[[Image:crane-man.jpg|thumb|The crane-man or goose-headed man]]
The '''crane-man''' or '''goose-headed man''' is a character that was popular in medieval bestiaries.
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...found sitting upon the tower. Now, thou must know that this ass was one of the Mazikeen.
''THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY'' BY THOMAS KEIGHTLEY (1850)
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...'' (also: Ossaart, Osschaard) is a waterspirit or shapeshifting demon from the Flemish and Dutch folklore.
...any animal he wants, but he usually appears in the shape of a bull with a man's head and chains in his hands.
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In Melanesia there is a belief in the '''tamaniu''' or atai which is an animal counterpart to a person with which
...tence. This creature is corporeal, can understand human speech, and shares the same soul as its master, leading to legends which have many characteristics
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...t of his house was occupied by a spirit. After the priest recited a chant, the tree never caused any trouble again.
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...s of Central Celebes believe that the inside parts only of the man take on the animal shape, a state which they term '''lamhoyo'''.
The lamboyo may be distinguished from an ordinary animal by being misshapen to
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...but are deathly afraid of dogs; the best way to repel an attack is through the use of a dog to drive them away.
...protected from the Hobyahs by the family dog, Turpie. Whenever Turpie saw the Hobyahs coming, he would bark, putting them to flight.
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..., is the name of the [[Qliphoth]] corresponding to the Sephirah Chokmah in the Tree of Life.
...er, unwilling to 'bow down to man' and take material form, as described in the Islamic legend regarding Iblis, or Satan.
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...n of the the many famines of Ireland. It is emaciated, and wanders through the land begging for food. Those that give food freely are rewarded with good l
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The Danish peasantry give the following account of their '''EllefoIk''' or Elve-people.
...hearts. The man may be often seen near the EIle-moors, bathing himself in the sunbeams, but if any one comes too near him, he opens his mouth wide and br
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...icheff''', also known as ''The Dog of the Caucasus'' or ''The Siberian Dog-Man'' was an early sideshow performer and person born with a rare condition kno
...rned on prayers to be said after their deaths. He died four years after at the age of 59.
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The '''Hombre Caiman''', or Alligatorman, is a legendary creature that possesse
This South American folk tale is particularly popular in Plato, Magdalena, on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, especially in rural and less populated areas.
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[[Image:The Man Who Laughs Comprachicos.jpg|thumb|155px|right|''The Man Who Laughs'']]
...ance of human beings by manipulating growing children, in a similar way to the horticultural method of bonsai
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In the Hebrides the '''Loireag''' is a water-fairy, but like the lowland [[habetrot]] she is a patroness of spinning.
...la as 'a small mite of womanhood that does not belong to this world but to the world thither', and as a 'plaintive little thing, stubborn and cunning'.
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...e pronunciation of the Irish words ''fear dearg'', meaning ''Red Man'', as the far darrig is said to wear a red coat and cap.
...far darrig is classified as a solitary fairy along with the leprechaun and the clurichaun, all of whom are "most sluttish, slouching, jeering, mischievous
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Dressed in a black suit and with no visible face, the '''Slender Man''' is an apparition with arms that stretch wide to entrap his chosen prey.
Due to his attire, the Slender Man has been linked to the notorious "Men in Black", who are thought to be government agents who haras
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The '''Tzadikim Nistarim''' or '''Lamed Wufniks''' are a group of thirty-six ho
...''lamed'' and ''vuv'', whose numerical value when combined is thirty-six. The term ''Nistarim'' means "concealed ones".
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...ntrim, Rathlin Island and parts of Donegal, were also found on the Isle of Man, where they are called ''phynnodderee''.
Resembling a very small elderly man, though covered in coarse, dense reddish hair or fur, he wears no clothes,
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...'' (shark man in Japanese) is a creature that appears in "The Gratitude of the Samebito", a short story by Lafcadio Hearn.
...ed [[Kojin]] by Kyokutei Bakin. The kojin are creatures thought to live in the South China Sea, which resemble [[ningyo]], are always weaving at their loo
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...s''' or '''Wulvers''' are a peculiar kind of werewolves in the folklore of the Shetland Islands of Scotland.
The wulver is described as a man, covered with short brown hair but with a wolf's head and most of his or he
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Many of the Indians in Guiana believe that '''Kanaima''' are possessed by human spirits
...jaguar, kanaima approach the lonely sleeping-places, or waylay Indians in the forests and devour what pass nearby.
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...cktree Brag''' is a shapeshifting goblin who haunts ''Picktree hamlet'' in the North of England.
...s a calf, with a white handkerchief around its neck; as an ass; as a naked man without a head; and as four men holding up a white sheet.
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[[Image:Gancanagh.gif|thumb|155px|right|The Gancanagh]]
The Gancanagh usually appears as a debonair little man in lonely glens, with a purse in one of his pockets, and a dudeen (short Ir
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...is the ancestor of the Yao people (a tribe located at the lower reaches of the Chang Jiang in China) and a canine shapeshifter that married an emperor's d
...picted as a shapeshifter, all of him can become human except for his head. The race(s) descended from P'an Hu were often characterized by Chinese writers
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The '''Albastor''' is an [[incubus]] or [[succubus]] spirit from Russian folklo
...he shape of a shooting star that trails sparks. On the ground, it can take the form of any creature, although humans are its favorite shape.
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...n in Prussian mythology. He was one of the three main deities worshiped by the Old Prussians.
