Census · J
464 entries · 175 being-tier · 289 concept-tier (hidden by default — show them)
| Name | Class | Kind | Tradition | Status | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| J.C.COOPER | symbol | — | — | registered | 1 |
| jabado | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jabal | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| JABALI — JAVALI | person | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| Jabberwock — Jabberwocky | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| jabme-akka | deity | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Jabol | demon | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jabrail — Jibrail | spirit | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jabulqa — djaboulqa | place | individual | arab | registered | 1 |
| Jabulsa — djaboulsa | place | individual | arab | registered | 1 |
| jacara | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jachin and Boaz | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| jacinth — Jacinth Jacinth is treated as a jewel, inheriting associations with light, hidden truth, wisdom, and the soul refined into divine brilliance; the other citation is misaligned. | symbol | species | — | registered | 2 |
| jack — Jack Jack denotes the proverbial common servant or ordinary man, often paired with Jill; the other citation actually discusses the jackal. | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 2 |
| Jack a Kent | tale-figure | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Jack and Jill | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk recasts theft from a giant as seizing divine fertility, rain, sun, and wind, with the stalk as world-tree. | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 2 |
| jack bean | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jack Dogherty | person | individual | european | registered | 1 |
| Jack Frost | custom | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jack Hall | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jack Horner | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jack-in-Irons — Jack-In-Irons Jack-In-Irons is a gigantic, chain-clanking Yorkshire road bogey who leaps from lonely roadsides to terrify nighttime travelers. | spirit | individual | britishceltic | candidate | 3 |
| Jack-In-The-Green — Latzman · Leaf King · Little Leaf Man · Jack in the Green Jack-in-the-Green is an English vegetation spirit embodied by a leaf-clad figure in spring customs, with related forms across northern Europe. | spirit | species | celtic | candidate | 5 |
| jack-in-the-pulpit | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jack Ketch | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| jack-o'-lantern — Jack-o'-Lantern · Ignis Fatuus · Pego'-lantern · Dickepoten The jack-o’-lantern is either a deceptive corpse-light or wandering soul that misleads travelers, or the later Halloween candlelit pumpkin. | concept | archetype | british | registered | 4 |
| Jack o'Lent | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jack-o'-the-Lantern — Will-o'-the-Wisp · Hob-and-his-lantern · Hobany's Lantern · Hobredy's Lantern Jack-o'-the-Lantern is a will-o'-the-wisp spirit, known in Worcestershire through names linking its wandering light to Hob and his lantern. | spirit | archetype | european | canon | 1 |
| Jack tales | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jack the Giant-killer — Jack the Giant-Killer | tale | individual | european | registered | 3 |
| Jack the White Hat — Old White Hat | spirit | species | — | registered | 2 |
| Jack Up the Orchut | demon | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Jackal — jackal The jackal denotes night, scavenging, and lunar death; Egyptian tradition links it to Anubis’s guidance of souls, while Buddhist usage signifies entrenched evil. | symbol | archetype | bantuegyptian | registered | 5 |
| Jackalope — Antelabbit · Aunt Benny · Horny Bunny · Jack-a-Lope The jackalope is a North American tall-tale animal combining a jackrabbit’s body with deer antlers or antelope horns. | creature | species | american | canon | 2 |
| jackdaw | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jacko | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jacky Lantern | custom | species | british | registered | 2 |
| Jacob — Israel | person | individual | jewish | registered | 4 |
| Jacob's ladder | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jacobean fairies | concept | — | british | registered | 1 |
| Jacques de Vitry | other | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| jade — Jade · chalchihuitl Jade denotes purity, virtue, balanced cosmic powers, immortality, and good fortune, while Mesoamerican sources emphasize jadeite as a prized greenstone. | symbol | archetype | mesoamerican | registered | 4 |
| Jade Maidens | other | — | — | registered | 1 |
| Jadi-jadian — Were-tiger The Malay were-tiger, listed among supernatural beings and esoteric dangers. | creature | species | malay | registered | 1 |
| JAEA-SAISTDHA | person | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| JAEAS | deity | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| Jael | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jafar | spirit | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Jagannatha — JAGAN-NATHA · Juggernaut | deity | individual | hindu | candidate | 3 |
| Jago-Nini | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jaguar — jaguar A feared and revered Mesoamerican night predator symbolizing royal power, warfare, sacred authority, and transformation. | creature | archetype | mesoamericansouth-american | candidate | 4 |
| jaguar dance | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| jaguar gods | deity | species | mesoamerican | registered | 1 |
