Joshua Dowidat's Blog
September 7, 2018
Mythical Creatures: Harpies
Hello Everyone, Well keeping up a little better than I thought and since a few close friends have been harping on me I thought we would talk about Harpies. Just a little corny joke. Harpies Origins: Starting in the Greek myth, or at least when they were first mentioned, they first seem to come about […]
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August 21, 2018
Mythical Creatures: Mara
Hello Everyone, Wow, indeed. I have been lacking. Utmost apologies for that but perhaps as the more eerie time of year is starting to set in and everyone’s creepy level begins to climb a good blog about nightmares will redeem myself. Actually it’s not so much about the nightmares themselves but about a creature that […]
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May 4, 2018
Mythical Creatures: Stymphalian Birds
Hello Everyone, As we think of birds we usually of soft colorful, sometimes noisy, little birds that charm the morning sunrise and evening sunsets. However, stories and movies have managed to bring a darker side out of birds and it is not always in awe and wonder that the stories portray them. The Stymphalian Birds […]
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April 25, 2018
Mythical Creatures: Simurgh
Hello Everyone, Back to the mythical creatures, at least for now, and this time it is another lesser known creature by the name of the Simurgh. Another creature of mythical legends that roams that skies and this one seems to be pretty much all good and granting wise words of wisdom. Simurgh: A massive bird […]
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March 7, 2018
Eerie for Thoughts: Hessdalen Lights
Hello Everyone, The mysterious lights that we are going to discuss this week don’t have any folklore or eerie tale behind them yet I found them still eerie enough to put in here. Mainly because these lights are so prominent and spread out that it is odd to me that they still have no explanation. […]
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March 1, 2018
Mythical Creatures: Amphisbaena
Hello Everyone, Interesting how so many of the mythical creatures can seem very much alike but share completely different origins like with the Amphisbaena. A creature that is typically a specialized dragon, or at least some type or reptilian creature with two heads. Although there is some tales of other forms of Amphisbaena we are […]
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February 22, 2018
Mythical Creatures: Basilisk & Cockatrice
Hello Everyone, This week’s blog is a little different as we discuss the Basilisk & Cockatrice. Although the Basilisk is bound to slither on the Earth’s surface the Cockatrice, however, has the ability to fly. Basilisk: Many of us are familiar with the Basilisk from the Harry Potter series but that particular Basilisk was much […]
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February 7, 2018
Mythical Creatures: Tupilak
Hello Everyone, We got another land based mythical creature today known as the Tupilak. Although there are similar types of mystical creatures we are going to focus on the ones in the Arctic Circle regions. Tupilak: Very similar to the Voodoo Doll, in a sense, the Tupilak is a small effigy formed from the remains […]
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January 31, 2018
Mythical Creatures: Mandrake
Hello Everyone, Well many of us have seen some form of the Mandrake in movies or heard of them in tales. Unfortunately we have just experienced them as another part of a tale or as a character that has little explanation. The Mandrake: Any of you who have a little knowledge of the Mandrake know […]
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January 23, 2018
Mythical Creatures: Scylla & Charybdis
Hello Everyone, So this blog actually covers two mythical creatures, Scylla & Charybdis. That is because they kind for work together if you know the tale and also because they are considered mythical monsters of the sea. This may be a little confusing since one resides on the land in a cave but the treachery […]
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