Lady in White
A White Lady (or Lady in White) is a common type of female ghost, usually dressed in a white dress or similar clothing.
Category Archives: Myths and Folktales
Women have been depicted as goddesses, creatures, biblical figures, legends and folk tale heroines throughout history – many based in a grain of truth.
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Abuk
Abuk is the first woman in the myths of the Dinka people of South Sudan and the Nuer of South Sudan and Ethiopia, who also call her Buk or Acol.
Ammit
Known as the “devourer of the dead”, Ammit was a demoness and goddess in ancient Egyptian religion.
Amunet
Amunet is a primordial goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, whose worship was centred in Thebes through the last dynasty, the Ptolemaic Kingdom, in 30 BC.
Liu Sanjie
A folk tale of the Zhuang people, Sanjie was an incarantion of a lark and started speaking eloquently when she was only one.
Bendis
Bendis was a Thracian goddess whom the Athenians identified with Artemis.
Danu
Danu, a Hindu primordial goddess, is mentioned in the Rigveda as the mother of the Danavas demonic race.