| Jaguar-Man — jaguar-man · Jaguareté Avá · Jaguarete Ova Jaguar-Men are Paraguayan sorcerers indistinguishable from ordinary people by day who become predatory jaguars at night. | creature | species | — | candidate | 3 |
| jaguar-serpent-bird | symbol | — | mesoamerican | registered | 1 |
| Jaguareté — Cougar noire | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jahannam | other | — | egyptian | registered | 1 |
| Jahi | custom | species | — | registered | 2 |
| Jahn | person | individual | persian | registered | 1 |
| Jahn | person | individual | persian | registered | 1 |
| JAHNU | person | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| Jahura | place | individual | arab | registered | 1 |
| JAIMINIYA-NYAYA-MALA-YISTARA | concept | archetype | hindu | registered | 1 |
| JAIMINT | person | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| Jair | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| JAJALI | person | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| Jakotsu-baba — snakebone hag | creature | species | japanese | registered | 1 |
| jakué — jakui | spirit | species | south-american | registered | 1 |
| Jakuta | deity | — | african | registered | 1 |
| Jal Umbac Kostso Keremet | custom | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jala-Turga This Hindu flesh-eating water horse stalks isolated waterways for prey. | creature | species | — | candidate | 2 |
| Jalandhara | tale-figure | individual | — | registered | 2 |
| Jalang | deity | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Jaljogini — jaljogini Jaljogini is a female Punjabi water demon inhabiting streams and wells, spreading disease and afflicting women and children with spells. | demon | species | — | candidate | 2 |
| Jalmenus | other | individual | greek | registered | 1 |
| Jalpari — jalpari Jalpari is a dangerous Punjabi water spirit who coerces or kills men but may be placated with riverside offerings. | spirit | individual | — | candidate | 2 |
| Jam | person | individual | persian | registered | 1 |
| Jam on Gerry's Rock | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| JAMADAGNYA | deity | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| Jamaina | spirit | species | — | registered | 1 |
| JAMBAVAT | creature | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| JAMBHA | concept | archetype | hindu | registered | 1 |
| Jambres | person | individual | jewish | registered | 2 |
| Jambu-dvipa — Jambu-dwipa | place | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| JAMBU-DWlPA | place | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| Jamdsp | person | individual | persian | registered | 1 |
| James, Saint | other | — | egyptian | registered | 1 |
| Jamhur | person | individual | persian | registered | 1 |
| Jami — evil spirit | creature | species | japanese | registered | 1 |
| Jamisiyar | person | individual | persian | registered | 1 |
| Jamsener | demon | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jamshid (Malay spirit) | spirit | individual | arab | registered | 1 |
| Jan — Jan the Sun · Father of the Genii Jan is a benevolent Kachin sun nat honored annually by the village chief with food and drink in requests for protection. | spirit | individual | malay | canon | 5 |
| Jan-ben-Jan | tale | individual | european | registered | 1 |
| Jan Crot Callow — John o' Groat's House | person | individual | european | registered | 1 |
| JANA-LOKA | place | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| JANAKA | person | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| JANAMEJAYA | person | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| Jandal | person | individual | persian | registered | 1 |
| Janfuruz | person | individual | persian | registered | 1 |
| Jangare | place | individual | arab | registered | 1 |
| Jann — Jánn Jann denotes a broad or lower order of jinn in Arab tradition, generally less powerful than ifrits or marids. | spirit | species | arab | candidate | 2 |
| Jann ibn Jann — jann the son of jann | creature | individual | arab | registered | 1 |
| Jannes | person | individual | jewish | registered | 2 |
| Januaria | deity | individual | celtic | registered | 1 |
| January | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Janus | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Janus | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Janus | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Janus | deity | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Janus | deity | individual | celtic | registered | 1 |
| Japa — mantra Japa is the disciplined repetition of a mantra, associated here with mantra practice; the second citation is unrelated. | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 2 |
| Japanese Dragon | creature | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Japanese folklore | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Japanese Hairy Fish | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Japetequara — Caboclo Velho | spirit | individual | — | registered | 2 |
| Japetes | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Japetusjunior | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Japhetei | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Japheth | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jar — jar The jar denotes feminine receptivity, rain and plenty, burial, and underworld storage; Buddhist and Egyptian forms add spiritual triumph and protected remains. | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 2 |
| jarabe | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jaracas (Ja-rock-ka) — Jaracaca | spirit | species | — | registered | 1 |
| jarana | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jaranjas | person | individual | persian | registered | 1 |
