WAdgilis Deda — literally, the "mother of locality" or "place-mother" — is a deity in the pre-Christian Georgian pantheon, especially revered by the mountaineers of northeast Georgia, such as the Khevsurs, as a protective spirit of a place and also as a deity of fertility of humans and livestock alike.
WAkathaso are Burmese nats (spirits) who inhabit the tops of trees and serve as guardians of the sky. Akathaso is derived from Pali akasa deva (အာကာသဒေဝ), which literally means "deity of the sky."
WAnapel is the goddess of reincarnation and birth worshipped by the Koryak people of Siberia. Her name means "Little Grandmother" in the Koryak language. She was worshipped at ceremonies following the birth of a new child.
WAntaboga is the world serpent of traditional pre-Islamic Javanese mythology. It is a derivative from Shiva-Hinduism Ananta Shesha combined with Javanese animism. After the fall of the kingdom of Majapahit and the ascent of Islam in Java, the centre for Hinduism shifted to Bali. These days many of the old myths and legends are celebrated in the wayang performance that became a vehicle to combine the syncretic philosophies from outside with those philosophies and ideas already rooted within the local cultures and traditions.
WAvalerion or alerion is a term for a heraldic bird. Historically, it referred to the regular heraldic eagle. Later heralds used the term alerion to refer to "baby eagles" or "eaglets". To differentiate them from mature Eagles, Alerions were shown as an Eagle Displayed Inverted without a beak or claws (disarmed). To difference it from a decapitate (headless) eagle, the Alerion has a bulb-shaped head with an eye staring towards the Dexter of the field. This was later simplified in modern heraldry as an abstract winged oval.
WBalinese mythology is the traditional mythology of the people of the Indonesian island of Bali, before the majority adoption of Hinduism.
WBhummaso (Burmese: ဘုမ္မစိုး; also called as Myay Saung Nat, are Burmese nats who inhabit the roots of trees and serve as guardians of the earth. Bhummaso is derived from Pali buma deva, which literally means "deity of the earth."
WGrey wolf is a sacred animal and national symbol in Turkic and Mongol mythology.
WHantu is the Malay and Indonesian word for spirit or ghost. In modern usage it generally means spirits of the dead but has also come to refer to any legendary invisible being, such as demons. In its traditional context the term also referred to animistic nature spirits or ancestral souls. The word is derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu and Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu. Cognates in other Austronesian languages include the Micronesian aniti, Lio language nitu, Yami anito, Taivoan alid, Seediq and Atayal utux, Bunun hanitu or hanidu, Polynesian aitu or atua, and Tsou hicu among the Formosan languages. In terms of concept and place in traditional folklore, it is most similar to the Filipino anito.
WSri Hemadryambha is the golden goddess regarded as the gramadevatha of the Bannur municipal town region located next to the Kodanda Rama Deva temple. She is regarded as the one of the Saptha Matruka's where the other forms of the goddess are associated with nearby districts.
WJanabahaadya is one of the deities of Vajrayana Buddhism. Also known as Seto Machhendranath.
WKe'let are a type of evil spirit or ogre in Chukchi mythology, also sometimes known as Re'kkenit.
WThe king of the parakeets is a folktale from Aceh in northern Sumatra. The story is about the leader of the parakeets, who tried to escape from a golden cage after being trapped.
WKovalan is a central character in one of the ancient Tamil epics, Silappatikaram.
WKozar is a personal name with its origins in Turkic and/or Slavonic languages.
WIn Kapampangan mythology, Mayari is the goddess of the moon and ruler of the world during nighttime.
WNongshaba or Kanglasha is a lion-like Dragon God in Sanamahism as well as Manipuri mythology. He is worshipped by the people of both the Ningthouja dynasty as well as the Moilang dynasty. He is worshipped as the greatest of the Umang Lais in Kangleipak since time immemorial. A pair of two huge structure of the dragons are still standing inside the Kangla Palace of Manipur.
WNyatri Tsenpo was a king of Tibet. He was a legendary progenitor of the Yarlung dynasty. His reign is said to have begun in 127 BC and in traditional Tibetan history, he was the first ruler of the kingdom. The Dunhuang chronicles report that he is said to have descended from heaven onto the sacred mountain Yarlha Shampo. Due to certain physical peculiarities – his hands were webbed, and his eyelids closed from the bottom and not the top – he was hailed as a god by locals, and they took him as their king.
WQibo was a mythological Chinese doctor, employed by the Yellow Emperor (Huangdi) as his minister. It is said that he was enlightened with the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine by an ethereal being from the heavens.
WThe Samseonghyeol are three large holes in the ground in Jeju City on Jejudo, an island in the Korea Strait. The holes are in the city's urban area on the central north coast.
WSanshin or Sansin are local mountain-spirits in Korean Shamanism and folk-beliefs. In South Korea, most Buddhist temples and major Shamanic-shrines, and some traditionalist villages have a dedicated shrine called a sanshin-gak or an altar called a sanshin-dan dedicated to the local sanshin. This nature-deity is typically represented in the enshrined icons as an elder male figure in royal-Confucian clothing, always accompanied by at least one tiger and a Korean Red Pine tree. There are many other symbols being held by the Sanshin, offered to him by servants or in the backgrounds of the more elaborate paintings, derived from Oriental Daoism, Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, shamanic-folklore and Korean 'spiritual-ethnic nationalism' -- making these multi-religious icons unique in the entire world.
WShivini, also known as Siuini, Artinis, Ardinis, was a solar god in the mythology of the Iron Age kingdom of Urartu in the Armenian Highlands. He is the third god in a triad with Khaldi and Theispas. The Assyrian god Shamash is a counterpart to Shivini. He was depicted as a man on his knees, holding up a solar disc. His wife was most likely a goddess called Tushpuea who is listed as the third goddess on the Mheri-Dur inscription.
WTala, based on Hindu goddess Tara, is the name of the goddess of the morning and evening star in Tagalog mythology. Her origins are varied depending on region. Golden Tara, the Majapahit-era gold statue of Hindu deity Tara or Tagalog adoption Tala was found in 1918 in Agusan. The legend of Tala has very close parallels to legends among non-Filipino cultures such as the India tribes of Bihar, Savara and Bhuiya, as well as the Indianized Semang.
WThagyamin is the highest-ranking nat (deity) in traditional Burmese Buddhist belief. Considered as the king of Heaven, he is the Burmese adaptation of the Hindu deity Indra.
WYokkaso (Burmese: ရုက္ခစိုး; also called as Thitpin Saung Nat, are Burmese nats who serve as guardians of the trees. Yokkaso is derived from Pali rukkha deva, which literally means "deity of the tree."