{"id":4458,"date":"2026-04-27T09:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/cultures-overview\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T09:42:51","slug":"cultures-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/cultures-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultures Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4458\" class=\"elementor elementor-4458 elementor-1920 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-k-hero-rebuilt-kultur iwg-kultur-hero e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"k-hero-rebuilt-kultur\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-khleft-kultur iwg-kultur-hero-left e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"khleft-kultur\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-k-h1-kultur elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"k-h1-kultur\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cultures Overview: 30 Mythologies Worldwide<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aj11-hero-lead-kultur e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aj11-hero-lead-kultur\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-k-lead-kultur elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"k-lead-kultur\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>iWell Guard documents beings and practices from <strong>30 cultures<\/strong>, from Mesopotamia and Egypt through Greece and Rome to Tibet, Vodou and the modern New Age movement.<\/em><\/p><p>This overview shows the full spectrum of cultures with entry points into each <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> and arranges the mythologies broadly by period, region and focus.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aj11-hero-toc-kultur e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aj11-hero-toc-kultur\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-k-toc-kultur elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"k-toc-kultur\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Contents of this page:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"#x404-h0\">Cultures Overview<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#add-kulturen-h0\">30 documented mythologies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#all-kulturen-h0\">32 cultures at a glance<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#regions-kulturen-h0\">Regional classification<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#iwgcb-kulturen-h\">iWell Guard and cultural traditions of protection<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-khrght-kultur iwg-kultur-hero-right e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"khrght-kultur\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-k-img-kultur elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"k-img-kultur\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/themen_kulturen-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4459\" alt=\"World mythologies as a composition with pyramid, temple, pagoda, stone circle, stave church\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/themen_kulturen-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/themen_kulturen-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/themen_kulturen-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/themen_kulturen.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x404-s0 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"x404-s0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x404-h0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"x404-h0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cultures Overview<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aj11-inner-fb34fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aj11-inner-fb34fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x404-t0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"x404-t0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The overview of all mythologies and historical religious traditions documented on iWell Guard.<\/p><p>Thirty main cultures plus two specific contexts, <strong>Vodou<\/strong> as an Afro-Caribbean form of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The merging of ideas or deities from different religious traditions.\" tabindex=\"0\">syncretism<\/span> and <strong>New Age<\/strong> as a modern Western <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A collective term for teachings that claim a hidden knowledge accessible only to the initiated.\" tabindex=\"0\">esotericism<\/span>, are recorded as separate landing pages, each with the history of the pantheon, characteristic beings, the state of the sources and cross-references to related cultures.<\/p><p>The cultural ordering complements the typological ordering used in the class overview <a href=\"\/en\/beings-class-overview\/\">beings<\/a>.<\/p><p>Anyone looking for a particular being can reach their goal through either route; the cultural ordering is especially useful for comparative questions, such as how beings of the dead relate to one another in the Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Greek traditions, or how similar functions are filled in entirely different pantheons.<\/p><p>This cultures overview brings together 30 mythologies worldwide.<\/p><div><p><strong>Logic of selection in the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">study of religion<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>The 30 mythological cultural areas documented on iWell Guard are selected according to criteria from the study of religion.<\/p><p>Three selection criteria were paramount: first, the density of sources for the respective tradition (available primary sources, developed secondary literature, academic research); second, the historical-religious autonomy of the tradition (its own <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span>, its own classes of beings, its own <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span> form); third, the relevance for the iWell Guard tradition of protection (beings or practices addressed in the protective <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A sacred syllable or formula repeated aloud in Hinduism and Buddhism.\" tabindex=\"0\">mantra<\/span>).