...of images by Japanese artist [[Takehara Shunsen]], published ca. 1841. The book was intended as a followup to [[Toriyama Sekien]]'s ''Gazu Hyakki Yakō'' s
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*Lucan [1st century CE] (Pharsalia, book 9, verse 848): "Swift Jaculus there...". (verse 962-966): "Upon branchless
*Pliny the Elder [1st century CE] (Natural History, Book 8, 35): "The iaculus hurls itself from the branches of a tree, so that it i
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...orm as a collection, comprising the novella and several short stories; the book title was also ''Cabal''.
* The book was adapted into the 1990 movie ''[[Nightbreed]]'', directed by Barker hims
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*[[Book of Imaginary Beings]]
* Jorge Luis Borges ''The Book of Imaginary Beasts'' (Penguin, 1974)
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...iller in his 1939 book Cannibal Caravan, and his wife, Leona Miller’s 1941 book Cannibals and Orchids, stirred up considerable interest in searching for th
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...counters with gigantic fish appear in various other works, including the ''Book of Jonah'' and the 19th century books ''Pinocchio'' and ''The Adventures of
*The name Jasconius is used for the whale in the children's book ''The Adventures of Louey and Frank'' by Carolyn White. She attributes the
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...ok in ''The Dark is Rising'' series, is named for the Brenin Llwyd. In the book, he is a lord of the Dark, who is an ever-present, oppressive force pervadi
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===The Book of THoTH===
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...an. Its name is the live-lively. If you eat it, you'll be a good runner.—''Book One--The Classic of the Southern Mountains--Chapter 1'' (p. 3)
...ames of humans. These animals are like hogs, but they have a human face.—''Book Ten--The Classic of Regions Within the Seas-- The South'' (p. 135)
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...ed them as Rokuro-Kubi, an error that also appears in the Fighting Fantasy book, Sword of the Samurai. Rokuro-kubi are another type of Japanese monster ent
*Another story that nukekubi have appeared in is the 1998 Hellboy comic book story entitled Heads, collected in the Hellboy anthology The Right Hand of
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...to Ah Puch in his book ''Mind Games''. Upon reading the incantation in the book, the reader was claimed by Ah Puch, who absorbed the life force of the read
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==In Borges' ''Book of Imaginary Beings''==
...cription of the axehandle hound can be found in [[Jorge Luis Borges]]' ''[[Book of Imaginary Beings]]'', in a chapter entitled "Fauna of the United States"
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...Hsigo was probably the source of inspiration for the flying monkeys in the book: ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''.
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...is information written down in a book called the ''Bai Ze Tu'' (白澤圖). This book no longer exists, but many fragments of it survive in other texts.
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...(画図百鬼夜行, "The Illustrated Night Parade of A Hundred Demons") is the first book of Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien's famous Gazu Hyakki Yakō series, publi
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* Buer also appears in "Hellblazer" comic book as one of demons from Hell, who tortures little children and wants to snatc
* Buer appears in Alan Moore's comic book series Promethea, when he is summoned (along with the entire Ars Goetia) to
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...Ophiel, the Olympic spirit of Wednesday and the planet Mercury -- see The Book of Ceremonial Magic, plate 2, page 37.
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Keshi's legend is recounted in the tenth ''Book of the Bhagavata Purana'' (between 500 CE - 1000 CE). Kamsa, the evil king
...ildren, once he realizes Krishna is born. Chapters 15 and 16 of the fourth Book present a detailed account of Keshi's death which parallels the Bhagavata P
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...画図百器徒然袋, "The Illustrated Bag of One Hundred Random Demons") is the fourth book of Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien's famous Gazu Hyakki Yakō series, publi
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...lliniato'') to have visited the moon by being carried by these birds. This book is basically an economic satire based on Gulliver's Travels and various oth
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...gives an interesting account of Chilote witchcraft and the invunche in his book ''In Patagonia''.
*British comic book writer Alan Moore wrote a version of the Invunche which is very similar to
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This story originates from the Book of Genesis, in which God states that he would spare Sodom and Gomorrah if t
* This belief is recorded in ''The Book of Imaginary Beings'' by [[Jorge Luis Borges]].
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...om/hin/maha/index.htm MahaBharata in Sacred Text.com] Book 3 section 124 & book 14 section 9.
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* Borges, Jorge Luis; Guerrero, Margarita (1969). The Book of Imaginary Beings. Dutton. p. 107.
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According to David Franke's book, The Torture Doctor.
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''Sefer Yetzirah'' The Book of Creation - Aryeh Kaplan - Red Wheel Weiser 1997
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...ook ''Die Ehre des Hertzogthums Crain''(The Glory of Carniola County). The book was published in Nürnberg in 1689 and represented a colossal work of art d
Wright, Dudley (2006) (in English). The Book of Vampires (Second Edition ed.). Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, In
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* The Natural History of Pliny the Elder, Book 11, Chapter 42
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In Hindu tradition, much as described in the Book of Enoch, hungry ghosts are spirit-beings driven by the passionate objects
==Book of Enoch==
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* A science fiction book by Jack McDevitt is titled "Chindi".