| Jarapiri | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| JArASURA | demon | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| JARAT-KARU | creature | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| Jarcik | custom | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jared | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jarina | custom | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jarira | person | individual | persian | registered | 1 |
| Jarita | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jarnsaxa — Járnsaxa Jarnsaxa is Thor's giantess consort in Norse myth and the mother of Magni, with some accounts also naming Modi as her son. | deity | species | norse | candidate | 2 |
| Járnvid | place | — | norse | registered | 1 |
| Jasha | person | individual | persian | registered | 1 |
| Jashub | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jasmine — jasmine Jasmine denotes delicate beauty, fragrance, love, grace, memory, separation, femininity, attraction, heavenly joy, and the Virgin Mary. | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 2 |
| Jason | other | individual | greek | registered | 1 |
| Jason | other | individual | greek | registered | 1 |
| Jason — son of Aeson · Aesonides | tale | individual | greek | registered | 1 |
| Jason and Medea at | other | individual | greek | registered | 1 |
| Jason in Colchis | other | individual | greek | registered | 1 |
| Jasou sent by Pelias to fetch it | other | individual | greek | registered | 1 |
| jasper — Jasper Jasper denotes joy, wisdom, praise, constancy, consolation, courage, and alertness, while its jewel status adds hidden truth and spiritual refinement. | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 3 |
| JATA-YEDAS | concept | archetype | hindu | registered | 1 |
| Jatai — snake-sash | creature | species | japanese | registered | 1 |
| Jataka — Stories of the Buddha's Former Births | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jataya — Jatayu · Jatayus · Jintayu Jataya is a gigantic human-headed Hindu bird descended from Garuda, sibling to Sampati, and slain by the demon king Ravana. | creature | species | malay | canon | 3 |
| Jatayu (Ja-TA-yu) | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| jaundice | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| javelin | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Javerzaharses Javerzaharses are invisible Armenian perpetual brides who embody bridal innocence and concern themselves with courtship, wedding preparations, childbirth, singing, and dress. | spirit | archetype | — | candidate | 2 |
| Jaw — jaw The jaw denotes power and prophetic vitality, while monstrous jaws mark hell’s gate or a polar barrier crossed on the path to enlightenment. | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 2 |
| Jawb al-'Asal | place | individual | arab | registered | 1 |
| jawbone | object-being | species | — | registered | 1 |
| JAXA-S.THAKA | deity | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| Jay — jay The jay denotes mischief, ill luck, scorn, deception, gaudy vanity, foolishness, and imitation. | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 2 |
| Jay Hawk — Jay-Hawk | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| JAYA-DEYA | person | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| JAYAD-RATHA | person | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| JAYANTA | deity | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| JAYANTI | deity | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| jazz | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jcimcisp | person | individual | persian | registered | 1 |
| Jdmasp | person | individual | persian | registered | 1 |
| jealous craftsman and his apprentice | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jean | person | individual | european | registered | 1 |
| Jean-Jeudi | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jean Sot — Foolish John | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jeannie of Biggersdale | spirit | individual | british | registered | 1 |
| Jebel Barkal | other | — | egyptian | registered | 1 |
| Jefferies, Anne | other | individual | british | registered | 1 |
| Jehoiachin — Jeconiah | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jehoiada | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jehoiakim | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jehoshaphat | person | individual | jewish | registered | 3 |
| Jehova | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jehovah | deity | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Jehu | person | individual | jewish | registered | 3 |
| Jellon Grame — Hind Henry | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| jelly | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jemalang — Jembalang Jemalang is a Malay earth spirit or jinn, a term broadly interchangeable with jin for related classes of beings. | spirit | individual | malay | candidate | 2 |
| Jemaliwut | other | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Jemimah | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jen | deity | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Jen pantheon | other | archetype | african | registered | 1 |
| Jennie of Biggersdale | spirit | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Jenny Greenteeth Jenny Greenteeth is a Lancashire water hag who lurks beneath weed-covered ponds, seizing children with green fangs and drowning them. | creature | species | britishenglish | candidate | 4 |
| Jenny Haniver — Diable de mer · Garadiavolo · Sea Monk A Jenny Haniver is a fabricated monster, often fashioned from a dried sea animal and exhibited as proof of mermaids, dragons, or basilisks. | creature | species | — | candidate | 2 |
| Jenny Jones | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jenny Permuen — 'Fairy Widower, The' | tale | — | british | registered | 2 |
