...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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*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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...orm as a collection, comprising the novella and several short stories; the book title was also ''Cabal''.
* The book was adapted into the 1990 movie ''[[Nightbreed]]'', directed by Barker hims
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* Jorge Luis Borges ''The Book of Imaginary Beasts'' (Penguin, 1974)
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...iller in his 1939 book Cannibal Caravan, and his wife, Leona Miller’s 1941 book Cannibals and Orchids, stirred up considerable interest in searching for th
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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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...ok in ''The Dark is Rising'' series, is named for the Brenin Llwyd. In the book, he is a lord of the Dark, who is an ever-present, oppressive force pervadi
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===The Book of THoTH===
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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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...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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...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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==In Borges' ''Book of Imaginary Beings''==
...cription of the axehandle hound can be found in [[Jorge Luis Borges]]' ''[[Book of Imaginary Beings]]'', in a chapter entitled "Fauna of the United States"
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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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...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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...(画図百鬼夜行, "The Illustrated Night Parade of A Hundred Demons") is the first book of Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien's famous Gazu Hyakki Yakō series, publi
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* Buer also appears in "Hellblazer" comic book as one of demons from Hell, who tortures little children and wants to snatc
* Buer appears in Alan Moore's comic book series Promethea, when he is summoned (along with the entire Ars Goetia) to
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...Ophiel, the Olympic spirit of Wednesday and the planet Mercury -- see The Book of Ceremonial Magic, plate 2, page 37.
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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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...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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...lliniato'') to have visited the moon by being carried by these birds. This book is basically an economic satire based on Gulliver's Travels and various oth
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...gives an interesting account of Chilote witchcraft and the invunche in his book ''In Patagonia''.
*British comic book writer Alan Moore wrote a version of the Invunche which is very similar to
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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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...om/hin/maha/index.htm MahaBharata in Sacred Text.com] Book 3 section 124 & book 14 section 9.
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* Borges, Jorge Luis; Guerrero, Margarita (1969). The Book of Imaginary Beings. Dutton. p. 107.
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According to David Franke's book, The Torture Doctor.
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''Sefer Yetzirah'' The Book of Creation - Aryeh Kaplan - Red Wheel Weiser 1997
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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 Natural History of Pliny the Elder, Book 11, Chapter 42
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==Book of Enoch==
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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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...|Greek]] ''egrḗgoroi''), the Grigori appear in the books of ''[[Book of Enoch|Enoch]]'' and ''[[Jubilees]]''.
According to the ''Book of Enoch'', the Grigori numbered a total of 200 but only their leaders are
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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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...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 the ongoing comic book series ''Lucifer'', the lilim are an army of demons descended from Lilith w
In the ongoing [[science fiction]] comic book series ''Finder'' (issue 37 in the storyline ''The Rescuers''), the charact
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...Froment''' wrote the book ''Roberto Succo'' about the murderer's life. The book was the basis for the movie ''Roberto Succo'', directed by '''Cédric Kahn'
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It is mentioned in the [[Book of Imaginary Beings]].
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*Wyatt, James, Darrin Drader, Christopher Perkins. ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2003).
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...ace. The Babadook haunts whomever reads its poem and hides inside a pop-up book that mysteriously appears in random homes. As its prey becomes more frighte
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Rahovart is referenced in Durzel's Morality a Renaissance book which was printed at Rouen and not widely known, in fact little is know abo
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...among the many animals Belon observed, and the woodcut illustration in his book (see picture above) was influential on several generations of naturalists.
...in a similar manner. - Pliny the Elder [1st century CE] (Natural History, Book 8, 35–36, 37)</blockquote>
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According to the ''Mahabharata (Book III: Varna Parva, Section 156)'', Jatasura used his powers of illusion to a
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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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The book ''A New Alice in the Old Wonderland'', 1895, by Anna M. Richards, contains
The book ''Omar: A fantasy for animal lovers'' by Wilfrid Blunt (ASIN B0006BVCT6) st
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'''''The Dark Tower''''' is the seventh and final book of novelist [[Stephen King]]'s Dark Tower series], published on September 2
Beginning where book six left off, Jake and Father Callahan battle the evil infestation within t
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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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...tain Beasts (1910)''. Mr. Cox's account is reprinted in Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings (1969).
...s/lumberwoods.htm Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods] (William T. Cox's Book)
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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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In Sudovian Book (1520s), Peckols was presented as the god of hell and darkness, while Pocko
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*Slavicsek, Bill. ''The Complete Book of Humanoids'' (TSR, 1993).
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...[Anne Rice]] written in 1973 and published in 1976 by Alfred A. Knopf. The book centers on themes of immortality, loss, sexuality, and power. It quickly be
==Book vs. film==
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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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...t, was the head of that rebelling army" (Three Books of Occult Philosophy, Book III, Ch. 18). This would rank Ophis at the same level as Lucifer.
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...ers' middle school and begins to work all kinds of nasty mischief. In this book the kobold is described as a bald, scabrous, pus-oozing monster who takes t
...ut two feet tall, brown, and with black eyes. Kobolds as presented in this book also enjoy milk, and the way they drink it is described as cat-like.
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* In the fantasy book series The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind, the agiel is used as a weapon
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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
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...us lengths; around 45 m for one such creature sighted near Algeria. In his book, On the Nature of Animals (second century CE), Greek military writer Aelian
...early the same term (Great Sea Centipede) to describe these animals in his book The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and other Mystery Denizens
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*Paraiso, Salvador; Jose Juan Paraiso (2003). ''The Balete Book: A collection of demons, monsters and dwarfs from the Philippine lower myth
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*Mair, Victor H. 1990. ''Tao Te Ching: The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way, by Lao Tzu; an entirely new translation based on
*Wilhelm, Richard and Cary F. Baynes. 1967. ''The I Ching or Book of Changes''. Bollingen Series XIX, Princeton University Press.
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* Happy the Hodag is a character in a children's book written by Rhinelander Native Jill Kuczmarski.
* The Hodag is mentioned in the 1911 book ''Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods'' by William T. Cox, but is not des
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* The Two Courts are used in the book ''Tithe : A Modern Faerie Tale'' by Holly Black.
* The Two Courts are used in the book ''War for the Oaks'' by
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...d of all wicked arts, as in Plato, that devil Theutus" (Occult Philosophy, Book 3, Chapter 18). Agrippa placed the Vessels of Iniquity in Binah, the third
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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 the horror book ''The Devils of D-Day'' by [[Graham Masterton]] Adranelech is summoned by h
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* Marchosias appears in the comic book B.P.R.D.: The Universal Machine, released on August 4th, 2006. He is depict
* Marchosias appears in Alan Moore's comic book series Promethea where he is summoned with the demon Andras by the magician
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...recede mass landings by the Star People's off-world relatives. In his 1981 book, ''The Star People'', Steiger predicted a pole shift and worldwide famine i
...at this world is not your home. Steiger discovered this while working on a book on space channeling. When he announced his discovery in the May 1, 1979, is
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...most accounts, including Pausanias (x.28) and, later, Dante's ''Inferno'' (book 3, line 78), the river was Acheron.
According to Virgil's ''[[Aeneid]]'' (book 6), the Cumaean Sibyl directs [[Aeneas]] to the golden bough necessary to c
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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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*[[Tibetan Book of the Dead]]
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...rlongs 604 m, contact with which scorches pursuers like a sort of fire." - Book 8, 16</blockquote>
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According to the book of Jubilees, Mastema ''Hostility'' is the chief of the demons engendered by
...e he is Satan, the 'Adversary', but much more the Satan who appears in the book of Job with a function to fulfill under God than the Satan of later traditi
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...on story himself. It is found in several other works: Jan Perkowski's 1976 book reprinted Vukanović's account, and recent popular books on the topic of va
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*Slavicsek, Bill. ''The Complete Book of Humanoids'' (TSR, 1993).
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..., in Buddhistic phraseology. Its numerical value is 71, the number of this book."
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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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...Bennu bird, the Heart-Soul of Ra, the Guide of the Gods to the Tuat.”.''[[Book of the Dead]]''
...on with rebirth came to associate it also with Osiris. In quoting from the Book of the Dead, Wallis Budge quotes a passage that reads, "I go in like the Ha
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* The demon Raum is the main character of the book Raum by Carl Sherrell published in 1977.
* In the comic book Doom Patrol, Raum is a demon who attempts to procure the Throne of Hell (ab
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...ptured the creature on video which was sent for analysis. He has written a book about the monster. Yet his video is under constant criticism, with question
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...rong side is an emperor. According to the "Records of Court Attire" in the Book of Late Han, "The Hat of Law is made for those enforcing the state law...It
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*Paraiso, Salvador; Jose Juan Paraiso (2003). ''The Balete Book: A collection of demons, monsters and dwarfs from the Philippine lower myth
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...[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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The Pénghoú is described in an old book called the ''Soushenji'' (搜神記, English "In Search of the Supernatural
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*The most famous account is recorded in what has come to be called the ''Red Book'', the 1894 ''An Authenticated History of the Bell Witch of Tennessee'' by
*The ''Black Book'' was written much later, and published in 1934 by Dr. Charles Bailey Bell,
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Source : Book of Raziel (XIII), Milton’s Paradise, Key of Salomon, Legemeton
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*Slavicsek, Bill. ''The Complete Book of Humanoids'' (TSR, 1993).
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...ission, as their mission serving God; for example in the narratives of the Book of Job and the Temptation of Christ.
According to the [[Book of Revelation]] (Rev 12:9), demons are the angels that fell from heaven wit
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* Borges, Jorge Luis. ''The Book of Imaginary Beings''.
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The book ''The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria'' by Theophilus G. Pinches describe
*In the book ''Simon Necronomicon'' which contains a blend of myths including Sumerian,
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* The story of Sunda and Upasunda is found in the ''Mahabharata, Book I: Adi Parva, Sections 211 ff''. An online version of [http://www.sacred-t
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* The story of Sunda and Upasunda is found in the ''Mahabharata, Book I: Adi Parva, Sections 211 ff''. An online version of [http://www.sacred-t
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...age, this spirit is considered an evil fairy. As W.B. Yeats states in his book ''Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland'' she grew restless and carried them away
On the other hand W.Y. Evens-Wents, in his book ''The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries'', reports of a similar tale about a
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...inese religion at Lehigh University, has written articles and a definitive book on hundun. He summarizes this mythology as follows.
