The Bayon temple is 'richly decorated' and has a complex spatial organization.
Its continued use as a sanctuary suggests it may be considered a site of spiritual power and influence, emphasizing the principles of compassion.
Bauchan
A household-associated hobgoblin from Scottish Highland folklore, the bauchan is portrayed as ambivalently belligerent and helpful; in at least one recorded tale it accompanies a human household across the Atlantic and can shapeshift into a goat.
Baucis and Philemon
An elderly, impoverished married couple from Ovid’s Metamorphoses who exemplify ritual hospitality (xenia) by welcoming disguised gods; as a divine reward they are granted guardianship of a temple and, at death, are transformed into an intertwined oak and linden.
Baugi
Baugi is a jötunn (giant) in Old Norse myth who appears as a secondary actor in the mead of poetry narrative preserved in Skáldskaparmál and the þulur. He is presented as the brother of Suttungr, provides and uses an auger named Rati to bore into the mountain Hnitbjörg, and figures in Odin's (Bölverk’s) bargain and deception to obtain the mead of poetry.
Bauk (Slavic mythology)
A mythical creature from Serbian mythology that inhabits dark places, waiting to grab and devour its victims. (Note: 1. Power tier should be Lesser (local spirit), as it's described as hiding in dark places, not possessing deity-level powers. 2. The appearance description matches the source material, but note that ")
Bawang Merah dan Bawang Putih
A widely told Malay/Indonesian folktale about two eponymous human stepsisters — Bawang Putih (the humble, patient sister) and Bawang Merah (the vain, cruel sister). The story uses small supernatural motifs (magic pumpkins, a talking fish, a gift-bearing old woman) set in rural liminal spaces to reward virtue and punish vice; it functions as a didactic children's tale rather than an account of a discrete spirit being.
Bayard (Ros Balatum)
Bayard, called Ros Balatum in some modern French sources, is a singular magical bay horse from the medieval chansons de geste, most famously associated with the cycle around The Four Sons of Aymon. The creature is presented in the literary tradition as an intelligent and powerful enchanted steed with the supernatural ability to change size to accommodate its riders.
Bayonetta
Bayonetta is the titular witch protagonist of a contemporary urban-fantasy action‑adventure video‑game franchise created by PlatinumGames and published by Sega/Nintendo. Presented as a stylized, humanlike witch, she wields firearms and hair‑based magic to battle angelic and godlike foes across modern and mythic settings.
Bazi
Bazi (cuneiform 𒀭𒁀𒍣, dBa-zi) is a figure in Mesopotamian king-list and literary traditions associated with Mari and the western lands; in the Tell Leilan recension of the Sumerian King List he appears as a legendary 'king of Mari', while an Old Babylonian composition, the Song of Bazi, treats him as a deity linked to exorcistic practice and ascribed filial relation to the god Ea.
Bazrangi
Bazrangi (Bāzrangī; also Bazrangids or Badhrangids) is attested in the provided sources primarily as a family name/dynasty and as a place-name in southwestern Iran. The term appears in historical genealogical narratives connected to late Arsacid / early Sasanian figures and in folkloric usage as a lexical label meaning "wild person," but the sources do not present Bazrangi as a supernatural being.
Baš Čelik
Baš Čelik is the supernatural antagonist of a Serbian folktale recorded in Vuk Karadžić’s tradition. In the tale he is an imprisoned, other‑worldly being whose life is hidden outside his body; he is temporarily weakened by denying him water but can only be permanently defeated by locating and destroying his external life‑locus.
Bašmu
An ancient Mesopotamian monstrous serpent (literally 'Venomous Snake') appearing in mythic lists of primeval foes of the gods and as the Akkadian name of a Babylonian constellation (MUL.DINGIR.MUŠ, equated with the Greek Hydra). It is portrayed in fragmentary texts and art as a huge, horned, venomous snake defeated by divine champions.
Baʿal Hammon
Baʿal Hammon is the chief male deity of the Punic (Carthaginian) pantheon, associated principally with vegetation fertility, communal prosperity, and kingly supremacy. He is syncretized with North African/Egyptian Ammon (Amun) and, in Greco‑Roman interpretatio, with Cronus/Saturn. Classical authors accuse his cult of child sacrifice, a claim debated by modern scholars and archaeologists.
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