Badgers in Mythology and Religion
- The badger kinsmen of Tadg, King of Tara from Irish folklore
- Mujina Badger in shapeshifting a Japanese Mythology
- Noppera-bō, shapeshifting spirits from Japanese folklore that usually take the form of a faceless human ghosts, but are occasionally translated as mujina (the Japanese badger spirit)
- Rock hyrax have been translated from the original Hebrew as badgers in the King James Bible
- Tanuki from Japanese folklore are often translated for English-speaking audiences as badgers
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