Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Discover Ulu Toyon (the “Great Lord”), a powerful ambivalent god of the Sakha (Yakut) — deity of thunder, fire and strength who gave humankind fire and
Discover Yryn-ar-toyon (Urun Ai Toyon), the supreme creator-god of the Sakha (Yakut) of Siberia — the White Creator Lord of the highest heaven, head of
Discover the Mangus (Manggus), the great monster of Mongol and Central Asian epic — a many-headed devouring demon-beast that swallows people and cattle,
Discover the Almas (Almasty), the wild-man cryptid of Mongolian and Central Asian legend — a hairy, ape-like, human-sized humanoid of the remote mountains
Discover Etugen (Etugen Eke), the earth-mother goddess of the Mongols — the divine personification of the earth and fertility who, with the sky-father
Discover Khan Garid (Khangarid), the mighty eagle-spirit of Mongol myth — the Mongol Garuda, colossal guardian of the sacred mountains and slayer of
Discover Amadioha, the thunder-god of the Igbo — deity of thunder, lightning and divine justice whose bolt strikes down the wicked and false; one of the
Discover Ani (Ala), the great earth-mother goddess of the Igbo — the supreme goddess and foremost alusi, divine mother of the earth, fertility, the dead,
Discover Chukwu (Chineke), the supreme creator-god of the Igbo of southeastern Nigeria — the almighty source of all things, maker of the lesser gods and
The Galtxagorri (Prakagorri, the “Red-Trousers”), tiny imp-like helper-spirits of Basque mythology — minuscule red beings kept in a pin-box who accomplish