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  • ...he [[fearsome critters]], a group of legendary, imaginary creatures in the folklore and traditions of lumberjacks and forest workers in the U.S. during the 19t * Campbell, W.S. "Fearsome Critters", Journal of American Folklore, 1941.
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  • In Native American mythology (particularly in the Cherokee tribe) the '''Ani Hyuntikwalaski''' [[Category: Native American mythology]]
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  • The '''Teakettler''' is a legendary creature from American folklore with origins in lumberjack culture, specifically the lumber camps of Minnes The Teakettler belongs to a group of similar folklore creatures known collectively as Fearsome critters.
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  • A '''hidebehind''' is an American folkloric creature that a human may spot in the corner of their eye, but di * Botkin, Benjamin Albert (1997). The American People: Stories, Legends, Tales, Traditions and Songs. Transaction Publishe
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  • [[Category: Latin American folklore]]
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  • A '''joint snake''' is a mythical creature of the American southern states, the myth likely having spread elsewhere. [[Category:American folklore]]
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  • The '''Bonhomme sept-heures''' is a kind of bogey man in the folklore of Quebec (Canada) ...ms of bogeymen (called ''Bonhomme Basse-Heure'') with similar names in the folklore of France.
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  • ...d as Roux-Ga-Roux, Rugaroo, or Rugaru), is a kind of werewolf in the Cajun folklore of French Louisiana. ...another creature called ''[[Rugaru]]'', reportedly associated with Native American legends, but it is not clear if it is a [[sasquatch]], a [[wendigo]] or a r
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  • In Mi'kmaq folklore, a '''Jenu''' is a wild and cannibalistic hairy giant. [[Category:North American mythology]]
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  • The '''Candileja''' is a ghost in Colombian folklore [[Category: South American mythology]]
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  • * Botkin, Benjamin Albert (1998). ''The American people : stories, legends, tales, traditions, and songs''. New Brunswick, N * Rose, Carol (2000). ''Giants, monsters, and dragons : an encyclopedia of folklore, legend, and myth.'' Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 0-87436-988-6.
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  • [[Category:American folklore]]
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  • [[Category: American folklore]]
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  • ...lumber camps of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It is part of a group of similar folklore creatures known collectively as [[Fearsome Critters]]. Similarly to folklore such as Paul Bunyan, the person relating the story of the axehandle hound r
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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. ...also shows up stories about the Deer Woman, another shape-shifter of North American natives mythology. [[Deer Woman]] is also a seducer of men, luring them to
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  • ...torage at the National Museum of American Art (later named the Smithsonian American Art Museum) where an authorized recasting of the original Adams Memorial st ...ng Shadows: The Adams Memorial and Its Doubles". American Art (Smithsonian American Art Museum) 14 (2): 2–25.
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  • '''Agnes of Glasgow''' (1760-1780) is a woman of American folklore, but nonetheless was in fact a real person. ...fore she could find him. She was buried under cover of darkness by Wateree American Indian King Haigler, who had befriended her.
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  • [[Category: American folklore]]
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  • ...ological or otherwise supernatural creatures in South and Central American Folklore. [[Category:South American mythology]]
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  • In Inuit folklore, the '''Akkiyyini''' is a skeletal ghost that, during his life, enjoyed dan *Blackman, W. Haden. ''The Field Guide to North American Monsters: Everything You Need To Know About Encountering Over 100 Terrifyin
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  • According to folklore the distinguishing feature of a hoop snake is that it can grasp its tail in ...tozoologists feel that is a distorted description of the sidewinder of the American southwest, or of mud snakes which will occasionally lie in a loose hoop sha
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  • The '''Lake Worth monster''', also known as the '''Goatman''', is a North American cryptid reported to live in Lake Worth, Texas. [[Category: American folklore]]
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  • ...ome critters ''' was a collective term coined in early American lumberjack folklore for a variety of strange or frightening imaginary beasts which were said to ...nglish folklore). Fearsome critter stories have been collected by history, folklore and backwoods enthusiasts.
