...d Midian, a semi-mythical city that offers sanctuary to monsters; both the human kind and otherwise. He hurridly sets off to seek Midian without realizing t
...ecropolis-like refuge, is set in the wilds of Canada and it’s inhabited by monsters, the so-called ''nightbreed'', hiding from the rest of the world.
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...y coasts, the '''Erqigdlit''' are monsters that drink blood. If they see a human being, they’ll pursue them and tear them to pieces out of sheer lust to k
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Buta-kala are considered as the immediate cause of all that is injurious to human joy and comfort, physical and mental, natural and social. Wars, epidemics,
...rywhere but their absence is felt mainly when the gods are distant or when human neglect or wrongdoing has alienated the Divinity.
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Skeleton warriors consist of animated human skeletons with human weapons and armor such as swords and shields. Because they are already dead
*Skeleton warriors are monsters in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game.
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...n. He first appeared in Tomb of Dracula #10. He is half vampire and half human, which endows him with all of a vampire's strengths but none of their weakn
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...wses the categories (for example, it will be possible to browse and select monsters by a combination of shape, culture and age on Monstropedia).
This category includes the primitive beasts and animal-shape monsters, from the numerous dragons and snakes of the first creation myths to the le
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...along his body which may afford protection. His skin is also impervious to human bombs.
...u including Godzilla. Varan is seen in the climax, joining the other Earth monsters to fight against the King Ghidorah, though he does not actually participate
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'''Lake Tianchi monster''' is the name given to one or several lake monsters that allegedly live in Heaven Lake (known as Cheonji in Korean) or Lake Tia
More recent reports describe the monster as having a human-like head attached to a 1.5 m neck. It is said to have a white ring around
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The Pugot can transform into a hog, dog or human though it usually looks like a black, giant headless being. It typically li
...Nimputul: The Self-Beheaded'', the pugot was cited to have appeared to the human hero. He was fed with chopped chicken meat with blood.
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==Monsters in history==
...tand. In the Enlightenment, the cabinet of curiosities would often include monsters in amongst the scientific instruments and toys. Similarly, the monstrous wa
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...ra''' (ガバラ) is a oni-like kaiju that first appeared in the 1969 film ''All Monsters Attack'' where he plays the main antagonist of Godzilla.
...ty to electrocute Minya, and later, Godzilla. Promotional photos for ''All Monsters Attack'' also depict Gabara shooting lightning bolts from his hands, though
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...a similar species or if Godzilla was somehow Minilla's biological parent; (human character dialogue might suggest that Godzilla had been to Sogell Island pr
...eyes are larger and placed further forward on his head, giving him a more human-like appearance. The dorsal fins on his back are small and unformed, and he
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...the American historian and novelist Mark Mirabello. They stand above the human race as “we stand above apes."
"The [[monsters]] eat only meat. Not dead meat--not freshly killed meat--but “raw flesh,
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Kelpies are very malevolent in nature. They are known to drown their human victims, who would never be seen again. The heart and liver (it is the hear
...of kelpies evolved into the present day legends of lake-monsters where the monsters "changed the appearance" to a more "realistic" and "modern" version since t
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According to some tales, rokurokubi were once normal human beings but were transformed by karma for breaking various precepts of Buddh
Rokurokubi look like normal human beings by day, but at night they gain the ability to stretch their necks to
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...described as an ape or a wild man. The Barmanu is supposed to possess both human and apelike characteristics and is said to abduct women and attempt mating
...to wild men may be those of the Almas which is always described as a wild human whereas those describing a large bipedal ape may be referring to the Yeti.
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...at crossroads and were believed to attack young children and to mate with human men, giving birth to children born as vampires.
...155 Guiley, Rosemary ''The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters'']
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...Drudwas ap Tryffin by his fairy wife. These birds were said to understand human speech and to obey whatever command was given to them by their master. Howe
Rose, Carol. (2000). ''Giants, Monsters and Dragons''. Norton
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A '''jenglot''' is a tiny, living human doll in Indonesian and Malaysian folklore
...ot 'keepers' feed their creature with blood, either animal blood (goat) or human blood. The jenglot is said to not drink the blood directly. The person plac
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...atural order. In the fierce battle between Mothra and Battra, the existing human civilization was destroyed in a tremendous flood.
...cean floor, until they caused a rift to open between tectonic plates. Both monsters were swallowed up into the Earth's crust.
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...e the livestock. During these attacks, Baragon was not seen, so the mutant human Frankenstein was blamed. But there was a person who survived the destructio
...alive and kept in captivity on Monsterland. Along with the rest of Earth's monsters, Baragon is brought under the control of an alien race called the Kilaaks d
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...ce in their great class of hill-spirits certain quadrumana, besides actual human beings, mountaineers alien to Chinese culture, perhaps a dying race of abor
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...ious groups in folklore who were said to change the physical appearance of human beings by manipulating growing children, in a similar way to the horticultu
...dislocating their joints, and malforming their bones. The resulting human monsters made their living as mountebanks or were sold to lords and ladies to be use
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'''Mermen''' are mythical male legendary creatures who are human from the waist up and fish-like from the waist down, whose consorts were th
*Another notable merman from Greek mythology was [[Glaucus]]. He was born a human and lived his early life as a fisherman. One day, while fishing, he saw th
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...eature associated with Native American legends, and a large range of other monsters from [[sasquatch]]s to cannibal-like Native American [[wendigo]]s or the Eu
...r Chippewa in North Dakota might have picked up the French name for "hairy human-like being" from the influence of French Canadian trappers and missionaries
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...at the same antics around another corner. This will go on and on until the human decides to give up in utter frustration. Another way they might annoy human
...0's and early 1990's representing the upper torso, hands & head of "Bogle" monsters.
