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The fossil record of this group is rather poor and only dates back to Carboniferous. [5] Basket stars are divided into the following families: family Asteronychidae Ljungman, 1867-- 4 genera (11 species) family Euryalidae Gray, 1840, emended Okanishi et al., 2011-- 11 genera (89 species) family Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867-- 34 genera (96 ...
The drekavac was originally thought to have come from the souls of sinful men, or from children who died unbaptised. [2]It was popularly believed to be visible only at night, especially during the twelve days of Christmas (called unbaptised days in Serbo-Croatian) and in early spring, when other demons and mythical creatures were believed to be more active. [2]
Many predators forage most intensively at night, whereas others are active at midday and see best in full sun. The crepuscular habit may both reduce predation pressure, increasing the crepuscular populations, and offer better foraging opportunities to predators that increasingly focus their attention on crepuscular prey until a new balance is ...
Rokurokubi from the Hokusai Manga by Katsushika Hokusai Nukekubi, from Bakemono no e scroll, Brigham Young University.. Rokurokubi (ろくろ首, 轆轤首) is a type of Japanese yōkai (apparition).
The origins of the Nachtkrapp legends are still unknown, but a connection possibly exists to rook infestations in Central Europe. Already feared due to their black feathers and scavenging diet, the mass gatherings quickly became an existential threat to farmers and gave rooks and crows their place in folklore as all-devouring monsters.
Palaephatus, Ovid, and Diodorus Siculus concur with Euripides, while Servius has the Hydra grow back three heads each time; the Suda does not give a number. Depictions of the monster dating to c. 500 BC show it with a double tail as well as multiple heads, suggesting the same regenerative ability at work, but no literary accounts have this feature.
Night Elves: Warcraft: An ancient forest dweller elvish race who have the ability to meld to the shadows. They mostly live in Kalimdor, and are part of the Alliance. Nopon Xenoblade Chronicles: A race of fuzzy egg-shaped creatures with peculiar speech patterns and two large "wings" that function as arms. Octolings Splatoon
1722 German woodcut of a werewolf transforming. Popular shapeshifting creatures in folklore are werewolves and vampires (mostly of European, Canadian, and Native American/early American origin), ichchhadhari naag (shape-shifting cobra) of India, shapeshifting fox spirits of East Asia such as the huli jing of China, the obake of Japan, the Navajo skin-walkers, and gods, goddesses and demons and ...