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A creation myth (or creation story) is a cultural, religious or traditional myth which describes the earliest beginnings of the present world. Creation myths are the most common form of myth, usually developing first in oral traditions, and are found throughout human culture.
A simple-minded, but affectionate pink rabbit and one of the four gang members of the Ferals. Oscar Rabbit Oscar the Rabbit in Rubbidge, Oscar and the Great Wooferoo: A rabbit who wears a red coat and a yellow scarf. He lives in the land of Rubbidge. Rapid T. Rabbit Rabbit Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends: An independently produced children's puppet ...
Loki - a mischievous, sometimes sinister, god in Norse mythology. Pan - God of shepherds and flocks. He is a satyr: a creature that has the upper body of a man and the legs of a goat. In many stories, they talk of Pan, or just satyrs, in general, are known to play tricks on people, especially children, for their amusement.
An urban legend, myth, or tale is a modern genre of folklore. It often consists of fictional stories associated with the macabre, superstitions, ghosts, demons, cryptids, extraterrestrials, creepypasta, and other fear generating narrative elements. Urban legends are often rooted in local history and popular culture.
The essence of the stories remain the same but sometimes, adjustments are made according to the individual story-teller's preference. For example, the penglipur lara version of the Ramayana changes many of the names and settings and casts Laksmana as a pawang or Malay shaman, as opposed to the literary Hikayat Seri Rama or the theatrical ...
The stories in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys are all stories within a story. The frame story is that Eustace Bright, a Williams College student, is telling these tales to a group of children at Tanglewood, an area in Lenox, Massachusetts, where Hawthorne lived for a time. All the tales are modified versions of ancient Greek myths:
Titans – Anthropomorphic pre-Olympian gods in ancient Greek and Roman mythology. Tonttu – In Finnish mythology, a type of dwarf or goblin-like creature associated with households and farms; associated with the winter solstice and the Christmas season. Troll – (Norse) Large, often grotesque humanoids. Trow – (Scottish) Short, ugly spirits.
Monopods (also called sciapods, skiapods, skiapodes) were mythological dwarf-like creatures with a single, large foot extending from a leg centred in the middle of their bodies. The names monopod and skiapod (σκιάποδες) are both Greek , respectively meaning "one-foot" and "shadow-foot".