<\/p><p>This selection is not exhaustive; further cultures with a rich historical-religious tradition will be added over the medium term.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-add-kulturen-s0 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"add-kulturen-s0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-add-kulturen-h0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"add-kulturen-h0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">30 documented mythologies<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aj11-inner-78a9de e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aj11-inner-78a9de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-add-kulturen-t0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"add-kulturen-t0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Overview from the study of religion<\/strong><\/p><p>The cultures and their religious traditions treated on iwell-guard.com span a temporal arc from about 3000 BC to the present and geographically from Egypt through Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, India, Tibet, East Asia to Africa and the New World.<\/p><p>Each culture brings with it its own ontology, its own assumptions about the nature of reality, the structure of the supernatural world and the role of humanity.<\/p><p>Egyptian <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religion<\/span> (ca. 3100 to 30 BC) is shaped by a complex <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span> structure, in which gods are at once cosmic forces (ma&#8217;at = order) and local figures of salvation.<\/p><p>Mesopotamian gods (Sumer, Babylon, ca. 3500 to 330 BC) are more like powerful rulers over specialized domains (Enuma Elish as cosmogony). Greek <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The era of Greek and Roman culture, roughly 800 BC to AD 600.\" tabindex=\"0\">antiquity<\/span> (8th to 1st century BC) humanizes its gods more strongly, links them to city-states (polis) and develops philosophical reflections on the divine.<\/p><p>Roman religion absorbs Greek gods, makes them pragmatic and subordinates them to the state <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of religious acts of veneration for a deity or sacred figure.\" tabindex=\"0\">cult<\/span>. Hinduism (ca. 1500 BC to the present) works with trinities (Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva), philosophical schools (Vedanta, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Religious-ritual tradition in Hinduism and Buddhism with a doctrine of energy polarities.\" tabindex=\"0\">Tantra<\/span>) and a cyclical <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The conception of the construction and order of the world within a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">cosmology<\/span>.<\/p><p>Buddhism (ca. 500 BC to the present) deconstructs the conception of gods in favor of enlightenment and the transcendence of suffering. Tibetan Buddhism absorbs local deities under the roof of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In the Indian religions, the teaching and the right order of action.\" tabindex=\"0\">dharma<\/span>.<\/p><p>The Chinese and Japanese traditions combine <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Veneration of a family's deceased members as enduringly active protective powers.\" tabindex=\"0\">ancestor veneration<\/span>, Taoism, Buddhism and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The indigenous religion of Japan, marked by the veneration of the kami.\" tabindex=\"0\">Shinto<\/span> worship. The Celtic tradition (ca. 1000 BC to the Middle Ages) leaves behind sparse sources, but is partly reconstructed in Irish collections of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the transmitted accounts of the gods of a culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">mythology<\/span> (Lebor Gab\u00e1la).<\/p><p>The Germanic tradition (Edda, Saxo Grammaticus) shows gods under an eschatology, Ragnar\u00f6k, the end of the world. The Slavic tradition is fragmentary, is rejected by ecclesiastical polemicists and is difficult to reconstruct.<\/p><p>The Islamic (ca. AD 610 to the present) and Christian (ca. 1st century to the present) traditions bring monotheistic, scripture-centered systems. The Jewish tradition (ca. 1300 BC to the present) interweaves history, legal principles and mystical speculation (<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A current of Jewish mysticism with principal works such as the Sefer Yetzirah and the Zohar.\" tabindex=\"0\">Kabbalah<\/span>).<\/p><p>And the Afro-American tradition (Vodou, Santer\u00eda, Candombl\u00e9, ca. 16th to 20th century) merges West African concepts of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ancestor venerated in many cultures as a protective power.\" tabindex=\"0\">ancestral<\/span> and spirit worlds with Christian saints and New World realities.<\/p><p>The special pages on each culture on iwell-guard.com offer deeper overviews, history, religious doctrines, deities and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A bodiless being to which agency in the world is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirits<\/span> in detail.<\/p><p>The iwell-guard.com encyclopedia pursues an interest grounded in the study of religion (not a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic study of God and the doctrines of a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">theological<\/span> or devotional one): how do people in different cultures understand the supernatural world, which concepts do they use, which ritual practices did they develop? Such an overview helps to recognize parallels and differences, and thereby to appreciate the depth of each individual tradition.<\/p><div><p><strong>Structural cross-connections between the cultures<\/strong><\/p><p>Comparative religious research recognizes a number of recurring structural patterns that are found in practically all developed mythologies.<\/p><p>The <em>high-god function<\/em> (Wilhelm Schmidt, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Romanian scholar of religion (1907-1986); shaped the phenomenological method in religious studies.