Ahuizotl (water monkey)

The man-eating water monster in Central American mythology is half human and half monkey, with a hand at the tail, which is used to grab people by the water, especially those who like to eat people's eyes, teeth and nails. Sometimes they use their own cry to lead people to the water and catch people.

Aitvaras (Chicken Dragon)

The legendary "God of Wealth" in Lithuania looks like a rooster indoors, but when outdoors, it turns into a dragon. It usually does not leave easily after settling in a certain family, and often brings wealth to the family. However, since most of the money is stolen, it will also cause a lot of trouble for the family. You can buy chicken and dragon from the devil, at the cost of having to hand over your soul like Faust.

The legendary Ajatar in Finland has the same origin as it, but this dragon will not bring any wealth to people, it will only give birth to poisonous snakes and create plagues and diseases.

Al (El)

In the legend of the ancient Persians, El was a half-human and half-beast monster, covered with hair, with wild boar fangs, steel-hard claws and teeth, and his eyes were like two balls of fire. He usually lived in swamps and liked to eat newborn babies. In the legend of Afghanistan, Al was some long-haired banshee with long-haired nails and liked to eat carrion on corpses.

Alan

The naughty half-human and half-bird monsters in the Philippines live in the forest, with their toes on their hands and their fingers on their feet, and they often hang upside down on the branches. They are very friendly to people and have raised some very famous heroes in the Philippines legend.

Alcmene

The wife of Amphitroun, the king of Thebes, was born to the Hercules Helechris Arcmene by Zeus. He was proficient in weaving cloth and challenged Athena to weaving skills. He committed suicide because of his defeat. Athena reincarnated her soul as a spider, with her upper body as a woman and a spider in the lower half, with eight legs like a spider, living in a huge spider web. Legend has it that she will parasitize in the human brain and swallow human will.

Ammut

The crocodile-headed and sphinx of ancient Egypt, with a hippo-like back body, and likes to eat carrion. According to legend, it is under the resurrected Egyptian king Osiris (who is shown in paintings as sitting on the throne with a scepter and a whip). Osiris is also the legendary king of the underworld in ancient Egypt. All the undead must be judged by the court of the underworld. Osiris wore a crown and sat on the throne next to the throne. Next to the throne is Ammut and a jury composed of 42 gods of the underworld. A large scale is placed in the center of the court. One side of the scale is placed with the feather of truth and the heart of the judge on the other side. The undead convicted will become Ammut's mouth food.

Amphisbana (two-headed lizard)

The Greek word "Amphisbana" means "two-pronged". The two heads of the double-headed lizard do not grow together, but one on the front and back ends of the body, and have two pairs of glittering eyes. The famous scientist Pliny of the ancient Roman period once recorded the medicinal use of this monster. It is said that the living double-headed lizard can protect pregnant women, and the dead double-headed lizard can treat rheumatism.

Argus Panoptes (Hundred-eyed Giant)

The Greek word "Argus" means "bright" and "clear and clear". The reason why it was given this name is because it has a hundred eyes, which are all over the body, and even when sleeping, two eyes are always open with vigilance. The terrible Ekkadna (see Echinda) was killed by the Hundred-eyed giant while sleeping, but the Hundred-eyed giant was eventually killed by Hermes. Hermes lured him to sleep and cut off his head. Zeus's wife Hera gleamed his eyes and placed them at the tail of the peacock, so the peacock has such a beautiful tail. The story of the Hundred-eyed giant is recorded in the first volume of Ovid's "Metamorphosis".

Atlas

In Greek mythology, giants with shoulders on the sky. After the giants were conquered by the gods, the gods ordered Prometheus to create humans and ordered the Atlas giant to bear the sky. When Hercules was ordered to go to the Holy Garden to steal golden apples, Prometheus suggested that he send Atlas to complete this task, so Hercules promised to betray the sky himself during the period when Atlas left. Unexpectedly, after picking the golden apple, Atlas was unwilling to take the blue sky from Hercules's shoulders again.

Hercules had to escape with a plan. The human-headed bird-body monster in Egyptian mythology represents the soul. The ancient Egyptians had a unique understanding of death. They divided people into two parts: Ka and Ba: Ka means "double", which represents the body of a human-headed bird-body monster; Ba is a human-headed bird-body monster, which represents the immortal soul. The reason why the Egyptians made mummies was because they believed that in 3,000 years, these two parts of the dead would be reunited and reborn.

