Results for "Wand"
11 entries found.
- Wand Concept
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreLal Shahbaz Qalandarلعل شهباز قلندر
A Sufi saint and poet revered in South Asia, especially among the Sindhi people.Figure · Speaking with spirits and the dead Historical
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 moreLa Llorona
A vengeful ghost in Hispanic American folklore who mourns drowned children near water.Figure · Cursing and harm Living
🇨🇳 China and 5 moreGhost FestivalZhongyuan Festival; Yulanpen Festival
A festival to feed wandering spirits and guide them home during the seventh lunar month.Tradition · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Protection Living
🇻🇪 Venezuela and 1 moreEl Silbón
A Venezuelan and Colombian legend of a cursed spirit who carries his father's bones.Figure · Cursing and harm · Seeing and foretelling Legendary
🇬🇧 United KingdomGwyllion
Welsh spirits that lead travellers astray and are feared in mountain folkloreBeing · Cursing and harm Historical
🇮🇹 Italy and 1 moreThe Fool
A tarot card of unique status, depicting a wanderer or madman outside the numbered sequence.Text · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 moreRokurokubiろくろ首
A Japanese spirit with a stretching neck or a flying headBeing · Cursing and harm · Speaking with spirits and the dead Legendary
🇫🇷 France and 5 moreRevenant
An animated corpse or spirit that returns from the grave to haunt the livingBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇨🇳 ChinaLan Caihe藍采和
An ambiguous Taoist immortal known for a flower basket and wandering songsBeing · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇮🇳 India and 2 morePlanets in astrology
Seven celestial bodies used to map human character and destinyBelief · Power and authority · Luck and prosperity Living
🇪🇬 EgyptBirth tusk
Ivory rods inscribed with protective figures for childbirth and infant safety in ancient Egypt.Charm · Protection Historical
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Lan Caihe: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, source
- La Llorona: Melvin Callejas, Public domain, source
- Ghost Festival: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- El Silbón: María Auxiliadora Ramírez Prato, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- The Fool: Johann Georg Rauch, Public domain, source
- Rokurokubi: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source
- Revenant: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Birth tusk: Anonymous ( Egypt ) Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Planets in astrology: Jan van Loon, Public domain, source
- Lal Shahbaz Qalandar: Fassifarooq, CC BY-SA 4.0, source