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Screaming, the creature runs off into the darkness and the man eats the tail, either raw or in stew. On the brink of sleep, a rustling and clawing wakes the man. Sitting up, the hermit is able to see the gleaming eyes of the Tailypo leering at him from the foot of his bed. In an otherworldly voice, the creature demands the return of its "tailypo".
Invertebrates vary widely in size, from 10 μm (0.0004 in) [3] myxozoans to the 9–10 m (30–33 ft) colossal squid. [ 4 ] Some so-called invertebrates, such as the Tunicata and Cephalochordata , are actually sister chordate subphyla to Vertebrata, being more closely related to vertebrates than to other invertebrates.
Tilberi – creations of witches from a rib bone and wool for the purpose of stealing milk; Tsukumogami – objects that come to life, of their own accord, after 100 years; Tulpa (Tibetan Buddhism) – creature brought to life through meditation; Tupilaq – large statues brought to life to serve witches and shamans
Most soft-bodied animals are small, but they do make up the majority of the animal biomass.If we were to weigh up all animals on Earth with hard parts against soft-bodied ones, estimates indicate that the biomass of soft-bodied animals would be at least twice that of animals with hard parts, quite possibly much larger.
The curelom (/ k ʊəˈr iː l ə m /) [1] and the cumom (/ ˈ k uː m ə m /) [2] are "useful" animals mentioned in the Book of Mormon. According to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, these animals are thought to have possibly existed in North or South America. To non-adherents, these animals are solely creatures of ...
2. Medusa. Origin: Greek. Medusa is one of the most powerful mythological figures of all time. She had the power to petrify a person with a single glance—and we mean quite literally turn a ...
It has no direct connection to the Gashadokuro, but is said to have influenced modern depictions. Kuniyoshi's print was commissioned in the Edo period by Santō Kyōden for a yomihon, depicting a scene in which Taira no Masakado's daughter, Takiyasha-hime, summons a skeleton yōkai to attack the samurai Ooya Tarou Mitsukuni. Although originally ...
In the animated sitcom television series Krapopolis, the character of Shlub is depicted as a "mantitaur" which is a half-centaur, half-manticore creature where he was the result of a union between a female centaur and a male manticore. In this show besides the fact that the manticores are depicted with dragon-like wings like other depictions of ...