REALMS archive of entities

Ancestors

Veneration of lineage and the named dead

Entities who are or were once human and whose memory is ritually sustained: aiyekoto, lares familiares, Xapiripë ancestor spirits, ancestral Kamigami.

200 entities

Albina
ancestor earth high
Anglo-Norman · British mythology
Anthony the Great
ancestor earth high
Christian · Orthodox Christian
Cecilia
ancestor sky high
Catholic · Christian
Cecilia of Rome
ancestor sky high
Catholic · Orthodox Christian
Darius
ancestor underworld high
Greek · Persian
Edward the Confessor
ancestor earth high
English · Catholic Church
Emere
ancestor intermediate high
Yoruba
Felicitas
ancestor high
Christian · Catholic
Felicity
ancestor high
Christian · Roman Africa
Felix of Thibiuca
ancestor high
Christian · Catholic
Htibyuhsaung Medaw
ancestor intermediate high
Burmese
Imran
ancestor high
Islamic
John Chrysostom
ancestor sky high
Eastern Orthodox Church · Catholic Church
Karora
ancestor earth high
Arrernte
Kungkarangkalpa
ancestor sky high
Pitjantjatjara · Yankunytjatjara
Lady Xian
ancestor earth high
Li people · Chinese
Mae Nak Phra Khanong
ancestor earth high
Thai
Minyipuru
ancestor sky high
Martu
Myaukhpet Shinma
ancestor intermediate high
Burmese · 37 nats
Nanna Tala
ancestor water high
Berber · Amazigh
Natmasses
ancestor underworld high
Aneityum · Vanuatu
Naw Mu Phan
ancestor mountain high
Karen · Buddhist
Ohomairangi
ancestor earth high
Māori
Pancras of Rome
ancestor sky high
Christian · Roman
Perpetua
ancestor high
Christian · Roman Africa
Phya-Leik Nat
ancestor intermediate high
Burmese · nat worship
Saint Agatha of Sicily
ancestor sky high
Christian · Catholic
Saint Basil the Great
ancestor sky high
Eastern Orthodox Church · Catholic
Saint Clare of Assisi
ancestor sky high
Catholic · Franciscan
Saint Joachim
ancestor high
Christian
Saint Luke the Evangelist
ancestor sky high
Christian · Eastern Orthodox Church
Saint Monica
ancestor sky high
Catholic · Orthodox Christian
Saint Pancras
ancestor sky high
Christian · Roman
Saint Valentine
ancestor sky high
Roman · Christian
Saint Vladimir
ancestor earth high
Kievan Rus · Eastern Orthodox Church
San Sae Phoe
ancestor mountain high
Karen · Buddhist
Shingon
ancestor intermediate high
Burmese
Thandawgan
ancestor intermediate high
Burmese · 37 nats pantheon
Tikhon of Zadonsk
ancestor intermediate high
Russian Orthodox Church · Eastern Orthodox Church
Wati Nyiru
ancestor sky high
Pitjantjatjara · Yankunytjatjara
Yurla
ancestor earth high
Martu
cheonyeo-gwisin
ancestor intermediate high
Korean
novensiles
ancestor underworld high
Roman
the ancestors
ancestor high
Yoruba religion
Aaron
ancestor earth high
Israelite · Hebrew
Andromeda
ancestor sky high
Greek
Antiope
ancestor earth high
Greek
Cihuātēotl
ancestor sky high
Aztec
Saint Lawrence
ancestor sky high
Christian · Catholic
Caboclo
ancestor forest high
Umbanda · Brazilian
Ancestor spirits
ancestor earth high
China · Japan
Isaac
ancestor earth high
Abrahamic religions
Saint Valentina
ancestor sky high
Catholic · Christian
Sekume
ancestor earth high
Fang people
Agassou
ancestor intermediate high
Dahomey · Vodou
Ghede lwa
ancestor underworld high
Vodou
Menas of Egypt
ancestor intermediate high
Coptic Christian · Christian
Nsamanfo
ancestor earth high
Akan
Pareinma Shin Mingaung
ancestor intermediate high
Burmese · Pagan dynasty
Saint Mina
ancestor earth high
Christian · Coptic Christian
Tchamba spirits
ancestor earth high
Fon · Mina
Achaemenes
ancestor earth high
Persian · Achaemenid
Alcmene
ancestor earth high
Greek
Brennus
ancestor intermediate high
Gallic · British
Churinga
ancestor earth high
Arunta (Australia)
Epemitreus
ancestor intermediate high
Gĩkũyũ
ancestor earth high
Gĩkũyũ
Hongryeon
ancestor intermediate high
Korean · virgin ghost tradition
Kinbaka-Baka
ancestor earth high
Luba
Kinbumba-Bumba
ancestor earth high
Luba
Mũmbi
ancestor earth high
Gĩkũyũ
Sarah
ancestor earth high
Abrahamic religions
Tenjin
ancestor earth high
Shinto · Japanese
Tuatau
ancestor earth high
Aneityum · Vanuatu
Urutonga
ancestor earth high
Māori
Valentine of Passau
ancestor sky high
Catholic · Christian
isang
ancestor intermediate high
Bunun
souls in purgatory
ancestor underworld high
Roman
Egúngún
ancestor intermediate high
Yoruba · Fon
Agamedes
ancestor underworld high
Greek · Boeotia
Patroclus
ancestor underworld high
Greek
Ukhulukhulwana
ancestor sky high
Zulu
Einherjar
ancestor sky high
