...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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*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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...orm as a collection, comprising the novella and several short stories; the book title was also ''Cabal''.
* The book was adapted into the 1990 movie ''[[Nightbreed]]'', directed by Barker hims
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* Jorge Luis Borges ''The Book of Imaginary Beasts'' (Penguin, 1974)
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...iller in his 1939 book Cannibal Caravan, and his wife, Leona Miller’s 1941 book Cannibals and Orchids, stirred up considerable interest in searching for th
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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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...ok in ''The Dark is Rising'' series, is named for the Brenin Llwyd. In the book, he is a lord of the Dark, who is an ever-present, oppressive force pervadi
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===The Book of THoTH===
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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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...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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...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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==In Borges' ''Book of Imaginary Beings''==
...cription of the axehandle hound can be found in [[Jorge Luis Borges]]' ''[[Book of Imaginary Beings]]'', in a chapter entitled "Fauna of the United States"
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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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...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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...(画図百鬼夜行, "The Illustrated Night Parade of A Hundred Demons") is the first book of Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien's famous Gazu Hyakki Yakō series, publi
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* Buer also appears in "Hellblazer" comic book as one of demons from Hell, who tortures little children and wants to snatc
* Buer appears in Alan Moore's comic book series Promethea, when he is summoned (along with the entire Ars Goetia) to
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...Ophiel, the Olympic spirit of Wednesday and the planet Mercury -- see The Book of Ceremonial Magic, plate 2, page 37.
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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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...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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...lliniato'') to have visited the moon by being carried by these birds. This book is basically an economic satire based on Gulliver's Travels and various oth
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...gives an interesting account of Chilote witchcraft and the invunche in his book ''In Patagonia''.
*British comic book writer Alan Moore wrote a version of the Invunche which is very similar to
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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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...om/hin/maha/index.htm MahaBharata in Sacred Text.com] Book 3 section 124 & book 14 section 9.
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* Borges, Jorge Luis; Guerrero, Margarita (1969). The Book of Imaginary Beings. Dutton. p. 107.
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According to David Franke's book, The Torture Doctor.
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''Sefer Yetzirah'' The Book of Creation - Aryeh Kaplan - Red Wheel Weiser 1997
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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 Natural History of Pliny the Elder, Book 11, Chapter 42
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==Book of Enoch==
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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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...|Greek]] ''egrḗgoroi''), the Grigori appear in the books of ''[[Book of Enoch|Enoch]]'' and ''[[Jubilees]]''.
According to the ''Book of Enoch'', the Grigori numbered a total of 200 but only their leaders are
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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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...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 the ongoing comic book series ''Lucifer'', the lilim are an army of demons descended from Lilith w
In the ongoing [[science fiction]] comic book series ''Finder'' (issue 37 in the storyline ''The Rescuers''), the charact
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...Froment''' wrote the book ''Roberto Succo'' about the murderer's life. The book was the basis for the movie ''Roberto Succo'', directed by '''Cédric Kahn'
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It is mentioned in the [[Book of Imaginary Beings]].
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*Wyatt, James, Darrin Drader, Christopher Perkins. ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2003).
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...ace. The Babadook haunts whomever reads its poem and hides inside a pop-up book that mysteriously appears in random homes. As its prey becomes more frighte
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Rahovart is referenced in Durzel's Morality a Renaissance book which was printed at Rouen and not widely known, in fact little is know abo
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...among the many animals Belon observed, and the woodcut illustration in his book (see picture above) was influential on several generations of naturalists.
...in a similar manner. - Pliny the Elder [1st century CE] (Natural History, Book 8, 35–36, 37)</blockquote>
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According to the ''Mahabharata (Book III: Varna Parva, Section 156)'', Jatasura used his powers of illusion to a
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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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The book ''A New Alice in the Old Wonderland'', 1895, by Anna M. Richards, contains
The book ''Omar: A fantasy for animal lovers'' by Wilfrid Blunt (ASIN B0006BVCT6) st
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'''''The Dark Tower''''' is the seventh and final book of novelist [[Stephen King]]'s Dark Tower series], published on September 2
Beginning where book six left off, Jake and Father Callahan battle the evil infestation within t
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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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...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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...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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In Sudovian Book (1520s), Peckols was presented as the god of hell and darkness, while Pocko
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*Slavicsek, Bill. ''The Complete Book of Humanoids'' (TSR, 1993).
