pm#imaginary_entity__imaginaryentity an entity that has been imagined
supertype: entity_playing_some_role e.g., an agent, an owner
subtype: imaginary_spatial_entity__imaginaryspatialentity e.g., a cartoon character
subtype: imaginary_place__imaginaryplace a place said to exist in religious or fictional writings
subtype: afterworld the place where you are after you die
subtype: cloud-cuckoo-land a place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality
subtype: Cockaigne (Medieval legend) an imaginary land of luxury and idleness
subtype: wonderland an imaginary realm of marvels or wonders
subtype: fairyland__faerie__faery the enchanted realm of fairies
subtype: Heaven the abode of God and the angels and the souls of those who have gained salvation
subtype: Abraham's_bosom__bosom_of_Abraham (in the Gospel of Luke 16:22); the place where the just enjoy the peace of heaven after death
subtype: Celestial_City__City_of_God__Heavenly_City__Holy_City other phrases used to refer to heaven; "the Celestial City was Christian's goal in Bunyan's `Pilgrim's Progress'"
subtype: Promised_Land the goal towards which Christians strive
instance: Elysium__Elysian_Fields__Valhalla__paradise
subtype: Hel__Hell__Hades__infernal_region__netherworld__Scheol__underworld (in various religions) the world of the dead; "he didn't want to go to hell when he died"
subtype: perdition__Hell__Inferno__infernal_region__nether_region__the_pit__thepit (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment: "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"
subtype: hellfire__red_region__redregion a place of eternal fire envisaged as punishment for the damned
instance: Gehenna__Tartarus
subtype: limbo (theology) the abode of infants who die before baptism
subtype: limbo.imaginary_place an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
subtype: never-never_land__neverneverland__dreamland__dreamworld a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination
subtype: purgatory.imaginary_place (theology) a place where Roman Catholics think those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
subtype: Ruritania an imaginary kingdom somewhere in central Europe; a setting for romance and adventure
subtype: spirit_world any imaginary place where spiritual beings (demons or fairies or angels or the like) abide; "science has emptied the spirit world of its former inhabitants"
instance: Annwfn__Annwn Asgard Garden_of_Eden__Eden El_Dorado__eldorado Lilliput Midgard Utopia__Zion__Sion
subtype: imaginary_being__imaginarybeing__imaginary_creature__imaginarycreature a creature of the imagination
subtype: hypothetical_creature a creature that has not been observed but is hypothesized to exist
subtype: extraterrestrial_being__extraterrestrial__alien a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
subtype: mythical_being an imaginary being of myth or fable
subtype: mythical_monster__mythical_creature a monster renowned in folklore and myth
subtype: legendary_creature__legendarycreature unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual
subtype: abominable_snowman__yeti large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas
subtype: Bigfoot__Sasquatch large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada
subtype: doppelganger a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart
subtype: Loch_Ness_monster__Nessie large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland
subtype: sea_serpent__seaserpent huge creature of the sea resembling a snake or dragon
subtype: amphisbaena (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body
subtype: basilisk.mythical_monster (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance
subtype: centaur (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
subtype: cockatrice monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance
subtype: firedrake__dragon a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
subtype: wyvern__wivern a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs
instance: Fafnir
subtype: Gorgon (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters having live snakes for hair; a glance turns the beholder to stone
instance: Medusa Stheno Euryale
subtype: gryphon__griffin winged monster with an eagle-like head and body of a lion
subtype: leviathan monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament
subtype: manticore__mantichora__manticora__mantiger a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion
subtype: roc mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength
subtype: salamander.mythical_monster reptilian creature supposed to live in fire
subtype: troll (Scandinavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
subtype: werewolf__wolfman__lycanthrope a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf
subtype: Fury__Eumenides__Erinyes (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
instance: Alecto Megaera Tisiphone
