In some Native American traditions (Navajo, Hopi, Mohawk...) the '''skin-walker''' or '''yeenaaldlo
...ibed as therianthropes). While the skin-walker is known mainly from Navajo folklore, analogies exist in the mythology of other tribes, including the Mohawk, Ho
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...before the Battle of Bloody Run, where 58 British soldiers were killed by Native Americans from Chief Pontiac's tribe.The small tributary of the Detroit riv
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'''La Llorona''' is a popular ghost in Latine America folklore.
...ears superficial resemblance to the sounds made by the kikik from Filipino folklore.
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In [[folklore]], mythology and [[anthropology]], therianthropy can be used to describe a
...Celtic]], [[Norse Mythology|Norse]] and [[Native American mythology|Native American]] myths, among others. This is sometimes called ''spiritual therianthropy''
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...d numerous other variants, since the word appears in many different Native American languages and dialects) is a spirit in Anishinaabe mythology. It has also b
The word “Wendigo” (pronounced wehn-dee-go) comes from the Native American Algonquian language, meaning “evil spirit that devours mankind.”
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...the name given to a large water dwelling cryptid found in the legends and folklore of the Congo River basin. It is analogous to the Loch Ness Monster in Weste
...roof that the creature exists[1] Though evidence was found of a widespread folklore and anecdotal accounts covering a considerable period of time.
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In 1937, while researching [[folklore]] in Haiti, Zora Neale Hurston encountered the case of Felicia Felix-Mentor
==Zombies in folklore==
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...t be entirely correct. This would be ignoring numerous influences from the native [[Taíno]] Indians, as well as the evolutionary process that Vodou has unde
...right. This syncretism allows Vodou to encompass the African, the [[Native American (Americas)|Indian]], and the European ancestors in a whole and complete way
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The White Lady of Willow Park is native to a small, heavily-wooded park of Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, in northw
...ear, Luís da Câmara Cascudo's Dicionário do Folclore Brasileiro (Brazilian Folklore Dictionary) proposes that the ghost is related to the violent deaths of you
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...iry tales <ref>{{cite book|last=Simpson & Roud|title=Dictionary of English Folklore| year=2000| pages= 254}}</ref>. Not every religious narrative is a myth ho
...of its power from being believed and deeply held as true. In the study of folklore, all sacred traditions have myths, and there is nothing pejorative or dismi
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The White Lady of Willow Park is native to a small, heavily-wooded park of Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, in northw
...ear, Luís da Câmara Cascudo's Dicionário do Folclore Brasileiro (Brazilian Folklore Dictionary) proposes that the ghost is related to the violent deaths of you
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...n the United States, one company manufactures Panhematin for infusion. The American Porphyria Foundation has information regarding the quick procurement of the
...gends, based upon a number of similarities between the condition and the [[folklore]]. Porphyria cutanea tarda presents clinically as a pathological sensitivit
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...g, but some specimens, possibly juveniles, are considerably smaller. Local folklore holds that the Tatzelwurm is able to defend itself by expelling poisonous f
...veled legs, so perhaps the tatzelwurm was a giant salamander that was once native to the European Alps, an equivalent creature to known giant salamanders tha
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...he story, it remains one of the most popular haunting accounts in American folklore.
...ased in July 1979. The film was made by the independent production company American International Pictures headed by Samuel Z. Arkoff, and directed by Stuart R
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...is regarded as "bad medicine". He is also alluded to in western American [[folklore]]. He is identified with the Mesoamerican deity [[Quetzalcoatl]], and may b
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...passed down in Native American, Australian Aboriginal, and African Tribal folklore. "Br'er Rabbit and the Tar Baby", for example, is fairly acute psychology
*[[:Category:Category:North American mythology|Native American]] [[Ghost Dance]]s of the late Nineteenth Century were mystical in origin
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Several archaeologists have claimed that some ruins in the American Southwest contain evidence of cannibalism. Individual cases in other countr
...Isabella of Spain decreed that[conquistadores could not enslave any Native American tribes they encountered unless they practiced cannibalism. This meant that
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