\" tabindex=\"0\">Mircea Eliade<\/span>) is filled in almost all documented pantheons: Anu in Mesopotamia, Ra\/Atum in Egypt, Zeus in Greece, Jupiter in Rome, Brahma in Hinduism, Odin in the Germanic tradition, Tengri in the Turkic-Mongolian tradition.<\/p><p>The <em>death-god function<\/em> is analogously universal: Hades, Osiris\/Anubis, Yama, Hel, Mictlantecuhtli, Yanluo Wang. The <em>mother-complex function<\/em> is found as Demeter, Cybele, Ceres, Bhumi, Pachamama, Asase Yaa.<\/p><p>These constants have found two different readings in research. The <em>structural<\/em> reading (Georges Dum\u00e9zil, Mircea Eliade) interprets them as a mirror of fundamental categories of human experience, which must find their own answer in every developed <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The totality of the gods of a religion or culture.\" tabindex=\"0\">pantheon<\/span>.<\/p><p>The <em>diffusionist<\/em> reading (older historical comparison) interprets them as the result of cultural processes of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">transmission<\/span> between the high cultures. Current research combines both perspectives: some structures are genuine cultural constants, others are the result of documented processes of contact and transmission between neighboring traditions.<\/p><p><strong>Methodological notes on using the culture hubs<\/strong><\/p><p>Each of the 32 culture hubs on iWell Guard is built according to a uniform scheme: a two-column hero with H1, lead and image, followed by a cluster text on historical-religious classification, a card grid with the documented beings of the respective culture (gods, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">demons<\/span>, spirits, beings of light) and a list of sources.<\/p><p>The card grids are arranged by class of being; each card opens the detail page for the respective being. Through the tradition pills (high <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A being venerated as divine within a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">deity<\/span>, protective deity, deity of the dead, anti-god and corresponding <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being to which effects in the world are attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirit<\/span> subclasses) beings with a similar function can be compared across cultures.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef6e676 e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ef6e676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"all-kulturen-s0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-all-kulturen-h0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"all-kulturen-h0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"all-kulturen-h0\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">32 cultures at a glance<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b9602 e-con-full iwg-grid-container e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06b9602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2baa0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"e2baa0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-wesen-grid\"><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/egypt\/\" aria-label=\"Egypt \u2013 Egypt\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_aegypten_bes-1-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Egypt \u2013 Egypt\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Egypt<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/mesopotamia\/\" aria-label=\"Mesopotamia \u2013 Mesopotamia\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_mesopotamien_anu-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Mesopotamia \u2013 Mesopotamia\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Mesopotamia<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/greece\/\" aria-label=\"Greece \u2013 Greece\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_griechenland_hekate-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Greece \u2013 Greece\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Greece<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/rome\/\" aria-label=\"Rome \u2013 Rome\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_rom_lamiae-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Rome \u2013 Rome\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Rome<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/celtic\/\" aria-label=\"Celtic \u2013 Celtic\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_keltisch_cailleach-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Celtic \u2013 Celtic\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Celtic<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/germanic\/\" aria-label=\"Germanic \u2013 Germanic\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_germanisch_odin-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Germanic \u2013 Germanic\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Germanic<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/slavic\/\" aria-label=\"Slavic \u2013 Slavic\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_slawisch_baba-jaga-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Slavic \u2013 Slavic\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Slavic<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/hinduism\/\" aria-label=\"Hinduism \u2013 Hinduism\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_hinduismus_asura-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Hinduism \u2013 Hinduism\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Hinduism<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/buddhism\/\" aria-label=\"Buddhism \u2013 Buddhism\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_buddhismus_mara-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Buddhism \u2013 Buddhism\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Buddhism<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/tibet\/\" aria-label=\"Tibet \u2013 Tibet\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geister_tibet_gyalpo-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Tibet \u2013 Tibet\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Tibet<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/japan\/\" aria-label=\"Japan \u2013 