* Graham, Angus C., tr. 1990. ''The Book of Lieh-tzǔ: A Classic of Tao''. New York: Columbia University Press.
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...ed by Norman Bingham in his novel, The Sea Serpent Legend, in 1926. In the book he revives old legends with a brief description in a poem as follows:
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In the book <i>Baudolino</i>, by modern author Umberto Eco, a '''Sciopod''' features as
...eir stories. Pliny remarks that they are first mentioned by Ctesias in his book India, a record of the view of Persians of India which only remains in frag
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*Rawhead and Bloody Bones appears briefly in The Dresden Files comic book ''Welcome to the Jungle #1.'' It's described there as "something formed fro
*Rawhead and Bloody Bones appears briefly at the end of the first comic book mini-series ''Courtney Crumrin & the Night Things'' by writer/illustrator T
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...Primates (NY: Anomalist Books, 2006), coauthored with Patrick Huyghe. The book's cover is illustrated with a drawing of the Ebu Gogo.
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...this time in the countryside around Epping Forest rather than in the first book's London slums. In ''Domain'', one of Herbert's bleakest and most ironic bo
...a blackly comic plot involving fed-up and underappreciated monsters. (The book's tagline was "Demons today are a sorry lot".) No one believes in anything
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...''Fiery Flying Serpent''' is a creature or entity mentioned in the Bible. (Book of Isaiah 30:6).
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...d spoke several languages. Over the years he acquired quite an antiquarian book collection. In 1921 he died alone amongst his favorite novels including Adv
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...g age this spirit is considered an evil fairy. As W.B. Yeats states in his book “Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland) she grew restless and carried them away
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...ci.math, and the article he later wrote was published in chapter 30 of his book ''Keys to Infinity''.
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*Paraiso, Salvador; Jose Juan Paraiso (2003). ''The Balete Book: A Collection of Demons, Monsters, Elves and Dwarfs from the Philippine Low
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...nder, John. Washington's Most Famous Ghost Stories. (Arlington: Washington Book Trading Company, 1988)
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...inuing to read the Anita Blake series, with information about her upcoming book.
...Author to the Some of the Negative Voices Here." Several major retail and book stores are considering moving the novels into an erotic literature category
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...ielu, but not the animals themselves. This is a common misreading from his book and mixed up at a lot of webpages.
Possibly the same animal is described in the 1958 book On the Track of Unknown Animals by Bernard Heuvelmans. In 1928 a snakelike
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...itian Voodo is partially influenced by survivals of Celtic polytheism. The book 'The Complete Idiot's Guide To Voodoo' mentions that Maman Brigitte is one
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...s crew rather than lose the whole ship to Charybdis. (Homer's ''Odyssey'', Book XII).
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*Melville, F ''The Book of Faeries'' 2002 Quarto Publishing
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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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'''Behemoth''' is a primeval beast mentioned in the Book of Job and identified later as a demon in Christian demonology.
In the Old Testament, the earliest description is in the Book of Job, which describes Behemoth as follows:
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...estat merely wanted his plantation, Lestat refutes these claims in his own book and says it was rather because he fell "fatally in love" with Louis. Their
...s faults and exaggerate (or make up) his virtues. This is confirmed in the book ''The Tale of the Body Thief'', when Louis attacks Lestat for constantly cl
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According to the [[Book of Enoch]], '''Azazel''' was a [[grigori]] (also known as "watchers"), a gr
...an bound there (see Job 1:7 and Job 2:2, although, the ''ha-satan'' of the Book of Job is most likely different from Azazel, given that Job's ''ha-satan''
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...Bon wrote a book called ''The Crowd, A Study of the Popular Mind''. In the book Le Bon shows how an individual on his own may act with the highest moral ch
...Greek culture and in Asian cultures. It was for example featured in the ''Book of Enoch''.
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The Splintercat appears in the book ''The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles'' by Julie Andrews Edwards. Thi
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A modern children's book is written about the creature. The text of the book include the following:[http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~yukosite/DragonMoon.html The
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In her book, "History of Lemington," Vermont historian Marion Daley writes that the cre
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The mythological creature of Aztec mythology is included within Book 11 of the [[Florentine Codex]], which describes it as:
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...red nearly 40 years later by her nephew Casey Sherman and published in his book ''A Rose for Mary'' (2003) suggested that DeSalvo was not responsible for h
...e/magazine/article/0,9171,1179347,00.html Article About Sebastian Junger's Book ''A Death in Belmont''] ''TIME'' Magazine, 04/10/2006.
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...was translated into English by Thomas Keightley and published 1828 in his book "The Fairy Mythology". In 1836 the painter and poet August Kopisch publishe
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...ien mantis that he said took place in the 1950's, when he was a child. The book report also the case of Jeanne Robinson, which said she have received messa
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...emons based on a previous work by Michael Psellus. It was published in his book ''Compendium Maleficarum'' in 1608.
In 1613 Sebastian Michaelis wrote a book, ''Admirable History'', in which included a classification of demons as it
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...''[[Interview with the vampire]]'', in 1973 and published it in 1976. This book would be the first in Rice's popular ''Vampire Chronicles'' series, which i
...dundant. A critical analysis of Rice's work can be found in S. T. Joshi]'s book ''The Modern Weird Tale'' (2001).
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...were particularly notable. A number of his volumes remain in print, the ''Book of Ceremonial Magic'', ''The Holy Kabbalah'', and ''New Encyclopedia of Fre
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Ogbanje has been popularized by the critically acclaimed book by writer Chinua Achebe, ''Things Fall Apart'' with the character Ezinma wh
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...the exorcist knows of the art of Byleth, Gaap will not cooperate. Another book attributed to the prophets Eli and Elijah states that Gaap can be conjured
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...ck Klosterman makes reference to Jules Cotard and Cotard's syndrome in his book, ''Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story.'' The protagonist, Kloste
* In the fictional book ''The Echo Maker'', by Richard Powers, the main character's brother suffers
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...ies ''[[Hellraiser]]'', ''Nightbreed'', ''Pinhead'', ''The Harrowers'', ''Book of the Damned'' and ''Jihad''; Eclipse Books' series and graphic novels ''T
...420165?ie=UTF8&s=books ''Imajica'' ''The Great and Secret Show''] (first "Book of the Art")
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In Book of Tang, the reincarnation of White Tiger 's Star is said to be Li Shimin's
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...973), Campbell set out to be as unlike Lovecraft as possible, although the book did include "The Franklyn Paragraphs", which effectively uses Lovecraft's d
*''The Gruesome Book'', 1983
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In the 2004 book Der Svwarm or The Swarm by Frank Snatczing, globsters are proclaimed to be
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...itings. Indeed, so convincing were Lovecraft's references to the tome that book dealers were seeking copies of it even during his lifetime.
...far back as "The Statement of Randolph Carter" (1919). In the stories, the book is dangerous because it is often harmful to the health and sanity of its re
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* Borges, Jorge Luis. ''The Book of Imaginary Beings''.
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....) (1979). ''Readings in Philippine Prehistory''. Manila 1979: Filipiniana Book Guild, Inc.
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..., and as authority cites the prophet Jonah; the Vulgate translation of the Book of Jonah translates Jonah 2:2 as Exaudivit me de ventre inferni: "He (the L
...to be an island is told in the first voyage of Sinbad the Sailor in ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights''.
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...[http://worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/poetry/Pharsalia/chap1.html Book I].
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...e; whereby the person who kills the most of them is most welcome. From the book ''On Monsters and Marvels'' by Ambroise Pare (1510-1590), chapter 22, volum
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...es to terms with Merry and awakens the [[Wild hunt|Wild Hunt]]. Again, the book takes place in approximately one day.
...olto normally hides with glamour--Merry could not handle them in the first book). Sholto makes a deal with Merry to form an alliance, which is consummated
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...s personalities according to the hue of their auras, described in her 1982 book, ''Understanding Your Life Through Colors''.
In the 1999 book ''The Indigo Children'', Lee Carroll and Jan Tober focus on raising an Indi
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...ght, and the last one is believed to be Vivasvāna. Hymn LXXII of Rig Veda, Book 10, also confirms that there are eight Adityas, the eight one being Mārtan
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...ions the effect the murders had on the Perth in that era. According to the book, more people bought dogs for security and locked back doors and garages tha
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...t the kitchen table putting the finishing touches on her latest children's book. When his grandfather came home from grocery shopping, Kemper shot him as w
...ders what her head would look like on a stick.'' In [[Bret Easton Ellis]]' book ''[[American Psycho]]'', main character [[Patrick Bateman]], himself a seri
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Joseph Campbell paraphrased Shiva Purana in his book “The Power of Myth” and cited a myth of Shiva and Rahu:
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...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 Egyptian Book of the Dead]]
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...oigmnzhah the "uncle" of Tsathoggua<ref>Will Murray, "Introduction", ''The Book of Hyperborea''.</ref> — and ascribed this bizarre family tree to the
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The stories of the vetala have been listed in the book ''Vetala-pachisi''.
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*Borges, Jorge Luis, with Margarita Guerrero. 1978. The Book of Imaginary Beings. Revised, enlarged, and translated by Norman Thomas di
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===Book of Taliesin===
In the ''Book of Taliesin'' (Taliesin is the name of the sixth-century bard, sometimes as
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...elsh]] equivalent is '''[[Manawydan|Manawydan ap Llyr]]'''. In the “Yellow Book of Lecan”, there are said to be "four Manannans". The name given for the
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...el and Lilith wherein the symbol of Baphomet is created. Michael W. Ford's book ''Scales of the Black Serpent'' presents an invocation which calls to the D
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* Geoffrey Chaucer (1368-1372), The Book of the Duchess, line 579:
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*In the Mercedes Lackey book, ''Fortune's Fool'', one swan maiden (named Yulya) from a flock of six is k
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...ry of an alleged actual incident concerning an apparent Akkorokamui in his book The Ainu and their Folklore.
