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In Japanese folklore and Folklore, Sōjōbō (Japanese: 僧正坊, pronounced [soːʑoːboː]) is the mythical king and god of the tengu, legendary creatures thought to inhabit the mountains and forests of Japan. Sōjōbō is a specific type of tengu called daitengu and has the appearance of a yamabushi, a Japanese mountain hermit.
Like Leviathan, so Ziz is a delicacy to be served to the pious at the end of time, to compensate them for the privations which abstaining from the unclean fowls imposed upon them. [...] The creation of the fifth day, the animal world, rules over the celestial spheres. Witness the Ziz, which can darken the sun with its pinions. [2] [3]
The king asleep in mountain (D 1960.2 in Stith Thompson's motif index system) [1] is a prominent folklore trope found in many folktales and legends. Thompson termed it as the Kyffhäuser type. [ 2 ] Some other designations are king in the mountain , king under the mountain , sleeping hero , or Bergentrückung ("mountain rapture").
Researchers said the distinctive animal was found “under rotten logs.” ... Tudor’s coffee snakes have been found at 11 sites in the Andes mountains at altitudes ranging from about 3,900 feet ...
The Snow Lion (sometimes spelled snowlion; Tibetan: གངས་སེང་གེ་, Wylie: gangs seng ge; Chinese: 雪獅) is a celestial animal of Tibet. It is the emblem of Tibet, representing the snowy mountain ranges and glaciers of Tibet, [1] and may also symbolize power and strength, and fearlessness and joy, east and the earth element.
Researchers ventured into the mountain forests of Leishan County several times between March and October 2023, according to a study published Feb. 19 in the peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys. The area ...
The famous polka dot jersey is worn by the King of the Mountains and there are KoM points to be won at the top of every categorised climb, with the biggest rewards saved for the hardest ascents.
Titus (24 August 1974 – 14 September 2009) was a silverback mountain gorilla of the Virunga Mountains, observed by researchers almost continuously over his entire life. He was the subject of the 2008 PBS Nature/BBC Natural World documentary film Titus: The Gorilla King.