Table of Contents
425 relations: A String of Pearls Twined with Golden Flowers, Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index, Ability, Actaeon, Aegina (mythology), African magic, Ageing, Alberich, Albert Wratislaw, Alcmene, Alectryon (mythology), Allison Gross, Amazon river dolphin, Amphitryon, Andvari, Animorphs, Aoife, Apex predator, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apuleius, Arachne, Arawn, Ares, Argos, Peloponnese, Aristaeus, Armenian mythology, Artemis, Ascalabus, Aswang, Atalanta, Athena, Étaín, Ótr, Óttar (mythology), Bakeneko, Ballad, Baucis and Philemon, Beast Boy, Beauty and Pock Face, Beauty and the Beast, Ben 10, Ben Tennyson, Berserker, Bisclavret, Black Bull of Norroway, Blodeuwedd, Blowhole (anatomy), Boto, Breaking Dawn, ... Expand index (375 more) »
- Mythological powers
- Recurrent elements in fairy tales
A String of Pearls Twined with Golden Flowers
A String of Pearls Twined with Golden Flowers, The Golden Twins or Pearls, Thread Yourselves (Romanian: Înşiră-te mărgăritari) is a Romanian fairy tale collected by Petre Ispirescu in Legende sau basmele românilor.
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Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index
The Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index (ATU Index) is a catalogue of folktale types used in folklore studies.
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Ability
Abilities are powers an agent has to perform various actions.
Actaeon
Actaeon (Ἀκταίων Aktaiōn), in Greek mythology, was the son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, and a famous Theban hero.
Aegina (mythology)
Aegina (Αἴγινα) was a figure of Greek mythology, the nymph of the island that bears her name, Aegina, lying in the Saronic Gulf between Attica and the Peloponnesos.
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African magic
African magic is the form, development, and performance of magic within the culture and society of Africa and the diaspora.
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Ageing
Ageing (or aging in American English) is the process of becoming older.
Alberich
In German heroic legend, Alberich is a dwarf.
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Albert Wratislaw
Albert Henry Wratislaw (5 November 1822 – 3 November 1892) was an English clergyman and Slavonic scholar of Czech descent.
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Alcmene
In Greek mythology, Alcmene (Alkmḗnē) or Alcmena (Alkmána; Alcumena; meaning "strong in wrath") was the wife of Amphitryon, by whom she bore two children, Iphicles and Laonome.
Alectryon (mythology)
Alectryon (from Ancient Greek: ἀλεκτρυών, Alektruṓn, literally meaning "rooster") in Greek mythology, was a young soldier who was assigned by Ares, the god of war, to guard the outside of his bedroom door while the god took part in a love affair with the love goddess Aphrodite.
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Allison Gross
"Allison Gross" (also known as Alison Cross) is a traditional ballad, catalogued as Child Ballad #35.
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Amazon river dolphin
The Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), also known as the boto, bufeo or pink river dolphin, is a species of toothed whale endemic to South America and is classified in the family Iniidae.
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Amphitryon
Amphitryon (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιτρύων, gen.: Ἀμφιτρύωνος; usually interpreted as "harassing either side", Latin: Amphitruo), in Greek mythology, was a son of Alcaeus, king of Tiryns in Argolis.
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Andvari
In Norse mythology, Andvari (12th c. Old Norse:; "careful one") is a dwarf who lives underneath a waterfall and has the power to change himself into a pike (gedda) at will.
Animorphs
Animorphs is a science fantasy series of youth books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic.
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Aoife
Aoife is an Irish feminine given name.
Apex predator
An apex predator, also known as a top predator or superpredator, is a predator at the top of a food chain, without natural predators of its own.
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Aphrodite
Aphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, procreation, and as her syncretized Roman goddess counterpart Venus, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory.
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Apollo
Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology.
Apuleius
Apuleius (also called Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis; c. 124 – after 170) was a Numidian Latin-language prose writer, Platonist philosopher and rhetorician.
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Arachne
Arachne (from, cognate with Latin) is the protagonist of a tale in Greek mythology known primarily from the version told by the Roman poet Ovid (43 BCE–17 CE), which is the earliest extant source for the story.
Arawn
In Welsh mythology, Arawn was the king of the otherworld realm of Annwn who appears prominently in the first branch of the Mabinogi, and alluded to in the fourth.
Ares
Ares (Ἄρης, Árēs) is the Greek god of war and courage.
Argos, Peloponnese
Argos (Άργος; Ἄργος) is a city and former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and one of the oldest in Europe.
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Aristaeus
Aristaeus (Ἀρισταῖος Aristaios) was the mythological culture hero credited with the discovery of many rural useful arts and handicrafts, including bee-keeping; he was the son of the huntress Cyrene and Apollo.
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Armenian mythology
Armenian mythology originated in ancient Indo-European traditions, specifically Proto-Armenian, and gradually incorporated Hurro-Urartian, Mesopotamian, Iranian, and Greek beliefs and deities.
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Artemis
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) is the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, and chastity.
Ascalabus
Ascalabus (Ancient Greek: Ἀσκάλαβος), in Greek mythology, was a son of Misme.
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Aswang
Aswang is an umbrella term for various shape-shifting evil creatures in Filipino folklore, such as vampires, ghouls, witches, viscera suckers, and transforming human-beast hybrids (usually dogs, cats, pigs). Shapeshifting and Aswang are supernatural legends.
Atalanta
Atalanta (equal in weight) is a heroine in Greek mythology.
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Athena
Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva.
Étaín
Étaín or Édaín (Modern Irish spelling: Éadaoin) is a figure of Irish mythology, best known as the heroine of Tochmarc Étaíne (The Wooing Of Étaín), one of the oldest and richest stories of the Mythological Cycle.
Ótr
In Norse mythology, Ótr (Old Norse:; alternately: Ott, Oter, Otr, Ottar, Ottarr, Otter) is a dwarf.
Óttar (mythology)
In Norse Mythology, Óttar, also known as Óttar the Simple, is a protégé and human lover of the goddess Freyja.
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Bakeneko
The (化け猫, "changed cat") is a type of Japanese, or supernatural entity; more specifically, it is a, or supernatural cat.
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Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.
Baucis and Philemon
Baucis and Philemon are two characters from Greek mythology, only known to us from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
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Beast Boy
Beast Boy (Garfield Logan) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
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Beauty and Pock Face
Beauty and Pock Face is a Chinese fairy tale collected by Wolfram Eberhard in Chinese Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.
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Beauty and the Beast
"Beauty and the Beast" (French: La Belle et la Bête, Italian: La Bèlla e la Bèstia, Latin: Bellă et Bēstia or Fōrmōsa et Bēstia, Spanish: La Bella y la Bestia, Portuguese: A Bela e o Monstro (in Portugal), A Bela e a Fera (in Brazil), or A Bela e a Besta (literal), German: Die Schöne und das Biest, Dutch: Belle en het Beest or De Schone en het Beest) is a fairy-tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins (The Young American and Marine Tales).
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Ben 10
Ben 10 is an American media franchise conceived by Man of Action, produced by Cartoon Network Studios, and owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment.
Ben Tennyson
Benjamin Kirby "Ben" Tennyson, commonly known as Ben 10, is a fictional superhero and the titular protagonist of the ''Ben 10'' franchise owned by Cartoon Network.
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Berserker
In the Old Norse written corpus, berserkers (berserkir) were those who were said to have fought in a trance-like fury, a characteristic which later gave rise to the modern English word berserk (meaning 'furiously violent or out of control'). Shapeshifting and berserker are fantasy tropes.
