Ramidreju are born every 100 years from a weasel or a marten. This animal has a very long body, like a snake, and their fur is slightly green-colored
...ed animal in Spanish folklore because its fur heals every sickness and the animal has a big desire for gold.
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...Central Celebes believe that the inside parts only of the man take on the animal shape, a state which they term '''lamhoyo'''.
The lamboyo may be distinguished from an ordinary animal by being misshapen to some extent, for instance, a buffalo may have only on
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In Welsh foklore, '''Grims''' or '''Kegrims''' are animal and sometimes evil spirits that most frequently inhabit churches and burial
...pare a human whatever torment or servitude lay in store, the carcass of an animal would instead be buried first.
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...ielu is described as "the animal with planks growing out of its back". The animal appears to be aquatic and herbivorous, and has mostly green algal growth co
Mackal noted that the animal's triangular- or diamond-shaped planks or ridges are similar (but larger) t
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The '''hyote''' is a cryptozoological animal that was repeatedly sighted in Baltimore County, Maryland during the summer
...captured a specimen alive on August 1, 2004. Veterinarians identified the animal as a red fox infested with sarcoptic mange, a parasite that causes hair los
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* In 1946, eye witnesses allegedly reported seeing a reptile-like animal swimming in the waters of the lake. It was called lariosauro, the same name
* In September 1957 a strange animal whose head was described as similar to a crocodile head.
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...h Dragon''' or '''Pictish Elephant''') is an artistic representation of an animal, and is depicted on Pictish symbol stones.
It is not easily identifiable with any real animal, but resembles a seahorse, especially when depicted upright. Suggestions ha
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...wo different ways. When pronounced "shachihoko", it refers to the mystical animal mentioned above. When pronounced "shachi", it means grampus; a dolphin or o
It was believed that this animal could cause the rain to fall, and as such, temples and castles were often a
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The badaruc was said to be a nocturnal and very shy animal and because of the value of its fur, it was not allowed to shoot it.
...d to stand alone with a club by a cold night in a deserted place until the animal pass by. Of course, there was no hunting party and everyone go home leaving
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...ing story and the painting and asked Granberg if he could re-construct the animal. In 1918 Granberg had completed the skvader and it has since then been a ve
...for Sundsvall and when the province Medelpad was to be given a provincial animal (in addition to the provincial flower) in 1987, many locals voted for the s
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...logy|Aztec]] and [[Toltec mythology|Toltec]] mythology, '''Xolotl''' ("The Animal", Lord of the Evening Star, Lord of the [[Underworld]]) was the god of ligh
...otl" can also mean "dog" in [[Nahuatl]], the Aztec language - or a monster animal with reversed feet. He was also the patron of the Ulama game. He is identi
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...up the chase and Lepage was able to examine it through his binoculars. The animal, he says, was about 24 feet in length with a long pointed snout adorned wit
...Wetzel. While visiting with a group of pygmies they were informed about an animal called Ngoubou. Although ngoubou is also the local word for rhinoceros, the
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...l, which he "took to be a buffalo or wild ox," but he saw no traces of the animal. These statements are very wonderful, and before giving credence to them we
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...sroads from the animal whose horns or hind legs it had inhabited when that animal passes between the two fires. The ustrel cannot leave the crossroad and is
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...' (black beast) is believed to be a sorcecer that has taken a monstrous or animal shape. In Vienne, it is also the local name for [[werewolf]]. The galipote
...''courir la galipote,'' which means to turn into a werewolf or other human-animal by night and chase prey through the woods.
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...y, claw-like flippers and a large fin, which can allegedly wrap around the animal in a fashion that resembles the cloak of a clergyman. The head appears to b
...d, appealing to be released. The bishops managed to convince the king that animal should be returned to its natural habitat. Once released by the bishops, th
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...olden times an unknown lady offered food to the hunters at the moment the animal appeared she was thought to be a witch.
...the Bisclavaret'' used the idea of a werewolf, and again in this case the animal has no savage instincts except against his enemies, a faithless wife and he
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...r. Only the shells reach the ground, and if part of a shell is eaten by an animal, the latter will go mad.
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The
animal was described by [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] in his ''[[Naturalis Historia]]'
<blockquote>There are reports of a wild
animal in Paionia called the Wisent, which has the mane of a horse, but in all oth
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The '''bicho-homem''' (man-beast or man-animal) is very tall, has a single leg (some blending with the [[saci]]) with a ro
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