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Johannes Cuntius: The Pentsch Vampire

Cuntius, Johannes (Pentsch Vampire)

Johannes Cuntius: The Pentsch Vampire Johannes Cuntius, also known as the Pentsch Vampire, is one of the stranger cases in early modern vampire lore. His story comes from Silesia and was recorded
12 October 2017
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Devil’s Pact

A Devil’s pact is a pledge to serve the Devil or one of his Demons. The pact may be made orally, but according to lore it is best to write it on virgin parchment and sign it in blood. The
25 July 2017
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Padilha, Maria

Maria Padilha: Queen of Pomba Gira In the sixteenth century, Portugal became the first European nation

Minona

ORIGIN: Fon (Benin, formerly Dahomey) Minona is a powerful forest-dwelling spirit of magic, fertility, and domestic

Edmund, St.

Edmund, St. (prosperity, guardian) (841– 870) King and martyr, invoked against plague. Feast, 20 November. When the Danes invaded East Anglia in 870, they slew King Edward, who had been crowned king
24 September 2017

Edith of Wilton, St.

Edith of Wilton, St. (prosperous war) In Christian legend, daughter of King Edgar of England. Feast, 16 September. Edith’s mother was a beautiful nun, Wilfrida, who was taken by the king to
24 September 2017

Echo

Echo (ring, resound) In Greek mythology, a nymph of Mount Helicon; daughter of Gaea. Echo was deprived of speech by the ever-jealous Hera because she was a confidant of Zeus’s many love
24 September 2017

Ebba of Codingham, St.

Ebba of Codingham, St. (boar protection) (ninth century) In Christian legend, martyr, abbess. Feast, 2 April. When the Danes invaded her land, Ebba, fearful that all of her nuns would be raped,
24 September 2017

Easter

Easter In Christianity, feast celebrating the Resurrection of Christ from the dead. The English name Easter was explained by St. Bede the Venerable as coming from the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre, who was
24 September 2017

Ee

Ea (Hea, Hoa) In Near Eastern mythology (Sumero-Akkadian), god of sweet waters, earth, and wisdom; patron of the arts; one of the creators of humankind; also called Enki. In the Babylonian epic
24 September 2017

Daityas

Daityas In Hindu mythology, giants who inhabit Patala, the lowest region of the underworld. They warred against the gods and interfered with sacrifices. SOURCE: Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, Third Edition
24 September 2017

Dai Mokuren

Dai Mokuren In Japanese mythology, one of the disciples of the Buddha. Seeing the soul of his mother in the Hell of Hungry Spirits, Dai Mokuren sent her some food, which became
24 September 2017

Daikoku

Daikoku In Japanese Shinto-Buddhist mythology, god of wealth, portrayed as a short, stout man standing or sitting on two bales of rice, with a large wooden mallet in his right hand and
24 September 2017

Daibutsu

Daibutsu (great Buddha) In Japanese Buddhist art, name given to several large bronze images of the Buddhas; the most famous, Amida Buddha, some 49 feet, 7 inches in height, located at Kamakura.
24 September 2017
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