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  • A '''Boo Hag''' is a mythical creature in the folklore of South Carolina's Gullah culture. It is a regionalized version of the [[H [[Category:American folklore]]
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  • According to the tale, a Native American woman disguised herself in the skin of a mountain lion to spy on the men of [[Category:American folklore]]
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  • ...ogy)|group]]. The academic and usually [[ethnology|ethnographic]] study of folklore is known as [[folkloristics]]. ...als; only in the 20th century did ethnographers begin to attempt to record folklore without overt political goals. The [[Brothers Grimm]], Wilhelm Grimm|Wilhel
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  • [[Category: American folklore]]
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  • The '''Hodag''' is a fictional animal that is part of the folklore of the American state of Wisconsin. Its history and acknowledgement are mainly focused arou * The creature is mentioned in chapter 10 of the novel ''American Gods'' by Neil Gaiman.
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  • ...r '''crone''') is a kind of malevolent, wizened old woman often found in [[folklore]] and children's tales such as '''Hansel and Gretel'''. ..." was a [[nightmare]] spirit in British and also Anglophone North American folklore which is essentially identical to the Anglo-Saxon ''mæra'' - a being with
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  • In Hispanic folklore of the American Southwest, Duendes are known as evil, green-skinned, red-eyed little monste In folklore of the Central American country of Belize, particularly amongst the country's African/Carib-descend
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  • ...''' is one of the fearsome critters, a group of legendary creatures in the folklore and traditions of lumberjacks during the 19th and early 20th centuries in N [[Category:American folklore]]
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  • In the folklore of Venezuela, '''la Sayona''' is the spirit of a woman that shows up only t *Domínguez, Luis Arturo. 1990. Encuentro con el folklore en Venezuela. Editorial Kapelusz Venezolana. Caracas.
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  • Large wars have long been said to create many ghosts, and the American Civil War was no exception. [[Category:American folklore]]
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  • The '''Colo Colo''' or '''Colocolo''', is a malevolent creature from mapuche folklore. [[Category: South American mythology]]
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  • '''Tailypo''' is a creature of North American folklore, particularly in Appalachia. [[Category:American folklore]]
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  • According to folklore from the island of Seram in Indonesia, weird human/bat creatures are often ...mble winged monkeys, the Ropen, the Kongomato, and possibly even the North American Batsquatch.
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  • ...dragon is another representation of this scary being and is present in the folklore of Portugal and Galicia. The name of the "coconut" derived from "coco" and [[Category:Latin American folklore]]
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  • [[Category: American folklore]]
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  • ...Bell family of Adams, Tennessee. The story is the basis of the films ''An American Haunting'' (2006) and ''The Bell Witch Haunting'' (2004), and may have infl ...rrative presented by author Brent Monahan in his novel, The Bell Witch: An American Haunting. This movie's explanation of the phenomena, derived from the novel
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  • *[[Asmodai|Asmodeus]] ([[Persian mythology]], [[Jewish folklore]] and [[Christian demonology]]) *[[Chupacabra]] (Latin American mythology)
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  • ...'', sometimes also known as Deer Lady, is a shape-shifting woman in Native American mythology The Deer Woman is similar in nature to several other female figures of folklore from other regions such as [[La Llorona]] from Mexico and the Southwestern
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  • The '''Shunka Warakin''' (also shunka warak'in) is an American beast from cryptozoology and mythology that is said to resemble a wolf, a h In the language of the American Indian Ioway people, as discovered and collected by Loren Coleman, shunka w
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  • ...ton who published a treatise called "Nagualism: A Study in Native-American Folklore and History" which chronicled historical interpretations of the word and th ...55, "El espiritu del mal en Guatemala" in Nativism and Syncretism , Middle American Research Institute Publications 19:37-104, Tulane University.
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  • ...d a case against the existence of several Crybaby Bridges as being genuine folklore; instead contending that they were fakelore that was knowingly being propag ...s which they described could not be affirmed by him as fact or preexisting folklore through either local oral history or the media.
