...d as beautiful, winged guardians. Later they became fierce, filthy, winged monsters who had characteristics of a bird and a woman, similar to that of the early
...neus, at whose residence the Argonauts arrived while he was plagued by the monsters.
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A '''Sciopod''' (or '''Sciopodes''', plural) was described as being human in appearance, though small in stature and so pale as to be described as al
Bovey, Alixe <i>Monsters and Grotesques in Medieval Manuscripts. </i>The British Library; London, En
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...ons, they were playmates of young [[Persephone]] and were changed into the monsters of lore by Demeter for failing to intervene when Persephone was abducted ([
...evil monsters, as she as shown near Warlock in the first issue. The evil monsters are generally shown in crowds and indistinguishable in most panels, however
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...nd of attacks, the one directed by nonphysical entities and the one led by human beings. The latter are possible through great mental powers and/or out-of-b
...ley, Rosemary Ellen: ''The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters'']
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...ircumstances, the children are treated as '''vermin''' rather, than fellow human beings; and infanticide is seen as a means of cleansing cities; although su
[[Category:Human Monsters]]
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...s each), cunning, strong and demonic. But in other respects Aži Dahaka has human qualities, and is never a mere animal.
...ahaka into Zahak, a human king with snakes on his shoulders who feasted on human brains. As foretold in a vision years earlier, the tyrant king Zahak was ev
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...s each), cunning, strong and demonic. But in other respects Aži Dahaka has human qualities, and is never a mere animal.
...ahaka into Zahak, a human king with snakes on his shoulders who feasted on human brains. As foretold in a vision years earlier, the tyrant king Zahak was ev
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...beings clad in red with gnashing teeth, sharp claws and with a thirst for human blood. They would hover over the battlefield and search for dying and wound
...ields where they collect the souls of the deceased warriors. As psychopump monsters, they were believed to appear at the last moment to take the soul of the dy
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...e Bodhar) drawn by six black horses and whips them with his whip made of a human spinal cord .
...llahan is the embodied spirit of a celtic god, [[Crom Dubh]], who demanded human sacrifices each year. The worship of Crom Dubh continued in Ireland until t
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...]] or some sort of [[mutant]] hybrid, perhaps one created as a result of a human experiment and escaped. Some have pointed out its resemblance to the descri
[[Category:Bipedal monsters]]
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...y and legends of many different cultures include mythological creatures of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "'''Giant'''" is the English w
...eanstalk have formed our modern perception of giants as stupid and violent monsters, frequently said to eat humans, and especially children. However, in some m
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...usually let her heads rearing up out of the chasm, gapping dolphins or any human or animal that would venture in the surroundings.
[[Category:Sea and lake monsters]]
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...the sludge at the workshop by the pathologist Keith Simpson revealed three human gallstones and a pair of false teeth.
[[Category:Human Monsters]]
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...ery close to Clendenin, West Virginia when what they described as a "brown human shape with wings" lifted off from behind nearby trees and flew over their h
...: Dawn of Sorrow'', Mothman is one of three hidden [[cryptozoology]]-based monsters, appearing as a furry black heart-shaped creature with wings and large eyes
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...m.gif|thumb|right|Artist's impression of a Grigori or "fallen one" and his human bride.]]
...he tutelage went on for a few centuries, but soon the angels pined for the human females. After lusting, the fallen angels instructed the women in magic and
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...rce of his name, and Redcap periodically redyes his cap by drenching it in human blood.
*Red caps (aka powries) are also some of the monsters in R.A. Salvatore's ''DemonWars'' series.
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The lich developed from monsters found in earlier classic sword and sorcery fiction, which is filled with po
..., allowing the resurrected zombie to retain most, if not all of its former human intelligence and memories, as well as acquiring various supernatural powers
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...mic picaresque story of a dog who somehow remembers his previous life as a human being. Rumbo, one of the characters from ''Fluke'' also turns up in ''The M
...o is drawn into a blackly comic plot involving fed-up and underappreciated monsters. (The book's tagline was "Demons today are a sorry lot".) No one believes i
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...tes somewhat like salmiakki and makes giant squid unattractive for general human consumption.
...y also derive from giant squid sightings. Eyewitness accounts of other sea monsters like the sea serpent are also thought to be mistaken interpretations of gia
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...e fact that they said they could not identify any other of the prehistoric monsters which I showed them...The natives do not consider it to be an unnatural thi
...lling people in his country. The creatures are said to feed on decomposing human flesh, digging up bodies if they are not buried to sufficient depth.
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