Results for "oil"
25 entries found.
- Malocchio removal with oil and water Rite
- Four-leaf clover Concept
- Hexafoil and hex signs Concept
🇺🇸 United StatesHot foil trick
A stage illusion where foil heats and burns in a volunteer's handIllusion · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇮🇱 Israel and 5 moreHoly anointing oilשמן המשחה (šemen ham-mišḵā)
A sacred blend of spices and olive oil used to consecrate priests, kings, and sacred objects.Substance · Power and authority Living
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreLoong龍
A water deity and imperial symbol in Chinese culture, depicted as a coiled serpent with four legs.Being · Protection · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇵🇪 Peru and 1 morePishtacoñañaq; kharisiri
An Andean bogeyman said to steal human fat for oil and medicineBeing · Cursing and harm · Power and authority Living
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 1 moreOrang Minyak
A slippery ghost from Malay folklore that abducts women and is covered in black grease.Being · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇵🇪 Peru and 5 morePalo Santo
Aromatic wood used in South American ritual cleansing and folk medicineSubstance · Cleansing and purification · Healing Living
🇮🇳 IndiaKundaliniकुण्डलिनी
A dormant energy in Hinduism believed to rise through the spine for spiritual liberationBelief Living
🇫🇷 France and 4 moreWitch trials in the early modern period
A wave of prosecutions across Europe and British America from the 1400s to the late 1700s.Tradition · Cursing and harm Historical
🇬🇧 United KingdomJohn Nevil Maskelyne
A Victorian magician who exposed fraud and invented the pay toiletIllusion · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇲🇬 Madagascar and 4 moreGeomancy
A cross-cultural system of divination using earth, sand, and landforms to read the future or align spaces.Oracle · Seeing and foretelling · Power and authority Living
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreDiyaदीया
A small oil lamp used in prayers and festivals across the Indian subcontinentTradition · Protection · Luck and prosperity Living
🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreBiodynamic agriculture
An organic farming system with esoteric roots and spiritual practicesTradition · Healing · Power and authority Living
🇨🇳 ChinaPig dragon玉豬龍
A coiled Neolithic jade amulet from Hongshan culture, possibly an early dragon imageCharm · Power and authority Historical
🇯🇵 JapanAbura-sumashi油すまし
A mountain spirit from Amakusa folklore said to be a thief turned yōkaiBeing Legendary
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 1 moreMadam Koi Koi
A Nigerian school ghost known for the sound of her heelsFigure · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇸🇾 Syria and 1 moreLotan𐎍𐎚𐎐 (LTN)
A coiled sea serpent defeated by a storm god in Ugaritic mythBeing Legendary
🇨🇳 ChinaXirang息壤
A magical soil in Chinese mythology that expands to control flood watersSubstance · Protection Legendary
🇦🇹 AustriaThyrsus
A Tyrolean giant from legend, associated with healing shale oil and a fatal duel.Figure Legendary
🇹🇭 ThailandPla taphianปลาตะเพียนสาน
A woven palm leaf fish mobile hung as a blessing for health and plentyCharm · Protection · Luck and prosperity Living
🇯🇵 JapanAbura-akago油赤子
A Japanese yōkai drawn as an infant lapping oil from a paper lampBeing Legendary
🇬🇷 GreeceAmulet MS 5236
A stamped gold amulet from ancient Greece invoking ApolloCharm · Protection · Cursing and harm Historical
🇯🇵 JapanNarigama鳴釜
A Japanese yōkai and Shinto divination ritual based on the sound of a heated pot.Figure · Seeing and foretelling · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇯🇵 JapanIkuchiゐくち
A legendary sea serpent from Japanese folklore that leaves oil on shipsBeing · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇩🇿 AlgeriaSycorax
An unseen witch in Shakespeare's The Tempest, mother of Caliban and foil to ProsperoFigure Legendary
🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreCompanions of Saint Nicholas
Dark figures who accompany the gift-bringer to discipline children across Central EuropeFigure · Cursing and harm · Luck and prosperity Living
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreLoong龍
A water deity and imperial symbol in Chinese culture, depicted as a coiled serpent with four legs.Being · Protection · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇵🇪 Peru and 1 morePishtacoñañaq; kharisiri
