(Herunterladen) Mythical Creatures Folklore Monsters

Manticore a mythical beast with a lion s body and a human s head.

Mythical creatures folklore monsters. According to scandinavian mythology the kraken is a giant sea creature said to be 1 mile 1 61 km long that attacks ships and is so huge that its body could be mistaken for an island. Abura akago is a spirit from japanese folklore creatures that haunted the province of omi now known as the shiga prefecture. This category contains all the beasts and strange creatures in mythology folklore and literature to add a category to this category add category mythological creatures to the bottom of the page other related categories are humanoids animals monsters and spirits creatures can also be referenced via culture. In arkansas folklore this tall shaggy monster has a knack for killing local livestock. One of the most forbidding of all mythical creatures the manticore was a bloodthirsty quadruped that supposedly sported the head of a blue eyed man the auburn body of a lion and the stinging tail. It even has its own docudrama the legend of boggy creek which was released in 1972. It is first mentioned in the örvar oddr a 13th century icelandic saga involving two sea monsters the hafgufa sea mist and the lyngbakr heather back.

After his death the gods decided to punish him and turned him into a flame ghost. As one of the most popular greek monsters in mythology centaurs are known as the children of nephele a cloud created in hera s image and ixion a king of lapiths the most ancient tribe of thessaly. Medusa a disciple of athena who was turned into a gorgon. The earliest references to mermaids are in assyrian folklore and the creatures became well known in europe via greek adoptions of the assyrian legends. They were usually portrayed as capricious and often simply as evil. Loch ness monster the elusive sea monster from the loch ness in scotland. She had the hair of snakes and could turn men to stone with her gaze.