A household deity is a deity or spirit that protects the home, looking after the entire household or certain key members. It has been a common belief...

Other household gods, or expressions of the Domovoy, are: Dvorovoy – tutelary deity of the courtyard Bannik – "Bath Spirit", the tutelary deity of the...

and granaries. Each Roman home had a set of protective deities: the Lar or Lares of the household or familia, whose shrine was a lararium; the Penates who...

A toilet god is a deity associated with latrines and toilets. Belief in toilet gods – a type of household deity – has been known from both modern and...

(Slavic) Haltija/Tonttu (Finnish) Heinzelmännchen (German) Household deity Lithuanian household gods (list) Hungry ghost Jack o' the bowl (Swiss) Koro-pok-guru...

A liminal deity is a god or goddess in mythology who presides over thresholds, gates, or doorways; "a crosser of boundaries". These gods are believed...

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in Sicily. Hecate was one of several deities worshipped in ancient Athens as a protector of the oikos (household), alongside Zeus, Hestia, Hermes, and...

Dimstipatis (mentioned by Jokūbas Lavinskis), is a masculine deity (genius loci). It is a household god, the guardian of houses and caretaker of the hearth...

(magic) Black cat Boye (dog) Daemon (mythology) DMT Genius (mythology) Household deity Imp İye Kuladevata Nagual Pelesit Pillan Power animal Púca, Irish folklore...

(English: /pɪˈneɪtiːz/ pin-AY-teez) were among the dii familiares, or household deities, invoked most often in domestic rituals. When the family had a meal...

the free dictionary. Bogeyman Dobby (Harry Potter) Hob (folklore) Household deity Kobold Niuli A hob, is also flat metal shelf at the side or back of...

Meldi Mata is a Hindu goddess and household deity who protects farmland. A legend says that she can grant any wish. She is mainly famous in the western...

intended to bestow fertility on a female member of the household, or been an offering to a household deity. Concealed shoes have been found in many types of...

that kobold beliefs derive from the pagan tradition of worshipping household deities thought to reside in the hearth fire. Alternatively, Nancy Arrowsmith...

Iratxoak (sing.: iratxo) are the imps of Basque mythology. Usually benevolent, they help with farming labours in the night if given presents of food. Galtxagorriak...

member of a college Household deity, a deity or spirit that protects the home or members of the household Master of the Household, the chief operational...

century, such as goblin, brownie, leprechaun and other instances of the household spirit type, losing its strict association with earth or the underground...

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them with ancestor-deities, domestic Penates, and the hearth. Because of these associations, Lares are sometimes categorised as household gods, but some had...

ancestor figurines rather than household deities, and that the "current interpretation of the teraphim as household deities suffers from a one-sided use...

dedicated to Ashapura Mata, the household deity of former Jadeja rulers of kutch State. She is also considered patron deity of Kutch. The village is located...

The Erdhenne (German: lit. Earth Hen), alternatively called Coluber domesticus, Erdhühnlein, Erdglucke, Erdglutsch, or Herdhendl, is a German house spirit...

depending on the story and country of origin, ranging from mischievous household spirits to malicious, bestial thieves. They often have magical abilities...

lesser deity (daemon) of classical ancient Greek religion and Graeco-Egyptian religion. In his original Greek form, he served as a household god, to...

because the explanation eludes the believer. List of deities Di Penates Hestia Household deity Jowangsin is a Korean kitchen god. Zàojūn is a Chinese...

The Roman deities most widely known today are those the Romans identified with Greek counterparts (see interpretatio graeca), integrating Greek myths...

Hanja: 廁神) is the toilet goddess of Korean mythology. Unlike better-known household deities such as Jowangshin, god of the hearth, her worship forms a minor part...

(pl. Rusalki) was an appellation used by the early Slavs for tutelary deities of water who favour fertility, and they were not considered evil entities...

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