An Andean bogeyman said to steal human fat for oil and medicineBeing · Cursing and harm · Power and authority Living
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 1 moreOrang Minyak
A slippery ghost from Malay folklore that abducts women and is covered in black grease.Being · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇵🇪 Peru and 5 morePalo Santo
Aromatic wood used in South American ritual cleansing and folk medicineSubstance · Cleansing and purification · Healing Living
🇮🇳 IndiaKundaliniकुण्डलिनी
A dormant energy in Hinduism believed to rise through the spine for spiritual liberationBelief Living
🇫🇷 France and 4 moreWitch trials in the early modern period
A wave of prosecutions across Europe and British America from the 1400s to the late 1700s.Tradition · Cursing and harm Historical
🇬🇧 United KingdomJohn Nevil Maskelyne
A Victorian magician who exposed fraud and invented the pay toiletIllusion · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇲🇬 Madagascar and 4 moreGeomancy
A cross-cultural system of divination using earth, sand, and landforms to read the future or align spaces.Oracle · Seeing and foretelling · Power and authority Living
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreDiyaदीया
A small oil lamp used in prayers and festivals across the Indian subcontinentTradition · Protection · Luck and prosperity Living
🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreBiodynamic agriculture
An organic farming system with esoteric roots and spiritual practicesTradition · Healing · Power and authority Living
🇨🇳 ChinaPig dragon玉豬龍
A coiled Neolithic jade amulet from Hongshan culture, possibly an early dragon imageCharm · Power and authority Historical
🇯🇵 JapanAbura-sumashi油すまし
A mountain spirit from Amakusa folklore said to be a thief turned yōkaiBeing Legendary
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 1 moreMadam Koi Koi
A Nigerian school ghost known for the sound of her heelsFigure · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇸🇾 Syria and 1 moreLotan𐎍𐎚𐎐 (LTN)
A coiled sea serpent defeated by a storm god in Ugaritic mythBeing Legendary
🇨🇳 ChinaXirang息壤
A magical soil in Chinese mythology that expands to control flood watersSubstance · Protection Legendary
🇦🇹 AustriaThyrsus
A Tyrolean giant from legend, associated with healing shale oil and a fatal duel.Figure Legendary
🇹🇭 ThailandPla taphianปลาตะเพียนสาน
A woven palm leaf fish mobile hung as a blessing for health and plentyCharm · Protection · Luck and prosperity Living
🇯🇵 JapanAbura-akago油赤子
A Japanese yōkai drawn as an infant lapping oil from a paper lampBeing Legendary
🇬🇷 GreeceAmulet MS 5236
A stamped gold amulet from ancient Greece invoking ApolloCharm · Protection · Cursing and harm Historical
🇯🇵 JapanNarigama鳴釜
A Japanese yōkai and Shinto divination ritual based on the sound of a heated pot.Figure · Seeing and foretelling · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇯🇵 JapanIkuchiゐくち
A legendary sea serpent from Japanese folklore that leaves oil on shipsBeing · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇩🇿 AlgeriaSycorax
An unseen witch in Shakespeare's The Tempest, mother of Caliban and foil to ProsperoFigure Legendary
🇩🇪 Germany and 5 moreCompanions of Saint Nicholas
Dark figures who accompany the gift-bringer to discipline children across Central EuropeFigure · Cursing and harm · Luck and prosperity Living
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Biodynamic agriculture: Martist, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sycorax: Robert Anning Bell, Public domain, source
- Pig dragon: Prof. Gary Lee Todd, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Witch trials in the early modern period: Johann Jakob Wick, Public domain, source
- Abura-sumashi: Triton, CC BY 3.0, source
- Loong: Unknown author, CC0, source
- Leviathan: Gustave Doré, Public domain, source
- John Nevil Maskelyne: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Kundalini: Pierjasi at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Palo Santo: Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Diya: Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Companions of Saint Nicholas: unknown, unreadable signature on bottom right hand side, Public domain, source
- Thyrsus: Mathias Bigge, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Geomancy: Jacopo188, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pla taphian: Mr.Peerapong Prasutr, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Amulet MS 5236: Martin Schøyen, CC BY-SA 3.0, source