Neither Good Nor Evil
Entities whose alignment resists binary labels
Many traditions resist the good/evil binary. These are the entities explicitly characterised as ambiguous — helpful and dangerous by turns, depending on reciprocity.
200 entities
Ahuiateteo
Aztec · Mexican
Aktzin
Totonac
Alardy
Ossetian · Nart saga
Albina
Anglo-Norman · British mythology
Aoibhell
Sidhe · Irish
Apanchomene
Greek · Arcadia
Apolaki
Kampampangan
Black Demeter
Black Tezcatlipoca
Aztec · Maya-Quiche
Buer
European · grimoire tradition
Chang-O
Chinese
Darius
Greek · Persian
Daucina
Fijian
Dohkwibuhch
Snohomish
Dragon King of the Jing River
Chinese
Dēmiurgos
Gnosticism
Emere
Yoruba
Erlik Khan
Tengrism · Mongol
Faumea
Polynesian · Tuamotus
Four Riders
Golden-Haired Hou
Chinese Buddhism
Ha-Satan
Hebrew · Jewish
Holzfräulein
Germanic folklore · changeling lore
Huashan Erlang
Chinese · Lotus Lantern narrative
Hödekin
German folklore
Ibini Ukpabi
Aro Confederacy · Ibibio
Icarus
Greek
Inugami
Japanese
Khemukhi
Hindu · Tantric
Kilmoulis
Anglo-Scottish border folklore
Knockers
Cornish · Devon
Macha Mong Ruad
Irish · Ulster
Mae Nak Phra Khanong
Thai
Mama Waqu
Incan
Manchachicoj
Argentine Northwest
Maximón
Maya
Me Phyu
Burmese
Mimixcoa
Aztec · Chichimec
Mācuīlcōzcacuāuhtli
Aztec
Niß Puk
Schleswig · Germanic folklore
Nyale
Ophion
Greek
Panhtwar
Burmese · Beikthano Kingdom
Phya-Leik Nat
Burmese · nat worship
Pomba Gira
Umbanda · Quimbanda
Pramlocha
Hindu
Savea
Samoan
Shin Tuu
Kadu Kanan
Stilbon
Ancient Greece · Roman
Susanoo no Mikoto
Japanese · Shinto
Tangagoa
Rennell and Bellona Islands · Solomon Islands
Teoyaomicqui
Aztec
The Mistress of the Copper Mountain
Ural miners · Slavic
Tieguai Li
Eight Immortals · Chinese
Tommyknockers
Welsh · Cornish miners
Tzovinar
Armenian
Tǔdìpó
Chinese
Yel İye
Turkic
Yuan Hong
Chinese · Fengshen Yanyi
Yurlunggur
Murngin · Yolngu
cheonyeo-gwisin
Korean
exu-mirims
Candomblé
exuas
Candomblé
exus
Candomblé
golden calf
Israelites
golden calves
Israelite · Kingdom of Israel
groagez
Breton
homunculus
European · Paracelsian tradition
houles fairy
Breton
lavandières
French · Breton
shtojzovalles
the satan
Israelite · Jewish
vodník
Czech · Slovak
Āhuiatēteoh
Aztec
Angel of Yahweh
Hebrew · Jewish
Rev. T. H. Smyth-Pigott
Agapemonites
Cihuātēotl
Aztec
Mācuīltōchtli
Aztec · Mexican
Bangpūtys
Baltic
Angalamman
South India · thirunangai
Asrai
English · Cheshire
Batara Kala
Javanese · Balinese mythology
Buschgroßmutter
German folklore · Ludwig Bechstein
Evening Star
Tewa · San Juan Tewa
Huayue Sanniang
Chinese
Mayari
Kapampangan · Philippine
Myrrha
Greek · Roman
Rongomai
Māori · Ngāti Hau
Suvannamaccha
Thai · Southeast Asian
Yosuzume
Japanese folklore
Zigu
Chinese
δαίμονες
Greek · Hesiodic poetry
Absolute
Christian · Scholasticism
Anunit
Mesopotamian · Babylonian
Azeban
Abenaki
Beloved
Agapemonites
Betobeto-san
Japanese
Blemmyae
Greek · Roman
Bucentaur
Venetian
Celsclan
Etruscan
Clotha
Scottish
Great Pan
ancient myth
Hojemännlein
German · Lechrain
Hongryeon
Korean · virgin ghost tradition
Kanmare
Pitapita
Kooremah
Mycoolon · Maikulan
Long Juju
Aro · Juju cult
Malyavan
Hindu
Prester John
medieval Europe · crusades
Puken
Frisian
Pushpadanta
Hindu
Quene of Elfame
Scottish · witchcraft
Sigurd the Stout's mother
Norse · Orkney
Telegonus
Greek · Etruscan
Witij
Galpu · Dhangu
Dioskouroi
Greek
Egúngún
Yoruba · Fon
Ochosi
Santería · Lucumí
Tatenen
ancient Egypt · Memphite region
Aphroditos
Cypriot · Greek
Basan
Japanese
Seven Monsters of Meishan
Chinese
Tagaro
Melanesian · Vanuatu
The Lamb
Agapemonites
ḍāka
Sanskrit · Tibetan Buddhist
Aitvaras
Baltic
Aradia
neopagan · Italian
Changó
Santería · Lucumí
Omolu
Candomblé · Yoruba
Moryana
Slavic folklore · Slavic
Zhu Bajie
Chinese · Buddhist
Pasiphaë
Greek · Cretan
Medea
Greek · Colchis
Leviathan
Hebrew · Christian
Abrasax
Gnosticism
Agagyú
Santería · Lucumí
Agwe Flambeau
Agwu Nsi
dibia (diviner-healer)
Al Basty
Turkish · Uzbek
Albedo
Ame no Wakahiko
Japanese
Ammonius
Amor
Amphisbaena
Greek
Anukite
Anyigbato
Ewe
Apotamkin
Passamaquoddy
Artemis (Diana)
Greek · Roman
Artemis Condyleatis
Greek · Arcadia
Artemis Triclaria
Greek
Ashura
Buddhist · Japanese
Astrarotte "Lotte" Ygvar
Ate
Greek
Azagon Lacroix
Vodou
Baal Berith
Jewish
Badi Mata
Hindu
Bagala
Hindu
Bai Niangzi
Bakezōri
Japanese
Balderus
Banjhākri
Kirati people of Nepal · Sikkim
Baron Piquant
Vodou
Baschgrîs
Transylvanian Saxon folklore
Baschmôter
Transylvanian Saxon folklore
Baschäinjel
Transylvanian Saxon folklore
Befana
Italian · Epiphany
Bilwis
Biwa-bokuboku
Japanese
Bootstrap Bill
Brimo
Greek
Buschgroßemutter
Butterdrache
Bysen
Gotland · Swedish
Byōbunozoki
Japanese
Caapora
Calchus
Camaxtli
Tlaxcaltecs · Huexotzincas
Cathleen Ni Houlihan
Irish
Ceṭaka
Chalchiuhtotolin
Aztec
Cheukshin
Korean
Chin
Maya
Chōchinbi
Japanese
Clawdeen Wolf
Cleena
Colo Colo
Mapuche
Companions of Saint Nicholas
European
Cupantziere
deer
Daena
Zoroastrian
Daityasena
Hindu · Mahabharata
Dali
Svan people · Georgian culture
Danzaburou-danuki
Japanese
Datsueba
Buddhist
Deer Woman
Indigenous American mythologies
Delilah
Delirium
Delirium of the Endless
Dobby
Dorje Shugden
Tibetan Buddhist · Gelug school
Dorjé Shukden
Tibetan Buddhist