Power Bombcast: The Skin Doesn't Quite Fit
Giant Bomb Presents
Game Mess Mornings 05/03/24
GrubbSnax
The Community Spotlight 2024.05.04
The Community Spotlight 2024.04.27
The Community Spotlight 2024.04.20
Concept »
The mother of many gods in Aztec lore. She is often depicted as a woman wearing a serpentine skirt.
Originating in the horror tales of H.P. Lovecraft, Cthulhu is an extremely ancient, powerful, and evil being, worshipped by a deranged cult for millennia as they await his re-emergence from the depths of the sea. He has appeared in many games, in forms both serious and comical.
The greatest mortal hero in Irish mythology, Cú Chulainn’s conquests on the battlefield and his seductive beauty are legendary. He makes frequent appearances in the Shin Megami Tensei series and is an entity in the Ivalice Alliance games.
A mystical hound of Scottish folklore who was thought to carry the souls of the departed into the other world. The Cu Sith would occasionally let out a fearsome bay, and all who heard this bay three times would die on the spot.
An immortal dragon of Asturian lore. Their saliva is said to form a mystical stone capable of healing any illness.
A deer-like beast from the Maluku Islands with bird-like legs, thick fur around its neck, and a prominent, single horn on its head like a unicorn. This horn helps it hunt food and was also said to be beneficial to humans as an anti-venom.
A childish spirit of the night in Nepali lore. It is said to resemble a mass of black fur or hair.
A Phrygia deity who represents the idea of mother goddess. She appears in the Shin Megami Tensei series.
An enormous bird from Chinese mythology. He is similar to the Rukh of Arabian lore.
An ancient Babylonian god who would eventually evolve into a fish-like divinity of the Biblical Philistines. The mythical Dagon's name and and history were also adapted into a great sea deity within H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos.
A demon in the Shin Megami Tensei series reminicent of Sokushinbutsu, Buddhist mummies who performed self-mummification by starving themselves.
Female deities in Tibetan/Buddhist lore. Appears as a demon in the Megami Tensei series.
The seventy-first demon of the Goetia.
A beautiful nymph of Greek Mythology. She was turned into a laurel tree while fleeing from Apollo.
An otherworldly hag of Buddhist lore. She sits on the edge of the Sanzu River, judging the souls of adults and tormenting those of children.
A supernatural violinist who was said to have roamed Europe with a group of gypsies. He is usually depicted in some skeletal form.
A Great Marquis in Hell who has thirty legions of demons under his command. He can also turn into birds but mostly appears in the form of a star.
A prominent tragic figure of the Ulster Cycle in Irish mythology. The druid Cathbad foretold a great bloodshed would occur as a product of Deirdre's beauty.
A major fertility goddess and mother of Persephone in Greek mythology. She and her daughter were the chief concern of the sacred Eleusinian mysteries.
The bite-sized savior of the Schwarzwelt. He's a Jack Frost sporting a specialized Demonica suit, obviously.
The Roman goddess of the hunt who is also equivalent to Artemis from Greek mythology. She represents the virtues of chastity.
A member of the Fianna of Ireland and the lover of Gráinne, who was originally betrothed to Fionn mac Cumhaill himself. Diarmuid was marked by the "love spot" upon his forehead, on which no woman could look without falling in love.
Dionysus is the son of Zeus and the Greek God of fertility, wine, and ecstasy.
A goddess of faith from Norse mythology. Valkyries may be their kennings, or poetic names.
Grotesque spirits of Korean folklore. They are the transformed spirits of formerly inanimate objects.
A renegade onmyoji (exorcist) who has plagued a manor with evil spirits. Doman is also the rival of another skilled onmyoji, Abe no Seimei.
A dwarfish house spirit of Slavic lore, similar to a poltergeist in it's behavior. Excited Domovoi have been known to cry "He! He! Ho! Ho!".
An ominous spirit bearing the same physical appearance as a living person. Though they appear in various folklore and fiction across the world, its name is German in origin.
The canine gate-keeper to the underworld of Celtic folklore. The name "Dormarth" means "Death's Door", signifying her role as a psychopomp.
The personification of uncleanliness mentioned in the Vendidad. She descends from the mountain Aresura in the form of a fly to retrieve the corpses of the newly departed.
This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:
Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.
Use your keyboard!
Log in to comment
Log in to comment