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Bisclavret
"Bisclavret" ("The Werewolf") is one of the twelve Lais of Marie de France written in the 12th century.
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Black Bull of Norroway
"The Black Bull of Norroway" is a fairy tale from Scotland.
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Blodeuwedd
Blodeuwedd (Welsh "Flower-Faced", a composite name from blodau "flowers" + gwedd "face"), is married to Lleu Llaw Gyffes in Welsh mythology.
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Blowhole (anatomy)
In cetology, the study of whales and other cetaceans, a blowhole is the hole (or spiracle) at the top of the head through which the animal breathes air.
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Boto
Boto is a Portuguese name given to several types of dolphins and river dolphins native to the Amazon and the Orinoco River tributaries.
Breaking Dawn
Breaking Dawn (stylized as breaking dawn) is the 2008 fourth novel in ''The Twilight Saga'' by American author Stephenie Meyer.
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Bride
A bride is a woman who is about to be married or who is a newlywed.
Bridegroom
A bridegroom (often shortened to groom) is a man who is about to be married or who is newlywed.
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Brother and Sister
"Brother and Sister" (also "Little Sister and Little Brother") is a European fairy tale which was, among others, written down by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 11).
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C. S. Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian.
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Cadmus
In Greek mythology, Cadmus (Kádmos) was the legendary Greek hero and founder of Boeotian Thebes.
Caeneus
In Greek mythology, Caeneus or Kaineus (Kaineús) was born a female, Caenis (Kainís) the daughter of Elatus, who was raped by Poseidon and transformed by him into an invulnerable man.
Callisto (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Callisto (Καλλιστώ) was a nymph, or the daughter of King Lycaon; the myth varies in such details.
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Caribbean folklore
Caribbean folklore includes a mix of traditions, tales, and beliefs of the Caribbean region.
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Carlo Collodi
Carlo Lorenzini (24 November 1826 – 26 October 1890), better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi, was an Italian author, humourist, and journalist, widely known for his fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio.
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Cat
The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal.
Caterpillar
Caterpillars are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
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Cattle
Cattle (Bos taurus) are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are called cows and mature male cattle are bulls. Young female cattle are called heifers, young male cattle are oxen or bullocks, and castrated male cattle are known as steers.
Ceridwen
Ceridwen or Cerridwen (Ke-RID-wen) was an enchantress in Welsh medieval legend.
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Chicken
The chicken (Gallus domesticus) is a large and round short-winged bird, domesticated from the red junglefowl of Southeast Asia around 8,000 years ago. Most chickens are raised for food, providing meat and eggs; others are kept as pets or for cockfighting. Chickens are common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of 23.7 billion, and an annual production of more than 50 billion birds.
Child Ballads
The Child Ballads are 305 traditional ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, anthologized by Francis James Child during the second half of the 19th century.
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Children of Lir
The Children of Lir (Oidheadh chloinne Lir) is a legend from Irish mythology.
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Children's literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children.
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Chinese mythology
Chinese mythology is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature throughout the area now known as Greater China.
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Cicada
The cicadas are a superfamily, the Cicadoidea, of insects in the order Hemiptera (true bugs).
Circe
Circe (Κίρκη: Kírkē) is an enchantress and a minor goddess in ancient Greek mythology and religion.
Classics
Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity.
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Clayface
Clayface is an alias used by several supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
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Clytie (Oceanid)
Clytie (Klutíē) or Clytia (Klutía) is a water nymph, daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys in Greek mythology.
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Colonist (The X-Files)
The Colonists are an extraterrestrial species and are also the primary group of antagonists in the science fiction television show The X-Files as well as the first ''X-Files'' feature film.
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Common nightingale
The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), is a small passerine bird which is best known for its powerful and beautiful song.
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Contemporary fantasy
Contemporary fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy set in the present day.
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Corone (crow)
In Greek and Roman mythology, Corone (crow) is a young woman who attracted the attention of Poseidon, the god of the sea, and was saved by Athena, the goddess of wisdom.
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Creole peoples
Creole peoples may refer to various ethnic groups around the world.
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Cuckoo
Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes.
Culture of Lithuania
Culture of Lithuania combines an indigenous heritage, represented by the unique Lithuanian language, with Nordic cultural aspects and Catholic traditions resulting from historical ties with Poland.
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Cybele
Cybele (Phrygian: Matar Kubileya/Kubeleya "Kubileya/Kubeleya Mother", perhaps "Mountain Mother"; Lydian Kuvava; Κυβέλη Kybele, Κυβήβη Kybebe, Κύβελις Kybelis) is an Anatolian mother goddess; she may have a possible forerunner in the earliest neolithic at Çatalhöyük.
ǀKaggen
ǀKaggen pronounced (more accurately ǀKágge̥n or ǀKaggən, sometimes spelled as Cagn, and sometimes called Mantis) is a demiurge and folk hero of the San people of southern Africa.
ǀXam language
ǀXam (pronounced, in English as) is an extinct language (or possibly cluster of languages) from South Africa formerly spoken by the ǀXam-ka ǃʼē people.
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Danaë
In Greek mythology, Danaë was an Argive princess and mother of the hero Perseus by Zeus.
Daphne
Daphne (Δάφνη), a figure in Greek mythology, is a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater.
Dapplegrim
Dapplegrim (Norwegian: Grimsborken) is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr.
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Darth Vader
Darth Vader is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise.
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David Icke
David Vaughan Icke (born 29 April 1952) is an English conspiracy theorist and a former footballer and sports broadcaster.
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DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Demeter
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (Attic: Δημήτηρ Dēmḗtēr; Doric: Δαμάτηρ Dāmā́tēr) is the Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over crops, grains, food, and the fertility of the earth.
Demiurge
In the Platonic, Neopythagorean, Middle Platonic, and Neoplatonic schools of philosophy, the demiurge (sometimes spelled as demiurg) is an artisan-like figure responsible for fashioning and maintaining the physical universe.
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Der Ring des Nibelungen
(The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner.
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Deucalion
In Greek mythology, Deucalion (Δευκαλίων) was the son of Prometheus; ancient sources name his mother as Clymene, Hesione, or Pronoia.
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Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963.
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Dolphin
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal in the clade Odontoceti (toothed whale).
Donkey
The donkey or ass is a domesticated equine.
Donor (fairy tale)
In fairy tales, a donor is a character who tests the hero (and sometimes other characters as well) and provides magical assistance to the hero upon their success.
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Dragon's teeth (mythology)
In Greek myth, dragon's teeth (odontes (tou) drakontos) feature prominently in the legends of the Phoenician prince Cadmus and in Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece.
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Each-uisge
The each-uisge (literally "water horse") is a water spirit in Irish and Scottish folklore, spelled as the each-uisce (anglicized as aughisky or ech-ushkya) in Ireland and cabbyl-ushtey on the Isle of Man.
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Eagle
Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Earthsea
The Earthsea Cycle, also known as Earthsea, is a series of high fantasy books written by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin.
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon
"East of the Sun and West of the Moon" (Østenfor sol og vestenfor måne) is a Norwegian fairy-tale.
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Edda
"Edda" (Old Norse Edda, plural Eddur) is an Old Norse term that has been applied by modern scholars to the collective of two Medieval Icelandic literary works: what is now known as the Prose Edda and an older collection of poems (without an original title) now known as the Poetic Edda.
