A record of the unseen, drawn from world folklore.
7724 entities · page 86 of 129
Kundalini (Sanskrit: kuṇḍalinī, lit. 'coiled snake') is a form of innate divine feminine energy (Shakti) conceived in Hindu tantric and yogic systems as a latent, coiled power located at the base of the spine (Muladhara). When cultivated or transmitted through authorized practices it is said to rise through the central channel (sushumna) activating successive chakras and producing progressive transformations of consciousness, culminating in liberation or mystical realization.
Kunekune is a modern Japanese urban-legend apparition, first circulated online, described as a slender white, paper- or fabric-like humanoid that continuously wriggles in open fields on hot summer days. It functions as an Internet-born contemporary folk apparition rather than a traditional ritual spirit, with debate in sources about mundane explanations such as scarecrows, wick drains, fog, or heat-induced hallucination.
Kung Jin is a modern fictional character from the Mortal Kombat video game franchise (debuting in Mortal Kombat X, 2015). He is presented as a Shaolin-trained archer and relative of Kung Lao who joins a new generation of Earthrealm defenders; he is a human narrative character created by NetherRealm Studios, not a traditional spirit or folkloric entity.
Kung Lao is a fictional Shaolin monk and human warrior character from the Mortal Kombat video game franchise, introduced in Mortal Kombat II (1993). He is presented as one of the last descendants of the Great Kung Lao, a protector of Earthrealm and ally of Liu Kang, notable for his wide razor-brimmed hat used as a weapon and for participating in inter-realm Mortal Kombat tournaments.
Kunthunātha (also spelled Kunthunath or Kuntunatha) is the seventeenth Tirthankara of the present half time cycle (Avasarpini) in Jain tradition. He is described in canonical lists as having become a siddha (a liberated soul) and is also recorded as the sixth Chakravartin and the twelfth Kamadeva of the current half-cycle.
A Malay‑world female revenant or vengeful spirit associated with women who died in childbirth or stillbirth; depicted as a pale, long‑haired woman in a blood‑stained white dress who preys on the living (men, pregnant women, women in childbirth, and in some variants virgins/young women). The figure appears across Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and neighboring areas and features in oral tradition and popular media.
Legendary Māori explorer and ancestral figure credited with being one of the first to discover New Zealand. (Note: 1. Power tier should be Ancient (as a legendary explorer and ancestral figure) rather than Primordial. 2. Summary is somewhat accurate, but could be more concise and focused on Kupe's role as an explo)
In Hawaiian mythology, Kupua are a group of supernatural entities considered gods or spirits with unknown powers and behaviors. (Note: * Power tier should be Primordial (cosmic-level) given their deity-like status in Hawaiian mythology * Summary should reflect that Kupua's powers and behaviors are not unknown but rather not well-docu)
Kupulupulu is a Hawaiian patron of canoe builders and seafaring craft attested in multiple ritual and mythic lists. Named among a roster of canoe patrons, Kupulupulu is invoked with offerings and prayers during canoe-building rites and when ritual music announces a canoe's passage.
Kur is the ancient Mesopotamian subterranean realm of the dead, conceived as the lowermost part of the cosmos — a dark, cavernous region where the deceased live in a diminished, shadow-like continuation of earthly existence. Early beliefs depicted Kur as a place of neutral continuation rather than moral judgment; the living sustained the dead through libations.
Kura is a named deity attested in third‑millennium BCE Ebla. In modern summaries he is described as a principal local cultic figure tied to the city's temple and has been characterized as a local deity associated with prosperity and the civic ritual life of Ebla.
A mythological canoe in Māori tradition that played a crucial role in the migration of people to New Zealand. (Note: * Power tier: Greater is questionable; while it's a significant canoe, there's no indication of "deity-level" abilities or control over cosmic forces. * Appearance: missing information * Abilities: sh)
In Māori mythology, Kuramārōtini is the daughter of Toto and plays a role in the journey to New Zealand, accompanying Kupe. She is associated with deception manipulation. (Note: 1. In the "Abilities" section, the phrase "as suggested by her association with Kupe's trickery" is speculative and not directly supported by the source material. 2. The power_tier should be adjusted )
Kurangaituku is a part-woman, part-bird supernatural being from Māori oral traditions of Te Arawa and Raukawa in the Rotorua / central North Island region. Accounts vary between portrayals of her as a fearsome ogress or witch and as a nurturing, creative guardian of birds; she is most famously linked in narrative to the human figure Hatupatu and to specific landscape sites.
