son of Vari-Ma-Te-Takere
He abandoned Hina-uri, the moon-
goddess who loved him, after their
son was born. When Kae killed and
ate Tinirau’s pet whale, the sea-god
killed Kae and ate him.
His home in the world coconut is
below that of Atea and on the island of
Motu-Tapu, the Sacred Isle.
He sometimes appeared as a hand-
some youth but is usually depicted as
half-man, half-fish.
Tinne mac Conrach Irish
a king of Connaught
second husband of Maev,
some say
He was promised the province by
Eochaid Feidhleach, king of Ireland,
but when he killed Fiodhach, who
was a suitor for the hand of the king’s
daughter, Maev, Eochaid deposed him
and gave the province to Maev.
In some accounts, Maev took him
as her second husband after leaving
Conor mac Nessa who later killed
Tinne in battle.
Tinnin Arab
[=Muslim Thuban]
a sea-serpent said to have been
killed by Alexander
Tinnit (see Tanit)

Tinnus Roman
[Tannus]
a thunder-god in Gaul
Tino Tatta Pacific Islands
a creator-god of the
Society Islanders
Tinoso Pacific Islands
[Tinyoso]
a hero of the Philippines
He is said to have had many adventures,
both sexual and physical, including the
liberation of the giant, Mauleon.
Tintagel British
[Dundage.Tintagil]
home of Gorlois
birthplace of Arthur
In later stories, this is the home of
Mark, king of Cornwall.
Tintagil (see Tintagel)
Tintiya Pacific Islands
the supreme god of Bali
Tiny Flower North American
a Tewa hunter
husband of White Corn
When his wife was lured away by a
Kachina rain-spirit, he sought help
from Spider Woman and, using the
magic pipe and lightning bolts which
she gave him, he killed the Kachina
and rescued his wife.

Tinyoso (see Tinoso)
Tiobraide
1
Irish
a king of Ulster
Eochaid Yellowmouth, who was in
Ulster, was killed by men sent by
his brother, the high-king Conn, to
watch Eochaid who was a trouble-
maker. Tiobraide took some warriors,
disguised as women, to Tara where
they killed the high-king.
(see also Fergus mac Leda)
Tiobraide
2
Irish
a monk
Mongan once assumed the guise of
Tiobraide to gain access to his own
wife, Dubh Lacha, who had been taken
by Brandubh.
Tiopra Slaine (see Slane)
Tip of the Single Feather
Pacific Islands
an invincible hero of Flight of
the Chiefs
son of The Eldest
Tipa Pacific Islands
a Melanesian god of healing
The god’s shadow appears in the form

of a lizard.
Tipaka Thai
a flying horse owned by Sison
Tiphys Greek
a pilot of Argo
son of Hagnias or Phorbas
He died on the way to Colchis.
Tipitaka (see Tripitaka)
Tippakalleum (see Mailkun)
tipperu East Indian
a bull-roarer used in initiation rites
in New Guinea
Tippett, Michael English
a composer
He wrote the opera King Priam
tipua New Zealand
in Maori lore, these are shape-
changing demons
Tir
1
Armenian
a god of wisdom and writing
Tir
2
Hindu
an arrow, one of the weapons of
Durga
Tir
3
Muslim

an evil spirit causing disasters
the son of Eblis
Tir fa Tonn Irish
[Land under the Sea.Land under the
Waves.Tir fa Thonn.Tir fa Thuinn.
Tir fo-Thiunn]
paradise: Elysium
It was to this land that Gilla Dacar
abducted some of Finn’s men.
Tir fa Thonn (see Tir fa Tonn)
Tir fa Thuinn (see Tir fa Tonn)
Tir fo-Thiunn (see Tir fa Tonn)
Tir inna mBan Irish
[(Is)land of Women.Tir na mBan:
=Welsh Annfwn]
a fabulous country visited by
Bran
Bran and his crew stayed happily in
this land for several centuries which
passed like a single year. When they
returned to Ireland, the one crew
member who jumped ashore crumbled
to dust. The island was also visited by
Maeldun.
Tir inna mBeo Irish
[Land of Life.Land of the Living.
Tir na mBeo.Tir nam Beo]
the land of eternal life and good
health: paradise: a fairyland away
to the west

Tir inna nIongnadh Irish
[Land of Wonders.Tir na nIongnadh]
an island visited by Conn in his
search for a sinless couple
Tir na mBan (see Tir inna mBan)
Tir na mBeo (see Tir inna mBeo)
Tir inna n-Og Irish
[Land of Youth.Tir na nOc.Tir na n-Og.
Tir-nan-Og:=Welsh Underland]
the home of the blessed dead:
Elysium: a part of the Western
Paradise
Tir na nIongnadh
(see Tir inna nIongnadh)
Tir-nam-Beo (see Tir inna Beo)
Tir na n-Oc (see Tir inna n-Og)
Tir na n-Og (see Tir inna n-Og)
Tir-nan-Og (see Tir inna n-Og)
Tir Taingire (see Tir Tairnigiri)
Tir Taingiri (see Tir Tairnigiri)
Tir Tairnigiri Irish
[Land of Promise.Tir Taingire.
Tir Taingiri]
a fabulous island, home of
Manannan
This was one of the islands visited by
Brendan.
Tirawa (see Atius-Tirawa)
Tirawa-Atius (see Atius-Tirawa)
Tirawahat (see Tirawahut)

Tirawahut North American
[Tirawahat]
the celestial kingdom of Atius-Tirawa
Tireisias (see Teiresias)
Tiresias (see Teiresias)
Tiri
1
South American
a hunter or nature-spirit in Bolivia
son of Ule
He was a hunter whose mother was
killed by one of the four young jaguars
whose lair she shared. Tiri was born as
she died and continued to live with the
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he killed three of the animals but the
fourth escaped and was taken into the
heaven by the moon.
Tiri
2
South American
a hunter or nature-spirit
in Brazil
He was said to have emerged from the
trunk of a tree and was suckled by a
jaguar. He later opened the tree trunk

and all his tribe appeared.
Tirid Mesopotamian
a Babylonian storm-deity who
caused terror
Tiriel
1
British
a character in the works of William
Blake
son of Har
brother of Zazal
father of Hela
He rebelled against his own father,
imprisoned Zazel and then became a
tyrannical ruler, killing many of his
own children and turning Hela’s hair
into snakes.
Tiriel
2
one of the 7 Intelligences,
ruler of the planet Mercury
Tirre British
a knight of King Arthur’s court
elder son of Bernard of Astolat
brother of Lavaine and Elaine
Lancelot used his shield in the tourn-
ament, organised by Arthur, when he
wore the red sleeve of Elaine.
tirthakara (see tirthankara)
tirthamkara (see tirthankara)

tirthankar (see tirthankara)
tirthanker (see tirthankara)
tirthankara Jain
[jina.tirtha(m)kara.tirthankar.tirthanker]
a prophet revered as a deity
It is said that with each fresh cycle of
the universe forty-eight tirthankaras
are produced who are regarded as
superior to any gods and who are
detached from all terrestrial matters
and unaffected by change.
Other accounts refer to twenty-four
such beings, all ascetics, who existed
and preached the lore of Jainism even
before Mahavira.
Tirrukural Hindu
a collection of poetic texts used in
Shaivism in place of the 4 Vedas
Tirumal (see Mal)
Tiryak Hindu
[Tyryakloka]
one of the 6 gati, the region
of beasts
Tiryakloka (see Tiryakloka)
Tirynthian Greek
a name for Heracles used
by Spenser
tisalt Central American
a white powder
This was used by the Cihuateteo to

whiten their arms.
Tisamenes (see Tisamenus)
Tisamenus
1
Greek
[Tisamenes]
a king of Sparta
son of Orestes and Hermione
father of Cometes
He was driven from the throne by the
Heracleidae and was later killed in
battle.
Tisamenus
2
Greek
a king of Thebes
son of Thersander and Demonassa
father of Autesion
Tisander Greek
son of Jason and Medea,
in some accounts
Tishpak (see Tispak)
Tishtrya (see Tistrya)
Tisiphone
1
Greek
[Teisiphone.Tisyphone.‘avenger’]
one of the 3 Furies
Tisiphone
2

Greek
[Teisiphone.Tisyphone]
daughter of Alcmaeon by Manto
sister of Amphilochus
Her father handed her over to Creon
to be reared but Creon’s wife sold her
as a slave. Her father later rescued
her.
Tisnavati East Indian
[=Indian Trishna]
a Javanese rice-goddess
Tispak Mesopotamian
[Tishpak]
a guardian god of Esnumma
a name for Ninurta, some say
Tistrya Persian
[Tishtrya:=Roman Pluvius]
a rain-god and god of fertility
the star Sirius personified
one of the Yazatas
When the land was affected by
draught, Tistrya descended into the
sea, Vourukasha, and, in the form of
a white horse, fought the demon of
drought, Apaosha, as a black one.
He is sometimes depicted as a bull
with golden horns, at others as a
radiant youth.
Tisyphone (see Tisiphone)
Titaea Greek

[Titaia]
a name for Gaea as mother
of the Titans
Titaia (see Titaea)
Titan
1
Greek
[Elder God]
any one of the 6 giants
fathered by Uranus on Gaea
The six giants are listed as Coeus,
Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus and
Oceanus. Other versions include Atlas,
Epimetheus and Prometheus. They
had six sisters, the Titanesses.
Uranus had imprisoned his other
offspring, the Cyclopes, in Tartarus
and Gaea incited the Titans to attack
their father and release the prisoners.
In another version, all the Titans,
Cyclopes and the Hundred-handed
Ones were chained up in Tartarus.
The leader of the Titans, Cronus,
castrated his father with a flint sickle
and took over the throne, marrying
his sister Rhea, and putting the
Cyclopes back into Tartarus. When
the sons of Cronus, led by Zeus,
rebelled, a ten-year war between the
Titans and the younger gods ensued at

the end of which the Titans were
defeated and Zeus took on the role of
Cronus as ruler of the universe. The
defeated Titans (except Atlas who was
condemned to bear the sky on his
shoulders) were themselves incar-
cerated in Tartarus.
Some say that Zeus destroyed and
burnt the Titans, making mankind
from their ashes.
Titan
2
Greek
a name for Helius
Titanesses Greek
[Titanides:sing=Titanis]
the 6 giantesses fathered by
Uranus on Gaea
The six are listed as Mnemosyne,
Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis and
Thea. Other lists include Dione,
Eurybia and Titania.
Titania
1
British
[=Celtic Mab]
queen of the fairies
wife of Oberon
Titania
2

Greek
a Titaness, some say
the moon personified
Titania (see Gaea)
Titanides (see Titanesses)
Titanis (see Titanesses)
Titanomachia
1
Greek
[Titanomachy]
the war between the
Titans and the Greek gods
Titanomachia
2
Greek
[Titanomachy]
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one of the poems in the
Epic Cycle dealing with
the wars between the
Titans and the gods
Titanomachy (see Titanomachia)
Titeli’ture (see Rumpelstiltskin)
Titha Hindu
a name of Kama as fire

Tithonos (see Tithonus)
Tithonus
1
British
a poem by Tennyson
Tithonus
2
Greek
[Tithonos]
a prince of Troy
son of Laomedon and Strymo
brother of Priam
husband of Eos
father of Emathion and Memnon
Eos kidnapped Ganymede and
Tithonus to become her lovers. She
chose to marry Tithonus and asked
Zeus to make her husband immortal
which he did. But she had forgotten to
ask Zeus to give him eternal youth
with the result that Tithonus just got
older and older but could not die.
When he was reduced to a mere
shrivelled husk, Eos changed him into
a grasshopper.
Tithonus
3
Greek
the Greek name for the
Nubian god, Dedwen

Tithorea Greek
one of the 2 peaks of Mount
Parnassus, sacred to Dionysus
(see also Lycorea)
Titi South American
a progenitor of the Anti tribe
After the world had been destroyed by
fire, Titi split open a tree from which
emerged a maiden and the culture-
hero Ule who mated and produced a
new race.
Titia Greek
a champion boxer
He fought Heracles at the games and
was beaten.
Titias Greek
king of Mariandyne
father of Mariandynus
In some accounts he is equated with
Tityus.
Titicaca South American
a lake in Bolivia
In some accounts, this is the lake from
which the sun first arose and also the
place of origin of the god Viracocha.
Others say that Ayar Manco and
Mama Ocllo came down from the
heavens to an island in this lake.
Titivil (see Tutivillus)
Titlachuan Central American

[Black Tezcatlipoca.Titlachahuan]
a malevolent god of the Aztecs
an aspect of Tezcatlipoca as guardian
of the north
As part of his everlasting struggle
with Quetzalcoatl, Tezcatlipoca, as
Titlachuan, took the form of a
physician and offered to cure his rival
of the sickness caused by the demons
that harassed Quetzalcoatl. The cure
consisted of getting him drunk on
wine and, in that sorry state,
Quetzalcoatl seduced a girl (his sister,
in some accounts) and, having been
guilty of drinking and seduction,
Quetzalcoatl was banished.
He or Tezcatlipoca warned Nata
and Nena of the impending flood.
Titlachahuan (see Titlachuan)
Titthium (see Myrtium)
Tituabine Pacific Islands
a primordial female deity
of the Gilbert Islands
consort of Tabakea
She and Tabakea produced all the other
deities of the Gilbertese pantheon.
Tituos (see Tityus)
Titurel British
son of Titurisone
husband of Richaude

father of Frimutel and Richaude
father of Amfortas, in some accounts
He built the Grail Temple on top of
Mount Salvat to house the Holy Grail
which he guarded with the help of
the Templars.
He married Richaude, a Spanish
princess, when he was over 400 years
old and, when she died, he handed
responsibility for guarding the Grail
to his son Frimutel or, in some
accounts, Amfortas.
Titurisone British
father of Titurel
Titus Roman
son of Brutus
brother of Tiberius
When their father deposed Tarquinius
Superbus and set up the Republic,
Titus and his brother plotted to
restore the king. They were betrayed
by a slave, tried and sentenced. Their
father pronounced sentence and
watched while they were flogged and
executed.
Titus Herminius Roman
[Herminius]
a friend of Horatius
With Spurius Lartius, he helped
Horatius to defend the Sublician Bridge

over the Tiber against the attacking
Etruscans led by Lars Porsena.
Titus Tatius Roman
a king of the Sabines
brother of Arruns
son of Tarquinius Superbus
He attacked Rome to try to recover
the women who had been captured by
the Romans. The treachery of Tarpeia
gave the Sabines an advantage and
Romulus sought the help of Jupiter
to stop the battle. The women ran
between the contestants and peace
was restored with Titus and Romulus
installed as co-rulers.
Tityos (see Tityus)
Tityus
1
Greek
[Tituos.Tityos]
a giant
son of Zeus and Gaea or Elare
father of Europe
Some say he was one of the Earthborn
Giants, son of Uranus and Gaea,
others equate him with Titias.
He was killed by Apollo, Artemis
or Zeus when attempting to rape
Artemis or Leto and was condemned
to Tartarus where he was stretched out

and fastened by his arms and legs to
the ground, covering nine acres, while
his liver was eaten by vultures.
Tityus
2
Greek
god of the waning year
It was said that he was killed by
Heracles at the winter games.
Tiu (see Tig.Tyr)
Tiuh Tiuh Central American
a Guatemalan creator-spirit in
the form of a hawk
He is said to have killed Coyote after
which he created humans from the
blood of animals mixed with ground
maize. When these humans bred to
create the tribes, he led a force of
warriors to the shore where, when a
red staff was thrust into the water,
the sea parted to allow them to pass.
Tiur Mesopotamian
a scribe of the Armenian gods
He conducted souls to the under-
world and recorded their deeds on
their foreheads.
Tiuz (see Tiwaz)
Tiv Roman
an Etruscan moon-deity
Tivikrama Hindu

husband of Santi
Tivr East Indian
an ancestral hero of
New Guinea
He sent a bird to discover the cause of
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the noise in his wife’s womb and the
first bullroarer, Tokijenjeni, emerged.
Tiw (see Tiwaz)
Tiwa (see Tiwaz)
Tiwaiwaka Pacific Islands
a guardian on the road to paradise
Tiwanaku South American
the home of Viracocha
Tiwara African
a Bambara spirit of the wind
Tiwaz
1
German
[E(a)r.Erchtag.Ir.Tiuz.Tiw(a).Zio
Ziu(-Wara).Ziu(men):=Saxon Tig:
=Norse Tyr]
a war-god
He is said to have had only one arm
and, in some versions, was a huge
wooden pillar or tree, holding up the
universe, like Yggdrasil.
(see Hermensul)

Tiwaz
2
Mesopotamian
[Tijaz]
a sun-god
Tixe African
a supreme god of the Zulu
Tiy Egyptian
wife of Amenhotep or Amenophis
Ti’ykitiy Siberian
a sun-god of the Yakut
Ti’zil-Kutkhu Siberian
a guardian of the Kamchadal people
son of Kutkhu
Tizona Spanish
a sword of El Cid which was
interred with him
Tjalon Arang Pacific Islands
a Balinese witch
It is said that she and her followers
brought diseases which killed many
people. Soldiers, sent by the king to
kill her, were routed by the fire
flashing from her eyes and the killing
went on. The god Siwa told the king
that only Bharada could help and the
sage managed to get hold of the witch’s
book of spells. He was then able to
cure those still alive and killed the
witch.