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...mythology, the '''Asakku''' were one type of Mesopotamian evil spirits and monsters, classed with good spirits as [[Utukku]].
Asakku demons attack and kill human beings, especially by means of head fevers. They are mentioned in poetical
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...extent their own and to increase their strength. Often necromancers are of human kind, but that doesn’t mean humans are the only species practising [[necr
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...latter habit, the word ''ghoul'' is sometimes used to refer to an ordinary human such as a grave robbers, or to anyone who enjoys the macabre.
...netheless generally believed that vampires and zombies prefer to prey upon human beings.
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'''Ningyo''' (人魚, "human fish"), often translated as "mermaid," is a fish-like creature from Japanes
...however, peeked into the kitchen, noticed that the head of this fish had a human face, and warned the others not to eat it. So when the fisherman finished c
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...and the tissue on the sides of the mouth are manipulated to give it a more human appearance, and artificial eyes are inserted into the nostrils. The pectora
...sea monk" captured in Norway, a creature in scaly but clerical garb with a human face, a monk's shaven crown, vague appendages for arms and a fish's tail. I
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...aded annis commonly uses magic to disguise itself as an exceptionally tall human, a fair giant, or an ogre.
*'''Shrieking Hag''' - Shrieking hags are horrible, spiteful monsters who haunt desolate wastelands and barren plains.
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He is usually represented as a merman, having the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish. Ordinary Tritons were described in detail by the ge
...taur"), was described as having the forefeet of a horse in addition to the human body and the fish tail. It is probable that the idea of Triton owes its ori
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Als are demons of childbirth, interfering with human reproduction. The al is known by various other names, including ''alk'' in
In Armenian tradition, Al is described as half-human and half-animal, with a fiery eye, long thick hair, fingernails made of bra
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The Monster of Lake Fagua is described as being 20 feet long, with a human face, bull-like horns, huge donkey-like ears, lion-like teeth, bat-like win
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...ngs as animals and rejects many social structures that he believes inhibit human instincts.
...as a vast conspiracy of elites with a predilection for child-molesting and human sacrifice. This genre regularly describes Satan as actually appearing in pe
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...general, yōkai is a broad term, and can be used to encompass virtually all monsters and supernatural beings, even including creatures from European folklore on
...lly have a sort of spiritual or supernatural power, and so encounters with human beings tend to be dangerous.
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monsters. Each of the seven were revered or feared, each possessing different abilit
#[[Luison]], a dog-like human, lord of death and protector of cemeteries
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...tion. However, the Adlet prefers to drink the warm blood of a newly-slain human (it also eats the flesh with an equal amount of relish). The Adlet may be
...ings if its preferred food is not to be had. Above all, the Adlet prefers human flesh and blood to anything else. The bones of the creature’s victims ar
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...a tilberi, a woman should go to a graveyard early on Whitsunday and dig a human rib there. Then this rib needs to be wrapped in grey wool and be preserved
...the nipple the tilberi will overexhaust itself and explode, leaving only a human rib beside the heap of droppings.
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Although the Beast of Bray Road has not been seen to shapeshifting from a human into a wolf in most of the sightings, it has been labeled a werewolf in new
There is one witness who claims to have seen it morph from a wolf-headed human form into an ape-headed form. There has been other paranormal phenomenon re
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...ht upon its feet, which are :shaped like hoofs. Its face and body are more human like than anything :else and its mouth is like that of a raccoon, garnished
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...canny knowledge about the past, present and future and a deep insight into human nature. Hence, many sorcerers seek to capture them and turn them into slave
...155 Guiley, Rosemary ''The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters'']
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...g flight. The hands cannot grasp while flying, but are nearly as useful as human hands when an aarakocra is perched and its wings folded back. Their powerfu
*Wyatt, James and Rob Heinsoo. ''Monstrous Compendium: Monsters of Faerun'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2001).
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...ltitudes of probably around 1,000-1,500 meters, and does not tolerate well human encroachment, logging and other disturbances.
...ren & Clark, Jerome (1999): Cryptozoology A to Z: the encyclopedia of loch monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabaras, and other authentic mysteries of nature. Fireside
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Tzitzimimeh means ''Monsters descending from above''.
...ring a solar eclipse, the tzitzimime would descend to the earth and devour human beings. The Tzitzimimeh were also feared during other ominous periods of th
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...sm. A female rakshasa is called a '''rakshasi''', and a female rakshasa in human form is a manushya-rakshasi.
...o haunt cemeteries, disturb sacrifices, harass priests, possess and devour human beings, and vex and afflict mankind in all sorts of ways. They are said to
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