One of the most important character of Tibetan Buddhism. Sometimes called 'the second Buddha,' he is credited for the diffusion of Buddhism in Tibet in the eighth and ninth centuries.

A legendary tribe of monkey-like people of India. They are a wild people, without any voice, but uttering a horrible noise.

A legendary tribe of southern India. The men have feet one cubit long but the feet of the women are so small that they are called 'sparrow feet.'

The Madagascan mother-goddess. When the gods created humans, she gave them flesh and form, while the others gave them bones, blood, and breath.

The earth mother of the Kuba of DR Congo. She and her husband, Heaven, were created by the creator deity Mbomba.

The ancestral hero of the Lele. He is a son of Woot and Mweel.