Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Traditional-Religions-and-Folklores:-Beings

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being in Latin script being description religion/folklore
amesha spenta
𐬀𐬨𐬆𐬱𐬀⸱𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬀
highest divinity
  • Zoroastrianism
alfr alfr supernatural humanoid
  • Norse religion
angel
מַלְאָךְ

ἄγγελος

angelus

ملأك
heavenly supernatural or spiritual being

In Ancient Greek it means messenger or envoy

  • Judaism
  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Baháʼí Faith
  • Sharfadin
apu apu spirit of mountains
  • Inca religion
archangel
רַב־מַלְאָךְ

ἀρχάγγελος

archangelus

a significant angel (Rabbinic Judaism); second-lowest rank of angels (Christianity); one of the eight groups of angels (Islam)
  • Rabbinic Judaism
  • Christianity
  • Islam
arhat अर्हत्

羅漢

person who has gained insight into the true nature of existence and has achieved Nirvana
  • Buddhism
Asur असुर demigod in Kāmadhātu (Buddhism); demigod beings with good or bad qualities (Hinduism)
  • Buddhism
  • Hinduism
ayakashi アヤカシ yōkai that appears above the surface of a body of water
  • Shintō
ben síde ben síde female spirit that wails before listener's family member's death
  • Irish folklore
bodhisattva बोधिसत्त्व

菩提薩埵

བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ

โพธิสัตว์

person who is spiritually awake or enlightened
  • Buddhism
boksa 卜師 male shaman
  • Korean shamanism
buddha बुद्ध person who have achieved Buddhahood
  • Buddhism
daēuua
𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬎𐬎𐬀
supernatural entity with disagreeable characteristics
  • Zoroastrianism
deva देव celestial being who have god-like characteristics (Buddhism); benevolent deity (Hinduism); Tīrthaṅkara or celestial beings born on special beds without parents (Jainism)
  • Buddhism
  • Hinduism
  • Jainism
dracō dracō large, fire-breathing, scaly, horned, lizard-like creature
  • European folklore
drákōn δράκων large, constricting snakes with poisonous spit or breath
  • Greek religion
dwerg dvergr

dweorg

craftspeople living in mountains or stones
  • Germanic folklore
Fomóire Fomóire supenatural race
  • Irish religion
Gígas Γίγας wild race of men destroyed by the gods
  • Greek religion
gobelin gobelin small, grotesque, monstrous creature
  • European folklore
ikiryō 生霊 disembodied spirit
  • Shintō
jinn
جِنّ‎
invisible creature
  • Arab folklore
  • Islamic folklore
kami divinity of nature, manifestations of the interconnecting energy of the universe and paragons for the human
  • Shintō
kitsune fox with paranormal abilities
  • Shintō
leipreachán leipreachán diminutive supernatural being
  • Irish folklore
lóng snake-like creature with four legs
  • East Asian folklore
mononoke 物の怪 spirit that can possess individuals and make them suffer
  • Shintō
nasnās
نَسْنَاس
half-human creature
  • Arab folklore
onmyōji 陰陽師 official for divination
  • escotericism
oni strong humanoid monster
  • Shintō
onryō 怨霊 ghost of vengeance
  • Shintō
orisha orisha divine spirit sent by Ọlọrun to assist humanity
  • Yoruba religion
shén supernatural being that inspires awe or wonder
  • Chinese folk religion
shikigami 式神 kami manipulated by an onmyōji
  • escotericism
shiryō 死霊 souls of the dead
  • Shintō
tengu 天狗 yōkai or kami that takes form of a hybrid of birds and monkeys
  • Shintō
trimūrti त्रिमूर्ति trinity of supreme divinity
  • Hinduism
Tuatha Dé Danann Tuatha Dé Danann supernatural race
  • Irish religion
vidyārāja विद्याराज

明王

wrathful deity
  • Vajrayāna
wyrm wyrm

ormr

large venomous serpents
  • Germanic folklore
xiān entities who have attained immortality and supernatural abilities
  • Daoism
xunguruuf xunguruuf creature
  • Somali folklore
yōkai 妖怪 monster with supernatural abilities
  • Shintō
yāoguài 妖怪 monster with supernatural abilities
  • Chinese folk religion
yūrei 幽霊 spirit barred from a peaceful afterlife
  • Shintō
zhēnrén 真人 spiritual master
  • Daoism


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