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...[Anne Rice]] written in 1973 and published in 1976 by Alfred A. Knopf. The book centers on themes of immortality, loss, sexuality, and power. It quickly be
==Book vs. film==
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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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...t, was the head of that rebelling army" (Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book III, Ch. 18). This would rank Ophis at the same level as Lucifer.
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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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* In the fantasy book series The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind, the agiel is used as a weapon
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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
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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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*Paraiso, Salvador; Jose Juan Paraiso (2003). ''The Balete Book: A collection of demons, monsters and dwarfs from the Philippine lower myth
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*Mair, Victor H. 1990. ''Tao Te Ching: The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way, by Lao Tzu; an entirely new translation based on
*Wilhelm, Richard and Cary F. Baynes. 1967. ''The I Ching or Book of Changes''. Bollingen Series XIX, Princeton University Press.
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* Happy the Hodag is a character in a children's book written by Rhinelander Native Jill Kuczmarski.
* The Hodag is mentioned in the 1911 book ''Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods'' by William T. Cox, but is not des
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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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...d of all wicked arts, as in Plato, that devil Theutus" (Occult Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 18). Agrippa placed the Vessels of Iniquity in Binah, the third
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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 the horror book ''The Devils of D-Day'' by [[Graham Masterton]] Adranelech is summoned by h
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* Marchosias appears in the comic book B.P.R.D.: The Universal Machine, released on August 4th, 2006. He is depict
* Marchosias appears in Alan Moore's comic book series Promethea where he is summoned with the demon Andras by the magician
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...recede mass landings by the Star People's off-world relatives. In his 1981 book, ''The Star People'', Steiger predicted a pole shift and worldwide famine i
...at this world is not your home. Steiger discovered this while working on a book on space channeling. When he announced his discovery in the May 1, 1979, is
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...most accounts, including Pausanias (x.28) and, later, Dante's ''Inferno'' (book 3, line 78), the river was Acheron.
According to Virgil's ''[[Aeneid]]'' (book 6), the Cumaean Sibyl directs [[Aeneas]] to the golden bough necessary to c
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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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*[[Tibetan Book of the Dead]]
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...rlongs 604 m, contact with which scorches pursuers like a sort of fire." - Book 8, 16</blockquote>
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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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...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
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*Slavicsek, Bill. ''The Complete Book of Humanoids'' (TSR, 1993).
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..., in Buddhistic phraseology. Its numerical value is 71, the number of this book."
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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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...Bennu bird, the Heart-Soul of Ra, the Guide of the Gods to the Tuat.”.''[[Book of the Dead]]''
...on with rebirth came to associate it also with Osiris. In quoting from the Book of the Dead, Wallis Budge quotes a passage that reads, "I go in like the Ha
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* The demon Raum is the main character of the book Raum by Carl Sherrell published in 1977.
* In the comic book Doom Patrol, Raum is a demon who attempts to procure the Throne of Hell (ab
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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
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...rong side is an emperor. According to the "Records of Court Attire" in the Book of Late Han, "The Hat of Law is made for those enforcing the state law...It
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*Paraiso, Salvador; Jose Juan Paraiso (2003). ''The Balete Book: A collection of demons, monsters and dwarfs from the Philippine lower myth
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...[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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The Pénghoú is described in an old book called the ''Soushenji'' (搜神記, English "In Search of the Supernatural
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*The most famous account is recorded in what has come to be called the ''Red Book'', the 1894 ''An Authenticated History of the Bell Witch of Tennessee'' by
*The ''Black Book'' was written much later, and published in 1934 by Dr. Charles Bailey Bell,
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Source : Book of Raziel (XIII), Milton’s Paradise, Key of Salomon, Legemeton
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*Slavicsek, Bill. ''The Complete Book of Humanoids'' (TSR, 1993).
