...ury in the thirteenth century as being small spirit folk with the faces of old men.
The Portunes had great strength, and lent their aid to others, and were capable of accomplishing e
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In demonology, '''Ronwe''' is a Marquis and Great Earl of Hell.
Ronwe is a Marquis and Great Earl of Hell, commanding nineteen legions of demons.
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...shrines dedicated to the worship of the deity as well as the recounting of old oral lores which depict the character of Ekwensu.
...he Igbo Imagination : a Heroic Deity Or Christian Devil, Nsukka, Nigeria : Great AP Express, 2005.
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...ns, sometimes as young as children, while actually being hundreds of years old. They may have webbed hands and feet, resembling some descriptions of selki
If an Asrai is seen by a man, her beauty is so great that, according to folklore, the man will instantly wish to capture her. Th
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...ce to suit her purpose, but in her right form she looked very much like an old woman, excepting that her whole body was covered with a skin as hard as a r
...nother. To get over the rough country more easily she undertook to build a great rock bridge through the air from Nûñyû'-tlu`gûñ'yï, the "Tree rock,"
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In Germany, the '''Wichtlein''' (singular: ''Wichtlan'') are little old long-bearded men, about 60 cm high, which haunt the mines of the southern l
..., and are about three quarters of an ell high. Their appearance is that of old men with long beards. They haunt the mines, and are dressed like miners, wi
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The tradition of the Padfoot seems to have originated with the old practice of sealing up a live animal, usually a boar or dog, to act as a gu
A certain Yorkshire woman, called Old Sally Dransfield, the carrier from Leeds to Swillington, is a firm believer
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'''Black Shuck''' or '''Old Shuck''' is the name given to an English ghostly [[Black Dog]] which is sai
In the village of '''Overstrand''' the old Village Sign used to show a picture of the legendary Black Shuck and to thi
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...her Index'' tale type ATU 501, ''The Three Old Spinning Women''. She is an old, deformed woman who lives underground with a group of other spinsters, all
...she could call for the yarn in the evening; but she received no reply; the old woman's form passed away from her among the trees and bushes, and disappear
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It is said that Lord Byron, Jesus, Alexander the Great, pianist Liberace, poet Kahlil Gibran, actress Lillian Gish and Shakespeare
...ed that ‘if they had it on them when they were pleading in court, it was a great help in winning the case.’ ”
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He usually takes the form of an short old man with a large mouth full of sharp teeth. His eyes are fiery red and his
...reme lowlands of Scotland along the English border. He haunts the ruins of old castles and cairns which he guards with his life.
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...ythology, among other things. ''Cthulhu'' is often preceded by the title ''Great'' or ''Dread''.
...ly an absurd definition to give to "outre" creatures such as the Great Old Ones; however, there is the impression that another being in the mythos, [[Shub-
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...re violent crimes happened. As they are likely to appear next to water and Great Britain, being the place where they are mostly reported, presents few areas
Black Dogs have been greatly reported in Great Britain, especially in England, and are mainly considered a British phenome
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...of air force personnel are returning to their base at Morbach. Passing the old shrine they notice the candle is out. They begin to laugh and joke about th
...ses to pursue the creature. Many believe that the coincidence is just too great, and that the creature that was spotted was the infamous real werewolf –
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...iful, naked female being with long hair; from behind she is hollow like an old tree trunk. In Norway she has a cow's tail, and in Sweden she may have that
...he introduction of Christianity in Scandinavia, the main occupation of the old sky god Odin came to be to chase down and kill as many huldra as possible i
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...d in Arima beneath the earth, grim Echidna, a nymph who dies not nor grows old all her days.'' (''[[Theogony]]'', 295-305)
*In Gene Wolfe's ''Book of the Long Sun'', Echidna appears as the Great Queen of the gods and the wife of the chief god Pas.
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...m as he hit the water. Ola knew he had no time to lose, so he set off at a great rate, running through the churchyard which lay between his home and the boa
...is a strong correlation between the draugr and the monster Grendel in the Old English narrative poem Beowulf.
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The Shunka Warakin was reported from the Great Plains during pioneer days, by both white settlers and Native American trib
...ldlife and Parks Website this animal has since been identified as a 4 year old male wolf with unusually red colored fur.
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...rance of the castle and a passage used to lead from it, through one of the old churches, to the Captain of the Guard's Room. At the end of the day one of
...diers, who at length, by being so much accustomed to the sight of it, lost great part of the terror they were seized with at its first appearance. They stil
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The word is derived from the Old Irish ''ben síde'', modern Irish ''bean sídhe'' or ''bean sí'', (''bean'
...pears in one of three guises: a young woman, a stately matron or a raddled old hag which corresponds to the triple aspects of the Celtic goddess of war an
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