Kuraokami is a classical Japanese kami associated with rain and snow, named in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki genealogies as one of the deities produced from the violent aftermath of the fire-deity Kagu-tsuchi's death. The name combines kura (闇, "dark") with the uncommon logograph okami (龗/淤加美), a character and set of associations linking rain, supernatural power, and later commentator identifications with snake/dragon imagery.
No information about an entity called Kuruppa is present in the provided source. The sole source supplied discusses England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and contains no references to Kuruppa, its nature, traits, rituals, or cultural context.
Supernatural being in Persian epic poem with unknown nature and abilities. (Note: - Power tier: Unknown/Unspecified should be changed to Primordial, as it is part of a mythical history of Iran and has unknown nature and abilities. - Summary: Inaccurate. The Kush Nama is a Persian e)
Kusha (Sanskrit: कुश, IAST: Kuśa) is the elder of the twin sons of Rama and Sita in the Hindu epic the Ramayana. Presented in canonical Uttara Kāṇḍa material as a human prince raised at Valmiki's ashram, he functions as an heir and founder-king who preserves dynastic continuity and helps transmit the Ramayana as a cultural text; a small number of later or regional variants give alternate birth legends or expanded territorial claims.
Kushiel is an angel in Judeo-Christian folkloric and Hebrew‑writing contexts described as a punitive agent of divine justice. He is named among a group of seven angels associated with punishment and is variously described as operating from a heavenly layer and as linked to infernal punishment.
Kūṣmāṇḍā (Kushmanda) is the fourth form in the Navadurga sequence of the Divine Mother (Durga), worshipped on the fourth day of Navaratri. In devotional accounts she is the creative theophany whose smile produces the cosmic egg and is associated with the solar sphere and offerings of the kūṣmāṇḍa (pumpkin/gourd).
Kusibanda (also spelled Kusigbanda; older disputed reading Guškinbanda) is a Mesopotamian deity who functions as the tutelary god of goldsmiths and silversmiths. He is associated with the preparation of statues and is attested in temple contexts (notably the temple of Ninimma in Nippur) and in documents from Seleucid-period Uruk.
Kussie (クッシー, Kusshī) is a modern local lake‑monster/cryptid associated with Lake Kussharo in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan. Presented in contemporary sources as a place‑linked folkloric creature, Kussie functions largely as a component of local identity and tourism rather than as a well‑documented traditional spiritual being.
Kusu is a Mesopotamian deity associated with purification and the removal or mitigation of ritual pollution. The available sources identify Kusu primarily by this functional role; detailed mythic biography, iconography, or ritual prescriptions are not provided in the supplied material.
No evidence for a mythological entity named 'Kut' appears in the supplied sources. The materials provided instead reference a city named Al-Kut in Iraq, unrelated archive items, and a festival name containing the substring 'Kut.' This entry records the absence of documented mythic material in the provided source set.
Kuttichathan is a Malabari (Kerala) folk-deity/kshetrapala figure presented in local Hindu and theyyam contexts as a juvenile, ambivalent spirit who can both bless households and harass them with trickery. In parts of northern Malabar he is identified with or represented by Vishnumaya Chathan and is invoked in theyyam ritual-performance and small-scale household propitiation.
Kuttichathan (also written Chathan) is presented in the supplied sources as a supernatural figure depicted in Malayalam popular cinema. In the cited film My Dear Kuttichathan (1984) the being is described as a "mystical indigenous goblin" who is placed under a sorcerer's spell, later released by three children, and then befriends them.
Kuutar (lit. "Lady Moon") is a Finnish mythic-poetic lunar feminine figure attested in Kalevalaic and regional runic-song tradition who owns and spins the moon's gold, weaves luminous garments, and is petitioned in songs for protection, adornment, and health at the new moon.
A Southeast Asian nocturnal female spirit motif, described as a floating disembodied woman's head with internal organs trailing beneath the neck; attested in English-language summaries and contemporary creative and tourism writings that reference the broader Krasue motif.
Kuśadhvaja is a human royal figure in the Ramayana tradition, described as the younger brother of King Janaka of Mithila, husband of Chandrabhaga, and father of Mandavi and Shrutakirti. He is named as King of Samkasya after Janaka defeats Sudhanvan and appears in the narrative context of the Sita–Rama marriage.
Kwaku Ananse (Anansi, Ananse) is a central spider-associated trickster and culture-bearing figure from Akan (including Ashanti) folklore of southern Ghana. Presented in oral tale cycles, songs, children’s literature, and modern media, he embodies wisdom, wit, cunning, and mischievousness and functions as a narrative teacher who both questions and ultimately reinforces social norms.
