In [[Greek mythology]], '''Charon''''' was the ferryman of [[Hades]].
...most accounts, including Pausanias (x.28) and, later, Dante's ''Inferno'' (book 3, line 78), the river was Acheron.
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The '''Bonnacon''' (also called the '''Bonacon''' or the '''Bonasus''') is a mythology creature from Asia.
...rlongs 604 m, contact with which scorches pursuers like a sort of fire." - Book 8, 16</blockquote>
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...e=UTF8&s=books Wright, Dudley. Vampires and Vampirism;, then retitled The Book of Vampires]
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*[[Centaur|Centaur (mythology)]]
*Slavicsek, Bill. ''The Complete Book of Humanoids'' (TSR, 1993).
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*In his 2001 Ballentine book [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0804115982 ''Very Crazy G.I. - Strange bu
...that hominid similar to Meganthropus palaeojavanicus lives there. His 1975 book [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345245253 ''IN SEARCH OF THE RED APE''
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The story of the Yofune-nushi was recorded by Richard Gordon Smith in the book ''Ancient Tales and Folk-Lore of Japan'', published in 1918. The Yofune-nus
[[Category:Japanese mythology]]
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...of Imaginary Beings''. Borges claimed that he had found the legend in the book ''On Malay Witchcraft'' (1937), by C.C. Iturvuru.
* [[Book of Imaginary Beings]], by Louis Borges, Translated by Andrew Hurley, © 200
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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Charybdis''', or '''Kharybdis''' ("sucker down", Greek Χάρυβδι
...s crew rather than lose the whole ship to Charybdis. (Homer's ''Odyssey'', Book XII).
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...and Chancellor of the infernal empire. According to [[Collin de Plancy]]'s book on demonology, he became the President of Devils' general council (the Sen
In Assyrian mythology the title Baal was a title for many gods and he is described as a son of Se
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'''Manaul''' is a mythical bird creature in of Philippine mythology that was cited in the ''Code of Kalantiaw''.
Based on the ''Code of Kalantiaw'', (a book ascribed to a fictitious friar named José María Pavon but was actually a
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...ptured the creature on video which was sent for analysis. He has written a book about the monster. Yet his video is under constant criticism, with question
[[Category:Turkish mythology]]
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...tain Beasts (1910)''. Mr. Cox's account is reprinted in Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings (1969).
...s/lumberwoods.htm Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods] (William T. Cox's Book)
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In Chinese mythology, '''Hundun''' (渾敦) is the worthless son of the Yellow Emperor, one of t
...jing'' 神異經 "Classic of Divine Wonders" records a later variation of Hundun mythology. It describes him as a divine dog who lived on Mt. Kunlun, the mythical mou
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...us lengths; around 45 m for one such creature sighted near Algeria. In his book, On the Nature of Animals (second century CE), Greek military writer Aelian
...early the same term (Great Sea Centipede) to describe these animals in his book The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and other Mystery Denizens
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In Book of Tang, the reincarnation of White Tiger 's Star is said to be Li Shimin's
[[Category:Chinese mythology]] [[Category: Japanese mythology]]
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* Borges, Jorge Luis. ''The Book of Imaginary Beings''.
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In Akkadian mythology '''Rabisu''' ("the vagabond") or possibly '''Rabasa''' is an evil vampiric
The book ''The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria'' by Theophilus G. Pinches describe
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* The Two Courts are used in the book ''Tithe : A Modern Faerie Tale'' by Holly Black.
* The Two Courts are used in the book ''War for the Oaks'' by
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In Sumerian and Akkadian mythology, '''Pazuzu''' was the king of the [[demon]]s of wind, and son of the god [[
*At the beginning of both the book and film ''The Exorcist'', when Father Merrin is at the site of an archaelo
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The '''Shang Yang''' is a magical bird from Chinese mythology.
* Borges, Jorge Luis. ''The Book of Imaginary Beings''.
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