Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; Recent changes; Upload file; Special pages
Aeternae – Saw-horned monster. Afanc – Lake monster (exact lake varies by story). Agni – God of fire and sacrifices. Agathodaemon – Spirit of vinefields and grainfields. Agloolik – Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen. Agogwe (East Africa) – Small, ape-like humanoid.
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
In 2016, a travel documentary crew from South Africa made a documentary about searching for mokele-mbembe, which they later sold to Discovery Africa. [17] [18] The team spent roughly four weeks in the Likuoala swamp region visiting various Aka (pygmy) villages, collecting stories of the creature's existence. They pointed out the difficulty of ...
West African mythology is the body of myths of the people of West Africa. It consists of tales of various deities, beings, legendary creatures , heroes and folktales from various ethnic groups. Some of these myths traveled across the Atlantic during the period of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade to become part of Caribbean , African-American and ...
Diablo Ballena (Devil Whale), Monster of Lake Tota: A huge black fish, bigger than a whale, with the head of a bull. [11] 1652– Lake Elsinore California USA: North America: Elsie, Hamlet, Lake Elsinore Monster Cross between a plesiosaur and a sea serpent [12] 1884–1994 Flathead Lake Montana USA: North America: Flossie, [13] Flathead Lake ...
The Grootslang or Grote Slang (Afrikaans and Dutch for "big snake") is a legendary creature that is reputed to dwell in a deep cave in the Richtersveld, South Africa. [ 4 ] Appearance
Mbwiri (Central Africa) – Possessing demon; Medusa (Greek mythology) – Serpent-female hybrid with numerous snake heads; Melek Taus- biblical bird; Meliae (Greek mythology) – Ash tree nymph; Melusine (Medieval folklore) – Female water spirit, with the form of a winged mermaid or serpent; Menehune (Hawaiian mythology) – Little people ...