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  • ...kind of [[fairy]] having the appearance of such a woman, often found in [[folklore]] and children's tales such as Hansel and Gretel. The term appears in Midd ...tition, and closely related to the Scandinavian ''[[mara]]''. According to folklore, the Old Hag sat on a sleeper's chest and sent [[nightmare]]s to him or her
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  • ...affliction in the Ainu language is meko pagoat, "cat punishment." In Ainu folklore there is also "dog punishment", "bear punishment", and so on for every anim Source: Batchelor, John, "Items of Ainu Folk-Lore", Journal of American Folk-Lore, vol. 7 (1894): 15-44, as excerpted on page 362 of Supernatural T
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  • The Barmanu appears in the folklore of the Northern Regions of Pakistan and depending on where the stories come ...sters.com/monsters/hairy/index.php?detail=article&idarticle=244 Barmanu at American Monsters]
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  • The '''Nimerigar''' are legendary 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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  • ...t]] of North America. He’s also often linked to the [[Gray King]] of Welsh folklore as both inhabit the mountains, are known as sinister and able to manipulate Similar responses have been reported in many North American Sasquatch encounters, and explanations involving infrasound or pheromones h
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  • The '''cucuy''' or '''el cucuy''' is the boogeyman of Latin American cultures. ...as spread to countries such as Mexico, Argentina and Chile. In the Mexican-American community the creature is known as ''El cucuy''. Other names include '''coc
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  • ...''' (IPA pronunication /ka.ðe.xo/) is a monstrous dog from Central America folklore. ...rrible for several days, and then its body will disappear. Some Guatemalan folklore also tells of a cadejo that guards drunks against anyone who tries to rob o
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  • ...ions", "spirits", or "demons") are a class of obake, creatures in Japanese folklore ranging from the evil oni to the mischievous kitsune or snow woman Yuki-onn ...folklore to the point that some mistakenly believe it originates from said folklore).
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  • ...rmont is known as the Wampahoofus. Similar animals are part of Appalachian folklore, sometimes in the form of a breed of cow with mismatched legs. [[Category: American folklore]]
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  • * Blackman W Haden (1998), “The Field Guide to North American Monsters: Everything You Need to Know About Encountering Over 100 Terrifyin [[Category: American folklore]]
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  • According to folklore, the pishtaco is an evil vampire-like man, often a stranger and often a whi [[Category: South American mythology]]
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  • ...rough the UK and North America, and the stories maintain popularity in the American south. [[Category: American folklore]]
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  • In Jamaican folklore, '''duppies''' are restless spirits of the dead that are believed to haunt ...is word of West African (Bantu language) meaning ghost or spirit. Jamaican folklore contains a significant amount of duppy stories in various forms. Jamaican s
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  • The Omaha, a tribe of American Indians, slit the soles of the feet of those killed by lightning; the Basut * Leach, Maria (editor). ''The Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend''. Harper San Francisco, 1984. ISBN 0-06-250511-4
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  • ...y a story created by John Russell, with no actual basis in Native American folklore. The bird imagery is not reported in Father Marquette's original descriptio [[Category:Native American mythology]]
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  • The '''Plat-eye''' is a malicious, ghostly [[Black Dog]] from the folklore of the West Indies, Georgia and South Carolina. ..., Carol [November 2001]. Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth (in English). W. W. Norton & Company, 217, 289. ISBN 0-39
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  • ...urban setting. The name is designed to differentiate them from traditional folklore created in preindustrial times. ...ds to make two points: first, that [[legend]]s, [[Mythology|myth]]s, and [[folklore]] do not belong solely to so-called primitive or traditional societies; and
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  • [[Category:American folklore]]
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  • ...at the asylum never existed; however, the story has been part of the local folklore for several decades. Laketown Township Manager Al Meshkin told the Holland [[Category:American folklore]]
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  • ...rphose; take the form of" (see the Huashu) – are a common theme in Chinese folklore, particularly for dragons like the shen. The "dragon's transformations are ...Guoyu say they transform in the huai 淮 "Huai River." According to Chinese folklore (Visser 1913:69) swallows are a favorite food of both Chinese long 龍 and
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  • The Chinese folklore scholar Wolfram Eberhard links bashe with the legendary archer Houyi 后翌 ...riant Chinese name for the South Asian ran 蚺 or mang 蟒 "python" (and South American "boa constrictor" or African "mamba"). "Mythical draconyms often derive fro
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  • .../ASIN/0609800175/monstrous-20 Blackman, W. Haden. he Field Guide to North American Monsters. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1998. Pages 164-165] [[Category: American folklore]]
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  • A '''tomte''' or '''nisse''' is a mythical creature of Scandinavian folklore, believed to take care of a farmer's home and barn and protect it from misf ...ialect in southernmost Sweden; it is a nickname for Nils, and its usage in folklore comes from expressions such as ''Nisse god dreng'' ("Nisse good lad," ''cf'
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  • ...on [[Africa]]n beliefs, though it draws significantly from Native American folklore, especially in its use of herbs and other botanical ingredients. Over the y Most practitioners of hoodoo are African American, but Caucasians and Native Americans also use hoodoo, and it shares some co