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...e TNT factory, but found no sign of the strange creature. According to the book Alien Animals, a [[poltergeists|poltergeist]] attack on the Scarberry home
...ecember 15, 1967, collapse of the Silver Bridge across the Ohio River. The book was the basis of a 2002 movie starring Richard Gere, directed by Mark Pelli
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...elt so sleepy they almost fell asleep. This accident is written about in a book called Hanjitsukanwa , written in the Edo period. [[Image:Kami-kiri 2.jpg
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...thical race of creatures in Chinese mythology. They are described in the [[Book of Imaginary Beings]] by the Argentinian writer [[Jorge Luis Borges]].
- Jorge Luis Borges, "The Fauna of Mirrors", from ''The Book of Imaginary Beings''
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...applandische Märchen''. Andrew Lang also included it in ''The Orange Fairy Book''.
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...Knight, and numerous other superheroes'' in the ''''Superflous''''' comic book series by Bon Comics
*''Jack Crow'', and his ''Team Crow'' from the book ''''' [[Vampire$]]''''' by John Steakly, later adapted by John Carpenter fo
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...countered a Dzu-Teh. This account is recanted by '''Ralf Izzard''' in his book ''The Abominable Snowman Adventure| journal''. The report was also printed
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*At the beginning of both the book and film ''The Exorcist'', when Father Merrin is at the site of an archaelo
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*[http://www.eco-animals.com/products.html Book: "Pink dolphin, friend of the river"] (Web Site - English & Spanish)
.../bookstore/HTML-books/SSC-Dolphins-wales-porpoises/cover.html HTML copy of book-length report]
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* ''The Vampire Book'' by J. Gordon Melton
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**A relevant passage in the Christian book of Revelation reads: "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent,
* [http://www.bookofjob.org "Putting God on Trial: The Biblical Book of Job"] <small>- a Biblical reworking of the combat motif between Yaw and
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...and Vampires in the Balkans'' in the journal Man (December, 1923) and the book ''Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbs by Woislav''. M. Petrovich (London: G
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J.E. Hughes published his book Eighteen Years on Lake Bangweulu in 1933, in were he reported that an anima
...ed details on various other cryptids. 1987 saw the publication of Mackal’s book, A Living Dinosaur, wherein he summarized the expeditions. The natives in t
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In the Hebrew Bible, the '''Witch of Endor''' of the First book of Samuel, chapter 28:4–25, was a [[witch]], a woman "who possesses a
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...lical]] [[sea monster]] referred to in the Old Testament (Psalms 74:13-14; Book of Job 41; Isaiah 27:1).
#Book of Job 3:8 "Lo let the night be solitary, let no joyful cry be heard in it.
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Due to an error made by Lafcadio Hearn in his book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, these creatures are often m
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There are also many references to necromancy in the Bible. The Book of Deuteronomy (XVIII 9–12) explicitly warns the Israelites against t
...en suggested that the authors of the Munich Manual knowingly designed this book to be in discord with understood ecclesiastical law.
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According to an Irish ''dinsenchas'' ("place-lore") poem in the 12th century Book of Leinster, Crom Cruach's cult image, consisting of a gold figure surround
The 14th century Book of McGovern, written in Magh Slécht, contains a poem which states that Cro
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*Wyatt, James, Darrin Drader, Christopher Perkins. ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2003).
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...crowns of gold on their heads, denoting royalty and honour (Rev 4:4). The book of Revelation does not specifically identify who the twenty-four elders are
...the incorrect name Book of Revelations. However, the actual title of the book is '''The Revelation of Jesus Christ ... unto his servant John''', as it is
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Mazikeen is a fictional demon, a comic book character published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Sandman vol. 2 #22,
In the comic book series Lucifer, Mazikeen is a devoted ally and lover of Lucifer Morningstar
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...old literature such as the Sei Shonagon's tenth-century diary ''The Pillow Book'', and in the ''Taiheiki'' of the fourteenth century.
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...Slave Master,'' was released, covering his life up to the trial. A second book has also been released covering his life and his trial and conviction.
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At the beginning of the first book in the series, Merry's name full name and title is ''Princess Meredith NicE
As of the end of the fifth book in the series, Merry's name is ''Meredith, Princess of Flesh and Blood''.
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Richard Perry, in his book "The World Of The Tiger" reiterated that China's blue tigers were called bl
...Unfortunately, the tiger disappeared. He wrote about the blue tiger in his book "Blue Tiger" in 1925 and noted that other sightings had been reported in th
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In the book The Making of Doom 3, sound designer Ed Lima describes how he aimed for a "
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* In the ''Spiderwick Chronicles'' (the fifth book), Mulgarath, the primary antagonist, is an evil ogre who wants to enslave t
...ke monsters. Both types are extremely tall and often seem menacing. In her book ''Wolf-Speaker'', the peaceful "breed" are slaves who mine black opals.
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This beast was first written about by Pliny in his work ''Natural History'' (book VIII, chapter 30). He simply described the crocotta as a combination betwee
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...Heuvelmans included a sighting of an animal resembling the Ngoubou in his book "On the Track of Unknown Animals". The sighting, apparently from the London
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*[http://www.book-of-thoth.com Book Of Thoth]
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...The Dark Is Rising'' sequence where he plays a key part in the ends of the book by the same name and the series' ending ''Silver On The Tree''.
...ield included Herne the Hunter as a benevolent character in his children's book ''The Box of Delights''. As in ''Robin of Sherwood'', Herne is portrayed as
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...toad, or combinations thereof. An illustration in Collin de Plancy's 1818 book ''Dictionnaire Infernal'' rather curiously placed the heads of the three cr
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*Wyatt, James, Darrin Drader, Christopher Perkins. ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2003).
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...Blue'' of the Inspector Rebus series published in 1997, as well as a comic book (''Bible John-A Forensic Meditation'') written by Grant Morrison in 1991.
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...is, under the name of Surtur, a semi-recurring villain in the Marvel comic-book The Mighty Thor.
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*Wyatt, James, Darrin Drader, Christopher Perkins. ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2003).
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In his book "Myths and Legends of Japan" (originally published in 1926; reprinted by Do
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A monthly comic-book adaptation of the series is scheduled to appear starting in July 2006.
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The Simurgh is promenantly featured in the Ferdowsi's epic Shahname (Book of Kings), an epic poem that describes the legendary kings of Persia. In th
...rgh.jpg|thumb|Combat between Isfandiyar and Simurgh Shah-nama (Firdawsi's 'Book of Kings') Shiraz, 1330]]
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...played an instrumental role in the fall of Rome. It originates from the [[Book of Imaginary Beings]] by [[Jorge Luis Borges]].
The earliest verifiable account of the peryton occurs in Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings, in which he refers to a now-lost medieval manuscript a
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...table" and was more light-hearted journalism than serious research. In the book they avoided saying that they believed the story but were careful to report
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*''Jack in the Green'' is the name of Painting No. 10 in the ''Masquerade'' (book) by Kit Williams. The main character, Jack Hare, appears in disguise on eac
* ''The Jack-in-the-Green'', book review in White Dragon #29, Imbolc (March) 2001
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*Brudos is the subject of the book ''Lust Killer'' by crime writer Ann Rule.
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1. ^ Argonautica, Book IV.
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...Targum Yonathan) [http://bible.ort.org/books/pentd2.asp?ACTION=displaypage&BOOK=1&CHAPTER=6#C64]. Some commentators have suggested that the nephilim were b
...any Christians, who cite an interpretation of the teaching of Jesus in the Book of Matthew that Angels do not marry; however, they may take the verse in qu
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...on, so they were sometimes buried with spells that could destroy Apep. The Book of the Dead frequently described occasions when Ra defeated Apep.
...ting Apep, referred to as The Books of Overthrowing Apep or (in Greek) the Book of Apophis. The chapters described a gradual process of dismemberment and d
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* Wilhelm, Richard and Cary Baynes, trs. 1967. ''The I Ching or Book of Changes'', 3rd. ed., Princeton University Press, Bollingen Series XIX.
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* In Australian writer Robert Hoods four book series ''Shades'', a shade is a teenage/young soul taken by a darker world
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...eve him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?" ( Book of Job 39:9–12 trans. KJV)
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...him. When the civil servant showed the man a picture of a pterosaur from a book of prehistoric animals, the man screamed in terror and fled from the servan
...fied it as a pterodactyl after being shown a picture of one from Melland's book collection.
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...seek to elevate their lords to godhood through prayer and sacrifice. ''The Book of Vile Darkness'' details a number of prestige classes for mortal disciple
...6; ''Wrath of the Immortals'' boxed set; ''Monster Mythology'', page 88; ''Book of Vile Darkness'', page 125; ''Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss'', pa
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Concerning Luridan, we are farther informed from the ''Book of Vanagastus'', the Norwegian, that it is his nature to be always at enmit
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...er is the main villain of ''The Beast of Noor'' by Janet Lee Carey. In the book, the creature is the vengeful, shapeshifting spirit of a dog which was betr
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-''The Book of Imaginary Beings '' by Jorge Luis Borges</blockquote>
*The Shaggy Beast of La Ferte-Bernard, from Book of Imaginary Beings by J.L. Borges [1]
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...eature from Chinese folklore that lives in mines. It is mentioned in the [[Book of Imaginary Beings]] by [[Jorge Luis Borges]], but was described prevously
* Borges, Jorge Luis. ''The Book of Imaginary Beings''.
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...turned him into a zebra and sold him to a zoo. Neuburg's response in this book contradicts both the words attributed to him in ''Liber 418'' and the state
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...ce, according to ''Lords of Madness'', a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' supplement book about the aberrations such as aboleths, [[illithid]]s and [[beholder]]s.
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*Wyatt, James, Darrin Drader, Christopher Perkins. ''Book of Exalted Deeds'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2003).
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According to the Akilattirattu Ammanai, the Ayyavazhi holy book, Kroni was born in the first of the Eight Yukams (aeons) with multitudinous
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As proposed by British cryptozoologist Karl Shuker, in his book Mystery Cats of the World (1989), it is possible that the legends of the Ca
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...'s best-known book, ''War for the Oaks'', is a Púca (spelled Phouka in the book, usually).
...a story called ''The Pooka'' appears in the third entry, ''Bruce Coville's Book of Ghosts''.
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*"Caliban" makes an appearance in Jasper Fforde's book ''The Fourth Bear'' where he is seen as a small, thieving character.
...half demon creature and is the name of the main character in Rob Thurman's book, ''Nightlife'' who is half human and half Auphe.
