The '''zana e malit''' is a mythical creature in Albania mythology.
Zana e malit is derived from the Albanian word “Zane” or “Zëre” which means "fairy of the mountain". The plural form of “zana” is “zanë”, a term fro
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In all manifestations the each uisce is a fearsome creature who can deceive and torment mortals. A sleek and handsome steed, it almost
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...sian: Тугарин Змеевич) is a mythical evil creature in Russian bylinas and fairy tales.
...sha Popovich, who is disgusted with the way Tugarin is acting, insults the creature with stories about the deaths of a dog and a cow (Bailey, p. 122). Tugarin
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In Scottisk folklore, a '''bogle''' or '''bogill''' is a legendary creature with a fierce temper similar to the [[boggart]] and [[bogeyman]] but used f
The bogle is a creature that loves to vex humans until they go insane. They may cause a human to he
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...the Philippines. The term may also apply more broadly to all sort sort of fairy races (elves, goblins, pixies, brownies, leprechauns...).
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...nd sometimes attacking the people it followed. In other stories seeing the creature is an omen of impending death or bad luck.
The Gytrash is usually a feared creature, due to its association with death, but it can also be benevolent, guiding
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A '''kushtaka''' is a fairy creature in the folklore of the Tlingit and Tsimshian Indians of Southeastern Alaska
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...hapeshifter. It may appear as a gigantic bird or a handsome young man. The creature usually assumes human shape, attracts women, and can be recognized only by
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The '''Nain Rouge''' (French for '''red gnome''') is a malevolent fairy creature that was initially reported in Normandy, France but reportedly emigrated to
The Nain Rouge appears as a small child-like creature with red or black fur boots. It is also said to have "blazing red eyes and
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...-Slavic) Vodyanoyovia have similar ways as the wassermann or nix of German fairy tales.
...ak wrote a symphonic poem entitled "Vodnik" or The Water Goblin about this creature, who is also a character in his opera Rusalka.
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'''Desghidorah''' (also known as '''Death Ghidorah''') is a kaiju creature battled by Mothra in the 1996 film ''Rebirth of Mothra''.
...ping, but the foreman removed the binding seal and thus alerted the wicked fairy Belvera to the discovery. Belvera secured the seal and released the monster
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...ful spirits and ghosts. These devices refer to a sprite as a preternatural creature.
...prite is shown to be more of a goddess of the forest rather than an elf or fairy.
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...ridge or in Llyn yr Afanc, a lake in Betws-y-Coed that was named after the creature.
The afanc was a monstrous creature that, like most lake monsters, was said to prey upon any foolish enough to
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The '''Zmeu '''(plural: zmei, feminine: zmeoaica/zmeoaice) is a legendary creature of Romanian folklore.
...ing of the precious "golden apples"; a parallel can be drawn to the German fairy tale The Golden Bird, the Russian Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gr
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...e the [[Shriker]], [[Aufhocker]], and [[Kludde]], Oschaert was a malicious creature that terrorized and attacked lost travelers. Its favorite trick was to jump
The creature was finally overcome by a local priest, who banished Oschaert to the sea fo
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...by the sailors of Vasco da Gama because it reminded them of this mythical creature. The legend of the Cuco began to be spread to Latin America by the Portugue
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The Ceffyl Dwfr is generally described as a beautiful but small creature who is seen grazing at the banks of a stream or waterway. It may tempt the
...yl dwr on the shores of Bae Ceredigion and aftewards he tried to break the creature to the cart. By means of an artfully contrived bridle he led the animal hom
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...klore and fairy tales, an '''ogre''' (feminine: ogress) are large humanoid creature who feed on human flesh. The word was first used (and probably invented) by
...ille'' (1698), and was the first to use the word ''ogree'' to refer to the creature's offspring.
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...it is an omen of death. If a person attempts to beat off the Padfoot, the creature will attack and maul him.
...r than a sheep, with long smooth hair. It was certainly safer to leave the creature alone, for a word or a blow gave it power over you; and a story is told of
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...h puca (Christianized as "devil") as a kind of half-tamed woodland Sprite (creature), leading folk astray with echoes and lights in nighttime woodlands (like t
...racter Guts has an elf sidekick named Puck. Depicted as a small fairy-like creature, Puck provided comic relief and teased various characters that appear as al
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