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2,660 entries so far, best known first. 2,250 more are on the list to be written. Narrow by region, kind, purpose, practitioner, belief world, occasion or how alive it is.
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PurposeProtectionHealingSeeing and foretellingLuck and prosperityLove and attractionCursing and harmCleansing and purificationSpeaking with spirits and the deadChange and initiationBinding and oathsPower and authorityWonder and entertainment
WhoShamansFolk healersPriests and ritual specialistsWitches, sorcerers and cunning folkDiviners and readersMediums and the possessedCeremonial magicians and alchemistsHouseholds and ordinary peopleStage magiciansScholars and sceptics
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🇮🇹 ItalyFortunaFortūna
The Roman goddess of luck and fate, shown with a wheel and a horn of plentyBeing · Luck and prosperity · Seeing and foretelling Historical
🇸🇪 Sweden and 2 moreFreyja
Norse goddess of love, war, and seiðr magic who rides a chariot pulled by catsBeing · Love and attraction · Seeing and foretelling Legendary
🇮🇹 ItalyJupiterIuppiter
The Roman sky father and king of the gods, associated with thunder and oathsBeing · Power and authority · Protection Historical
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 1 moreĒostre
An Anglo-Saxon goddess linked to spring and the dawn, whose name became Easter.Being · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 moreFairy
A European spirit with magical powers and human form found in folklore and artBeing · Protection · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇬🇷 GreeceTriple Goddess
A Neopagan deity representing three female life stages and lunar phasesBeing · Power and authority Living
🇮🇸 Iceland and 1 moreNornsnornir
Fate-weaving figures from Norse myth who shape human destiny and tend the world tree.Being · Cursing and harm · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇷🇺 Russia and 3 moreLeshyлеший
A forest spirit from Slavic folklore who guards the woods and misleads travelers.Being · Protection · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇮🇸 Iceland and 2 moreValkyrievalkyrja
Female figures in Norse myth who select fallen warriors and guide them to Odin's hallBeing · Speaking with spirits and the dead Legendary
🇬🇷 Greece and 1 moreHecateἙκάτη
A Greek goddess of magic, crossroads, and the moon, often shown in three forms.Being · Protection · Power and authority Historical
🇬🇧 United KingdomCeridwenCerridwen
A Welsh enchantress and modern goddess of poetic inspiration and transformation.Being · Change and initiation Revived
🇸🇪 Sweden and 2 moreDísdísir
Female spirits of fate and protection in Norse traditionBeing · Protection · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇮🇹 Italy and 1 moreSaturnSāturnus
Roman god of time and agriculture, linked to the Saturnalia festivalBeing · Luck and prosperity · Power and authority Historical
🇮🇹 Italy and 1 moreCupidCupīdō
A Roman deity of desire and erotic love, often depicted with a bow and arrow.Being · Love and attraction · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇬🇷 GreeceCeryneian HindΚερυνῖτις ἔλαφος
A swift deer with golden antlers and bronze hooves from Greek mythBeing Legendary
🇬🇷 GreeceEmpusaἜμπουσα
A shape-shifting phantom of Greek myth with a single brass leg, sent by Hecate to seduce and devour young men.Being · Cursing and harm · Speaking with spirits and the dead Legendary
🇯🇵 Japan and 4 moreHousehold deity
A spirit or minor god believed to guard a home and its family members.Being · Protection · Speaking with spirits and the dead Historical
🇮🇪 IrelandSalmon of KnowledgeAn Bradán Feasa
A mythical fish in Irish folklore that holds all the world's wisdom.Being · Power and authority · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇬🇷 GreeceCancer (mythology)Καρκίνος
A giant crab from Greek myth that became a zodiac constellationBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇷🇺 Russia and 2 moreSupernatural beings in Slavic religion
Mythic entities of nature, death, and fate in Slavic folklore and belief.Being · Protection · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇮🇹 ItalyCacus
A fire-breathing giant of Roman myth who stole cattle and was slain by HerculesBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇮🇸 Iceland and 1 moreSleipnir
Odin's eight-legged horse in Norse myth, born of Loki and a stallionBeing Legendary
🇮🇸 Iceland and 3 moreElf
A supernatural person of Germanic lore, linked to illness, beauty and magicBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇬🇷 GreeceNymphνύμφη
A nature spirit from Greek myth, tied to specific places like springs or trees, often seen as a maiden.Being · Healing · Seeing and foretelling Historical
🇬🇷 GreecePrometheusΠρομηθεύς