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...hat the evil spirit from God came upon Saul..." Later in the Bible, in the Book of Kings, the prophet Elijah is possessed by the spirit of a dead man who i
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Tudor Pamfile in his book ''Mitologie românească'' compiles all appellations of strigoi in Romania
* The term is used to describe vampires in general in the book series ''The Hunt'' by Susan Sizemore.
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...Homer's ''Iliad'' (book 6), Ovid's ''Metamorphoses (poem)|Metamorphoses'' (book VI 339; IX 648) and Hesiod's ''Theogony''.
* The fourth book of the "The Well Of Echoes" quartet by australian fantasy-writer Ian Irvine
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He was called '''The Destroyer''' and in the [[Book of Revelation]] the Evangelist St John called him '''the King of the Grassh
...in Hebrew Abaddon, that is destroying and wasting'', "Occult Philosophy", Book 3, Chapter 18 [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486447170/sr=1-2/qid=11547
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...m to action. He is one of the nine demonic divinities written in the black book around 1312 AD. In the divinities he is considered the positive polarity; w
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*Slavicsek, Bill. ''The Complete Book of Humanoids'' (TSR, 1993).
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...opportunity to behold and hunt them daily." (Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 1646, Book III, Chapter 5, 'Of the Badger').
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He later published a book called ''Flying Saucers and the Three Men in Black'' in which he explained
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...late Scottish explorer and adventurer Ivan T. Sanderson. Heuvelmans' 1955 book, ''On The Track of Unknown Animals'' traces the scholarly origins of the di
...[Yeti]] and [[sea serpent]]s, as well as reports of relict dinosaurs. The book's first section ("Myth?") entertains the possibility that some legendary cr
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* Andras appears in Alan Moore's comic book series Promethea where he is summoned with the demon Marchosias by the magi
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...is also the basis of a series of films released between 1979 and 2005. The book is said to be based on actual paranormal events.
...t named Father Ray who agreed to carry out the house blessing. (In Anson's book the priest is referred to as Father Mancuso. This was done for reasons of p
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:- The Aeneid, Book VIII
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...y his captors to display a permanent malicious grin. At the opening of the book, Hugo provides a description of the Comprachicos:
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*Pantziarka, P. 2000, ''Lone Wolf'', Virgin Publishing ISBN 0753504375. This book looks at individual cases, including Thomas Hamilton, Martin Bryant and Mar
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The book Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles explains Cookie Monster's origin as follow
* Cookie Monster's Blue Book
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...alypse of Baruch, Translated from the Syriac''. Originally published 1896, Book Tree edition 2006 [http://books.google.com/books?id=WElyjf345R0C&pg=PA16&dq
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...y were defeated by the Milesians. According to the Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of Invasions), the Tuatha Dé Danann (also daoine sídhe), were defeated in
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...is entitled ''The Country of the Forest (El País de la Selva)''. Carreras' book on this subject is entitled ''The Bad Love (El Malamor)''.
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*Jack Frost is the alter-ego of Dane McGowan in the comic book series “The Invisibles”, written by Grant Morrison
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There is a passage in Pliny’s Natural History, book xix, minutely describing the nature and the properties of this amulet. The
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...cyclopedia of unusual experiences, activities, and beliefs in his [[1995]] book ''[[Leonard George|Alternative Realities]]''.
...anomalist.com The Anomalist] - resource monitoring latest strange news and book releases.
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It is important that you cite your sources if you draw from a book, journal, or website. If you write something like "John Doe believed that t
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...al was dubbed Trunko by British cryptozoologist Dr Karl Shuker in his 1996 book ''The Unexplained''.
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...form, and his minions include a judge who holds in his hands a brush and a book listing every soul and the allotted death date for every life. Ox-Head and
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*Comic book publisher [http://www.barghest.com Barghest Entertainment] takes its name f
*In the World of Darkness role playing game book Antagonists, the barghest is associated with the Beast of Bethlehem, from t
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...the natives of East Hampton, and The Hound of the Baskervilles which is a book in the Sherlock Holmes series). The light-hearted article speculated that t
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* Field, Stephen, tr. 1986. ''Tian Wen, A Chinese Book of Origins''. New Directions.
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...arren, who have captured images of the White Lady on video, claim in their book, ''Graveyard'', that the White Lady was a murder victim from the 1800s, who
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In Book of Tang, the reincarnation of White Tiger 's Star is said to be Li Shimin's
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...vidence. Most of these critical individuals simply did not read the entire book. Their criticisms focused on the weakest cases and overlooked certain cases
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''Popol Vuh, First Book''
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...ntague. ''The Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger'' (Book Tree; 2000) pp61–65</ref>
*Borges, Jorge. (1969). ''The book of imaginary beings''. New York: E. P. Dutton. ISBN 0-670-89180-0
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...ide over cult ceremonies. One means for summoning them is found in the ''[[Book of Eibon]]'' and requires a blood offering. The ritual may only be performe
...n, Neil. "Shoggoth's Old Peculiar" (1998 - first published in "The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy" Mike Ashley (ed.), Robinson Publishing.) republished Drea
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...ner and illustrated by Tom Sutton is part of the comic-anthology ''The Big Book of Bad'', 1996, Paradox Press, ISBN 1-56389-359-2.
*The book ''Madhouse'' by Rob Thurman features Sawney Beane as the main villain.
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A typical reference appears in the Rev Worthington-Smith's book on the folklore of Dunstable, published in 1910, stating ''Another belief i
*Michell, John and Rickard, Bob, ''Phenomena: a book of wonders'', Thames and Hudson 1977.
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...lympian gods]] have their birth, and [[Hera]] mentions twice in ''Iliad'' book iv her intended journey "to the ends of the generous earth on a visit to Ok
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*The Leopard Society also appeared in the book ''African Adventure''.
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* In the book ''On A Pale Horse'' by Piers Anthony, he is the main character. He is howev
* In the book ''Donnerjack'' by Roger Zelazny and Jane Lindskold, he is the personificati
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...unt are [[Semyazza]], [[Samael]], and [[Azazel]]. A single verse from the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament alludes to the "sons of God" intermarrying
:Milton: ''Paradise Lost'', Book I, vv530–533. [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/pl/book_
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...nd its sequels Saw II and Saw III. His backstory was explored in the comic book Saw: Rebirth published by IDW publishing. He is played by Tobin Bell.
...Detectives also found peepholes in the wall, showing that Jigsaw liked to "book front row seats to his own sick games."
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...t to him and his wife Shari. He donated a portion of the proceeds from his book to the victims and their families, but used the rest to pay legal fees by t
*[http://www.derfcity.com/crap/jd1.html ''Young Jeffrey Dahmer'', Comic book about the author’s acquaintanceship with Dahmer]
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...early accounts were later published in their entirety in J. Frank Dobie's book ''Tales of Old-Time Texas'' in 1928.
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...rest of them by Walt Kelly. This served as their introduction to the comic book audience.
...tory Through Air Power|Victory Through Hare Power'' and is amused when the book mentions gremlins, accusing them of "diabolical sabotage". Bugs then hears
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...c book series ''Nightmares on Elm Street'', published by now defunct comic book company Innovation Comics. The six issue mini-series, which was released in
...t is with the [[Necronomicon]] (since Jason does not have knowledge of the book,he only knows of it.), which he also purports will be able to turn Jason in
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A gnome is also called a "Cassie" in a fictitious book written by E.G. Khrenson in 1925.
Gnomes tend to live in hilly meadows and rocky woodlands. In Huygen's book, it says they live in three trees, the house itself, with a hidden entrance
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Warlocks are an alien race in the comic book series ''Nemesis the Warlock'', which was adapted into a Commodore 64 video
In the book "Warlock" by ''Wilbur Smith'', the Egyptian slave Taita becomes "The Warloc
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The book sought to compile traditional lore about all of the saints which were offic
...together, with their repetitious accounts of martyrdoms and miracles. The book is the closest thing we have to an encyclopaedia of the lore of the saints
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:- Paradise Lost, Book i, 678-690
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...e thread of life for men at their birth (xxiv.209) or, earlier in the same book (line 49), of several Moerae.
*[http://threes.com/cms/content/view/1452/62/ The Book of Threes]
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...ilith leaving Adam, of demons such as vampires, the demon-locusts from the Book of Revelation, impure spirits in Jewish folklore such as the dybbuk and of
...ission, as their mission serving God; for example in the narratives of the Book of Job and the Temptation of Christ.
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...am, Noah's son, was the first in invoking him after the flood, and wrote a book on Mathematics with his help.
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...The tomte turns the naughty boy Nils into a tomte in the beginning of the book, and Nils then travels across Sweden on the back of a goose.
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...ble to carry off and eat elephants which was popularized by Marco Polo’s ''Book of Travels'' and the ''1001 Nights'' tales, of Abd al-Rahman and Sindbad th
[[Image:Roc.jpg|thumb|Roc destroying Sindbad's ship from The Book of Knowledge, The Grolier Society, 1911]]
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...eir mythological qualities and evolve into folk or fairy tales <ref>{{cite book|last=Simpson & Roud|title=Dictionary of English Folklore| year=2000| pages=
...he human mind, and not a stage in its historical development." <ref>{{cite book|last=Mâche|title=Music, Myth and Nature, or The Dolphins of Arion| year=19
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In his 2006 book ''La Torre della Solitudine'', Valerio Massimo Manfredi features the Blemmy
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*Drekavac is also mentioned in Copic's book [wikipedia:Eagles Fly Early]]. A more recent and much more popular example
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*The baku appear briefly in the book '''''Sandman: The Dream Hunters''''', written by Neil Gaiman and illustrate
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...Gerda and their dog '''Trixie Koontz''', under whose name he published the book, ''Life is Good: Lessons in Joyful Living'', in 2004. Trixie is also often
** references to the then-nonexistent ''Book of Counted Sorrows''
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...he ceremonial deeds of embalming. It also became said, frequently in the [[Book of the dead]], that it had been Anubis who embalmed the dead body of Osiris
In Book XI of ''The Golden Ass'' by Apuleius, we find evidence that the worship of
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...ripture. It is nonetheless likely that such a form did exist, and that the Book of Tobit's "Asmodaios" (Ἀσμοδαῖος) and the Talmud's "Ashmedai" (
Asmodai is mostly known from the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit. The demon is also mentioned in some Talmudic legends, for instanc
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...block letter entries are by Marianne Foyster and a friend. Taken from the book “The Most Haunted House in England”, Harry Price, 1940.]]
