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Tam Đầu Cửu Vĩ or Ông Lốt - is a divine beast with 3 human heads and a 9-tailed snake body, the mount of the god Ông Hoàng Bơ in Đạo Mẫu in Vietnamese folk religion. Ugajin - A harvest and fertility kami of Japanese mythology with the body of a snake and the head of a bearded man, for the masculine variant or the head of a ...
4 languages. Español; فارسی ... Pages in category "Spanish legendary creatures" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not ...
31 languages. Аԥсшәа ... Legendary creatures or mythological figures who are a cross between two or more distinct species. ... Hybrid beasts in folklore *
The most prominent hybrid in Hindu iconography is elephant-headed Ganesha, god of wisdom, knowledge and new beginnings. Both Nāga and Garuda are non-hybrid mythical animals (snake and bird, respectively) in their early attestations, but become partly human hybrids in later iconography.
Agoa- (American) turtle monster of West Virginian lore centered around the Monongahela River. Name derived from Lenape language word for snake, but creature completely made up by whites. Ammut – female demon, funerary deity and animal hybrid (Egypt) Bakunawa – Serpent-like Dragon in Philippines (Philippines)
As translator Andrew Hurley writes, "The nature of Borges’ erudition, creativity, and sense of fun is such that it has been simply impossible to ferret out all the originals, where originals in fact ever existed (some of his “quotations” are almost certainly apocrypha, put-ons)." [6]
Within Spain's folktales and folklore, there is a consistency in the stories told through tradition. In the thirteenth century, a text known as the Apolonio existed. It has unfortunately been lost to time, and little is known about it, but thankfully there also exists a Castilian version from the late fourteenth century of the Spanish narrative.
20 languages. العربية ... Spanish folk music (2 C, 34 P) ... Pages in category "Spanish folklore" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.