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Search 3,721 documents across 34 fields — every claim tier-rated by evidence

3,721 Documents 34 Sections 43,625 Citations 34,852 Keywords Indexed 4 Evidence Tiers

3,633 are the core, quality-scored corpus (34 lettered sections — see How We Work); the remaining 88 are cross-corpus synthesis documents (68 InterDocs, 12 Connections, 8 Theories) also indexed here.

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D_4_02 Verified Sites & Artifacts

D_4_02 — Submerged Structures & Underwater Archaeology

Since the Last Glacial Maximum (~26,500–19,000 BP), global sea levels have risen approximately 120–130 meters, inundating an estimated 25 million km² of formerly habitable land — an area larger than North America. Any co

Yonaguni Dwarka Pavlopetri Bimini Road Nan Madol Heracleion
D_4_08 Verified Sites & Artifacts

D_4_08 — Underwater City of Pavlopetri: Bronze Age Submerged Site

Pavlopetri — a submerged settlement lying at shallow depths (1–4 m) just offshore of the Pounta headland in Vatika Bay, southern Laconia (Peloponnese, Greece), near the island of Elafonisos — is the oldest known submerge

Pavlopetri submerged city underwater archaeology Bronze Age Mycenaean Minoan
B_5_18 Credible Beings & Entities

B_5_18 — Iranian Mythology: Shahnameh, Divs, and the Cosmic Struggle

Iranian mythology constitutes one of the world's oldest and most influential mythological traditions, deeply shaped by Zoroastrian cosmic dualism — the eternal struggle between Ahura Mazda (Wise Lord, truth/asha) and Ang

iranian mythology shahnameh ferdowsi zoroastrian mythology divs ahura mazda
B_5_09 Verified Beings & Entities

B_5_09 — The Underworld: Descent Myths and Subterranean Realms

The Underworld — the realm beneath or beyond the living world where the dead reside, spirits dwell, and cosmic forces operate — is among the most universal motifs in human mythology. Virtually every major civilization ha

underworld descent myth katabasis Duat Hades Xibalba
B_5_02 Verified Beings & Entities

B_5_02 — Shape-Shifting, Therianthropy, and Human-Animal Transformation

The belief that humans can transform into animals — and that some beings exist in hybrid human-animal forms — is one of the oldest and most widespread motifs in human culture. The famous "Lion-Man" of Hohlenstein-Stadel

shape-shifting therianthropy therianthrope lycanthropy werewolf skinwalker
B_5_01 Verified Beings & Entities

B_5_01 — Animal Symbolism Beyond Serpents — Eagle, Jaguar, Bull, Fish

While serpent symbolism dominates this project's B-section (→ [B_2_01](../B2_Humanoid_Crypto_Entities/B_2_01_Reptilian_Beings_Overview.md)–B_3_02), four other animals appear with extraordinary consistency across unrelate

animal symbolism eagle jaguar bull fish totemism
B_5_19 Credible Beings & Entities

B_5_19 — Mother Goddess Traditions: Fertility, Earth, and the Sacred Feminine

The veneration of a maternal or earth-associated female divine figure appears across virtually every documented human culture — from Paleolithic Venus figurines (c. 40,000 BCE) through Neolithic Çatalhöyük (c. 7500 BCE)

mother goddess great mother fertility goddess sacred feminine marija gimbutas çatalhöyük
B_4_11 Verified Beings & Entities

B_4_11 — Apsaras and Gandharvas: Hindu-Buddhist Celestial Beings

Apsaras (apsarā, "moving in water" or "moving between waters of the clouds") and Gandharvas (gandharva) are complementary classes of celestial beings in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology — the divine dancers/nymphs and divine

Apsaras Gandharvas celestial nymphs celestial musicians Hindu mythology Buddhist cosmology
B_4_05 Verified Beings & Entities

B_4_05 — Ancestor Spirits and Ancestral Worship Traditions

Ancestor veneration is arguably the most universal religious practice in human history, attested in every inhabited continent from the Neolithic onward. It rests on a shared premise: the dead do not disappear but persist

ancestor worship ancestor spirits veneration Obon Egungun Vodou
B_4_08 Verified Beings & Entities

