A nymph was the general name for a number of nature spirits in Greek Mythology. Forest nymphs were called Dryads. River nymphs were known as Naiads, while ocean nymphs were Oceanids. Finally, mountain nymphs were called Oreads. Mermaids: The image of a beautiful woman with the lower body ...
On her way to becoming a shaman she experiences psychosomatic disturbances and states of spiritual exaltation due to being possessed by various spirits. In the process she establishes the spiritual authority of her possessing spirit. By this authority she grows out of the household and local society...
14.Vantoase – This female demon’s name means spirits of the wind. Female Satan Names 1.Apotamkin – female demoness from folklore 2.Aicha Kandicha – Female demon that chases men 3.Anqa – a long-necked demon 4.Bananachs – This female demon is famous for chaos. 5.Cigiapa – Dark-...
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Yellow Woman Yellow Woman, or Kochininako, is a central figure in Laguna oral tradition. Different Yellow Woman stories have various focal points—abduction, meeting with powerful spirits, getting power from the spirit world and returning it to the people, female sexuality, the birth of twins, ...
I see those black girl groups of the 60s with their big wigs as ancient Egyptian or Greek priestesses. It's not any different, really. They're singing about love in healing tones and the raising of spirits — no different from call to prayer. Rebertha is a goddess as burlesque dancer....
Banaspati:Spirits that exist in villages. They can be evil or good, depending on the attitude of the villagers. Palasik:Spirits of women who commit suicide from not being able to bear children. They kidnap children who are not loved by their parents. ...
They must have taken on a variety of roles, but mostly they would have been ordered to weave textile products which were to be used in the Bu"jeong-je service, or to make clothes for the holy spirits(神衣) and enshrine them. Interestingly, the object to be receiving the service, and ...
These rituals make Avey whole again; she becomes Avatara, one of “ancient spirits who bridge the geographic and cultural diaspora... These are deities who Avey will eventually come to honor through her choice to become a teller and to pass on her ancestors’ story” (Holloway, Moorings an...
thetaboosinJapaneseculturegenerallyremainatthattime.DuringtheEdoperiod,thecommercialhandicraftindustryflourishedandpeopledidnothavetorelysolelyonGodforfood.Thus,thedemonsweretransformedintospiritslivinginvariousitemsandprops.Themostfamousisthe"ghostnightVolpainting",depictsthepipa,umbrella,woodenfish,potandsooneachkind...