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The '''Rabisha Lake Monster''' or '''Water Bull''' is a legendary hybrid in the folkore of Bulgaria. The Rabisha Lake Monster has the head of a bull, the body of giant, strong man, and the tale of fish

...aid to be living in Kagoshima Prefecture's Lake Ikeda, the largest caldera lake in Kyushu.. The name is formed in analogy with 'Nessie' (the Loch Ness Monster).

...arybdis''', or '''Kharybdis''' ("sucker down", Greek Χάρυβδις), is a [[sea monster]], daughter of [[Poseidon]] and [[Gaia]], who swallows huge amounts of wate ...whirlpool of Charybdis) and may be the genesis of the phrase ''"between a rock and a hard place"''.

'''Cetus''' was a sea-monster sent by Poseidon to ravage Aithiopia but eventually slain by [[Perseus]]. I ...f dramas, which are now lost. The moment in which she is relieved from the rock by Perseus is represented in an anaglyph still extant. (Les plus beaux Monu

...ylla''', or '''Skylla''' (Greek Σκύλλα) is a horribly grotesque female sea monster. Some, again, describe her as a monster with six heads of different animals, or with only three heads (Tzetz. ad Ly

...root of ''monere'', "to warn."[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=monster] ...ved there. This connection between monsters and the unknown meant that the monster was an important concept in the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, as Weste

...he'''Æsir'''. Only the god '''Tyr''' was daring enough to feed the growing monster. The gods urged by the wolf's increasing strength and by prophecies that he Then, in the island called Lyngvi ("Heathery") in the lake called Ámsvartnir 'Red-black' (places unknown to us), the gods challenged

Its lair was the lake of Lerna formed by the Amymone spring in the Argolid, though archaeology ha ...eaving the hydra dead; its one immortal head Heracles placed under a great rock on the sacred way between Lerna and Elaius (Kerenyi1959 p 144), and dipped

...ant ''crocodile'', while the Old English ''nicor'' could mean both a water monster and a hippopotamus". ...f German folklore was [[Lorelei]]. According to the legend, she sat on the rock at the Rhine which now bears her name, and lured fishermen and boatmen to t

The monster stalks through the forest in search of humans. Upon an encounter with a hum Like many other legendary creatures, the manticore is a popular monster and allegory in fiction:

The '''Kraken''' is an enormous [[sea monster]] in Norwegian sea [[folklore]], which would sometimes attack ships and fee ...ishs gravitate around Kraken and the boat that succeeds to fish around the monster without awaking it will take more than possible to carry aboard.

[[Image:nessie.jpg|thumb|The Loch ness monster aka Nessie]] The '''Loch Ness Monster''' (Nessiteras rhombopteryx) is a cryptid purportedly inhabiting Scotland's

...rap broke, spilling the contents out to form mounts like Ben Vaichaird and rock piles like Carn na Caillich. Faeries called glaistigean are credited with s ...rabbed his neck and pulled him out. She warned him never again to hunt the rock-doves, “Or maybe the Doonie'll no be here tae kep ye.” [Briggs, 106]

...ticle is about the 1818 novel. For the monster itself see [[Frankenstein's Monster]]. For movies, comics and other derivative works see [[Frankenstein in popu ...he ice on a dog sledge. This is [[Victor Frankenstein]]'s [[Frankenstein's Monster|creature]]. Soon after he sees the ill Victor Frankenstein himself, and inv

...y place", and ''pe-tah'', which translates as "bear", the full name being "rock bear". The ethnic Tibetans fear and worship the bear (as do many primitive ...sic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. The yeti is called the Abominable Snow Monster, or "the bumble" by other characters in the story.

Rock group 30 Seconds to Mars's official logo is the phoenix. The alternative rock band Live (band) makes reference in the song "Dolphin's Cry" saying "this p

...use they are so swift, it is extremely difficult to get a good look at the monster. Most are tall, have long limbs, and are extremely thin (because they are ...ting trees, causing game animals to stampede, and causing whirlwinds. The monster is often thought to be the cause of ice storms, tornadoes, and violent wind

...ng a vast cliff, which Dante and Virgil do on the back of Geryon, a winged monster represented by Dante as having the head of an honest man and a body that en **Ditch 3: Those who committed simony are placed head-first in holes in the rock, with flames burning on the soles of their feet. One of them, Pope Nichola

...e word to English. Shakespeare transposed it, anagram-fashion, to name his monster servant in ''The Tempest'' 'Caliban'. The Caribs called themselves Kallinag ...the city; people reportedly ate lizards, grass, insects, and mud from the lake, but there are no reports on cannibalism of the dead bodies.