Jenua are comparable to the Wendigo of Anishinaabe and Cree mythology
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...large range of other monsters from [[sasquatch]]s to cannibal-like Native American [[wendigo]]s or the European [[werewolf]].
...ou'' and the Cajun [[rougarou]]. The Turtle Mountain Ojibwa or Chippewa in North Dakota might have picked up the French name for "hairy human-like being" fr
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...n My Pocket #63'', one of only three monsters derived from Native American mythology, the others being Wendigo and (to an extent) Bigfoot. The character's awls
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...Tunda''' (La Tunda) is a vampire-like monster woman in the folkore of afro-American community of the Colombian Pacific region.
...ries about the Deer Woman, another shape-shifter of North American natives mythology. [[Deer Woman]] is also a seducer of men, luring them to their deaths unles
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*Blackman, W. Haden. ''The Field Guide to North American Monsters: Everything You Need To Know About Encountering Over 100 Terrifyin
[[Category:Inuit mythology]]
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...plastic sculpture of a serpentine creature placed in the Huron River just north of Ohio Route 2 near Huron from around 1994 until 2004, and then from 2005.
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The '''Wampus cat''' is a legendary creature in Cherokee mythology. This is also a monster of the fearsome critters variety, used by the lumbe
According to the tale, a Native American woman disguised herself in the skin of a mountain lion to spy on the men of
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...imes also known as Deer Lady, is a shape-shifting woman in Native American mythology
...f the Showtime horror series ''Masters of Horror''. It originally aired in North America on December 9, 2005 and was directed by John Landis.
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North American Indian Mythology. Cottie Burland, Hamlyn Publishing, 1965.
...and has helped his people in many situations. According to Native American mythology, Gluskap was responsible for making all the good things in the universe—t
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...t. His appearance is sometimes described as similar to the satyrs of Greek mythology (of which Pan is one), the Devil.
...Texas in the 1960s, Washington and California during the 1980s, and as far north as Ontario, Canada and Cannelton, Indiana during the 1990s.
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...has been compared to the [[Yeti]] of the Himalayas and the [[Bigfoot]] of North America.I It's possible that the creature is actually the [[Brocken bow|Bro
Similar panic responses have been reported in many North American Sasquatch encounters, and explanations involving infrasound or pheromones h
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...dary race of little people found in the folklore of the Shoshone people of North America’s Rocky Mountains.
...e lived in the Wind River and Pedro ranges of Wyoming. Nearly every Native American culture tells of a race of little people. Comanche referred to Nunnupis, Ch
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...istian context: examples of such [[:Category:Christian mythology|Christian mythology]] are the themes woven round [[Saint George]] or [[Saint Christopher]]. In
**[[Mythology|Myth]]
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In 1910, while in south-eastern China American Methodist missionary and renowned tiger hunter Harry R. Caldwell described
...unting companion, Roy Chapman Andrews (Associate Curator Of Mammals In The American Museum Of Natural History And Leader Of The Museum's Asiatic Zoölogical Ex
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Monster sightings occured along the Mogollon Rim range from Prescott, AZ north to Williams, AZ, east to Springerville, AZ, south to Hannagan Meadow, Arizo
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'''Fearsome critters ''' was a collective term coined in early American lumberjack folklore for a variety of strange or frightening imaginary beast
*[[Leprechaun| Leprocaun]] - North American variety of the Irish creature, since become extinct in its native land.
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...has been compared to the [[Yeti]] of the Himalayas and the [[Bigfoot]] of North America. He’s also often linked to the [[Gray King]] of Welsh folklore as
Similar responses have been reported in many North American Sasquatch encounters, and explanations involving infrasound or pheromones h
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*[[Adramelech]] ([[Assyrian]] mythology)
*[[Af]] ([[Jewish mythology]])
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...rough the UK and North America, and the stories maintain popularity in the American south.
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...e Old Hag" was a [[nightmare]] spirit in British and also Anglophone North American folklore which is essentially identical to the Anglo-Saxon ''mæra'' - a be
In Irish and Scottish mythology [[Cailleach]] was a goddess concerned with creation, harvest, and the under
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The Hibagon is much smaller than its North American counterpart, being most commonly reported as around 5 feet in height and es
[[Category:Japanese mythology]]
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...Roadways, A Study of Jamaican Folk Life''. Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press.
*Leach, MacEdward (1961). ''Jamaican Duppy Lore''. The Journal of American Folklore.
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'''Mishipeshu''' is a fabulous creature in Native American mythology.