Bahamut

The plural form of Behemoth (Bahamut, see below) was mistakenly written as "Bahamut" after it was spread to Arabia, and the legend about it also changed a lot. The legend of Bahamut represents the cosmic view of the Arabs. Bahamut resembles a giant fish, floating on a vast ocean without foam. On its back is a giant bull, and on the back is a ruby ​​mountain. One day on the mountain, there is a six-level hell on the angel's head, and on the hell.

It is the earth, and above the earth is the seventh heaven. Below Bahamut is an endless ocean, under the ocean is a dark abyss, and below is the ocean of fire, and a giant snake crawls at the bottom. If it weren't for fear of Allah, this snake would have swallowed all the creations into its stomach. Bahamut is so big that people's sight cannot reach at all. The story of "Artificial Nights" 496th Night says that after seeing Bahamut, Jesus fainted on the ground for three days and three nights without realization.

Banshee (witch)

"Banshee" is called "beansidhe" in Irish Gaelic language (see bean-nighe), meaning "a woman with superpowers". It is usually portrayed as an old woman with a collapsed nose, messy hair and deep eyes, wearing a pair of tattered white shawls, crying loudly outside the door of the dying man, and her eyes turn red because of constant crying. Witches usually only visit some of the long-standing families, each with their own witch.

Barbegazi (ice beard)

Legend has it that the shy elves that haunted the mountains of France and Switzerland, a branch of Gnome, live in caves or tunnels that they dug on the top of the mountain. The name "Barbegazi" comes from the French "Barbeglacee", which means "frozen beard". Ice beards "sleep in summer" in summer and appear when the temperature drops below zero. Their feet are very large and can be used as snowshoes to prevent themselves from falling into thick snow, as skis, and as shovels to dig tunnels. They like to harness avalanches and are very friendly to humans. They will issue warnings when an avalanche is about to occur, and will also help those trapped by avalanches to dig them out of the snow.

Basilisk (poisonous lizard, chicken and snake)

Poisonous lizards, dragons, unicorns, and giants are all familiar monsters that have appeared in a large number of historical materials.

The word "Basilisk" comes from the Greek "Basiliskos", which means "little king". The first to describe this monster in detail is the ancient Roman scientist Pliny. His book "Natural History" contains more than 60 ancient records about poisonous lizards (mostly from ancient Greece). Among them, the description in Volume 13 is relatively detailed. Pliny first introduced another monster that can kill people with eyes (see Catoblepas), and then began to introduce poisonous lizards: "... The poisonous lizard has the same ability, it is produced in the province of Cyrenega (Note: the area near the Mediterranean in the northeast of ancient Libya, ruled by the Greeks in the 7th century BC, and became Luo in the 1st century BC.

A province of horses), about 12 inches long, with bright white spots on its head, like a crown. It is not afraid of other snakes, and will make hissing threats to scare away the enemy. It does not meander like a snake, but bulges the middle of its body. The poisonous lizard can not only kill or burn plants and crush rocks through contact, but also use breath to kill or burn trees and crush rocks. It is also not rude to other animals. Someone once rode on a horse and stabbed a poisonous lizard with a spear. As a result, the toxin quickly spread to the person along the spear, and its horse finally fell to the ground and died. Although this creature is very deadly, many kings still hope to get its specimens after it dies. The poisonous lizard's venom is the most poisonous thing in nature."

There are about three reasons why the ancient Greeks named poisonous lizards by "king": First, they have white spots on their heads, like crowns; second, ancient Egyptian scholar Herapolo once recorded in his works: "The creatures called "Basilisk" in Egypt were called "Quraion" in Egypt, and the Egyptians cast this creature with gold and placed it on the head of God." It is obvious that poisonous lizards are a symbol of sacred and noble in the eyes of the ancient Egyptians, and a cobra-like mark is carved on the forehead of the human face and sphinx; third, poisonous lizards are usually

It appears in the desert, but this does not mean that it likes to live in the desert, but because its eyes and breath are so destructive that the place where it lives cannot escape the fate of sandification. Therefore, "poisonous lizard" becomes synonymous with "tyrant". The Greek word "Basileus" means "king of a foreign country", and "Basiliskos" means "little tyrant". These words contain derogatory meanings. The images of poisonous lizards often appear in stories that lead to evil consequences due to inappropriate behavior, such as Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and "Homera's Epic".

