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Tigris – giant lion of the forest of Bei Ilai; Vaikuntha Chaturmurti – a four-headed aspect of the Hindu god Vishnu: a human head, a lion head, a boar head and a fierce head; Winged lion; Yali (mythology) – Portrayed with the head and the body of a lion, the trunk and the tusks of an elephant, and sometimes bearing equine features.
Genoveva in the Forest Seclusion" by Adrian Ludwig Richter – a refuge and a magical deer. In folklore and fantasy, an enchanted forest is a forest under, or containing, enchantments. Such forests are described in the oldest folklore from regions where forests are common, and occur throughout the centuries to modern works of fantasy.
Various legends exist about the Mohan, with many of them emerging from Colombia. In Colombia, Mohan can also mean a forest or barren land spirit. In some legends, it is a satyr-like being who steals and eats young women and lives in a cave-like grotto at the bottom of the great jungle rivers where he keeps his female captives. In others, it is ...
Native American cultures are rich in myths and legends that explain natural phenomena and the relationship between humans and the spirit world. According to Barre Toelken, feathers, beadwork, dance steps and music, the events in a story, the shape of a dwelling, or items of traditional food can be viewed as icons of cultural meaning.
Native American myths and legends. Smithmark Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8317-6290-2. Thompson, Stith: Folk Tales of the North American Indians (Indiana University Press 1929) Tooker, Elisabeth, ed. (1979). Native North American Spirituality of the Eastern Woodlands: sacred myths, dreams, visions, speeches, healing formulas, rituals, and ceremonials ...
Lauma, a woodland fae, goddess/spirit of trees, marsh and forest in Eastern Baltic mythology; Leshy, is a tutelary deity of the forests in pagan Slavic mythology along with his wife Leshachikha(or the Kikimora) and children (leshonki, leszonky). Meliae, the nymphs of the Fraxinus (Ash tree) in Greek mythology
Berstuk, evil Wendish god of the forest; Jarilo, god of vegetation, fertility, spring, war and harvest; Leshy, a tutelary deity of the forests. Porewit, god of the woods, who protected lost voyagers and punished those who mistreated the forest; Veles, god of earth, waters and the underworld; Mokosh, East-Slavic goddess of nature
Knotlow is an ancient volcanic vent and this may explain the myth. Knucker: A kind of water dragon, living in knuckerholes in Sussex, England. St. Leonard's Forest dragons: Of Sussex folklore. Lindworm: Lindworms are serpent-like dragons with either two or no legs. In Germanic heraldry, the lindworm looks the same as a wyvern.