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  • [[Category:American folklore]][[Category:Paranormal places]][[Category:Ghosts]]
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  • '''Chinese dragons''' are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and folklore, with mythic counterparts among Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Turkic dra ...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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  • The Pukwudgie belongs to the folklore of the Wampanoag Nation, the dominant Native America tribe in Massachusetts ...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
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  • In Japanese mythology and folklore, the futakuchi-onna belongs to the same class of stories as the rokurokubi, * Featured in the episode "Imprint" in the American television series Masters of Horror
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  • However while tanuki are prominent in Japanese folklore and proverbs, they were not always distinguished from other animals. In loc In Japanese folklore the Tanuki has great physical strength and supernatural powers. Like the ki
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  • '''Kobolds''' are goblin-like creatures of German folklore that can be found either in houses or in underground mines. * Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods returns to the traditional legend, depicting Hinzelmann as an ambivale
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  • '''La Llorona''' is a popular ghost in Latine America folklore. ...ears superficial resemblance to the sounds made by the kikik from Filipino folklore.
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  • appearing in Northern European folklore and mythology In Southern Mexican and Central American myth, the
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  • [[Category: American folklore]]
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  • ...ts have demonstrated that some creatures of [[mythology]], legend or local folklore were rooted in real animals or phenomena. Thus, cryptozoologists hold that ...roven tales and traditions regarding unknown undescribed animals in native folklore should not be summarily dismissed in the same way.
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  • ...s surrounding the haunting have led to it becoming a very late instance in American legal history in which the testimony of a "ghost" was accepted at a murder [[Category:American folklore]]
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  • * Paul Bunyan (American) Gog and Magog are usually considered to be giants, and are also found in the folklore of Britain.
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  • ...different mythological character in native Australian aboriginal mythology folklore. This version of the Yowie is said to be a bizarre, hybrid beast resembling *The North American [[Bigfoot]]
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  • ...n her article ''The Green Man in Church Architecture'', published in ''The Folklore Journal''. The figure is also often referred to (perhaps erroneously) as "[ ...s a decorative motif in and on many buildings, both religious and secular. American architects took up the motif around the same time.
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  • [[Category:American folklore]][[Category:Paranormal places]][[Category:Ghosts]]
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  • ...and consider the stories of Bigfoot to be a combination of unsubstantiated folklore and hoax. This is due to current scientific knowledge plus the lack of bone ...as the product of the misidentification of common animals, mythology or [[folklore]]. For instance, northern Europe's former belief in [[troll]]s has been sug
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  • ...the grounds that it is a defense against kappa. In addition, the Japanese Folklore says that the kappa is a master of Koppo; the bone-breaking technique, whic ...have been reported in Japan for centuries, being an important part of the folklore and, apparently, the real world, for the locals who see them in and near th
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  • In some Native American traditions (Navajo, Hopi, Mohawk...) the '''skin-walker''' or '''yeenaaldlo ...ibed as therianthropes). While the skin-walker is known mainly from Navajo folklore, analogies exist in the mythology of other tribes, including the Mohawk, Ho
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  • ...n is often considered a mythic figure. The Ayrshire area is known for dark folklore, and the implausibility of four dozen people evading capture for a quarter *''The Monarch of the Glen, An American Gods Novella'', by Neil Gaiman 2004
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  • ...r credible accounts of the name nosferatu being used in Romanian or Slavic folklore . *1922-1929 - American composer Aaron Copland's first ballet, Grohg, has a plot loosely based on a
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  • ...iry tales <ref>{{cite book|last=Simpson & Roud|title=Dictionary of English Folklore| year=2000| pages= 254}}</ref>. Not every religious narrative is a myth ho ...of its power from being believed and deeply held as true. In the study of folklore, all sacred traditions have myths, and there is nothing pejorative or dismi
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  • ===Superstition and the study of folklore=== In modern English, the term "superstition" is also used to refer to [[folklore|folkloric]] belief systems, often with the intention of casting negative, d
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  • In 1937, while researching [[folklore]] in Haiti, Zora Neale Hurston encountered the case of Felicia Felix-Mentor ==Zombies in folklore==
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  • ...(Ph.D. University of Glasgow). pp. 56-57.</ref><ref>IE root ''*albh-'', in American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language 2000. [http://www.bartleby.com/ ...earance of beings etymologically related to ''álfar'' in earlier and later folklore strongly suggests that the belief in elves was common among all the Germani
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  • In the American revival tradition among evangelicals prominent preachers such as D. L. Mood ...entieth century. The impact of his ideas has been recently examined by the folklore specialist Bill Ellis.