instance: Cerberus Chimera__Chimaera Geryon Harpy Hydra Minotaur Nemean_lion Python Sphinx Typhoeus Typhon
subtype: Hyperborean (Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind
subtype: houri (in Muslim belief) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise
subtype: Valkyrie (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla
instance: Brunhild__Brunnhilde__Brynhild
subtype: Amazon (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively)
subtype: golem (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means
subtype: hero.mythical_being (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
instance: Arjuna Scylla Dardanus Perseus.mythical_being__perseu Midas Sisyphus Narcissus Nibelung.mythical_being__nibelung Bellerophon Patroclus Pegasus__flying_horse Phoenix.mythical_being__phoenix Sarpedon Siegfried Sigurd Enkidu Gilgamish Sita Hero Leander Pygmalion Galatea Romulus Remus Daedalus Icarus Procrustes Eurydice Orion Orpheus Psyche Heracles__Hercules__Herakles__Alcides Pandora Fenrir Volund Yggdrasil__Ygdrasil Ymir Wayland_the_Smith__Wayland__Wieland Ajax Jason Medea Laertes Odysseus Ulysses Penelope Theseus Tantalus Achilles Aeneas Agamemnon Menelaus Clytemnestra Aegisthus Orestes Antigone Creon Jocasta Electra Laocoon Laius Myrmidon King_Oedipus__Oedipus__Oedipus_Rex Tiresias Peleus Hector Helen_of_Troy__Helen Leda Priam
subtype: Death the personification of death; "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"
subtype: grim_reaper__reaper Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe
subtype: mermaid half woman and half fish; lives in the sea
subtype: merman half man and half fish; lives in the sea
subtype: Martian imaginary people who live on the planet Mars
subtype: giant an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fair tales
subtype: giantess a female giant
subtype: ogre (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
subtype: ogress a female ogre
instance: Argus Cyclops Jotun__Jotunn Mimir
subtype: Humpty_Dumpty an egg-shaped character in a nursery rhyme who fell off a wall and could not be put back together again (late 17th century)
subtype: monster an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
subtype: bogeyman__bugbear__bugaboo__boogeyman__booger an imaginary monster used to frighten children
subtype: mythical_monster__mythical_creature a monster renowned in folklore and myth
subtype: witch a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil
subtype: pythoness__pythones a witch with powers of divination
subtype: warlock a male witch or demon
subtype: fictional_character__fictionalcharacter__fictitious_character__character an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"
subtype: Argonaut (Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason on the Argo in search of the Golden Fleece
subtype: Emile the boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
subtype: protagonist the principal character in a work of fiction
subtype: antihero a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)
subtype: Houyhnhnm one of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in Swift's Gulliver's Travels
subtype: Little_John legendary follower of Robin Hood; noted for his size and strength
subtype: Little_Red_Ricing_Hood a girl in a fairy tale who meets a wolf while going to visit her grandmother
subtype: Rodya_Raskolnikov__Raskolnikov a fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel `Crime and Punishment'; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evil
subtype: Robin_Hood legendary English outlaw of the 12th century; said to have robbed the rich to help the poor
subtype: Robinson_Crusoe the hero of Daniel Defoe's novel about a shipwrecked English sailor who survives on a small tropical island
subtype: Rumpelstiltskin a dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm; tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious that he destroys himself
subtype: Shylock__shylock a merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare
subtype: Tristan__Tristram (medieval legends) the nephew of King Mark of Cornwall who fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other
subtype: Iseult (medieval legends) the bride of King Mark of Cornwall who fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other
subtype: Scaramouch__Scaramouche a stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward
subtype: Sweeney_Todd__Todd fictional character in a play by George Pitt; a barber who murdered his customers
subtype: Walter_Mitty fictional character created by James Thurber who daydreams about his adventures and triumphs
subtype: Yahoo one of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in Swift's Gulliver's Travels