| Jephthah | person | individual | jewish | registered | 3 |
| Jephthah's vow | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jer Bodoz | spirit | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jer Kuba and Jer Kuguza | custom | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jer Oza | spirit | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Jerahmeel | other | — | — | registered | 1 |
| Jeremiah | person | individual | jewish | registered | 2 |
| Jerff | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jerff | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jerff | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jerff | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jericho | place | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| jerkin | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jeroboam | person | individual | jewish | registered | 3 |
| Jersey Devil — The Jersey Devil · The Leeds Devil · Leeds devil · Leeds' Devil The Jersey Devil is a winged, hoofed Pine Barrens monster said to originate as a cursed thirteenth child who transformed violently after birth. | creature | species | american | canon | 6 |
| Jersuk | custom | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jerusalem Jerusalem here denotes the heavenly city: a twelve-gated, all-embracing paradise where salvation, cosmic completion, and spiritual unity become fixed. | symbol | archetype | egyptian | registered | 2 |
| Jesha | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jesse | person | individual | jewish | registered | 3 |
| Jesse James | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jesse Woodson James — James, Jesse Woodson | person | individual | american | registered | 1 |
| Jessie polka | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jest Much | deity | individual | chinese | registered | 1 |
| jestbooks | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jester — jester The jester denotes an inverted or substitute sacred king, sacrifice displaced into comic abnormality, and the discrepancy between reality and representation. | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 2 |
| Jester God | object-being | — | mesoamerican | registered | 1 |
| Jests at the Thesmophoria | other | individual | greek | registered | 1 |
| Jesus (in Afroamerican belief) | deity | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| jet | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jetaita | spirit | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jetblack | deity | individual | chinese | registered | 1 |
| Jethro — Reuel · Jether · Hobab · Heber Also called Reuel, a Midianite adviser who opposed Pharaoh’s persecution of Israel and later turned toward Israel’s God. | person | individual | jewish | registered | 2 |
| Jeush | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jew | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jew in the Thorns | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jew's Daughter — Sir Hugh | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jew's harp | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jewa-Jewa Jewa-Jewa is a Malay heavenly intercessor who appeals to the Creator on humanity's behalf. | spirit | species | — | candidate | 2 |
| jewel in snake's head | object-being | species | — | registered | 1 |
| jewel(ry) | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jewelled Tree | object-being | individual | persian | registered | 1 |
| jewelry | custom | — | mesoamerican | registered | 1 |
| Jewels | symbol | — | — | registered | 1 |
| jewels from spittle | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jews | other | — | egyptian | registered | 1 |
| Jezda | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jezebel | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jhoor — Jez-Tyrmak · Dzehez-tyrmak · Zes tyrmak | creature | species | — | registered | 3 |
| jhoting | ghost | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jiaolong | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jiaoming | spirit | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jibona | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| jig | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jiggs strip | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jikininki — man-eating goblin · corpse-eater | creature | individual | japanese | registered | 2 |
| Jimmu Tenno | tale-figure | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Jimmy Squarefoot | creature | individual | british | registered | 1 |
| jimsonweed — datura | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jimutaketu | deity | individual | east-asian | registered | 1 |
| Jimutavahana | deity | individual | east-asian | registered | 1 |
| Jin 'Afrit — Jin Rafrit · 'Efrit | spirit | species | malay | registered | 1 |
| Jin Aslam | other | — | — | registered | 1 |
| Jin Gendang | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jin Islam | spirit | species | malay | registered | 1 |
| Jin Kafir Jin Kafir are the infidel category of Malay jinn, contrasted with faithful Jin Islam. | spirit | species | malay | candidate | 2 |
| Jin Karaja'an | spirit | species | malay | registered | 1 |
| Jin Naubat | demon | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jin Nemfiri — Jin Lempiri · Jin Gendang · Jin Naubat Jin Nemfiri is a Malay jinn guarding royal musical instruments, allied with the spirits of the state and subordinate to Sang Gala Raja. | demon | species | malay | candidate | 2 |
| Jin Sembuana Jin Sembuana is a deadly Malay jinn who guards royal weapons, serves Sang Gala Raja, and is associated with the spirits of the state. | demon | species | malay | candidate | 2 |
| Jin Tanah | spirit | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jingwei | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jinmenju (JIN-men-joo) | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jinmenken | creature | species | japanese | registered | 1 |