Eglė the Queen of Serpents
Eglė the Queen of Serpents, alternatively Eglė the Queen of Grass Snakes (Eglė žalčių karalienė), is a Lithuanian folk tale, first published by M. Jasewicz in 1837.
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Encanto
Encanto is a 2021 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
Endymion (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Endymion (Ἐνδυμίων, gen.: Ἐνδυμίωνος) was variously a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king who was said to rule and live at Olympia in Elis.
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Engkanto
Engkanto (from Spanish encanto) are mythical environmental spirits that are said to have the ability to appear in human form.
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Eos
In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Eos (Ionic and Homeric Greek Ἠώς Ēṓs, Attic Ἕως Héōs, "dawn", or; Aeolic Αὔως Aúōs, Doric Ἀώς Āṓs) is the goddess and personification of the dawn, who rose each morning from her home at the edge of the river Oceanus to deliver light and disperse the night.
Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic from ancient Mesopotamia.
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Epic poetry
An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.
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Eric Bloodaxe
Eric Haraldsson (Eiríkr Haraldsson, Eirik Haraldsson; c.930−954), nicknamed Bloodaxe (blóðøx, Blodøks) and Brother-Slayer (fratrum interfector), was a Norwegian king.
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Esox
Esox is a genus of freshwater fish commonly known as pike or pickerel.
Europa (consort of Zeus)
In Greek mythology, Europa (Εὐρώπη, Eurṓpē) was a Phoenician princess from Tyre and the mother of King Minos of Crete.
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European dragon
The European dragon is a legendary creature in folklore and mythology among the overlapping cultures of Europe.
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European goldfinch
The European goldfinch or simply the goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) is a small passerine bird in the finch family that is native to Europe, North Africa and western and central Asia.
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Eustace Scrubb
Eustace Clarence Scrubb is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia.
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Fairy
A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often with metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural qualities.
Fairy tale
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre.
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Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction involving magical elements, as well as a work in this genre.
Farmer Weathersky
Farmer Weathersky (Bonde Værskjegg) is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Chr. Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr.
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Fáfnir
In Germanic heroic legend and folklore, Fáfnir is a worm or dragon slain by a member of the Völsung family, typically Sigurð.
Fear Doirich
Fear Doirich (literally Dark Man), sometimes written as far dorocha, is a villainous druid in Irish mythology in events surrounding the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill and his wife Sadhbh.
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Fenrir
Fenrir (Old Norse 'fen-dweller')Orchard (1997:42).
Festival
A festival is an event celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures.
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Fionn mac Cumhaill
Fionn mac Cumhaill (Scottish Gaelic:; Old and Find or Finn mac Cumail or mac Umaill), often anglicized Finn McCool or MacCool, is a hero in Irish mythology, as well as in later Scottish and Manx folklore.
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Folklore
Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture.
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Foundling-Bird
"Foundling-Bird" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 51.
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Fox spirit
Huli jing are Chinese mythological creatures usually capable of shapeshifting, who may either be benevolent or malevolent spirits.
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Freyja
In Norse mythology, Freyja (Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future).
Fringe (TV series)
Fringe is an American science fiction television series created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci.
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Fuamnach
Fúamnach, or Fuamnach, is Midir's first wife and a witch of the Tuatha Dé Danann in the medieval Irish text Tochmarc Étaíne ("The Wooing of Étaín").
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Galanthis
In Greek mythology, Galanthis or Galinthias (Galanthís/Galinthiás) was the woman who interfered with Hera's plan to hinder the birth of Heracles in favor of Eurystheus, and was changed into a weasel or cat as punishment for being so insolent as to deceive the goddesses of birth that were acting on Hera's behalf.
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Galatea (mythology)
Galatea (Γαλάτεια; "she who is milk-white") is the post-antiquity name popularly applied to the statue carved of ivory alabaster by Pygmalion of Cyprus, which then came to life in Greek mythology.
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Ganymede (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Ganymede or Ganymedes (Ancient Greek: Γανυμήδης Ganymēdēs) is a divine hero whose homeland was Troy.
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Gawain
Gawain, also known in many other forms and spellings, is a character in Arthurian legend, in which he is King Arthur's nephew and one of the premier Knights of the Round Table.
George MacDonald
George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister.
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Giambattista Basile
Giambattista Basile (Giugliano in Campania, – February 1632) was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector.
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Gilfaethwy
In Welsh mythology, Gilfaethwy was a son of the goddess Dôn and brother of Gwydion and Arianrhod in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi.
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Glinda
Glinda is a fictional character created by L. Frank Baum for his Oz novels.
Gloria E. Anzaldúa
Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa (September 26, 1942 – May 15, 2004) was an American scholar of Chicana feminism, cultural theory, and queer theory.
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Goewin
Goewin is a figure in Welsh mythology, where she has a small but crucial role in the ''Math fab Mathonwy'', one of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi.
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.
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Guido Gozzano
Guido Gustavo Gozzano (19 December 1883 – 9 August 1916) was an Italian poet and writer.
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Gunnhild, Mother of Kings
Gunnhildr konungamóðir (mother of kings) or Gunnhildr Gormsdóttir, whose name is often Anglicised as Gunnhild (c. 910 – c. 980), is a quasi-historical figure who appears in the Icelandic Sagas, according to which she was the wife of Eric Bloodaxe (King of Norway 930–934, King of Orkney c.
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Gwydion
Gwydion fab Dôn is a magician, hero and trickster of Welsh mythology, appearing most prominently in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi, which focuses largely on his relationship with his young nephew, Lleu Llaw Gyffes.
Hans My Hedgehog
"Hans My Hedgehog" (Hans mein Igel) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 108).
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Hantu Raya
The Hantu Raya is a type of familiar spirit in Malay folklore that acts as a double for black magic practitioners.
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Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling.
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Helios
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Helios (Ἥλιος ||Sun; Homeric Greek: Ἠέλιος) is the god who personifies the Sun.
Heliotropium
Heliotropium is a genus of flowering plants traditionally included in the family Boraginaceae s.l., but placed in the family Heliotropiaceae within the Boraginales order, by the Boraginales Working Group..
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Hera
In ancient Greek religion, Hera (Hḗrā; label in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth.
Heracles
Heracles (glory/fame of Hera), born Alcaeus (Ἀλκαῖος, Alkaios) or Alcides (Ἀλκείδης, Alkeidēs), was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon.
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Hesperides
In Greek mythology, the Hesperides are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunsets, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" or "Nymphs of the West".
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Hippomenes
In Greek mythology, Hippomenes (Ἱππομένης), also known as Melanion (Μελανίων or Μειλανίων), was a son of the Arcadian AmphidamasApollodorus, 3.9.2 or of King Megareus of Onchestus and the husband of Atalanta.
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Homer
Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.
Hoopoe
Hoopoes are colourful birds found across Africa, Asia, and Europe, notable for their distinctive "crown" of feathers which can be raised or lowered at will.
Horror of Fang Rock
Horror of Fang Rock is the first serial of the 15th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 3 to 24 September 1977.
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Hulder
A hulder (or huldra) is a seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore.
Hyndluljóð
Hyndluljóð (Old Norse: 'The Lay of Hyndla') is an Old Norse poem often considered a part of the Poetic Edda.
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Hypnosis
Hypnosis is a human condition involving focused attention (the selective attention/selective inattention hypothesis, SASI), reduced peripheral awareness, and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.