Tjahepinu Egyptian
a pharaoh
father of Nectanebo
Tjapara Australian
[Moon Man]
a moon-god of the Bathurst
and Melville Islands
He went off with the wife of
Purukupali who left her son to die in
the heat of the sun. Tjapara fought
with Purukupali who took his son’s
body and walked into the sea. Tjapara
then became the moon.
Tjenenyet Egyptian
a goddess of Thebes
consort of Menthu
tjetajat Finnish
shamans: wizards
Tjinimin Australian
an ancestral bat
son of Kunmanggur
He stabbed his father in an argument
about their sexual prowess and his
father then dived into the sea taking all
the fire with him.
tjukui Australian
the name for the dreamtime used by
the tribes of the west and south
(see also alchera)
tjuringa (see churinga)

Tlacahuepan Central American
an Aztec war-god
brother of Quetzalcoatl, some say
It is said that on one occasion he went
to Tollan with Tezcatlipoca who
fascinated the inhabitants by
displaying a tiny infant (who was in
fact, the god Huitzilopochtli) dancing
on the palm of his hand. Many died in
the crush to see this marvel and the
remainder, angry at the loss of their
friends, killed both Tezcatlipoca and
the infant. The bodies then gave off a
stench that killed many thousands of
the Toltecs and more died when they
tried to remove the bodies.
Tlacaelel Central American
an Aztec sage
Tlachtga Irish
a goddess
daughter of Mug Ruith
She was said to have been raped by
Simon Magus. In another story she
managed to produce three sons at one
birth, each of them by a different
father. She died in the effort.
In some accounts she is the same as
Eire.
Tlachtliby Central American
[=Mayan Pok-ta-Pok]

a sacred ball-game of the Aztecs
Tlaco Central American
an Aztec deity
sister of Teicu, Ticapan and
Xocutin
These beings are regarded as four
aspects of Tlazolteotl as a witch.
Tlacolotl Central American
the owl which, in Aztec lore, is an
omen of evil
Tlacolteotl
(see Tlazolteotl.Xochiquetzal)
Tlacotecuhtli Central American
an Aztec water-god
husband of Chalchiuhtlicue,
some say
Tlaelquani (see Tlaelquarni)
Tlaelquarni Central American
[Filth-eater.Tlaelquani]
a name for Tlazolteotl as ‘cleanser’
Tlahuicalpantecuhtli
Central American
[Lord of the (House of) Dawn.
Lord of the Light of Dawn.
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli]
an Aztec star-god, god of dawn
an aspect of Quetzalcoatl
He is regarded as the ruler of Teotl
Tlatlauhcan, the twelfth of the thirteen
Aztec heavens and the supporter of

the eastern corner of the heavens.
Tlahuitzin Central American
wife of Yappon
She and her husband were killed by
Yaotl and became scorpions.
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
(see Tlahuicalpantecuhtli)
Tlaik North American
a sky-chief in the lore of the tribes
of the northwest
He was killed by two sky-spirits and
eaten by a sky-serpent.
Tlalecuhtli Central American
a Toltec deity
ruler of the second hour of the day
Tlalhuicole Central American
a warrior of Tlascala
He was captured on the battlefield
and brought before the Aztec king,
Montezuma, who was so impressed
with the young man’s prowess that he
offered him his freedom. When he
refused, asking to be sacrificed to the
gods, the king put him in charge of a
force which defeated the Tarascans.
Again the king offered him his liberty
and again Tlalhuicole refused. This
time the king granted his wish and
the Tlascalan was chained to the
temalacatl (a commemorative stone)

and faced combat with the best of
Montezuma’s warriors. After killing
eight and wounding many others he
was finally overcome and hauled to
the teocalli (sacred pyramid) where his
heart was torn out by the priest.
Tlalli-iyollo Central American
a name for Xochiquetzal as a
love-goddess and goddess of
flowers
Tlalnepantla Central American
a sacred site
This was the spot where Quetzalcoatl
rested and wept, leaving a hand-print
in the rock.
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Tlaloc Central American
[Tlaloctecuhtli:=Mayan (Xib) Chac:
=Mixtec Tzahui:=Totonac Tajin:
=Zapotec Cocijo]
a rain-god of the Aztecs and Toltecs
an aspect (south) of Tezcatlipoca
husband and brother
of Chalchihuitlicue
husband of Xochiquetzal, some say
father of the Tlalocs
In the Aztec creation stories, he
became the ruler of the Third Sun.

Quetzalcoatl had ruled for the 676
years of the Second Sun and had
created a new race of people. Tlaloc
caused a great wind which blew all
these people away (except for a few
who became monkeys) and took over
for the period of the Third Sun which
lasted for 364 years, after which
Chalchihuitlicue became ruler of the
Fourth Sun.
He is regarded as the ruler of
Ilhuicatl Xoxouhcan, the eighth of the
thirteen Aztec heavens, or of Tlalocan,
the lowest of the three heavens.
In some accounts he is the father of
Tecciztecatl whom he burnt to make
the moon. He owns four jugs from
which he can pour rain, not all of it
beneficial.
Other accounts make him an
aspect of Tezcatlipoca as guardian of
the south.
He is depicted as black, blue, red or
white, with teeth like tusks, or as a toad
wearing a serpent headdress or as a
feathered serpent.
(see also Quiyauhtonatiuh)
Tlalocan Central American
an Aztec heaven, lowest of 3, the
home of Tlaloc and reserved for

those drowned or killed by storms
Some say that this was the realm that
provided a measure of happiness for
the souls of the dead who spent their
time eating, playing games and
singing. After four years, they were
reborn, allowing the poss-ibility of
improved status giving access to a
higher heaven later on.
(see also Chamecaciuatl.
Ilhuicatl Xoxouhcan)
Tlalocs Central American
[Clouds.Tlaloques:=Mayan Bacabs]
minor Aztec rain-gods, the offspring
of Tlaloc and Chalchihuitlicue
(see also Tlaloc-Tepictoton)
Tlaloctecuhtli (see Tlaloc)
Tlaloque-Tepictoton Central American
Aztec rain-gods, assistants to Tlaloc
These spirits supervised Tlalocan,
the land of the dead. (see also Tlalocs)
Tlaltecuhtli Central American
[Tlatecuhtli]
an Aztec creator-god and earth-god
god of death, some say
consort of Coatlicue, some say
This deity was said to have a huge
body like a toad which was used by
Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca to make
the universe.

In some accounts, this deity is
regarded as female and is the ruler of
Ilhuicatl Tlalocan Ipan Meztli, second
of the thirteen Aztec heavens.
(see Ilamatecuhtli)
Tlaltecuin Central American
one of the 4 sages of the Aztec
migration
These four (the other sages were
known as Chipactonal, Oxomoco and
Xochicahuaca) were said to have
invented the Aztec calendar.
Tlalticpac Central American
the home of Xiuhtecuhtli, the lowest
of the 13 Aztec heavens
Tlalzicco Central American
[Navel of the Earth]
another name for Mictlan, the abode
of the dead
Tlam African
in the lore of the Kabyle, the
place below the earth from
which the primaeval buffalo
and calf emerged
Tlamatzsincatl (see Tezcatlipoca)
Tlanuwa (see Great Hawk)
Tlapallan Central American
[Land of Bright Colours.Tabasco.Xalac]
the land from which Quetzalcoatl
came and to which he returned

In some accounts, this name is given
to Quetzalcoatl himself.
Tlatecuhtli (see Tlaltecuhtli)
Tlauizcalpantecuhtli Central American
[Lord of the (House of) Dawn.
Lord of the Light of Dawn]
a name for Quetzalcoatl as the
morning star
In Toltec lore, ruler of the twelfth
hour of the day.
Tlazolteotl Central American
[Itzcuinen.Ixcuiname.Ixcuina(na).Ixquina.
Queen of Cotton.Temazcalteci.
Teteoinnan.Tlacolteotl.Tlaelquarni.
Tlazolteotli.Toci(tzin).Toxi]
an unclean goddess of the Aztecs
goddess of childbirth, pleasure and
death
an aspect of Tonantzin
consort of Tezcatlipoca
mother of Cinteotl and Xochiquetzal
In Toltec lore, ruler of the fifth hour
of the day and the seventh hour of the
night.
Devotees of this goddess were
trained as prostitutes and killed after
serving the soldiery.
In some accounts, she has four
aspects, the sisters Teicu, Ticapan,
Tlaco and Xocutin.

In some versions she is an aspect of
Coatlicie as the eater of filth.
Tlazolteotli (see Tlazoltoetl)
tlecuil Central American
a brazier representing one of the
gods, in the lore of the Aztecs
Tlehanoai North American
[Bekotshire.Khlenonoai.Moon-bearer]
a moon-god of the Navaho Indians
husband of Yolkai Estsan
He and Tsohanoai found some soil and
grew a reed that allowed the Navaho,
on their journey from the underworld,
to escape from the flood. As a reward,
he was appointed Moon-bearer.
He is said to have created game and
domestic animals.
Tlepolemeia Greek
a festival in honour of Tlepolemus,
held in Rhodes
Tleopolemos (see Tlepolemus)
Tlepolemus Greek
[Tleopolemos]
a king of Argos
son of Heracles by Astyoche
or Astydamia
husband of Polyxo
father of Deipylus
He killed his uncle Licymnius and fled
to Rhodes. He fought at Troy and was

killed by Sarpedon.
Tlesimes Greek
one of the Epigoni, some say
Tletonatiuh (see Quiahuitl)
Tliewatuwadjigican North American
in the lore of the tribes of
the northwest, a servant of
Nascakiyetl
(see also Adawaulcanak)
Tlillan-Tlapallan Central American
the inhabitants of the second-highest
Aztec heaven
These beings were believed to be
fleshless.
In other accounts, Tlillan-Tlapallan
was the second highest of the three
original Aztec heavens, rather than its
inhabitants.
Tlotli Central American
a hawk used as a messenger by the
Aztec gods
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Tloque Nahuaque (see Ometeotl)
Tly Mesopotamian
daughter of Baal-Sapon and Pidray
Tm (see Atum)
Tmolus Greek
king of Lydia

husband of Omphale
father of Tantalus
He was the judge of the music
competition between Apollo and Pan.
He also judged the similar contest
between Apollo and Maryas though
others say that this contest was judged
by the Muses.
Tmu (see Atum)
Tna’nto Siberian
a dawn goddess of the Koryak
people
Tnecei’vune Siberian
one of the 4 dawn-goddesses of
the Chukchee people
Tne’sqan Siberian
one of the 4 dawn-goddesses of the
Chukchee people
to Burmese
a monster, part lion, part deer
Tnong Malay
a sun-god in the Malacca peninsula
This deity is envisaged as a dragon-
fly.
To Japanese
[‘the way’:=Chinese Tao]
the guiding principle
To Fu Chinese
the yellow phoenix (see also ch’i-lin)
To-Kabinana Pacific Islands

an ancestor-hero in New Britain
twin brother of To-Karvuvu
A primordial god drew two figures in
the earth and sprinkled them with
his own blood, so producing To-
Kabinana, the sun, and his brother
To-Karvuvu, the moon.
He produced women by climbing a
tree and throwing down two coconuts
which broke open to disclose two
beautiful girls. He also carved a
wooden fish which drove other fish
ashore so that he could collect them
without effort.
To-Karvuvu Pacific Islands
an ancestor-hero in New Britain
twin brother of To-Kabinana
A primordial god drew two figures in
the earth and sprinkled them with his
own blood, producing To-Karvuvu,
the moon, and his brother To-
Kabinana, the sun.
When he tried to copy his brother’s
feats of magic he made a mess of
things. The girls he produced from
coconuts were either dead or had
flat noses because he dropped the
coconuts the wrong way up and the
fish he carved was a shark which, far
from driving fish ashore for him to

collect, ate them.
He is said to have eaten the first
woman.
To-Kwatsu Buddhist
in Japanese lore, the 8 hot hells
(see also Abuda)
T’o-t’a-li (see Li Ching)
To Wen Chinese
[=Hindu Vaishravana:=Japanese
Bishamon:=Taoist Mo-li Shou]
a Buddhist guardian spirit of the
north and winter
To Wo Buddhist
angry deities in Tibet
To’a-hiti Pacific Islands
a Tahitian deity
toad
an amphibian with long back legs in
the manner of a frog
(1) In China, a three-legged toad is
said to live in the moon and is
regarded as a symbol of Liu Hai.
(2) The Greeks regard the toad as a
symbol of Sabazius.
(3) The Romans believed that the
toad carried in its head a stone
known as the borax.
Toadpipe British
a demon in The Screwtape Letters by
C. S. Lewis

On one occasion he was turned into a
centipede by Screwtape.
Toa’lalit North American
[Toia’lalit]
a god of hunting of the Bella
Coola tribe
Toar
1
East Indian
a priest of the sun-god of the
Celebes
Toar
2
East Indian
son of Lumimu’ut, the
first woman
His mother was made pregnant by the
wind to produce Toar who, as a man,
mated with his mother to produce the
people and their gods.
Tob Tob North American
the 16 deities of the Sioux,
aspects of Wakan Tanka
These deities are referred to as the
Superior Gods, the Associated Gods,
the Kindred Gods and the God-like.
Toba Japanese
an emperor of Japan
He took a fox-woman, Toji, as his
concubine.

Tobachischini (see Tobadzistsini)
Tobadzistsini North American
[Thobadestchin.Thobadzistshini.
Tobachischini]
a Navaho war-god and god
of darkness
one of the Yeibechi
son of Tsohanoai and Estanatlehi
son of Yolkai Estsan, some say
twin brother of Nayenezgani,
some say
He and his brother Nayenezgani were
given feathers, to protect them from
all dangers, by the spider-woman
Naste Estsan. They travelled to the
house of their father, the sun-god
Tsohanoai, who accepted them as his
sons only after testing them with
spikes, scalding steam and poison. He
then gave them weapons such as
lightning with which to rid the land of
monsters, the anaye.
They first killed the giant Yeitso
and then the monster Teelget. They
also killed the enormous beasts, with
talons like eagles, known as the
Tsenahale and plucked their feathers
which changed into small singing
birds. Other versions include
adventures involving the killing of an

enormous bear, the rock-spirit
Tsenagahi and the people alleged to
be able to kill just by looking, known
as the Binaye Ahani.
Tobats North American
[=Navaho Tobadzistsini]
a trickster-deity of the Paiute
twin-brother of Shinob
brother of Cunawabi
Tobias Hebrew
son of Tobit
When his father was blinded by the
excrement of sparrows, Tobias cured
him by using fish-gall.
Tobikawa Japanese
a hunter
For a joke, he dressed as a tengu and
climbed into a tree. The local peasants,
thinking him a real deity, brought
offerings and worshipped beneath the
tree. When he tried to copy the antics
of the tengu, he fell out of the tree and
was killed.
Tobinus Streat de Montroy British
a knight of King Arthur’s court
Tobit Hebrew
an ancient sun-god
father of Tobias
He was blinded by the excrement of
sparrows but his son cured him by

using fish-gall.
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Tobosaku Japanese
[=Chinese Shou Shen]
a god of longevity
one of the Sennin
(see also Fukurokuju.Jurojin)
Tocapo Viracocha South American
[Tucupay.Tunapa]
son of Pachayachachic
brother of Imaymana
Viracocha
When his father created the earth, he
gave Tocapo the task of naming all the
things he had created. When the job
was done, Tocapo resumed his place in
the heavens. (see also Tocay)
Tocay South American
[Tokay]
an Inca king
In one story of the origins of the
Incas, the land was divided into four
parts, each ruled by a king, when the
waters of the flood subsided. One
king was Tocay, who was given the
west; the others were Colla, Manco
Capac and Pinahua.
In some accounts he is Ayar Cachi,

in other versions of the story he is the
same as Tocapo Viracocha.
Tochipa Central American
[Tochopa]
the creator-god of the Mohave
Indians
son of the earth-goddess
twin brother of Kukumatz
father of Pukeheh
In some accounts, his brother caused
the flood which drowned all the
people with the exception of Tochipa’s
daughter, Pukeheh, who survived
because her father had sealed her
inside a tree. The human race was
renewed when Pukeheh mated with
Sunshaft and Waterfall.
Tochmarc Emire Irish
[Wooing of Emer]
the story of Cuchulainn and Emer
Tochmarc Etaine Irish
[Wooing of Elaine]
the story of Etain and her sisters
(see Etain
2
)
Tocho Japanese
one of the 5 dhyanibuddhas,
in some accounts
Tochopa (see Tochipa)

