...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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*[[Book of Imaginary Beings]]
* 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===
===Book covers===
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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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