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Ichchadhari naag
Ichchadhari naag (female: ichchadhari naagin) are mythical shape-shifting cobras in Indian folklore.
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Iliad
The Iliad (Iliás,; " about Ilion (Troy)") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.
Indigenous peoples
There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territory, and an experience of subjugation and discrimination under a dominant cultural model.
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Io (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Io (Ἰώ) was one of the mortal lovers of Zeus.
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Irish mythology
Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland.
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Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino (also,;. RAI (circa 1970), retrieved 25 October 2012. 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian writer and journalist.
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Itys
In Greek mythology, Itys (Ítus) is a minor mythological character, the son of Tereus, a king of Thrace, by his Athenian wife Procne.
Jack the Giant Killer
"Jack the Giant Killer" is a Cornish fairy tale and legend about a young adult who slays a number of bad giants during King Arthur's reign.
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Jack Zipes
Jack David Zipes (born June 7, 1937) is a literary scholar and author.
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Japanese folklore
Japanese folklore encompasses the informally learned folk traditions of Japan and the Japanese people as expressed in its oral traditions, customs, and material culture.
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Japanese raccoon dog
The Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus), also known by its Japanese name tanuki, is a species of canid endemic to Japan.
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Jason
Jason was an ancient Greek mythological hero and leader of the Argonauts, whose quest for the Golden Fleece is featured in Greek literature.
Jean, the Soldier, and Eulalie, the Devil's Daughter
Jean, the Soldier, and Eulalie, the Devil's Daughter (La belle Eulalie) is a French fairy tale collected by Achille Millien.
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John W. Campbell
John Wood Campbell Jr. (June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971) was an American science fiction writer and editor.
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Joseph Jacobs
Joseph Jacobs (29 August 1854 – 30 January 1916) was a New South Welsh-born British-Jewish folklorist, translator, literary critic, social scientist, historian and writer of English literature who became a notable collector and publisher of English folklore.
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Journey to the West
Journey to the West is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en.
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Kapre
In Philippine mythology, the kapre is a creature that may be described as a tree giant, being a tall, dark-coloured, hairy, and muscular creature.
Kelpie
A kelpie, or water kelpie (Scottish Gaelic: Each-Uisge), is a shape-shifting spirit inhabiting lochs in Irish and Scottish folklore.
Kemp Owyne
"Kemp Owyne" (or "Kempion") is Child Ballad number 34.
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Kerala
Kerala (/), called Keralam in Malayalam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of India.
Kidnapping
In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful abduction and confinement of a person against their will.
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Kindama
Kindama (किन्दम) is a rishi featured in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
King Arthur
King Arthur (Brenin Arthur, Arthur Gernow, Roue Arzhur, Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain.
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King Kojata
King Kojata or The Unlooked for Prince or Prince Unexpected is a Slavonic fairy tale, of Polish origin.
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King Lindworm
King Lindworm or Prince Lindworm (Kong Lindorm) is a Danish fairy tale published in the 19th century by Danish folklorist Svend Grundtvig.
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Korean mythology
Korean mythology is the group of myths told by historical and modern Koreans.
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Kumiho
A kumiho or gumiho (literally "nine-tailed fox") is a creature that appears in the folktales on East Asia and legends of Korea.
L. Frank Baum
Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series.
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L. Sprague de Camp
Lyon Sprague de Camp (November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction literature.
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Lagahoo
In the folklore of Trinidad and Tobago the Lagahoo or Lugarhou is a mythical shapeshifting monster.
Land of Toys
The Land of Toys (Paese dei balocchi) is a fictional location in the Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) that is disguised as a haven of freedom and anarchy for children, but is eventually discovered to be far more sinister.
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Leda (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Leda (Ancient Greek: Λήδα) was an Aetolian princess who became a Spartan queen.
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Legend of the White Snake
The Legend of the White Snake is a Chinese legend centered around a romance between a man named Xu Xian and a female snake spirit named Bai Suzhen.
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Lindworm
The lindworm (worm meaning snake, see germanic dragon), also spelled lindwyrm or lindwurm, is a mythical creature in Northern, Western and Central European folklore that traditionally has the shape of a giant serpent monster living deep in the forest.
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Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers
Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers: The Makers of Heroic Fantasy is a work of collective biography on the formative authors of the heroic fantasy genreTymn, Marshall B. "Guide to Resource Materials for Science Fiction and Fantasy Teachers," The English Journal, v. 68, no.
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Little, Brown and Company
Little, Brown and Company is an American publishing company founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and James Brown in Boston.
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Lleu Llaw Gyffes
Lleu Llaw Gyffes (sometimes spelled Llew Llaw Gyffes) is a hero of Welsh mythology.
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Llwyd ap Cil Coed
Llwyd ap Cil Coed is a character in the Third Branch of the Mabinogi, known also as the story of Manawydan ap Llŷr.
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Loathly lady
The loathly lady (dynes gas, Motif D732 in Stith Thompson's motif index), is a tale type commonly used in medieval literature, most famously in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale.
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Lokasenna
Lokasenna (Old Norse: 'The Flyting of Loki', or 'Loki's Verbal Duel') is one of the poems of the Poetic Edda.
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Loki
Loki is a god in Norse mythology.
Lord Peter (fairy tale)
Lord Peter or Squire Per is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe.
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Louse
Louse (lice) is the common name for any member of the clade Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless parasitic insects.
Lycaon (king of Arcadia)
In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; Λυκάων, Lukáо̄n) was a king of Arcadia who, in the most popular version of the myth, killed and cooked his son Nyctimus and served him to Zeus, to see whether the god was sufficiently all-knowing to recognize human flesh.
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Lyncus
In Greek mythology, King Lyncus (Greek: Λύγκος) of the Scythians was taught the arts of agriculture by Triptolemus but he refused to teach it to his people and then tried to kill Triptolemus.
Lynx
A lynx (lynx or lynxes) is any of the four extant species (the Canada lynx, Iberian lynx, Eurasian lynx and the bobcat) within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.
Madame d'Aulnoy
Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy (1650/1651 – 14 January 1705), also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French author known for her literary fairy tales.
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Magic (supernatural)
Magic is an ancient practice rooted in rituals, spiritual divinations, and/or cultural lineage—with an intention to invoke, manipulate, or otherwise manifest supernatural forces, beings, or entities in the natural world. Shapeshifting and Magic (supernatural) are mythological powers and Recurrent elements in fairy tales.
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Magician (fantasy)
A magician, also known as an archimage, mage, magus, magic-user, spellcaster, enchanter/enchantress, sorcerer/sorceress, warlock, witch, or wizard, is someone who uses or practices magic derived from supernatural, occult, or arcane sources. Shapeshifting and magician (fantasy) are fantasy tropes and supernatural legends.
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Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Lower 48.
Malabar Coast
The Malabar Coast is the southwestern region of the Indian subcontinent.
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Mantis
Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 460 genera in 33 families.
Mapuche
The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia.
Mapuche language
Mapuche (from mapu 'land' and che 'people', meaning 'the people of the land') or Mapudungun (from mapu 'land' and dungun 'speak, speech', meaning 'the speech of the land'; also spelled Mapuzugun and Mapudungu) is an Araucanian language related to Huilliche spoken in south-central Chile and west-central Argentina by the Mapuche people.
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Mare
A mare is an adult female horse or other equine.
Maricha
In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Maricha, or Mareecha (Sanskrit: मारीच, IAST: Mārīca) is a rakshasha, who was killed by Rama, the hero of the epic and an avatar of Vishnu.