Tochtli
1
Central American
the eighth of the 20 days of the
Aztec month
Symbolising the rabbit and south,
the day was governed by Mayahuel.
Tochtli
2
(see Ome Tochtli)
Toci Central American
[Tocitzin]
a name for Teteoinnan or Tlazolteotl
as ‘grandmother’ or as an
earthquake goddess
In some accounts she is identified with
Xilonen.
Tocitzin (see Toci)
Tocobatto
a demon of the dance
Todtenschuh. (see Hel-shoes)
Toeris (see Tauret)
Togakushi Japanese
a god of wrestlers
In some accounts, it was he who pulled
Amaterasu out of the cave in which she
had hidden herself. (see also Tajikara)
Togda Irish
[Topa]
a servant of Partholan

He had an affair with his master’s wife,
Dealgnaid, when Partholan was away.
Some say he was killed by the angry
Partholan.
Toglas
a demon of treasure
Togodumnas British
son of Cunobelinus
brother of Caractacus
Toh (see Tohil)
Tohil Central American
[The Rumbler.Toh]
a fire-god of the Quiche Indians
He was the tutelary deity of the clan of
Balam Quitzé and was said to have
brought them the gift of fire. He was
turned to stone when the rays of the
newly-formed sun fell on him.
Tohoten Japanese
a guardian deity
one of the 28 Nijuhachi-Bushu
Tohu Hebrew
[=Babylonian Tiamat]
a monster of primaeval chaos
tohunga New Zealand
[=Hawaiian kahuna]
a Maori priest or shaman
These people perform normal religious
rites such as funerals but are said to be
able to converse with spirits, learning

the secrets of the future.
Tohwiyo African
divine founders of the Fon
Toi-mata Pacific Islands
[Axe-Eye]
a Tahitian goddess
daughter of Oro
sister of Ai-Tupuai, Hoa-Tapu and
Mata-Fatu-Rau
She and her sisters accompanied their
father in battle.
Toia’lalit (see Toa’lalit)
Toirdhealbhach Irish
a sub-king
father of St Flannan
He was so impressed by the preaching
of his son that he gave up his throne
and became a monk himself.
Toji Japanese
a fox-woman
She was a concubine of the emperor
Toba.
Tokakami Mesopotamian
a god of death of the
Huichol Indians
Tokalosh (see Tikoloshe)
Tokay (see Tocay)
Toki Norse
a famous archer
Tokijenjeni East Indian

the spirit of the bullroarer, in
the lore of New Guinea
Tivr sent a bird to discover the cause
of the roaring in his wife’s womb
and Tokijenjeni, the first bullroarer,
emerged.
Tokiwa Japanese
wife of Yoshitomo
mother of Yoshitsume
When her husband was killed by
Kiyomori, leader of the Taira clan, she
agreeed to marry Kiyomori to save
her children from death at his hands.
She hated him and taught her son,
Yoshitsume, to hate him too.
Tokiyora Japanese
a regent
He travelled the country to find out
how the poor lived and was
entertained by Sano, an impoverished
samurai who had been cheated out of
his estates. When, at a later date, Sano
appeared, very poorly equipped, to
answer a call to arms, he was taken
before Tokiyora who restored his
lands and rewarded him with other
villages.
Toklok (see Dogedoi)
Toko Tachi (see Tokotachi)
Tokoloshe (see Tikoloshe)

Tokotachi Japanese
[Amanotokotachi.Toko-Tachi]
a Shinto creator-god, one of
the 5 Separate Heavenly
Deities
Tokoyo Japanese
daughter of Oribe Shima
When her father was banished to a far
off land by the emperor, Tokoyo went
in search of him. She came upon a
priest about to throw a maiden into the
sea as a sacrifice to the serpent-god,
Yofuné-Nushi, and volunteered to take
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the girl’s place. Jumping into the sea,
she met the serpent-god and killed
him. She found an image of the
emperor on the sea-bed and took this,
together with the dead serpent, back to
land. The return of the image returned
the emperor to full health and, in
gratitude, he recalled Oribe Shima
who was re-united with Tokoyo.
Tokoyo-naganaki-dori Japanese
the cockerel of heaven, herald
of dawn
Tokoyo-no-kuni Japanese
[Land of Eternity]

the world of the spirits: paradise
Toko’yoto Siberian
a guardian deity of the Koryak
people
In some stories he is the father of Miti.
Tokubei Japanese
a 17th C robber
He successfully eluded his pursuers
by the use of magic and disguise,
sometimes taking the form of one of
the group of frogs he lived with.
Tokudo Shonin Japanese
a Buddhist abbot
When he died, Tokudo found himself
in the presence of Emma-O who
instructed him to make known the
existence of the Thirty-three Places,
shrines sacred to Kwannon, giving him
a seal which he could show to the
doubters. Tokudo then returned to life
and sent his disciples on a pilgrimage
to the thirty-three shrines.
Tokugawa
1
Japanese
[Gangan Sama.Gengen Sama.
Ieyasu Tokugawa]
(1542-1616)
a shogun who unified
the country

He was deified as Tosho dai-gongen.
Tokugawa
2
Japanese
[Giko.Mito-Komon.Mitsukum
Tokugawa.Seizan]
(1628-1700)
grandson of Ieyasu Tokugawa
He was responsible for the destruction
of hundreds of Buddhist monasteries
and was deified on his death.
Tokutaro Japanese
a man deceived by foxes
Tokutaro refused to believe that foxes
had power over humans and accepted
a challenge to prove it. When a
woman appeared, he suspected that
she was a fox-woman and killed her,
but she was a normal human and he
was saved from death at the hands of
her parents only when a priest pleaded
for him. He undertook to become a
priest and have his head shaved – only
to wake up to find that his head had
in fact been shaved by the cunning
foxes.
Tokutaro-san Japanese
a male doll
These dolls, which represent a child of
about two years of age, are said to

bring good fortune if they are properly
looked after. The female version is
Otoku-san.
tol-ava Russian
[=Cheremis tul-awa]
a Mordvin tutelary spirit,
guardian of fire
Tola African
a chief priestess of Osun among
the Yoruba
tolharubang Korean
a statue of an ancestor venerated as
a guardian of the village
Toli Mongol
a metal mirror used by a shaman
in divination
Tollan
1
Central American
[Tula(n).Tulla:=Toltec Tonatlan]
a city ruled by the Aztec god,
Quetzalcoatl, in some accounts
In some versions, Quetzalcoatl
destroyed this city when he left but
others say that it was still in existence
some 200 years later.
Tollan
2
(see Ilhuicatl Tonatiuh)
Tolleme la Feintes (see Tholomer)

Tollen Welsh
[Collen]
He is said to have fought and defeated
Gwynn ap Nudd.
tolmen British
in Druid lore, large stones
placed so as to leave
a hole
It was claimed that one could expiate
one’s sins by passing through this
hole.
tolokende Pacific Islands
a ceremony to cure the sick
In this ceremony, a doll made of leaves
is offered to the spirits in the belief
that they will cure a sick person.
Tolomeo British
a chaplain, Merlin’s scribe
Some say he was later made a cardinal.
Toltec Central American
[Toltecatl]
a giant
son of Quetzalcoatl, some say
He is regarded as the progenitor of
the Toltec people
Toltecatl (see Toltec)
Tom (see Atum)
Tom a’Lincoln British
[Red (Rose) Knight]
son of King Arthur by Angelica

He was reared by a shepherd and
became a commander in King Arthur’s
army. He fathered the Faerie Knight
on Caelia and the Black Knight on
Anglitora with whom he eloped. She
left him when she found out that he
was a bastard and, when Tom followed
her, she killed him. His son, the Black
Knight, avenged his father by killing
Anglitora.
Tom-Cat (see Bullkater)
Tom Thumb British
son of Thomas of the Mountain
Merlin foretold that Thomas’ son
would be no bigger than his thumb
and this proved to be the case. He was
fully formed as a man in a few minutes
but grew no taller.
His godmother, queen of the
fairies, gave him some wonderful gifts:
a ring that could make him invisible, a
hat that could impart whatever
knowledge he needed, a belt that
could change his shape and a pair of
shoes that could carry him wherever
he wished to go.
He was said to have been a friend of
King Arthur. He had crawled into the
sleeve of the giant, Grumbo, who
shook Tom into the sea where he was

swallowed by a fish. He met the king
when the fish was served at one of
Arthur’s feasts.
Tom-Tit-Tot (see Rumpelstiltskin)
Tomam Siberian
a mother-goddess and bird-goddess
of the Ostyaks
It is said that, in the spring, she shakes
feathers out of her sleeves and these
feathers become geese.
Tomartind Pacific Islands
a hero of Luzon
It is said that he made friends with a
witch who gave him a rod which
rendered monsters harmless and he
had a tunnel dug so that he could
travel to the land of the dead whenever
he wished.
Tomiyauhtecuhtli Mesopotamian
an Aztec fertility-god and rain-god
Tomo (see Tomomori)
Tomomori Japanese
[Tomo]
a hero who became a funa-yurei
His spirit was said to walk on the
bottom of the sea and pull up the
anchors of moored ships.
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Tomor Baltic
[Baba,Tomorr]
an Albanian creator-god and
wind-god
Tomorr (see Tomor)
Tomorrow North American
mother of the south-east wind,
in the lore of the tribes of the
north-west
Tomoye Buddhist
[=Chinese T’ai-chi:=Korean Tahgook]
in Japan, a good luck talisman
symbolising the revolving universe
Tomozo Japanese
a servant of Shinzaburo
His master was entertaining Tsuyu and
her maid, Yoné, both of whom had
died, the former from unrequited love
of Shinzaburo. To Shinzaburo, Tsuyu
appeared as the beautiful maiden he
had first met; to Tomozo she was the
ghost of a dead woman and he ran to
tell the sage, Yusai, what he had seen.
With the help of a priest, Shinzaburo
was able to keep the ghosts at bay but
Tomozo took a bribe from Yoné and
the affair was resumed. Next morning,
Tomozo found his master dead beside
the bones of Tsuyu.
Tomsivsi North American

a Cheyenne hero who is said to have
introduced the sun-dance
tomte Swedish
a guardian spirit of the household
This being lives in a tree near a house
and dies if the tree is cut down unless
it manages to reach the rafters of the
house.
In some accounts, it is a spirit living
in the forest.
Tomwaya Pacific Islands
husband of Beyawa
He was so devoted to his wife that,
when she died, he visited her in Vabusi,
the home of the spirits of the dead.
Tomwo’get Siberian
a creator-god of the Koryak people
husband of Ha’na
father of Quikinna’qu and
Tenanto’mwan
tona
1
West Indian
dwarf-like beings
In some accounts, the children aband-
oned by Guagugiana were turned into
tona. Others say that they became
frogs.
tona
2

(see nagual)
tonal (see nagual)
Tonacacihuatl Central American
[Lady Nourishment.Lady of Our
Flesh.Tzinteotl]
the primaeval female principle of
the Aztecs
mother of Camaxtli, Huitzilopochtli,
Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca,
some say
She combined with Tonacatecuhtli to
create life on earth and, in some
accounts, is identified with Omecihuatl.
This deity lived in the highest of the
thirteen Aztec heavens.
(see also Chicimecohuatl.
Citlalinicue.Ometeotl.Xochquetzal)
Tonacatecuhtli Central American
[Chicomexochtli.Lord Nourishment.
Lord of Our Flesh.Tonacateotl]
the primaeval male principle of
the Aztecs
father of Camaxtli, Huitzilopochtli,
Izinteotl, Quetzalcoatl and
Tezcatlipoca, some say
It is said that he combined with
Tonacacihuatl to create life on earth
and, in some accounts, is identified
with Ometicuhtli.
He drove four roads through the

middle of the earth to drain away the
waters of the flood which brought the
fourth age of the world to an end.
This deity lived in the highest of the
thirteen Aztec heavens or alternatively
in Ilhuicatl Yayauhcan, the sixth.
(see also Ometecuhtli)
Tonacajohua Central American
a female aspect of Cinteotl
as ‘sustainer’
Tonacaquahuit Central American
the Mexican tree of life
Tonacateot (see Tonacatecuhtli)
Tonalamatl Central American
[Book of the Calendar]
an Aztec book of divination
Tonaleque Central American
an Aztec goddess
She is regarded as the ruler of Ilhuicatl
Huixtotlan, the fifth of the thirteen
Aztec heavens.
Tonalpohualli Central American
[=Maya Tzolkin]
a division of the sacred calendar
of the Aztecs
This period of 260 days (twenty weeks
of thirteen days each) was divided into
five parts, one for each of the cardinal
points plus one for the centre.
Tonans Roman

a name of Jupiter as ‘thunderer’
Tonantzin Central American
[Tonatzin]
an Aztec mother-goddess
She appears as Coatlicue, Cihuacoatl
and Tlazolteotl.
Tonapa (see Thunupa)
Tonatiuh Central American
[Pil(t)zintecuhtli.Young Prince]
an Aztec creator-god and sun-god
an aspect (east) of Tezcatlipoca
He is regarded as the ruler of the fifth
age of the universe and lives in Ilhuicatl
Tonatiuh, the fourth of the thirteen
Aztec heavens or in Tonatiuhican, the
highest of the three heavens.
Tonatiuhican Central American
[House of the Sun]
the highest of the 3 original Aztec
heavens
(see also Ilhuicatl Tonatiuh)
Tonatlan Central American
[=Aztec Tollan]
the home of the sun-god
Tonatzin (see Tonantzin)
tondi (see sumangat)
Toneinili (see Tonenili)
Tonenili North American
[Grey God.Libabi.Toneinili.‘waterer’]
a Navaho rain-god

one of the Yeibechi
He is depicted as a dancing fool,
wearing a blue mask.
tong African
one of the 4 attributes of a king of
the Alur, the shining spear
Tonga
1
Pacific Islands
in Samoa, the southwest wind
Tonga
2
Pacific Islands
the first woman, in the lore of Samoa
Tonga-Hiti New Zealand
a headache-demon, one of the
ponaturi
It is said that this demon and Kanae
were the only two to escape when
Tawhaki trapped the ponaturi who
had killed his father.
Tongatea Pacific Islands
wife of Ngaru
When she found that her husband was
black and hairless, she left him but she
returned later after he had bleached
his body white and grown hair with
the help of Tangaroa.
Tongaiti (see Tangaroa)
Tongue of Ptah Egyptian

Hu or Thoth as an aspect of Ptah
toniwha New Zealand
a Maori spirit of fresh water
These beings are revered as ancestral
spirits.
Tonjo African
in the lore of Senegal, the drum
which Marain Jagu took from the
jinn
tono (see nagual)
Tonto (see Tonttu)
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Tonttu Baltic
[Tonto]
a benevolent Finnish spirit of
the household
Tonwenna British
wife of Dunvallo Molmutius
mother of Belinius and Brennius
Too-lux North American
the Chinook god of the south wind
He cut open a whale and released the
raven Hahness.
toolsey (see tulasi
1
)
toori akuma (see akuma)
Toothcracker (see Tanngniostr)

Toothgnasher (see Tanngrisnr)
Toothgrinder (see Tanngniostr)
Topa (see Togda)
Topa Huaco South American
one of 4 sisters, ancestresses of the
Incas
(see also Children of the Sun)
Topa Ayar Cachi (see Ayar Cachi)
Tope
1
Norse
a torture-demon
tope
2
(see stupa)
Topileta East Indian
a gatekeeper in paradise
He intercepts souls en route to the
land of the spirits and allows them to
pass only when they give him a gift
which, in the case of women, may be
sex.
He is depicted as having very large
ears.
Topiltcin (see Topiltzin)
Topiltzin Central American
[Topiltcin]
a 10th C king of the Toltecs
This man, the last king of the Toltecs,
was identified with Quetzalcoatl in

some accounts.
Tophet Hebrew
a place of torment: hell
Tophet is a valley, south of Jerusalem,
where, it is said, children were sacr-
ificed to Moloch. The name, said to be
an oven in which the victims were
burnt, has been adopted as a synonym
for hell.
Topoh African
a sky-god of the Pokot, the
evening star
son of Tororut and Seta
Tor (see Torre)
Tor Inis (see Tory Island)
Tor Mor Irish
the site of Balor’s tower in Tory Island
tora Japanese
a sign (tiger) of the Zodiac)
Tora Galles (see Horagalles)
Torach (see Tory Island)
Toran Buddhist
[torana]
the gateway to a Buddhist temple
Torana. (see Toran)
Torc Triath Irish
[Orc Triath.Treithirne:=Welsh
Twrch Trwyth]
the chief boar
This animal was said to be owned by