B_4_08 — Trickster Figures Across Cultures

The Trickster — a being who violates rules, transgresses boundaries, subverts authority, and through cunning, deception, and apparent chaos paradoxically creates, transforms, or renews the world — appears across virtuall

trickster culture hero boundary crosser Loki Coyote Anansi
B_4_01 Beings & Entities

B_4_01 — Solomon and the Jinn

The Islamic tradition preserves one of the most detailed and theologically developed accounts of a human ruler commanding non-human beings. In the Quran, Sulayman (Solomon) is granted divine authority over the jinn — int

Solomon Jinn Quran Iblis Ifrit Marid
B_4_10 Verified Beings & Entities

B_4_10 — Hag, Baba Yaga, and Crone Archetypes

The Crone — an aged, powerful, often terrifying supernatural woman who serves as gatekeeper between worlds, tester of heroes, devourer of the unworthy, and keeper of hidden wisdom — is among the most ancient and widespre

hag Baba Yaga crone wise woman old woman witch
B_4_02 Beings & Entities

B_4_02 — Mandaeism: Living Gnostic Religion

Mandaeism is one of the oldest continuously practiced Gnostic religions in the world, with an estimated 60,000-100,000 adherents primarily concentrated in southern Iraq and southwestern Iran, with significant diaspora co

Mandaeism Mandaeans Ginza Rabba John the Baptist Gnostic Ptahil
B_2_14 Verified Beings & Entities

B_2_14 — Undead and Revenant Traditions Beyond Vampires

The revenant — a corpse that returns from death to interact with the living — is one of the most ancient and widespread categories in world folklore, distinct from (though overlapping with) the vampire tradition treated

undead revenant draugr jiangshi zombie voodoo
B_2_07 Credible Beings & Entities

B_2_07 — Fairy, Fae, and 'Hidden People' Traditions

Across virtually every human culture, traditions exist of "hidden peoples" — beings who inhabit a parallel realm adjacent to but normally invisible within the human world. In Ireland, they are the Aos Sí (Tuatha Dé Danan

fairy fae faerie sidhe aos sí tuatha dé danann
B_2_23 Verified Beings & Entities

B_2_23 — Shapeshifter: Transformation Mythology Across Cultures

The shapeshifter — a being that can alter its physical form, often between human and animal — is arguably the single most universal mythological motif, appearing in every documented human culture with sufficient mytholog

shapeshifter transformation metamorphosis skinwalker selkie kitsune
B_2_04 Verified Beings & Entities

B_2_04 — Ancient Rulers & Extraordinary Lifespans

Multiple ancient civilizations — Sumerian, Biblical, Egyptian, Chinese, Japanese, and Indian — recorded rulers with extraordinarily long lifespans far exceeding normal human expectancy. All traditions share a striking pa

Sumerian King List antediluvian kings Methuselah Genesis genealogy sexagesimal base-60
B_2_13 Verified Beings & Entities

B_2_13 — Succubi, Incubi, and Supernatural Sexual Encounters

Reports of nocturnal supernatural sexual encounters constitute one of the most globally consistent categories of anomalous experience, documented across every inhabited continent and spanning thousands of years. The incu

succubus incubus Lilith supernatural sexual encounter sleep paralysis night visitor
B_2_10 Credible Beings & Entities

B_2_10 — Vampiric Entities Across Cultures

The concept of a predatory undead or supernatural being that sustains itself by draining life force — blood, breath, sexual energy, or vital essence — from the living appears independently across nearly every major cultu

vampire strigoi jiangshi aswang vetala Lilith
B_2_21 Verified Beings & Entities

B_2_21 — Unicorn: Horse-Horn Mythology and Cultural Persistence

The unicorn — a single-horned equine creature of extraordinary beauty and power — is one of the most enduring mythological figures in world culture, with a documented textual tradition spanning at least 2,400 years and p

unicorn monoceros re'em qilin kirin Ctesias