...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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A '''nasnas''' is a monstrous creature in Arabian mythology.
*[[Book of Imaginary Beings]]
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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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...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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'''Peckols''' and Patollo were worshipped as gods in pagan Prussian mythology. Both of them were believed as the same gods who takes care of the the unde
In Sudovian Book (1520s), Peckols was presented as the god of hell and darkness, while Pocko
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In Maya mythology, '''Ah Puch''' (Alternatively '''Ahpuch''' or '''Hun ahau''') was the God o
...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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...Hsigo was probably the source of inspiration for the flying monkeys in the book: ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''.
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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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...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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...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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...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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In the Chilote folklore and Chilote mythology of the Chiloé Island in southern Chile, the '''imbunche''' or '''invunche'
...gives an interesting account of Chilote witchcraft and the invunche in his book ''In Patagonia''.
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In Chinese mythology, the '''xiezhi''' is a legendary creature that act as guardian of holy plac
...symbol of justice and water, due to tits fire-eating qualities. In Chinese mythology, the xiezhi is credited with the ability to distinguish between right and w
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...ook: A collection of demons, monsters and dwarfs from the Philippine lower mythology''. Philippines: Giraffe Books. ISBN 971-8832-79-3.
*Ramos, Maximo D. (1971). ''Creatures of Philippine Lower Mythology''. Philippines: University of the Philippines Press.
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...ook: A collection of demons, monsters and dwarfs from the Philippine lower mythology''. Philippines: Giraffe Books. ISBN 971-8832-79-3.
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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 [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], '''Minthe''' (also '''Menthe''', '''Mentha''', '''Mintho''', in Greek ''
...[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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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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...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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==Mythology and folklore==
In many cultures, mythology and folklore, [[undead]] creatures inhabit the '''realm of the dead''', wh
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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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...[http://worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/poetry/Pharsalia/chap1.html Book I].
...ry:Norse mythology|Norse]] [[Thor]], [[Ambisagrus]], the [[:Category:Irish mythology|Irish]] [[Tuireann]] and the Culdee saint Taran. The name Taranis has not y
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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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* 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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The Pénghoú is described in an old book called the ''Soushenji'' (搜神記, English "In Search of the Supernatural
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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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*Ramos, Maximo D. (1990) [1971]. ''Creatures of Philippine Lower Mythology''. Quezon: Phoenix Publishing. p. 76. ISBN 971-06-0691-3.
...Collection of Demons, Monsters, Elves and Dwarfs from the Philippine Lower Mythology''. Giraffee Books. pp. 57. ISBN 9718832793.
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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 masculine of ''lili'' is ''lilu'', a demon attested in [[Akkadian]] mythology. See [[Lilith]] for an etymological discussion.
In the ongoing comic book series ''Lucifer'', the lilim are an army of demons descended from Lilith w
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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
[[Category: Belgian mythology]]
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...e-Giles: t'ien lung; lit. "heavenly dragon") is a flying dragon in Chinese mythology
*Mair, Victor H. 1990. ''Tao Te Ching: The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way, by Lao Tzu; an entirely new translation based on
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The '''Ahuizotl''' is a legendary creature of [[Aztec mythology]]. It is half dog, half monkey, with a hand protruding from the end of its
The mythological creature of Aztec mythology is included within Book 11 of the [[Florentine Codex]], which describes it as:
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...into English by Thomas Keightley and published 1828 in his book "The Fairy Mythology". In 1836 the painter and poet August Kopisch published a famous poem begin
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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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...s''' was a god who combined Hermes (Greek mythology) with Anubis (Egyptian mythology). Hermanubis was popular during the period of Roman domination over Egypt.
...was in Cynopolis, a place whose Greek name simply means "city of dogs". In Book XI of ''The Golden Ass'' by Apuleius, we find evidence that the worship of
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The '''Bennu''' is a legendary firebird in Egyptian mythology parent to the [[Phoenix]].
...Bennu bird, the Heart-Soul of Ra, the Guide of the Gods to the Tuat.”.''[[Book of the Dead]]''
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In the mythology of the Igbo people in West Africa, an '''Ogbanje''' is an evil spirit who i
...s they share with the fairy [[changeling]]s of Celtic and broader European mythology.
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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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...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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*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
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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
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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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* Geoffrey Chaucer (1368-1372), The Book of the Duchess, line 579:
[[Category:English mythology]]
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...”) (also '''Kami-kiri''' or '''kamikui''') are ghostly spirits in Japanese mythology.
...elt so sleepy they almost fell asleep. This accident is written about in a book called Hanjitsukanwa , written in the Edo period. [[Image:Kami-kiri 2.jpg
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In Irish mythology the '''aos sí''' (older form, aes sídhe) are a powerful, supernatural rac
==Celtic Mythology==
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'''Ebu Gogo''' is a race of human-like creature which appears in the mythology of the people of the island of Flores, Indonesia.
