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Furaribi (ふらり火) from the Hyakkai Zukan by Sawaki Suushi Furaribi (ふらり火) from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Sekien Toriyama Furaribi (ふらり火) from Bakemono no e (化物之繪, c. 1700), Harry F. Bruning Collection of Japanese Books and Manuscripts, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
Clive Barker's novel Cabal (1988) and its film adaption, Nightbreed (1990), Baphomet is depicted as the god worshipped by the Night Breed creatures. [ 87 ] An interpretation of Baphomet, referred to as The Sword of Baphomet, forms part of the main plot in the 1996 point-and-click adventure game Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars developed ...
One of the first monsters described as fire-breathing was the Chimera of Greco-Roman mythology, [1] although these types of monsters were comparatively rare in such mythology, with limited other examples including the Khalkotauroi, the brazen-hooved bulls conquered by Jason in Colchis, which breathed fire from their nostrils, and the cannibalistic Mares of Diomedes, owned by Diomedes of Thrace ...
Aristotle, Pliny, Nicander, Aelian. The standard lore of the salamander as a creature enduring fire and extinguishing it was known by the Ancient Greeks, as far back as the 4th century BCE, by his Aristotle (384–322 BCE) and his successor Theophrastus (c. 371–c. 287 BCE) [3] who gave such description of the σαλαμάνδρα (salamandra).
The flame-colored spotted butterfly lives at elevations between about 9,500 feet and about 9,940 feet on the Andes mountains in southern Ecuador and across the nearby border with Peru, the study said.
Articles relating to fire-breathing monsters, monsters with the ability to shoot fire from their mouth.The concept of a fire-breathing monster is shared by various mythological traditions throughout history, and is also a common element of monsters in the fantasy genre, especially dragons, which are almost always given the ability to shoot fire, or some other type of breath-based attack.
A birdlike creature engulfed in flames that flies aimlessly, thought to be the restless spirits of those not given a proper burial. Fūri A monkey-like Chinese yōkai that can glide from tree to tree. Furutsubaki-no-rei A camellia tree of great age, that has become evil and now sucks people's souls out if they come too close to it. Furu-utsubo
Bluecap – (English) elf like beings of the mines, who sometimes appear as a floating blue flame or an elf in a blue cap. Seen as derivation to Redcap, but might also be similar to Slavic Shubin. Boggart – Household spirits or genius loci. Boogeyman – A featureless, androgynous creature used by adults to frighten children into good behavior.