[[Image:YamataNoOrochi.jpg|thumb|300px|Susanoo slaying the ''Yamata no Orochi'', ca. 1870s by Toyohara Chikanobu]]
...'' (八岐の大蛇||"big snake of eight branches") often called '''''Orochi''''' or the '''Eight-Forked Serpent''' is a serpent-like creature in Japanese mythology
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...(including areas of Mississippi and Tennessee), an area once populated by the Chickasaw people.
===The Wildcat Clan===
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...enerally contend that the chupacabra is a mythological creature, or a type of urban legend.
...o Pérez, who intended the name to be a joke. This claim is doubtful, since the word had already been used in Michael Crichton's 1990 novel Jurassic Park,
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[[Image:orion.jpg|right|thumb|An engraving of Orion from Johann Bayer's ''Uranometria'', 1603]]
...n in Greek mythology whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion.
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..., beak and wings of an eagle, the body of a lion and occasionally the tail of a serpent.
...to modern day lions. The oldest and strongest male used to be the head of the group.
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In some Native American traditions (Navajo, Hopi, Mohawk...) the '''skin-walker''' or '''yeenaaldlooshii''' is a human who is able to shapes
...'' means literally "with it, he goes on all fours" in the Navajo language. The Mohawk Indian word "limikkin" is sometimes used to describe all skin-walker
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...out a cat who uses trickery and deceit to gain power, wealth, and the hand of a princess in marriage for his penniless and low-born master.
...he fictional Marquis of Carabas. The cat continues making gifts of game to the king for several months.
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[[Image:WotC Dungeons & Dragons.jpg|right|frame|The ''Dungeons & Dragons'' logo]]
...y regarded as the beginning of modern roleplaying games, and by extension, the roleplaying game & MMORPG industry.
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...e '''devil'''. For the Christian devil, see [[Devil in Christianity]], for the Islamic devil, see [[Iblis]].''
[[Image:Michael Pacher 004.jpg|thumb|right|''Saint Wolfgang and the Devil'' by Michael Pacher.]]
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