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Various traditions exist as to the origins of adder stones. One holds that the stones are the hardened saliva of large numbers of serpents massing together, the perforations being caused by their tongues. There are other claims that an adder stone comes from the head of a serpent or is made by the sting of an adder. The more modern and perhaps ...
A cockatrice overdoor at Belvedere Castle (1869) in New York's Central Park.. A cockatrice is a mythical beast, essentially a two-legged dragon, wyvern, or serpent-like creature with a rooster's head.
Bahamut – Whale monster whose body supports the earth. Word seems far more ancient than Islam and may be origin of the word Behemoth in modern Judeo-Christian lore. Bake-kujira – Ghost whale; Cetus – a monster with the head of a boar or a greyhound, the body of a whale or dolphin, and a divided, fan-like tail
The mythological Chimera is a terrifying creature that features a fire-breathing lion’s head attached to a goat’s body, ending in a serpent tail. There are varying versions of what a Chimera ...
The following is a list of lists of legendary creatures, beings and entities from the folklore record. Entries consist of legendary and unique creatures , not of particularly unique individuals of a commonly known species.
Adder stone, believed to have magical powers such as protection against eye diseases or evil charms, preventing nightmares, curing whooping cough, the ability to see through fairy or witch disguises and traps if looked at through the middle of the stone, and recovery from snakebite.
If they can reach it before the beithir does then they are cured, but if the monster reaches it first then the victim is doomed. [7] [10] Another cure for the sting is water in which the head of another snake has been placed. [7] The beithir is considered one of the fuath, a general term for various monsters and spirits associated with water. [1]
Scottish mythology (2 C, 56 P) O. ... Adder stone; Alleged slaughter of students ... List of Scottish loch-monsters; Lord Maxwell's Last Goodnight; Ly Erg; M ...