...o live underground, in mushrooms, or else are household spirits helping in the home.
...ng to the [[gnome]]s family and are akin to the Scandinavian [[Tomte]] and the German [[kobold]].
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...Ramparsad''' was born with a parasitic twin and displayed in sideshows as the ''Handsome, Healthy, Happy Hindoo''.
...n finery. He referred to the twin as a "sister" in order to add a touch of the risque to his act.
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...tephan Bibrowski Lionel the Lion-Faced Man.jpg|thumb|Lionel the Lion-Faced Man]]
'''Stephan Bibrowski''' (1891–1932), better known as '''Lionel the Lion-Faced Man''', was a famous sideshow performer and a person born with a rare condition
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The '''Blemmyes''' (Latin ''Blemmyae'') are a race of legendary acephalous (hea
...s traduntur capita abesse, ore et oculis pectore adfixis ("It is said that the Blemmyes have no heads, and that their mouth and eyes are put in their ches
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...ve been a Countess who lived in a castle called the Chateau de Deux-Forts. The story goes as follows:
...could not be removed. The next morning, much to the Comtesse's annoyance, the ugly spot was still there. If anything, it looked as if it had grown a litt
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'''Pondoro''' are shapeshifters in the folklore of the Makololo people in Africa.
...for days and sometimes even for a month, during which time he wandered in the woods where his wife had built a den for him and took care that he was prov
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[[Image:Hermaphroditos.jpg|thumb|Hermaphroditos and the nymph]]
...ermaphroditos''' (or ''Hermaphroditus'') is a son of Hermes and Aphrodite, the gods of male and female sexuality.
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[[Image:urisk.gif|thumb|The urisk]]
An '''urisk''' or '''ùruisg''' is a goblin of Lowland Scotland similar to the [[Brownie]]
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...e same bed with him. He played most beautifully on the harp, and he was in the habit of staking great sums of money at dice.
...s, he went away without offending any one. Some call him King Vollmar, and the chamber in which he lived is still said to be called Vollmar’s Chamber.
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'''Hödeken''' is a Kobold (House-spirit) that used to live in the palace of the bishop of Hildesheim.
...ld the bishop and others of what was to happen, and he took good care that the watchmen should not go to sleep on their post.
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...s. In later tradition, the role of king of Annwn was largely attributed to the Welsh psychopomp, [[Gwyn ap Nudd]]. However, Arawn's memory is retained in
...places with him for a year and a day and defeat Hafgan, Arawn's rival, at the end of this time, something Arawn has attempted but has been unable to do.
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The '''Shriker''', also known as '''Skriker''' or '''Striker''', is a monstrous
...ker'' is a local term for a complainer or a whining person, a reference to the creature's cry. Instead of barking, it only whines or moans constantly, as
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The '''hair beast''' or Hair Demon is a demonic beast in the foklore of Korea
...is city had to coat their hair in deers blood every night before sunset or the Hair Beast could get them. Those that couldn't would wake up tomorrow with
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...he Dog-Faced Boy''', he was a famous sideshow performer who was brought to the United States of America by P.T. Barnum.
...s Reynolds. Reynolds advertised the boy as having been raised by wolves in the wilderness of Siberia.
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'''Alice Elizabeth Doherty''' (the ''Minnesota Woolly Girl'') is a person born with a rare condition known as
..."She has pretty blue eyes, and is as frolicsome as a kitten." She also, at the time, had no teeth, and no signs that she would ever grow any.
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'''Wesakechak''' is a trickster character, hero of the Cree tribe.
...current world with magic, either on his own or with powers given to him by the Creator for that specific purpose.
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The '''Padfoot''' or '''Padfooit''' is a monstrous shapeshifting [[Black Dog]]
The Padfoot's name comes from the padding sound it makes as it walks behind someone.
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...ly Blin''' is an English and Lowland Scottish household spirit, similar to the [[brownie]].
...anic mythology, and later evolved into ''Blind Harie'', the "blind man of the game" in Scotland.
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...'Succarath''' is a ferocious beast that lives in the cold, wild country at the tip of South America (Patagonia).
Half tiger and half wolf, the Sù has the head of a beautiful but malicious woman. Its tail looks like a large, flat,
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'''Blanche Dumas''' is a prodigy born in the French Carribeans with three legs and two genitalia.
...b; it's unknown at this time whether this stump was naturally occurring or the site of a surgical amputation, but promoters sought to maximize its appeal
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