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Uchek Langmeidong (Meitei mythology) – Semi human, semi hornbill creature; Ukko – Finnish sky deity; Uma-no-ashi – Horse's leg which dangles from a tree and kicks passersby; Umibōzu – Ghost of drowned priest; Umi-nyōbō – Female sea monster who steals fish; Undead (Worldwide) – Dead that behave as if alive
Pages in category "Words and phrases derived from Greek mythology" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
Proto-Uralic mythology. Komi mythology; Finnic mythology. Estonian mythology; Finnish mythology; Mari mythology; Sami mythology; Germanic mythology. Anglo-Saxon mythology; Continental Germanic mythology; English mythology; Frankish mythology; Norse mythology; Swiss folklore; Scottish mythology; Welsh mythology; Irish mythology. Northern/modern ...
Pakhangba (Meitei mythology and Sanamahism) – Serpentine dragon, ruler of the universe; Pamola – Weather spirit; Panes – Human-goat hybrids descended from the god Pan; Pandi (Medieval Bestiary) – White-haired humanoid with giant ears and eight fingers and toes; Panis – Demons with herds of stolen cows
Basan, a fire-breathing chicken from Japanese mythology; Cockatrice, a chicken-headed dragon or serpent, visually similar to or confused with the Basilisk. Gallic rooster, a symbolic rooster used as an allegory for France; Gullinkambi, a rooster who lives in Valhalla in Norse mythology; Rooster of Barcelos, a mythological rooster from Portugal
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More recently, J. Nigro Sansonese, [26] building on the work of Georges Dumézil, speculates that the origin of the name "Sisyphus" is onomatopoetic of the continual back-and-forth, susurrant sound ("siss phuss") made by the breath in the nasal passages, situating the mythology of Sisyphus in a far larger context of archaic (see Proto-Indo ...