Results for "fiction"
21 entries found.
🇫🇷 FranceNicolas Flamel
A medieval scribe turned legendary alchemist and immortal in fictionFigure · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇪🇬 EgyptDjedi
A fictional magician from the Westcar Papyrus who resurrects animals and foretells a king's lineage.Figure · Seeing and foretelling · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇮🇸 IcelandRauðskinna
A legendary Icelandic grimoire said to grant mastery over dark forces.Text · Power and authority · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇧🇷 BrazilThe Hairy LegPerna cabeluda
A Brazilian urban legend of a detached leg that attacks people at nightFigure · Cursing and harm · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇨🇳 ChinaChronomancy
A divination method to find lucky days and the best times for action.Oracle · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 4 moreWyvern
A two-legged winged dragon common in European heraldry and fantasy fictionBeing · Power and authority Legendary
🇬🇷 Greece and 1 moreCacodemonκακοδαίμων (kakodaimōn)
An ancient Greek evil spirit, depicted as a horned youth and used in literature and games.Being · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇺🇸 United StatesSquonk
A fictional creature from American folklore known for weeping and dissolving in its own tears.Being · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇸🇾 SyriaOdontotyrannosόδοντοτύραννος
A mythical three-horned beast from Alexander the Great's Indian campaignsFigure Legendary
🇮🇳 India and 2 moreAgartha
A legendary underground kingdom said to rule the world from within the EarthFigure · Power and authority Legendary
🇺🇸 United StatesThe Occult: A History
A 1971 survey of occult figures and latent human powers by Colin WilsonText · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreVoldemort effect
A social pattern where naming a fear or problem makes it seem more powerfulBelief · Cursing and harm Historical
🇷🇸 Serbia and 1 moreVampire pumpkins and watermelons
A Balkan folk tale about ground fruit that turns into vampires.Belief · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇬🇧 United KingdomTyphonian Order
A British Thelemic esoteric body working with dark occultism, kalas, and cosmic mythTradition · Change and initiation · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreBaskerville effect
A theory that superstition about unlucky numbers causes heart attacks through stressBelief · Cursing and harm Historical
🇬🇷 GreeceMonopodσκιάποδες
A legendary one-legged people said to shade themselves with a giant footBeing Legendary
🇨🇭 Switzerland and 1 moreSylphsylphes
An air spirit from Paracelsian alchemy and later literatureBeing · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanBakeneko yūjo化猫遊女
A fictional character from Edo period literature featuring a courtesan who transforms into a cat.Figure · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇺🇸 United StatesPolka-dot paint
A stage magic trick and a real paint product that creates dotted patternsSubstance · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇩🇪 GermanyVril Society
A fictional secret society from conspiracy theories about Nazi Germany and occult energy.Belief · Power and authority Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanShinigami死神
A Japanese spirit or deity associated with inviting humans toward deathBeing · Cursing and harm Historical
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- Odontotyrannos: anonymous, London, England, 14th century, Public domain, source
- The Hairy Leg: Diógenes Montenegro, Public domain, source
- Monopod: Michael Wolgemut / Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, Public domain, source
- Sylph: Copyright by Rufus Watles & L.C. Sanger, lithograph by Sarony, Major &, Public domain, source
- Bakeneko yūjo: Torii Kiyonaga ( 鳥居清長 , Japanese, *1752, †1815), Public domain, source
- Vril Society: John Martin, Public domain, source
- Nicolas Flamel: Balthasar Moncornet, Public domain, source
- Wyvern: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Squonk: Coert Du Bois and by William T. Cox;, Public domain, source
- Shinigami: 日: Jnn, CC BY 2.1 jp, source
- Agartha: Louis Jacolliot, Public domain, source
- Cacodemon: Louis Le Breton, Public domain, source
- Voldemort effect: Shayan Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Vampire pumpkins and watermelons: The original uploader was Ke4roh at English Wikipedia ., Public domain, source