Mapinguari: A hairy giant in Brazilian folklore. It is thought to have once been a shaman who discovered the secret to immortality, and was thus cursed into its current, monstrous form. It now wanders the forest as a protector of nature and the wilderness.
Shahmaran: A mythical creature from Iranian folklore, known as the King of Snakes. After a human male intrudes into her cave, she falls in love and shares the secrets of healing with him. Years later, she is captured and her flesh is served to cure the ailing king of Tarsus. The man who first found her, by her demand, drinks the water from her blanching and inherits her knowledge. Ever since, she is revered as a symbol of wisdom.
Ai Apaec: An enigmatic figure in Moche religion, often thought of as a creator god associated with decapitations. Its name roughly means "maker" and it is depicted either as a humanoid wearing a belt of snakes or an eight-legged anthropomorphic face. As a result, many question whether it may have been a single god or several.
Shu: The primordial god of air in Egyptian mythology. Child of the creator god Ra-Atum alongside Tefnut, he separated the earth and sky by holding onto the body of his own daughter and goddess of the sky Nut.
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