Many people think that the poisonous lizards are actually Egyptian cobras. They have white spots on their heads and are extremely poisonous. They can spray venom to death. They will raise their heads high before attacking. These characteristics have been greatly exaggerated by rumors. It is said that the skin of the poisonous lizard can drive away snakes and spiders. The skin of the poisonous lizard was once hung at the doors of the temples of Apollo (Sun God) and Diana (Moon Goddess and Hunting Goddess) to drive away snakes, spiders and dark lives. Renaissance alchemy records that rubbing silver with the ash of the poisonous lizard can make silver into gold.

Greek mythology once mentioned that the poisonous lizard comes from the blood of the snake-haired banshee Medusa. After Medusa was killed by Perseus, its blood fell on the earth and became a poisonous lizard, so the poisonous lizard can kill people with its eyes. There are three ways to kill the poisonous lizard: one, use a mirror like Perseus; two, according to records in the 3rd century BC, weasels are the natural enemy of the poisonous lizard. If you throw the poisonous lizard into the cave of the weasel, the weasel will smoke the poisonous lizard with a stinky smell; three, according to the records of Claudias-Eyren in "Animal Habits" (1st century AD), the cry of a rooster can kill the poisonous lizard. This is the first time people have linked the rooster with the poisonous lizard. Since then, the legend about the poisonous lizard has gradually changed.

After the destruction of the Roman Empire, the legendary poisonous lizard was no longer a highly poisonous snake. Lawrence Brenner once explained this change: "After the collapse of the Roman Empire, Europe and Africa could no longer maintain regular connections. In the following centuries, the legends on this continent became more and more outrageous. Europeans in the medieval period began to imagine poisonous lizards as a monster covered with feathers." At this time, the poisonous lizards began to "localize", from African specialties to a ubiquitous creature. It is said that England was once full of poisonous lizards.

Legend has it that the creation of poisonous lizards is very special. The earliest records appear in the "Isaiah" of the Old Testament: "They smashed the eggs of a viper and weaved the webs of a spider. The person who swallowed the eggs will find a poisonous lizard in it after shattering the eggs of the wind." There are many records in subsequent biblical works, but they are not consistent, and even the opposite will occur. The legend of the birth of poisonous lizards that is now well-known appeared in a book written by Alexander Naikam in the 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 2019 Bible works have also been recorded, but they are not consistent, and the opposite will occur. The legend of the birth of poisonous lizards is now in a book written by Alexander Naikam in the 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 2019, but it has not been

The "venomous lizard" is included in the section "rooster", which is hatched by toads, with the upper body being a chicken and the lower half being a snake. "Its egg must be born in Sirius' days and is fertilized by a 7-year-old rooster. This egg is easy to identify: it is not ordinary oval, but spherical, without a shell, but covered with a thick layer of skin. And the egg must be hatched by toads, so that this extremely poisonous monster will be hatched - a snake with the characteristics of toads and roosters."

At the same time, the name "Cockatrice" (Chicken and Snake) began to be equivalent to "Basilisk". It appeared in large numbers in paintings, heraldic, carving, and architecture (as a church decoration) in the medieval period. It has the head and legs of a rooster, the tail of a snake, and the body is like a bird, but it is not covered with feathers, but is covered with the scales of a snake. Interestingly, although the chicken and snake appear in large quantities in artworks, there are very few stories about it, perhaps because it kills people with its eyes too powerful to find a suitable position in literary works (Medusa only uses her eyes to turn people into stones). Some content about chicken and snakes can be found in modern fantasy novels, and it also has its traces in Square's classic game "Final Fantasy" series.

Bean-nighe (laundry ghost)

Another name for the witch (Banshee), meaning "washee", appeared in the legends of Ireland, Scotland and Brittany. It is called "washee" because people often see her washing some blood-stained jackets by the river. Her feet are webbed like ducks and gooses. In the legend of the Scottish Highlands, only those who are about to die will see her. If they see her before she finds herself, they can escape the disaster. If they find her after she comes to the door, they will undoubtedly die.

