russian folktales. One of the best known is “Prince Ivan, the Firebird,
bylina (pl.: bylini) (true story) In medieval Russia, an oral heroic song or poem, originally sung by court minstrels and in recent centuries by skaziteli, peasant bards. The bylini are usually about
Baldak Borisievich In Russian folklore, a hero who defeated the Turkish sultan. One day Baldak Borisievich, with 29 other young men, went directly to the Turkish sultan to “take from him his
Azadovskii, Mark Konstantinovich (1888– 1945) Russian folklorist whose expeditions in 1913–1915 took him to the Amur and Lena Rivers in Siberia, where he gathered materials on folk narratives from the local peasants.
Aliosha Popovich (Aljosa Popovic) (11th century c.e.) In Russian legend, bogatyr (epic hero) who appears in the bylini (epic songs) and in folktales. Aliosha was one of seven legendary bogatyri and the
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