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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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* Borges, Jorge Luis. ''The Book of Imaginary Beings''.
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The book ''The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria'' by Theophilus G. Pinches describe
*In the book ''Simon Necronomicon'' which contains a blend of myths including Sumerian,
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* The story of Sunda and Upasunda is found in the ''Mahabharata, Book I: Adi Parva, Sections 211 ff''. An online version of [http://www.sacred-t
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* The story of Sunda and Upasunda is found in the ''Mahabharata, Book I: Adi Parva, Sections 211 ff''. An online version of [http://www.sacred-t
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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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...inese religion at Lehigh University, has written articles and a definitive book on hundun. He summarizes this mythology as follows.
* Graham, Angus C., tr. 1990. ''The Book of Lieh-tzǔ: A Classic of Tao''. New York: Columbia University Press.
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...ed by Norman Bingham in his novel, The Sea Serpent Legend, in 1926. In the book he revives old legends with a brief description in a poem as follows:
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In the book <i>Baudolino</i>, by modern author Umberto Eco, a '''Sciopod''' features as
...eir stories. Pliny remarks that they are first mentioned by Ctesias in his book India, a record of the view of Persians of India which only remains in frag
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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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...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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...this time in the countryside around Epping Forest rather than in the first book's London slums. In ''Domain'', one of Herbert's bleakest and most ironic bo
...a blackly comic plot involving fed-up and underappreciated monsters. (The book's tagline was "Demons today are a sorry lot".) No one believes in anything
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...''Fiery Flying Serpent''' is a creature or entity mentioned in the Bible. (Book of Isaiah 30:6).
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...d spoke several languages. Over the years he acquired quite an antiquarian book collection. In 1921 he died alone amongst his favorite novels including Adv
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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
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...ci.math, and the article he later wrote was published in chapter 30 of his book ''Keys to Infinity''.
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*Paraiso, Salvador; Jose Juan Paraiso (2003). ''The Balete Book: A Collection of Demons, Monsters, Elves and Dwarfs from the Philippine Low
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...nder, John. Washington's Most Famous Ghost Stories. (Arlington: Washington Book Trading Company, 1988)
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...inuing to read the Anita Blake series, with information about her upcoming book.
...Author to the Some of the Negative Voices Here." Several major retail and book stores are considering moving the novels into an erotic literature category
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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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...itian Voodo is partially influenced by survivals of Celtic polytheism. The book 'The Complete Idiot's Guide To Voodoo' mentions that Maman Brigitte is one
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...s crew rather than lose the whole ship to Charybdis. (Homer's ''Odyssey'', Book XII).
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*Melville, F ''The Book of Faeries'' 2002 Quarto Publishing
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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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'''Behemoth''' is a primeval beast mentioned in the Book of Job and identified later as a demon in Christian demonology.
In the Old Testament, the earliest description is in the Book of Job, which describes Behemoth as follows:
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...estat merely wanted his plantation, Lestat refutes these claims in his own book and says it was rather because he fell "fatally in love" with Louis. Their
...s faults and exaggerate (or make up) his virtues. This is confirmed in the book ''The Tale of the Body Thief'', when Louis attacks Lestat for constantly cl
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According to the [[Book of Enoch]], '''Azazel''' was a [[grigori]] (also known as "watchers"), a gr
...an bound there (see Job 1:7 and Job 2:2, although, the ''ha-satan'' of the Book of Job is most likely different from Azazel, given that Job's ''ha-satan''
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...Bon wrote a book called ''The Crowd, A Study of the Popular Mind''. In the book Le Bon shows how an individual on his own may act with the highest moral ch
...Greek culture and in Asian cultures. It was for example featured in the ''Book of Enoch''.
