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Simultaneously strong, generous and humble, the Sea-Wolf was said to bring great luck and wealth to anyone fortunate enough to spy it, or hear its soulful howl. [ 2 ] According to artist Herem, Gonakadet myth is found among the Tsimshian , Tlingit and Haida peoples of British Columbia and Alaska and concerns the story of a sea-monster who is a ...
In 1900, the American naturalist Edward William Nelson described the kăk-whăn’-û-ghăt kǐg-û-lu’-nǐk among a number of other mythical and composite animals: [1]. It is described as being similar in form to the killer whale and is credited with the power of changing at will to a wolf; after roaming about over the land it may return to the sea and again become a whale.
The Sea-Wolf, a 1904 novel by Jack London The Sea Wolf, a 2012 comic book based on London's novel; U.S.S. Seawolf, a 2000 novel by Patrick Robinson; Sea Wolf (comics), a supervillain in the DC Comics; Sea Wolf (band), an American indie folk band
The wolf as a mythological creature plays an important role in Balkan and Serbian mythology and cults. [34] [35] In the Slavic and old Serbian religion and mythology, the wolf was used as a totem. [36] In Serbian epic poetry, the wolf is a symbol of fearlessness. [37]
Sea goat – A creature that is half-goat half-fish. Sea-griffin – A griffin variant with the hindquarters of a fish. Sea-lion – A creature with the head and upper body of a lion and the tail of a fish. Siren – Half-bird, half-woman creature of Greek mythology, who lured sailors to their deaths with their singing voices.
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
Crocotta – mythical dog-wolf, related to the hyena (India, Ethiopia) Cynocephaly – having the head of a dog or jackal; Dogs of Actaeon – Hunting dogs that turned on Actaeon after he was turned into a deer; Fenrir – monstrous wolf, father of the wolves (Norse) Gelert; Hellhound – supernatural dog, bringers of death (worldwide)
Asena is the name of a she-wolf associated with the Gokturk foundation myth. [1] The ancestress of the Göktürks is a she-wolf, mentioned yet unnamed in two different "Wolf Tales". [2] The legend of Asena tells of a young boy who survived a battle; a female wolf finds the injured child and nurses him back to health.