Kwoth (also Kuoth, Kuoth Nhial) is the supreme, omnipresent creator deity of the Nuer people of South Sudan and Gambella. Regarded as the 'Spirit of the Sky', Kwoth is the originator of humans, sovereign over celestial bodies and natural phenomena, and the ultimate divine presence invoked in life-cycle and funerary rites.
Kydnos (Greek KYDNOS; Latin Cydnus) is the local river-personification of the River Kydnos/Cydnus in Cilicia, centered on the city of Tarsus. Attested in brief encyclopedic entries and in local numismatic and monumental imagery, Kydnos functions in the sources as the named divine embodiment (potamos) of that specific watercourse rather than as an abstract class of spirits.
Semi-legendary brothers who allegedly founded the city of Kiev in Kievan Rus', their historical significance overshadowing any potential mythological importance. (Note: 1. The power tier should be Primordial, as they are considered the founders of the city of Kiev, a major cultural and historical hub. 2. Add "Their names likely represent real individuals or ancestral)
Kyzaghan (Kızagan, Kyzaghan Han) is a Turkic war deity associated with martial success and protection of warriors. Described as a son of Kayra/Kara Han and a brother of Ulgan, he is placed high in the sky-cosmos (explicitly on the ninth floor of the sky in one source) and is semantically linked to the color red and the notion of anger or fierceness.
A mythological location in Finnish culture where dead virgins gather after their death, marking the start of their afterlife. (Note: - Power tier: Lower to Greater (not Primordial), as it is a mythological location associated with the afterlife, but not a cosmic entity. - Abilities: Clarify that the article implies Kyöpelinvuori is)
No documented folkloric or supernatural entity named Käpä is present in the supplied source set. The available materials do not provide information about its nature, appearance, abilities, provenance, or associated rituals.
Käreitär (also Kärehetär) is a named haltija in Finnish hunting tradition, invoked in fox- and occasionally bear-hunting spells and offered gold and silver to secure success. Attested epithets include 'Mother of Foxes' and 'Golden Lady'; she appears in a small number of recorded hunting charms from the late 18th to 19th centuries and in a rare Ladoga Karelian runic song (Lukutar).
Kõu is a name referenced in the context of Estonian mythic nomenclature in the supplied materials, but the provided sources do not record any substantive mythology, description, or practices connected to it. The surviving documentation of Estonian pre‑Christian belief is fragmentary and was systematically recorded only from the 19th century, which limits what can be asserted from the given dataset.
The provided source set contains a toponymic and regional signal for the string Kölün / Kolun but includes no ethnographic, mythic, or folkloric descriptions of a supernatural being by that name. References place related strings in geographic and database contexts (Hulunbuir region entry; a Wikidata item labeled Kolun) but supply no information about appearance, powers, rituals, or cultural practices tied to a water spirit called Kölün.
Köyrötyinen is a name queried in the supplied research notes but is not described in the provided source excerpts. The two cited Wikipedia excerpts (on Finnish mythology and Soini) contain no information about an entity by this name; therefore no verifiable attributes can be drawn from these sources.
No substantive information about a Navajo entity called Kúngoʼí (Wind People or wind spirits) is present in the supplied source material. The only consulted record refers to a geographic Wikidata item unrelated to Navajo cosmology.
Kālīlā is presented here as an unverified name for 'village guardian ghosts' in Himalayan folk tradition; the provided source does not contain any information about this entity. This entry documents that no reliable information was available in the supplied material and indicates the need for appropriate Himalayan folkloric sources before authoritative claims can be made.
Kāne is a principal Hawaiian divine personage and creator figure associated with light, life, procreation, and ancestral origin. He occupies the highest position among the triad Kāne–Kū–Lono and is invoked in daily, domestic, and productive acts such as morning prayers and canoe-building.
Kāne Milohai is a named figure in collections of Hawaiian mythological names, cited primarily as a sibling of a well-known set of Hawaiian deities. Outside of genealogical listings he is not attested with an independent traditional narrative, cult, or set of powers in the provided sources; some modern secondary and fictional sources reuse the name in contemporary narratives.
A great migratory waka used by early Polynesian settlers in New Zealand, associated with Tamatea-arikinui's actions. (Note: 1. The article states "Primordial" power tier for an entity associated with a specific individual (Tamatea-arikinui) and a historical event. Primordial is typically reserved for cosmic entities, makin)
The provided source set contains no evidence that a supernatural being called Kārūba or Karubah exists in Coptic tradition. References returned under similar spellings instead point to a modern board game (Karuba), place names, and unrelated items; no folkloric, hagiographic, or ethnographic materials about household protective spirits or angels by this name were found in the supplied materials.
