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Bergstutz or Stollwurm. In the folklore of the Alpine region of south-central Europe, the Tatzelwurm (German: [ˈtatsl̩ˌvʊʁm]), Stollenwurm, or Stollwurm is a lizard-like creature, often described as having the face of a cat, with a serpent-like body which may be slender or stubby, with four short legs or two forelegs and no hindlegs.
Tikbalang. Tachash – Large land animal; Tailypo (American Folklore) – Powerful animal, that takes revenge on those who steal its tail; Taimatsumaru – Tengu surrounded in demonic fire
Following a review of the competing aircraft, Arado's design was selected over Henschel's, leading to the company receiving an initial order for three prototypes in 1940. . However, challenges for the Ar 232 soon became apparent in the form of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 project, which had been also earmarked to use the same BMW 801A/B engi
The lindworm (worm meaning snake, see germanic dragon), also spelled lindwyrm or lindwurm, is a mythical creature in Northern, Western and Central European folklore that traditionally has the shape of a giant serpent monster which lives deep in the forest.
It has a body comprising various animal parts – generally wings, antlers, a tail, and fangs; all attached to the body of a small mammal. The most widespread description portrays the Wolpertinger as having the head of a rabbit, the body of a squirrel, the antlers of a deer, and the wings and occasionally the legs of a pheasant. [3]
Wolfdietrich attacking the dragons. From Heidelberg, Universitätsbiblothek, Cpg 365, folios 1v and 2r. Wolfdietrich is the eponymous protagonist of the Middle High German heroic epic Wolfdietrich.
The Hinzelmann, a type of kobold, [5] is discussed alongside various similarly sounding spirit names, and cat-related spirit names, by Jacob Grimm in Deutsche Mythologie. [6] He argues that the similar sprite-names heinzelman, hinzelman, hinzemännchen relate to the cat, and in particular is comparable to the form katerman (variant reading of taterman, in the poem Der Renner).
The Buschgroßmutter ("shrub grandmother", [1] in older orthography also Buschgrossmutter [2]; German: [ˈbʊʃˌɡʁoːsˌmʊtɐ]) is a legendary creature from German folklore, especially found in folktales from the regions Thuringia, Saxony, former German-speaking Silesia and the former German-speaking parts of Bohemia. [1]