Marie de France
Marie de France (fl. 1160–1215) was a poet, possibly born in what is now France, who lived in England during the late 12th century.
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Marina Warner
Dame Marina Sarah Warner, (born 9 November 1946) is an English historian, mythographer, art critic, novelist and short story writer.
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Martian Manhunter
The Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics.
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Math fab Mathonwy
In Welsh mythology, Math fab Mathonwy, also called Math ap Mathonwy (Math, son of Mathonwy) was a king of Gwynedd who needed to rest his feet in the lap of a virgin unless he was at war, or he would die.
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Medusa
In Greek mythology, Medusa (guardian, protectress), also called Gorgo or the Gorgon, was one of the three Gorgons.
Menelaus
In Greek mythology, Menelaus (Μενέλαος, 'wrath of the people') was a Greek king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta.
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Merlin
Merlin (Myrddin, Merdhyn, Merzhin) is a mythical figure prominently featured in the legend of King Arthur and best known as a magician, with several other main roles. Shapeshifting and Merlin are supernatural legends.
Metamorphoses
The Metamorphoses (Metamorphōsēs, from μεταμορφώσεις: "Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem from 8 CE by the Roman poet Ovid.
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Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops including birth transformation or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation.
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Metis (mythology)
Metis (Μέτης; Modern Greek: Μέτης), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, was one of the Oceanids.
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Miss Martian
Miss Martian (M'gann M'orzz; alias Megan Morse) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
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Mombi
Mombi is a fictional character in L. Frank Baum's classic children's series of Oz Books.
Monkey King
The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is a literary, and religious figure best known as one of the main players in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West (first).
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Morgan le Fay
Morgan le Fay (Morgên y Dylwythen Deg; Morgen an Spyrys; all meaning 'Morgan the Fairy'), alternatively known as Morgana, Morgain, Morgne, Morgant, Morgen, and Morgue among other names and spellings, is a powerful and ambiguous enchantress from the legend of King Arthur, in which most often she and he are siblings. Shapeshifting and Morgan le Fay are supernatural legends.
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Mother of Kings
Mother of Kings is a historical novel by American writer Poul Anderson.
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Mugger crocodile
The mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) is a medium-sized broad-snouted crocodile, also known as mugger and marsh crocodile.
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Mujina
is an old Japanese term primarily referring to the Japanese badger, but traditionally to the Japanese raccoon dog (''tanuki''), causing confusion.
Myia (mythology)
In Lucian of Samosata's works, Myia (fly) is a young girl who fell in love with Endymion and was transformed by the lunar goddess Selene into a fly, a small insect bearing her name.
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Mystique (character)
Mystique is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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Myth
Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society.
Naagin (2015 TV series)
Naagin is an Indian supernatural fiction television series about shape-shifting serpents produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms.
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Nahuel Huapi Lake
Nahuel Huapi Lake (Lago Nahuel Huapi) is an Andean lake in the lake region of northern Patagonia between the provinces of Río Negro and Neuquén, in Argentina.
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Narcissus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a hunter from Thespiae in Boeotia (alternatively Mimas or modern day Karaburun, Izmir) who was known for his beauty which was noticed by all, regardless of gender.
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Narcissus (plant)
Narcissus is a genus of predominantly spring flowering perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae.
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Nereus
In Greek mythology, Nereus was the eldest son of Pontus (the Sea) and Gaia (the Earth), with Pontus himself being a son of Gaia.
Nightmare
A nightmare, also known as a bad dream, Retrieved 11 July 2016.
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Nimona
Nimona is a science fantasy graphic novel by American cartoonist ND Stevenson.
Nisos
In Greek mythology, Nisos or Nisus (Ancient Greek: Νῖσος) was a King of Megara.
Nisse (folklore)
A italics, tomte, italics, or italics is a mythological creature from Nordic folklore today typically associated with the winter solstice and the Christmas season.
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Norse mythology
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period.
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Nyctimene (mythology)
Nyctimene (she who stays up at night) was, according to Greek and Roman mythology, a princess and a rape victim, the daughter of Epopeus, a king of Lesbos.
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Nyctimus
In Greek mythology, Nyctimus (Ancient Greek: Νύκτιμος Nyktimos) was an Arcadian prince and the youngest of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene, Nonacris or by an unknown woman.
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Obake
and are a class of yōkai, preternatural creatures in Japanese folklore.
Oceanids
In Greek mythology, the Oceanids or Oceanides (Ōkeanídes, pl. of label) are the nymphs who were the three thousand (a number interpreted as meaning "innumerable") daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys.
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Odin
Odin (from Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism.
Odysseus
In Greek and Roman mythology, Odysseus (Odyseús), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses (Ulixes), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey.
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Odyssey
The Odyssey (Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.
Ogre
An ogre (feminine: ogress) is a legendary monster depicted as a large, hideous, man-like being that eats ordinary human beings, especially infants and children. Shapeshifting and ogre are supernatural legends.
Origin myth
An origin myth is a type of myth that explains the beginnings of a natural or social aspect of the world.
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Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus.
Padmé Amidala
Padmé Amidala (née Naberrie) is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise.
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Partholón
Partholón (Parthalán.) is a character in medieval Irish Christian pseudo-history, who is said to have led one of the first groups to settle in Ireland.
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Patricia A. McKillip
Patricia Anne McKillip (February 29, 1948 – May 6, 2022) was an American author of fantasy and science fiction.
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Púca
The púca (Irish for spirit/ghost; plural púcaí), puca (Old English for goblin) pwca, pooka, phouka, puck is a creature of Celtic, English, and Channel Islands folklore.
Pentamerone
The Pentamerone, subtitled Lo cunto de li cunti ("The Tale of Tales"), is a seventeenth-century Neapolitan fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile.
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Persephone
In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Persephone (Persephónē), also called Kore (the maiden) or Cora, is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
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Perun
In Slavic mythology, Perun (Cyrillic: Перун) is the highest god of the pantheon and the god of sky, thunder, lightning, storms, rain, law, war, fertility and oak trees.
Petrifaction in mythology and fiction
Petrifaction, or petrification, defined as turning people into solid stone, is a common theme in folklore and mythology, as well as in some works of modern literature. Shapeshifting and Petrifaction in mythology and fiction are fantasy tropes.
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Philippine mythology
Philippine mythology is rooted in the many indigenous Philippine folk religions.
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Philomela
Philomela or Philomel (Φιλομήλη,; Φιλομήλα) is a minor figure in Greek mythology who is frequently invoked as a direct and figurative symbol in literary and artistic works in the Western canon.
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Pig
The pig (Sus domesticus), also called swine (swine) or hog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal.
Plastic Man
Plastic Man (Patrick "Eel" O'Brian) is a superhero first appearing in Police Comics #1, originally published by Quality Comics and later acquired by DC Comics, appearing in their American comic books.
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Plot device
A plot device or plot mechanism is any technique in a narrative used to move the plot forward.
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Pomona (mythology)
Pomona was a goddess of fruitful abundance and plenty in ancient Roman religion and myth.
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Popular culture
Popular culture (also called mass culture or pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as popular art or mass art) and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a society at a given point in time.
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Poseidon
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) is one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.
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Poul Anderson
Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001.
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Princess Ozma
Princess Ozma is a fictional character from the Land of Oz, created by American author L. Frank Baum.
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Procne
Procne (Πρόκνη, Próknē) or Progne is a minor figure in Greek mythology.
