...er''' is a giant spider that allegedly lives in the densely forested areas of Congo, Uganda and Central Africa.
...d as having a brownish body similar to that of a tarantula, with a legspan of four to six feet. Juvenile versions possess yellow coloring that turns brow
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[[Image:Axhandle hound.jpg|right|An illustration of an axehandle hound.]]
...lumber camps of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It is part of a group of similar folklore creatures known collectively as [[Fearsome Critters]].
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...bed as being the size of a calf, moving in silence except for the clicking of their claws.
...978; Miller, 1984). The green [[Cu Sìth]] of Scotland is a notable example of this.
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[[Image:Nain Rouge.jpg|thumb|The Nain Rouge]]
The '''Nain Rouge''' (French for '''red gnome''') is a malevolent fairy creatur
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...ike water sprite. The latter would have only one arm and one leg, the face of an old man on a boy's body, and by some accounts a disproportionately long
...also immensely strong. The ridge goes from above its forehead to the back of its head, and with this ridge it can knock down an ox by butting it with it
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...enerally contend that the chupacabra is a mythological creature, or a type of urban legend.
...o Pérez, who intended the name to be a joke. This claim is doubtful, since the word had already been used in Michael Crichton's 1990 novel Jurassic Park,
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...in Haiti; '''Vudu''' in the Dominican Republic) is applied to the branches of a West African ancestor-based [[Spiritism|spiritist]]-[[Animism|animist]] r
...Lemba (originally a cult practiced among the Bakongo) is as widespread as the West African elements, but has largely been overlooked by North Americans.
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...s is more a reflection of fiction's influence than an authentic feature of the folk [[legend]]s. Werewolves are sometimes held to become [[vampire]]s afte
==Origins and variations of the word==
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...although these fictional depictions often do not bear much resemblance to the original mythology.
The word “Wendigo” (pronounced wehn-dee-go) comes from the Native American Algonquian language, meaning “evil spirit that devours ma
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...e trickster is the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore.
...Ananse, Kwaku Ananse, Kweku Ananse, and Anancy; and in the southern United States he has evolved into Aunt Nancy. He is a spider, but often acts and appears
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