The source records the figure as a processional giant belonging to Anderlecht's communal ceremonial repertoire. No mythic origin, founding legend, genealogical details, or narrative provenance are supplied in the available entry; the figure is presented purely as a named processional effigy without an attached origin story in the source.
The available source identifies the entity only by type—'processional giant'—and by name in French and Dutch. It does not provide details on height, costume, facial features, mount, materials, or any iconographic attributes. Any additional description or visual characteristics are not documented in the cited entry.
Within the scope of the source, the figure functions as a material emblem used in public processions: it is carried or paraded during civic events in Anderlecht. The source does not ascribe independent agency, supernatural powers, or actions beyond its role as a processional participant.
Chernoglav
Chernoglav (Old Icelandic Tjarnaglófi; Polish Chernogłów/Chernoglov) is a sparsely attested local war or victory deity reported in medieval Old Icelandic accounts of Rügen (Jasmund). The Knýtlinga saga describes him as a god of victory who 'went with them on military campaigns' and records that his cult resisted Christianization longer than some others before being taken years later.
Cherub
In Abrahamic religious literatures a cherub (Hebrew kərūḇ, pl. kərūḇīm; English cherub/cherubim) is a class of exalted celestial being associated with the divine presence, guardianship of sacred space, and service near God. Descriptions range from the composite, winged hybrid creatures of prophetic visions and Near Eastern art to later Western artistic renderings as chubby winged putti; their rank and appearance vary across Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions.
Cherubim
Cherubim are a class of non-human, winged supernatural beings in the Abrahamic religious corpus and related traditions. They function primarily as guardians and attendants of a divine presence—appearing around thrones, the Ark, sacred trees, and in liturgical representation—and the term has been adopted in various devotional and modern cultural contexts.
Chervona Ruta
Chervona Ruta (Ukrainian: Червона рута, lit. 'Red Rue') is a Ukrainian cultural motif that refers both to a plant of ambiguous identification (variously associated with the rue genus Ruta or with rhododendron) and to a hugely popular song written by Volodymyr Ivasiuk in 1968 which spawned recordings, covers, and a namesake music festival.
Chesias
Chesias (Ancient Greek: Χησιὰς, Khēsiàs) is a named nymph in Greek mythology, described in the sources as "the fairest of the nymphs," wife of the Samian river-god Imbrasus, and mother of the Naiad Ocyrhoë. She is attested as a local nature-nymph associated with the island of Samos.
Cheval Bayard
Cheval Bayard is a named legendary horse that appears in medieval French romance (notably the chansons de geste such as The Four Sons of Aymon) and in later popular retellings. In the supplied materials the figure is presented alternately as a marvelous steed within medieval narrative tradition and, in a small number of modern commentaries, as a mischievous trouble‑making horse used as a storytelling antagonist.
Chhaya
Chhaya (Sanskrit: छाया, Chāyā) is the personified goddess of shadow in Hindu tradition, presented in myth as a shadow-image or substitute-consort of the sun god Surya. She functions within the solar household as a standing-in wife and mother of notable offspring (notably Shani, Tapti, and Savarni Manu) and figures in narratives that explain aspects of cosmic order and lineage.
Chhinnamastā (Chhinnamasta)
Chhinnamastā is a fierce Hindu mother-goddess of the Tantric Mahavidya group, commonly depicted self-decapitated and associated with transformative, death-and-life symbolism within Shakta/Tantric sadhana. She is worshiped in esoteric ritual contexts and has an established cult presence (notably a Shakti Peetha temple in eastern Nepal).
Chi (螭)
Chi (螭) is attested in the provided sources only as an entry on a general disambiguation page identifying 螭 as "a dragon" within a Chinese lexical/mythological listing. No further mythological, ritual, or descriptive information about this entity is present in the supplied materials.
Chiaffredo
Chiaffredo is a locally venerated Christian saint in Piedmont, Italy, regarded as patron of Saluzzo. The cult centers on a discovered skeleton/relics near Crissolo and functions within Catholic devotional practice (pilgrimage, indulgences, relic translation), with later legendary association to the Theban Legion and disputed historicity.
Chibados
Chibados are a historically attested third‑gender social and ritual role found among the Ndongo and neighboring Angolan cultures: male‑assigned people who lived and presented as women and who served as institutionalized diviners, ritual specialists, and political actors in precolonial court contexts.
Chibafruime
Chibafruime (also spelled Chibrafruime) is recorded in colonial and modern summaries as a minor Muisca deity identified as a god of war. Surviving references are sparse and derive largely from later compilers and brief encyclopedia entries; tales mentioning the figure have been noted in several Muisca localities.
Community Record
- [1]Wikidata: Chevalier Onulphe d’Aa - Ridder Onulfe van Aa (Q108037673). Wikidata entry Q108037673, 'Chevalier Onulphe d’Aa - Ridder Onulfe van Aa', processional giant of Anderlecht.wiki