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Monster may also be Native, but name was given from Native language by local whites & not the original name, if so. Sea goat – Half goat, half fish; Selkie – Shapeshifting seal people; Water bull – Nocturnal amphibious bull; Water Horse – General name for mythical water dwelling horses of many cultures
Australian Aboriginal rock painting of the "Rainbow Serpent".Rå – Spirit that protects a specific place; Rabisu – Vampiric spirit that ambushes people; Radande – Tree spirit
During his youth, Toraji had an immense passion for sumo, and frequently played with the children of the village. However, he grew fearful of the young Tarokichi after the latter was able to throw him out of the ring with just one hit, calling him a "monster". He later appears during Round 5 to support Raiden.
The north portal of the 12th-century Urnes stave church has been interpreted as containing depictions of snakes and dragons that represent Ragnarök. [1]In Norse mythology, Ragnarök (/ ˈ r æ ɡ n ə r ɒ k / ⓘ RAG-nə-rok or / ˈ r ɑː ɡ-/ RAHG-; [2] [3] [4] Old Norse: Ragnarǫk [ˈrɑɣnɑˌrɒk]) is a foretold series of impending events, including a great battle in which numerous ...
The game Puzzle & Dragons features a monster entitled Flamedragon Muspelheim and Infernodragon Muspelheim. In the game God of War, players can travel to Muspelheim where they can complete the six Trials of Muspelheim. When completing each trial, the player will receive rewards and will advance Kratos and Atreus closer to the top of a large volcano.
Jörmungandr in the sea during Ragnarök, drawn by the Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe in 1898.. In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (Old Norse: Jǫrmungandr, lit. 'the Vast 'gand'', see Etymology), also known as the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent (Old Norse: Miðgarðsormr), is an unfathomably large and monstrous sea serpent or worm who dwells in the world sea, encircling the Earth and biting ...
Örvar-Oddr and his crew, who started from the Greenland Sea were sailing along the coast south and westward, towards a fjord called Skuggi [g] [28] on Helluland (also given by the English-translated name of "Slabland"), and it is on the way there that they encountered two monsters, the hafgufa ('sea-reek') and lyngbakr ('heather-back'). [5]
In Norse mythology, Gullinkambi (Old Norse "golden comb" [1]) is a rooster who lives in Valhalla.In the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, Gullinkambi is one of the three roosters whose crowing is foretold to signify the beginning of the events of Ragnarök.