The name Binot, as attested in the supplied materials, functions as a French given name and family name in historical records. A prominent historical bearer in the sources is Binot Paulmier, sieur de Gonneville, an early 16th-century French navigator whose voyages were later discussed in 17th–18th century French historiography. The sources do not provide an etymological derivation or mythic origin for the name; their attestations are documentary rather than folkloric.
No corporeal or supernatural appearance is described in the provided materials. The name appears in documentary contexts—captions and signatures (for example: "Les administrateurs du poids public, Brillat, Binot, Pelletier"), archival item titles relating to early 16th-century voyages, and bibliographic/sale catalog metadata—indicating its presence as a personal or family name in printed and archival culture rather than as a described physical being.
The supplied sources do not attribute any supernatural abilities to a being named Binot. Historical actions associated with bearers of the name are documentary: Binot Paulmier de Gonneville is described as a French navigator of the early 16th century, and later French belief (17th–18th century) sometimes credited him as an early discoverer of Terra Australis or as arriving in what is now southern Brazil in 1504. These are historical claims about a person, recorded in encyclopedic and archival sources, not descriptions of paranormal powers.
Bilwis
A Germanic field- and corn-spirit (one of the Feldgeister/Korndämonen) associated with grain, harvest and weather; portrayed variously in sources as a mischievous household sprite, a healer if propitiated, or a crop‑stealing bogeyman.
Binabinaaine
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Binah (בינה)
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Binbōgami
A kami of poverty in Japanese folklore said to inhabit people or houses and bring sustained lack, misfortune, and domestic hardship. Treated as a negotiable household spirit, it can be driven off, lured away, temporarily enshrined, or transformed by hospitality according to regional tales and ritual advice.
Bindus
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Binette
Binette is documented in the provided sources as a family name appearing in contemporary Francophone/Canadian contexts (film credits, television broadcast, bibliographic records). The available materials do not treat Binette as a supernatural being or provide folkloric, mythological, or etymological information about the name.
Birds of Prey (team)
A fictional ensemble of costumed crimefighters originating in American comic books and adapted into television and film; the team name designates a cooperative superhero/vigilante franchise within the DC Comics media universe rather than a supernatural being.
Birongo
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Biróg
Biróg (also Biroge, Birog of the Mountain) is a female supernatural helper in Irish narrative tradition who aids Mac Cinnfhaelaidh/Cian in gaining access to the imprisoned Ethniu and rescues the surviving infant of that union; later retellings variably portray her as a leanan sídhe (female familiar spirit), a filidh (poet/seer), or a druidess.
Bisan
A female Malay/Jakun nature spirit who presides over camphor-bearing trees. She signals the presence of camphor by cicada-like song, is jealous of those seeking the resource, and must be propitiated or confused to allow harvest.
Biscione
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Bisclavret
A named nobleman in Marie de France’s lai who periodically transforms into a wolf for three days each week; the tale treats his condition as a distinct, non‑typical form of shape‑change tied to hidden clothing and resolved through royal investigation and recovery of those garments.
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- [1]Binot Paulmier de Gonneville — Wikipedia excerpt. Wikipedia: entry on Binot Paulmier de Gonneville (quoted material: description of Binot Paulmier and later beliefs about his voyages).wiki
- [2]Wikidata: Binot (family name). Wikidata item Q98890557 classifying 'Binot' as a family name.other
- [3]Au Corps législatif (caption) — Archive.org. Archive item caption including signature line: 'Les administrateurs du poids public, Brillat, Binot, Pelletier.'other
- [4]Campagne du navire l'Espoir de Honfleur 1503-1505. Relation authentique du voyage du capitaine ... — Archive.org. Archive item (title) contemporaneous/related to early 16th-century navigational history connected in subject matter to Binot Paulmier de Gonneville.other
- [5]Catalogue de la précieuse collection de tableaux du cabinet de M. le Comte de Fries, à Vienne — Archive.org. Archive sale catalog cited as an instance of documentary material in which names such as Binot may appear (bibliographic/archival context).other