Proteus
In Greek mythology, Proteus (Prōteús) is an early prophetic sea god or god of rivers and oceanic bodies of water, one of several deities whom Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea" (hálios gérôn).
Puddocky
"Das Märchen von der Padde" ("The Tale of the Toad") is a German folktale collected by Johann Gustav Gottlieb Büsching in Volks-Sagen, Märchen und Legenden (1812).
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Puss in Boots
"Puss in Boots" (Der gestiefelte Kater; Le Maître chat ou le Chat botté; Il gatto con gli stivali; De Gelaarsde Kat) is a European fairy tale about an anthropomorphic cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand in marriage of a princess for his penniless and low-born master.
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Pwyll
Pwyll Pen Annwn is a prominent figure in Welsh mythology and literature, the lord of Dyfed, husband of Rhiannon and father of the hero Pryderi.
Pygmalion (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Pygmalion (Ancient Greek: Πυγμαλίων Pugmalíōn, gen.: Πυγμαλίωνος) was a legendary figure of Cyprus.
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Pyrrha
In Greek mythology, Pyrrha (Pýrrha) was the daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora and wife of Deucalion of whom she had three sons, Hellen, Amphictyon, Orestheus; and three daughters Protogeneia, Pandora II and Thyia.
Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent.
Rapunzel
"Rapunzel" (Persinette) is a German fairy tale most notably recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales (KHM 12).
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Reptilian conspiracy theory
Reptilians (also called reptoids, archons, reptiloids, saurians, draconians, or lizard people) are supposed reptilian humanoids, which play a prominent role in fantasy, science fiction, ufology, and conspiracy theories.
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Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas").
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Rule of three (writing)
The rule of three is a writing principle which suggests that a trio of entities such as events or characters is more humorous, satisfying, or effective than other numbers. Shapeshifting and rule of three (writing) are Recurrent elements in fairy tales.
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Sadhbh
In Irish mythology, Sadhbh or Sive was the mother of Oisín by Fionn mac Cumhail.
Sagas of Icelanders
The sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur), also known as family sagas, are a subgenre, or text group, of Icelandic sagas.
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Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.
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Scottish mythology
Scottish mythology is the collection of myths that have emerged throughout the history of Scotland, sometimes being elaborated upon by successive generations, and at other times being rejected and replaced by other explanatory narratives.
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Scylla (daughter of Nisus)
In Greek mythology, Scylla (Skýlla) was a princess of Megara as daughter of King Nisus.
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Selene
In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Selene (Σελήνη, meaning "Moon")A Greek–English Lexicon.
Selkie
Selkies are mythological creatures that can shapeshift between seal and human forms by removing or putting on their seal skin.
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish writer.
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Seven deadly sins
The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, function as a grouping and classification of major vices within the teachings in Christianity and Islam.
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Shamanism
Shamanism or samanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman or saman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance.
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Shiva
Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.
Siggeir
Siggeir is the king of Gautland (i.e. Götaland/Geatland, but in some translations also rendered as Gothland), in the Völsunga saga.
Sigmund
In Germanic mythology, Sigmund (Sigmundr, Sigemund) is a hero whose story is told in the Völsunga saga.
Sinfjötli
Sinfjötli (Sinfjǫtli) or Fitela (in Old English) in Norse mythology was born out of the incestuous relationship between Sigmund and his sister Signy.
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Size change in fiction
Resizing (including miniaturization, growth, shrinking, and enlargement) is a recurring theme in speculative fiction, in particular in fairy tales, fantasy, and science fiction. Shapeshifting and Size change in fiction are science fiction themes.
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Skin-walker
In Navajo culture, a skin-walker (yee naaldlooshii) is a type of harmful witch who has the ability to turn into, possess, or disguise themselves as an animal. Shapeshifting and skin-walker are supernatural legends.
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Skrull
The Skrulls are a race of extraterrestrial shapeshifters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Slavic paganism
Slavic paganism, Slavic mythology, or Slavic religion is the religious beliefs, myths, and ritual practices of the Slavs before Christianisation, which occurred at various stages between the 8th and the 13th century.
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Sleipnir
In Norse mythology, Sleipnir (Old Norse:; "slippy"Orchard (1997:151). or "the slipper"Kermode (1904:6).) is an eight-legged horse ridden by Odin.
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Snow White
"Snow White" is a German fairy tale, first written down in the early 19th century.
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Somali mythology
Somali mythology covers the beliefs, myths, legends and folk tales circulating in Somali society that were passed down to new generations in a timeline spanning several millennia in Somalia and Djibouti dating back 6000 years ago.
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Sontaran
The Sontarans are a fictional race of extraterrestrial humanoids principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who and its spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures.
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Soul eater (folklore)
A soul eater is a folklore figure in the traditional belief systems of some groups, notably the Hausa of Nigeria.
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Speculative fiction
Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other imaginative realms.
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Speed
In kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as v) of an object is the magnitude of the change of its position over time or the magnitude of the change of its position per unit of time; it is thus a scalar quantity.
Spriggan
A spriggan is a legendary creature from Cornish folklore.
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is a 1991 American science fiction film directed by Nicholas Meyer, who also directed the second Star Trek film, The Wrath of Khan.
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9) is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller.
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Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones is a 2002 American epic space opera film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales.
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Stephan Grundy
Stephan Scott Grundy (June 28, 1967 – September 29, 2021),, The Wild Hunt, October 5, 2021, retrieved December 15, 2021.
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Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.
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Story structure
Story structure or narrative structure is the recognizable or comprehensible way in which a narrative's different elements are unified, including in a particularly chosen order and sometimes specifically referring to the ordering of the plot: the narrative series of events, though this can vary based on culture.
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Superhuman strength
Superhuman strength is a superpower commonly invoked in fiction and other literary works, such as mythology. Shapeshifting and Superhuman strength are fantasy tropes, mythological powers and science fiction themes.
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Supernatural (American TV series)
Supernatural is an American television series created by Eric Kripke.
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Svipdagr
Svipdagr (Old Norse: "sudden day"Orchard (1997:157).) is the hero of the two Old Norse Eddaic poems Grógaldr and Fjölsvinnsmál, which are contained within the body of one work; Svipdagsmál.
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Swallow
The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae are a family of passerine songbirds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica.
Swan
Swans are birds of the genus Cygnus within the family Anatidae.
Swan maiden
The "swan maiden" story is a name in folkloristics used to refer to three kinds of stories: those where one of the characters is a bird-maiden, in which she can appear either as a bird or as a woman; those in which one of the elements of the narrative is the theft of the feather-robe belonging to a bird-maiden, though it is not the most important theme in the story; and finally the most commonly referred to motif, and also the most archaic in origin: those stories in which the main theme, among several mixed motifs, is that of a man who finds the bird-maiden bathing and steals her feathered robe, which leads to him becoming married to the bird-maiden.
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T. H. White
Terence Hanbury "Tim" White (29 May 1906 – 17 January 1964) was an English writer.
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Taliesin
Taliesin (6th century AD) was an early Brittonic poet of Sub-Roman Britain whose work has possibly survived in a Middle Welsh manuscript, the Book of Taliesin.
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Talking animal
A talking animal or speaking animal is any non-human animal that can produce sounds or gestures resembling those of a human language.
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Tam Lin
Tam (or Tamas) Lin (also called Tamlane, Tamlin, Tambling, Tomlin, Tam Lien, Tam-a-Line, Tam Lyn, or Tam Lane) is a character in a legendary ballad originating from the Scottish Borders.