...s and rivers that could be found within the Ojibway tribal domains located north of the Great Lakes region. More than one Mishipeshu might have existed, alt
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'''Chinese dragons''' are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and folklore, with mythic counterparts among Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese a
...xample, an advertisement campaign commissioned by Nike, which featured the American basketball player LeBron James slaying a dragon (as well as beating up an o
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...e Old Hag" was a [[nightmare]] spirit in British and also Anglophone North American folklore which is essentially identical to the Anglo-Saxon ''mæra'' – a
In [[:Category:Irish mythology|Irish]] and Scottish mythology [[Cailleach]] was a goddess concerned with creation, harvest, and the under
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...n the wild regions of Quebec, Labrador, Newfoundland, and all lands to the north.
...ries ago, when they began to hunt the Inuit (Eskimos). According to Inuit mythology, the Adlet were born when a beautiful Inuit woman, living on the shores of
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...ompletely different mythological character in native Australian aboriginal mythology folklore. This version of the Yowie is said to be a bizarre, hybrid beast r
...land and in the wild bush country of the Moehau Range. In New Zealand, the North Auckland area and the West Coast are its favorite playground.
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...ge lake monster cryptid supposedly living in Lake Champlain, north-eastern North America.
Long before that, however, two Native American tribes, the Iroquois and the Abenaki, are alleged to have talked of such a
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In Babylonian mythology, '''Tiamat''' is a sea goddess, and a monstrous embodiment of primordial ch
:And he made the North wind bear it away into secret places.
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...(the Giant Couriers of the Rainmakers) and the Longhorns (Rain Gods of the North), and an enormous amount of food is prepared for both residents and visitor
[[Category: Hopi mythology]]
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...like our modern idea of a troll. His features mirror those of the Native American in the area, but the nose, fingers and ears are enlarged and the skin is de
...ed about the death of his sons, but Maushop disappears from the Wampanoags mythology.
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A '''psychic vampire''', in mythology, is a being said to have the ability to feed off the "life force" of other
Some North American Indian cultures, such as the Hopi, also share this belief.
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...he world, many native tales of unknown animals were initially dismissed as mythology or superstition by western scientists, but were later proven to have a real
...ports exist of Bigfoot-like creatures in densely populated areas along the American east-coast, sightings of creatures such as [[Mothman]], [[Spring-heeled Jac
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In [[Norse mythology]], '''Níðhöggr''' is a Norse dragon who eats the roots of the World Tree
:Its door looks north.
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The '''Baykok''' is an evil spirit from the mythology of the Chippewa nation, which is said to dwell in the forests of the Great
*Blackman, W. Haden. ''The Field Guide to North American Monsters: Everything You Need To Know About Encountering Over 100 Terrifyin
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...io, in the Brasils, they fell in upon the coast of America, in 47 d. 20 m. North (it should be South) latitude. They proceeded to Port Desire, in latitude 5
Giant human bones were discovered in Peru as well as in Patagonia. South American legends speak of several giant tribal races, such as the Chancas or Chanak
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...ause of the numerous sightings that have occurred for centuries throughout North America, the creature is also classified as a cryptid.
...ching a wingspan of 10.5 feet and the California condor (the largest North American predatory bird) reaches a wingspan of up to 10 feet. the Bald Eagle, which
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...the phenomenon as the product of the misidentification of common animals, mythology or [[folklore]]. For instance, northern Europe's former belief in [[troll]]
...ive in the wild. Loren Coleman and Jerome Clark wrote that Burns's "Native American informants called these beasts by various names, including 'sokqueatl' and
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...or religion (as in ''Greek mythology'', ''Egyptian mythology'' or ''Norse mythology'') or the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interp
...falsehood — a story which many believe but which is not true. The field of mythology does not use this definition.
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...Two-Way Street: An introduction to animistic tendencies in the Euro-North American context," in ''Christianity and the Religions'', Edward Rommen and Harold N
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'''Loki Laufeyjarson''' is the god of mischief in [[Norse mythology]], a son of the [[Jotun|giants]] [[Fárbauti]] and [[Laufey]], and foster-b
Having liaisons with giantesses was nothing unusual for gods in Norse mythology—both Odin and [[Freyr]] are good examples; and since Loki was actuall
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...nd traditions that are rooted in the local culture: he doesn't live on the North Pole, but perhaps in a forest nearby, or in Denmark he lives on Greenland,
[[Category:Scandinavian mythology]]
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In Carthage and North Africa Ba'al Hammon was especially associated with the ram and was worshipe
* [http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/S41.html Bartleby: ''American Heritage Dictionary'': Semitic roots: b<sup>c</sup>l].
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* Architeuthis martensi, "North Pacific Giant Squid"
...an isolated incident since two of the eight males that had stranded in the north-east Atlantic before had also accidentally inseminated themselves."
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...near Farnham in Surrey. Later, in New Brunswick, he saw a 'lucifee' (North American lynx – Felis lynx canadensis) 'and it seemed to me to be just such a cat
...region of south-eastern Victoria, the origin of the cats is claimed to be American World War II airmen who brought panthers with them as mascots and released
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