Brigit, the Dagda’s daughter.
Tore
1
African
an ancestral hero or forest-god
of the Pygmies
This being is said to appear in the
guise of a wind or a storm or as an
animal such as a leopard.
Tore
2
African
a god of death among the
Bambuti
Tore
3
African
a supreme god of the Logo
people
Torec British
son of King Ydor and Tristoise
husband of Miraude
A circlet that had belonged to Torec’s
grandmother, Mariole, had been
stolen by Bruant. Torec defeated
Bruant who told him that the diadem
was now held by Miraude. When he
tried to regain the circlet, Miraude
said that she would marry him if he
could defeat all the Knights of the

Round Table. Gawain persuaded all
the knights to co-operate and Torec
was able to appear victorious, claiming
the hand of Miraude.
Torem Siberian
[=Lappish Turms]
a Vogul sky-god
He lives in a tent near the north pole
to which he tethers his reindeer.
Totem-Talmas Siberian
deities, son of Torem
Torge Norse
lover of Joterna-jesta
The maiden he loved rejected the
advances of the giant Senjemand who
then tried to shoot her with a huge
arrow. Torge threw his hat to deflect
the missile and saved her life.
tori Japanese
a sign (cock) of the Zodiac
torii Japanese
a gateway to a Shinto temple
Some say that the gods sometimes use
the torii as a perch.
Torito South American
a bird woman in the lore of
the Incas
sister of Aqua
Two brothers who escaped the flood
came back to their hut one day to find

food and drink already prepared. The
elder brother watched and discovered
that Aqua and Torito were responsible
but they were frightened when they
saw him and failed to return for some
time. When they did come back, the
younger brother trapped one of the
bird-women and she lived with him for
a long time, bearing a number of
children who became the ancestors of
the Canaris tribe.
Tork Armenian
a hideous mountain-god
torma Buddhist
holy food: a cake used in rituals
Torna Eices Irish
a poet
foster-father of Niall
It is said that he rescued the infant
Niall when he was abandoned by
Mongfhinn, his stepmother, and
reared him, taking him to Tara when
he came of age. When he heard of
Niall’s death at the hands of Eochu,
Torna died of grief.
tornait (see tornaq)
tornak (see tornaq)
tornaq North American
[tornak:plur=torna(i)t]
an Inuit spirit controlling a shaman or,

some say, the earth
a form of inua
These beings are said to take the form
of bears, humans or stones.
Tornasuk North American
[Great Tornak.Tornarssuk.Torngarsak]
a supreme Inuit deity
ruler of the tornait
He lives in the underworld and may be
variously depicted as a large seal, a
bear, a warrior or a tiny midget.
(see also Torngasoau)
Tornarssuk (see Tornasuk)
tornat (see tornaq)
Torngarsak (see Tornasuk.Torngasoau)
Torngasoau North American
a supreme deity of the Inuit
(see also Tornarsuk)
Tornit
1
North American
an mythical race of giants in the lore
of the Inuit (see also tornait)
tornit
2
(see tornaq)
Toro African
a creator-god of the Ngbandi
people
son of Kanglogba, the dragon-fly

Torongoi Mongol
the first man
consort of Edji
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Tororut African
a creator-god of the Pokot
brother of Asis
husband of Seta
father of Arawa, Ilat and Topoh
Torquemada, Juan de
Central American
a Spanish monk in Mexico who
recorded much of Aztec religion
and mythology
Torre British
[Tor]
a Knight of the Round Table
son of Pellimore
brother of Elaine
He was taken to Arthur’s court as a
youth by his cowherd father, Aries,
who convinced Arthur to knight him
before his wedding began. Merlin
disclosed that he was, in fact, a son of
Pellimore, who had forced himself on
Torre’s mother. At Arthur’s wedding
feast Torre was sent off to find the
knight who had seized and ridden

away with the white bitch that had
chased the white stag into the hall,
interrupting the proceedings.
He rode off and met a dwarf who
required him to joust with two
knights. He defeated them both and
sent them to Arthur’s court. The
dwarf then attached himself as servant
to Torre and led him to the knight he
was seeking. Torre retrieved the bitch
from the knight’s lady and set off back
to Camelot. The knight, Arbellus,
rode after him and they fought, with
Torre toppling his opponent. He
might have spared him, but a damsel
rode up and demanded his head,
claiming that Arbellus had killed her
brother. He ran away but Torre
overtook and killed him. When he
returned to Camelot with the white
bitch and the dead Arbellus, he was
rewarded by the king who gave him
an earldom.
He was one of those killed by
Lancelot when he rescued Guinevere
from the stake.
Tortain British
son of Eliaures
His father was forced by King
Caradoc to mate with a bitch, a

mare and a sow. The third coupling
produced Tortain.
Torto European
a Basque demon
This being, whose only one eye is in
his forehead, captures young people,
cuts them up and eats them.
tortoise
a reptile with a hard carapace which
moves very slowly
This beast is used to symbolise
slowness of movement in many
stories.
(1) The African Bulu tribe regard
the tortoise as a quick-thinking
trickster-deity rather than a plodder
in the European tradition.
In one tale, he responded to a
demand to bring water in a basket
by asking for a strap on which to
carry it – the strap to be made of
smoke.
(2) The Chinese regard the tortoise
as the animal on which the world is
supported.
It is said that this animal can live
for 3,000 years without food or air.
There are said to be ten types
including a celestial tortoise which
is described as having the head of a

snake on a dragon’s neck and its
skeleton on the outside of the flesh.
Its four feet represent the four
corners of the world.
It is regarded as the ruler of the
north and the winter season and is
known as Black Tortoise, Kuei Shen
or Sombre Warrior. It is sometimes
envisaged as the Great Triad, its
body representing the earth with
the upper and lower shells as the
sky and oceans respectively.
(3) In Greek myths the tortoise is
the symbol of Aphrodite, Hermes
and Pan.
(4) In Hindu lore, the tortoise is
said to be the form in which Vishnu
appeared in his second incarnation,
as Kurma.
The tortoise Chukwa supports on
its back the elephant Maha-pudwa
which in turn supports the earth.
(5) In Japan this animal is said to
support the Cosmic Mountain,
home of the sennin.
(6) In North America, some tribes
believe that the world is supported
by a turtle (or by four such animals)
while others say that the world
itself is a huge tortoise floating in

the prim-ordial, waters.
The Delaware tribe say that the
tree of life grows on the back of a
tortoise.
(7) Some Siberian tribes say that
Mandishire the supporter of the
earth, is a huge tortoise which
carries the world on its back.
Tortor Roman
a name for Apollo as tower
Toruguenket South American
the moon, Jacy, in its evil aspect
The Tupi say that the moon falls and
destroys the earth at the end of each
age.
Torushompek South American
in the lore of the Tupi, the sun,
Guaracy: the good principle
Torvatus
a demon who stirs up trouble
torx Armenian
demons causing earthquakes
or volcanoes
Appearing as both demons and giants,
these beings were enormously strong.
Tory Island Irish
[Tor Inis.Torach]
home of the Fomoire
This rocky island was the site of
Conan’s tower and also the tower, Ture

Bhalair, in which Balor locked up his
daughter, Ethlinn.
(see also Tor Mor)
Tos-khan Siberian
a Tartar deity
son of Kudai
brother of Pyrshak-khan and Suilab
Toshitokujin Japanese
a goddess of lucky directions
Tosho-dai-gongen Japanese
the name given to the shogun, Ieyasu
Tokugawa, when he was deified
(see Tokugawa)
Tosotsa-ten Buddhist
the Japanese version of the Buddhist
paradise, Tushita Heaven
Tossarot Cambodian
a Lukabal
ruler of the white tevodas, the Khandas
ruler of the east
Toste-mari Russian
[Sorta ketse.Sorta pairam]
a Cheremis festival of the dead,
held in the weeks before Easter
and Whitsun
On these days, it is said that the dead
rise from the earth and walk in their
own village. (see also Nelle parjam)
Tota Central American
a Mexican fire-god

totaphoth Hebrew
a talisman designed to guard against
accidents or floods
Totaro Japanese
a man who befriended a shark-man
Samébito had been dismissed from
his post as servant to the Dragon Kings
so Totaro gave him a home in his
garden pond. Totaro fell in love with
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the lovely Tamana who would marry
only the man who could give her
10,000 jewels. Totaro pined away and
Samébito wept in sorrow. When Totaro
saw the tears turn into rubies, he soon
recovered. He persuaded Samébito to
weep until he had collected 10,000
rubies and then claimed Tamana as
his wife.
Totates British
[Tutates:=Roman Teutates]
a war-god
Totailma’il Central American
an androgynous Mayan creator-deity
tote-road shagamaw North American
a fabulous animal
Totec
[Our Great Chief]

a Zapotec sun-god adopted into
the Aztec pantheon
totem
a revered animal or object:
a symbol of a tribe, etc
totem pole North American
a carved and painted pole used by the
Indians as a symbol of a tribe
totemism
1
the use of totems: belief in a
supernatural connection between
humans and animals or objects
totemism
2
North American
the belief that certain animals and
birds were the ancestors of the tribes
Admiring the qualities in animals which
they would like to possess themselves,
qualities such as cunning and speed, the
tribes came to name themselves after
the animal they most admired which
became regarded as their ancestor and,
eventually, as their tribal god.
totemist
a person or group indicated by a totem
Totochtin Central American
a god of intoxication
Totoima East Indian

a monster in Papua New Guinea
Totoima married a mortal woman and
they mated, both in human form,
producing children which were
promptly eaten by their father who
reverted to the form of a boar when
they were born. When twins were
born, he ate the girl but a shaman
saved the boy and inserted the infant
into Totoima’s body where it grew
immediately to manhood and burst
out into the world and killed Totoima.
Totomono Japanese
a name for Kobo Daishi as a boy
Totoltecatl Central American
an Aztec fertility god
Totonge African
in Zaire, a huge mythical animal
Totrobonso African
a name of Nyame as ‘rain-giver’
Tou Chi (see Shang Ti)
Tou Fu Chinese
husband of Tou Mu
father of the 9 Jen Wang
Tou Mu Chinese
[Tao Mu]
a name for Chun T’i as Mother
of the Ladle
wife of Tou Fu
mother of the 9 Jen Wang

In this role, she is the goddess of the
constellation of the Southern Bushel
(Sagittarius) and keeper of the registers
of mortals and gods.
She was killed by Jan-teng Tao-jen
who struck her with a pearl.
She is depicted with three eyes and
eight arms, seated on a lotus.
(see also T’ien Mu)
Tou Shen Chinese
a tutelary goddess of smallpox
mother of Chen Shen, Ma Shen,
P’an Shen and Sha Shen
Her four sons help their mother in
dealing with cases of smallpox.
T’ou-sheng Kuei
(see Heavenly Dog Star)
Touart (see Tauret)
toucan Malay
buttons made from the bill of
this bird are said to detect poison
by turning black
Toueyo (see Touyo)
Touia Fatuna Pacific Islands
a Tongan earth-goddess
daughter of Kele and Limu
Touissaint West Indian
a Haitian voodoo spirit
Touppart South American
a supreme deity of the Cariri

people of Brazil
Toutates (see Teutates)
Toutatis (see Teutates)
Touyo Central American
[Toueyo.Toveyo]
a name used by Tezcatlipoca
When Huemac’s daughter saw a naked
pepper-seller, Tezcatlipoca in disguise,
she fell in love with him and, despite
her father’s objections, married him.
When the rule of the king, Huemac,
descended into corruption and opp-
ression, Touyo organised a mass
meeting of the people and beating a
drum caused them to dance themselves
into unconsciousness and fall into a
ravine where they were all turned to
stone. He also destroyed a bridge on
which thousands of people were
standing and they too perished in the
river below. As a result of this and the
ensuing plagues the king repented his
evil ways.
Toumou Egyptian
a god
Tovapod South American
one of the primordial beings known
as the Vamoa-pod, in the lore of
the Tupari people of Brazil
He and Aroteh lived in a tent. When

humans, who at that time lived under
the earth, stole some of their food, the
two beings dug down into the earth
after them and, in so doing, made
openings through which some of the
people escaped into the upper world.
Toveyo (see Touyo)
Tovodu African
a guardian spirit or ancestral
deity in Dahomey
Tow North American
twin brother of Tow-us-tussin
These twins are the Haida version of
the War Twins.
Tow-us-tussin (see Tow)
Towaesendo North American
the Tewa version of the War Twins
Tower of Diamonds
(see Burju Alamasi)
Tower of Forgetfulness Chinese
a tower in the tenth Taoist hell
Souls due for reincarnation are led by
the Spirit of the Wind across a bridge
to this tower where they are given a
drink which causes them to forget
their previous life.
Tower of the Winds Greek
a hexagonal temple in Athens devoted
to Aeolus, god of the winds
Toxcatl Festival Central American

an Aztec festival in honour
of Tezcatlipoca
This festival was held in the fifth
month of each year and involved a
youth who, for one year, reigned as the
earthly embodiment of the god. His
days were spent in idle pleasure in the
company of four maidens with whom
he mated and his nights in scouring
the highways as Tezcatlipoca, the
night-wind. On the final day he
ascended the teocalli (sacred pyramid)
and his heart was torn out by the
officiating priest.
Toxeus
1
Greek
son of Thestius and Eurythemis
brother of Althaea and Plexippus
He was one of the party hunting
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the Calydonian Boar and he objected
when the pelt was awarded to Atalanta.
For this, both he and his brother,
Plexippus, were killed by Meleager.
Toxeus

2
Greek
son of Eurytus
Toxeus
3
Greek
son of Oeneus and Althaea
He was killed by his own father for
disrespect when he jumped over the
ditch being dug to protect Calydon.
Toxi Central American
a name for Tlazolteotl
Toyo Kumono (see Toyokumono)
Toyo Kuni (see Toyokuni)
Toyo-tama (see Otohime)
Toyo-uke-hime Japanese
[Toyo-uke no kami]
a Shinto food-goddess
She separated to form Kayanu-hime
and Kukunochi.
In some accounts, this deity is
regarded as an aspect of Ame-no-
minaka-nushi.
Toyo-uke no kami
(see Toyo-uke-hime)
Toyokumono Japanese
a Shinto goddess
consort of Kuni-toko-tachi
These two deities were produced from
one of the branches of the primaeval

god Umashiashikabihokoji.
Toyokuni Japanese
[Toyo Kuni]
the name given to Hideyoshi when
he was deified
Toyotama (see Otohime)
Toyuga-nome (see Sakadonomaki)
Tozi Central American
an Aztec goddess of healing
Tperakl Pacific Islands
[Tepereakl]
a creator-god
husband of Latmikaik
He lived in the sky but his wife lived
in the depths of the ocean.
Tpereakl (see Tperakl)
Trachas West Indian
a Haitian voodoo spirit
Trachiniae (see Women of Trachis)
Trachmir British
[Trachmur.Trachmyr]
one of King Arthur’s head
huntsmen
Trachmur (see Trachmir)
Trachmyr (see Trachmir)
Track of the Lightning
(see Raxa-Cakulha)
Traditions of Huarochiri South American
a book of Inca ritual and mythology
written in Quecha

Tragedie of Dido, The English
a poem by Christopher Marlowe
Tragedy of the Children of Lir
(see Oidead Clainne Lir)
tragelaph
a monster, part stag, part goat
(see also hircocervus)
Tragical Story of the Sons
of Uisnech, The
(see Longes mac Nusnig)
Tragmar (see Turbe)
tragopan
a monster in the form of an eagle
with horns
Trailokaya` Buddhist
the 3 worlds
Trailokyavijaya (see Acala
2
)
Trajan Roman
an emperor who was deified with
the name Trojanus
Tramtris (see Tantris)
Tramtrist (see Tantris)
Tran-vu (see Huyen-thien)
Tranchera European
the sword of Agrican
Tranga (see Saubha
2
)

trano masino African
in Madagascar, a house built as
the home for the spirit of a dead
king
Transcendent Dignitary Chinese
the doorkeeper in the palace of Yü Ti
Transcendent Goat (see Yang Ching)
Transcendent Pig (see Ling-chu)
Transeline British
in some accounts, a niece of
King Arthur
transfiguration (see metempsychosis)
transformation
many cultures (Buddhist, Egyptian,
Hindu) believe that the soul can
appear in new form (animal, plant
or human) once or many times
Transformer North American
a trickster or culture-hero of some
Indian tribes
This being, variously known as Kivati,
Mink, Blue Jay, Raven and Chief Child
of the Root, is said to travel the
country changing the scenery and
animals into new forms.
transvection
the reputed flight of witches
through the air
Such flight was said to be on a
broomstick, a poker or a spade. In later

times, animals such as a dog, a goat, a
ram or a wolf were said to carry the
witches on their nocturnal journeys.
trapa Buddhist
a Tibetan monk
Trapusha Buddhist
one of the merchants who gave
the Buddha sugar-cane when
he broke his fast (see also Bhallika)
Trash British
a name for the bargaist
This name reflects the fact that this
beast makes a splashing sound as it
walks.
Tratr Hindu
a protective deity
Trausti Norse
son of Thorgrim and Olof
brother of Viglund
He and his brother were both
wounded when they were ambushed
by Hakon who wanted to marry
Kitelrid who was in love with, and was
loved by, Viglund.
Traveller, The (see Khons)
Trayastrimsa Buddhist
[Jaka.Trayastrins(k)a;=Hindu Svarga]
heaven: the home of Indra
This is the heaven to which the
Buddha went to instruct his mother,

