The solar barque is a divine vessel associated with the sun god Ra, said to carry him through the sky during his daily journey.
No physical description of the solar barque exists in source material; it's likely a symbolic representation rather than a tangible object.
The solar barque carries Ra through the sky during his daily journey, highlighting its primary function as transportation and conveyance. This celestial voyage is essential to the sun god's journey and may have implications for timekeeping and the cyclical nature of day and night in ancient Egyptian cosmology.
Sluagh
The host of the unforgiven dead in Irish and Scottish tradition — a restless swarm who travel from the west, steal souls, and attack the living, whom they carry off into their dark company.
Smallpox demon (hōsōshin / hōsōgami)
In Japanese folk belief the smallpox demon (Japanese: 疱瘡神, hōsōshin / hōsōgami) is a sickness‑spirit or disease‑kami held responsible for outbreaks of smallpox. Communities treated it as an intentional supernatural agent that could be appeased, placated, driven off, or even enshrined through ritual, performance, color symbolism (especially red), and offerings.
Smaug
Smaug is a singular, ancient dragon from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium (The Hobbit). He seized and occupied the Dwarf-kingdom of Erebor, guarded a vast hoard for centuries, and is portrayed as a highly intelligent, speech-capable, and vainglorious hoard-guardian whose single exposed belly-spot proves fatal.
Sobek
Sobek is an ancient Egyptian crocodile-associated deity whose roles include a fierce animal patron, protector/apotropaic power, royal/fertility god, and participant in Osirian healing myths. He appears from the Old Kingdom through the Roman period with major cult centers in the Faiyum (Shedet/Crocodilopolis) and at Kom Ombo and exists in multiple local manifestations and syncretisms (e.g., with Horus and Ra).
Sohrab
A legendary warrior in Persian epic tradition, son of Rostam and Tahmineh. (Note: 1. Power tier: Given that Sohrab's abilities are not described in the source material, it's unclear whether he should be classified as Greater or even if he has deity-level powers. 2. Sensory cues: No)
Soini (Finnish Mythology)
A giant and son of Kaleva in Finnish mythology, known for his mischievous tendencies. (Note: 1. Power tier should be Lesser (not Ancient) based on the description of Soini as a giant and a son of Kaleva, but not necessarily a deity-level figure. 2. Add sensory cues from Christfried Ganander's)
Solar deity
A solar deity is a class of sky-associated divine figures whose identity or aspect is the Sun. Across many traditions the solar deity personifies solar phenomena (light, daily motion, power) and is integrated into myths of cosmology, kingship, and the afterlife.
Solomon's Shamir
A mysterious entity with the power to cut through or disintegrate stone, iron, and diamond. (Note: - Power tier should be Ancient (deity-level) instead of Primordial. - Weaknesses should not be listed as non-violent means of achieving goals; this seems unrelated to the source material's description)
Solomonari
Solomonari are weather-controlling magic-workers in Romanian folklore, described as human practitioners trained at a secret school who ride dragons (zmeu or balaur) and cause rain, thunder, or hail. They appear in 19th‑century ethnographic accounts from Transylvania, Bukovina, and adjacent Romanian regions and are associated with an institutionalized craft of magic (Scholomance/Şolomanţă) in several variants.
Solosmasthana (Buddhist tradition)
In the Buddhist tradition of Sri Lanka, Solosmasthana refers to 16 sacred places believed to have been visited by Gautama Buddha. (Note: 1. Power tier should be "Greater" or possibly even "Ancient" considering they are considered important religious locations and associated with deity-level events (Buddha's visits). 2. Origin story is )
Song of Dorang-seonbi and Cheongjeong-gaksi
A Korean shamanic narrative about two supernatural entities associated with the natural world and fertility. (Note: 1. Power tier should be "Minor Spirit" -> not supported (based on lack of information about powers/abilities) 2. Remove power_tier as it's unclear 3. Add sensory_cues, wards, and weaknesses sections w)
Sons of Aegyptus
A group of fifty mortal princes in Greek myth, the sons of King Aegyptus of Egypt, who were intended to marry the fifty daughters of Danaus; in the most common version all were slain on their wedding night except Lynceus. They function as a dynastic collective in Argive/Egyptian genealogical narratives and as a formal chorus-like group in tragic performance traditions.
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