...able to rebut them convincingly. Hastings's report was never published in book form and is often overlooked.
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...sed about Krao and her existence as Darwinian evidence, including the 1896 book ''Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine'' which states her many ape qualiti
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...nder of a type of Gnosticism who called himself “Samael Aun Weor”, wrote a book called "The Revolution of Beelzebub" in which he claimed that through astra
...2305931-9420165?ie=UTF8&s=books ''The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, Book I, II, & III'']
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...sh to this remarkable beast appears in Professor Roy Chapman Andrews’ 1926 book On the Trail of Ancient Man, although the American palæontologist (apparen
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...ater, when the Golem rebels, Rabbi Loew reads the following passage from a book: "If you have brought the dead to life through magic, beware of that life.
* Made several appearances as a demon in the comic book Hellboy.
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...n medicinal book. British anthropologist [[Myra Shackley]] noted that "The book contains thousands of illustrations of various classes of animals (reptiles
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*Another dhampir is [[Blade]], from the Marvel Comics book series.
...e lines; included in this was the "Vampire: The Masquerade" series. In the book ''Time of Thin Blood,'' weak-blooded Western Vampires— whose blood wa
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...ome representations, the flames that come from the Qilin's mouth contain a book which is actually Buddhist Sutras.
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*Petronix., "The Sociopathic Bible". E-Book, Sociopathic.net 1-26, 2005.
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...f Bast in the form of Iau, "The Queen", appears in Diane Duane's novel The Book of Night with Moon; a cat-headed deity called Bast appears in Terry Pratche
...e last short story "new stoRy", the narrator's cat is named Bastet. In the book The Cat who Came for Christmas by Cleveland Amery, Amery considers Bast as
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...there is no official record of injuries caused, the Churchwardens account book mentions that two men in the belfry were killed. The scorch marks left by t
*According to the children's book The Runton Werewolf by Ritchie Perry, Black Shuck is a Gronk, a race of fri
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* Shax has made several appearances in the comic book series Hellboy by Mike Mignola
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...omment in Grey's Polynesian Mythology, the English translation of his 1854 book Nga Mahinga a Nga Tupuna. It appears as a footnote on page 51 of Grey 1956:
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...rbidden Archaeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race''. Bhaktivedanta Book Publishing.]
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*The 2006 Australian film ''Opal Dream'' is based on a book about a young girl with two imaginary friends, Pobby and Dingan.
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...October 1979 when Curtis Richards released a novelization of the film. The book follows the events of the film, but expands on the festival of Samhain and
...ert inside the DVD release of ''Halloween: 25 Years of Terror'', the comic book ''Halloween: Autopsis'' was released. Written by Stefan Hutchinson, and art
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...lore aspects of female anger as well as male incapacity to face it. In the book all three basic instincts are taken into consideration, not only rage but f
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...maethon and his brother, Gwydion. The standard text of 'Cad Goddeu' in the Book of Taliesin makes no mention of this, but the Welsh Triads records the Batt
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*''Mefisto'' is also the title of a book by contemporary Irish writer John Banville. The novel treats the descent of
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Joseph Atwill in his book Caesar's Messiah, believes that the story is a representation of Titus Vesp
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*Banbury, Rev. T. ''Jamaica Superstitions; or the Obeah Book''. Kingston: Mortimer C. DeSouza, 1894.
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...at Lacoste, then fled again to Italy. During this time, he wrote his first book, ''Voyage d'Italie'', which was never translated into English.
...was believed to have been lost during the storming of the Bastille and the book was not published until 1904.
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...on, demonology is found in the pseudepigraphal writings, such as the First Book of Enoch, and in the post-New Testament writings of the early fathers such
...ll embedded in Pentecostal history particularly through Jessie Penn-Lewis' book War on the Saints arising from the Welsh Revival in the early Twentieth cen
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...ics character. ''Empire Magazine'' named him the fourteenth greatest comic book character overall, and the fifth highest ranked in the Marvel stable.
...raised to the level of iconic status by many within and outside the comic book industry. In 2003 the Official PlayStation magazine claimed the character h
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The ''Sefer Hasidim'', a book on Jewish piety, stated:
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*Changelings are mentioned in the book 'TITHE' by Holly Black. Kaye is a changeling. She finds herself in a muddle
*In [[Stephen King]]'s book Christine, Roland LeBay's brother says his mother used to say that "Rollie
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...le one (such as Gizmo) viewed as an anomaly and hated by other mogwai. The book also states that there are 3 other "minority" mogwai on this planet, hintin
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...y God, nor do they possess the ability to do evil. Evil Ifrit in the ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' are called "the seed of Iblis".
...the genie is based on the ''Aladdin'' tale in the Western version of ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'', which told of a genie that lived in an oi
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*In the book ''Dragon Rider'', written by Cornelia Funke, brownies were depicted as cat
...icted as fun-loving creatures on the lookout for adventure, such as in the book ''Tuppenny, Feefo and Jinks''.
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...32 the poem "Jólasveinarnir" was published as a part of the popular poetry book "Jólin Koma" ("Christmas Arrives") by Icelandic poet Jóhannes úr Kötlum
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...make that information no less reliable and verifiable. For example, citing book, print, or reliable web resources demonstrates that the material is verifia
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...his short-story ''El Grimorio'' (The Grimoire), included in the eponymous book. Anderson Imbert refers to the Wandering Jew as ''El Judío Errante'' or ''
In the post-apocalyptic science-fiction book ''A Canticle For Leibowitz'', written by Walter M. Miller, Jr. and publishe
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...young writers and intellectuals, enthralled by the ghost stories from the book 'Fantasmagoriana', decided to have a ghost-story writing contest. Another g
..., And Samuel Taylor Coleridge's '''The Rime of the Ancient Mariner''', the book the creature finds in the cabin, is also clearly evident within the novel.
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* In R. A. Salvatore's book Sojourn a sprite is an enemy of Drizzt Do'Urden and an ally of a barghest.
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The Catholic Church fought the caul superstition, notes the book “Welcoming the New Baby”: “. . . women anxious to reinforce the magic
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...ref=sr_1_1/103-2389135-2274242?ie=UTF8&s=books Baring-Gould, Sabine ''The Book of Werewolves'']
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...uities at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin, draws attention in his book ''Sheela Na Gigs: Origins and Functions'' to the distribution of sheelas in
Barbara Freitag devotes a whole chapter to the etymology of the name in her book ''Sheela-Na-Gigs: Unravelling an Enigma'' and comes up with some earlier re
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...alleus Maleficarum'', adopted an intermediate position. According to their book, demons did not feel love for [[warlock]]s or [[witch]]es, because sexual r
The first story of this type is narrated in the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit. This story tells that the demon [[Asmodeus]] either fell in love
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In ''A Little Book of The Green Man'' (and on his website [http://www.mikeharding.co.uk/]) Mik
*Harding, Mike ''A Little Book of the Green Man'', Aurium Press, London (1998) ISBN 1-85410-563-9
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...tan's angels in Book I, and is given a speech at the parliament of Hell in Book 2:43 - 105, where he argues for immediate warfare against God. He later bec
...ng quoted Flaubert's descriptions as factual in her notorious anti-Semitic book The Plot Against Christianity, re-released under the title The Jewish Relig
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First known by a name that was blotted out in Heaven's "book of life," but associated with [[Lucifer]], the morningstar, he was a proud
...s not eager to learn, being absent from Adam and Raphael's conversation in Book VIII, and Adam's visions presented by Michael in Books XI and XII. Eve does
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Pliny's book was widely enjoyed and uncritically believed through the European Middle A
* There is an entry on the manticore in Jorge Luis Borges' ''Book of Imaginary Beings''.
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He appears more often in the Qur'an (Islamic holy Book) as the ''[[Shaitan]]'', a term used to refer to all of the evil spirits as
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...ed on axe handles left unattended; mentioned in [[Jorge Luis Borges]]' ''[[Book of Imaginary Beings]]''.
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*Jane Yolen incorporated such a changeling as a selkie into her picture book, Greyling.
*The book "Water Shaper" is based on some myths about selkies.
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King was the 2003 recipient of The National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
...nces a thorough knowledge of the horror genre, as shown in his non-fiction book ''Danse Macabre'', which chronicles several decades of notable works in bot
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...Mus. Pio-Clem. tom. vi. tab. B.); Clotho mentions a spindle or a roll (the book of fate); Lachesis points with a staff to the horoscope on the globe ; and
...e thread of life for men at their birth (xxiv.209) or, earlier in the same book (line 49), of several Moerae. In the ''Odyssey'' (vii.197) there is a refer
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...jpg|thumb|250px|Tiamat as depicted in the ''Deities & Demigods'' reference book]]
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...e the ''Kitêba Cilwe'' (Book of Revelation) and the ''Mishefa Reş'' (Black Book). However, scholars generally agree that the manuscripts of both books publ
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...D&D dragonkind may be found in the ''Draconomicon'', a ''D&D'' supplement book designed especially for draconic information and aids.
...wever, this dragon (Bors or Borys) was eventually killed in Troy Denning's book "The Cerulean Storm" by his former master, the sorcerer Rajaat.
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[[Image:Frankenstein Cover.jpg|thumb|Book covers for ''Frankenstein'' have taken many forms over the years which emph
Critical reception of the book was mostly unfavourable, compounded by confused speculation as to the ident
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...d Colonel with the U.S. Army who served in World War II, and had written a book on the Dachau massacre as a witness to the event. He was presented by the p
...seph. ''The Legend Of The Wanderings Of The Spear Of Longinus''. Heartland Book, 1972.
