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Portrait of Breton author Jacques Cambry (1749-1807).. In Brittany, legends of the lavandière de la nuit were attested by Jacques Cambry as early as the 18th century. [1]In Brittany, they can be an ominous portent, foretelling death, either one's own or a death in the family, though it is rare, just like they are not always represented as old women, though they always have very pale skin ...
Chickcharney - (Bahamas) magical owl with powers over fate, sometimes encountered by travellers in pine forests. Nyctimene (Roman) – Transformed into an owl by Minerva. Owlman – compared to America's Mothman (England) Sirin – birds with women heads, lured men to their death; Strix – owl that ate human flesh (Greek)
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The Norse night goddess Nótt riding her horse, in a 19th-century painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo. A night deity is a goddess or god in mythology associated with night, or the night sky. They commonly feature in polytheistic religions. The following is a list of night deities in various mythologies.
Mythic humanoids are legendary, folkloric, or mythological creatures that are part human, or that resemble humans through appearance or character. Each culture has different mythical creatures that come from many different origins, and many of these creatures are humanoids. They are often able to talk and in many stories they guide the hero on ...
Legendary creatures from Europe, supernatural animal or paranormal entities, generally hybrids, sometimes part human (such as sirens), whose existence has not or cannot be proven. They are described in folklore (including myths and legends), but also may be featured in historical accounts before modernity
Sirens - bird women in Greek mythology, not to be confused with mermaids; Simurgh – A Persian bird similar to the Ziz [1] Snallygaster; Sphinx ; Stymphalian Birds; Sylph; Thunderbird; Winged Unicorn; Wyvern; Yalungur; Yuki-onna; Zilant; Ziz – A gigantic bird mentioned briefly in the Psalms [1] Zduhać
The term kallikantzaros is speculated to be derived from the Greek kalos-kentauros ("beautiful centaur"), although this theory has been met with many objections. [1] A second theory proposes that the word comes from Turkish kara-kondjolos "werewolf, vampire", from kara "black" and koncolos "bloodsucker, werewolf".