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The Splintercat appears in the book ''The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles'' by Julie Andrews Edwards. Thi
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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 her book, "History of Lemington," Vermont historian Marion Daley writes that the cre
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The mythological creature of Aztec mythology is included within Book 11 of the [[Florentine Codex]], which describes it as:
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...red nearly 40 years later by her nephew Casey Sherman and published in his book ''A Rose for Mary'' (2003) suggested that DeSalvo was not responsible for h
...e/magazine/article/0,9171,1179347,00.html Article About Sebastian Junger's Book ''A Death in Belmont''] ''TIME'' Magazine, 04/10/2006.
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...was translated into English by Thomas Keightley and published 1828 in his book "The Fairy Mythology". In 1836 the painter and poet August Kopisch publishe
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...ien mantis that he said took place in the 1950's, when he was a child. The book report also the case of Jeanne Robinson, which said she have received messa
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...emons based on a previous work by Michael Psellus. It was published in his book ''Compendium Maleficarum'' in 1608.
In 1613 Sebastian Michaelis wrote a book, ''Admirable History'', in which included a classification of demons as it
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...''[[Interview with the vampire]]'', in 1973 and published it in 1976. This book would be the first in Rice's popular ''Vampire Chronicles'' series, which i
...dundant. A critical analysis of Rice's work can be found in S. T. Joshi]'s book ''The Modern Weird Tale'' (2001).
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...were particularly notable. A number of his volumes remain in print, the ''Book of Ceremonial Magic'', ''The Holy Kabbalah'', and ''New Encyclopedia of Fre
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Ogbanje has been popularized by the critically acclaimed book by writer Chinua Achebe, ''Things Fall Apart'' with the character Ezinma wh
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...the exorcist knows of the art of Byleth, Gaap will not cooperate. Another book attributed to the prophets Eli and Elijah states that Gaap can be conjured
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...ck Klosterman makes reference to Jules Cotard and Cotard's syndrome in his book, ''Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story.'' The protagonist, Kloste
* In the fictional book ''The Echo Maker'', by Richard Powers, the main character's brother suffers
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...ies ''[[Hellraiser]]'', ''Nightbreed'', ''Pinhead'', ''The Harrowers'', ''Book of the Damned'' and ''Jihad''; Eclipse Books' series and graphic novels ''T
...420165?ie=UTF8&s=books ''Imajica'' ''The Great and Secret Show''] (first "Book of the Art")
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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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...973), Campbell set out to be as unlike Lovecraft as possible, although the book did include "The Franklyn Paragraphs", which effectively uses Lovecraft's d
*''The Gruesome Book'', 1983
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In the 2004 book Der Svwarm or The Swarm by Frank Snatczing, globsters are proclaimed to be
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...itings. Indeed, so convincing were Lovecraft's references to the tome that book dealers were seeking copies of it even during his lifetime.
...far back as "The Statement of Randolph Carter" (1919). In the stories, the book is dangerous because it is often harmful to the health and sanity of its re
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* Borges, Jorge Luis. ''The Book of Imaginary Beings''.
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....) (1979). ''Readings in Philippine Prehistory''. Manila 1979: Filipiniana Book Guild, Inc.
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..., and as authority cites the prophet Jonah; the Vulgate translation of the Book of Jonah translates Jonah 2:2 as Exaudivit me de ventre inferni: "He (the L
...to be an island is told in the first voyage of Sinbad the Sailor in ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights''.
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...[http://worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/poetry/Pharsalia/chap1.html Book I].
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...e; whereby the person who kills the most of them is most welcome. From the book ''On Monsters and Marvels'' by Ambroise Pare (1510-1590), chapter 22, volum
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...es to terms with Merry and awakens the [[Wild hunt|Wild Hunt]]. Again, the book takes place in approximately one day.
...olto normally hides with glamour--Merry could not handle them in the first book). Sholto makes a deal with Merry to form an alliance, which is consummated
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...s personalities according to the hue of their auras, described in her 1982 book, ''Understanding Your Life Through Colors''.