Queen Maya, who had died a week
after his birth, in the new religion.
(see also Svarga)
Trayastrinsa (see Trayastrimsa)
Trayastrinska (see Trayastrimsa)
Treabhlann Irish
daughter of Angus Og
In some versions of the story of
Fraoch, she takes the place of
Findbhair and dies of grief when Midir
tricks her into believing that Fraoch is
dead.
Treanmhor (see Trenmor)
Treasure Bag of the Fianna Irish
[The Crane Bag]
the container in which the wealth
and trophies of the Fianna were
stored
It is said that this bag was made from
the skin of Aoife who was killed when
she was in the form of a crane. It was
believed to hold many magical articles
as well as the money used to pay the
warriors of the Fianna. It was seized
by Finn mac Cool when he killed Lia,
the treasurer of the Fianna, who some
say had killed Cumaill – leader of the
Fianna and Finn mac Cool’s father –
to take the bag. Finn mac Cool gave
the money to the survivors of the

Battle of Knock.
Some of the treasures kept in this
bag were Manannan’s knife and his
shirt, the belt of the smith Goibhniu,
the bones of the pigs of Asal, the
helmet of a Lochlanner king and a
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pair of shears once owned by the king
of Alba. It was said that these items
could be seen only when the tide was
in and vanished from human sight
when it ebbed.
Treasure Crown
(see Crown of Brahma)
Treasure-ship (see Takara-bune)
Treasures of Britain British
[Thirteen Treasures]
a collection of marvellous objects
put together by Merlin
This list varies from one account to
another and can include any of the
following:
chariot of Morgan (Cadair)
coat of Padarn Redcoat (Pais Padarn)
cauldron of Drynog or Diwrnach
(Pair Drynog)

dish of Rhygenydd (Dysgyl a Gren
Rhydderch)
gwyddbwll board of Gwenddolau
(Tawlbwrdd)
halter of Clydno
hamper of Gwyddno
(Mwys Gwyddno)
horn of Bran Galed
(Corn Brangaled)
knife of Llaufrodedd
(Cyllel Llaufrodedd)
mantle of King Arthur
(Llen Arthur)
mantle of Tegau (Mantell)
ring of Eluned (Modrwy Eluned)
stone of Eluned
sword of Rhydderch (Dyrnwyn)
whetstone of Tudwal
(Hogalen Tudno)
Treatise of the Way and of Virtue
(see Tao Te Ching)
Trebizond European
a horse of Guarinos
Trebuchet British
a smith
He is said to have made the Grail
Sword and repaired it after it was
broken when Partinal used it to kill
Goon Desert.
Trébuerden British

a site in Brittany where a dolmen is
said to be King Arthur’s tomb
Tree maidens Norse
[Wood maidens]
elves living in the trees and woods
Tree of Buddha (see bo-tree)
Tree of Heaven Egyptian
the tree producing the fruit which
gave the gods their immortality
Tree of Intelligence (see bo tree)
Tree of Knowledge
(see bo tree.Jambustring.Parijata)
Tree of Life
1
a tree appearing in many
mythologies, often of unspecified
species and having various
functions, but always revered
(1) In Africa, Kilembe, the magical
tree of life, was brought by the
hero Sudika-mbambi when he
was born.
(2) In Central America, the Nahua
call the agave, from which they
make pulque, by this name. The
Mexicans call it Tonacaquahuit.
(3) Arthurian legends say that, in
taking the fruit of this tree, Eve
broke off a small branch which,
after she and Adam had been

evicted from Eden, she planted. It
grew into a tree, all white, and
cuttings from it produced white
trees. It turned green when Abel
was conceived and red when he was
killed by Cain.
Solomon’s wife had him build a
ship which would last for hundreds
of years to convey to Galahad his
ancestry. The ship contained a bed
with white, green and red posts, cut
from trees propagated from the
originals, and on this bed Solomon
placed his own sword, inherited
from his father, David, which later
became known as the Sword of
Strange Girdles.
(4) In the lore of the Dyaks, a tree
which links heaven and earth.
(5) In Egypt, the Stauros, the cross
of Horus, is also known as the Toh.
(6) The Hindu tree of life, known
as Jambu and growing on Mount
Meru, is regarded as the axis of the
earth and the source of soma.
(7) The Irish version of the tree of
life is called Crann Bethadh.
(8)The Korean version of the tree
of life is the Sterculid tree.
(9) In Mesopotamian lore it is the

symbol of Ishtar and Tammuz.
(10) In Siberia, the Yakut tree of life
is known as Zambu and is said to
grow in paradise. A dragon lives at
the base of the tree and the goddess
Kybai-Khotun uses the tree as her
home. Two rivers are said to
emerge from the base of the tree.
(11) The Tibetan version is known
as Zampu which grows on the
sacred mountain Himavan.
(12) In the West Indies, the
Haitian tree of life is referred to as
Grand Bois.
Tree of Mirrors Central American
a name for Tezcatlipoca
Tezcatlipoca was given this name
when he and Quetzalcoatl helped the
four giants support the heavens at
the beginning of the period of the
Fifth Sun.
Tree of Wisdom (see bo tree)
Tree of the End
(see Cedar of the End)
tree-squeak North American
a fabulous animal
Tree-trunk God Japanese
a name for Kimata-no-kami who
was found in a tree when he
was abandoned by his mother

tree-worship
[dendrolatry]
In Crete trees were regarded as deities.
In Greece, some trees and groves
were regarded as sacred and dedicated
to a particular deity.
Trees were the domain of the Dryads
and some individual trees were the
home of the Hamadryads who died
when their tree was cut down or died.
(see also sacred plants)
trees Hindu
an eagle carrying amrita to the moon
was struck by an arrow fired by one
of the asuras and the feathers
thereby dislodged fell to earth and
grew as trees
Trefuilngid Tre-Eochair Irish
an ancient giant
He lived on the acorns, apples and
hazel-nuts which grew on the branch
of a tree he had brought from the
Lebanon and told the council at Tara
that the sun, of which he was the
controller, had not shone that day
because Jesus had been crucified.
Tregalen British
in Welsh lore, the site of King
Arthur’s final battle
In this version he was not killed by

Mordred but died when archers shot
him when he was chasing the survivors
of the Battle of Tregalen through the
pass of Bwlch-y-Saethu.
Tregeagle, Jan British
a magistrate
He was said to have sold his soul to
the Devil and, for his cruelty, he was
condemned to empty Dosmary Pool
on Bodmin Moor using a leaking
limpet shell or to bind together a
truss of sand.
Some say that his spirit is chased by
the Wild Hunt.
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Tremeur British
[Gildas.Judwall]
son of Cunomorus and Trephina
Cunomorus beheaded his wife
Trephina to prevent the birth of the
son who, it was foretold, would kill
him. He left it too late and Trephina
bore a son, Tremeur.
In some accounts, he is the son of
Trephina by Jonas and is also referred
to as Judwal.

Trendhorn (see Trendorn)
Trendorn Irish
[Trendhorn]
a servant of Conor
He had his eye knocked out by a chess
piece thrown by Naisi when Trendorn
was spying on him and Deirdre after
their return from Scotland.
Trenmor Irish
[Treanmhor]
son of Sualt
grandfather of Finn mac Cool
father of Cumaill
Trentren South American
a supernatural serpent
The Araucanians say that this huge
serpent, and another called Kaikai,
caused the flood.
Treon (see Trewon)
Trephina British
daughter of Warok
wife of Cunomorus
mother of Tremeur
Her second husband, Cunomorus,
had her beheaded to prevent the birth
of a son who, it was foretold, would kill
him. He left it too late – she produced
a son, Tremeur. The magician Gildas
brought her back to life and, carrying
her own head, she returned to the

castle where, it is said, the walls fell in
and killed Cunomorus.
Tresnawati East Indian
a Javanese rice-goddess
daughter of Bataru Guru
She fell in love with a farmer and came
down to earth to marry him. Her
father turned her into an ear of rice
for her disobedience and the farmer
then turned himself into a rice stalk, so
that the two were united as the Pari
Penganten.
Treta Yuga (see Tretayuga)
Tretayuga Hindu
[Treta Yuga]
an age of the world – the second – in
which changes begin and men
become less bound by duty
(see also yuga)
Trevilian British
the only man to escape when the sea
overwhelmed Lyonesse
Treverae Roman
Celtic mother-goddesses of Trier
Trevrezent British
[Trevrisent]
son of Frimutel
brother of Amfortas, Herzeloyde,
Josiane and Repanse
He became a hermit and was able to

tell Percival, when he arrived at his
cell, that he could cure Amfortas if he
would ask the right question.
Trevrizent (see Trevrezent)
Trewon Irish
[Treon]
a giant
king of the Land of Maidens
father of Bebhionn
Tri de Dana Irish
the 3 artisan gods of the Danaans
Credne the bronze-worker, Goibhniu
the smith and Luchta the carpenter
made the weapons used at the second
Battle of Motyura. Not only were the
weapons made at great speed, they were
always fatal to those struck by them.
In some accounts the title refers to
the three sons of Turenn.
Tri-Lochana Hindu
a name for Shiva as ‘three-eyed’
Tri-loka Hindu
[=Pali Tiloka]
the 3 realms of the universe
In some versions, the universe is
divided into three realms, the under-
world, earth and heaven, or Arupa-
loka (the formless world), Kama-loka
(the world of the five senses) and
Rupa-loka (the formed but invisible

world). An alternative version has
seven or more realms.
(see also Sapta-Loka)
Tri-Novantum (see New Troy)
Tria Fata Roman
[Fata]
goddesses of fate, assimilated to the
Parcae or the Moirae
triad
a group of 3 deities
In many cases where a given
culture has many gods, a group of
three is especially revered. The
Christian religion is said to be
monotheistic and the Father, Son
and Holy Ghost are to be regarded
as one deity. This view would put
them in the same category as many
of the gods of other religions which
have various names for one
god according to the aspect under
consideration, rather than in the
groups of three separate gods. The
membership of any triad may vary
over time. Some of these are:
–Arab: Aglibol, Bel, Yarhibol
Alilat, Manat, Uzza
–Armenian:Anahit, Aramazd,Vahagn
–Babylonian: Addad, Samas, Sin
Anu, Bel, Ea

Anu, Ea, Enlil
Ishtar, Samas, Sin
–Baltic: Patollus, Perkunos,
Potrympus
–Buddhist: Jan-teng Fo, Mi-lo Fo,
Shih-ch’ia-mou-ni
–Chinese: Lao-tzu, Pan-ku,
Yü Huang
Lao-tzu, Ta-chun, Yüan Shih
T’ai-lao-tao, T’ai-shang-lao
–Christian: Father, Son and
Holy Ghost
–Egyptian: Amon-Ra, Khons, Mut
Anuket, Khnum, Sati
Atum, Menthu, Ra
Banaded,Harpakhrad,Hetmetit
Horus, Neith, Osiris
Horus, Renenutet, Sebek
Imhotep, Nut, Ptah
Imhotep, Ptah, Sakhmet
Isis, Osiris, Set
Kadesh, Min, Reshpu
Menthu, Seker, Ra
Nefertum, Ptah, Sakhmet
Osiris, Ptah, Seker
Sah, Sopdet, Soped
–Etruscan: Juno, Menfra, Tinia
–German: Donar, Tyr, Wodan
–Greek: Athena, Hera, Zeus
Core, Demeter, Iacchus

Hades, Poseidon, Zeus
Hephaestus, Poseidon, Zeus
–Hawaiian: Kane, Ku, Lono
–Hindu: Agni, Indra, Surya
Agni, Indra, Yam
Agni, Surya, Trita
Agni, Surya, Vayu
Brahma, Shiva, Vishnu
Brahma, Rudra, Vishnu
–Irish: Ana, Badb, Macha
Badb, Brigit, Goibhniu
Badb, Macha, Nemain
Banba, Eire, Fohla
–Japanese
Buddhist: Amita, Kwannon,
Seishi
Amita, Fugen, Monju
Shinto: Amaterasu, Susanowa,
Tsukiyomo
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–Mayan: Chac, Ek Chuah, Hobnil
–Norse: Aegir, Kari, Loki
Frey, Freya, Odin
Har, Iafn-har, Thridi
Odin, Frey, Thor
Odin, Hoenir, Loki

Odin, Ve, Vili
–Polynesian: Rongo, Tane, Tu
–Roman: Ceres, Liber Pater, Libera
Juno, Jupiter, Minerva
Jupiter, Mars, Quirinus
Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto
–Semitic: Attu, Ilmaqah, Sams
–Sumatran: Batara Guru, Mangala
Bulan, Soripada
–Sumerian: Anu, Bel-Enlil, Ea
–Urartian: Artinis, Khaldi, Theispas
–Zoroastrian: Ahriman, Ahura
Mazda, Mithra
Ahura Mazda, Anahita, Mithra
Ahura Mazda, Anahita, Vahagn
Triads, The Welsh
[Trioedd Ynys Prydein]
a 6th C collection of poems which
includes some Arthurian legends
Triamond English
[Knight of Friendship]
son of Agape
brother of Diamond and Priamond
In The Faerie Queene he fought all the
other suitors for the hand of Canace
and won her.
Trianor British
[Tryamour.Tryanon]
a witch
daughter of Olyroun

She seduced Launfal and gave him the
trappings of a noble in which he
returned to Camelot to expose the
false Guinevere who he knew had
taken over from the true queen at
the wedding of King Arthur. When
boasting of Trianor’s beauty, he
carelessly mentioned her name –
something he had been forbidden to
do – and all his fine clothes and
wealth disappeared. The queen would
have had him executed but Trianor
went to Camelot, struck the false
Guinevere blind and carried Launfal
off to her magical fairyland or, in some
accounts, to Avalon.
In some accounts, it is suggested
that Trianor is yet another mani-
festation of Morgan le Fay.
Triastrinsa Buddhist
a group of gods
Tribog (see Triglav)
trident
1
Greek
the three-pronged spear
of Poseidon
trident
2
Hindu

[trisul(a).trishula]
the symbol of Shiva as Bhairava
trick West Indian
a magic charm used for personal
gain
Trickster
1
a deity, demigod or a culture hero
in many countries
(1) In Africa, the spider is the
trickster in West Africa and in
Dahomey it is Legba.
(2) In North America, Trickster is
one of the five (or eight) great
spirits created by Earth-maker.
The most widely known trickster
is Coyote but there are others such
as Inkotomi (Sioux), Manabozho
(Chippewa), Nihansan (Arapaho),
Old Man (Blackfoot), Rabbit
(south-east), Sen’dah (Kiowa),
Sitkonski (Assiniboine) and
Wisagatcak (Cree).
(3) In South America, Trickster is a
deity in the Guianas where it is said
that, in the early days, fish swam
inside a large tree and men were
permitted to shoot all but the large
fish. Trickster ignored this rule and
shot a dorado. As a result, the earth

was flooded. Trickster saved the
day by using his spear to open up a
channel which drained the waters
off to the sea.
In other stories, the fox plays
the part of the trickster in Chaco
lore, the moon in Apinaye lore.
Trigaranos (see Tarvos)
Trigaranus (see Tarvos)
Trigelawus (see Triglav)
Triglav Baltic
[Tribog.Trigelawus]
a war-god
an aspect of Svantevit
He was depicted as having three heads
covered with veils and was later
regarded as a god of disease.
trigon
the junction of 3 astrological signs
There are four such junctions said to
represent the airy, earthly, fiery and
watery aspects.
Trikantikadevi Hindu
a terrible goddess
Trikaya (see Three Bodies Doctrine)
Trikona Buddhist
triangle: the Buddha in a seated
position
Trikurat Burmese
a forest-spirit

a nat who helps the hunter
Trikuta Hindu
Ravana’s fortress, destroyed by Rama
Triloka (see Tri-loka)
Trimurti Hindu
[Parama.Sarvatma.Trishiras]
the trinity of gods, Brahma, Shiva
and Vishnu
They are sometimes depicted as a
triple-headed deity.
Trinavarta Hindu
a demon
In one story, he took the form of a
whirlwind to kidnap the infant
Krishna but the god kicked him over
a cliff and killed him.
Tringad Welsh
father of Gwyn
He was able to tell King Arthur where
to find the bitch Rhymhi and her two
whelps which had been attacking his
flocks.
Trinovantum (see Trinoventum)
Trinoventum British
[Trinovantum]
an early name for London
(see also New Troy)
Trioedd Ynys Prydein (see Triads)
Triopas
1

