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The nuckelavee (/ n ʌ k l ɑː ˈ v iː /) or nuckalavee is a horse-like demon from Orcadian folklore that combines equine and human elements. British folklorist Katharine Briggs called it "the nastiest" [1] of all the demons of Scotland's Northern Isles. The nuckelavee's breath was thought to wilt crops and sicken livestock, and the creature ...
Chollima – a winged horse too swift to be mounted by any mortal (Chinese) Drapé - (France) Ghostly horse monster who finds and spirits away children wandering at night to an unknown location, never to be seen again. Gytrash- (english) shapeshifting spirit usually taking the form of a horse, mule or other animal. Opposite of a will o the wisp ...
Winged hippocamp in an Art Deco fountain, Kansas City, Missouri, (1937). The hippocampus, or hippocamp or hippokampos (plural: hippocampi or hippocamps; Ancient Greek: ἱππόκαμπος, from ἵππος, 'horse', and κάμπος, 'sea monster' [1]), sometimes called a "sea-horse" [2] in English, [citation needed] is a mythological creature mentioned in Etruscan, Greek, Phoenician, [3 ...
As horses weren't native to the Philippines in the pre-Spanish era, the earliest written records about the tikbalang did not specify horse or animal morphology.. Documents from Spanish friars such as Juan de Plasencia's Customs of the Tagalogs (1589) describe the tikbalang as ghosts and spirits of the forests, associated with the terms multo and bibit.
Remains similar to those of mythological hybrids have been found in burial sites discovered by archaeologists. Known combinations include horse-cows, sheep-cows, and a six-legged sheep. The skeletons were formed by ancient peoples who joined together body parts from animal carcasses of different species.
Dadhi-krā is the name of a divine horse or bird, personification of the morning Sun. Devadatta - The white horse of Kalki. Gandharvi, daughter of Kamadhenu, and is the mother of horses (according to the Ramayana). Farasi Bahari - These are magical green Water Horses that live at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. They are depicted as a horse in ...
On the evening of Aug. 20, 1989, Lyle and Erik, then 21 and 18, walked into the den of their family's Beverly Hills mansion armed with 12-gauge shotguns and fatally shot their parents a total of ...
Echidna – A half-woman and half-snake monster that lives inside a cave. Fu Xi – A god said to have been made by Nu Wa. Glaistig – A Scottish fairy or ghost who can take the form of a goat-human hybrid. [8] [9] Griffin – A creature with the front quarters of an eagle and the hind quarters of a lion. Some depictions also depict it as ...