Across
- 4. a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition
- 5. a god or goddess (in a polytheistic religion).
- 6. a long and eventful or adventurous journey or experience.
- 10. a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one, by natural or supernatural means.
- 12. a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.
- 15. a long-established custom or belief that has been passed on from one generation to another.
- 16. a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the intellect.
Down
- 1. the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community, passed through the generations by word of mouth.
- 2. an animal (such as Sasquatch or the Loch Ness Monster) that has been claimed to exist but never proven to exist
- 3. a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.
- 7. a widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief.
- 8. a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.
- 9. prohibited or restricted by social custom.
- 11. a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
- 13. a superhuman being or spirit worshiped as having power over nature or human fortunes;
- 14. a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true.