Japan\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_japan_oni-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Japan \u2013 Japan\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Japan<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/china\/\" aria-label=\"China \u2013 China\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geister_china_e-gui-200x300.webp\" alt=\"China \u2013 China\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">China<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/korea\/\" aria-label=\"Korea \u2013 Korea\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geister_korea_cheonyeo-gwishin-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Korea \u2013 Korea\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Korea<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/vodou\/\" aria-label=\"Vodou \u2013 Vodou\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_vodou_baron-samedi-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Vodou \u2013 Vodou\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Vodou<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/islam\/\" aria-label=\"Islam \u2013 Islam\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_islam_iblis-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Islam \u2013 Islam\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Islam<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/judaism\/\" aria-label=\"Judaism \u2013 Judaism\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_judentum_asmodai-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Judaism \u2013 Judaism\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Judaism<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/christianity\/\" aria-label=\"Christianity \u2013 Christianity\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_christentum_beelzebub-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Christianity \u2013 Christianity\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Christianity<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/new-age\/\" aria-label=\"New Age \u2013 New Age\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lichtwesen_new-age-200x300.webp\" alt=\"New Age \u2013 New Age\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">New Age<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/hittite-anatolian-tarhunna-thousands-of-gods-and-protective-practice\/\" aria-label=\"Hittite-Anatolian: Tarhunna, Thousands of Gods and Protective Practice\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_hethitisch_anu-hethitisch-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Hittite-Anatolian: Tarhunna, Thousands of Gods and Protective Practice\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Hittite-Anatolian: Tarhunna, Thousands of Gods and Protective Practice<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/phoenicians-and-carthage-baal-tanit-and-the-tradition-of-protection\/\" aria-label=\"Phoenicians and Carthage: Baal, Tanit, and the Tradition of Protection\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_phoenizisch_baal-hadad-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Phoenicians and Carthage: Baal, Tanit, and the Tradition of Protection\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Phoenicians and Carthage: Baal, Tanit, and the Tradition of Protection<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/iran-and-zoroastrianism-avesta-ahura-mazda-and-faravahar\/\" aria-label=\"Iran and Zoroastrianism: Avesta, Ahura Mazda and Faravahar\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_iran-zoroastrismus_ahura-mazda-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Iran and Zoroastrianism: Avesta, Ahura Mazda and Faravahar\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Iran and Zoroastrianism: Avesta, Ahura Mazda and Faravahar<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/etruscan-religion-haruspex-disciplina-and-protective-practice\/\" aria-label=\"Etruscan Religion: Haruspex, Disciplina and Protective Practice\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_etruskisch_aita-1-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Etruscan Religion: Haruspex, Disciplina and Protective Practice\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Etruscan Religion: Haruspex, Disciplina and Protective Practice<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/daoism-pantheon-talismans-and-protective-practice\/\" aria-label=\"Daoism: Pantheon, Talismans and Protective Practice\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_china_jade-kaiser-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Daoism: Pantheon, Talismans and Protective Practice\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Daoism: Pantheon, Talismans and Protective Practice<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/siberian-shamanism-and-tengrism-steppe-and-taiga\/\" aria-label=\"Siberian Shamanism and Tengrism: Steppe and Taiga\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_tengri-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Siberian Shamanism and Tengrism: Steppe and Taiga\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Siberian Shamanism and Tengrism: Steppe and Taiga<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/mesoamerican-mythology-maya-aztecs-olmecs\/\" aria-label=\"Mesoamerican Mythology: Maya, Aztecs, Olmecs\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_mythologie-mesoamerika_quetzalcoatl-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Mesoamerican Mythology: Maya, Aztecs, Olmecs\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Mesoamerican Mythology: Maya, Aztecs, Olmecs<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/andean-cultures-and-the-inca-inti-pachamama-and-viracocha\/\" aria-label=\"Andean Cultures and the Inca: Inti, Pachamama and Viracocha\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_anden-inka_illapa-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Andean Cultures and the Inca: Inti, Pachamama and Viracocha\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Andean Cultures and the Inca: Inti, Pachamama and Viracocha<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/native-american-gods-wakan-tanka-and-first-nations\/\" aria-label=\"Native American Gods: Wakan Tanka and First