| Jinn — Jinnee · Jin · Jinn/I · jinni Jinn are shape-shifting, usually invisible spirits of Islamic tradition, capable of good or evil and often inhabiting lonely or impure places. | spirit | species | africanarabegyptianeuropean | candidate | 7 |
| Jinn gir | concept | archetype | arab | registered | 1 |
| Jinn-zada | concept | archetype | arab | registered | 1 |
| Jinnestan | place | individual | arabeuropean | registered | 2 |
| Jinshin-Mushi — The Earthquake Beetle | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jinshin Namazu | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jinshin Uwo | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jipijkmak — Jipijkma or Jipijkamiskw | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jishin-Mushi | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| jitsuki-uta | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| jitterbug | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jiu-ichi-men-Kwannon — Kwannon-of-the-Eleven-Faces | deity | individual | japanese | registered | 1 |
| Jiu Tou Niao — Jiufeng · Nine-Headed Bird Jiu Tou Niao is a nine-headed Chinese demon bird, treated as an ill omen and a recurring adversary in heroic fairy tales. | fairy | species | — | canon | 1 |
| jiva | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jizo Jizo is a compassionate Japanese Buddhist protector of children and travelers who also calms dangerous seas. | deity | individual | japanese | candidate | 2 |
| jJ | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| JlMUTA | other | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| Jlus | object-being | individual | greek | registered | 1 |
| Jnun | demon | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Jnun of the sea — jnoun-el-bahar · baharia · djinniate | creature | species | arab | registered | 1 |
| Joab | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Joan Joan is a woman’s name demoted from royal usage to maidservants and sexual insult; fairy mock christenings use it to foretell a daughter. | symbol | archetype | european | registered | 2 |
| Joan the Wad Joan the Wad is a Cornish pisky and wandering light believed to guide travelers safely when invoked and to confer luck. | spirit | species | british | candidate | 2 |
| Joao de Mata | spirit | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Joaozinho | spirit | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Joash | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Joauv | deity | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Job — Jobab | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Job — Jobab | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Job's tears | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jobab | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jocasta — Epicaste | tale-figure | individual | greek | registered | 2 |
| Jocasta or Euryyauia | other | individual | greek | registered | 1 |
| Jochebed — Shiphrah | person | individual | jewish | registered | 2 |
| Jocoo | custom | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Joe Hill — Joseph Hillstrom | other | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Joe Magarac — Magarac, Joe | person | individual | american | registered | 2 |
| Joe Miller | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Joe-pye weed — gravel root | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jogung — Barmi birgoo · Illankanpanka · Jimbra · Jingra | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| John — Old John · High John de Conquer John spans incompatible traditions: Saint John marks midsummer fire and death divination, while African American folklore uses John as a trickster. | symbol | individual | american | registered | 3 |
| John Barleycorn John Barleycorn personifies barley, beer, and drunkenness, with his figurative life and death mirroring the crop's cultivation and transformation into drink. | spirit | species | — | candidate | 2 |
| John Bull | heraldic | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| John Canoe | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| John Dietrich | tale | individual | european | registered | 1 |
| john-dory — Peter's fish A yellow marine fish linked to Saint Peter's tribute coin, with its side spots explained as the marks of his fingers. | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| John Hardy | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| John Henry — Henry, John | person | individual | american | registered | 2 |
| John Jenkin — Jenkin the Pembrokeshire Schoolmaster | other | individual | welsh | registered | 1 |
| John Roy | person | individual | european | registered | 1 |
| John, Saint | other | — | egyptian | registered | 1 |
| John the Bear — Juan el Oso · Juan del Oso · Ivanko the Bear's Son | person | archetype | south-american | registered | 2 |
| John Wilde | tale | individual | european | registered | 1 |
| Johnie Armstrong — Johnny Armstrong | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Johnie Cock | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Johnny Appleseed — John Chapman | tale-figure | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Johul | deity | species | — | registered | 1 |
| joiku | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Joint Eater — Just Halver · Joint-eater An invisible parasitic fairy that shares or consumes its victim’s food, causing relentless hunger and eventual wasting despite abundant meals. | fairy | species | british | candidate | 3 |
| Joint Snake | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jok — Jok Odudu | deity | individual | african | registered | 1 |
