Persona Ideas

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This is the page for all those neat ideas for personas we find in research but cannot use. For now this page is organized by theme, but this may change or be expanded upon.


Death

Name Origin Description
Black Dog British Isles A large black dog, said to foretell a person's death. There are various names for the dogs, depending on the prcise location.
Macaria Greek Either the daughter of Hercules who sacrificed her life for her city, or the counterpart of Thanatos who brought good death.
Maximón Mayan/Catholic A modernization and mix of the Mayan god Mam and Catholic beliefs who serves as a link between this world and the underworld. Unlike San La Muerte and Santa Muerte, he is not seen as benevolent.
Melinoe Greek Daughter of Persephone who wandered the earth with a retinue of ghosts every night.
Meng Po Chinese Folk Religion Serves the Tea of Forgetfulness to souls before reincarnation, so that they may not remember their previous lives.
Mors Roman The personification of death, similar to Thanatos.
San La Muerte South American/Catholic A modernization and mix of Catholic and South American beliefs who is worshiped as a god of death.
Santa Muerte Mesoamerican/Catholic A modernization of the death goddess Mictecacihuatl mixed with aspects of Catholic beliefs. She is worshiped as a goddess of death.


Love

Name Origin Description
Odette Swan Lake, 1875-76 A princess cursed to be a swan during the day. Falls in love with the prince Siegfried. Depending on the ending, she is freed through the power of love, or sacrifices herself for it.

Luck

Name Origin Description
Arkan Sonney Manx A long-haired fairy pig. It's said that anyone who catches one is blessed with good fortune, though they run from humans.

Ocean and Sea

Name Origin Description
Sedna Inuit The Inuit goddess of the sea, she also governs Adlivun, the underworld. Hunters prayed to her to ensure that their hunts of sea mammals went well.

Drunkenness

Name Origin Description
Centzon Totochtin Aztec The 'Four Hundred Rabbits' in Nahuatl, they govern drunkenness. One of their number, Macuiltochtli, is a member of the Ahuiateteo, the gods of excess.

Prophecy

Name Origin Description
Elizabeth Barton Great Britain, (1506?–20 April 1534) An English Catholic nun, whose visions of the Virgin Mary made her a popular political figure. Executed for treason when she challenged Henry VIII.

Temptation

Name Origin Description
Glashtyn Manx BLURB
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