In the 1999 book ''The Indigo Children'', Lee Carroll and Jan Tober focus on raising an Indi
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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
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...ions the effect the murders had on the Perth in that era. According to the book, more people bought dogs for security and locked back doors and garages tha
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...t the kitchen table putting the finishing touches on her latest children's book. When his grandfather came home from grocery shopping, Kemper shot him as w
...ders what her head would look like on a stick.'' In [[Bret Easton Ellis]]' book ''[[American Psycho]]'', main character [[Patrick Bateman]], himself a seri
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Joseph Campbell paraphrased Shiva Purana in his book “The Power of Myth” and cited a myth of Shiva and Rahu:
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...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 Egyptian Book of the Dead]]
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...oigmnzhah the "uncle" of Tsathoggua<ref>Will Murray, "Introduction", ''The Book of Hyperborea''.</ref> — and ascribed this bizarre family tree to the
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The stories of the vetala have been listed in the book ''Vetala-pachisi''.
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*Borges, Jorge Luis, with Margarita Guerrero. 1978. The Book of Imaginary Beings. Revised, enlarged, and translated by Norman Thomas di
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===Book of Taliesin===
In the ''Book of Taliesin'' (Taliesin is the name of the sixth-century bard, sometimes as
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...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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...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
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* Geoffrey Chaucer (1368-1372), The Book of the Duchess, line 579:
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*In the Mercedes Lackey book, ''Fortune's Fool'', one swan maiden (named Yulya) from a flock of six is k
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...ry of an alleged actual incident concerning an apparent Akkorokamui in his book The Ainu and their Folklore.
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...e TNT factory, but found no sign of the strange creature. According to the book Alien Animals, a [[poltergeists|poltergeist]] attack on the Scarberry home
...ecember 15, 1967, collapse of the Silver Bridge across the Ohio River. The book was the basis of a 2002 movie starring Richard Gere, directed by Mark Pelli
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...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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...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''.
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...Knight, and numerous other superheroes'' in the ''''Superflous''''' comic book series by Bon Comics
*''Jack Crow'', and his ''Team Crow'' from the book ''''' [[Vampire$]]''''' by John Steakly, later adapted by John Carpenter fo
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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
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*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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*[http://www.eco-animals.com/products.html Book: "Pink dolphin, friend of the river"] (Web Site - English & Spanish)
.../bookstore/HTML-books/SSC-Dolphins-wales-porpoises/cover.html HTML copy of book-length report]
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* ''The Vampire Book'' by J. Gordon Melton
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**A relevant passage in the Christian book of Revelation reads: "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent,
* [http://www.bookofjob.org "Putting God on Trial: The Biblical Book of Job"] <small>- a Biblical reworking of the combat motif between Yaw and
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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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J.E. Hughes published his book Eighteen Years on Lake Bangweulu in 1933, in were he reported that an anima
...ed details on various other cryptids. 1987 saw the publication of Mackal’s book, A Living Dinosaur, wherein he summarized the expeditions. The natives in t
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In the Hebrew Bible, the '''Witch of Endor''' of the First book of Samuel, chapter 28:4–25, was a [[witch]], a woman "who possesses a
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...lical]] [[sea monster]] referred to in the Old Testament (Psalms 74:13-14; Book of Job 41; Isaiah 27:1).
#Book of Job 3:8 "Lo let the night be solitary, let no joyful cry be heard in it.
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Due to an error made by Lafcadio Hearn in his book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, these creatures are often m
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There are also many references to necromancy in the Bible. The Book of Deuteronomy (XVIII 9–12) explicitly warns the Israelites against t
...en suggested that the authors of the Munich Manual knowingly designed this book to be in discord with understood ecclesiastical law.
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According to an Irish ''dinsenchas'' ("place-lore") poem in the 12th century Book of Leinster, Crom Cruach's cult image, consisting of a gold figure surround
The 14th century Book of McGovern, written in Magh Slécht, contains a poem which states that Cro
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*Wyatt, James, Darrin Drader, Christopher Perkins. ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2003).