* Steiger, Brad. "The Chindi." The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifting Beings. 1st ed. 1999.
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...|Greek]] ''egrḗgoroi''), the Grigori appear in the books of ''[[Book of Enoch|Enoch]]'' and ''[[Jubilees]]''.
According to the ''Book of Enoch'', the Grigori numbered a total of 200 but only their leaders are
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...rsions of the same story. For example, [[Ruth Manning-Sanders]]'s book ''A Book of Giants'' contains six variants. In one of these versions, Jack has an u
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*Harry Potter (book) - Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them - In this book, a creature called Lethifold is discussed, which is essentially a cloak tha
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...rsions of the same story. For example, [[Ruth Manning-Sanders]]'s book ''A Book of Giants'' contains six variants. In one of these versions, Jack has an u
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...the sun (helios), whom then they called Apollon. Phanodemos [C4th BC] in [book] 6 maintains that only [the] Athenians both sacrifice to them and pray to t
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In the ongoing comic book series ''Lucifer'', the lilim are an army of demons descended from Lilith w
In the ongoing [[science fiction]] comic book series ''Finder'' (issue 37 in the storyline ''The Rescuers''), the charact
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...Froment''' wrote the book ''Roberto Succo'' about the murderer's life. The book was the basis for the movie ''Roberto Succo'', directed by '''Cédric Kahn'
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It is mentioned in the [[Book of Imaginary Beings]].
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*Wyatt, James, Darrin Drader, Christopher Perkins. ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2003).
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...ace. The Babadook haunts whomever reads its poem and hides inside a pop-up book that mysteriously appears in random homes. As its prey becomes more frighte
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Rahovart is referenced in Durzel's Morality a Renaissance book which was printed at Rouen and not widely known, in fact little is know abo
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...among the many animals Belon observed, and the woodcut illustration in his book (see picture above) was influential on several generations of naturalists.
...in a similar manner. - Pliny the Elder [1st century CE] (Natural History, Book 8, 35–36, 37)</blockquote>
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According to the ''Mahabharata (Book III: Varna Parva, Section 156)'', Jatasura used his powers of illusion to a
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...n may be a manifestation of earth energy in this place. However in a later book "Modern Mysteries of the World" 1989 they retracted this and stated that th
...Fortean Zoology, (the worlds largest cryptozoological organisation) in his book 'The Owlman and Others' (1997).
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The book ''A New Alice in the Old Wonderland'', 1895, by Anna M. Richards, contains
The book ''Omar: A fantasy for animal lovers'' by Wilfrid Blunt (ASIN B0006BVCT6) st
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'''''The Dark Tower''''' is the seventh and final book of novelist [[Stephen King]]'s Dark Tower series], published on September 2
Beginning where book six left off, Jake and Father Callahan battle the evil infestation within t
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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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...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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...f=sr_1_3/102-0241129-9749767?ie=UTF8&s=books Melton, J Gordon. The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead]
...e=UTF8&s=books Wright, Dudley. Vampires and Vampirism;, then retitled The Book of Vampires]
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In Sudovian Book (1520s), Peckols was presented as the god of hell and darkness, while Pocko
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*Slavicsek, Bill. ''The Complete Book of Humanoids'' (TSR, 1993).
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...[Anne Rice]] written in 1973 and published in 1976 by Alfred A. Knopf. The book centers on themes of immortality, loss, sexuality, and power. It quickly be
==Book vs. film==
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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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...t, was the head of that rebelling army" (Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book III, Ch. 18). This would rank Ophis at the same level as Lucifer.
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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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* In the fantasy book series The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind, the agiel is used as a weapon
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He appears in the Suske and Wiske comic book "De Zwarte Madam" (The Black Lady). In this story '''Lange Wapper''' is bes
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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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*Paraiso, Salvador; Jose Juan Paraiso (2003). ''The Balete Book: A collection of demons, monsters and dwarfs from the Philippine lower myth
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*Mair, Victor H. 1990. ''Tao Te Ching: The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way, by Lao Tzu; an entirely new translation based on
*Wilhelm, Richard and Cary F. Baynes. 1967. ''The I Ching or Book of Changes''. Bollingen Series XIX, Princeton University Press.
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* Happy the Hodag is a character in a children's book written by Rhinelander Native Jill Kuczmarski.
