Leshy is analogous to the Woodwose of Western Europe, the Green Man of Britain and the Basajaun of the Basque Country.
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...tanomachy fall into a class of similar myths of a War in Heaven throughout Europe and the Near East, where one generation or group of gods by and large oppos
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*Nineteenth-century Russia is referred to as the "Caliban of Europe" in Tom Stoppard's play "The Coast of Utopia"
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Belief in such spirits was common in eastern Europe in the 16th–17th century. Individuals thought to be possessed by a dybbuk
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While some claim that the Saci myth originated in Europe in the 13th century, it probably derives from the ''Yaçi-Yaterê'' of Tupi
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*[[Will O'The Wisp]]s, sometimes said to be undead spirits in parts of Europe and North America
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...t his successful war against the Ottomans bought precious time for western Europe.
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...ant part. The Bidpai literature was transferred from the Orient to western Europe entirely by Jewish means (see [[Kalilah wa-Dimnah]]), and the same applies
...considerable evidence of their helping the spread of Eastern folk-tales in Europe. Besides these tales from foreign sources, Jews either collected or compose
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...ww.geocities.com/indianpaganism/hornedgod.html The Horned God in India and Europe.]
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...tpost of the Byzantine or East Roman Empire, and blocked Islam’s access to Europe. The Ottomans nonetheless succeeded in penetrating deep into the Balkans du
...arna Campaign, led by John Hunyadi, in an effort to drive the Turks out of Europe. Hunyadi demanded that Vlad Dracul fulfill his oath as a member of the Orde
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===Europe===
...Ages, tales of dragons seem to have become even more common. The dragon in Europe, as a rule, was not conceived as having a humanoid form, and would not qual
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...an woman born with hypertrichosis and a sideshow performer in 19th-century Europe.
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It seems that until the 19th century, vampires in Europe were thought to be hideous monsters rather than the debonair, aristocratic
...nd among the ancient Romans and among the Romanized inhabitants of eastern Europe, Romanians(known as Vlachs in historical context. Romania is surrounded by
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...a Muslim empire in the East, and the collapse of the Eastern Empire while Europe attempts to reunite and recreate the Roman Empire.
..., the second coming of Christ occurs about the time that a partly reunited Europe starts to wage war against Israel. This view is held mainly by Fundamentali
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...ratives can be seen, in some sense, to refigure the tales of pre-Christian Europe, or even such tales in the [[Bible]] as the Ascent of Elijah to heaven. [[A
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Parasite remains found in mummies from Egypt, Latin America, Europe and Greenland have provided archaeoparasitologists with valuable informatio
...ron Age corpses, so called bog bodies, have been found in bogs in northern Europe, such as the Yde Girl and the Lindow Man. Natural mummification of other an
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...h dragons because of their connection with fire. These myths originate in Europe from the fire salamander, ''Salamandra salamandra'', which hibernates in an
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...ation of common animals, mythology or [[folklore]]. For instance, northern Europe's former belief in [[troll]]s has been suggested to be similar to Bigfoot l
* [[Woodwose]] - Medieval Europe's Bigfoot
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...eling the regions around the Carpathian Mountains and elsewhere in Eastern Europe would claim to be dhampirs. Operating by the original myth of ''[[vampire|
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The spirit has appeared in the myths and legends of all Germanic peoples in Europe.
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