Results for "middle east"
17 entries found.
🇲🇦 Morocco and 5 moreWild rueاسپند
A desert plant whose seeds hold psychoactive alkaloids and serve as incense in the Middle East.Substance · Protection · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreHamsaخمسة
A palm-shaped amulet used across North Africa and the Middle East for protection.Charm · Protection · Luck and prosperity Living
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreSnake charming
A street performance using a gourd flute to make snakes swayIllusion · Wonder and entertainment · Luck and prosperity Fading
🇹🇷 Turkey and 2 moreApollonius of TyanaἈπολλώνιος ὁ Τυανεύς
A first-century philosopher and miracle worker whose life became a legend of divine power.Figure · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreZārزار
A spirit possession tradition and healing ritual in the Horn of Africa and Middle EastTradition · Healing · Speaking with spirits and the dead Living
🇮🇳 India and 5 moreFountain of Youth
A legendary spring said to reverse aging and cure illness, appearing in myths across the world.Belief · Healing · Change and initiation Legendary
🇮🇳 IndiaAstrometeorology
A historical belief that celestial positions forecast weather and climateBelief · Seeing and foretelling Historical
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso and 5 moreCosmic egg
A mythological motif where the universe or a creator emerges from a primordial egg.Belief · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇮🇱 Israel and 1 moreTeraphimתרפים
Ancient Hebrew household figures linked to ancestry, property rights and divinationBeing · Seeing and foretelling · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇲🇱 Mali and 4 moreKonrulQonrul
A giant bird of Turkic myth that regenerates and aids heroesBeing · Power and authority Legendary
🇮🇪 IrelandDevil Whale
A giant sea creature mistaken for an island that drags sailors to the deepBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇮🇷 IranBalaibalanباليبلن
An early constructed language from the Islamic world, likely created for sacred or poetic purposes.Text · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreHaunted house
A house said to hold the spirits of its dead, and how the scares are investigatedBelief · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Wonder and entertainment Living
🇷🇺 Russia and 2 moreFavomancy
Divination by throwing beans and reading the patterns they form on the groundOracle · Seeing and foretelling · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 moreIsrael-related animal conspiracy theories
Recurring claims that Israel's spies ride on sharks, vultures and dolphinsBelief Living
🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 5 moreWerehyena
A shapeshifter from African and Middle Eastern folklore that turns into a hyena or is a hyena in human formBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇮🇹 ItalyWinged lion
A mythological creature combining a lion's body with bird wings, used in heraldry and art.Being · Protection · Power and authority Legendary
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Fountain of Youth: Lucas Cranach the Elder, Public domain, source
- Winged lion: Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hamsa: Kritzolina, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Astrometeorology: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source
- Buda: Aberdeen Bestiary, Public domain, source
- Haunted house: John Anster Fitzgerald, Public domain, source
- Snake charming: Paris75000, Public domain, source
- Apollonius of Tyana: Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cosmic egg: James Basire, 1730–1802 (engraver), Public domain, source
- Teraphim: Athanasius Kircher, Public domain, source
- Devil Whale: Edmund Dulac, Public domain, source
- Israel-related animal conspiracy theories: Sumeet Moghe, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Zār: Emad Nemati, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Wild rue: Yuriy75, CC BY-SA 3.0, source