* The Hodag is mentioned in the 1911 book ''Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods'' by William T. Cox, but is not des
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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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...d of all wicked arts, as in Plato, that devil Theutus" (Occult Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 18). Agrippa placed the Vessels of Iniquity in Binah, the third
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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 the horror book ''The Devils of D-Day'' by [[Graham Masterton]] Adranelech is summoned by h
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* Marchosias appears in the comic book B.P.R.D.: The Universal Machine, released on August 4th, 2006. He is depict
* Marchosias appears in Alan Moore's comic book series Promethea where he is summoned with the demon Andras by the magician
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...recede mass landings by the Star People's off-world relatives. In his 1981 book, ''The Star People'', Steiger predicted a pole shift and worldwide famine i
...at this world is not your home. Steiger discovered this while working on a book on space channeling. When he announced his discovery in the May 1, 1979, is
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...most accounts, including Pausanias (x.28) and, later, Dante's ''Inferno'' (book 3, line 78), the river was Acheron.
According to Virgil's ''[[Aeneid]]'' (book 6), the Cumaean Sibyl directs [[Aeneas]] to the golden bough necessary to c
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...of history", wrote his famous work known as "The histories". In his fourth book he relates some almost incredible stories of cannibalism practised by some
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*[[Tibetan Book of the Dead]]
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...rlongs 604 m, contact with which scorches pursuers like a sort of fire." - Book 8, 16</blockquote>
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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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...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
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*Slavicsek, Bill. ''The Complete Book of Humanoids'' (TSR, 1993).
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..., in Buddhistic phraseology. Its numerical value is 71, the number of this book."
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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
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...Bennu bird, the Heart-Soul of Ra, the Guide of the Gods to the Tuat.”.''[[Book of the Dead]]''
...on with rebirth came to associate it also with Osiris. In quoting from the Book of the Dead, Wallis Budge quotes a passage that reads, "I go in like the Ha
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* The demon Raum is the main character of the book Raum by Carl Sherrell published in 1977.
* In the comic book Doom Patrol, Raum is a demon who attempts to procure the Throne of Hell (ab
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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
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...rong side is an emperor. According to the "Records of Court Attire" in the Book of Late Han, "The Hat of Law is made for those enforcing the state law...It
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*Paraiso, Salvador; Jose Juan Paraiso (2003). ''The Balete Book: A collection of demons, monsters and dwarfs from the Philippine lower myth
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...[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0239:book=8:chapter=3:section=1|viii.3.14]
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The Pénghoú is described in an old book called the ''Soushenji'' (搜神記, English "In Search of the Supernatural
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*The most famous account is recorded in what has come to be called the ''Red Book'', the 1894 ''An Authenticated History of the Bell Witch of Tennessee'' by
*The ''Black Book'' was written much later, and published in 1934 by Dr. Charles Bailey Bell,
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Source : Book of Raziel (XIII), Milton’s Paradise, Key of Salomon, Legemeton
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*Slavicsek, Bill. ''The Complete Book of Humanoids'' (TSR, 1993).
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...ission, as their mission serving God; for example in the narratives of the Book of Job and the Temptation of Christ.
According to the [[Book of Revelation]] (Rev 12:9), demons are the angels that fell from heaven wit
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* Borges, Jorge Luis. ''The Book of Imaginary Beings''.
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The book ''The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria'' by Theophilus G. Pinches describe
*In the book ''Simon Necronomicon'' which contains a blend of myths including Sumerian,
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* The story of Sunda and Upasunda is found in the ''Mahabharata, Book I: Adi Parva, Sections 211 ff''. An online version of [http://www.sacred-t
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* The story of Sunda and Upasunda is found in the ''Mahabharata, Book I: Adi Parva, Sections 211 ff''. An online version of [http://www.sacred-t
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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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...inese religion at Lehigh University, has written articles and a definitive book on hundun. He summarizes this mythology as follows.
* Graham, Angus C., tr. 1990. ''The Book of Lieh-tzǔ: A Classic of Tao''. New York: Columbia University Press.
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...ed by Norman Bingham in his novel, The Sea Serpent Legend, in 1926. In the book he revives old legends with a brief description in a poem as follows:
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In the book <i>Baudolino</i>, by modern author Umberto Eco, a '''Sciopod''' features as
...eir stories. Pliny remarks that they are first mentioned by Ctesias in his book India, a record of the view of Persians of India which only remains in frag
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*Rawhead and Bloody Bones appears briefly in The Dresden Files comic book ''Welcome to the Jungle #1.'' It's described there as "something formed fro
*Rawhead and Bloody Bones appears briefly at the end of the first comic book mini-series ''Courtney Crumrin & the Night Things'' by writer/illustrator T
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...Primates (NY: Anomalist Books, 2006), coauthored with Patrick Huyghe. The book's cover is illustrated with a drawing of the Ebu Gogo.
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...this time in the countryside around Epping Forest rather than in the first book's London slums. In ''Domain'', one of Herbert's bleakest and most ironic bo
...a blackly comic plot involving fed-up and underappreciated monsters. (The book's tagline was "Demons today are a sorry lot".) No one believes in anything
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...''Fiery Flying Serpent''' is a creature or entity mentioned in the Bible. (Book of Isaiah 30:6).
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...d spoke several languages. Over the years he acquired quite an antiquarian book collection. In 1921 he died alone amongst his favorite novels including Adv
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