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...crowns of gold on their heads, denoting royalty and honour (Rev 4:4). The book of Revelation does not specifically identify who the twenty-four elders are
...the incorrect name Book of Revelations. However, the actual title of the book is '''The Revelation of Jesus Christ ... unto his servant John''', as it is
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Mazikeen is a fictional demon, a comic book character published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Sandman vol. 2 #22,
In the comic book series Lucifer, Mazikeen is a devoted ally and lover of Lucifer Morningstar
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...old literature such as the Sei Shonagon's tenth-century diary ''The Pillow Book'', and in the ''Taiheiki'' of the fourteenth century.
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...Slave Master,'' was released, covering his life up to the trial. A second book has also been released covering his life and his trial and conviction.
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At the beginning of the first book in the series, Merry's name full name and title is ''Princess Meredith NicE
As of the end of the fifth book in the series, Merry's name is ''Meredith, Princess of Flesh and Blood''.
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Richard Perry, in his book "The World Of The Tiger" reiterated that China's blue tigers were called bl
...Unfortunately, the tiger disappeared. He wrote about the blue tiger in his book "Blue Tiger" in 1925 and noted that other sightings had been reported in th
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In the book The Making of Doom 3, sound designer Ed Lima describes how he aimed for a "
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* In the ''Spiderwick Chronicles'' (the fifth book), Mulgarath, the primary antagonist, is an evil ogre who wants to enslave t
...ke monsters. Both types are extremely tall and often seem menacing. In her book ''Wolf-Speaker'', the peaceful "breed" are slaves who mine black opals.
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This beast was first written about by Pliny in his work ''Natural History'' (book VIII, chapter 30). He simply described the crocotta as a combination betwee
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...Heuvelmans included a sighting of an animal resembling the Ngoubou in his book "On the Track of Unknown Animals". The sighting, apparently from the London
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*[http://www.book-of-thoth.com Book Of Thoth]
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...The Dark Is Rising'' sequence where he plays a key part in the ends of the book by the same name and the series' ending ''Silver On The Tree''.
...ield included Herne the Hunter as a benevolent character in his children's book ''The Box of Delights''. As in ''Robin of Sherwood'', Herne is portrayed as
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...toad, or combinations thereof. An illustration in Collin de Plancy's 1818 book ''Dictionnaire Infernal'' rather curiously placed the heads of the three cr
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*Wyatt, James, Darrin Drader, Christopher Perkins. ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2003).
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...Blue'' of the Inspector Rebus series published in 1997, as well as a comic book (''Bible John-A Forensic Meditation'') written by Grant Morrison in 1991.
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...is, under the name of Surtur, a semi-recurring villain in the Marvel comic-book The Mighty Thor.
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*Wyatt, James, Darrin Drader, Christopher Perkins. ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2003).
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In his book "Myths and Legends of Japan" (originally published in 1926; reprinted by Do
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A monthly comic-book adaptation of the series is scheduled to appear starting in July 2006.
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The Simurgh is promenantly featured in the Ferdowsi's epic Shahname (Book of Kings), an epic poem that describes the legendary kings of Persia. In th
...rgh.jpg|thumb|Combat between Isfandiyar and Simurgh Shah-nama (Firdawsi's 'Book of Kings') Shiraz, 1330]]
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...played an instrumental role in the fall of Rome. It originates from the [[Book of Imaginary Beings]] by [[Jorge Luis Borges]].
The earliest verifiable account of the peryton occurs in Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings, in which he refers to a now-lost medieval manuscript a
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...table" and was more light-hearted journalism than serious research. In the book they avoided saying that they believed the story but were careful to report
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*''Jack in the Green'' is the name of Painting No. 10 in the ''Masquerade'' (book) by Kit Williams. The main character, Jack Hare, appears in disguise on eac
* ''The Jack-in-the-Green'', book review in White Dragon #29, Imbolc (March) 2001
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*Brudos is the subject of the book ''Lust Killer'' by crime writer Ann Rule.
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1. ^ Argonautica, Book IV.
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...Targum Yonathan) [http://bible.ort.org/books/pentd2.asp?ACTION=displaypage&BOOK=1&CHAPTER=6#C64]. Some commentators have suggested that the nephilim were b
...any Christians, who cite an interpretation of the teaching of Jesus in the Book of Matthew that Angels do not marry; however, they may take the verse in qu
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...on, so they were sometimes buried with spells that could destroy Apep. The Book of the Dead frequently described occasions when Ra defeated Apep.