instance: Aladdin Babar Beatrice Beowulf Bluebeard James_Bond__Bond Paul_Bunyan__Bunyan John_Henry Cheshire_cat Chicken_Little Cinderella Colonel_Blimp Dracula Don_Quixote El_Cid Fagin Sir_John_Falstaff__Falstaff Father_Brown Faust__Faustus Frankenstein Frankenstein's_monster__Frankenstein Goofy Gulliver Hamlet Captain_Horatio_Hornblower__Horatio_Hornblower Iago Inspector_Maigret__Commissaire_Maigret Kilroy King_Lear__Lear Lilliputian Philip_Marlowe__Marlowe Wilkins_Micawber__Micawber Mother_Goose Mr._Moto Othello Pangloss Pantaloon Perry_Mason Peter_Pan Pierrot Pluto.fictional_character__pluto Huckleberry_Finn__Huck_Finn Tarzan_of_the_Apes__Tarzan Tom_Sawyer Uncle_Tom Uncle_Sam Sherlock_Holmes__Holmes Simon_Legree Sinbad_the_Sailor__Sinbad Snoopy Ali_Baba King_Arthur__Arthur Sir_Galahad__Galahad Sir_Gawain__Gawain Guinevere__Guenevere Sir_Lancelot__Lancelot Merlin
subtype: psychopomp a conductor of souls to the afterworld; "Hermes was their psychopomp"
subtype: sylph an elemental being believed to inhabit the air
subtype: Tom_Thumb.imaginary_being__tomthumb English folklore: an imaginary hero who was no taller than his father's thumb
subtype: unicorn an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead
instance: Jack_Frost Mammon
subtype: spiritual_being__spiritualbeing__supernatural_being an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events
subtype: deity__divinity__god any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
subtype: Demogorgon (Greek mythology) a mysterious and terrifying deity of the underworld
subtype: demigod__daemon a person who is part mortal and part god
instance: Adonis
subtype: sea-god a deity believed to live in or to control the sea
subtype: sun-god__sungod a god associated with the sun
subtype: Celtic_deity a deity worshipped by the Celts
instance: Amaethon Ana Angus_Og__Aengus__Oengus__Angus Arawn Arianrhod__Arianrod Boann Brigit Dagda Danu__Dana Don.Celtic_deity__don Dylan Epona Fomor__Fomorian Gwydion Gwyn Lir__Ler Llew_Llaw_Gyffes LLud Llyr Lug Manannan Manawydan__Manawyddan Morrigan__Morrigu__morrigu Tuatha_De_Danann__Tuatha_de_Danann__Tuatha_De
subtype: Egyptian_deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians
instance: Amen__Amon Amen-Ra__Amon-Ra Anubis Bast Geb__Keb Horus Isis Khepera Min Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra__Re Sekhet__Eye_of_Ra Set__Seth Thoth
subtype: Semitic_deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites
instance: Adad Adapa Anshar Antum Anu Anunnaki__Enuki Apsu Aruru Ashur__Ashir Ashtoreth Astarte Ishtar__Mylitta Baal Bel Dagon Dagan Damkina__Damgalnunna Dumuzi__Tammuz Ea Enki Enlil__En-lil Ereshkigal__Eresh-kigal__Ereshkigel Girru Gula Igigi Inanna Ki Kishar Lilith Mama Marduk__Merodach__Baal_Merodach__Bel-Merodach Molech__Moloch Nabu__Nebo Nammu Namtar__Namtaru Nanna Nergal Nina Ningal Ningirsu Ningishzida Ninkhursag__Ninhursag__Ninkharsag Ninurta__Ninib Nusku Ramman Sarpanitu__Zirbanit__Zarpanit Shamash Sin Tashmit__Tashmitum Tiamat Utnapishtim Utu__Utug Zu__Zubird
subtype: Hindu_deity a deity worshipped by the Hindus
subtype: avatar the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form; "the Buddha is considered an avatar of the god Vishnu"
subtype: Rama avatar of Vishnu; any of three incarnations: Ramachandra or Parashurama or Balarama
instance: Ramachandra Balarama Parashurama
instance: Jagannath__Jagannatha__Jagganath__Juggernaut Kalki Krishna
instance: Aditi Aditya Agni Asura Ahura Asvins Bhaga Brahma Brihaspati Bhumi_Devi Devi Chandi Dharma Durga Dyaus-pitar__Dyaus Ganesa__Ganesha__Ganesh__Ganapati Garuda Gauri Hanuman Indra Ka Kali Kama Mara Kartikeya__Karttikeya Lakshmi Marut Mitra Parjanya Parvati__Anapurna__Annapurna Prajapati Pushan Rahu Ribhus__Rhibhus Rudra Sarasvati Savitar Shakti__Sakti Siva__Shiva Skanda Soma Surya Uma Ushas Vajra Varuna Vayu Vishnu Yama
subtype: Persian_deity a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians
instance: Mithras__Mithra Ormazd__Ormuzd__Ahura_Mazda Ahriman
subtype: Bodhisattva__Boddhisatva Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others
subtype: Avalokitesvara__Avalokiteshvara a male Bodhisattva; widely associated with various gods and people
instance: Maitreya
subtype: Arhat__Arhant__lohan a Buddhist who has attained nirvana
subtype: Chinese_deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese
subtype: Kwan-yin__Kuan_Yin (Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called Goddess of Mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon
instance: Chang_Kuo-lao__Chang_Kuo Wen_Ch'ang__Wen-Ti Taoist_Trinity Tien-pao__Heavenly_Jewel Ling-pao__Mystic_Jewel Shen-pao__Spiritual_Jewel
subtype: Japanese_deity a deity worshipped by the Japanese
instance: Amaterasu_Omikami__Amaterasu Hachiman Hotei Izanagi Izanami Kami Kwannon Ninigi__Ninigino-Mikoto
subtype: goddess__goddes a female deity
subtype: earth-goddess__earthgoddes a goddess of fertility and vegetation
subtype: earth_mother__earthmother the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility
subtype: earth-god__earthgod a god of fertility and vegetation
subtype: demiurge a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe
subtype: Greco-Roman_deity__Graeco-Roman_deity a deity of classical mythology