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  • ...ear, Luís da Câmara Cascudo's Dicionário do Folclore Brasileiro (Brazilian Folklore Dictionary) proposes that the ghost is related to the violent deaths of you #^ The White Lady: A New York Ghost Story from American Folklore
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  • *Seal changelings similar to the selkie exist in the folklore of many cultures. A corresponding creature existed in Swedish legend, and t *In 1998, American author Christina Dodd published a romance novel entitled A Well Favored Gen
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  • ...ear, Luís da Câmara Cascudo's Dicionário do Folclore Brasileiro (Brazilian Folklore Dictionary) proposes that the ghost is related to the violent deaths of you ^ The White Lady: A New York Ghost Story from American Folklore
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  • ...n the United States, one company manufactures Panhematin for infusion. The American Porphyria Foundation has information regarding the quick procurement of the ...gends, based upon a number of similarities between the condition and the [[folklore]]. Porphyria cutanea tarda presents clinically as a pathological sensitivit
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  • *Folklore superstitions also says she can't be killed unless killed while she is feas * A group of strigoi appeared in the episode ''Bite Father, Bite Son''of ''American Dragon: Jake Long''.
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  • ...right. This syncretism allows Vodou to encompass the African, the [[Native American (Americas)|Indian]], and the European ancestors in a whole and complete way ...sts throughout the United States a widespread system of African American [[folklore|folk]] magic belief and practice known as [[hoodoo]]. The similarity of the
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  • ...such as the role of women in Victorian culture, sexuality, immigration and folklore. Although Stoker did not invent the vampire, the novel's influence on the p Before writing ''Dracula'', Stoker spent seven years researching European folklore and stories of vampires, being most influenced by Emily Gerard's 1885 essay
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  • ...an legend status. Chupacabra stories began to be released several times in American and Hispanic newscasts across the United States, and chupacabra merchandise ...st natives believe in the "[[mosquito-man]]", a mythical creature of their folklore that pre-dates modern chupacabras sightings. The mosquito-man sucks the blo
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  • In [[folklore]], mythology and [[anthropology]], therianthropy can be used to describe a ...Celtic]], [[Norse Mythology|Norse]] and [[Native American mythology|Native American]] myths, among others. This is sometimes called ''spiritual therianthropy''
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  • ...cue, the remains of Demonite, Thunderon and Falkar were used to create its American counterpart, Troika. In Hyakujuu Sentai GaoRanger, Highness Duke Ura used t * [[Nue]], a creature from Japanese folklore that is similar in appearance to the Chimera.
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  • ...d numerous other variants, since the word appears in many different Native American languages and dialects) is a spirit in Anishinaabe mythology. It has also b The word “Wendigo” (pronounced wehn-dee-go) comes from the Native American Algonquian language, meaning “evil spirit that devours mankind.”
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  • ...he story, it remains one of the most popular haunting accounts in American folklore. ...ased in July 1979. The film was made by the independent production company American International Pictures headed by Samuel Z. Arkoff, and directed by Stuart R
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  • In Jewish folklore, a '''golem''' (גולם, sometimes [as in Yiddish] pronounced ''goilem'') ...ilken website) Selections are available on disc from the Milken Archive of American Jewish music.