Tarnhelm
The Tarnhelm is a magic helmet in Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (written 1848–1874; first perf. 1876).
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Tatarstan
Tatarstan (Татарстан; Татарстан), officially the Republic of Tatarstan, sometimes also called Tataria, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe.
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Tatterhood
Tatterhood (Norwegian: Lurvehette) is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe.
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Taurotragus
Taurotragus is a genus of giant antelopes of the African savanna, commonly known as elands.
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Tennin
, which may include,, and the specifically female version, the, are a divine kind of spiritual beings found in Japanese Buddhism, the equivalent of angels. Shapeshifting and Tennin are supernatural legends.
Tereus
In Greek mythology, Tereus (Ancient Greek: Τηρεύς) was a Thracian king,Thucydides: History of the Peloponnesian War 2:29 the son of Ares and the naiad Bistonis.
Terri Windling
Terri Windling (born December 3, 1958, in Fort Dix, New Jersey) is an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults.
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Terror of the Zygons
Terror of the Zygons is the first serial of the thirteenth season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was the first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 30 August to 20 September 1975.
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The Adventures of Pinocchio
The Adventures of Pinocchio (Le avventure di Pinocchio., i.e. "The Adventures of Pinocchio. Story of a Puppet"), commonly shortened to Pinocchio, is an 1883 children's fantasy novel by Italian author Carlo Collodi.
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The Battle of the Birds
The Battle of the Birds (Scottish Gaelic: Cath Nan Eun) is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in his Popular Tales of the West Highlands.
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The Boys with the Golden Stars
The Boys with the Golden Stars (Romanian: Doi feți cu stea în frunte) is a Romanian fairy tale collected in Rumänische Märchen.
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The Brown Bear of Norway
The Brown Bear of Norway is an Irish fairy tale collected by Patrick Kennedy which appeared in his Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts (1866).
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The Canary Prince
The Canary Prince (Italian: Il Principe canarino) is an Italian fairy tale, the 18th tale in Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino.
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The Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven portal fantasy novels by British author C. S. Lewis.
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The Death of Koschei the Deathless
The Death of Koschei the Deathless or Marya Morevna (Марья Моревна) is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki and included by Andrew Lang in The Red Fairy Book.
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The Donkey (fairy tale)
"The Ass", "The Donkey", or "The Little Donkey" (Das Eselein) is a German fairy tale collected by Brothers Grimm compiled in the Grimm's Fairy Tales.
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The Enchanted Snake
The Enchanted Snake or The Snake (Neapolitan: Lo serpe) is an Italian fairy tale written by author Giambattista Basile in the Pentamerone, as the fifth story of the second day.
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The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy is a 1997 reference work covering fantasy fiction, edited by John Clute and John Grant.
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The Faceless Ones
The Faceless Ones is the mostly missing eighth serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 8 April to 13 May 1967.
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The Famous Flower of Serving-Men
The Famous Flower of Serving-Men or The Lady turned Serving-Man (Child 106, Roud 199) is a traditional English language folk song and murder ballad.
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The Frog Prince
"The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry" (Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich, literally "The Frog King or the Iron Henry") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812 in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' (KHM 1).
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The Frog Princess
The Frog Princess is a fairy tale that has multiple versions with various origins.
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The Golden Ass
The Metamorphoses of Apuleius, which Augustine of Hippo referred to as The Golden Ass (Asinus aureus), is the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety.
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The Golden Bird
The Golden Bird (German: Der goldene Vogel) is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 57) about the pursuit of a golden bird by a gardener's three sons.
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The Golden Crab
The Golden Crab is a Greek fairy tale collected as "Prinz Krebs" by Bernhard Schmidt in his Griechische Märchen, Sagen and Volkslieder.
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The Grateful Prince
The Grateful Prince (Tänulik Kuninga poeg) is an Estonian fairy tale.
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The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry
"The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry" or "The Grey Selkie of Sule Skerry" is a traditional folk song from Orkney and Shetland.
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The Hedley Kow
"The Hedley Kow" is an English fairy tale, particular to the village of Hedley on the Hill in Northumberland.
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The Heroes of Olympus
The Heroes of Olympus is a pentalogy of fantasy-adventure novels written by American author Rick Riordan.
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The Horse and His Boy
The Horse and His Boy is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1954.
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The Juniper Tree (fairy tale)
"The Juniper Tree" (also The Almond Tree; Von dem Machandelboom) is a German fairy tale published in Low German by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales in 1812 (KHM 47).
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The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh
The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh, also known as The Laidly Worm of Bamborough, is a Northumbrian ballad about a princess who is changed into a dragon (the "laidly worm" of the title).
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The Marvelous Land of Oz
The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, commonly shortened to The Land of Oz, published in July 1904, is the second book in L. Frank Baum's Oz series, and the sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).
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The Master Maid
"The Master Maid" is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr.
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The Myrtle
"The Myrtle" is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.
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The Once and Future King
The Once and Future King is a collection of fantasy novels by T. H. White about the legend of King Arthur.
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The Pig King
"The Pig King" or "King Pig" (Il re porco) is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in his The Facetious Nights of Straparola.
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The Princess and Curdie
The Princess and Curdie is a children's classic fantasy novel by George MacDonald from late 1883.
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The Riddle-Master of Hed
The Riddle-Master of Hed is a fantasy novel by American writer Patricia A. McKillip and the first book of her Riddle Master trilogy.
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The Rose-Tree
The Rose-Tree is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales.
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The Seven Foals
The Seven Foals (in Norwegian: De syv folene) is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe.
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The Seven Ravens
"The Seven Ravens" (German: Die sieben Raben) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 25).
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The She-bear
"The She-bear" is an Italian literary fairy tale, written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.
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The Six Swans
"The Six Swans" (Die sechs Schwäne) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales in 1812 (KHM 49).
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The Sword in the Stone (1963 film)
The Sword in the Stone is a 1963 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney and released by Buena Vista Distribution.
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The Sword in the Stone (novel)
The Sword in the Stone is a 1938 novel by British writer T. H. White.
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The Thing (1982 film)
The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster.
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The Thing (2011 film)
The Thing is a 2011 American science fiction horror film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., written by Eric Heisserer, and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Eric Christian Olsen.
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The Thing from Another World
The Thing from Another World, sometimes referred to as just The Thing, is a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction-horror film, directed by Christian Nyby, produced by Edward Lasker for Howard Hawks' Winchester Pictures Corporation, and released by RKO Radio Pictures.
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The Three Enchanted Princes
The Three Enchanted Princes or The Three Animal Kings (Neapolitan: Li tre rri anemale; Italian: I tre re animale) is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the Pentamerone.
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The Three Little Men in the Wood
"The Three Little Men in the Wood" or "The Three Little Gnomes in the Forest" (Die drei Männlein im Walde) is a German fairy tale collected in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales (KHM 13).
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The Twa Magicians
"The Twa Magicians", "The Two Magicians", "The Lady and the Blacksmith", or "The Coal Black Smith" (Roud 1350, Child 44) is a British folk song.
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The Two Kings' Children
"The Two Kings' Children" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm's Fairy Tales, tale number 113.
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The White Bride and the Black One
"The White Bride and the Black One" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 135.
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The White Cat (fairy tale)
The White Cat is a French literary fairytale written by Madame d'Aulnoy and published in 1698.
