![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. This illustrated encyclopedia not only identifies and describes individual beasts in their cultural context but also groups them together across cultures and discusses common mythological strands and conceits. This creature was said to have a body like large snake, with. � Missipissy, the feared fish serpent of North America's Great Lakes region. In French folklore the Carcolhoften referred by it’s name in Gascon, a French dialect, as Lou Carcolh, which translates as The Snail is a monstrous snail-like creature that once terrorized the town of Hastingues, in the southwest of France near the border with Spain. � Kurma, the giant tortoise of Hindu myth, whose upper shell forms the heavens and lower part the earth. Just some of the monstrous entourage: � Baku, a benevolent Japanese monster with the body of a horse, the head of a lion, and the legs of a tiger, who helps people by devouring their nightmares. In these pages you will meet extraordinary beings from Hindu and Navajo religions, Scandinavian tales, Russian folklore, Lithuanian stories, Irish oral history, American tall tales, and Aztec myth. "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! have nothing on Rose, at home in a thicket of menacing creatures."― Choice We have always conjured up creatures never seen in nature, from flying horses and two-headed birds to fire-breathing dragons and enormous killer skunks, as well as fantastic distortions of our own image, from giants to nubile maidens. ![]()
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