According to folklore the distinguishing feature of a hoop snake is that it can grasp its tail in
...tozoologists feel that is a distorted description of the sidewinder of the American southwest, or of mud snakes which will occasionally lie in a loose hoop sha
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The '''Lake Worth monster''', also known as the '''Goatman''', is a North American cryptid reported to live in Lake Worth, Texas.
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...ome critters ''' was a collective term coined in early American lumberjack folklore for a variety of strange or frightening imaginary beasts which were said to
...nglish folklore). Fearsome critter stories have been collected by history, folklore and backwoods enthusiasts.
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A '''Boo Hag''' is a mythical creature in the folklore of South Carolina's Gullah culture. It is a regionalized version of the [[H
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According to the tale, a Native American woman disguised herself in the skin of a mountain lion to spy on the men of
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...ogy)|group]]. The academic and usually [[ethnology|ethnographic]] study of folklore is known as [[folkloristics]].
...als; only in the 20th century did ethnographers begin to attempt to record folklore without overt political goals. The [[Brothers Grimm]], Wilhelm Grimm|Wilhel
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The '''Hodag''' is a fictional animal that is part of the folklore of the American state of Wisconsin. Its history and acknowledgement are mainly focused arou
* The creature is mentioned in chapter 10 of the novel ''American Gods'' by Neil Gaiman.
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...r '''crone''') is a kind of malevolent, wizened old woman often found in [[folklore]] and children's tales such as '''Hansel and Gretel'''.
..." was a [[nightmare]] spirit in British and also Anglophone North American folklore which is essentially identical to the Anglo-Saxon ''mæra'' - a being with
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In Hispanic folklore of the American Southwest, Duendes are known as evil, green-skinned, red-eyed little monste
In folklore of the Central American country of Belize, particularly amongst the country's African/Carib-descend
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...''' is one of the fearsome critters, a group of legendary creatures in the folklore and traditions of lumberjacks during the 19th and early 20th centuries in N
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In the folklore of Venezuela, '''la Sayona''' is the spirit of a woman that shows up only t
*Domínguez, Luis Arturo. 1990. Encuentro con el folklore en Venezuela. Editorial Kapelusz Venezolana. Caracas.
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Large wars have long been said to create many ghosts, and the American Civil War was no exception.
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The '''Colo Colo''' or '''Colocolo''', is a malevolent creature from mapuche folklore.
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'''Tailypo''' is a creature of North American folklore, particularly in Appalachia.
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According to folklore from the island of Seram in Indonesia, weird human/bat creatures are often
...mble winged monkeys, the Ropen, the Kongomato, and possibly even the North American Batsquatch.
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