...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
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* Borges, Jorge Luis. ''The Book of Imaginary Beings''.
[[Category:Chilean mythology]]
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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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The '''Tigmamanukan''' is an omen bird in Philippine mythology.
....) (1979). ''Readings in Philippine Prehistory''. Manila 1979: Filipiniana Book Guild, Inc.
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...age, this spirit is considered an evil fairy. As W.B. Yeats states in his book ''Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland'' she grew restless and carried them away
On the other hand W.Y. Evens-Wents, in his book ''The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries'', reports of a similar tale about a
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...ers' middle school and begins to work all kinds of nasty mischief. In this book the kobold is described as a bald, scabrous, pus-oozing monster who takes t
...ut two feet tall, brown, and with black eyes. Kobolds as presented in this book also enjoy milk, and the way they drink it is described as cat-like.
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...''' is a snake that swallows the sun or the moon causing eclipses in Hindu mythology.
Joseph Campbell paraphrased Shiva Purana in his book “The Power of Myth” and cited a myth of Shiva and Rahu:
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...''Fiery Flying Serpent''' is a creature or entity mentioned in the Bible. (Book of Isaiah 30:6).
[[Category:Biblical mythology]]
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...on story himself. It is found in several other works: Jan Perkowski's 1976 book reprinted Vukanović's account, and recent popular books on the topic of va
[[Category:Romanian mythology]]
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'''Shedim''' is a generic word for spirits or demons in Babylonian and Jewish mythology.
==Babylonian mythology==
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In Egyptian mythology, '''Ammut''' (also spelt '''Ammit''', '''Ammet''', '''Amam''', '''Amemet'''
[[The Egyptian Book of the Dead]]
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A '''vetala''' is a [[vampire]]-like being from '''Hindu mythology'''.
The stories of the vetala have been listed in the book ''Vetala-pachisi''.
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According to the book of Jubilees, Mastema ''Hostility'' is the chief of the demons engendered by
...e he is Satan, the 'Adversary', but much more the Satan who appears in the book of Job with a function to fulfill under God than the Satan of later traditi
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