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The Swedish ballad "Hafsfrun" [168] (≈Havsfruns tärna , SMB 23, TSB A 51 [169]) is an instance where a mermaid kidnaps a human girl at age fifteen, and when the girl's brother accomplishes the rescue, the mermaid declares she would have cracked [u] her neck if she knew she would be thus betrayed. [171]
Cecrops I: the mythical first King of Athens was half man, half snake. Chaac: the Maya civilization rain god, depicted in iconography with a human body showing reptilian or amphibian scales, and with a non-human head evincing fangs and a long, pendulous nose. Dragon Kings: creatures from Chinese mythology sometimes depicted as reptilian humanoids.
Nure-onna (濡女, "wet woman") is a Japanese yōkai which resembles a reptilian creature with the head of a woman and the body of a snake. They are also seen as a paranormal phenomenon at sea under the name of nureyomejo. In legends, they are often said to consume humans, but they have no single appearance or personality.
Their fangs rarely have enough venom to kill a human but commonly cause painful swelling and discoloration. ... Garter snakes can bite or strike humans if they feel threatened. Small garter snakes ...
Take, for example, Disney’s 2023 remake of “The Little Mermaid,” the 2023 Netflix documentary “MerPeople” and Fairgrounds St. Pete, an immersive art and tech experience home to ...
The jiaoren (蛟 人 "flood dragon people" or 鮫 人 "shark people") [39] [e] that appear in medieval writings are considered to be references to merfolk. [3] [41] [42] This mythical southern mermaid or merman is recorded in Ren Fang 's Shuyi ji "Records of Strange Things" (early 6th century CE). [44] [45]
Here are 10 weird things that can kill you almost instantly. Number 10.A meteor. Humans have been lucky when it comes to avoiding sizeable meteors and mass die-offs. ... See photos of people ...
Today we can find various snake species in stages of this hypothesized development. There are the highly efficient envenoming machines - like the rattlesnakes - with large capacity venom storage, hollow fangs that swing into position immediately before the snake bites, and spare fangs ready to replace those damaged or lost.