The pantheon of Joad is a group of eight near-universal mythological figures of a wildly debated nature - depending on who you ask, they could be deities, saints, demons, or merely folklore. But most of them are acknowledged as existing in some way or another across religions of varying places and peoples.
Along with the eight "proper" pantheon figures, there's also a ninth.... entity which also is seen in pretty much every religion on the planet, that is, the Wolf King.