...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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* ''The Vampire Book'' by J. Gordon Melton
* ''Funk and Wagnall’s Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend''
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...souls that had departed this world in [[:Category: Celtic mythology|Celtic mythology]].
Annwn is associated with the [[:Category:Irish mythology|Irish]] and Welsh goddess of pleasure [[Bebhinn]], though it is unknown whe
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==Comparative mythology==
...n Yam and Baal (the Storm God) resembles the battle in Hurrian and Hittite mythology between the sky God Teshub (or Tarhunt) with the serpent Illuyanka.
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...a, Baconaua''', or '''Bakonaua''', is a gigantic sea serpent in Philippine mythology.
A modern children's book is written about the creature. The text of the book include the following:[http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~yukosite/DragonMoon.html The
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In [[:Category:Irish mythology|Irish]], Scots and Manx mythology, '''Manannán mac Lir''' is the god of the sea. He is often seen as a [[ps
...elsh]] equivalent is '''[[Manawydan|Manawydan ap Llyr]]'''. In the “Yellow Book of Lecan”, there are said to be "four Manannans". The name given for the
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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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...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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In Greek mythology, '''Cacus''' was a fire-breathing monster and the son of Vulcan. It lived i
In ancient Roman mythology, Cacus ("bad") was a fire god. He was later demoted to the giant described
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...ielu, but not the animals themselves. This is a common misreading from his book and mixed up at a lot of webpages.
Possibly the same animal is described in the 1958 book On the Track of Unknown Animals by Bernard Heuvelmans. In 1928 a snakelike
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...ght, and the last one is believed to be Vivasvāna. Hymn LXXII of Rig Veda, Book 10, also confirms that there are eight Adityas, the eight one being Mārtan
[[Category:Hindu mythology]]
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...g 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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In Norse mythology, '''Surtr''' (modern Icelandic '''Surtur''', sometimes Anglicized Surt) is
...is, under the name of Surtur, a semi-recurring villain in the Marvel comic-book The Mighty Thor.
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...ìth''' or '''Cat Sídhe''' is a monstrous fairy cat from Scottish and Irish mythology.
As proposed by British cryptozoologist Karl Shuker, in his book Mystery Cats of the World (1989), it is possible that the legends of the Ca
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...el and Lilith wherein the symbol of Baphomet is created. Michael W. Ford's book ''Scales of the Black Serpent'' presents an invocation which calls to the D
[[Category: Jewish mythology]]
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*In the Mercedes Lackey book, ''Fortune's Fool'', one swan maiden (named Yulya) from a flock of six is k
[[Category: English mythology]]
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...ome representations, the flames that come from the Qilin's mouth contain a book which is actually Buddhist Sutras.
...animated film ''Princess Mononoke'' is also clearly derived from the kirin mythology. Other references can be found in the graphic novel ''Pet Shop of Horrors''
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...ry of an alleged actual incident concerning an apparent Akkorokamui in his book The Ainu and their Folklore.
[[Category: Japanese mythology]]
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...ed by several legends and stories. The drudes belong to [[:Category:German mythology|German folklore]]. Familiars, goblins, and other mischievous demons belong
...emons based on a previous work by Michael Psellus. It was published in his book ''Compendium Maleficarum'' in 1608.
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...de-Giles: lung-ma) was a fabled winged horse with dragon scales in Chinese mythology. Seeing a longma was an omen of a legendary sage-ruler, particularly one of
* Wilhelm, Richard and Cary Baynes, trs. 1967. ''The I Ching or Book of Changes'', 3rd. ed., Princeton University Press, Bollingen Series XIX.
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...thical race of creatures in Chinese mythology. They are described in the [[Book of Imaginary Beings]] by the Argentinian writer [[Jorge Luis Borges]].
- Jorge Luis Borges, "The Fauna of Mirrors", from ''The Book of Imaginary Beings''
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...applandische Märchen''. Andrew Lang also included it in ''The Orange Fairy Book''.
[[Category:Scandinavian mythology]]
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In Maori mythology, the '''Ponaturi''' (also called the horde of Tangaroa) is a coastal specie
...omment in Grey's Polynesian Mythology, the English translation of his 1854 book Nga Mahinga a Nga Tupuna. It appears as a footnote on page 51 of Grey 1956:
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In [[:category:English mythology|English mythology]], '''Herne the Hunter''' is an equestrian [[ghost]] associated with Windso
...frequently claimed that Herne is a manifestation of the [[:Category:Celtic mythology|Celtic]] [[Horned God]]. This idea is largely based on connecting his name
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...countered a Dzu-Teh. This account is recanted by '''Ralf Izzard''' in his book ''The Abominable Snowman Adventure| journal''. The report was also printed
[[Category:Himalayan mythology]]
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* In the ''Xanth'' mythology, as written by Piers Anthony, shades have the ability to take over a living
* In ''Age of Mythology'', when a player chooses Hades as his/her God, Hades will grant the player
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...and Vampires in the Balkans'' in the journal Man (December, 1923) and the book ''Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbs by Woislav''. M. Petrovich (London: G
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