subtype: nymph (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water"
subtype: Oread (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs
subtype: Asterope__Sterope (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades
subtype: water_nymph__waternymph (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water
subtype: sea_nymph__seanymph (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus
subtype: Nereid (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus
instance: Thetis
subtype: Siren a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived; "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song"
subtype: Lorelei a siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction
instance: Calypso Oceanid
subtype: naiad (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains
subtype: dryad__woodnymph a deity or nymph of the woods
subtype: hamadryad the nymph or spirit of a particular tree
instance: Napaea__Napea
instance: Echo Hesperides__Atlantides Hyades Pleiades.nymph__pleiade Daphne Salmacis
instance: Aesculapius Bacchus Priapus Leto__Latona
subtype: Greek_deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
subtype: Grace (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors
instance: Aglaia Euphrosyne Thalia
subtype: forest_god__satyr one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns
instance: Silenus
subtype: silenus__silenu any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs)
subtype: Olympic_god__Olympian a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans
subtype: Muse in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
instance: Calliope Clio Erato Euterpe Melpomene Polyhymnia Terpsichore Thalia.Muse__thalia Urania
subtype: Titan (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth)
instance: Cronus Hyperion Oceanus Cocus Crius Iapetus Atlas Epimetheus Prometheus
subtype: Titaness (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology
instance: Thea__Theia Rhea Themis Mnemosyne Phoebe Tethys
instance: Aeolus Aether Phoebus_Apollo__Apollo__Phoebus Aphrodite__Cytherea Ares Eris Thanatos Nyx Artemis__Cynthia Boreas Ate Pallas_Athena__Athena__Athene__Pallas__Pallas_Athene Chaos Demeter Dionysus Doris Erebus Eros Gaea__Gaia__Ge Hebe Helios Hecate Hephaestus__Hephaistos Hermes Hermaphroditus Hygeia Hera__Here Hestia Hymen Minos Ariadne Moirai__Moirae Clotho Lachesis Atropos Momus__Momos Nemesis Nereus Nike Ouranos__Uranus Pan__the_goat_god Pasiphae Pontos__Pontus Poseidon Proteus Persephone__Despoina__Kore__Cora Phaethon Hades__Pluto__Aides__Aidoneus Pythia__Pythoness Rhadamnathus Selene Eos Triton Tyche Zephyr Zeus
subtype: Roman_deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans
subtype: faun ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr
instance: Venus.Roman_deity__venu__Urania Mors Mars Diana Minerva Saturn.Roman_deity__saturn Ceres.Roman_deity__cere Nox__Night Cupid__Amor Sol Vulcan Mercury.Roman_deity__mercury Janus Juno Vesta.Roman_deity__vesta Parcae Nona Decuma Morta Victoria.Roman_deity__victoria Faunus Neptune Proserpina__Proserpine Dis__Orcus Luna Aurora Tellus Fortuna Jove__Jupiter Ops Sylvanus__Silvanus
subtype: Norse_deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen
subtype: Aesir (Norse mythology) the chief race of gods living at Asgard
subtype: Vanir (Norse mythology) race of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir
subtype: Norn any of the three Fates or goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae
instance: Urd__Urth Verdandi__Verthandi Skuld
instance: Balder__Baldr Bragi__Brage Elli Forseti Frey__Freyr Freya__Freyja Frigg__Frigga Heimdall__Heimdal__Heimdallr Hela__Hel Hoenir Hoth__Hothr__Hoder__Hodr Idun__Ithunn Loki Nanna.Norse_deity__nanna Njord__Njorth Odin Sif Sigyn Thor Tyr__Tyrr Ull__Ullr Vali Vitharr__Vithar__Vidar
subtype: Teutonic_deity (Teutonic mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons
instance: Donar Nerthus__Hertha Wotan
subtype: Anglo-Saxon_deity (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons
instance: Tiu Woden__Wodan the_Weird_Sisters__the_Three_Weird_Sisters Wyrd__Weird
subtype: Phrygian_deity deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor
instance: Cybele__Dindymene__Great_Mother__Magna_Mater__Mater_Turrita
subtype: Quetzalcoatl an Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent
subtype: saint a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
subtype: patron_saint a saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nation
subtype: Santa_Claus__Kriss_Kringle__Father_Christmas__Saint_Nick__St_Nick the legendary patron saint of children
instance: Saint_Bridget__Bridget__St_Bridget__Brigid__Saint_Brigid__St_Brigid__Bride__Saint_Bride__St_Bride St_Christopher__Christopher__Saint_Christopher
instance: Saint_Crispin__Crispin__St_Crispin Saint_David__David__St_David Saint_Francis_of_Assisi__Francis_of_Assisi__St_Francis_of_Assisi__Saint_Francis__St_Francis__Giovanni_di_Bernardone Saint_Nicholas__Nicholas__St_Nicholas
