'''Cryptids''' are animals presumed extinct or hypothetical species of animals known from anecdotal evidence and/or other evidence insufficient to prove t
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...e foundations. It might be an heritage of the old pagan totem and guardian animals as it was believed that its spirit would rise and protect the grounds from
...s of animals but instead demons that have assumed the disguise of a common animals. In Wales such devilish spirits were most prone to take the form of horrend
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In Japanese mythology, '''henge''' are animals that are able to transform themselves into human and play trick on people.
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Description : animals that appears under a ghostly form either as “pets” attached to a certai
...have a soul if they transcend death. Some theoricians argue that spectral animals are only residues i.e captured energy that display past events. There is ev
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...верь, transliteration: Indrik zver' ) is a fabulous beast, the king of all animals, who lives on a mountain known as "The Saint Mountain" where no other foot
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...always in pairs, and serve to protect the pagoda. They typically appear as animals, but are sometimes found with human faces.
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# The First Earth (Inhabitants: man, genii and animals)
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...g claws - which make it sound like a giant ground sloth, one of a group of animals that were supposed to have become extinct at the end of the last Ice Age.
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In ''Alien Animals'' (1985), British paranormal researchers Janet and Colin Bord pointed out t
* Bord, Janet; Bord, Colin (1990). Alien Animals. Granada. (pp135-139, 141)
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...nned sea serpent''' is an unverified species or group of species of marine animals which seem to possess numerous fins along their sides or backs.
...for one such creature sighted near Algeria. In his book, On the Nature of Animals (second century CE), Greek military writer Aelian reported that these sea s
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...The iaculus is a flying snake. They jump from trees and dart onto passing animals, from which they get their name, darter (iaculi).
...andrefiala''' which will fall tail first from a tree like a spear and stab animals the pass underneath according to the local legends.
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'''Khrafstras''' or '''xrafstras''' are some animals or insects that Zoroastrians believe were created by the Evil Spirit (Ahrim
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...insane. She casts a spell of sickness upon those that rebuff her, be they animals or men. The deformations caused by the Fiura are practically incurable exce
...he provoked wrongs for the Fiura. The power of her breath can scar or turn animals lame. A person may be mocked by calling "donde va ese "Fiura", as if to say
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...e first race created by [[Gluskab]]. However, because they crushed so many animals and injured the earth with their great size and weight, Gluskab destroyed t
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...ans. Malsum represented destruction. He made rocks, thickets and poisonous animals. Malsum tried to find magic to kill his brother, Gluskap. He asked Gluskap
...ble for making all the good things in the universe—the air, the earth, the animals, and the people—from his mother's body. His evil brother Malsum created t
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...son to feed from. These recipients of energy can be as different as trees, animals or crystals.
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...spite their human traits and telepathic abilities, kalanoro are considered animals.
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...g of an animal resembling the Ngoubou in his book "On the Track of Unknown Animals". The sighting, apparently from the London Times, was taken on the 17th of
...years ago. The locals had noted a firm decline in the population of these animals lately, making them harder to find.
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...ut of the water during the night making big noise, jumping onto people and animals and strangling them.
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...and tempting melodies when the wind was blowing through them. When men or animals were drawn towards the pleasant notes, the shadhahvar would stomp them to d
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...the live-lively apes. The live-lively apes know the names of humans. These animals are like hogs, but they have a human face.—''Book Ten--The Classic of Reg
...and their knowledge of human names: ‘In the Yunnan region, the live-lively animals live in mountain valleys. When they see wine and sandals left out, they kno
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...to his despair, he is also ugly. His appearance is so awful that even wild animals avoid him, and he sometimes cries out to warn humans of his approach, so th
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...o be highly probable that the beast is in fact real. It is known to target animals and sometimes even people, often around large open water areas. Reports hav
...n in the Exmoor area's countryside. In particular, the 1976 Dangerous Wild Animals Act, which controlled the keeping of big cats (among other things) led to t
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...allow them to dig large borrows, probably in which to lay its eggs. Other animals like giant pangolins may take up residence in these borrows after they are
...uld go for weeks in the forest without seeing any of these well-documented animals. The area is very large and the forest is extremely dense.
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...amous in the Philippines because they are said to possess people or even I animals and drive them crazy. They also have the power to kill the souls of their v
...de deity Pan. They are usually seen with swollen scrotum and copulate with animals that live in the countryside. The young women are advised to stay away from
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...ttempts to show that there may be some basis for fact in several legendary animals. With a strong emphasis on the Oriental region, Gould notes the legends and
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The Wolpertinger is described as being composed from body parts of various animals — generally wings, antlers and fangs, all attached to the body of a small
Stuffed Wolpertingers, composed of parts of real stuffed animals, are often displayed or sold as tourist souvenirs in Bavaria. Each village
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The mongoose was among the many animals Belon observed, and the woodcut illustration in his book (see picture above
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...ompanied by a pack of dogs follow it; the Beast whips these, and any other animals it encounters.
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...lls, often by urinating in them, causing drought or sickness in humans and animals alike . It is also a kenning applied to foxes.
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...p were able to outrun all other runners. They lived side by side with wild animals and attempts to capture them failed because they were so savage. It is beli
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Aquatic animals like as eels, octopus, rays and squids usually are believed to be swimming
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:*animals with multiple mouth, such as octopus
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...me bad luck. It is attributed with the dramatic ability to kill people and animals instantly at a range of several *feet. It is even believed that the worm sp
...mphisbaenas or worm lizards. These are a primitive group of poorly studied animals. They are not snakes or lizards but are related to both. I think the Death
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...t also aided their master in bewitching people. If they look like ordinary animals, they can be used to spy on their masters' enemies.