Nations\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_native-american_changing-woman-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Native American Gods: Wakan Tanka and First Nations\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Native American Gods: Wakan Tanka and First Nations<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/african-caribbean-traditions-vodou-santeria-candomble\/\" aria-label=\"African-Caribbean Traditions: Vodou, Santer\u00eda, Candombl\u00e9\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_vodou_papa-legba-200x300.webp\" alt=\"African-Caribbean Traditions: Vodou, Santer\u00eda, Candombl\u00e9\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">African-Caribbean Traditions: Vodou, Santer\u00eda, Candombl\u00e9<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/polynesia-maori-hawaii-and-protective-traditions\/\" aria-label=\"Polynesia: Maori, Hawaii and Protective Traditions\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_polynesisch-maori_hi-iaka-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Polynesia: Maori, Hawaii and Protective Traditions\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Polynesia: Maori, Hawaii and Protective Traditions<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/aboriginal-australia-dreamtime-tjukurpa-and-protective-objects\/\" aria-label=\"Aboriginal Australia: Dreamtime, Tjukurpa and Protective Objects\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_aboriginal_baiame-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Aboriginal Australia: Dreamtime, Tjukurpa and Protective Objects\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Aboriginal Australia: Dreamtime, Tjukurpa and Protective Objects<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/inuit-and-the-arctic-sedna-tornit-and-protective-practice\/\" aria-label=\"Inuit and the Arctic: Sedna, Tornit and Protective Practice\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_inuit_igaluk-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Inuit and the Arctic: Sedna, Tornit and Protective Practice\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Inuit and the Arctic: Sedna, Tornit and Protective Practice<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/sami-and-finno-ugric-tradition-noaidi-and-drum\/\" aria-label=\"Sami and Finno-Ugric Tradition: Noaidi and Drum\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_sami_beaivi-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Sami and Finno-Ugric Tradition: Noaidi and Drum\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Sami and Finno-Ugric Tradition: Noaidi and Drum<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d73876b e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d73876b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"regions-kulturen-s0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-regions-kulturen-h0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"regions-kulturen-h0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"regions-kulturen-h0\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Regional classification<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eac5b92 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eac5b92\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e57889 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e57889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The 32 documented cultures can be ordered broadly by major geographic areas. The division follows the convention of the study of religion and makes comparative reading easier.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fefc2c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"fefc2c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-wesen-grid\"><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/egypt\/\" aria-label=\"Egypt \u2013 Egypt\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_aegypten_bes-1-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Egypt \u2013 Egypt\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Egypt<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/mesopotamia\/\" aria-label=\"Mesopotamia \u2013 Mesopotamia\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_mesopotamien_anu-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Mesopotamia \u2013 Mesopotamia\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Mesopotamia<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/hittite-anatolian-tarhunna-thousands-of-gods-and-protective-practice\/\" aria-label=\"Hittite-Anatolian: Tarhunna, Thousands of Gods and Protective Practice\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_hethitisch_anu-hethitisch-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Hittite-Anatolian: Tarhunna, Thousands of Gods and Protective Practice\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Hittite-Anatolian: Tarhunna, Thousands of Gods and Protective Practice<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/phoenicians-and-carthage-baal-tanit-and-the-tradition-of-protection\/\" aria-label=\"Phoenicians and Carthage: Baal, Tanit, and the Tradition of Protection\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_phoenizisch_baal-hadad-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Phoenicians and Carthage: Baal, Tanit, and the Tradition of Protection\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Phoenicians and Carthage: Baal, Tanit, and the Tradition of Protection<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/iran-and-zoroastrianism-avesta-ahura-mazda-and-faravahar\/\" aria-label=\"Iran and Zoroastrianism: Avesta, Ahura Mazda and Faravahar\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_iran-zoroastrismus_ahura-mazda-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Iran and Zoroastrianism: Avesta, Ahura Mazda and Faravahar\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Iran and Zoroastrianism: Avesta, Ahura Mazda and Faravahar<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/etruscan-religion-haruspex-disciplina-and-protective-practice\/\" aria-label=\"Etruscan Religion: Haruspex, Disciplina and Protective Practice\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_etruskisch_aita-1-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Etruscan Religion: Haruspex, Disciplina and Protective