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Loo-errn, spirit ancestor and guardian of the Brataualung people; Nargun, fierce half-human, half-stone creature of Gunai legend; Thinan-malkia, evil spirit who captures victims with nets that entangle their feet; Tiddalik, frog of southeast Australian legend who drank all the water in the land, and had to be made to laugh to regurgitate it
Makara (Hindu mythology) – half terrestrial animal in the frontal part (stag, deer, or elephant) and half aquatic animal in the hind part (usually of a fish, a seal, or a snake, though sometimes a peacock or even a floral tail is depicted) Mug-wamp - (Canadian) giant sturgeon monster said to inhabit Lake Temiskaming in Ontario. Name is of ...
The name was chosen because the holotype consists of a fossilised braincase. The specific name, koi means "lake", since the type locality would have been a saline lake. [12] Alpaca (Lama pacos) camelid: Aymara: From allpaca, the Aymara name for the animal, related to Quechua p'ake ("yellowish-red"). [13] Alnashetri † alvarezsaurid
Nagual (Mesoamerica) – Human-animal shapeshifter; Naiad – Freshwater nymph; Näkki – Water spirit; Namahage – Ritual disciplinary demon from the Oga Peninsula; Namazu – Giant catfish whose thrashing causing earthquakes; Nando-baba – Old woman who hides under the floor in abandoned storerooms
Shedu (Akkadian and Sumerian) – Protective spirit who takes the form of a winged bull or human-headed lion; Shellycoat (English, Scottish and German, as schellenrocc) – Water spirit; Shen – Shapeshifing sea monster; Shenlong – Weather dragon; Shibaten – Water spirit from Shikoku; Shikigami – Servant spirit
1 Human turning into an animal. 2 Animal turning into a human. 3 Other. 4 In fiction. 5 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of shapeshifters. Add languages ...
Power animal, a neoshamanic belief of a tutelary spirit; Spirit guide, an entity that remains as a discarnate spirit to act as a guide or protector to a living incarnated individual; Totem, a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe
The name given to an assortment of ox-headed monsters that appear on beaches and attack those who walk there. Ushi-onna A kimono-clad woman with a cow's head, the opposite of the kudan. Ushirogami A one-eyed, footless female spirit who sneaks up behind people to pull on their hair. Uwan A spirit named for the sound it makes when surprising people.