...ting Apep, referred to as The Books of Overthrowing Apep or (in Greek) the Book of Apophis. The chapters described a gradual process of dismemberment and d
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* 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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* In Australian writer Robert Hoods four book series ''Shades'', a shade is a teenage/young soul taken by a darker world
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...eve him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?" ( Book of Job 39:9–12 trans. KJV)
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...him. When the civil servant showed the man a picture of a pterosaur from a book of prehistoric animals, the man screamed in terror and fled from the servan
...fied it as a pterodactyl after being shown a picture of one from Melland's book collection.
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...seek to elevate their lords to godhood through prayer and sacrifice. ''The Book of Vile Darkness'' details a number of prestige classes for mortal disciple
...6; ''Wrath of the Immortals'' boxed set; ''Monster Mythology'', page 88; ''Book of Vile Darkness'', page 125; ''Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss'', pa
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Concerning Luridan, we are farther informed from the ''Book of Vanagastus'', the Norwegian, that it is his nature to be always at enmit
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...er is the main villain of ''The Beast of Noor'' by Janet Lee Carey. In the book, the creature is the vengeful, shapeshifting spirit of a dog which was betr
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-''The Book of Imaginary Beings '' by Jorge Luis Borges</blockquote>
*The Shaggy Beast of La Ferte-Bernard, from Book of Imaginary Beings by J.L. Borges [1]
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...eature from Chinese folklore that lives in mines. It is mentioned in the [[Book of Imaginary Beings]] by [[Jorge Luis Borges]], but was described prevously
* Borges, Jorge Luis. ''The Book of Imaginary Beings''.
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...turned him into a zebra and sold him to a zoo. Neuburg's response in this book contradicts both the words attributed to him in ''Liber 418'' and the state
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...ce, according to ''Lords of Madness'', a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' supplement book about the aberrations such as aboleths, [[illithid]]s and [[beholder]]s.
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*Wyatt, James, Darrin Drader, Christopher Perkins. ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2003).
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According to the Akilattirattu Ammanai, the Ayyavazhi holy book, Kroni was born in the first of the Eight Yukams (aeons) with multitudinous
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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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...'s best-known book, ''War for the Oaks'', is a Púca (spelled Phouka in the book, usually).
...a story called ''The Pooka'' appears in the third entry, ''Bruce Coville's Book of Ghosts''.
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*"Caliban" makes an appearance in Jasper Fforde's book ''The Fourth Bear'' where he is seen as a small, thieving character.
...half demon creature and is the name of the main character in Rob Thurman's book, ''Nightlife'' who is half human and half Auphe.
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...hat the evil spirit from God came upon Saul..." Later in the Bible, in the Book of Kings, the prophet Elijah is possessed by the spirit of a dead man who i
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Tudor Pamfile in his book ''Mitologie românească'' compiles all appellations of strigoi in Romania
* The term is used to describe vampires in general in the book series ''The Hunt'' by Susan Sizemore.
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...Homer's ''Iliad'' (book 6), Ovid's ''Metamorphoses (poem)|Metamorphoses'' (book VI 339; IX 648) and Hesiod's ''Theogony''.
* The fourth book of the "The Well Of Echoes" quartet by australian fantasy-writer Ian Irvine
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He was called '''The Destroyer''' and in the [[Book of Revelation]] the Evangelist St John called him '''the King of the Grassh
...in Hebrew Abaddon, that is destroying and wasting'', "Occult Philosophy", Book 3, Chapter 18 [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486447170/sr=1-2/qid=11547
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...m to action. He is one of the nine demonic divinities written in the black book around 1312 AD. In the divinities he is considered the positive polarity; w
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*Slavicsek, Bill. ''The Complete Book of Humanoids'' (TSR, 1993).
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...opportunity to behold and hunt them daily." (Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 1646, Book III, Chapter 5, 'Of the Badger').