Greek
[Triops.‘three-eye’]
a king of Dolion
son of Poseidon and Canace
father of Erysichthon and Iphimedia
In some accounts, he is the same as
Triopas, son of Helius and Rhode.
Triopas
2
Greek
[Triops.‘three-eye’]
an ancient sky-god
son of Helius and Rhode
In some accounts, he is the same as
Triopas, the son of Poseidon and
Canace.
Triopas
3
Greek
[Triops.‘three-eye’]
a king of Argus
son of Phorbas
father of Agenor, Iasus and Pelasgus
Triops (see Triopas)
Tripada Hindu
a god of fever
Triphis
1
Egyptian
a lion-goddess of the Upper

Kingdom
Triphis
2
(see Hathor)
Tripitaka
1
Buddhist
[Tipitaka.Tripithaka]
the complete canon of Buddhist
writings
The work comprises three collections,
the Abhidharma Pitaka – there are
different versions of this collection but
they all contain similar ideas and
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material, the Sutta Pitaka which
contains accounts of Buddha’s
teachings and the Vinaya Pitaka, a code
of ethics.
In English, it runs to 136 volumes.
Tripitaka
2
Chinese
[Ch’en Kuang-jui.Hsüan-tsang.
Kosa.T’ang Seng.Tipitaka.Tripithaka]
(602-664)

the name taken by Ch’en Kuang-jui
when he became a monk
He travelled from China to India to
obtain the Buddhist scriptures.
In one version, the emperor gave
him a white horse for the journey
but this animal was swallowed by a
dragon so Tripitaka rode the dragon
instead. His mortal companion on
the journey was the priest, Sha
Ho-shang, and they were guided
and advised by the monkey-god,
Hanuman, in the form of Sun
Hou-tzu, and helped by Chu
Pa-chieh, a piglike god. Buddha had
arranged eighty-one tests for the
pilgrim, all of which, with the help
of his companions, he overcame.
An alternative story says that Ch’en
married Wen-chiao, daughter of Yin
K’ai Shan. She caught the fancy of the
boatman, Liu Hung, who killed Ch’en
and assumed his identity. When her
child by Ch’en was born, Wen-chiao
cast the boy adrift on the Yangtze
from which he was rescued by a monk,
Chang Lao. When the boy was of age,
he took the name Hsüan Tsang and
went in search of his family. He found
his grandmother and his mother who

gave him a letter for her father, Yin
K’ai Shan, who came to her aid and
killed the imposter, Liu Hung. The
body of Ch’en then appeared out of
the river and he came back to life,
having been preserved by the Dragon
King, Lung Wang, who had once, in
the form of a carp, been treated kindly
by Ch’en. Later, Hsüan Tsang was
chosen to travel to India to receive the
Buddhist scriptures.
He translated the Abhidharmakosa
used by the Kosa sect and founded the
Fa-hsing School.
Tripithaka (see Tripitaka)
Triple Goddess
1
[Triune Goddess]
a version of the White Goddess
earth, sky, underworld
She is said to change from white to red
to black with the waning of the moon.
(see also triad)
Triple Goddess
2
Irish
[Triune Goddess]
a group of 3 goddesses regarded
as a triune goddess or as 3
aspects of the same deity

Ana, Badb and Macha, were some-
times regarded as comprising the
triune goddess Morrigan. Banba, Eire
and Fohla were regarded as aspects of
Brigit. (see also triad)
Triple Muse Greek
the 3 original Muses, Calliope, Erato
and Urania
tripod Greek
the three-legged stool of the
priestess of the oracle of Delphi
tripodero North American
a fabulous animal with 3 legs
Triptolemos (see Triptolemus)
Triptolemus Greek
[Triptolemos]
a prince of Eleusis
son of Celeus and Metaneira or of
Ocean and Gaea
son of Dysaules in some accounts
brother of Demophoon
In some stories it was he who, as a
baby, was placed in the fire to achieve
immortality by Demeter who was
temporarily employed as his wet
nurse; in other versions, the baby was
his brother Demophoon. In either
case, the baby was snatched back by
its mother and, though unharmed,
did not achieve immortality. Some

versions say that Demophoon was
burned to death.
Other stories say that it was he
who told Demeter where to find her
daughter who had been abducted by
Hades and, after Demeter had got
her daughter back, she returned to
teach Triptolemus the science of
agriculture which he spread through-
out the land. When Lyncus, king of
Scythia, tried to kill her protégé,
Demeter turned the king into a lynx.
Some versions describe him as a god
depicted aboard the chariot drawn by
winged serpents which Demeter gave
him to compensate for the loss of his
brother. Others say that he became a
judge in the underworld with
Rhadamanthus and Minos.
He was said to have promulgated
the law of Triptolemus which requires
a man to honour his parents, offer
sacrifices to the gods and do nothing
to harm any man or animal. He is
also credited with establishing the
Eleusinian mysteries.
tripudium
divination from observation of
the hopping of feeding birds
or of the bits of food they drop

Tripura
1
Hindu
the ‘city of air’, home of the asuras
Tripura
2
Hindu
a demon killed by Shiva
Tripura
3
Hindu
a mother-goddess
a sakti of Tripurantaka or a form
of Parvati
Tripura
4
Jain
a goddess
one of the astamataras
Tripuratanka Hindu
an aspect of Shiva
Triratna Buddhist
3 jewels: Buddha, serpent and
tree used as a symbol of the
Trikona
Trisala (see Trishala)
Trisha (see Trishna)
Trishala Jain
[Trisala]
wife of Siddhartha

mother of Mahavira
Mahavira, while still an embryo, was
transferred to Trishala from the womb
of Devananda.
Trishanku (see Satyavrata)
Trishiras (see Trimurti)
Trishna Hindu
[Trisha.Trisna.Tris(h)navati]
daughter of Lakshmi
sister or daughter of Kama
Trishnavati (see Trishna)
trishula (see trident
2
)
Trismegistus Egyptian
[‘thrice greatest’]
a name and attribute of Thoth
(see also Hermes Trismegistus)
Trisna (see Trishna)
Trisnavati (see Trishna)
Tristam (see Tristram
1
)
Tristan
1
British
a version of the Tristram and
Isolde story by the 12th C poet
Thomas
Tristan

2
European
a 12th C French version of the
Tristram and Isolde story by Béroul
Tristan
3
European
[Tristan and Isolde]
a German version of the Tristram
and Isolde story written by
Strassburg
Tristan
4
(see Tristram)
Tristano Panciatochiano Italian
a 14th C version of the Tristram and
Isolde story in Italian
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Tristano Riccardiano Italian
a 13th C version of the
Tristram and Isolde story
in Italian
Tristoise British
[Tristouse]
daughter of King Briant
She was cast adrift on the sea at birth

but was saved and grew up to marry
King Ydor. When their son, Torec,
was born, this sad lady (reflected in her
name) was said to have laughed for the
first time in her life.
Tristouse (see Tristoise)
Tristram
1
British
[Drostan.Drust(an).Drustran(us).
Drystan.Pro of Iernesetir.Soul
of Grief.Tantris.Tramtris(t).Tristam.
Tristan.Tristrem:=Welsh Trystan]
a prince of Lyonesse
a Knight of the Round Table
husband of Isolde
father of Iseo, Kalegras, Tristram
the Younger and Ysaie
His parents are variously given as
Meliad and Elizabeth, Meliad and
Eliabel, Rivalin or Rowland and
Blanchefleur. In the Welsh version his
father is Tallwch and in the Icelandic
version he has a son, Kalegras.
In some stories, his father was
imprisoned by an enchantress, in
others captured by highwaymen. His
mother, pregnant at the time,
searched for him in the forest and
died giving birth to Tristram. Meliad

later married a daughter of Hoel, king
of Brittany, and they had several
children. She tried to poison Tristram
to ensure that her own son inherited
his father’s kingdom of Lyonesse but
her son took the drink by mistake and
died. When the king ordered his wife
to be burned at the stake, Tristram
interceded on her behalf and she was
pardoned. Meliad sent his son to the
court of King Hoel for safety and here
his stepmother’s younger sister,
Belinda, fell in love with him. When
he rejected her love, she too tried to
poison him.
In one account, he was carried off
by Norsemen who put him ashore in
Britain when they were caught in a
storm which, they believed, was due to
their crime. He found his way to the
court of King Mark where he was
made welcome.
In other versions, his father then
sent him to live with his uncle Mark,
king of Cornwall, where he learned
that his father had been killed by
Morgan. He rode straight to Morgan’s
castle and killed him. The Irish king,
Anguish, sent his huge brother-in-law,
Morholt, to demand tribute from

Mark but Tristram, though wounded
by Morholt’s spear, killed him in single
combat, leaving a piece of his sword-
blade buried in Morholt’s head. In
some versions he killed Morholt and
sent his severed head back to Ireland.
Other versions say that Morholt was
merely wounded and returned to
Ireland where he died. In either event,
his sister, the queen, discovered the
piece of the sword-blade and kept it.
Tristram’s own wound refused to
heal and, in one version, he sailed for
Camelot to seek help from Merlin
but a storm landed him in Ireland.
He had been taught music at an early
age and was a fine harpist and in
another version he went to Ireland to
recuperate in the guise of Tantris, a
minstrel. He was tended by the king’s
daughter, Isolde, with whom he fell
in love. When Palamedes, a Syrian
prince, arrived and asked for the hand
of Isolde, Tristram met him in single
combat and defeated him so that he
sailed for home in disgrace.
The queen noticed his broken
sword and, and, comparing the broken
pieces, realised that it was he who had
killed Morholt. She tried to kill

Tristram with his own sword but
failed. Leaving the court, Tristram
returned to Cornwall where both he
and King Mark were attracted by the
wife of Segwarides. She invited
Tristram to meet her and, when Mark
and two knights waylaid him, he
defeated Mark and killed the two
knights. He later defeated Segwarides
who challenged him for sleeping with
his wife.
Mark and Tristram were now
enemies and the king sent Tristram to
Ireland to ask for the hand of Isolde,
hoping that he would be killed. In one
story, Tristram’s ship was thrown back
by strong winds and he landed at
Camelot at the same time as King
Anguish who had been summoned to
Arthur’s court to answer a charge of
treason. Tristram repaid the king’s
earlier kindness by taking the charge
upon himself and fighting Blamor de
Ganis, one of the king’s accusers. He
defeated Blamor but refused to kill
him and they became friends. He went
on to Ireland with Anguish and sued
for the hand of Isolde on behalf of
Mark. In another version, he saved the
Irish king who was being attacked by

an ogre or, some say, he killed a fear-
some dragon which was ravaging the
countryside.
Isolde’s mother prepared a love
potion to ensure that her daughter
would come to love her husband,
Mark, whom she had never seen, and
entrusted it to Branwen, Isolde’s maid,
who was to travel with them on the
journey to Cornwall. The potion was
drunk by the young couple who fell
hopelessly in love. Despite that, Isolde
went through with the marriage to
Mark but continued to meet Tristram
at every opportunity.
Andred spied on Tristram and
caught him in bed with Isolde.
Tristram was captured and put in
prison but escaped after seizing
Andred’s sword and killing ten knights.
He rescued Isolde who had been
immured by Mark and took her to a
manor house in the forest. He was
wounded by an arrow fired by a man
whose brother Tristram had killed
earlier and the wound refused to heal.
He was told that he could be cured
only by Isolde of the White Hands,
another daughter of King Hoel. He
went to France where Isolde healed his

wounds and he married her. While
there, he defeated the giant, Beliagog,
and forced him to build a palace
decorated with scenes of Cornwall.
Other variations of the story say
that when Mark was told of his wife’s
adultery, he condemned both the
lovers to be burned at the stake.
Tristram asked to be allowed to pray in
a small chapel and made his escape
through a window, dropping down the
cliff to the shore where his squire
Gouvernail waited with horses and
armour. Mark handed over Isolde to
Ivan, leader of a band of filthy lepers,
instead of burning her and Tristram
arrived in time to rescue her from a
fate worse even than the stake. Isolde
was reconciled with Mark but further
spying by Godron and Guerlon
persuaded Mark that she really was
unfaithful and a trial was arranged, in
front of King Arthur and his knights,
in which Isolde was declared innocent.
The lovers then resumed their
meetings and, en route to one of these
assignations, Tristram killed Donelan
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and then shot an arrow through the
eye of Godwin as he spied on them.
Mark finally found them together and
killed Tristram with a poisoned spear.
Other stories say Tristram was
banished by King Mark. During this
banishment he wandered the land
seeking adventure and saved the life of
King Arthur. The king had been
ensnared by the enchantress, Vivien,
who had given him a magic ring that
held him in her power. Tristram killed
the three robbers who were attacking
the king and, taking the girl servant of
Vivien who had led him to Arthur,
returned to Camelot with the king
who made him a Knight of the Round
Table. Mark came to Camelot intent
upon killing Tristram and when Isolde
was abducted by Bruce the Pitiless, it
was Tristram who rescued her, killing
her captor. In another story, Tristram
carried off Isolde, who was being ill-
treated by King Mark, and took her to
Garde Joyeuse where she lived for
some time with Guinevere. To avoid
further conflict with Mark over his
love for Isolde, Tristram went to

Brittany where he married Isolde of
the White Hands.
His abandonment of the first Isolde
was condemned by Lancelot and they
fought each other to a standstill when
Tristram next returned to Britain.
Another version of this encounter
says that Tristram fought Lancelot in
the belief that he was Palamedes who
had promised to meet him to settle
their differences.
One version says that Lancelot and
Tristram patched up their quarrel and
Arthur installed Tristram as a Knight
of the Round table in the seat formerly
occupied by Morholt. Mark offered a
false hand of friendship to Tristram
who went back to Cornwall with the
king. At the behest of Mark, who
hoped to see Tristram killed by
Bagdemagus and Galahaut who hated
Lancelot, he took part in a tournament
in the guise of Lancelot and frustrated
Mark’s scheme by defeating both of
Lancelot’s enemies.
He allowed Mark to treat his
wounds and was drugged and put in
prison. He was rescued by Percival
with the help of Dinas who tempor-
arily imprisoned Mark.

There are many versions of how
Tristram came to receive the wound
that caused his death. Some say it was
inflicted in the struggle with Melot,
others that Mark wounded him with a
poisoned spear, some that he was
wounded in a duel with a Breton
knight in defence of Isolde’s brother,
some that it resulted from a rock
dropped on his head as he scaled a
castle wall when fighting King Hoel’s
enemies. When he lay wounded,
Tristram sent Kaherdin, his brother-
in-law, or Gesnes a mariner, to
England to fetch his true love, the first
Isolde, who came at his command in a
ship with white sails, a pre-arranged
signal. Tristram’s wife lied to him,
saying that the ship was carrying black
sails and he died in despair. The
beloved Isolde died at the sight of her
dead lover and both were carried back
to Cornwall and buried side by side.
Two yew trees (in some accounts, a
rose and a vine) planted on their graves
entwined their branches and could not
be separated.
In the Wagnerian version, Isolde
had been betrothed to Morholt and
wanted to avenge his death. She found

a piece of a sword-blade embedded in
Morholt’s severed head and kept it
hidden. Tristram had been wounded
by a poisoned spear thrown by
Morholt during their encounter and
the wound refused to heal. He went to
Ireland in the guise of Tantris, a
minstrel, and Isolde ministered to his
poisoned wound. When she saw his
broken sword she realised that it was
he who had killed Morholt. They fell
in love but Tristram returned to
Cornwall without her. Mark was so
impressed by his description of Isolde
that he sent Tristram back to Ireland
to ask for her hand as his queen.
Isolde, deeply unhappy that she was to
be the wife of Mark, not Tristram,
brewed a poisonous drink, intending
to kill both herself and Tristram but
Branwen, her maid, gave them instead
a love-potion entrusted to her by
Isolde’s mother. They continued to
meet after her marriage to Mark but
were betrayed by Melot. Tristram was
banished to France and when Isolde
elected to go with him, Melot tried to
prevent their departure and wounded
Tristram who went off with Kurneval,
who had killed Melot in the encounter,

leaving Isolde in Cornwall. She came
at his request when he was dying from
the wound but arrived too late and
died of a broken heart.
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a poem by the American Edwin
Arlington Robinson
Tristram in Lyonesse British
a poem by Swinburne
Tristram the Dwarf European
a man appearing in the Norwegian
version of the Tristram story
Despite his title, he was a big man but
still needed the help of the real
Tristram to recover his property which
had been taken from him by another.
Tristram the Stranger British
a man appearing in a Norwegian
version of the Tristram story
Like Tristram the Dwarf, he had been
robbed of his property, in this case by
seven brothers, and needed the help of
the real Tristram to recover it.
Tristram the Younger British
son of Tristram and Isolde
brother of Iseo
husband of Maria
He features in the Continental

