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Wolfsbane, What’s The Big Deal? #AtoZChallenge

This is part of theA-to-Z blog challenge for April. My theme is legends and legendary creatures (both real and fiction). I hope you enjoy following along!

Wolfsbane, What It Is

If you’ve ever watched any sort of horror movie or TV show, then no doubt you’ve heard Wolfsbane mentioned. Said to be a dangerous substance for vampires, were-wolves, and other such nightly creatures. But why? Is it a real thing? Well here’s the plant itself:

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Wolfsbane is described asan herbac...

Sheep Go Baa #MadnesSolver

NOTE: The BlogBattle is changing come May. Stories will only post 2 times a month from now on. This means Madnes Solver’s next chapter will post on May 10 and May 24 (the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of May and every following month). But I will still be blogging other posts and fun things, so be sure to checkback![image error]

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Chapter 47: Sheep Go Baa

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Previously: In Wonderland,Madnes and his group have decided to split up in their search for the 7 c...

River Vampire Fish, Yes it’s real #AtoZChallenge

This is part of theA-to-Z blog challenge for April. My theme is legends and legendary creatures (both real and fiction). I hope you enjoy following along!

Vampire Fish

It’s official name is Payara, but many like to refer to it as a vampire fish because of…well, I think it’s pretty obvious.
(above is a photo from the TV seriesRiver Monsters)

This predatory fish is found in the Amazon Basin. You can see the two long fangs protruding from its lower jaw: These fangs can be 4-6 inches long and a...

Urayuli the Hairy Beast! #AtoZChallenge

This is part of theA-to-Z blog challenge for April. My theme is legends and legendary creatures (both real and fiction). I hope you enjoy following along!

Urayuli

Urayuliare mythical creatures said tolive in the woodland areas of southwestern Alaska. Stories describe them as 10 feet tall with long shaggy fur and luminescent eyes. Their long, lanky arms reaching down to their ankles. They emit a high pitch cry, likethat of a loon. (Have you ever heard a loon?)

Rumored to live in the forests o...

The Icicle Woman of Japan #AtoZChallenge

This is part of theA-to-Z blog challenge for April. My theme is legends and legendary creatures (both real and fiction). I hope you enjoy following along!

Tsurara Onna The Japanese tale of the “Icicle Woman.”

Deep in the forest, a lonely young man stared out his cabin window into a cold winter day. An icicle hanging down from the roof grabbed his attention and he gazed into it, wishing that he was not alone–wishing for a female companion.

Later on, that wish was granted. A woman of surpassin...

Serpopard the Serpent-leopard, how creative #AtoZChallenge

This is part of theA-to-Z blog challenge for April. My theme is legends and legendary creatures (both real and fiction). I hope you enjoy following along!

Serpopard

Serpoprd Serplard…that’s a tongue-twister

This is a mythical animalfrom Ancient Egyptianand Mesopotamian art. The word “serpopard” comes from“serpent” and “leopard” combined, so named becausethe creaturesbearthe body of a leopard and a long neck like aserpent. The Mesopotamian version is more of a “serpent-necked lion” rather tha...

Ramidreju the Weasel Gold Digger #AtoZChallenge

This is part of theA-to-Z blog challenge for April. My theme is legends and legendary creatures (both real and fiction). I hope you enjoy following along!

Ramidreju Gold Digger

(say that three-times fast )
FromCantabria mythology in northern Spain, the Ramidreju is a weasel-like creature said to be born once every hundred years from a weasel ormarten. It hasa very long body, snake-like, and green-colored fur. Its eyes are yellow, and its nose pig-like, which it uses to dig very deep holes.

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Qilin the Dragon-like #AtoZChallenge

Part of theA-to-Z blog challenge. My theme is legends and legendary creatures (both real and fiction). I hope you enjoy following along!

Qilinof Asia

by KatePfeilschiefter

A mythical hooved creature fromChinese and Asian culture, said to appear with the arrival or passing of a sage or greatruler, and seen as a good omen.

The qilin is described as a vegetarianwith aquiet nature, bearingantlers like a deer and scales like a dragon or carp fish, eyes with thick eyelashes, and manes and beards th...

Wanted #MadnesSolver

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Madnes Solver
Chapter 46: Wanted

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Previously: In Wonderland,Madnes and his group have decided to split up in their search for the 7 crystals of the Terraforming Spell (a dangerous spell currently threatening to destroy their home on Earth, Okinala island). Cheshire is with Cosmic, Harrey is with the orphans, and Madnes with Alice. They now ready to begin their individual missions, but the Red King has his own plan to put into play…

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Panotti of the Big Ears #AtoZChallenge

Part of theA-to-Z blog challenge. My theme is legends and legendary creatures. I hope you enjoy following along!

Panotti of the Big Ears

This legend comes from the ancient encyclopedic works “Natural History of both the real and the imaginative,” published by Pliny the Elder in AD 77-79 (Yep, it’s that old).It’s one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire.

Pliny writes about the strange race of people known as the Panotti who live in the “All-Ears Islands” off of S...