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He later published a book called ''Flying Saucers and the Three Men in Black'' in which he explained
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...late Scottish explorer and adventurer Ivan T. Sanderson. Heuvelmans' 1955 book, ''On The Track of Unknown Animals'' traces the scholarly origins of the di
...[Yeti]] and [[sea serpent]]s, as well as reports of relict dinosaurs. The book's first section ("Myth?") entertains the possibility that some legendary cr
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* Andras appears in Alan Moore's comic book series Promethea where he is summoned with the demon Marchosias by the magi
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...is also the basis of a series of films released between 1979 and 2005. The book is said to be based on actual paranormal events.
...t named Father Ray who agreed to carry out the house blessing. (In Anson's book the priest is referred to as Father Mancuso. This was done for reasons of p
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:- The Aeneid, Book VIII
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...y his captors to display a permanent malicious grin. At the opening of the book, Hugo provides a description of the Comprachicos:
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*Pantziarka, P. 2000, ''Lone Wolf'', Virgin Publishing ISBN 0753504375. This book looks at individual cases, including Thomas Hamilton, Martin Bryant and Mar
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The book Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles explains Cookie Monster's origin as follow
* Cookie Monster's Blue Book
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...alypse of Baruch, Translated from the Syriac''. Originally published 1896, Book Tree edition 2006 [http://books.google.com/books?id=WElyjf345R0C&pg=PA16&dq
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...y were defeated by the Milesians. According to the Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of Invasions), the Tuatha Dé Danann (also daoine sídhe), were defeated in
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...is entitled ''The Country of the Forest (El País de la Selva)''. Carreras' book on this subject is entitled ''The Bad Love (El Malamor)''.
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*Jack Frost is the alter-ego of Dane McGowan in the comic book series “The Invisibles”, written by Grant Morrison
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There is a passage in Pliny’s Natural History, book xix, minutely describing the nature and the properties of this amulet. The
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...cyclopedia of unusual experiences, activities, and beliefs in his [[1995]] book ''[[Leonard George|Alternative Realities]]''.
...anomalist.com The Anomalist] - resource monitoring latest strange news and book releases.
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It is important that you cite your sources if you draw from a book, journal, or website. If you write something like "John Doe believed that t
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...al was dubbed Trunko by British cryptozoologist Dr Karl Shuker in his 1996 book ''The Unexplained''.
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...form, and his minions include a judge who holds in his hands a brush and a book listing every soul and the allotted death date for every life. Ox-Head and
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*Comic book publisher [http://www.barghest.com Barghest Entertainment] takes its name f
*In the World of Darkness role playing game book Antagonists, the barghest is associated with the Beast of Bethlehem, from t
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...the natives of East Hampton, and The Hound of the Baskervilles which is a book in the Sherlock Holmes series). The light-hearted article speculated that t
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* Field, Stephen, tr. 1986. ''Tian Wen, A Chinese Book of Origins''. New Directions.
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...arren, who have captured images of the White Lady on video, claim in their book, ''Graveyard'', that the White Lady was a murder victim from the 1800s, who
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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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...vidence. Most of these critical individuals simply did not read the entire book. Their criticisms focused on the weakest cases and overlooked certain cases
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''Popol Vuh, First Book''
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...ntague. ''The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger'' (Book Tree; 2000) pp61–65</ref>
*Borges, Jorge. (1969). ''The book of imaginary beings''. New York: E. P. Dutton. ISBN 0-670-89180-0
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...ide over cult ceremonies. One means for summoning them is found in the ''[[Book of Eibon]]'' and requires a blood offering. The ritual may only be performe
...n, Neil. "Shoggoth's Old Peculiar" (1998 - first published in "The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy" Mike Ashley (ed.), Robinson Publishing.) republished Drea
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...ner and illustrated by Tom Sutton is part of the comic-anthology ''The Big Book of Bad'', 1996, Paradox Press, ISBN 1-56389-359-2.
*The book ''Madhouse'' by Rob Thurman features Sawney Beane as the main villain.
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