Practice\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Etruscan Religion: Haruspex, Disciplina and Protective Practice<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/greece\/\" aria-label=\"Greece \u2013 Greece\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_griechenland_hekate-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Greece \u2013 Greece\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Greece<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/rome\/\" aria-label=\"Rome \u2013 Rome\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_rom_lamiae-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Rome \u2013 Rome\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Rome<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/celtic\/\" aria-label=\"Celtic \u2013 Celtic\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_keltisch_cailleach-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Celtic \u2013 Celtic\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Celtic<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/germanic\/\" aria-label=\"Germanic \u2013 Germanic\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_germanisch_odin-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Germanic \u2013 Germanic\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Germanic<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/slavic\/\" aria-label=\"Slavic \u2013 Slavic\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_slawisch_baba-jaga-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Slavic \u2013 Slavic\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Slavic<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/sami-and-finno-ugric-tradition-noaidi-and-drum\/\" aria-label=\"Sami and Finno-Ugric Tradition: Noaidi and Drum\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_sami_beaivi-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Sami and Finno-Ugric Tradition: Noaidi and Drum\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Sami and Finno-Ugric Tradition: Noaidi and Drum<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/hinduism\/\" aria-label=\"Hinduism \u2013 Hinduism\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_hinduismus_asura-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Hinduism \u2013 Hinduism\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Hinduism<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/buddhism\/\" aria-label=\"Buddhism \u2013 Buddhism\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_buddhismus_mara-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Buddhism \u2013 Buddhism\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Buddhism<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/daoism-pantheon-talismans-and-protective-practice\/\" aria-label=\"Daoism: Pantheon, Talismans and Protective Practice\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_china_jade-kaiser-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Daoism: Pantheon, Talismans and Protective Practice\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Daoism: Pantheon, Talismans and Protective Practice<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/tibet\/\" aria-label=\"Tibet \u2013 Tibet\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geister_tibet_gyalpo-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Tibet \u2013 Tibet\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Tibet<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/china\/\" aria-label=\"China \u2013 China\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geister_china_e-gui-200x300.webp\" alt=\"China \u2013 China\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">China<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/korea\/\" aria-label=\"Korea \u2013 Korea\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geister_korea_cheonyeo-gwishin-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Korea \u2013 Korea\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Korea<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/japan\/\" aria-label=\"Japan \u2013 Japan\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_japan_oni-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Japan \u2013 Japan\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Japan<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/siberian-shamanism-and-tengrism-steppe-and-taiga\/\" aria-label=\"Siberian Shamanism and Tengrism: Steppe and Taiga\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_sibirisch-tengrismus_tengri-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Siberian Shamanism and Tengrism: Steppe and Taiga\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Siberian Shamanism and Tengrism: Steppe and Taiga<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/mesoamerican-mythology-maya-aztecs-olmecs\/\" aria-label=\"Mesoamerican Mythology: Maya, Aztecs, Olmecs\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_mythologie-mesoamerika_quetzalcoatl-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Mesoamerican Mythology: Maya, Aztecs, Olmecs\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Mesoamerican Mythology: Maya, Aztecs, Olmecs<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/andean-cultures-and-the-inca-inti-pachamama-and-viracocha\/\" aria-label=\"Andean Cultures and the Inca: Inti, Pachamama and Viracocha\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_anden-inka_illapa-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Andean Cultures and the Inca: Inti, Pachamama and Viracocha\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Andean Cultures and the Inca: Inti, Pachamama and Viracocha<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/native-american-gods-wakan-tanka-and-first-nations\/\" aria-label=\"Native American Gods: Wakan Tanka and First Nations\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_native-american_changing-woman-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Native American Gods: Wakan Tanka and First Nations\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Native American Gods: Wakan Tanka and First Nations<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/inuit-and-the-arctic-sedna-tornit-and-protective-practice\/\" aria-label=\"Inuit and the Arctic: