# Supernatural Being Called A "Lind"?

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**Created:** [May 28, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-being-called-a-lind/787611 "2017-05-28T18:48:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-being-called-a-lind/787611/1 "2017-05-28T18:48:29Z")

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On Deviant Art, I found a collection of images called “Angels, Demons And Lind”.

The first two I get, but I could identify anything from the third classification.

Note–some images are NSFW

[PropertyofLamb - Hobbyist, General Artist | DeviantArt](http://propertyoflamb.deviantart.com/favourites/53280628/Angels-Demons-and-Lind?offset=0)

What is a “Lind”?

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-being-called-a-lind/787611/2 "2017-05-28T19:12:12Z")

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I had never heard of a Lind, so I went googling. Apparently it’s a character in the Japanese manga “Oh My Goddess” and is some sort of Valkyrie goddess.

There’s some info here:

> **[List of Oh My Goddess! characters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Oh_My_Goddess!_characters)**
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> The following are characters in the Oh My Goddess! manga and anime series:
> Voiced by: Masami Kikuchi (Japanese); Matt Caplan (English)
> Keiichi Morisato (森里 螢一, Morisato Keiichi) is a student of the Nekomi Institute of Technology and a member of the NIT Motor Club. One day Keiichi accidentally dials the Goddess Relief Office. After summoning Belldandy by accident, he ends up wishing for her to be by his side forever. Ever since, the two have been together. Keiichi's pure and innocent personali...

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**Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-being-called-a-lind/787611/3 "2017-05-28T19:12:46Z")

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I’m very sure that Lind is just the name of a character in the popular Ah, My Goddess anime series. The author of the webpage you are viewing could have done a better job of titling it. In this case Lind is a god/angel.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supernatural-being-called-a-lind/787611/4 "2017-05-29T09:31:30Z")

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OK, thank you for the answers.  
🙂