versions of the Tristram and Isolde
story and married Maria, sister of the
king of Castile, whom he rescued
from the clutches of an African chief,
after rejecting the love of Guinevere.
In some accounts, he killed King
Mark to avenge his father and became
king of Cornwall.
Tristram’s Saga European
a 13th C Norwegian version of the
Tristram and Isolde story
Tristran and Isodd Norse
an Icelandic version of the story of
Tristram and Isolde
Tristrano Panciatochiano European
a 14th C Italian version of the
Tristram and Isolde story
Tristrano Riccardiano European
a 13th C Italian version of the Tristram
and Isolde srtory
Tristrant European
a version of the Tristram and Isolde
story written by Eilhart von Oberge
Tristrem (see Tristram)
Tristubh Hindu
daughter of Suparni
sister of Jagati and Gayatri
She changed into a bird and flew to
heaven to bring back soma but failed.
Her mother and her sister Jagati had

failed earlier but Gayatri finally
succeeded in the task.
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trisula (see trident
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Trita Hindu
[Aptya:=Greek Triton:=Persian Athwya.
Thrita.Thraetona]
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a water-deity
a form of Indra
brother of Dvita and Ekata
His brothers pushed Trita into a well
and placed a heavy stone over the top
but failed to kill their sibling who burst
through the cover and escaped.
He is said to have brought fire from
heaven to earth.
In other accounts, Trita is a name
for Agni in the form of lightning, one
of three forms (with Agni and Surya)
known as Tryamabaka.
Tritogeneia Greek

a name for Athena as a goddess
of water
Triton Greek
a sea-god: a merman
son of Poseidon or Hermes and
Amphitrite
father of Pallas, some say
This god could cause storms or calm
the seas by blowing on his conch-shell
trumpet.
In some accounts, he was king of
Libya and, when the Argonauts were
stranded inland, he appeared as
Eurypylus and dragged the Argo
overland to the sea. He also gave
Euphemus a clod of earth which, when
later dropped into the sea, developed
into the island of Calliste.
Some say that he had a daughter
named Pallas who was killed by Athena.
As a sea-god, he is depicted as half-
man, half-fish.
Some accounts speak of Tritons in
the plural, attendants on Poseidon,
sons of Phorcus and Ceto.
(see also centauro-triton)
Tritonis Greek
a lake-nymph in Libya, one of
the Naiads
mother of Caphaurus and Nausamon

by Amphithemis
Tritopatores Greek
ghosts: spirits of the dead
Tritos Greek
a name for Zeus as lord of the
winds
Triumphator Roman
a named of Jupiter as ‘the
triumphant’
triumphus Roman
a celebration at the return of a
victorious general when sacrifices
were offered to Jupiter
Triune Goddess
(see Triple Goddess)
Trivia Roman
[‘three ways’:=Greek Hecate.Trioditis.]
a name of Artemis, Diana or Hecate as
goddess of the crossroads
Statues of Diana (Trivia) erected at
such sites sometimes had three heaads
– boar, dog and horse.
Trivikrama Hindu
[‘three steps’]
a name of Visnu as Vamana
consort of Santi
tro (see trowo)
Troades (see Trojan Women)
Troano Codex (see Madrid Codex)
Troas British

a king of Thessaly
father of Troiano
A Trojan, said to be descended from
the hero Hector.
Troezen Greek
son of Pelops and Hippodamia
brother of Pittheus
troglodytes Greek
a legendary, uncivilised race, living in
caves or holes, said to eat snakes
trogodice
a monster reindeer with
forward-curving horns
Trograin Irish
an early tribal god
Troia Nova (see New Troy)
Troiae Halosis Roman
a poem by Petronius on the
fall of Troy
Troiano British
son of Troas
In some accounts, he joined forces
with Uther Pendragon and the Roman
ruler, Remus, to reinstate the Trojans
at Troy.
Troilos (see Troilus)
Troilus Greek
[Troilos]
son of Priam or Apollo by Hecuba
He was in love with Cressida and was

heart-broken when she was handed
over to the Greeks in exchange for a
prisoner-of-war during the siege of
Troy. She had promised to remain
faithful to him and when she fell in
love with the Greek hero Diomedes,
Troilus rushed straight into the battle
and was killed by Achilles.
In some accounts, he was ambushed
by Achilles who killed him when he
refused to become the Greek’s lover:
in others he died when his horses
bolted.
In an nearlier version, Cressida was
Briseida, daughter of Calchas who
had defected to the Greeks. She was
escorted to join her father by
Diomedes who fell in love with her.
Troilus and Cresssida Greek
a play by William Shakespeare based
on the story of these 2 lovers
Troilus and Cressida Greek
a 20th C opera by William Walton
(libretto by Hassall)
Trojan Horse, The Greek
[Wooden Horse]
the hollow horse built by Epeius
which enabled Greek soldiers to
smuggle themselves into the city of
Troy (see also Trojan War)

Trojan War Greek
[Siege of Troy]
a war between the Greeks and the
Trojans
This ten-year struggle was precip-
itated by the abduction of the Greek
Helen, the wife of Menelaus, by Paris,
the son of Priam, king of Troy.
The battle raged backwards and
forwards outside the impregnable
walls of the city, built by Apollo and
Poseidon, with many great heroes on
both sides being killed.
The arch-schemer on the Greek
side was Odysseus and it was he who
finally conceived the plan that led to
the fall of Troy. He had a skilled
carpenter, Epeius, construct a huge
wooden horse. hollow inside, in which
he, Pyrrhus and a few others could
hide. The horse was left outside the
gates of Troy at night and the Greek
army embarked and sailed out of sight
of the city.
By daylight, the Trojans were
deceived into hauling the huge
horse into Troy, in some accounts
demolishing part of the city walls to
allow it to enter. During the following
night the occupants descended and

opened the city gates to the army
who had sailed back under cover
of darkness.
The city was sacked and burnt,
nearly all the men were slaughtered
and the women were taken as slaves
and concubines. Aphrodite ensured
that Aeneas escaped with his father
and young son and Helen was
returned to Menelaus.
Trojan Women,The Greek
[Troades]
a play by Euripides
about Hecuba and her daughters
Trojanu Russian
the Russian version of Trojanus
Trojanus Roman
a god, the Roman Emperor Trajan
deified
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troll Scandinavian
[droll:=Orkney trow]
a supernatural dwarf goblin,
originally a giant
It was said that a troll would burst if
the sun ever shone on its face.
trollkona Scandinavian
[kveldrida.myrkrida]

witches who rode by night
Sometimes they were mounted on
wolves and used snakes for bridles.
Some say they could adopt many
shapes and bring storms, illness and
even death.
Tronc European
in some accounts, the original
name of Oberon
Trophonius Greek
an architect
son of Erginus
step-brother of Agamedes
He and his brother built a temple to
Apollo, who some say was his father,
and, after six days of merry-making,
they died in their sleep.
In another story, they built a
treasury for King Hyrieus, leaving a
secret access so that they were able
to steal its contents. The king set a
trap which caught Agamedes and
Trophonius cut off his brother’s head
so that he could not betray their
secret. He died when the earth opened
and engulfed him and he became
an oracle.
A very similar story is told of
Rhampsinitus.
Tros Greek

the first king of Troy
son of Erichthonius and Astyoche
husband of Callirrhoe
father of Assaracus, Ganymede and
Ilus
When his son Ganymede was abducted
by Zeus to serve as lover and cup-
bearer, Thoas was given a golden vine
and two horses by Hermes, as
compensation.
(see also Teucer)
trow Scottish
[drow:=Scandinavian troll]
a dwarf goblin of the hills and sea
trowo African
[sing=tro]
the gods of the Ewe people
Troyes,Chrétien de
(see Chrétien de Troyes)
Troynovant (see New Troy)
Troynt (see Twrch Trwyth)
True Prince British
an epithet for Galahad
True Sakahi Tree Japanese
the tree on which the magic mirror
was hung to lure Amaterasu out
of the cave where she had hidden
herself
True Thomas
(see Thomas the Rhymer)

Trulku (see Tulku)
Trumpet of the Last Day African
a horn which the Swahili say will
announce the end of the world
and the day of judgment
Trung-nhi Burmese
a rain-deity, patriotism personified
sister of Trung-trac
Her sister’s husband was executed
without trial so the sisters raised an
army to overthrow the government
but they were defeated. She and her
sister were later deified.
Trung-trac Burmese
a rain-diety, patriotism personified
sister of Trung-nhi
When her husband was executed
without trial, the sisters raised an army
to overthrow the government but they
were defeated. She and her sister were
later deified.
Tryambaka Hindu
a collective name for Agni and his
two alternative forms, Trita (as
Lightning) and Surya (as the sun)
Tryamour (see Trianor)
Tryanon (see Trianor)
Tryffin British
in Arthurian lore, a king of Denmark
father of Drudwas

trygon Greek
the sting-ray
In the story that says that Telegonus
killed his own father, Odysseus, it is said
that his spear, given to him by Circe,
bore the pointed spine of a trygon.
Tryphonius Greek
a thief
Trystan
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the Welsh name for Tristram
Trystan
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the Welsh version of the story of
Tristram and Isolde.
When Trystan eloped with Esyllt, wife
of March, taking their servants
Bychan and Golwg and Trystan’s
companion Cae Hir, March tried to
get her back by force. Three times
their armies met and each time
Trystan won. Some say that King
Arthur was asked to judge the issue
and decreed that her favours should be
shared between the two men, one
during the period when the trees are
in leaf, the other when they are
leafless. March chose the winter

period but Trystan pointed out that
evergreens never lose their leaves and
so claimed Esyllt for himself.
Trystan and Ysolt British
the Cornish version of the story of
Tristam and Isolde
Ts’ai Shen Chinese
[Ts’ai Shen Yeh.Chao Kung-ming]
a Taoist god of wealth
Various stories are told about the
origins of the god of wealth. In one
version he was Chao Kung-ming, in
others he was originally the 12th C
sage, Pi Kan.
Ts’ai Shen Yeh (see Ts’ai Shen)
Tsakakaitiac North American
in the lore of the Hidatsa, a bird who
changed into a man
He and another bird-man, Mahaitiac,
had supernatural powers which they
used for the benefit of the tribe,
becoming great heroes.
Ts’an Nü Chinese
[Can Nü.Ma-t’ou.Lady
Silkworm.Silkworm Maiden]
goddess of silkworms
a wife of the Jade Emperor
Her father disappeared and her
mother offered Ts’an Nü as a wife to
any man who could find him. Their

horse ran off and came back carrying
the missing man who then killed the
horse which seemed to want to claim
Ts’an Nü as the promised reward. The
horse’s hide, hung out to dry, curled
itself round the maiden and they both
disappeared forever.
In some accounts, the girl turned
into a silkworm.
Tsan-rgyal Tibetan
[bStan-rgyal.Tsen-gyal]
a demon king
Ts’an T’ung Ch’i Chinese
[Kinship of the Three]
a 2nd C book of alchemy written by
Wei Po-yang
Ts’ang Chieh Chinese
a minor deity, patron of
story-tellers
He is said to have invented writing
based on the footprints left in the sand
by birds.
Ts’ao Chinese
[pondweed]
a water-spirit
Ts’ao-ching-hsiu
(see Ts’ao Kuo-chiu)
Tsao Chün Chinese
[Chang Tsao-wang.P’u Sa.Ssu Ming.Tsao
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a Taoist kitchen-god
husband of Kuo Ting-hsiang
and Li Hai-t’ang
Chang was a mortal who was blinded
by the gods when he deserted his first
wife and took his mistress, Li Hai-
t’ang, as his second wife. Begging
for his living, he was handsomely
entertained by his former wife and, in
shame at his treatment of her, he
killed himself by jumping into the fire.
Taken up to heaven, he was made a
kitchen-god. He laid down a long list
of rules of hygiene and proper
conduct in the kitchen and is said to
travel once a year (or several times a
month in some accounts) between
heaven and earth to report to Cheng-
huang on the state of the family.
In some accounts, Tsao Chün and
Tsao Shen are separate beings.
(see also Ho-shen)
Ts’ao Hou Chinese
an empress
sister of Ts’ao Kuo-chiu
Tsao Kung (see Tsao Chün)
Ts’ao Kuo-chiu Chinese

[Ts’ao Ching-hsiu]
a 10th C warrior
one of the Eight Immortals
son of Ts’ao Pin
brother of Ching-chih and Tsao
Hou
His young brother killed a man in
order to get his wife for himself but
she resisted him and he had her
thrown into a well. She was saved and
complained to the Imperial Censor,
Pao Lao-yeh, who had Ching-chih
executed and his brother put in prison.
He was later released under an
amnesty and became a hermit as Tsao
Kuo-chiu, receiving instruction from
Chung-li. He became the patron saint
of the theatre and is often depicted
holding castanets.
Ts’ao Pin Chinese
father of Ching-chih, Ts’ao Hou and
Ts’ao Kuo-chiu
Tsao Shen (see Tsao Chün)
Tsao Wang (see Tsao Chün)
Tsa’qamae North American
a god of salmon in British Columbia
Tsar of the Sea Russian
a sea-god (see Morskoi Tsar)
tsav African
vital energy given off by swem,

the rock which was the origin of
the Tiv
Tse-mgon (see Tshe-gon)
Tse-ring Chhe-nga Tibetan
5 sisters, of Mount Everest
They are depicted in flowing robes
and holding various fertility symbols.
Ts’en Kuang Chinese
the first of the Ten Yama Kings
The ninth Yama King, Tu-shih, is
regarded as a manifestation of Ts’en-
kuang.
T’sen-gyal (see Ban-rgyal)
Tsen Tsze (see Pisces)
Tsegihi North American
a site sacred to the Navaho
This is the place where a shaman
was taught the night-chant by one of
the Yeibechi and brought it back to
the tribe.
Tsenagahi North American
[Ogre]
a rock-spirit killed by Nayenezgani
This monster’s favourite pastime was
kicking people off a rocky path near
his lair. His unlucky victims fell a long
way on to the rocks below where the
monster’s wife and family cut them up,
cooked them and ate them. He was
safe from falling because his long hair

grew into the rocks but Nayenezgani
cut through the hair and the monster
fell, suffering the same fate as his
victims.
Tsenahale North American
eagle-beasts of the Navaho Indians,
killed by Nayenezgani with
thunderbolts
Tseng Chang Chinese
[=Buddhist Virudhaka:
=Hindu Virudka:=Japanese Komoku:
=Taoist Mo-li Hung]
a guardian spirit of the south and
summer
Tsenta North American
[Tsentsa]
the Huron name for Ioskeha
Tsentsa (see Tsenta)
Tsetse Bumba African
the Bushango spirit which brings
fire
Tshan-pa (see Tshangs-pa)
Tshangs-pa Buddhist
[Sangyas.Tshan-pa]
a Tibetan name for the Buddha as
one of the Drag-shed
Tshe-dpag-med Buddhist
[Tshe-pa-me]
the Tibetan name for Amitayus
Tshe-gon Tibetan

[Tse-mgon]
the Buddhist lord of life
Tshe-pa-me (see Tshe-dpag-med)
Tshi-Paz (see Shka-Pas)
Tshindi North American
venomous spirits of the Navaho
Tshog-shing Tibetan
a family tree of the gods in
order of rank
Tshohanoai (see Tsohanoai)
Tsholbon Siberian
[Solbon]
a celestial horse-rider who watches
over the herds of stars
One of his three wives was a bride he
carried off from her own wedding.
Tsi-sisnaaxil North American
a name of Qamai’ts as ‘woman’
Tsita (see Awitelin Tsta)
Tsichtinaka (see Tsitctinako)
Tsiskagili North American
the red crayfish
This being is said to have got his red
colouring when scorched by the sun
during the creation period.
Tsitctinako North American
[Tsichtinaka]
in Pueblo lore, a creator-spirit
She conveyed the instructions of the
creator, Utc’tsiti, to his two daughters,

Ia’tiku and Nao’tsiti, who emerged
from below the earth to create animals
and plants and to start the human
race.
In some accounts she was the leader
of the people who came up from
the underworld.
Tsitsenuts North American
a rain-god of the Acoma, created by
Ia’ticu
Tsmok (see Domovik)
Tsoche (see Soko)
Tsoede African
[Tsoedi]
a founder-hero of the Nupe
Tsoedi (see Tsoede)
Tsohanoai North American
[Sunbearer.Tshohanoai]
sun-god of the Navaho Indians
husband of Estsanatlehi
father of Nayenezgani, Tobadzistsini
and Yeitso
He and Tlehanoai found some soil and
grew a reed that allowed the Navaho,
on their journey up from the under-
world, to escape the flood. As a reward,
he was appointed Sun-bearer. He was
said to carry the sun on his back by day
and hang it from a peg in his house by
night. He may walk over the rainbow

and ride a blue horse.
Tsokelai Pacific Islands
[=Hawaiian Menhine:=Marshall Islands
Anjinmar Nonieb:=Melanesian Mase]
the ‘little people’ of Ponape
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Tsolb Central American
the people of the second world
These people took over after the
destruction of the first race, the
Saiyamkoob, but were themselves
eventually destroyed by a flood.
Tson-ka-pa (see Tsong-kha-po)
Tsong-kha-pa (see Tsong-kha-po)
Tsong-kha-po Tibetan
[Tson-ka-pa.Tsong-kha-pa]
a Buddhist reformer
He was said to be the bodhisattva
Vajrapani reincarnated or a form
of Manjushri.
Tsonoqua (see Tsonqua)
Tsonqua North American
[Sneneik(ulala).Tsonoqua]
a cannibal mother, in the lore of the
Kwakiutl tribe
She is said to have eaten corpses as
well as young children. When she fell
in love with Sky Youth, he failed to

return her affection and killed her.
Her offspring were said to be
wolves. (see Baxbakualanuchsiwae)
tso’po (see serou)
Tsotil North American
[Tsotsil]
a mountain sacred to the Navaho
home of Yeitso
Tsotsil (see Tsotil)
Tsu-pao Chinese
a minor deity, assistant to Pi Kan
Ts’ui Chinese
a minor deity of the underworld
T’sui (see Dxui.Tsunigoab)
Tsui-erh Chinese
a poor bride
Her widowed mother was too poor to
buy her a wedding dress until Lu Pan,
in the guise of an old man, intervened.
He carved a stone which the builders
of a new bridge realised was the exact
key-stone they needed to finish the
structure. He gave it to Tsui-erh who
sold it to the builders for the price of
her wedding dress.
Tsui Goab (see Tsunigoab)
Tsuigoab (see Tsunigoab)
Tsuki-gumo Japanese
a monstrous spider
This beast was invulnerable to all

weapons and caused much trouble. It
was finally killed when it was trapped
and asphyxiated by smoke.
Tsuki no Iwakasa Japanese
a servant of the emperor
He took the scroll, given to his master
by Kaguyu when she left to return to
her home on the moon, to the top of a
mountain and burned it as instructed
by the emperor. The smoke from the
burning still emerges from that
mountain, now called Fujiyama.
Tsuki-yomi-otoko (see Tsukiyomo)
Tsuki-yumi (see Tsukiyomo)
Tsukihi Japanese
a Shinto deity or a manifestation
of another deity comprising
the supreme Tenrikoyo deity,
Tenri-O-No-Mikoto
Tsukiyomo Japanese
[Tsuki-yomi-(otoko).Tsuki-yumi.Tsukuyomo]
a Shinto moon-god
son of Izanagi and Izanami
brother of Amaterasu and
Susanowa
consort of Amaterasu
He was created from the right eye of
Izanagi and killed the food-goddess
Uke- Mochi who offered him some
disgusting food.