Behemoth

The behemoths recorded in the Old Testament, verses 15 to 18 of which read: "This is Behemoth I created, which eats grass like a cow, and its strength is concentrated on its waist and on its abdomen near its navel. Its tail is straight as a fir, its muscles as strong as stones, and its bones as hard as copper and iron." Verse 23 reads: "It sucked a whole river without panic, and if it wanted, it could swallow the whole Jordan into its mouth." Many

Scholars believe that Behemoth is actually based on hippos, because it can be seen from the records that it lives in water, eats herbs, and has a large mouth. Some people also believe that Behemoth is an elephant-like creature. Etymology, the word "behemoth" is a plural form of Hebrew's "b'hemah", and "b'hemah" means "beast", which can be used to represent all huge, bulky and unknown animals.

Behemoth is often associated with another monster, Leviathan (see Leviathan), and the records of Leviathan are followed by the next chapter of Behemoth in the Book of Job. In the sixth chapter of the book of Israel in the Old Testament, it was recorded that God created mountains and seas on the fifth day of the creation of heaven and earth, and on the sixth day of clay, Behemoth and Leviathan were created. When the end of the world came, Behemoth, Leviathan and Sui (see Ziz) would become the food of the holy ones together. Enoch's prophecy also described these two monsters together: "The two monsters will be separated on that day, the female is called Leviathan, which lives in the abyss of the fountain; the male is called Behemoth, which occupies the entire Desert of the Dandeen."

The legendary Behemoth in the medieval world became the demon of the darkness, and some people thought it was the incarnation of Satan.

Beholder (Giant Eye Monster)

The monster in the fantasy novel is a huge spherical creature floating in the air. It looks ugly, has a big mouth, an eye in the center of the body, and many small eyes are distributed around it, which has extremely strong lethality.

Bendith

The legendary little goblins in Welsh, these ugly-looking monsters are likely to be "hybrids" of the little witches (see Faerie) and goblins (see Goblin). They like to rob children and replace them with their own children (Crimbil). The children rescued usually don't remember anything, only some sweet music.

BlackAnnis

The cannibal witches living in swamps or hillsides in the Scottish Highlands, with blue skin, one-eyed, old and ugly, often sit on a pile of bones outside the cave. If no one can eat them, they will catch some sheep or deer back to fill their hunger.

Bodach

In Scottish Gaelic, "Bodach" means "old man". This elves will drill into the house from the chimney, steal or scare them, and after it enters the house, the children will start to have nightmares. It is said that Bordark only harasses those naughty children. In order to prevent it from drilling into the chimney, he can sprinkle salt in the fireplace, because Bordark hates walking through the salt. There are two similar monsters, also from Scotland, one is Bo

Bogie, this kind of elf usually hides in cupboards and closets, likes darkness and pranks, which will deform, such as turning into a pile of dust. The other is Boggart, who often wears ragged and dirty clothes and has messy hair like thatch. Not only do they like pranks, but also create disasters. Once they settle down, they cannot drive it away completely. Even if they move, they will hide in furniture and be taken to the new house.

BottleImp (Monster in Bottle)

Similar to the giant in Aladdin's magic lamp, it also has the ability to make the master's dream come true. It is said that those who hold the magic bottle/divine lamp will be thrown into hell after death, so the owner of the magic bottle/divine lamp always tries every means to throw it away on purpose, but it will come back on its own every time. The only way to eliminate the magic bottle/divine lamp is to sell it at a low price.

Brownie (Brown Elf)

The kind elves in Scottish legend, a kind of naughty (see Hobgoblin). "Brown" means brown, and is called "Brownie" because these elves always wear torn brown clothes. Their faces are small and flat, their nostrils are small, but their hair is long, they like to live alone, and sometimes appear in groups. Like many other naughty people, brown elves don't like to play pranks, they want to live in harmony with people, if you treat them well,

They will help you with housework, but you can't pay them, once they are paid, they will disappear forever, and you can only repay them in other ways, such as deliberately leaving some food where they may pass (such as their favorite milk). If the brown elves are insulted (they are sometimes easily hurt), they will leave you and take away your good luck; if they are hurt a lot, they will turn into what is mentioned above and cause trouble for you.

Some people believe that the brown elves are actually a missing race in the Neolithic era, forced to flee underground due to external invasion, while others believe that they are descendants of Lar, the patron saint of the ancient Roman family.

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