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Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.
Kosodate-yūrei
Kosodate-yūrei, maternal spirit that returns to care for her baby
Maternal spirit from Japanese folklore that returns at night to care for her baby.
Tiyanak
Tiyanak, the deceptive vampire infant of Filipino folklore
The tiyanak is a Filipino vampire that takes the form of an abandoned newborn to lure victims with innocent crying and attack with sharp teeth.
Tikbalang
Tikbalang, the equine trickster of the Philippine trails
Equine-human shapeshifter who disorients travelers in the mountainous Philippine forests.
Sutoku Daitengu
Sutoku Daitengu, deposed emperor transformed into a vengeful great tengu
Sutoku Daitengu is the spirit of Emperor Sutoku who, after biting his tongue and writing a blood oath of vengeance, transformed into a daitengu and caused disasters in Japan for centuries.
Sōjōbō
Sōjōbō, daitengu mountain king of Mount Kurama
Sōjōbō is the daitengu mountain king of Mount Kurama, master of the hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune and lord of storms and kenjutsu.
Konoha-tengu
Konoha-tengu, yamabushi ascetic of the sacred mountains
Intermediate phase of the tengu lineage that after centuries of shugendō asceticism adopts a humanoid form with prominent nose and complete yamabushi attire.
Karasu-tengu
Karasu-tengu, the bestial crow tengu of early Japanese folklore
Anthropomorphic giant crow spirit that inhabits mountain forests and abducts lost children.
Izanami
Izanami, creator kami of death and the underworld in the Shinto pantheon
Izanami is the creator kami associated with death and the underworld in Shinto mythology of Japan.
Izanagi
Izanagi, creator kami of the islands of Japan and the principal deities
Izanagi is the creator kami who originated the islands of Japan and the principal deities with his celestial spear and purification rituals.
Tsukuyomi
Tsukuyomi, kami of the moon in the Shinto pantheon
Tsukuyomi is the moon kami associated with night and time, protagonist of solar-lunar separation myths in Japan.
Susanoo
Susanoo, kami of the storm and the sea in Japanese Shinto folklore
Susanoo is the kami of the storm and the sea, bearer of the Kusanagi sword and associated with serpents.
Tenjin
Tenjin, god of lightning and scholarship in the Shinto pantheon
Tenjin is the kami into which Sugawara no Michizane transformed after his death, worshipped as the protector of scholarship and calligraphy.
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