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Y is for Yara-ma-yha-who

Y is for Yara-ma-yha-who   “The Yara-ma-yha-who is a creature from Australian Aboriginal folklore. This creature resembles a little red man with a very big head and large mouth with no teeth. On the ends of its hands and feet are suckers. It lives in fig trees and does not hunt for food, but waits until an unsuspecting traveler […]

X is for Xana

X is for Xana “The xana is a character found in Asturian mythology. Always female, she is a creature of extraordinary beauty believed to live in fountains, rivers, waterfalls or forested regions with pure water. She is usually described as small or slender with long blonde or light brown hair (most often curly), which she tends to with gold or silver combs woven from […]

Cursed be the Wicked by J.R. Richardson

Cursed be the Wicked  by J.R. Richardson Genre – Paranormal Mystery Romance Release Date: March 5, 2014   Cooper Shaw lives his life under a pen name and enjoys the anonymity it provides during his journeys across the globe as a seasoned writer for a travel magazine. When his job lands him in his hometown […]

W is for Werehyena

W is for Werehyena Originally, I wasn’t going to do Werehyena because I thought it was too similar to Werewolf. However, in my research I found that that is not the case. Werehyenas are believed to originate from East Africa, the East, and Eurasian Cultures. “Unlike werewolves and other therianthropes, which are usually portrayed as being […]

V is for Vetala

V is for Vetala I bet you thought I was going to say Vampire? Well, Vetala’s are ghosts or spirits from Hindu mythology. And, they possess corpses and use them to move around. These deadwalkers no longer decay while the Vetala is inside them.  The Vetala’s are vampiric spirits. “These creatures can be repelled by […]

U is for Uktena

U is for Uktena Uktena is from Lakota Native Americans and looks like a horned serpent and is a rain spirit. Many believe in the horned serpent. “The Horned Serpent appears in the mythologies of many Native Americans.[1] Details vary among tribes, with many of the stories associating the mystical figure with water, rain, lightning and/or thunder. Horned Serpents were major […]

T is for Trow

T is for Trow I was going to do Trolls, but many people already know about them, especially after the Harry Potter movie or book The Sorcerer’s Stone. The Trow are similar to Trolls, but much smaller. “In the folkloric traditions of the Orkney and Shetland islands, a trow (alternatively trowe ) is a small, troll-like fairy creature.[1] Trows, in general, are inclined to be short of stature, […]

S is for Sphinx

S is for Sphinx “A sphinx  is a mythical creature with, as a minimum, the body of a lion and a human head. In Greek tradition, it has the haunches of a lion, sometimes with the wings of a great bird, and the face of a human. It is mythicised as treacherous and merciless. Those who cannot answer its riddle suffer a fate […]

R is for Redcap

R is for Redcap No, it’s not a baseball team :) “A Redap or Red Cap, also known as a powrie or dunter, is a type of malevolent murderous dwarf, goblin, elf or fairy found in English and Scottish Folklore. They are said to inhabit ruined castles found along the border between England and Scotland. Redcaps are said to murder travellers who stray into their homes and dye their hats with their […]

Q is for Qilin

Q is for Qilin Since many of the mythical bests this month are not good, here is one that is a good omen ;) “The Qilin is a Chinese mythical hooved chimerical creature known throughout various East Asian cultures, said to appear with the imminent arrival or passing of a sage or illustrious ruler.[1] It is a good omen thought to occasion prosperity or […]