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    stories of creations, destruction’s, Gods, Goddesses, heroes, villains, features, and creatures. That last category being one that enraptures them all. The tales of mythological creatures are ones that have captivated the masses since the beginning. Children are told stories of the wonderful, and sometimes fearsome, creatures that dominate the world of mythology. Of all those many creatures, one of the creatures spread through nearly all cultures, in some form or another, good or bad, is the dragon

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    Are Mermaids Real?

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    mermaid life was the credits list. No longer than a month after the program was launched onto Animal Planet, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a statement on its website reproving any existence of half-human, fish-like marine creature. The statement read: "No evidence of aquatic humanoids

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    modern day readers through its similarities to female vampire myths from Europe, many including the male characters dominating the females. The Dearg-Due, an Irish vampire, is an example of a creature similar to those in Stoker's novel. According to Kim, an author on Got Ireland, the Dearg-Due is "a legendary beauty, with blood-red lips and pale blonde hair," but before she was turned into a monster, she had been given to a cruel man and "suffered terrible mental and physical abuse at the hands of

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    Long ago, in Greek mythology were dangerous creatures. Who lured sailors with their enchanting music and voices, and made them shipwreck on the jagged coast of their island. Roman poets placed them on some small islands called Sirenum Scopuli. These creatures were called Sirens, also known as The Daughters of Phorcys. The Sirens were the daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. Phorcys was a primeval God of the hidden dangers of the deep and was depicted as a fish-tailed merman with crab-claw

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    How Beowulf Is A Hero

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    honorable hero, he is also a man with respect. Getting deeper into this poem, realizing that from all of his encounters with different creatures he fought them equally. Starting with Grendel, who descended from Cain. Grendel used no weapons of any sort. Beowulf, being the honorable man that he is fought Grendel with no weapons. He used his bare hands, defeating the creature swiftly and quickly. Bringing him trophies like Grendel’s arm, honor, and praise for saving the people of Herot. All stories don’t

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    Chinese folklore contains the folklore of China, and also has songs, poetry, dances, puppetry, and tales. It often tells stories about human nature, historical or legendary events, love, and the supernatural, or stories explaining natural events and distinctive landmarks. As I understand it an acceptable definition of stories in the oral tradition are those which the people formulate, pick up, and carry along as part of their cultural freight. These stories are told habitually by the people. Folklore

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    ​The reflection of any culture defines the practicality of traditions, passed down from one generation to the next. These customs, which varies, interprets the central connection of the culture itself. Evidently, stories involving legendary figures, commonly known as myths, spreads throughout the civilization and not only captivate the attention of those who believes in these myths, but also provide a belief or a sense of dignity and honor of those representing their particular culture. Chinese mythology

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    Fig. 24. This occurs as another likeness from a cylinder seal of a horned man/beast found in area of ancient Mesopotamia. Goat Creatures in the Middle East In Syria, a province of Mesopotamia, the discovery of a black steatite cylinder seal occurs having solid chiseled markings of a goat, surrounded by stars, a crescent moon, and a sacred tree; appearing as a god-king, dating 1800-1600 B.C. Concurrently this endures among other numerous cylinder seals with goats or horned goatmen cut in ancient

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    to go around Mexico, Central central America, and South america is El chupacabra. El chupacabra is a legendary creature that has been running around Mexico, and various parts of Centralcentral America after its initial sitting in March 1995 in Puerto Rico when a farmer found his 150 livestock animals were dead bloodsuck. But the chupacabra also dates back in Mayan culture stories reveal a creature with a bat or lizard like face two arms and has the ability to turn into a statue. It even had a sharp

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    Colombian Folklore Essay

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    characters. Colombian folklore are beliefs, customs and cultural traditions in Colombia. Contents  [hide]  * 1 Cultural influences * 2 Relevancy * 3 Legendary creatures * 4 References | ------------------------------------------------- [edit]Cultural influences Colombia has many traditional folk tales and stories about legendary creatures which are transmitted orally and kept for next generations to come. Some of them are

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