Familiars are generally animals or such beings. They usually have some magical power, or are simply there t
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Caipora is known as a forest dweller, as a king of the animals of sorts and very vengeful of hunters who don't respect the rules of "fair-
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...in ''The Beasts That Hide from Man: Seeking the World's Last Undiscovered Animals'' by Karl Shuker as living on the island of Rintja (Rinca), Indonesia.
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...s disguises itself as an old tree trunk, a beautiful lady, fishes or other animals in order to lure people into its trap. When caught the human will be eaten
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...telope-like '''leucrota''' were clearly meant to be two different types of animals, but because of their alleged blood relation, the similarity of their names
...the ability to change its color or gender at will. Some legends said that animals that attempted to stalk it would freeze in their own tracks. The eyes of a
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...to raise by their charms the winds and seas, to turn themselves into what animals they will, to cure wounds and diseases incurable by others, to know and pre
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...r to ear, with ridges of bone instead of teeth. It is the swiftest of wild animals, and is said to be able to imitate the human voice.
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...''' is a mythical creature that looks and behaves like a human, raise farm animals and plants root crops.
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After a long period of cold weather, the animals of the community become worried. They decide to send a messenger to the Gre
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...arkadann was an extremely ferocious beast, driving away from its territory animals as big as the elephant.
...ever the creature ran, and it could make a loud bellow that frightened all animals away. It is said it would fight an elephant and kill it. It would then hois
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...eds first on the fattest cattle and then works its way on down as the poor animals whither and die.
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...h cloven hoofs and leaves growing out of his beard. As the guardian of the animals and the custodian of the trees, he is known to sound a cow's horn to warn h
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...as considered appropriate to make proprietary sacrifices of small birds or animals to the river spirit.
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...ses, most of them bearing no relation to each other, reported seeing three animals, two large and one small. This suggests that the creature(s) seem to stay
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...he second son of Tau and Kerana and is considered the protector of aquatic animals and
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...dinary human, but at night they can change into a variety of forms such as animals (pig, monkey, tiger, ...), a ball of fire or even the demonlike figure of R
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...es. The animals are said to prey upon birds, monkeys, and other small game animals. However, there are no recent records of attacks on humans. The Baka told G
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...''' being wild spirits [[ghost]]s, which may explain their connection with animals, most notably the stag.
...d up with the idea that [[witch]]es rode in procession to [[Sabbat]]s upon animals, or flew in the sky, and this idea became one of the major charges used in
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...e still here. '''Re'em''' is described as a giant even among these strange animals. At any given time, only two exist, one male and one female, because had mo
During the flood, when Noah collected all the animals into the arc, the Re'ems came to join the procession. However, because of t
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...es against the forest, like burning down trees or indiscriminately putting animals to death or fouling the rivers could find themselves married to her for lif
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...obtained from the worship of Master Leonard range from metamorphosis into animals or men to flight as an incubi.
...ithout salt and boiled with serpents and toads; dances, in which monstrous animals or men and women with impossible shapes take part; unbridled debauches wher
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...chimera-like creature, with human head and parts from different species of animals. It was dangerous, it might attack the settlement. Then, the shaman had to
...cal power onto the victim. It might be made e.g. of mixtured parts of dead animals, dead child.
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...ble evidence" of exotic felines loose in Britain, and that the mauled farm animals could have been attacked by common indigenous species. The report stated th
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...childbirth, and water in which it had been infused prevented swellings in animals. Because of the large demand for alrauns, they were often carved from the r
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[[Sedna]], [[Tornarsuk]] and the [[tornat]] (spirits of animals and natural formations) and [[tupilak]] (souls of dead people) live in Adli
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...at Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home: And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals'', Rupert Sheldrake, 2000, ISBN 0-609-80533-9
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'''Lake monster''' is the name given to large unknown animals which have purportedly been sighted in, and/or are believed to dwell in lak
...reported to inhabit Loch Ness in Scotland. In more recent years, similar animals have been widely reported, such as [[Ogopogo]] in Okanagan Lake in the hea
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...to introduced civets. Adding to the confusion, in some regions badger-like animals are also known as mami, and in one part of Tochigi Prefecture badgers are r
Mujina are small furry animals in Japanese folklore. The faceless ghost is often referred to by English sp
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By donning animal skins or believing themselves transformed into animals by their rage of [[Therianthropy|shapeshifting]] Berserkers can easily be s
...Later the berserkers, brutal warriors that believed to be transformed into animals by rage, are most commonly associated with the cult of [[Odin]] from ninth
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...ambia. They are thought not to live in herds or groups, but to be solitary animals. Almost every theory about their identity points to their being herbivorous
...[3], much like the Mokele-mbembe's renowned hatred for Hippo's. While both animals are both supposedly herbivorous, they also share a fierce sense of territor
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...jewelry from the mid-first to second century CE that depict double-headed animals with swirled snouts and distinctive ears. These have been found in southern
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...ebrates; the human instinct. Instead he supports a view of human beings as animals and rejects many social structures that he believes inhibit human instincts
Vandalism, cruelty to animals, or grave desecration are advanced by some as examples of satanic crimes. W
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...o appear in a human shape, exceed in authority and power them that come as animals; and again, these latter surpass in dignity them who appear as trees or ins
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