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The White Doe
The White Doe or The Doe in the Woods is a French literary fairy tale written by Madame d'Aulnoy.
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The White Dove (Danish fairy tale)
The White Dove (Danish: Den hvide Due) is a Danish fairy tale.
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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige, literally Nils Holgersson's wonderful journey across Sweden) is a work of fiction by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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The Wonderful Birch
The Wonderful Birch (Чудесная берёза) is a Finnish/Russian fairy tale.
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The Wounded Lion
The Wounded Lion is a Spanish fairy tale collected by D. Francisco de S. Maspons y Labros, in Cuentos Populars Catalans.
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The X-Files
The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter.
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Thermoregulation
Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different.
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Thunderheart
Thunderheart is a 1992 American Neo-Western mystery film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay by John Fusco.
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Tikbalang
The Tikbalang (/ˈtikbaˌlaŋ/) (also Tigbalang, Tigbalan, Tikbalan, Tigbolan, or Werehorse) is a creature of Philippine folklore said to lurk in the mountains and rainforests of the Philippines.
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Tiresias
In Greek mythology, Tiresias (Teiresías) was a blind prophet of Apollo in Thebes, famous for clairvoyance and for being transformed into a woman for seven years.
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Tithonus
In Greek mythology, Tithonus (or; Tithonos) was the lover of Eos, Goddess of the Dawn.
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Tochmarc Étaíne
Tochmarc Étaíne, meaning "The Wooing of Étaín/Éadaoin", is an early text of the Irish Mythological Cycle, and also features characters from the Ulster Cycle and the Cycles of the Kings.
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Tor Books
Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City.
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Totem
A totem (from ᑑᑌᒼ or ᑑᑌᒻ doodem) is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe, such as in the Anishinaabe clan system.
Triptolemus
Triptolemus (lit), also known as Buzyges, was a hero of Eleusis in Greek mythology, central to the Eleusinian Mysteries and is worshipped as the inventor and patron of agriculture.
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Troy
Troy (translit; Trōia; 𒆳𒌷𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭|translit.
Tuan mac Cairill
In Irish mythology Tuan mac Cairill was a recluse who retains his memories from his previous incarnations, going back to Antediluvian age.
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Twilight (novel series)
Twilight is a series of four fantasy romance novels, two companion novels, and one novella written by American author Stephenie Meyer.
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Uist
Uist is a group of six islands that are part of the Outer Hebridean Archipelago, which is part of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author.
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Utopia
A utopia typically describes an imaginary community or society that possesses highly desirable or near-perfect qualities for its members. Shapeshifting and utopia are science fiction themes.
Val Kilmer
Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor.
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Vampire
A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living.
Völsunga saga
The Völsunga saga (often referred to in English as the Volsunga Saga or Saga of the Völsungs) is a legendary saga, a late 13th-century prose rendition in Old Norse of the origin and decline of the Völsung clan (including the story of Sigurd and Brynhild and the destruction of the Burgundians).
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Veles (god)
Veles, also known as Volos, is a major god of earth, waters, livestock, and the underworld in Slavic paganism.
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Vertumnus
In Roman mythology, Vertumnus (also Vortumnus or Vertimnus) is the god of seasons, change and plant growth, as well as gardens and fruit trees.
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Vladimir Propp
Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp (Владимир Яковлевич Пропп; – 22 August 1970) was a Soviet folklorist and scholar who analysed the basic structural elements of Russian folk tales to identify their simplest irreducible structural units.
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Voyeurism
Voyeurism is the sexual interest in or practice of watching other people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other actions of a private nature.
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Weasel
Weasels are mammals of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae.
Werehyena
Werehyena is a neologism coined in analogy to werewolf for therianthropy involving hyenas.
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Werewolf
In folklore, a werewolf, or occasionally lycanthrope (λυκάνθρωπος|lykánthrōpos|wolf-human|label. Shapeshifting and werewolf are supernatural legends.
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Who Goes There?
Who Goes There? is a 1938 science fiction horror novella by American author John W. Campbell, written under the pen name Don A. Stuart.
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Wish
A wish is a hope or desire for something. Shapeshifting and wish are Recurrent elements in fairy tales.
Witch doctor
A witch doctor (also spelled witch-doctor) was originally a type of healer who treated ailments believed to be caused by witchcraft.
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Witchcraft
Witchcraft, as most commonly understood in both historical and present-day communities, is the use of alleged supernatural powers of magic. Shapeshifting and Witchcraft are supernatural legends.
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Wolf
The wolf (Canis lupus;: wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America.
X-Men
The X-Men are a superhero team in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Yōkai
are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore.
Yogini
A yogini (Sanskrit: योगिनी, IAST) is a female master practitioner of tantra and yoga, as well as a formal term of respect for female Hindu or Buddhist spiritual teachers in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Greater Tibet.
Yuxa
Yuxa (Latin: Yuxa Yilan, Cyrillic: Юха елан, Old Turkic: 𐰖𐰆𐰎𐰀), or Sly Snake, is a legendary creature that figures in Turkic folklore.
Zeus
Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.
Zygon
The Zygons are an extraterrestrial race in the long-running British science fiction television programme Doctor Who.
See also
Mythological powers
- Bao Jing
- Eternal youth
- Fairy Flag
- Fenshen
- Immortality
- Language of the birds
- Levitation of saints
- Li A
- Li Babai
- Magic (supernatural)
- Maming Sheng
- Shapeshifting
- Shijie (Taoism)
- Simiyya
- Superhuman strength
- Yin Changsheng
Recurrent elements in fairy tales
- Cloak of invisibility
- Enchanted forest
- Female beauty
- Feminine beauty ideal
- Golden apple
- Golden apples
- Happy ending
- Henjunaha and Lairoulembi
- Incantation
- Magic (supernatural)
- Magic carpet
- Magic in fiction
- Moirang Shayon
- Once upon a time
- Princess and dragon
- Romance
- Romance (love)
- Rule of three (writing)
- Sandrembi and Chaisra
- Seven-league boots
- Shapeshifting
- Stock character
- The Belbati Princess
- The Love for Three Oranges (fairy tale)
- The Pomegranate Fairy (Indian folktale)
- The Prince and the Gypsy Woman
- Wish
- Witch (archetype)
References
Also known as Animangus, Animorphism, Cladotherianthrope, Contherianthrope, Contherianthropy, Juujin, List of fictional shapeshifters, List of shapeshifters in myth and fiction, Metamorph, Shape Shifter, Shape change, Shape changed, Shape changer, Shape changers, Shape changes, Shape changing, Shape shift, Shape shifted, Shape shifting, Shape shifts, Shape-Shifter, Shape-change, Shape-changed, Shape-changer, Shape-changers, Shape-changes, Shape-changing, Shape-shift, Shape-shifted, Shape-shifters, Shape-shifting, Shape-shifting (ability), Shape-shifts, Shapechange, Shapechanged, Shapechanger, Shapechangers, Shapechanges, Shapechanging, Shapeshift, Shapeshifted, Shapeshifter, Shapeshifters, Shapeshifters in video games, Shapeshifting fiction, Shapeshifts, Skin changer, Skin-changer, Skinchanger, Theranthropy, Therian (identity), Therianimism, Therianism, Therianthrope, Therianthropic, Therianthropy (fiction), Transformation chase, Transformation fantasy, Transformation fiction, Transmogrification, Transmogrified, Transmogrifies, Transmogrifying, Transmorph, Werebeast.
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