Within the apocryphal visionary corpus represented by texts such as the Apocalypse/Vision of Paul, the tartaruchi are presented as beings appointed or set over the torments of Tartarus; they appear in those narratives at the point where souls are consigned to punishment. The named tartaruchus Temeluchus appears in the same body of apocryphal literature and is treated there as a leading or specified example among the tartaruchi.
Descriptions in the cited sources are sparse. The Apocalypse/Vision of Paul depicts a tartaruchus using one hand to choke damned souls while wielding an "iron of three hooks" in the other, implying an anthropomorphic agent carrying implements of torment. No further consistent bodily details (wings, size, color, or facial features) are provided in the supplied materials.
The Apocalypse/Vision of Paul (chapters cited in summaries as 16 and 18) depicts tartaruchi as receiving condemned souls, casting or taking them down into hell/outer darkness, restraining and torturing them (one hand to choke souls, the other using an iron of three hooks). A separate citation (2 Meqabyan 12:13, as summarized) identifies beings called Thilimyakos—glossed as tartaruchi—as 'Angels of Death' who alit and struck a person in the heart, linking the name in that tradition to execution or causing death at the moment of judgment. Sources present these functions within an apocryphal Christian moral-eschatological framework.
Eldad and Medad
Eldad and Medad are Israelite men named in Numbers 11 who prophesied within the Israelite camp while the seventy elders went to the tabernacle to receive prophetic spirit. The episode is used in biblical and later traditions to discuss the distribution of prophecy and is elaborated in rabbinic and early Christian apocryphal literature with varied prophetic attributions.
Taranga
Taranga is a maternal figure in Māori whakapapa best known as the mother of the culture-hero Māui (Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga). In the accounts supplied she appears in the origin episode of Māui’s birth and abandonment at the sea and functions primarily as a genealogical progenitor rather than an independently characterised supernatural being.
Taranis
Taranis is a deity of the ancient Celtic (principally Gallic) religious sphere attested in Roman-era literary commentary and in inscriptions; the figure is principally associated by etymology and interpretatio with thunder and sky-power and is named alongside other native gods in classical sources.
Tariaksuq
Tariaksuq are Inuit 'shadow-people'—humanoid beings associated with shadows, invisibility, and a separate realm. They are described as socially parallel to humans (houses, families, tools) yet are not seen when looked at directly, instead disappearing into their own world or appearing only as shadows; they reportedly become visible if killed, said to appear as half-man, half-caribou.
Tarqeq
Tarqeq is presented in two overlapping registers in the provided sources: (A) the modern astronomical name for a small prograde satellite of Saturn (Saturn LII), and (B) the Inuit moon spirit / personification of the Moon, a named lunar figure in Inuit lexical and mythic material. Modern astronomical naming explicitly draws from the Inuit lunar figure.
Tarqiup Inua
Tarqiup Inua (also Tatqim Iñua) is the lunar spirit or 'Master of the Moon' in Inuit thought, described as a man — a mighty hunter — who dwells in the skies and is associated with fertility, moral authority, and (for Alaskan Inuit) the animals.
Tartalo
A one-eyed giant from Basque mythology, known for enormous strength and hunting habits. (Note: - Power tier: Primordial (due to similarity with a Greek mythological figure, suggesting a more cosmic or archetypal power level) - Abilities: Expand on eating habits, specifically mentioning the cons)
Tasenetnofret
Tasenetnofret is attested in the supplied materials only as an Egyptian goddess (Wikidata Q7327040). The provided sources give no further information about her functions, iconography, cult, or myths.
Tash
Tash is the principal deity of Calormen in C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia. Portrayed as an active, monstrous divine presence in The Last Battle, Tash is summoned into Narnia by conspiratorial actions and is depicted as a devouring antagonist contrasted with Aslan.
Tata Duende
A caring spirit that protects animals and the jungle in Maya tradition. (Note: 1. The power tier should be adjusted to "Minor Spirit" based on the description of Tata Duende being a powerful regional entity does not align with its local and caring nature. 2. The sensory cues sec)
Tatenen
Tatenen is a Memphite primeval chthonic deity who personifies the risen land (the primordial mound) and the Nile silt from which plants, minerals, and sustenance emerge. Portrayed as an androgynous creator and nourisher, he is integrated into Memphite theology through syncretism with Ptah and identification with other creator gods such as Khnum.
Tatewari
Tatewari is the Huichol (Wixárika) 'grandfather fire' — an ancestral fire deity and the patron/shamanic master who brings, manages, and personifies fire in ritual life, agriculture, hunting, and healing.
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- [1]Tartaruchi — Wikipedia. Wikipedia, entry 'Tartaruchi'wiki
- [2]Tartaruchi — Wikidata. Wikidata entry Q4452170wiki
- [3]Temeluchus — Wikipedia. Wikipedia, entry 'Temeluchus'wiki
- [4]Apocalypse/Vision of Paul (summaries cited). Summaries of the Apocalypse of Paul as cited in provided materials (chapters summarized in source notes, e.g., instructions to 'deliver unto the angel Tartaruchus...')literary
- [5]2 Meqabyan 12:13 (citation in provided materials). Citation summarized in research notes: 2 Meqabyan 12:13 referring to 'Angels of Death - whose name are called the Thilimyakos [Tartaruchi]'literary
- [6]Temeluchus Angel — Imaginova glossary (secondary summary). Imaginova glossary entry for 'Temeluchus' summarized in research notesother