Sedna, Tornit and Protective Practice\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_inuit_igaluk-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Inuit and the Arctic: Sedna, Tornit and Protective Practice\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Inuit and the Arctic: Sedna, Tornit and Protective Practice<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/polynesia-maori-hawaii-and-protective-traditions\/\" aria-label=\"Polynesia: Maori, Hawaii and Protective Traditions\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_polynesisch-maori_hi-iaka-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Polynesia: Maori, Hawaii and Protective Traditions\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Polynesia: Maori, Hawaii and Protective Traditions<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/aboriginal-australia-dreamtime-tjukurpa-and-protective-objects\/\" aria-label=\"Aboriginal Australia: Dreamtime, Tjukurpa and Protective Objects\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_aboriginal_baiame-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Aboriginal Australia: Dreamtime, Tjukurpa and Protective Objects\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Aboriginal Australia: Dreamtime, Tjukurpa and Protective Objects<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/judaism\/\" aria-label=\"Judaism \u2013 Judaism\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/daemonen_judentum_asmodai-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Judaism \u2013 Judaism\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Judaism<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/christianity\/\" aria-label=\"Christianity \u2013 Christianity\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_christentum_beelzebub-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Christianity \u2013 Christianity\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Christianity<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/islam\/\" aria-label=\"Islam \u2013 Islam\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_islam_iblis-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Islam \u2013 Islam\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Islam<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/african-caribbean-traditions-vodou-santeria-candomble\/\" aria-label=\"African-Caribbean Traditions: Vodou, Santer\u00eda, Candombl\u00e9\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_vodou_papa-legba-200x300.webp\" alt=\"African-Caribbean Traditions: Vodou, Santer\u00eda, Candombl\u00e9\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">African-Caribbean Traditions: Vodou, Santer\u00eda, Candombl\u00e9<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/vodou\/\" aria-label=\"Vodou \u2013 Vodou\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/goetter_vodou_baron-samedi-200x300.webp\" alt=\"Vodou \u2013 Vodou\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">Vodou<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><a class=\"iwg-wesen-card\" href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/new-age\/\" aria-label=\"New Age \u2013 New Age\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-imgwrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lichtwesen_new-age-200x300.webp\" alt=\"New Age \u2013 New Age\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-body\"><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-name\">New Age<\/div><div class=\"iwg-wesen-card-arrow\">\u2192 To the being<\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcb-kulturen-sec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgcb-kulturen-sec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"iwg-cb-kulturen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcb-kulturen-inner e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"iwgcb-kulturen-inner\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-iwgcb-kulturen-h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"iwgcb-kulturen-h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"iwgcb-kulturen-h\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">iWell Guard and cultural traditions of protection<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10e8866 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10e8866\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each of the 32 cultures develops its own rituals of protection, apotropaism and purification. The central practices, Hamsa, Mezuzah, protective symbols, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Magical sign that graphically condenses a spirit or an intention; central in Goetia, the Spare tradition, and chaos magic.\" tabindex=\"0\">sigil<\/span> <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Practices that seek to intervene in the course of events through special actions or formulas.\" tabindex=\"0\">magic<\/span>, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A religious system in which specialists communicate with the world of spirits.\" tabindex=\"0\">shamanism<\/span> and similar ones, are documented in the <a href=\"\/en\/magical-practices\/\">practices overview<\/a>.<\/p><p>Anyone looking for the practices of a particular tradition reaches the respective relevant beings and means of protection directly through the culture page.<\/p><p>From the documented cultures iWell Guard does not adopt any specific belief, but brings them together as comparative material for the study of religion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cultures Overview: 30 Mythologies Worldwide iWell Guard documents beings and practices from 30 cultures, from Mesopotamia and Egypt through Greece and Rome to Tibet, Vodou and the modern New Age movement. This overview shows the full spectrum of cultures with entry points into each tradition and arranges the mythologies broadly by period, region and focus. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4459,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"cultures","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Cultures Overview: iWell Guard","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"30 mythologies worldwide, from Egypt and Mesopotamia to Polynesia and the Arctic. 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