A Titan who took fire for humans and paid for itFigure · Speaking with spirits and the dead Legendary
🇬🇷 GreeceMeilichiosΜειλίχιος
An ancient Greek chthonic spirit linked to Zeus and appeased through fire offerings.Being · Protection · Cursing and harm Historical
🇬🇷 GreeceCentaurideΚενταυρίδε (Kentauride)
A female centaur from Greek mythology, depicted in art and literature as a hybrid of woman and horse.Being · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇬🇷 GreeceTalosΤάλως
A bronze automaton that guarded Crete from invaders and piratesBeing · Protection Legendary
🇬🇷 GreeceAloadaeἈλωάδαι (Aloadai)
Twin giants of Thessaly who challenged the gods and built mountains to reach Olympus.Being Legendary
🇮🇸 Iceland and 1 moreLandvættir
Spirits tied to specific places in Norse tradition and modern HeathenryBeing · Protection · Luck and prosperity Living
🇬🇷 GreeceHarpyἅρπυια (hárpyia)
Half-human, half-bird creatures from Greek and Roman myth, often seen as storm winds or snatchers of food.Being · Cursing and harm · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇬🇷 GreeceMoiraiΜοίρες
Greek personifications of destiny who spin, measure, and cut the thread of life.Being · Power and authority Historical
🇮🇹 ItalyAngitia
A Sabine and Roman goddess of healing and snake magic in central ItalyBeing · Healing · Power and authority Historical
🇬🇷 GreeceMormoΜορμώ
A Greek bogey whose name adults spoke to frighten childrenBeing Legendary
🇳🇴 NorwayEinherjar
Óðinn's host of warriors killed in battle, feasting in Valhalla until RagnarökBeing Legendary
🇨🇿 Czech Republic and 1 moreRübezahl
A mountain spirit of the Giant Mountains, kindly to some and vengeful to othersBeing · Protection · Healing Legendary
🇬🇷 Greece and 2 moreDioneΔιώνη
An ancient Greek oracular goddess and Titaness, mother of Aphrodite.Being · Seeing and foretelling Historical
🇮🇹 ItalyŚuri𐌑𐌖𐌛 (Etruscan)
An ancient Etruscan deity of volcanic fire, the underworld, and healingBeing · Protection · Healing Historical
🇬🇷 Greece and 1 moreScyllaΣκύλλα
A sea monster from Greek tales who guards a perilous passage and devours sailors.Being · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇬🇷 GreeceArgoἈργώ
The mythic ship of Jason and the Argonauts, built with divine aid for a quest across the sea.Being · Power and authority Legendary
🇬🇷 GreecePolemosΠόλεμος
A Greek spirit of war and the personification of conflictBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Cacus: William Blake, Public domain, source
- Fortuna: Charles Samuel, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ceridwen: Chris Denny, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Valkyrie: Lorenz Frølich, Public domain, source
- Elf: Martin Brandenburg, Public domain, source
- Nymph: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Norns: file: James Steakley ; artwork: Gustav Heidenreich, Public domain, source
- Prometheus: No machine-readable author provided. Atoma assumed (based on copyright, Public domain, source
- Meilichios: Mark Landon, CC BY 4.0, source
- Centauride: John La Farge, Public domain, source
- Talos: Unknown artist, Public domain, source
- Saturn: Robert Lowe, CC BY 2.0, source
- Seiðr: John Bauer, Public domain, source
- Salmon of Knowledge: Man vyi, Public domain, source
- Ēostre: Johannes Gehrts (1855–1921), Public domain, source
- Fairy: Henry Fuseli, Public domain, source
- Aloadae: No machine-readable author provided. Antars~commonswiki assumed (based, Public domain, source
- Cupid: Bertel Thorvaldsen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cancer (mythology): Diosphos Painter, Public domain, source
- Landvættir: TommyBee, Public domain, source
- Harpy: Unknown, near the Tyrrhenian Group?, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Moirai: John Melhuish Strudwick, Public domain, source
- Household deity: Claus Ableiter, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hecate: Henryk Siemiradzki, Public domain, source
- Angitia: Marica Massaro, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dís: Emil Doepler, Public domain, source
- Jupiter: ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Einherjar: Emil Doepler, Public domain, source
- Rübezahl: User:Antosh, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dione: Phidias, CC BY 2.5, source
- Triple Goddess: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Ceryneian Hind: Unknown artist, Public domain, source
- Supernatural beings in Slavic religion: Bartolomeo Giuliano, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Śuri: Marie-Lan Nguyen, Public domain, source
- Leshy: Γραφέας, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Scylla: Unknown artist, Public domain, source
- Argo: Konstantinos Volanakis, Public domain, source
- Sleipnir: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source