Norse · Germanic
Confucius (spirit)
ancestor earth high
China
Guardian Ori
ancestor earth high
Yoruba · Ifá
imago
ancestor underworld high
Roman
Aristodeme
ancestor earth high
Greek
"Bootstrap" Bill Turner
ancestor high
'Aho'eitu
ancestor earth high
Tongan
'aumakua
ancestor high
Hawaiian
Abuelito Huenteao
ancestor earth high
Huilliche people
Abura-akago
ancestor earth high
Japanese
Achaeus
ancestor high
Greek
Ailill Ollamh
ancestor high
Irish
Alcheringa
ancestor earth high
Australian Aboriginal mythology
Aligbonu
ancestor intermediate high
Dahomey
Amadlozi
ancestor high
Nguni
Amenhotep, son of Hapu
ancestor high
Egyptian
Angel of Mercy
ancestor intermediate high
Ascanius
ancestor earth high
Roman
Augustine
ancestor sky high
Christian · Catholic Church
Ayar Auca
ancestor earth high
Inca
Ayar Cachi
ancestor earth high
Inca
Ayar Uchu
ancestor earth high
Inca
Azumi-no-isora
ancestor water high
Japanese · Azumi people
Becket
ancestor high
Christian · Catholic
Bo U Din Kyaw Khaung
ancestor high
Burmese
Bodonchar Munkhag
ancestor earth high
Mongol
Bomazi
ancestor sky high
Bushongo
Bootstrap Bill
ancestor high
Cheonyeogwisin
ancestor high
ghosts
Clinton Coot
ancestor earth high
Companions of Saint Nicholas
ancestor earth high
European
Connla
ancestor high
Cornelius Coot
ancestor earth high
Datuk Zhang
ancestor high
Datuks
ancestor earth high
Malay · Chinese
Djang'kawu
ancestor earth high
Yolngu people · Aboriginal Australian
Domitilla
ancestor sky high
Christian · Roman
Ellei Bootur
ancestor high
Yakut
Emotan
ancestor earth high
Etim ‘Ne
ancestor earth high
Fisher's ghost
ancestor earth high
Australia
Gagavitz
ancestor water high
Maya
Garamas
ancestor high
Ghost of Queen Esther
ancestor earth high
Iroquois
Hellen
ancestor high
Greek
Heqaib
ancestor high
Egyptian
Hi-asa
ancestor earth high
Admiralty Islands mythology
Hine-ahu-one
ancestor earth high
Huji
ancestor earth high
Zhou dynasty · Chinese
Isadora
ancestor earth high
Jacky Jacky
ancestor high
Kaiwahawera
ancestor high
Kampukurta
ancestor earth high
Ngaanyatjarra
King Cleomenes
ancestor high
Kiʻi
ancestor high
Hawaiian
Klage
ancestor intermediate high
Knyaginya Olga
ancestor earth high
Kulito
ancestor intermediate high
Fon
Kuman Nee
ancestor intermediate high
Thai
Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu
ancestor earth high
Kwee Tiong Hok
ancestor high
La Sayona
ancestor high
Laura Moon
ancestor high
Lavinia
ancestor earth high
Roman
Lietuvēns
ancestor high
Liru (venomous snake people)
ancestor earth high
Anangu people · Dreaming
Lycaon
ancestor earth high
Greek
Mama Huaco
ancestor earth high
Inca
Mama Ipacura
ancestor earth high
Inca
Mama Raua
ancestor earth high
Inca
Maman Tchamba
ancestor earth high
Fon · Mina
Mangar-kunjer-kunja
ancestor earth high
Arrernte religion · Arrernte mythology
Mar'rallang
ancestor sky high
Ngarrindjeri
Mary Shelley's ghost
ancestor high
Mbongwe
ancestor earth high
Fang people
Meryptah
ancestor high
Minyè Aungdin
ancestor high
Myling
ancestor high
Scandinavian
Neferhetepes
ancestor high
Ngiṉṯaka
ancestor earth high
Aṉangu · Pitjantjatjara
Nokomis
ancestor earth high
Ojibwe · Anishinaabe
Nukumi
ancestor earth high
Mi'kmaq
Oiwa
ancestor high
Japanese
Okiku
ancestor high
Japanese
Oku
ancestor high
Yoruba
Old Woman of the Mountain
ancestor mountain high
Welsh
Omogoy Baai
ancestor high
Yakut
Pahemnetjer
ancestor high
Pahemred
ancestor high
Parawhenuamea
ancestor water high
Māori
Parias
ancestor earth high
Greek
Penbenebes
ancestor high
Phaeax
ancestor earth high
Greek · Phaeacian
Phi Kong Koi
ancestor high
Phi Tai Hong
ancestor intermediate high
Thai
Pipihura
ancestor high
Ptahemhat called Ty
ancestor high
Ptahmose
ancestor high
Ptahmose I
ancestor high
Ptahmose II
ancestor high
Pu Sae
ancestor mountain high
Lawa · Lua
Rachel
ancestor earth high
Jewish · Biblical
Rahko
ancestor sky high
Raja Manu
ancestor earth high
Hindu · Vedic tradition
Righteous Anna
ancestor high
Rén xiān
ancestor earth high
Saint Gorgonia
ancestor high
Sennefer
ancestor high
Seven Ancestors
ancestor earth high
Ojibwe · Potowatomi
Sinchi Roca
ancestor earth high
Inca
Slag Pile Annie
ancestor high
So Ah Chong
ancestor earth high
Cantonese Hakka · Ghee Hin secret society
St. Peter the Apostle
ancestor sky high
Christian
Svafrþorinn
ancestor high
Norse
Tarabya
ancestor high
The Red Lady of Huntingdon College
ancestor high
Thutmose
ancestor high
Tjilbruke
ancestor earth high
Kaurna