...ers where the monsters "changed the appearance" to a more "realistic" and "modern" version since the discovery of dinosaurs and giant aquatic reptiles from t
[[Category:Fairy creatures]]
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==Pixies in modern culture==
...lture. Fantasy books and movies such as ''The Black Cauldron'' feature the creatures. In film, their first appearance was in the 1912 film ''As Others See Us''.
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...The proportions are equivalent to a smaller megabat or larger microbat of modern chiropteran fauna.
...s dates to 1947 when J. Harrison claimed to have seen several large flying creatures which were described as giant bats (though some people also claimed that th
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Alternatively, they may be more pig or tapir-like creatures that range in color from black to pink. Several evil dreams are mentioned i
Baku are generally benign creatures who aid human being s by eating [[nightmare]]s or the evil spirits that cau
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'''Landvættir''' (land spirits) are mythical creatures in old Icelandic literature and stories. They are chthonic guardians of spe
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...cots origin, possibly through Old Norse vörðr, meaning "guardian" (cf. the Modern English cognates "ward" and "warden"), and related to Irish arrach, meaning
J. R. R. Tolkien use of the word in the naming of the creatures known as the Ringwraiths has influenced creators of fantasy and horror nove
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...ee-KO-la-kahss", or vri'kolakas, variant '''vorvolakas''', is a monster in modern Greek folklore.
It has similarities to many different legendary creatures.
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*Newly-added creatures have to have reached a certain level of notoriety, the thresfold of 100 000
...commended as the same creature can have many different names and different creatures may have some names in common. Ex: a yeti is not a bigfoot and a familiar i
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They in most cases borrow life-force from other living creatures to extent their own and to increase their strength. Often necromancers are
*[http://www23.brinkster.com/falcis/index.html Ars Falcis: Modern Necromancer]
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...n to move. Bakhtak also is used metaphorically to refer to "nightmare " in Modern Persian language.
...e '''Dungeons & Dragons''' game, "hags" are at least three races of female creatures, sort of female counterparts to [[ogre]]s.
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...y, it simply means deceased spirits or souls of the dead. Nevertheless, in modern Chinese, it has evolved to refer usually to the dead spirits or ghosts of n
...(like a vampire) and bright light is known to hurt it. Most of the mogwai creatures are mean-spirited and mischievous, with Gizmo, the most famous mogwai, bein
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Such creatures drew nourishment by suckling from devil’s marks, a witch's breasts, or in
...have some magical power, or are simply there to advance the story. In many modern fantasy stories, a magician's familiar is a magical creature, such as Vlad'
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The name "Morag" is a pun on the name of the lake in which the creatures lives, and of the Scottish female name, "Morag".
* "Modern Mysteries of Britain" (Guild Publishing 1987), pp 160-1 (Morag photographs)
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Puck's trademark laugh in the early ballads is "Ho ho ho." In modern mythology, the "merry old elf" who works with magical swiftness unseen in t
==Modern culture==
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The term '''sprite''' is a broad term referring to a number of monstrous creatures. The term is generally used in reference to fairies, like the [[elf]] or [
...in modern English is rarely used in reference to spirits or other mythical creatures.
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'''Sea monsters''' are sea-dwelling, mythical or legendary creatures, often believed to be of immense size.
...such as the ''Carta marina''. This practice died away with the advent of modern cartography. Nevertheless, stories of sea monsters and eyewitness accounts
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When slaying the creatures, the hunter must remember to taste the creature's flesh before they die. Th
[[Category:Modern literature]] [[Category:Cannibals]]
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In modern fiction, ghouls are often confused with other types of [[undead]], usually
Although modern fiction, particularly 1954's ''I Am Legend'', by author Richard Matheson, ,
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...o move. Bakhtak also is used metaphorically to refer to "[[nightmare]]" in Modern Persian language.
...me, "[[Hag (Dungeons & Dragons)|hags]]" are at least three races of female creatures, sort of female counterparts to [[ogre]]s. They are the annis (named from a
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...less symbolic, role in modern fantasy fiction. '''Skeletons''' are fallen creatures that have been summoned from beyond the grave normally of fallen warriors o
...into ambushes, traps, or hazardous terrain.Certain abilities are lost when creatures are animated, such as naga and snake venom.
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