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...ch states Ahriman "has never been and never will be."[1] In chapter 100 of Book of the Arda Viraf, which is titled 'Ahriman', the narrator sees the "Evil s
Book of Jamaspi 2.3 notes that "Ahriman, like a worm, is so much associated with
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...the body of Orestes which was seven cubits long -- around 10 feet. In his book ''The Comparison of Romulus with Theseus'' Plutarch describes how the Athen
...ly classified as human-like remains that are 7'-5" or more in height. The book ''Forbidden Land'' by Robert Lyman{{fact}} recounts the following finds:
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...esses from the Morrígan to Cathleen Ní Houlihan'' (Irish Literary Studies, Book 34)
* Miriam Robbins Dexter, ''Whence the Goddesses: A Source Book''
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...most enduring character, a heady mixture of attraction and revulsion. The book, full of lush description, centers on the themes of immortality, change, lo
...blished version. After the rights had been sold to Knopf, Anne rewrote the book, adding the entire Theater of the Vampires section and bringing Lestat back
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''The Welsh Fairy Book'' by W. Jenkyn Thomas [1908]
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...yana wrote a short piece entitled ''Queen Mab'' which appeared in his 1922 book Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies. This particular soliloquy con
*In Martin Millar's book ''Dreams of Sex and Stage Diving'' (1994), the heroine, Elfish, wants to ca
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...''This Rough Magic'' by Eric Flint, Dave Freer and Mercedes Lackey. In the book she is of undetermined age and uses the blood of the slain young girls to r
...ely alluded to in the first book, becomes a major plot point in the second book.
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However, in their book ''Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends and Best Kept Se
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* Book of Fabulous Beasts, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons pg 260, Waterdragon, Dict
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...the end, a beak filled with teeth, and razor-sharp claws. According to the book ''Searching for Ropens'', it is "any featherless creature that flies in the
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...American continent shortly after his resurrection, as is depicted in ''The Book of Mormon''.
*In the comic book "Tom Strong" an alternate dimensional empire is run by an Aztec-like cultur
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* In the comic book series ''The Invisibles'', the character of the Moonchild is said to be the
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...s idea was later dropped and only resurfaced in a vague reference in the ''Book of Vile Darkness''.)
*Cook, Monte (2002). ''Book of Vile Darkness''. Wizards of the Coast, Inc. ISBN 0-7869-2650-3
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*For many years, the comic book superhero ''Superman]' had a romantic love interest with a mermaid named Lo
''A Book of Mermaids'', by Ruth Manning-Sanders, is a representative book of 16 fairy tales from around the world.
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*An old tract found in the Book of Lecain states that a king of the Fomorians, when sailing over the Ictean
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...[[Necronomicon]]'', the ''[[Cthulhu Mythos arcane literature#Book of Eibon|Book of Eibon]]'', or the ''[[Unaussprechlichen Kulten]]'' of [[Cthulhu Mythos b
...e'') is first referenced in [[Brian Lumley]]'s short story "The Sorcerer's Book" ([[1984 in literature|1984]]). Mnomquah is trapped inside the [[Dreamlands
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*Cook, Monte. ''Book of Vile Darkness'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2004).
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*[http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/DanishHistory/book9.html Gesta Danorum, Book 9] by Saxo Grammaticus.
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...d to be also cognate with West Semitic tehwom ("the deeps, abyss"), in the Book of Genesis 1.
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...ew etymologists have assumed it to be a proper name from the start. In the Book of Jubilees, uncircumcised heathens are called "sons of Belial".
...Jewish apocrypha and pseudepigrapha. In addition to his appearance in the Book of Jubilees, Belial appears in other texts as well.
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...ons, in turn representing the nations of the Britons and the Saxons in the book Historia Britonum. Neither makes any specific reference to actual physical
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...eld, one of the scholars who worked on the Dead Sea Scrolls, argued in his book, ''The Essene Odyssey'', that the word "Baphomet" was created with knowledg
*Idries Shah, writing as "Arkon Daraul" in his book about ''Secret Societies'', proposed that "Baphomet" may actually derive fr
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* In Alan Moore's and Ian Gibson's comic book series Halo Jones, the Rat King was a weapon of war, a super-intelligent co
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*The Vampire Book by J. Gordon Melton. (Visible Ink Press, 1994, 1999).
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...sychologist [[Konstantin Raudive]]. Following the publication of Raudive's book on his research (''Breakthrough'', 1971) these phenomena are now often refe
In [[1964]], Raudive read Jürgenson’s book, ''Voices from Space'', and was so impressed by it that he arranged to meet
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...d. One version, from Shropshire, recounted by Katherine Mary Briggs in her book ''A Dictionary of Fairies,'' refers ''Will the Smith''. Will is a wicked bl
...sles, and is often a malicious character in the stories. Wirt Sikes in his book ''British Goblins'' mentions a Welsh tale about a Will o' the Wisp (''[[Pú
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...n that 'The Marvellous Land of Snergs' "was probably an unconscious source-book for the Hobbits, not of anything else", and he told an interviewer that the
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...e Popol Vuh tells of the K’iche’ creation story and translates as the ‘The Book of the People’ in the K’iche’ language.
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...tely destroyed when the character "Mina" sacrifices herself to him. In the book (and many later versions of the story) Dracula is destroyed physically. The
...emale vampire in "The Lady of the House of Love" by Angela Carter from her book of short stories, "The Bloody Chamber" is named Nosferatu.
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Mike Holgate will give selected talks and book-signings about John 'Babbacombe' Lee as part of the inaugural Sleuths crime
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...wrote a best-selling book about the Gein case called ''Deviant''. In this book, Schechter mentions a tragic footnote: Plainfield sheriff Art Schley physic
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...rist Lucien Malson collected more than fifty alleged cases in his landmark book ''Wolf Children and the Problem of Human Nature''. More cases have been rep
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...re [[Cernunnos]] and [[Aradia]], as these names are used in the protoype [[Book of Shadows]] known as "Ye Bok [sic] of Ye Arte Magical".
...ioner''), it has also been called [[Dryghten]] in Patricia Crowther's 1974 book ''Witch Blood!''.
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...are said to have made sudden fortunes through him. In the Neapolitan story-book, named the Pentamerone, of which we shall presently give an account, we mee
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*Knuckers are described as a type of dragon in the Dragonology fiction book. Dragonology knuckers attack with venom or constriction.
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*In Gene Wolfe's ''Book of the Long Sun'', Echidna appears as the Great Queen of the gods and the w
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...word also appears in the Christian scriptures, occurring six times in the Book of Revelation, where it is conventionally translated not as “the deep”
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...ased on the tales of the golem created by [[Judah Low ben Bezalel]]. This book inspired a classic set of expressionistic silent movies, Paul Wegener's Gol
* In the Bartimaeus Trilogy book ''The Golem's Eye'' by Jonathan Stroud a golem is loose in London, but the
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...sk was featured in ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'', yet in the book the basilisk was portrayed as a much larger creature than the true mytholog
* The main villain of ''The Book of the Dun Cow'' is a cockatrice, aided by an army of serpentine basilisks.
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...Anton LaVey reached adulthood, also wrote about psychic vampirism. In her book psychic self-defense she discusses both what she perceives to be true psych
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Dr. Langer used speeches, Hitler's book “Mein Kampf”, and interviews with people who had known Hitler. This cul
Dr. Brussel wrote about his criminological approach in a book, which caught the attention of Howard D. Teten, a veteran police officer fr
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...role closely matches the "flyers" in The Active Side of Infinity, the last book of Carlos Castaneda, who says that the flyers are "the means by which the u
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...as evidence of fairies, most notably Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote a book called The Coming of the Fairies, about the Cottingley Fairies and his beli
...978, it was found the fairies were from the 1915 book Princess Mary's Gift Book by Arthur Shepperson.
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...y friendly bunyip called Alexander Bunyip is a character in the children's book ''The Monster That Ate Canberra'' by Michael Salmon. Alexander, along with
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...ervations about flora, fauna and native inhabitants related in his lengthy book, Bonaventure claimed to have seen enormous footprints in the region. The cr
...ormally published, portions were included in later works, including a 1959 book by Ley; von Stein wrote:
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...presence of the aswang. This type of aswang is described in ''The Vampire Book'' by J. Gordon Melton (1994, 1999) and in ''The Vampire Encyclopedia'' by M
...ner published in ''The Journal of American Folk-Lore'', 19 (1906) and the book ''Supernatural Tales from Around the World'' edited by Terri Hardin (Barnes
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...e, long ears, and long teeth that can chew through swords. An 18th century book called the ''Tengu Meigiko'' suggests that this goddess may be the true pre
...tengu'' who live in Cryptomeria trees. The ''konoha-tengu'' are noted in a book from 1746 called the ''Shokoku Rijin Dan'' (諸国里人談), as bird-like
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.... He is perhaps best known today for his occult writings, especially ''The Book of the Law'', the central sacred text of Thelema. Crowley was also an influ
...ch an extent she would chastise him by calling him "The Beast" (from the [[Book of Revelation]]), an epithet that Crowley would later happily adopt for him
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...of the witnesses and the case has increased. In his 2001 revision of his book, <i>Mysterious America</i>, he updates the status of the case, follows up w
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*In the ''Phantom of the Opera'' book, Phantom, by Susan Kay, Erik (The Phantom) guards his house by singing unde
*In Laurell K Hamilton's ''Danse Macabre'' book, [[Anita Blake]] runs into a family of sirens who can arouse people through
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The term Lucifer first appeared in Latin translations of the Book of Isaiah in the 4th century. Through the years most translators kept the
...n heresy. Much of Christian tradition also draws on interpretations of ''[[Book of Revelation|Revelation]]'' 12:9 ("He was thrown down, that ancient serpen
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In the
Book of Job, ''ha-satan''("the adversary") is a prosecuting attorney against man
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Book of Job, where Satan appears, together with other celestial beings or "sons
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...be a close friend and mentor to the Amazon Wonder Woman in that DC Comics book.
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...ecclesiastic and secular authorities involved in the case. Murray, in her book The Witch-Cult of Western Europe (pp. 173-74), surmised that Rais was a wit
...f horror stories told to children. Also he may be partly the basis for the book's romantic lead, Joffrey Peyrac.
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...ghted in the Caspian Sea, later appearing and defeating Gigan. In the next book, ''Godzilla vs. The Robot Monsters'', Anguirus has been attacking oil platf
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Jason made his comic book debut in the 1993 adaptation of ''Jason Goes to Hell'', written by Andy Man
...knowingly awakened in ''To The Third Power''. Jason also has a son in this book, conceived through a form of artificial insemination.
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...es]], first promoted the concept of the '''urban legend''' in his [[1981]] book ''[[The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends & Their Meanings]]''.
