Concerning Luridan, we are farther informed from the ''Book of Vanagastus'', the Norwegian, that it is his nature to be always at enmit
THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY BY THOMAS KEIGHTLEY (1850)
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The '''Emela-ntouka''' is an African legendary creature in the mythology of the Pygmy tribes, and a cryptid said to live in Central Africa.
J.E. Hughes published his book Eighteen Years on Lake Bangweulu in 1933, in were he reported that an anima
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'''Kroni''' is a mythical figure found in Ayyavazhi mythology. He is the primordial manifestation of evil, and is analagous to Satan in t
According to the Akilattirattu Ammanai, the Ayyavazhi holy book, Kroni was born in the first of the Eight Yukams (aeons) with multitudinous
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Due to an error made by Lafcadio Hearn in his book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, these creatures are often m
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...itings. Indeed, so convincing were Lovecraft's references to the tome that book dealers were seeking copies of it even during his lifetime.
...far back as "The Statement of Randolph Carter" (1919). In the stories, the book is dangerous because it is often harmful to the health and sanity of its re
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...://www.metrum.org/mapping/cosmol.htm] In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], this world-ocean was personified as a [[Titan]], a son of [[Uranus]] and
...lympian gods]] have their birth, and [[Hera]] mentions twice in ''Iliad'' book iv her intended journey "to the ends of the generous earth on a visit to Ok
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In Jewish mythology, '''Mazikeen''' (Shedeem, Shehireem) are invisible tiny demons that corresp
Mazikeen is a fictional demon, a comic book character published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Sandman vol. 2 #22,
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...old literature such as the Sei Shonagon's tenth-century diary ''The Pillow Book'', and in the ''Taiheiki'' of the fourteenth century.
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...貘, also known as "dream eaters") are spirits found in Chinese and Japanese mythology that devour dreams and nightmares.
*The baku appear briefly in the book '''''Sandman: The Dream Hunters''''', written by Neil Gaiman and illustrate
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'''Behemoth''' is a primeval beast mentioned in the Book of Job and identified later as a demon in Christian demonology.
In the Old Testament, the earliest description is in the Book of Job, which describes Behemoth as follows:
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According to the [[Book of Enoch]], '''Azazel''' was a [[grigori]] (also known as "watchers"), a gr
...an bound there (see Job 1:7 and Job 2:2, although, the ''ha-satan'' of the Book of Job is most likely different from Azazel, given that Job's ''ha-satan''
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...ies ''[[Hellraiser]]'', ''Nightbreed'', ''Pinhead'', ''The Harrowers'', ''Book of the Damned'' and ''Jihad''; Eclipse Books' series and graphic novels ''T
...420165?ie=UTF8&s=books ''Imajica'' ''The Great and Secret Show''] (first "Book of the Art")
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...Heuvelmans included a sighting of an animal resembling the Ngoubou in his book "On the Track of Unknown Animals". The sighting, apparently from the London
[[Category: Pygmy mythology]]
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In Aztec mythology, '''Mictlantecuhtli''' ("lord of Mictlan") was the skeletal god of death wh
Mictlantecuhtli , in Aztec mythology, was a god of the dead and He was one of the principal gods of the Aztecs
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...te that the English derived the name Jack Frost from the [[:Category:Norse mythology|Norse]] character names, Jokul ("icicle") and Frosti ("frost"). Another the
*Jack Frost is the alter-ego of Dane McGowan in the comic book series “The Invisibles”, written by Grant Morrison
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...lical]] [[sea monster]] referred to in the Old Testament (Psalms 74:13-14; Book of Job 41; Isaiah 27:1).
#Book of Job 3:8 "Lo let the night be solitary, let no joyful cry be heard in it.
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...toad, or combinations thereof. An illustration in Collin de Plancy's 1818 book ''Dictionnaire Infernal'' rather curiously placed the heads of the three cr
[[Category: Persian mythology]]
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*[http://www.eco-animals.com/products.html Book: "Pink dolphin, friend of the river"] (Web Site - English & Spanish)
.../bookstore/HTML-books/SSC-Dolphins-wales-porpoises/cover.html HTML copy of book-length report]
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...dragon") is a dragon with a human head worshipped as a Sun God in Chinese mythology.
* Field, Stephen, tr. 1986. ''Tian Wen, A Chinese Book of Origins''. New Directions.
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In his book "Myths and Legends of Japan" (originally published in 1926; reprinted by Do
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