...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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A '''nasnas''' is a monstrous creature in Arabian mythology.
*[[Book of Imaginary Beings]]
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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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...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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'''Peckols''' and Patollo were worshipped as gods in pagan Prussian mythology. Both of them were believed as the same gods who takes care of the the unde
In Sudovian Book (1520s), Peckols was presented as the god of hell and darkness, while Pocko
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In Maya mythology, '''Ah Puch''' (Alternatively '''Ahpuch''' or '''Hun ahau''') was the God o
...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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...Hsigo was probably the source of inspiration for the flying monkeys in the book: ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''.
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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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...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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...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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...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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In the Chilote folklore and Chilote mythology of the Chiloé Island in southern Chile, the '''imbunche''' or '''invunche'
...gives an interesting account of Chilote witchcraft and the invunche in his book ''In Patagonia''.
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''Sefer Yetzirah'' The Book of Creation - Aryeh Kaplan - Red Wheel Weiser 1997
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In Chinese mythology, the '''xiezhi''' is a legendary creature that act as guardian of holy plac
...symbol of justice and water, due to tits fire-eating qualities. In Chinese mythology, the xiezhi is credited with the ability to distinguish between right and w
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...ook: A collection of demons, monsters and dwarfs from the Philippine lower mythology''. Philippines: Giraffe Books. ISBN 971-8832-79-3.
*Ramos, Maximo D. (1971). ''Creatures of Philippine Lower Mythology''. Philippines: University of the Philippines Press.
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...ook: A collection of demons, monsters and dwarfs from the Philippine lower mythology''. Philippines: Giraffe Books. ISBN 971-8832-79-3.
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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 [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], '''Minthe''' (also '''Menthe''', '''Mentha''', '''Mintho''', in Greek ''
...[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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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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...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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==Mythology and folklore==
In many cultures, mythology and folklore, [[undead]] creatures inhabit the '''realm of the dead''', wh
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...om/hin/maha/index.htm MahaBharata in Sacred Text.com] Book 3 section 124 & book 14 section 9.
[[Category:Hindu mythology]]
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...[http://worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/poetry/Pharsalia/chap1.html Book I].
...ry:Norse mythology|Norse]] [[Thor]], [[Ambisagrus]], the [[:Category:Irish mythology|Irish]] [[Tuireann]] and the Culdee saint Taran. The name Taranis has not y
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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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* 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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The Pénghoú is described in an old book called the ''Soushenji'' (搜神記, English "In Search of the Supernatural
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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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*Ramos, Maximo D. (1990) [1971]. ''Creatures of Philippine Lower Mythology''. Quezon: Phoenix Publishing. p. 76. ISBN 971-06-0691-3.
...Collection of Demons, Monsters, Elves and Dwarfs from the Philippine Lower Mythology''. Giraffee Books. pp. 57. ISBN 9718832793.
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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 masculine of ''lili'' is ''lilu'', a demon attested in [[Akkadian]] mythology. See [[Lilith]] for an etymological discussion.
In the ongoing comic book series ''Lucifer'', the lilim are an army of demons descended from Lilith w
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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
[[Category: Belgian mythology]]
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...e-Giles: t'ien lung; lit. "heavenly dragon") is a flying dragon in Chinese mythology
*Mair, Victor H. 1990. ''Tao Te Ching: The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way, by Lao Tzu; an entirely new translation based on
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The '''Ahuizotl''' is a legendary creature of [[Aztec mythology]]. It is half dog, half monkey, with a hand protruding from the end of its
The mythological creature of Aztec mythology is included within Book 11 of the [[Florentine Codex]], which describes it as:
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...into English by Thomas Keightley and published 1828 in his book "The Fairy Mythology". In 1836 the painter and poet August Kopisch published a famous poem begin
[[Category:Germanic mythology]]
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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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...s''' was a god who combined Hermes (Greek mythology) with Anubis (Egyptian mythology). Hermanubis was popular during the period of Roman domination over Egypt.
...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 '''Bennu''' is a legendary firebird in Egyptian mythology parent to the [[Phoenix]].
...Bennu bird, the Heart-Soul of Ra, the Guide of the Gods to the Tuat.”.''[[Book of the Dead]]''
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In the mythology of the Igbo people in West Africa, an '''Ogbanje''' is an evil spirit who i
...s they share with the fairy [[changeling]]s of Celtic and broader European mythology.
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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Charon''''' was the ferryman of [[Hades]].
...most accounts, including Pausanias (x.28) and, later, Dante's ''Inferno'' (book 3, line 78), the river was Acheron.
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The '''Bonnacon''' (also called the '''Bonacon''' or the '''Bonasus''') is a mythology creature from Asia.
...rlongs 604 m, contact with which scorches pursuers like a sort of fire." - Book 8, 16</blockquote>
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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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*[[Centaur|Centaur (mythology)]]
*Slavicsek, Bill. ''The Complete Book of Humanoids'' (TSR, 1993).
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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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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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...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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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Charybdis''', or '''Kharybdis''' ("sucker down", Greek Χάρυβδι
...s crew rather than lose the whole ship to Charybdis. (Homer's ''Odyssey'', Book XII).
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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 Assyrian mythology the title Baal was a title for many gods and he is described as a son of Se
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'''Manaul''' is a mythical bird creature in of Philippine mythology that was cited in the ''Code of Kalantiaw''.
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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