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...irst as a peasant, and then as a gigantic demon-like creature in the comic book miniseries ''Hellboy: Darkness Calls'' by Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo.
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*[http://lovecraft.cjb.net The Ultimate Cthulhu Mythos Book List], a listing of all the mythos novels, anthologies, collections, comic
*[http://greylodge.org/gpc/?p=106 Free Audio Book of The Call of Cthulhu]
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...h he picked up from a market in India in 1921. In the ''Hellraiser'' comic book series, Pinhead is depicted as the latest incarnation of the Cenobite spiri
...s seem more demonic as in later installments. In the ''Hellraiser'' comic book series, it would seem that Leviathan might be considered the overlord of th
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...hat he was. When arrested, he had with him his his identity card, a ration book, his union card, an ambulance badge, and an old newspaper clipping about th
...the movie ''10 Rillington Place'' was released, based largely on Kennedy's book, starring Richard Attenborough as Christie and John Hurt as Evans. Parts of
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...tative early description is given by the Swede ''Jacob Wallenberg'' in his book ''Min son på galejan'' ("My son on the galley") from 1781:
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...tbush was the Ripper. Cutbush was the suspect advanced in A.P. Wolf's 1993 book ''Jack the Myth''.
...British police murder squad detective, argues in the second edition of his book, ''Jack The Ripper - The 21st Century Investigation'', that Feigenbaum was
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According to journalist Maurry Terry's book The Ultimate Evil, during his sentencing, Berkowitz repeatedly chanted "Sta
...hich actually perpetrated the crimes. In October, 1978, Berkowitz mailed a book about witchcraft and other occult subjects to police in North Dakota. He ha
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...Frodo's spectral struggle with the "barrow-wight" in [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s book The Fellowship of the Ring, in the chapter "Fog on the Barrow-Downs."
*In the book Garrett P.I: Old Tin Sorrows, a group of Draugr complicate his situation. W
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In Homer's ''Odyssey'' (book ix), a scouting party led by the Trojan War hero Odysseus lands on the Isla
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...us, ''Chinese Astrology, Early Chinese Occultism'' (1974), from an earlier book by the same author, ''Chinese Thought'' (1907), chapter on “Chinese Occul
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...ast, but there are many clues to their former divine status. A poem in the Book of Leinster lists many of the Tuatha Dé, but ends "Although [the author] e
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...so used in modern fiction to signify the shifting wraiths of T.A. Barron's book series The Lost Years of Merlin and the mortiwraiths of Wayne Thomas Batson
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...ng the house, spotted the retrieval claim ticket hidden down the back of a book binding.
...nalists kept getting up and walking out. One journalist, who was writing a book about Brady and Hindley, said he had to go to the toilet to weep in private
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...present-day urban culture, mainly due to the immensely popular children's book ''O Saci'' by Monteiro Lobato (1932).
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...from Puss getting the boots to his eating the ogre. The second part of the book tells of Puss getting caught up in palace plots and intrigues of which he u
* In the furry comic book, Xanadu, the main male hero, Tabbe Le Fauve, is a cat modeled on Puss in Bo
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*Because in the book ''Frankenstein'' the monster was assembled from pieces of many different de
...redible Hulk|The Incredible Hulk]], the title character of a popular comic book series, was partially inspired by ''Frankenstein''. He not only looks much
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...st famous story recollection of the Noppera-bo comes from Lafcadio Hearn's book ''Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things''. The story of a man who
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*Slavicsek, Bill. ''The Complete Book of Humanoids'' (TSR, 1993).
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...glish in 1850 as The Phantom World, the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould's The Book of Were-wolves (1863), and his account of Erszebet Bathory, Coleridge's Chr
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The book also says that the Mi-go usually have five pairs of appendages though the n
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[[Image:Apis.jpg|thumb|Image from the Theban Papyrus of Ani from the Book of Death.]]
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...e ancient times. In one of the apocryphal books purporting to be the lost Book of Jasher, a serpent race is described.
...on a mother ship near Saturn.[http://www.thecomingoftan.com/read~from~the~book/foreword.html]
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The success of this franchise has spawned several video games, a comic book series, novelizations, two Hollywood action films (two more have been annou
* ''[[Resident Evil: Nemesis (book)|Nemesis]]'' - Novelization of ''Resident Evil 3: Nemesis''. Written by S.D
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It was suggested by Gordon Burn in his 1998 book on the Wests that Fred West's [[sociopath]]y might have been caused by a he
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*[http://zombies.cjb.net The Ultimate Zombie Book List] - Huge listing of zombie novels, anthologies, collections, comic book
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...ther [[Abrahamic faith|Abrahamic]] religions). In the [[Qur'an]], the holy book of [[Islam]], there are literal descriptions of the condemned in a fiery He
...hell (and heaven) as a specific place as symbolic.<ref name="lafd">{{cite book | title = Life After Death: A study of the afterlife in world religions | l
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...t World's End, and Godzilla vs. the Robot Monsters. The release of a fifth book, Godzilla and the Lost Continent was planned but was canceled when Random H
...of Monsters by William M. Tsutsui was released by Palgrave Macmillan. The book was released to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Godzilla and looks into so
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...he Reformation, whose authentic narratives could be found in John Foxe's ''Book of Martyrs''. Thus "legend" gained its modern connotations of "undocumented
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Assigned the pseudonym “Hélène Smith” in the book, Müller grew up in a mystically inclined family and herself had strange ex
...ars and of Martians seeking the warmer and wetter Earth. Much later in the book, the humans themselves flee the dying Earth, invade and colonise Venus and
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*This is also the Jedoui mentioned in the Christian Bible in the book of Leviticus (xix, 31). Called Jedua, this animal is human in all respects,
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...re of Seville has picked up Augustine's reference, for his ''Etymologies'' book viii:
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...merous times in [[Israel]]. In 1992 it was translated into English as "The Book of Legends", by William G, Braude.
In comic book circles is it accepted that the two Jewish creators of the "Superman" comic
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...s do not accept the supernatural claims made by the [[Qur'an]], the sacred book of [[Islam]], and so on. [[John Drane]] writes:
...there is a wider range of beliefs. Many have a literal interpretation of [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]], and they believe that the earth and universe are only
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...ctavus, which contained [[dark spells]]. Another mage, Kalmaged, stole the book and incited people from the nearby islands to kill both Androlus and OX.
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...ly featured in the Japanese children's story Momotaro (Peach Boy), and the book The Funny Little Woman.
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...tion document, as well as many technical papers, that was published as the book ''Deliver Us From Evil''. The conference papers indicate some tensions in o
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Milton alludes to Bellerophon in the beginning of the seventh book of "Paradise Lost":
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...f the monuments is positive for the Phœnician city of Arvad; moreover, the Book of Josue mentions two towns called Bethdagon, one in the territory of Juda
John Milton uses the tradition in his Paradise Lost Book 1:
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The book closes with a note about Mina's and Jonathan's married life and the birth o
...struggle with and escape from most of his male pursuers, in a scene in the book. Traditional vampire folklore does not usually hold that sunlight is fatal
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...ectively published as ''Throne of Bones'', were a critical success and the book went on to receive a ''World Fantasy Award for Best Collection''.
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The first book to expose modern western culture to the concept of the zombie was ''The Mag
* [http://www.zombiebooklist.com The Ultimate Zombie Book List] A listing of many zombie-related works of fiction.
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During the reign of Mahmud of Ghazni (AD 994-1030) the Shahnameh or "book of kings" was written by Firdowsi, who retold the tale with notable differe
* In the third book of the roleplaying series "Blood Sword", the player will face three simulac
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During the reign of Mahmud of Ghazni (AD 994-1030) the Shahnameh or "book of kings" was written by Firdowsi, who retold the tale with notable differe
* In the third book of the roleplaying series "Blood Sword", the player will face three simulac
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...e Greek historian Plutarch (in "The Obsolescence of Oracles" (''Moralia'', Book 5:17)), Pan is the only Greek god who is dead. During the reign of Tiberius
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...r traditional Greek role of escorting the spirits of the dead in Pullman's book, and Lyra persuades them to help guide the dead out of limbo/hell to peace.
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Charles Darwin described her in his book ''The Variation of Animal and Plants under Domestication'': "Julia Pastrana
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...e the divine tribunal {{bibleverse||Zechariah|3:1|JP}}. Similarly in the [[Book of Job|Job]] the ''bnei Elohim'', sons of God, appear as attendants of God,
...riptural doctrine, though it is based on Gen. 6:2, as interpreted by the [[Book of Enoch]]. It is true that the ''bnē Elohim'' of that chapter are subordi
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...articularly evident in the creation story as recounted in chapter 4 of the Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price. ''See also:'' [[Godhead (Mormonism)
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..., and the dividing lines between its [[subgenre]]s are often fluid. In his book of essays, ''Strong Opinions'', [[Vladimir Nabokov]] half-seriously argues
Early science fiction was published in [[book]]s and in general circulation [[magazine]]s.
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*A strix makes an appearance in the ''Vampire: the Requiem historical book Requiem for Rome''. In contrast to the more traditional vampires presented
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...harmed, the Bunyip is one of many demonic creatures and is depicted in the Book of Shadows. The Bunyips are monsters named in the Doctor Who audio drama, "
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The biblical Book of Job (xxxiii. 22) uses the general term ''destroyer'' (''memitim''), whic
...been destroyed once and for all. This assertion later proves true in the [[Book of Revelation]].
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By way of contrast, in the book of [[Acts]] a group of Judaistic exorcists known as the sons of Sceva try t
There is a description in the ''[[Book of Revelation]]'' 12:7-17 of a battle between God's army and Satan's follow
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...iblical literature itself did not portray this association (save for the [[Book of Revelation]], whose treatment of dragons is detailed below). The demoni
In the Book of Job Chapter 41, the sea monster [[Leviathan]], which has some dragon-lik
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...impaired in some way. A popular explanation for OCD is that offered in the book "Brain Lock" by Jeffrey Schwartz, which suggests that OCD is caused by the
...tissue that has been touched by the end of a toothpick that has touched a book that came from a "contaminated" location, such as a school.) That is the "e
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...nceivably move objects. This theory has also been mentioned in the current book on paranormal phenomena Science by Marie D. Jones.
