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Xanthus (Ξάνθος)
Xanthus (Ancient Greek: Ξάνθος) is a recurring proper name in Greek myth and geography applied to multiple distinct beings and places: a river-personification (the divine name for the Scamander at Troy), one of Achilles' pair of immortal horses, several mortal figures (e.g., a Theban king), and the Lycian city and river Xanthus/Xanthos. The name literally means "yellow" or "blond" and functions as a descriptive epithet transferred across persons, animals, and places.
Xezbeth
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Xoanon (Greek)
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Xolotl
Xolotl is an Aztec (Nahuatl) deity and liminal psychopomp associated with death, misfortune, twinship, deformity, and transformation; he functions as the dark/evening twin of Quetzalcōātl and escorts the dead through Mictlān while participating in creation narratives and lightning/fire imagery.
Xtabay
A supernatural being in Maya tradition, described as a 'demonic femme fatale' who preys upon men in the Yucatán Peninsula. (Note: 1. Power tier should be Primordial, as Xtabay's described abilities have no clear limits in the region and imply an otherworldly power. 2. Origin story: add that it is inferred from the context of May)
Xuan Wu (Xuanwu Dadi)
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Yakrub-El
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Yaksha
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Yakshi
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Yakshini
Semi-divine female nature spirits of enormous power — guardians of trees, forests, and buried treasure, described in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain traditions alike. The 36 Yakshinis of the Uddamareshvara Tantra can be propitiated for wealth, beauty, and supernatural alliance — or angered to devastating effect by those who harm their trees.
Yama (King of the Dead)
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Yama-uba
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Community Record
- [1]Kataragama Temple. Wikipedia contributors. "Kataragama Temple." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kataragama_Templewiki