Reading Time: 9 minutes The jackalope is a mythical animal of North American folklore (a fearsome critter) described as a jackrabbit with antelope horns. The word “jackalope” is a…
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Lagarfljót Worm
Reading Time: 6 minutes In Icelandic folklore, the Lagarfljótsormur or Lagarfljót worm is an Icelandic lake monster purported to live in Lagarfljót, a lake by the town of Egilsstaðir.…
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Dobhar-chú
Reading Time: 1 minute The Dobhar-chú (Irish pronunciation: [ˈd̪ˠaɾˠxuː], lit. “water dog” or “water hound”) or King Otter is a creature of Irish folklore. It resembles both a dog…
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Chessie (sea monster)
Reading Time: 4 minutes In American folklore, Chessie is a sea monster said to live in the midst of the Chesapeake Bay, similarly to the Loch Ness Monster, which…
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Min Min light
Reading Time: 2 minutes Min Min is an unexplained light phenomenon that has often been reported in outback Australia. Stories about the lights can be found in Aboriginal myths…
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Succubus
Reading Time: 4 minutes A succubus is a demon in female form, or supernatural entity in folklore (traced back to medieval legend), that appears in dreams and takes the…
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Pontianak (folklore)
Reading Time: 3 minutes The pontianak (Dutch-Indonesian spelling: boentianak, Jawi: ڤونتيانق) is a female vampiric ghost in Malay mythology. It is also known as a matianak or kuntilanak, sometimes…
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Baobhan sith
Reading Time: 3 minutes A baobhan sith is a type of female vampire in the folklore of the Scottish Highlands, though they also share certain characteristics in common with…
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Banshee
Reading Time: 3 minutes A banshee or bean-sídhe (/ˈbænʃiː/ BAN-shee; Modern Irish bean sí, baintsí, from Old Irish: ben síde, baintsíde, pronounced [bʲen ˈʃiːðʲe, banˈtiːðe], “woman of the fairy…
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La Llorona
Reading Time: 3 minutes In Latin American folklore, La Llorona (pronounced [la ʝo.ˈɾo.na], “The Weeping Woman”) is the ghost of a woman who lost her children and now cries…
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