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...ay with the fetus." This practice was so eccentric that when Tacitus, in Book 5 of his ''Histories'' wrote of how "all their other customs, which are at
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...argely a local oral tradition, until 1984 when Robert Ellis Cahill wrote a book titled ''New England’s Mad and Mysterious Men'', which included a chapter
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*''The Yellow Fairy Book'' by Andrew Lang includes a story called ''The Nixie of the Mill-Pond'' in
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20:15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
...ing how Death, Hades, and everyone whose name was not found written in the Book of Life get thrown into the "lake of fire".
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...the region; among the artistic evidence, the 6th century Greek vase on the book's cover is incontrovertible. The size of that fossil skull may be the sourc
*In Neil Gaiman's ''Sandman'' comic book series, a griffin is one of three guardians of Morpheus' palace in The Drea
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...culpted head attached. The details of how it was done have been given in a book. Essentially, it was a toy submarine with a head and neck made of plastic w
...r the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau). A single frame was published in his book The Elusive Monster; before he retired. Dr. Roy P. Mackal, a biologist and
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According to Saxo Grammaticus' ''Gesta Danorum'' (Book 8), the sons of King Gandálf the Old joined King Harald for the battle of
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...Hence, since Lovecraft made passing reference to Clark Ashton Smith's ''[[Book of Eibon]]'', Derleth added Smith's [[Ubbo-Sathla]] to the mythos. Because
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Brady has also written a controversial book on serial killing titled ''The Gates of [[Janus]]''.
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...nt. Illustration from the Jean d'Arras work, ''Le livre de Mélusine'' (The Book of Melusine), 1478.]]
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*[http://www.flatwoodsmonster.com/ Website of a book covering the case]
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...he Dwarfs would disbelieve it if they found out. It is implied in the army book that Malekith is Morathi's lover.
...n in the novel based on the computer game, ''Krondor: The Betrayal''. This book is the first novel in ''The Riftwar Legacy'', followed by ''Krondor: The As
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...rm and one leg , according to an 11th century text in Lebor na hUidre (the Book of the Dun Cow), or have had the body of a man and the head of a goat, but
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...nto a race of grey-skinned beings, stunted and with big heads. In his 1901 book ''The First Men in the Moon'', Selenites, or natives of the Moon, are descr
*In children's science fiction literature, Greys appear in the ''Animorphs'' book series as the metamorphosed form of an alien race dubbed the Skrit Na.
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Another text discovered at Qumran, conventionally associated with Book of Proverbs, credibly also appropriates the Lilith tradition in its descrip
* In Neil Gaiman's long running comic book series ''The Sandman'', Lilith is mentioned as Adam's first wife. One of he
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...Tree of Life", "The Hebrew Goddess", by Raphael Patai, and the forthcoming book "Magickal Judaism: Blending Pagan and Jewish Practice", by Jennifer Hunter.
...elf, or three aspects of consciousness. [[Wicca]]n author Starhawk, in her book ''Spiral Dance'', describes these as the ''Talking Self'' (the conscious mi
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* ''Skinwalker'' is also the title of a 2003 comic book published by Oni Press written by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir with
* The book ''Kitty Takes a Holiday''' by Carrie Vaughn features two skinwalkers that f
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This figure has often been exaggerated. In his 1990 book ''Serial Killers: The Growing Menace'', Joel Norris claimed that there were
In his famous 1886 book ''Psychopathica Sexualis'', [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]] notes a case of se
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...olto normally hides with glamour. Merry could not handle them in the first book)
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...74 to 1979. The first was a letter that had been stashed in an engineering book in the Wichita Public Library in October, 1974 that described in detail the
...ose to resurface in 2004 for various reasons, including the release of the book Nightmare in Wichita - the Hunt for the BTK Strangler by Robert Beattie. He
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The authors of the book Science in Culture reason the child looked like the Brahmin because Varuthi
...t lead some to believe he died, but one version of the Kalki Purana in the book The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology states Kali does not die but, instea
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...three cities I love best" the ox-eyed Queen of Heaven declares ('’Iliad'', book IV) are Argos, Sparta and Mycenae of the broad streets." Her other main cen
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...pedition to West Africa. Their sighting was first published in Sanderson's book ''Animal Treasure'' (1937). Jørgen Birket-Smith, a comparative anatomist a
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*Mike Mignola, the author of the ''Hellboy'' comic book series, includes a short story entitled ''Iron Shoes'' which depicts Hellbo
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...st dies with the longing. Lizzie finally manages to cure Laura. Though the book was not originally written for children, many have read it and enjoyed it.
*The book is said to have been a childhood favorite of J. R. R. Tolkien, who populate
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*"Efreet" is one of the 25 Islands described in the [[wikipedia:2002]] book by [[wikipedia:Clive Barker]], ''[[wikipedia:Abarat]]''.
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William Luther Pierce's second book, ''Hunter'', contains a dedication to Franklin.
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'''Jorge Luis Borges''' wrote and edited the '''''Book of Imaginary Beings''''' in 1957 as the original Spanish ''Manual de zoolog
In the preface, Borges states that the book is to be read "as with all miscellanies...not...straight through.... Rather
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...n, the Accuser of Job, the tempter of the Gospels, and the dragon in the [[Book of Revelation]]. Many modern, liberal Christians view the devil metaphorica
...ter, health, but he still stays faithful to God. At the conclusion of this book God appears as a whirlwind, explaining to all that divine justice is inscru
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...ww.struik.co.za/book.book.detail.action?id=1917 "Tales of the Tokoloshe"], book
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...anslation of the word ''[[Azazel]]'', the name for a fallen angel in the [[Book of Enoch]]. It is interesting to also note that in satanism a goat is used
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...the Chinese Yin-Yang symbol appears as the Auryn both on the cover of the book, and worn by Atreyu and Bastian as a pendant throughout their travels. The
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Alexander Hislop in his book The Two Babylons theorized that the word is derived from the Semitic Kohen
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* [http://www.dlshq.org/download/shanmukha.htm Swami Sivananda's book on Lord Kartikeya; also available on PDF.]
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...a manuscript of the Book of Psalms written by a priest who transcribed the book from Glagolitic into Cyrillic for the Novgorodian Prince Volodymyr Yaroslav
...feature in vampire fiction and film, no doubt influenced by Bram Stoker's book ''Dracula'' in which the Szgany Roma served Dracula, carrying his boxes of
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...e, with an estimated 20 million players worldwide and over US$1 billion in book and equipment sales (according to a BBC news report). Products branded ''D
...ing from A. E. van Vogt's "The Destroyer" (the [[Displacer Beast]]) to the Book of Genesis (the clerical spell "Blade Barrier" was inspired by the "flaming
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...ntine'' (2005) is a movie with Keanu Reeves, based on the DC/Vertigo comic book ''Hellblazer''.
* Malachi Martin, ''Hostage to the Devil''. ISBN 006065337X.<!--what sort of book is this? A horror novel? Nobody is too sure - it is supposed to document a
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...he believer had to act well and know the rituals explained in the Egyptian Book of the Dead. If the corpse had been properly embalmed and entombed in a mas
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In his book ''The Birth of Tragedy'', the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche contra
...vy, ''[http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/ah/Livy/Livy39.html History of Rome, Book 39]:13,'' Description of banned Bacchanalia in Rome and Italy
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...ince the light of God is the only true guidance. The initial parts of the book describe the shore of Purgatory (Cantos I and II) and its slopes. At the s
...nte can equally be called a plural and a singular. After this vision, the book ends with Dante's vision growing ever stronger, and the vision of God becom
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...). A critical essay on Serling's fiction can be found in [[S. T. Joshi]]'s book ''The Evolution of the Weird Tale'' (2004). Joshi emphasises Serling's [[mo
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...the demons cannot bear either its smell or its presence (Wars of the Jews, book vii, cap. vi.).
...eddoes uses the name of mandrake for a character in his play, Death's Jest Book.
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...ncient cosmos even though she is both relatively minor and foreign. In the book (see bibliography) ''Restless Dead: Encounters Between the Living and the D
...of Hecate are single faced, not triplicate. Lewis Richard Farnell, in his book ''The Cults of the Greek States'', states:
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...es and Noble, 1995) as an excerpt from Religious Systems of China, vol. 5, book 2, by Jan de Groot (E.J. Brill, 1907.). It also can be found in The Vampire
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...of Cynocephali in his ''Liber de Monstruosis Hominibus Orientis'', xiv, ("Book of Monstrous men of the Orient").
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...a seems to have strong relevance to the anti-christ, and the beasts of the Book of Revelation.
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...cognised as the ''founder'' of [[Wicca]], to publish his first non-fiction book ''Witchcraft Today'', in which he claimed to reveal the existence of a [[wi
...he brain characterized essentially by the uniting of subject and object." (Book Four, Part 1: Mysticism) Magic, as defined previously, seeks to aid concent
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...Forbidden Archaeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race. Bhaktivedanta Book Publishing.
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...t Juan Luis Arsuaga provides evidence for these types of encounters in his book, ''The Neanderthal's Necklace''. The theory that Neanderthals and Cro-Magn
...guardians," according to ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.'' This book also subdivides the species into mountain, forest and river trolls (the lat
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...ery (actual or suspected), denial of sex, or abuse. Monteiro Lobato in his book Urupês describes a young woman starved to death by her husband because he
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..., and ''Broken.'' No longer available for download, but soon available in book-form, are the novellas that are also werewolf narrated: ''Savage'', ''Ascen
*Baring-Gould, Sabine, ''The Book of Were-Wolves: Being an Account of a Terrible Superstition''. London: Smit
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...ery (actual or suspected), denial of sex, or abuse. Monteiro Lobato in his book Urupês describes a young woman starved to death by her husband because he
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...tired and awarded with an MBE, publicly stated in his critically-acclaimed book on the case, ''Hull, Hell & Fire'', his hope that Lee will one day be deeme
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...ogy does bring knowledge to bear upon such endeavors. William McGaughey's book, "Rhythm and Self-Consciousness", approaches rhythm as a philosophical conc
*''A Source Book in Indian Philosophy'' by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Charles A. Moore
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...him to attack prostitutes. Alternatively, Stephen Knight suggested in his book ''Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution'' that the murders paralled Masonic r
...the time of the murders, a theatrical version of Robert Louis Stevenson's book ''The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' was being performed. The subj
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