...Peckols. He was also depicted on the Flag of Widewuto as as a young, merry man with a wreath of grain on his ears. As creatures of Potrimpo, snakes were w
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...ved. According to a later account by Thomas Bartholinus, if someone pushed the breast of Joannes Baptista, he moved his hands, ears and lips.
...es Baptista Colloredo quite diligently and personally observed the man for the purpose of documentation. Lazarus Colloredo and his parasitic twin, Joannes
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...anubis was popular during the period of Roman domination over Egypt. He is the son of Osiris and Nephthys.
...was placed upon his role as a guide, leading the souls of the dead through the underworld.
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...Book of Imaginary Beings''. Borges claimed that he had found the legend in the book ''On Malay Witchcraft'' (1937), by C.C. Iturvuru.
...tiful landscape in the world. The Á Bao A Qu waits on the first step for a man brave enough to try to climb up.
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Radica and Doodica were xiphopagus twins, joined at the chest by a band of cartilage, similar to Chang and Eng.
...turning them over to a local temple. The monks of the temple looked after the twins and gave them their names.
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...''vjeshtitze'' and sometimes spelled as ''vestizsa'') is a female witch in the lore of Montenegro and Serbia, whose main prey was infants but were also so
...oth, or a fly. In this form, she enters houses and feeds upon the blood in the heart of her victims.
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...ilton ''' was a ghost or brownie that lived in Hilton Hall, in the vale of the Wear, in England.
...e frequently the case. They were resolved to banish him if they could, and the spirit, who seemed to have an inkling of their design, was often heard sing
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...y (the Northwest of England) which was exceptionally beautiful and gentle. The Asrai only rose from their depths once every hundred years and had to retur
...and turn into a pool of water. They are, however, said to enjoy bathing in the moonlight.
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...rn with a conjoined twin and displayed in sideshows as ''The Double-Bodied Man''.
...ation, using the X-ray, and in his report he declares there is imbedded in the normal body a formation that resembles a rudimentary head; this he claims h
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[[Image:Yucca Man.jpg|thumb|Joshua Tree National Park]]
'''The Yucca Man''' is a Bigfoot-like creature that supposedly live around Joshua Tree Natio
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...hee''' or '''Lannan Shee''' is a vampiric spirit of the Isle of Man taking the form of a beautiful woman in order to seduce them and drink their blood.
Corporeal to the beloved, but invisible as for spirit or ghost to anybody else, Lhiannan She
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[[Image:Machlyes.jpg|thumb|From the Nurenburg Chronicle of 1493]]
...n tribe of hermaphrodites whose bodies were male on one side and female on the other.
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...i mythology, '''Nuku-mai-tore''' are forest-dwelling spirits that sit upon the branches of trees or on parasitical plants such as wharawhara and kiekie pl
...f the nuku-mai-tore are delivered by Caesarean section, guaranteed to kill the mother.
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...a species of beings who have a striking and surprising correspondence with the Gothic Fairies.
as every thing preternatural is in Africa. The Africans call the Yumboes, Bakhna Rakhna, or Good People.
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[[Image:bigorne.jpg|thumb|Bigorne devours a man in a landscape - 1621]]
The '''bigorne''' or '''bicorn''' is a mythical beast in the folklore of Anjou, Normandy and Auvergne in France.
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...o live underground, in mushrooms, or else are household spirits helping in the home.
...ng to the [[gnome]]s family and are akin to the Scandinavian [[Tomte]] and the German [[kobold]].
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...Ramparsad''' was born with a parasitic twin and displayed in sideshows as the ''Handsome, Healthy, Happy Hindoo''.
...n finery. He referred to the twin as a "sister" in order to add a touch of the risque to his act.
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...tephan Bibrowski Lionel the Lion-Faced Man.jpg|thumb|Lionel the Lion-Faced Man]]
'''Stephan Bibrowski''' (1891–1932), better known as '''Lionel the Lion-Faced Man''', was a famous sideshow performer and a person born with a rare condition
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The '''Blemmyes''' (Latin ''Blemmyae'') are a race of legendary acephalous (hea
...s traduntur capita abesse, ore et oculis pectore adfixis ("It is said that the Blemmyes have no heads, and that their mouth and eyes are put in their ches
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...ve been a Countess who lived in a castle called the Chateau de Deux-Forts. The story goes as follows:
...could not be removed. The next morning, much to the Comtesse's annoyance, the ugly spot was still there. If anything, it looked as if it had grown a litt
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'''Pondoro''' are shapeshifters in the folklore of the Makololo people in Africa.
...for days and sometimes even for a month, during which time he wandered in the woods where his wife had built a den for him and took care that he was prov
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[[Image:Hermaphroditos.jpg|thumb|Hermaphroditos and the nymph]]
...ermaphroditos''' (or ''Hermaphroditus'') is a son of Hermes and Aphrodite, the gods of male and female sexuality.
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[[Image:urisk.gif|thumb|The urisk]]
An '''urisk''' or '''ùruisg''' is a goblin of Lowland Scotland similar to the [[Brownie]]
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...e same bed with him. He played most beautifully on the harp, and he was in the habit of staking great sums of money at dice.
...s, he went away without offending any one. Some call him King Vollmar, and the chamber in which he lived is still said to be called Vollmar’s Chamber.
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'''Hödeken''' is a Kobold (House-spirit) that used to live in the palace of the bishop of Hildesheim.
...ld the bishop and others of what was to happen, and he took good care that the watchmen should not go to sleep on their post.
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