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Leshy or Leshi [a] is a tutelary deity of the forest in pagan Slavic mythology.As Leshy rules over the forest and hunting, he may be related to the Slavic god Porewit. [1]A similar deity called Svyatibor (Svyatobor, Svyatibog) is thought to have been revered by both the Eastern and Western Slavs as the divine arbiter of woodland realms, and/or the sovereign ruler over other diminutive forest ...
A leshy (also, leshii, [19] "wood demon" [20]) is a forest spirit who has mastery over the woods. His appearance varies across stories, but he is consistently male. [19] Generally the leshy is pictured as human-like, but can also appear in the form of an animal or, in one case, a mushroom. [19]
As horses weren't native to the Philippines in the pre-Spanish era, the earliest written records about the tikbalang did not specify horse or animal morphology.. Documents from Spanish friars such as Juan de Plasencia's Customs of the Tagalogs (1589) describe the tikbalang as ghosts and spirits of the forests, associated with the terms multo and bibit.
Bigfoot or Sasquatch – Cryptid, animal of the Northwest (North America) Hibagon or Hinagon – ape-like, similar to Bigfoot, or the Yeti (Japan) Jué yuán – blue-furred man-sized rhesus monkey that abducts human women (China & Japan) Satori – mind-reading magical ape or monkey (Japan)
Bearilla. Despite the name, Bearilla is not, as one might assume, the cross between a bear and a gorilla. Instead the cryptid boasts the body of a bear and features of a wolf, Coffey told Wave 3 ...
According to popular folklore, the Jersey Devil originated with a Pine Barrens resident named Deborah Leeds, known as "Mother Leeds." The legend states that Mother Leeds had twelve children and, after discovering she was pregnant for the thirteenth time, cursed the child in frustration, declaring that the child would be the "devil."
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The hidebehind is a nocturnal [1] fearsome critter from American folklore that preys upon humans that wander the woods, [2] and was blamed for the disappearances of early loggers when they failed to return to camp.