The Allocamelus is not a creature of mythic origin but an invented armorial charge first attested in English heraldic usage as the crest borne by the Eastland Company; later armorial references associate it with other commercial heraldry (e.g., the Russia Company). Sources treat it as a pictorial device within the vocabulary of heraldry rather than a being from a narrative cosmology.
Described in heraldic references as a hybrid with the head of a donkey or generally 'equine' head combined with a camel-like body, commonly depicted as single-humped (dromedary form). Heraldic summaries call it an 'ass-camel' and note there is no single standardized posture or official tincture (no default posture; no proper coloration). Some modern fan pages invent variant physiologies, but primary heraldic sources emphasize the donkey/equine head plus camel body depiction used as a device on crests and seals.
Heraldic sources attribute no supernatural powers, behaviors, or agency to the Allocamelus; it functions as an emblematic and decorative device for identification and display in coats of arms and company crests rather than as a narrative actor or magical entity.
Amphiptere
A heraldic creature described in available sources as a winged serpent used in European heraldry; presented as a graphic emblem rather than a living supernatural being in the provided material.
Boars in Heraldry
The boar (including the wild boar and the boar's head) is a recurring emblematic animal charge within European heraldry and related civic and family identity systems. Treated as a conventional heraldic device rather than a supernatural being, the boar functions as a visual signifier of lineage, allegiance, martial reputation and canting (name-play) across antiquity, the medieval period and into the early modern era.
Lampago
A heraldic beast depicted with the body of a tiger or lion and the head of a man, used as a charge on coats of arms rather than as an agent of narrative folklore. Best known from English heraldry, notably the arms of the Radford family of Plymstock, Devon.
Allat (Al-Lat)
Allat (Al-Lat) is a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess attested across the Arabian Peninsula and in wider ancient Near Eastern onomastics. In the supplied sources she is recorded as one of the triad of goddesses worshipped in Arabia (with Al‑Uzza and Manat) and as a cult figure at sites such as al‑Ta'if where her cult-object was a cubic rock.
Allatum (Allani / Allatu)
Allani (Hurrian) or Allatu/Allatum (Akkadian/Mesopotamian) is a Near Eastern underworld goddess associated with rulership of the land of the dead and with determination of fate. She appears across Hurrian, Mesopotamian and Hittite/Anatolian contexts and is closely linked with other chthonic deities such as Išḫara and Ereshkigal.
Allen's swamp monkey
A medium-sized Old World monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis) of swamp and riverine forests in the central Congo Basin. Treated in the available sources as a biological species with distinctive morphology, semiaquatic adaptations, and social, diurnal behavior rather than a supernatural or folkloric entity.
Alliance of Evil
A fictional team of mutant supervillains appearing in Marvel Comics, created as a mercenary strike force employed by the mutant Apocalypse. First appearing in X-Factor #5–6 (June–July 1986), the group kidnaps and coerces mutants to further Apocalypse's aims and clashes with superhero teams such as X-Factor and the New Mutants.
Allison Gross
A witch-figure from a Scottish/English ballad (Child 35) who courts a man with gifts and, when rebuffed, transforms him into a wyrm bound to a tree; in some versions the Seelie Queen later restores him. Presented in ballad tradition as a powerful but contestable supernatural suitor and punishor.
Alloces
Alloces (also spelled Allocer, Alocer, Allogor, Algor) is a named ducal spirit in post-medieval Western grimoire tradition, listed among the spirits of the Goetia (the Lesser Key of Solomon) and attested in variant form in the Liber Officiorum Spirituum. He is presented as an evocable intelligence who teaches sciences, commands legions of spirits, and appears with differing visual descriptions across sources.
Allochrocebus
Allochrocebus is a zoological genus of Old World monkeys known as the terrestrial guenons, containing species such as L'Hoest's monkey, Preuss's monkey, and the sun-tailed monkey. The genus was split from Cercopithecus in recent taxonomic treatments and comprises ground-oriented guenon species native to Central and West African forests.
Alluttu
Alluttu is not attested in the provided source as a mythic or personal supernatural being; the name appears in the context of Babylonian star catalogues and therefore should be understood as an astronomical/catalogue designation rather than a described spirit or deity in the cited material.
Almaqah
Almaqah was the principal national deity of the ancient Sabaean kingdom (Saba') in southwestern Arabia, venerated as a celestial tutelary god with strong dynastic, oracular, and vegetative associations. His main cultic center was the Awwam Temple near Marib; his worship extended into the northern Horn of Africa (Dʿmt, Aksum). Scholarly treatments debate whether his primary identification is lunar, solar, or syncretic.
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