Tsukuyomo (see Tsukiyomo)
Tsukuba Japanese
a god of Mount Tsukuba
He welcomed the creator-god, Mioya,
and that god rewarded him by making
the mountain green and pleasant.
Tsul Kalu North American
[Slanting Eyes]
the Cherokee god of the hunt
He is envisaged as a huge deer living in
the mountains.
Tsun-gyi-rgyal-po Tibetan
one of the Panchamaharajas
king of accomplishments or
magic
He rides a white elephant.
(see also Thok Chho)
Tsun-Kyan-Kse Burmese
a goddess
When her chief priest, Mun-ha, was
wounded and died, the white cat with
yellow eyes, known as Sinh, climbed
on to his shoulders and gazed into
the eyes of the statue of this goddess
before which they had both wor-
shipped. The cat’s eyes changed from
yellow to blue, the colour of Tsun-
Kyan-Kse’s own eyes, and its white fur
changed to the brown and gold of the
present-day Burmese cat.

Tsuna (see Tsunna)
Ts’ung-shen Chinese
one of the Eighteen Lohan,
in some accounts
He founded a contemplative school
of Buddhism and is depicted in the
role of a teacher, holding a broom.
Tsunigoab African
[Tsui (Goab).Tsuigoab.Tsunigoam]
a Hottentot hero
In some accounts, he was the creator-
god of the Khoi people.
He walks with a limp as a result of
an injury sustained during his fight
with Gaunab whom he vanquished.
Another version pits Tsunigoab
against the monster Ga-gorib in place
of Heitsi-eibib. (see also Dxui)
Tsunigoam (see Tsunigoab)
Tsunna Japanese
[Tsuna]
a retainer of Raiko
He accompanied his master in the
adventure with the female Goblin
Spider and helped him when he was
trapped in her web.
Tsunu-guhi (see Tunogupi)
Tsurapako North American
in the lore of the Pawnee, one
of the 5 houses of the animal-

spirits, the nahurak
Tsusgina’i North American
the Cherokee land of ghosts
This place is part of Usunhi’ya, the
dark land in the west.
Tsuyu Japanese
[Morning Dew]
a maiden who died of love
for a sumurai
Tsuyu fell in love with Shinzaburo
and, when he was prevented from
seeing her again, she wasted away
and died. Her servant, Yoné, died of
grief at the loss of her mistress. At
the Festival of the Dead, they both
visited Shinzaburo, coming every
night and departing before dawn.
To Shinzaburo, Tsuyu was still a
beautiful maiden but to his servant,
Tomozo, who spied on them, she was
a virtual skeleton.
ttlaya North American
ghosts or spirits of the Fox Indians
Tu
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New Zealand
[Tu-matauenga.Tumatauenga:=Hawaiian
Ku(matauenga):=Tahitian Oro:
=Polynesian Maru]
a war-god of the Maoris

son of Rangi and Papa
brother of Haumea, Rongo, Tane,
Tangaroa and Tawhiri
When the children of Rangi and Papa
found it impossible to leave the womb
because their parents were so tightly
entwined, Tu-matauenga wanted to
kill them. In the conflict between
parents and children, only Tawhiri-
ma-tea sided with his parents and sent
great storms and waves. Tu-matauenga
destroyed all his brothers for deserting
him in the struggle against Tawhiri-
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storm-god and left him in charge of
the sky.
T’u
2
(see hare.Hou-t’u)
Tu-chai-pai (see Tuchaipai)
Tu K’ang Chinese
a patron-god of distilling
(see also I-ti)
Tu-matauenga (see Tu
1
)

Tu Mea Pacific Islands
child of Atea and Atanua
Tu-metua Pacific Islands
a god of the Hervey Islanders
son of Vari-Ma-Te-Takere
brother of Tu-mute-anaoa
He is said to live with his mother in
Te-Enua-Te-Ki at the bottom of the
world coconut in complete silence.
Tu-mute-anaoa Pacific Islands
a god of the Hervey Islanders
son of Vari-Ma-Te-Takere
brother of Tu-metua
He is said to live with his mother in
Te-Enua-Te-Ki at the bottom of the
world coconut in complete silence.
Tu-Neta (see Tu-Papa)
Tu-nui-ka-rere Pacific Islands
son of Tangaroa and Faumea
He was lost in the sky when he and
his father and brother set out to rescue
Hina-a-rauriki from the demon
octopus, Rogo-tumu-here.
Tu O Chinese
[Tu-o Chen-jen]
a magician
Tu O taught Ha how to project fatal
rays of light from his nostrils and
taught Hang how to breathe out
poisonous fumes.

Tu-o Chen-jen (see Tu O )
Tu-Papa Pacific Islands
[Tu-Neta]
daughter of Papa
Tu-shih Chinese
the ninth of the Ten Yama Kings
(see also Ts’en-kuang)
Tu-te-Koropanga New Zealand
[Koropanga]
a Maori chief
He ran off with Rukutia, wife of the
noble, Tamanui, but her husband
later retrieved her by magic learned
from his ancestors.
Tu-te-Wehiwehi (see Moko)
T’u-ti Kung Chinese
a god of the soil
He is regarded as a protector of graves.
T’u-ti Lao-yeh Chinese
a worthy person, deified
after death
consort of T’u-ti Nai-nai
T’u-ti Nai-nai Chinese
consort of T’u-ti Lao-yeh
T’u-ti Shen Chinese
[Hou-t’u Shen]
local earth-gods
Tu Tum u Pacific Islands
the Tahitian name for Rangi
tua East Indian

a guardian spirit of the Iban of
Borneo
These spirits were often manifest as
deer, snakes or wild-cats.
Tua-uo-Loa Pacific Islands
the south wind
(see also Hakona Tipu)
Tuachell Irish
son of Nechtan Scene
brother of Fannell and Foill
He was a supernatural being but was
nevertheless killed by Cuchulainn.
Tuag Inbir (see Tuage)
Tuage Irish
[Tuag Inbir]
a mortal loved by Manannan
The sea-god sent the druid Fer
Fidail to bring Tuage to him but he
accidently let her drown. In
retaliation, Manannan drowned the
druid for his incompetence.
Tuakeka Pacific Islands
husband of the daughter of Maru
Maru had promised his daughter to
the son of Whakaputa who, aggrieved
by the loss of a future daughter-in-law,
killed one of Maru’s servants.
Tual
an angel, ruler of the Zodiacal sign
Taurus, the bull

Tuamatef (see Tuamutef)
Tuam Greine Irish
the tomb of the sun
This is where Giolla Greine died after
jumping into Loch Greine.
Tuamoto Pacific Islands
[=New Zealand Tane]
son of Atea
He is the equivalent of Tane in Maori
stories, each killing his own father
with thunderbolts.
Tuamutef Egyptian
[Duamutef.Tuamatef]
one of the 4 Amenti
son of Horus
He was a jackal-headed or ape-headed
god, guardian of the stomach (or, some
say, the heart and lungs) and guardian
of the east.
Tuan mac Carell Irish
[Tuan (mac Cairell).Tuan mac Cairill
Tuan mac Cuaill]
a reincarnation of Tuan mac Stern
Tuan mac Cuaill
(see Tuan mac Carell)
Tuan mac Sdain (see Tuan mac Stern)
Tuan mac Stern Irish
[Tuan mac Sdain]
son of Starn
Tuan mac Stern is variously described

as a pagan chief or a Spanish royal
personage who came to Ireland with
his uncle, Partholan. He was the sole
survivor of the Partholanians, escaping
to the mountains when the others were
killed by a plague and lived in various
forms, such as a stag, a boar, a sea-
eagle and a salmon, through successive
invasions of Ireland. In his final form,
as a salmon, he was caught and eaten,
whole, by Carell’s wife, whereupon she
became pregnant and bore a son, Tuan
mac Carell.
Tuan Yang (see Dragon-boat Festival)
Tuapaca (see Viracocha)
Tuart (see Tauret)
Tuat (see Amenti)
tuatal Irish
a counter-clockwise rotation
performed to put a curse on
a person or place
Tuatha de Danann (see Danaans)
Tuatha Dea (see Danaans)
Tuathal Maolgharbh Irish
a high-king of Ireland
He took the throne after a dispute with
his cousin, Diarmaid mac Cearbhaill.
When a druid prophesied that
Diarmaid would succeed to the
throne, Maol Mor, one of Diarmaid’s

warriors, came to Tara with what he
said was Diarmaid’s heart on his spear.
As Tuathal inspected the heart, Maol
plunged the spear into the king,
killing him.
Tuathal Teachtmhar
(see Tuathal Techtmar)
Tuathal Techtmar Irish
[Tuathal Teachtmhar]
a high-king of Ireland, some say
son of Fiachu and Eithne Imgheal
When his father was killed by the
usurper, Eilim, Tuathal, helped by
Fiachra Casan and Findhmall, raised
an army, killed Eilim at the Battle of
Achall and became high-king.
Eochaid mac Eachach, king of
Leinster, married Tuathal’s elder
daughter, pretended she was dead and
then married the younger one. Both
girls died of shame when they found
out what had happened. Tuathal
waged war on Eochaid and exacted an
annual tribute of cattle, the Boramha.
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Tuau Egyptian
a lion-god, ruler of today

Tubal Cain Mesopotamian
a Kenite goat-god
In some accounts he was the offspring
of the fallen angels Shamdon and
Naamah and brother of Asmodeus.
Tubilstrium Roman
a festival held in March in honour
of Mars
Tubua (see Roua)
Tuchaipai North American
[Chaipa-komat.Chakumat.Kokoma(h)t.
Mayohu:=Mohave Matavilya:
=Yuma Kwikumat]
a creator-spirit of the Dieguenos
brother of Yokomatis
He and his brother were born at the
bottom of the sea and pushed up the
sky so that there was room for them
to move about and then created all
the things in the world, including men
and women.
In some accounts, Tuchaipai is
referred to as Kokomat and his blind
brother as Bakothal.
Tuche (see Tyche)
Tuchita Heaven (see Tushita Heaven)
Tuchulcha Roman
an Etruscan deity of the underworld
an assistant to Mantus
Tudava Pacific Islands

a hero of the Tiobrand Islands
Tudeus (see Tydeus)
Tudno (see Tudwal)
Tudo-myoo Japanese
the Buddhist saviour of souls
Tudong Pacific Islands
a guardian spirit of the Philippines
(see also Spitter
1
)
Tudwal
1
British
[Tudno.Tutwal]
an ancestor of King Arthur
(see also Tudwal
2
)
Tudwal
2
British
[Tudno.Tudwal Tudglyd.Tutwal]
the owner of a whetstone that was
one of the Thirteen Treasures
collected by Merlin
In some accounts, he is the same as
Tudwal, ancestor of King Arthur.
Tuesco (see Tvisto)
Tueret (see Tauret)
Tueva Pacific Islands

father of Veeteni
Tugarin Russian
a dragon-hero killed by Aljosa
Popovic
Tuhurururu Pacific Islands
son of Rupe or Tinirau by Hina-keha
or Hina-uri
Tui
1
Chinese
one of the Eight Diagrams
representing sea, water
and goat
tui
2
Pacific Islands
a bird
This bird, which looks rather like a
starling, was regarded as an aspect
of the supreme goddess created by
Tane.
Tui Delai Gau Pacific Islands
a Fijian mountain-god
It is said that he can remove his head,
which then flies off to see what is
happening elsewhere in the world,
and his hands, which can walk and
swim and catch fish for him.
Tui Langa Pacific Islands
a sky-king in Fiji

His son went to sleep on the earth
after sticking his walking-stick into
the ground. When he awoke, he
found that the stick had grown into a
tree which reached right up to the
sky. He climbed up the tree and met
his own father for the first time.
tui tzu Chinese
paper scrolls used as a charm to
give protection to the home
Tuila Siberian
a spirit of the underworld
This being rides a dog which causes
earthquakes when it shakes its head.
Tuir Gleasta Irish
a prince of Norway
He ran off with Cuchulainn’s wife,
Emer, but her husband tracked them
to Norway, killed Tuir and rescued
Emer.
Tuirbe Tragmar (see Turbe Tragmar)
Tuireall Irish
[Dealbhaoth]
in some accounts, father by Dana,
of 3 sons
In other versions, Tuireall, or
Dealbhaoth, was Dana’s father.
Tuireann (see Turenn.Uirne)
Tuiren (see Turenn.Uirne)
Tuirenn (see Turenn.Uirne)

Tuirgeis Irish
[Thorgestr.Thorgils.Turgesius]
a Viking leader
He became ruler of much of Ireland
and demanded the beautiful daughter
of Maoilsheachlainn for himself and
five other maidens for his chieftains.
Young warriors, dressed as girls, were
sent with the daughter and they
killed the Viking chiefs and captured
Tuirgeis and drowned him.
Tuirill (see Turenn)
Tuis British
a king of Greece
He owned a wine-skin which could
turn water into wine. In the story of
the Sons of Turenn, this was the
pigskin which could heal any wound.
In the story of Melora, the warrior-
maid, Tuis owned a pig from which
Melora was required to get some oil,
one of the three items needed to
lift the spell placed on her lover,
Orlando.
Tuirren (see Turenn)
Tuisco (see Tvisto)
Tuisto (see Tvisto)
tuk Mongolian
the sacred standard of the khan
This emblem was made from nine

yak tails.
Tuka heresy Pacific Islands
the teaching of Ndugomoi
The Fijian priest asserted that there
were two gods, Jehovah and the snake-
god, Ndengei.
Tukiphat
a demon
Tukis East Indian
[=Banks Islands Nopitu:=Solomon
Islands Kakamora]
spirits in Papua New Guinea
Tukma (see Nocuma)
Tuku Mesopotamian
a name of Marduk as ‘enchanter’
Tukupay (see Tocapo Viracocha)
tul-awa Russian
[=Mordvin tol-ava]
a Cheremis tutelary spirit,
guardian of fire
tul-wodez Russian
an evil fire-spirit
Tula
1
Hindu
one of the signs of the Zodiac, Libra
the scales
Tula
2
(see Tollan)

Tulagola Pacific Islands
a dog
This animal, said to have invented the
drum, is featured in stories in New
Britain in which it usually manages to
outwit the wallaby, Pakasa Uru.
Tulan (see Tollan)
Tulan-Zuiva (see Tulkan-Zuiva)
tulasi
1
Hindu
[toolsey.tulsi]
a sacred plant, emblem of Vishnu: basil
Tulasi
2
(see Tulsi
1
)
Tulasi Dasa (see Tulsi Das)
Tulca (see Tulcha)
Tulcha Irish
[Tulca]
brother of Finn mac Cool, some say
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