In Zoroastrianism, Kātouzian refer to a specific class of priests who served during the reign of King Jamshid. (Note: 1. The article states "In Zoroastrianism" but then refers to a specific historical event (the reign of King Jamshid), suggesting that this is not a general article about Zoroastrian practices. 2. Powe)
Kātyāyanī is a martial aspect of the Hindu Great Goddess (Mahādevī/Durga), venerated as the sixth form of the Navadurgā and celebrated for slaying the asura Mahīśa. She is ritually worshipped on the sixth day of Navarātri and is associated with divine power and protective force.
Kōtuku is the Māori name for the white heron (the eastern great egret, Ardea alba modesta) in New Zealand. The provided sources identify the term as the local name for this bird species but do not document mythological narratives or supernatural attributes in the cited material.
Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat was the ajaw (ruler) of the ancient Maya city-state Quiriguá who reigned in the 8th century AD. He is documented as having declared Quiriguá's independence from Copán, receiving the K'awiil sceptre at accession (734 AD), defeating Copán and capturing its ruler in 738 AD, and presiding over a prolific period of monumental sculpture at Quiriguá.
Kʼawiil is a named Maya deity personifying lightning, generative power, and political/ancestral potency. He appears in Classic and Post‑Classic iconography and codices connected with cosmogony, the release of maize and cacao seeds, and the legitimization of rulers.
No verifiable folkloric information about a spirit named Kʼibet was found in the supplied source corpus. The research materials returned only modern personal names or unrelated documents; therefore claims about Kʼibet's attributes, rituals, or narratives cannot be substantiated from these sources.
Kʼinich Ahau is the Classic and post‑Classic Maya sun deity — a personified solar force associated with the day, calendrical patronage, rulership/apotheosis, and a set of iconographic types (monumental stucco masks, codex imagery of 'God G', and aquatic/eastern sunrise scenes). He appears in epigraphic, colonial, and modern Lacandon traditions with overlapping cosmological roles rather than a single fixed persona.
Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ is the historically attested dynastic founder and first ruling kʼul ajaw of the Classic-period Maya polity centered at Copán (ruled 426–c.437 CE). He functions in the Copán inscriptional and monumental program as the sacred legitimizing ancestor of the dynasty; archaeological remains attributed to him were recovered from the Hunal tomb in Temple 16.
Kʼinich Yoʼnal Ahk I was a historical ajaw (king) of the Classic Maya polity Piedras Negras who reigned from 603–639 CE. Monumental inscriptions and stelae portray him with royal solar titulary and record military victories, ritualized destruction of prior monuments, and his association with a mortuary pyramid identified as his burial (muk).
Kṣitigarbha (Sanskrit: क्षितिगर्भ; Chinese 地藏 Dìzàng; Japanese 地蔵 Jizō) is a Mahāyāna bodhisattva primarily venerated in East Asian Buddhism, known for a great vow to instruct and liberate beings in the six realms after the historical Buddha's parinirvāṇa and to postpone his own Buddhahood until all hells are emptied. He is central to funerary and memorial practice in East Asian temples and, in some regional adaptations, a guardian of children and deceased or aborted fetuses.
Hindu mythology represents a diverse range of entities and themes that challenge traditional binary notions of sex and gender, reflecting the tradition's emphasis on diversity, inclusivity, and acceptance. (Note: - Power tier: Primordial is likely an overestimation; given that the sources describe LGBTQ themes as "not a distinct category" but rather a spectrum within Hindu mythology, it's unclear if these enti)
La Cegua is a Central American folkloric shapeshifting female apparition, commonly told in Nicaraguan and wider Mesoamerican oral traditions. She appears as an attractive woman from behind to lure certain men (notably drunk men and womanizers) along lonely roads at night, then reveals a horrifying true face—often described as a horse head or a skull—preceding harm or dire consequences. The figure functions primarily as a moral cautionary tale enforcing social norms around intoxication and sexual conduct.
A French-Canadian folktale about a bewitched or enchanted bark canoe that flies through the night after men make a pact with a malign supernatural agent (often identified as the Devil). The story functions as a Wild Hunt–type narrative fused with Indigenous legends of a flying canoe and serves as a moral test about taboos, sobriety, and bargaining with otherworldly powers.
A sparsely documented feminine-named restless spirit attested in a small set of tertiary sources. The only clear descriptive line in the supplied corpus calls her a "ghost doomed to walk the earth in penance for carnal sins." Other claims about regional rooting or attributes come from a single unverified fandom entry and are not corroborated in the provided materials.