Greek Dero: In classical Greek mythographic lists she appears as Δηρὼ, one of the fifty Nereids, daughter of the sea-god Nereus and the Oceanid Doris; the supplied source records the name and parentage but gives no individualized mythic narrative for her (Wikipedia: Dero (mythology)). Modern (Shaverian) dero: In Richard Sharpe Shaver's mid-20th-century writings and later commentary, 'dero' (often glossed in that corpus as "detrimental robots" or malicious subterranean beings) are described as inhabitants of abandoned caverns beneath the Earth's surface who use or operate ancient technologies to harm surface humans; this is a product of modern pulp/fringe myth-making rather than an inherited religious cosmology (fandom summary; MonsterTalk episode and related commentary).
Greek Dero: The provided classical source lists her genealogically among the Nereids but does not supply a distinct physical description for Dero herself; she is therefore attested only as a named sea-nymph (Wikipedia: Dero (mythology)). Modern dero: Fringe and fandom summaries characterize deros variably as diminutive, sadistic humanoid or machine-using creatures, often mutated by environmental and technological radiation and associated with ancient machines; accounts differ across sources and no single consistent morphology is attested in the supplied material (aliens.fandom; Shaver-related reviews/discussions).
Greek Dero: No individual abilities or deeds are recorded in the provided source beyond her membership among the Nereids (Wikipedia: Dero (mythology)). Modern dero: Shaver-derived sources and summaries portray deros as torturers of humans who clandestinely manipulate or operate neglected ancient technology from subterranean caverns to afflict or sabotage surface people; they are described as using machines and ancient tech rather than as possessing distinctly supernatural powers in the supplied material (aliens.fandom; MonsterTalk; related reviews).
Naga
Divine serpent beings of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain cosmology — powerful guardians of water, earth, and underground treasures. Revered as deities in South and Southeast Asia.
Djinn
The class of supernatural beings created from smokeless fire in Islamic cosmology — a parallel civilization to humanity, capable of belief or unbelief, with their own prophets, society, and judgment before God.
Shaitan
A class of corrupted djinn who follow Iblis and dedicate themselves to leading humans astray — distinct from Iblis himself, the Shayatin are a species of evil djinn who whisper doubts and temptations into the minds of the living.
*Péh₂usōn (reconstructed)
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3-D Man
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5 Ronin
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58 Concordia
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9MOTHER9HORSE9EYES9
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A.R.G.U.S.
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Aba (disambiguation / name-form)
Aba is a polyvalent name-form attested across many unrelated contexts (place names, personal names, animal names, and brief mythological listings). The provided sources do not support a single, coherent supernatural entity called "Aba" and offer no descriptive or ritual material for such a being.
Abarbarea
Abarbarea is a name attested in classical Greek and Roman sources for freshwater nymphs (naiads). The name appears for at least two individual mythic figures — a naiad wife of Bucolion and a naiad counted among ancestors of the Tyrians — and Hesychius records plural forms that may indicate the name was also used as a class-name (Abarbareai / Abarbalaiai).
Abas
Abas (Ancient Greek: Ἄβας, gen.: Ἄβαντος) is not a single mythic being but a recurring personal name borne by multiple mortals and minor mythic figures in Greek epic and genealogical traditions — kings, founders, seers, warriors, attendants, a centaur, and a youth transformed by a goddess. The name is glossed in the sources as 'guileless' or 'good-hearted' and appears across Argive, Theban, Trojan, Euboean, and other local cycles.
Abderus
Abderus (Ancient Greek: Ἄβδηρος, romanized Ábdēros) is a mortal heroic figure in Greek myth closely associated with Heracles, remembered as the youth left in charge of the Mares of Diomedes who was killed by them. He functions as an eponymous local/divine-hero ancestor for the city of Abdera and received funerary commemoration and athletic agones at his tomb.
Abena Mansa
A name attested in a single contemporary Ghanaian blog anecdote as a 'mysterious being'; available sources do not establish Abena Mansa as a coherent, traditional supernatural figure or provide corroborating ethnographic detail.
Abin Sur
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Community Record
- [1]Dero (mythology) — Wikipedia. Wikipedia entry 'Dero (mythology)': lists Δηρὼ as one of the fifty Nereids, daughter of Nereus and Doris; records Ancient Greek form Δηρὼ and glosses the name as meaning 'long'.wiki
- [2]Dero | Alien Species | Fandom. Fandom summary describing deros as 'diminutive sadists' living under the Earth's surface, mutated by radiation and using ancient technologies to torment humans; used here as a representative summary of Shaver-derived descriptions.other
- [3]#192 - The Shaver Mysteries (Part 1) - MonsterTalk. MonsterTalk podcast episode discussing the Shaver Mysteries and cultural context for the dero motif in twentieth-century fringe literature and subsequent commentary.other
- [4]The Man Who Invented Flying Saucers (discussion of Shaver corpus). Secondary commentary and historical overview referencing Richard Sharpe Shaver's writings and motifs such as subterranean 'deros' and ancient technologies.other