subtype: war_god__god_of_war a god worshipped as giving victory in war
subtype: snake_god__snakegod__zombi__zombie a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
instance: Hypnos Morpheus the_Fates__Fates
subtype: God__Supreme_Being the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
subtype: Godhead__Lord__Creator__Maker__Divine__God_Almighty__Almighty__Jehovah the Judeo-Christian God
subtype: Blessed_Trinity__Trinity__Holy_Trinity the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead
subtype: hypostasis any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united
subtype: Father-God__Father God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father"
subtype: Son__Word__Logos the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)
subtype: Messiah.Son__messiah Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer
instance: Jesus_of_Nazareth__Jesus__Jesus_Christ__Christ__Savior__Saviour__Good_Shepherd__Redeemer__Deliverer
subtype: Holy_Ghost__Holy_Spirit the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost
subtype: Yahweh__YHWH__Yahwe__Yahveh__YHVH__Yahve__Wahvey__Jahvey__Jahweh__Jehovah__JHVH a name for the Old Testament God as transliterated from the Hebrew YHVH
subtype: Allah Muslim name for God
subtype: eon (in Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
subtype: angel spiritual being attendant upon God
subtype: archangel an angel ranked above the highest rank in the Celestial Hierarchy
instance: Gabriel Michael Raphael
subtype: cherub an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child
subtype: seraph an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child
subtype: guardian_spirit__guardian_angel an angel believed to have special affection for a particular individual
subtype: genius_loci the guardian spirit of a place
subtype: eudemon__good_spirit (Greek) a benevolent spirit
subtype: divine_messenger a messenger from God; "angel of death"
subtype: faery__fairy__faerie__sprite small, human in form, playful, having magical powers
subtype: water_sprite__watersprite__waternymph a fairy that inhabits water
subtype: undine any of various water spirits
subtype: elf__hob__gremlin__pixie__pixy__brownie__imp (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
subtype: leprechaun a mischievous elf in Irish folklore
subtype: dwarf a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
subtype: Nibelung (Teutonic mythology) any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried
instance: Andvari
subtype: Puck__Robin_Goodfellow a mischievous sprite of English folklore
subtype: Titania (medieval folklore) the queen of the fairies
instance: Morgan_le_Fay
subtype: spirit any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
subtype: control.spirit a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
subtype: evil_spirit a spirit tending to cause harm
subtype: bad_fairy__badfairy a fairy that tends to cause harm
subtype: bogie__bogey__bogy an evil spirit
subtype: daemon__devil__fiend__demon__daimon one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian belief
subtype: incubus a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
subtype: succubus__succuba a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men
subtype: dybbuk__dibbuk (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior
subtype: cacodemon__cacodaemon (Greek) an evil spirit
subtype: ghoul an evil spirit or ghost
subtype: goblin__hob__hobgoblin (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
subtype: kelpy__kelpie (Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders
subtype: vampire__lamia (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
instance: Mephistopheles
subtype: banshee (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
subtype: genie__jinni__jinnee__djinni__djinny a spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals
subtype: Eblis the principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology
subtype: familiar_spirit__familiar a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
subtype: peri (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done
subtype: specter__phantom__spectre a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
instance: Flying_Dutchman.specter__flyingdutchman
subtype: presence.spirit an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby
subtype: numen a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion)
subtype: python.spirit a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit
subtype: sylvan__silvan a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
subtype: thunderbird (mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird
subtype: zombi_spirit__zombispirit__zombi__zombie__zombie_spirit (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body
instance: Satan__Old_Nick__Devil__the_Devil__Lucifer__Beelzebub__the_Tempter__Prince_of_Darkness
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