...Book of Imaginary Beings''. Borges claimed that he had found the legend in the book ''On Malay Witchcraft'' (1937), by C.C. Iturvuru.
...hich is the most beautiful landscape in the world. The Á Bao A Qu waits on the first step for a man brave enough to try to climb up.
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'''Silky''' is a fairy spirit of Northumberland in England, around the village of Black Heddon.
...m, accompanying them for a short while, rustling her silks (reminiscent of the glaistig) before disappearing just as suddenly. Many a late traveller was l
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...that visit Earth. They derive their name from the fact that they resemble the Scandinavians.
Some individuals have suggested that because of the Nordic's similar physical appearance to humans that they could possibly be
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[[Image:Yara-ma-yha-who.jpg|thumb|The Yara-ma-yha-who]]
The '''Yara-ma-yha-who''' is a little vampiric furry creature from the Australian Aboriginal folklore.
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...dieval legend, '''Ceridwen''' was an enchantress, who was said to possess the cauldron of Poetic Inspiration (Awen).
...es, she had two children representing dark and light aspects emerging from the One Goddess her daughter '''Crearwy''' being light and beautiful, and her s
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A '''Nachzehrer''' is a sort of ghoul in the folklore of Northern Germany.
...e northern region of Germany, including Silesia and Bavaria, and also with the Kashubes of Northern Europe.
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...the fact that the Umibozu is said to have a large, round head, resembling the shaven heads of Buddhist monks.
Umibozu are believed to be drowned priests, and exhibit the shaven head and typically appears to be praying.
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The '''Pleiadians''' are a collective of extraterrestrials from the star system Pleiades.
...ten planets that circle their sun, Tayget. Other pleiadians would live on the planets Semjase, Ptaah and Quetzal.
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...nd to have eaten the liver of her victims. She supposedly haunted areas in the Appalachian Mountains, where she is said to still inhabit today.
...y much like an old woman, excepting that her whole body was covered with a skin as hard as a rock that no weapon could wound or penetrate, and that on her
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'''Moqwaio''' is a wolf spirit and the lord of the Dead in Menominee mythology
Moqwaio is usually represented in the physical form of a wolf.
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[[Image:bownessie.jpg|thumb|A snap of the creature taken on a camera-phone by Tom Pickles in February 2011 ]]
...w-Nessie''' is a sea serpent similar to [[Nessie]] that allegedly lives in the waters of Lake Windermere in England. Eight sightings have been recorded si
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The '''Pukwudgies''' are troll-like creatures that haunt the forests of New England.
...sachusetts and Southern New England and has been sighted until recently in the area of Cape Cod.
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...d in a cave, who mothered with her mate [[Typhon]] every major monster in the Greek mythos.
...ts were attacking the vines (Kerenyi 1951, p 51f). Echidna as protector of the vineyard perhaps.
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...salamander somewhat in appearance, but makes its home in fires, the hotter the better. Its alleged resistance to fire was such that it lived in volcanoes.
[[Image:Salamander.jpg|thumb|The crowned salamander of François 1er]]
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[[Image:Noppera-bo.gif|200px|thumb|The Noppera-bō]]
The '''Noppera-bō''' (のっぺら坊) is a kind of faceless ghost in Japanese
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...specific to Britanny (France). There are several types, some of which are the Korils, Poulpikans, Teuz, and Kornikaned.
...their name change according to the place they are supposed to guard. Among the other names, there are ''kornandon, ozigan, nozigan, torrigan, viltañs, po
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...“ruler”. "Wide wandering," would then refers to the moon traveling across the sky.
...lovely Thaleia, from whose eyes as they glanced flowed love that :unnerves the limbs: and beautiful is their glance beneath their brows. - Theogony (ll. 9
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...rtant deities of Nepal, sacred to Hindus and Buddhists alike. According to the Puranas, it was this aspect that severed Brahman's fifth head.
[[Image:Bhairava.jpg|thumb|Bhairava's image in the Durbar Square, Kathmandu]]
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[[Image:skin-walker.jpg|thumb|A modern rendering.]]
...an who is able to shapeshift into various animal forms through witchcraft. Skin-walkers are generally considered frightening, evil, dangerous, and difficul
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...ludde''', or '''Kleure''', is a malicious spirit or [[goblin]] which roams the Flemish countryside.
...n]] that had escaped from Hell, a [[werewolf]], or even a manifestation of the [[Devil]].
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