| Jokao | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| joker | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jokinam | deity | individual | african | registered | 1 |
| joking relationship and kinship tabus | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Joktan | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jola Sveinar | custom | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jolcus | other | individual | greek | registered | 1 |
| Jombol | demon | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jonah | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jonah | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jonah | person | individual | bantu | registered | 1 |
| Jonah | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jonah | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jonah | tale-figure | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Jonathan | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jonathan — Brother Jonathan | heraldic | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| jongleur | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jophiel | other | — | — | registered | 1 |
| Jór (YOHR) — Jor | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Joram | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Joram | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Joram — Jehoram | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jord — Fiorgyn · Jörd · Jordh Jord is Earth personified, a likely giantess counted among the goddesses as Odin's partner and Thor's mother. | deity | individual | norse | candidate | 3 |
| Jordan flute | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jorō-gumo — spider bride | creature | species | japanese | registered | 1 |
| joropo | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jose-Lizorio | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jose Tupinamba | spirit | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Joseph — Jehoseph · Zaphenath-paneah | person | individual | jewishmalaysouth-american | registered | 7 |
| Joseph della Reyna | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Joseph Lieber | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Joseph of Arimathea | tale-figure | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Joseph's Cup | object-being | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Joseph's Magic Astrolabe | object-being | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Joshua — Hoshea | person | individual | jewish | registered | 5 |
| Josiah | person | individual | jewish | registered | 2 |
| Joskar Ser | demon | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| jota | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jotham | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jotun — Jotan · Joten · Jotunn · Eotenas Jotun is the Norse term for giants, beings ranging from enlarged humanoids to monsters that personify hostile elemental forces. | creature | species | european | candidate | 3 |
| Jotun (Yoo-tun) — plural: Jotnar · Eoten · Etin (“eater”) · Hrym Norse beings descended from Ymir, diverse in form and size, whose relations with the gods range from hostility to kinship and alliance. | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jötunheimar | place | — | norse | registered | 1 |
| Joukola — Youkola | place | archetype | finnish | registered | 1 |
| Journey — journey The journey denotes cyclic celestial movement, adventure, pilgrimage, initiation, and transformative trials toward perfection, lost paradise, or a spiritual center. | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 2 |
| journey to otherworld | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| journey to the land of the Grandfather | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jovian — Bazanush | person | individual | persian | registered | 1 |
| Jovis Bellus | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jovis Saga | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jovo and His Sister | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Joys of Mary | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| JSTAiSFDAJSTA | deity | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| JSTARA-lSTARAYAjVA | person | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| JTSH.YU | concept | archetype | hindu | registered | 1 |
| Ju-i | symbol | — | — | registered | 1 |
| Juan | person | individual | philippine | registered | 1 |
| Juan and Maria | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Juan White — Shui White | ghost | individual | welsh | registered | 1 |
| Juana — Queen Juana Queen Juana brought the dying jester Baladhay before the Santo Niño, prompting his recovery and the legendary first sinulog dance. | person | individual | philippine | registered | 2 |
| juba | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jubal | person | individual | jewish | registered | 1 |
| Jubilee | symbol | — | — | registered | 1 |
| Jucuzo | spirit | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Judaeus | other | — | egyptian | registered | 1 |
| Judah — Jehudah | person | individual | jewish | registered | 3 |
| Judas | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Judas Iscariot | tale-figure | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Judas tree | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| judge | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Judge Lynch | heraldic | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Judges, Book of | other | — | egyptian | registered | 1 |
| judgment | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Judgment of God | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| judgment of Paris | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Judgment Scene | other | — | egyptian | registered | 1 |
| Judith Judith names distinct women: the widow who frees Bethulia, interpreted as ending drought, and Esau’s wife from Ham’s lineage. | symbol | archetype | jewish | registered | 2 |