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  • ...g, but some specimens, possibly juveniles, are considerably smaller. Local folklore holds that the Tatzelwurm is able to defend itself by expelling poisonous f ...m to gulp air. This is a distinct advantage in times of drought. The South American and African species can also estivate in periods of hardship. The former bu
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  • The '''Kraken''' is an enormous [[sea monster]] in Norwegian sea [[folklore]], which would sometimes attack ships and feed upon the sailors. It was sai ...type, the ''kraken octopus'', had been described by Norwegian sailors and American whalers, as well as ancient writers such as Pliny the Elder. The much large
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  • In kabbalah and European Jewish folklore (which does not believed in possession by demons), possession takes on a di ...nd its sequels and prequels, were inspired by Catholic exorcism ritual and folklore.
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  • ...the name given to a large water dwelling cryptid found in the legends and folklore of the Congo River basin. It is analogous to the Loch Ness Monster in Weste ...roof that the creature exists[1] Though evidence was found of a widespread folklore and anecdotal accounts covering a considerable period of time.
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  • A '''werewolf''' (Or '''Lycanthrope''') in [[folklore]] and [[mythology]] is a person who [[Therianthropy|shapeshifts]] into a wo *In Galician, Portuguese and Brazilian folklore, it is the seventh of the sons (but sometimes the seventh child, a boy, aft
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  • ...is regarded as "bad medicine". He is also alluded to in western American [[folklore]]. He is identified with the Mesoamerican deity [[Quetzalcoatl]], and may b
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  • ...s, the demon-locusts from the Book of Revelation, impure spirits in Jewish folklore such as the dybbuk and of wicked humans that have become demons as well.[25 #. ^ Ghost, entry in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Copyright ©
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  • ...e trickster is the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore. ...o the transatlantic slave trade, and in so doing, he entered into American folklore — and was later immortalized in pop culture.
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  • ...hain of islands. Sea serpents also appear frequently in later Scandinavian folklore, particularly in that of Norway. [[Image:Sea serpent Cape Ann 1639.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The first American sea serpent, reported from [[Cape :Ann]], [[Massachusetts]], in 1639.]]
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  • ...unda is a double-headed form that may have led to the Austro-Hungarian and American forms called the Double Eagle (as in the title of J. P. Sousa's famous marc ...al, the "mask of protection" is the face of a garuda-child called Chhepu. Folklore tells of his origin. He was one among the three brothers, Garuda, Chhepu a
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  • Several archaeologists have claimed that some ruins in the American Southwest contain evidence of cannibalism. Individual cases in other countr ...Isabella of Spain decreed that[conquistadores could not enslave any Native American tribes they encountered unless they practiced cannibalism. This meant that
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  • ...nsters, reflecting awareness of plesiosaurs. In other words, the kelpie of folklore has been transformed into a more "realistic" and "contemporary" notion of t * American progressive metal band Mastodon have a song entitled "Ol'e Nessie", named a
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  • ...is trial and conviction, Manson's name and image have been integrated into American pop culture, typically as a symbol of evil. [http://www.metal-observer.com/ ...atching Satan : the legacy of Charles Manson : a 90 minute slice of modern folklore'', released by Hypertonia World Enterprises, included covers and tributes b
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  • ...12 inches tall and did the work usually associated with a golem (in Jewish folklore, a golem [sometimes pronounced goilem] is an animated being crafted from in *American author David H. Keller, M.D., wrote two pieces featuring homunculi. One wa
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  • ...rror cinema, the ghost stories often include adaptations of old oriental [[folklore]] set in a present day city. The recent Japanese movie ''The Ring'' and the ...tml Science vs. Séance] - Victorian photographic images of ghosts form the American Museum of Photography
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  • ...passed down in Native American, Australian Aboriginal, and African Tribal folklore. "Br'er Rabbit and the Tar Baby", for example, is fairly acute psychology *[[:Category:Category:North American mythology|Native American]] [[Ghost Dance]]s of the late Nineteenth Century were mystical in origin
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  • ...''[[Paradise Lost]]'', led to the common idea in Christian mythology and [[folklore]] that Lucifer was a poetic appellation of [[Satan]]. ...h 14:12 "How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning!" American Standard Version translating Hebrew Helel as "day-star" and the Hebrew word
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