| Judy Muldoon | person | individual | european | registered | 1 |
| Juherabad — Jaherabad | place | individual | european | registered | 1 |
| Jujak Jujak is a Korean phoenix that eats bamboo fruit, nests in parasol trees, and personifies five virtues of noble conduct. | creature | species | — | canon | 1 |
| Juju — juju Juju originally named a southern Nigerian spirit inhabiting a fetish, later broadening to encompass evil spirits, sorcery, magical objects, or taboos. | demon | species | — | candidate | 2 |
| jujube | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jukasa | other | — | egyptian | registered | 1 |
| juke — jook | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jul Ser Kugorak | spirit | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jule Tomte | custom | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Julenisse — Christmas Nisse The Julenisse is a small bearded Scandinavian Christmas fairy in a red cap who brings gifts to good children and receives porridge. | fairy | species | — | candidate | 2 |
| Juli Ffrwtan | fairy | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Julian — Yaniis The citations use Julian for an old Tagalog storyteller and for the fourth-century Roman emperor also called Yanus. | person | individual | persianphilippine | registered | 2 |
| Julius Africanus | other | — | egyptian | registered | 1 |
| Julunggul — Julungsul An Arnhem Land name for Yurlunggur, the great Rainbow Serpent of Aboriginal Australian Dreaming traditions. | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| July | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jumala — Yumala | deity | archetype | finnish | registered | 1 |
| Jumala | deity | individual | — | registered | 1 |
| Jumar — Juma A mule-sized ass-bull hybrid of early modern bestiaries, Jumar is swift, wary, keen-sensed, untamable, and native to salty plains. | creature | species | — | candidate | 3 |
| Jumbi — Jumby · Jumbies · Heg · Jhumbies Jumbies are Caribbean nocturnal spirits, often appearing as wandering lights, that stalk solitary travelers and children to drain blood or vital energy. | spirit | species | bantu | candidate | 4 |
| Jumbong — lumbong | creature | species | philippine | registered | 1 |
| jump-up — calypso jump | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jumpers | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Jumping | symbol | — | — | registered | 1 |
| jumping dance | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| junackeslavia | concept | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| June | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| juniper — Juniper Juniper denotes comfort, protection, confidence, and initiative, sheltering biblical exiles and remaining sacred to Hermes; one citation is unrelated. | symbol | archetype | — | registered | 3 |
| Juniper Tree | tale | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Juno Juno is Rome's queen of heaven and protector of women, especially associated with childbirth, marriage, fertility, and the moon. | deity | — | egyptian | candidate | 2 |
| Juods — Juudas · Juutas | custom | species | — | canon | 2 |
| juoigen | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Juok — Jwok | deity | individual | african | registered | 1 |
| Jupiter — Jove · Iuppiter The Roman sovereign deity of sky and authority, associated with order, expansive power, courage, and the planet bearing his name. | deity | individual | egyptianjewish | candidate | 6 |
| Jupiter Ammon | other | — | egyptian | registered | 1 |
| Jurasmate | spirit | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jurawadbad | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jurema — Jurema Velha · Seu Jurema | spirit | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jurik Jurik is an Indonesian dragon seen flying as a blazing outline across the night sky. | creature | species | — | candidate | 2 |
| Jurojin | deity | individual | japanese | registered | 1 |
| Jurong | custom | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jurua — Juruwin | spirit | archetype | — | candidate | 2 |
| jus prima noctis — droit de seigneur | custom | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| JUSHKA | person | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| Juskaha — Djuskaha · Little Sprout Juskaha is the Seneca Sapling twin, a culture hero who expands the earth and corrects the dangerous creations of his brother Flint. | deity | individual | — | candidate | 2 |
| Justice — Justic Justice is harmony personified as Zeus and Themis’s daughter or a blindfolded woman with scales and sword; another citation names an unrelated Justic. | symbol | individual | greekwelsh | registered | 4 |
| Justice Even | deity | individual | chinese | registered | 1 |
| Justinian | other | — | egyptian | registered | 1 |
| Justo Erge and Justo Orbezo | demon | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Justo Kuba and Justo Kuguza | spirit | archetype | — | registered | 1 |
| Justo Muzo | spirit | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Justo Muzo Udor | custom | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Jut Bodoz | custom | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Juternajesta | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Juternsaxa | creature | species | — | registered | 1 |
| Juturna — Diuturna | custom | species | european | registered | 3 |
| Juutas-moose — Piru-reindeer · moose of Hisi | creature | individual | finnish | registered | 1 |
| Juvenal | other | — | egyptian | registered | 1 |
| Juya | demon | individual | persian | registered | 1 |
| JWALA-MUKHI | other | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |
| JYOTISHA | other | individual | hindu | registered | 1 |