Thursday, February 21, 2013

40 Legend Strange Creatures From Various Countries

1. Pegasus


40 Legend Strange Creatures From Various Countries | Pegasus is a horse that has white wings lebar.Dalam mentioned that pegasus greek mythology born from the blood of Medusa when Perseus cut off her head. |
It also said the Pegasus ridden by Bellerophon to fight the Chimera. Pegasus is a horse that has wings and a superior aviator. Pegasus is the result of a relationship that hurts Medusa and Poseidon. Born from Medusa when her head cut off by Perseus. Ole tamed Bellerophon and serve digunungnya during his adventures, including when Bellerophon killed the Chimaera. When Bellerophon wanted Pegasus flew to Mount Olympus, he was struck down by Zeus. But Pegasus continued on and managed to arrive at Mount Olympus. This is where Pegasus spent his days brought lightning to Zeus.


2. Dragon


Dragon or a dragon is an animal the size of a very menakjubkan.Mereka shaped reptiles and sometimes has some head and can breathe api.Naga believed to be conquered by musik.Naga also disebut2 as a god by some tribes.3. Yeti


Yeti called Wild Snowmen has become a legend in the Himalayan region. From the beginning until now many stories of people who lost in the mountains of the Himalayas, believed they had been abducted by Yeti.Foto above was taken in 1925, N. A. Tombazzi reported seeing a large animal like a human being 300 yards from Sikkim.Walaupun much has been reported seen yeti, there is no evidence to suggest he was ada.Daerah where sightings of the yeti is very steep and sloping so difficult investigation was held.


4. Bigfoot


Bigfoot reportedly been found in the region of Canada and North America since the 19th century-an.Dari footprints estimated to weigh up to 400 kg.Bigfoot also known as Sasquatch, it is the name of the animal legends circulating in America diciri2kan Utara.Bigfoot sometimes very large, with bulu2 cover the entire body, and people believe these creatures can be found all over the world with different nama2, such as the Yeti of Tibet and Nepal, Yowie Yeren in China and in Australia.

5. Harpies


Harpy, in Greek mythology told that the harpy was a winged animal that has a body like an eagle and had a head wanita.Legenda tell that harpy like to steal the dead body, spreading the stench and poison food at desa2 in its path.6. Griffin


Griffin is a legendary animal that has the wings of an eagle and a leg singa.Disebut as the biggest bird and a very sacred animal to the god Apollo and the griffin is also a sun guard animals. This creature looks at the Minoan civilization (2700-1450 BC) 7. Dracula


Dracula is a character popularized by Bram Stoker.Dracula is a vampire who likes to tease and suck the blood of a young girl who menarik.Count Dracula was born in the late 15th century in Rumania.Kastil Dracula is located in northern Bucharest in the Carpathian mountains.

8. Werewolves


Werewolves basically is a man who has the ability to "shapeshift" into the shape of animals, especially to forms serigala.Werewolves can change based on their own wishes or encouragement from the outside as well as in purnama.Orang can be caused by the bite of werewolves werewolves or derivatives of birth (children of werewolves) werewolves have a very great regeneration, so they do not get old, but this does not make them abadi.Menusuk heart or brain can kill them.

9. Loch Ness


Loch Ness legend derived from lochness is scotlandia.Dilaporkan that animals of the dinosaur age that managed to survive the explosion of a meteor and still lives in scotland kini.Ditemukan 1930, Lochness estimated to have a body length of 45 feet with rough skin and brown gelap.Beberapa people believe that the lochness are plesiosaurs, although until now there has been no sufficient evidence of the existence of lochness or not.10. Scylla


Scylla according to Greek legend, is a creature that has 6 heads and 12 kaki.Scylla believed that once he was a water witch who was turned into a monster by Circe.Setelah transformed into a monster, he spent his life to get revenge on a passing sailor at sea .

11. Unicorn


Unicorn is a white horse with horns on his head. Unicorn is very masculine but also very feminine. Unicorn also become a symbol of purity and spiritual connection. Unicorn has a great body, larger than the size of regular horses. Unicorn is the only creature that does not scare the man the legend, and is usually described as being smooth. Told very unlikely to catch a unicorn. Horns are said to neutralize poison. Unicorn was first noticed when the Indus valley civilization (3300-1700SM).

12. Troll



Troll from Scandinavia legend that says that the troll is a spirit that lives in a cave in pegunungan.Saat nightfall they'll be out to kidnap women and anak2.Ada two kinds of trolls, giant Giant-sized and small-sized dwarf.13. Phoenix

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Phoenix is a mythical bird like an eagle but has a bright red like a fire fly sky. Phoenix is called comes from the sun. Phoenix is a bird of fire mythology of ancient Egypt which is described as a dead bird by fire and reborn from the flames. Usually depicted has gold and red feathers. At the end of his life, Phoenix is told to build a nest of cinnamon twigs which then caught fire. Bird destroyed by fire but then the new, young Phoenix arises from the same fire. Phoenix is believed to be the lifetime of 500-1461 years. Phoenix Tears are believed to cure wounds.


14. Cerberus


Based on Greek mythology, Cerberus is a three-headed giant dog that guarded the entrance to Hades.Cerberus is a child of Typhon and Echidna.Dalam mentioned that the Greek legend of Orpheus, Aeneas and Odysseus able to pass Cerberus and into the underworld or Hades.15. Naga / Nagini


Indonesian people generally know who called the Dragon is Dragon. But the Dragon was actually a different mythological creature with Dragon. Dragon appeared on Hindu and Buddhist cultures, is likely to come from India and the surrounding area. Dragon is a creature half-snake, half-human, sometimes described as a giant snake. The man called the Dragon, while the female version is called Nagini. Dragons are often seen as an entity that is evil, but not infrequently also regarded as the guardian of the river or lake


16. Ghoul


Ghoul is a monster from ancient Arab, reputedly monster is also written in the Quran (i do not know, do not ever read the problem). Ghoul initially considered as a Jinn, but as time passed, Ghoul is more often described as a kind of zombie or vampire. Ghoul is a creature that lived in the desert and the other castaways prey Ghoul also often destroy tombs and devour corpses.


17. Kirin


Kirin or Qilin is mahluh half dragon half horse, was originally derived from Chinese mythology but spread throughout East Asia. Real animals that are considered 'close' kirin is giraffe (confused right?>. <), Supposedly giraffe once regarded as Kirin. In Chinese mythology, Kirin is a sacred animal which has good properties, but Kirin can be wild animals and terrible when threatened. Kirin is said to appear only in the dikuasain tempat2 by a good and wise ruler.18. Kraken


Kraken is a giant submarine that is often described as a giant octopus cumi2 or who likes to attack the ship. Mythological Kraken initially circulated from the Nowergia and Iceland. Beginning of the mythological kraken possibility originated from fishermen who saw cumi2 or real giant octopus. Today has found some creatures that could be categorized as 'Kraken', among others:

- Colossal Squid

First discovered in 1925 in the abdomen Sperm Whale

the largest discovered in 2007, along 10 meters in the Antarctic region

- Giant Squid

the largest found in 2006 along 8.62 meters in the Falklands. Currently in Darwin Centr.


19. Garuda


(This picture eagle masi time baby time yes?>. <)

Mythological eagle from Hindu culture. Garuda bird is described as a man with golden hair, and has a crown on his head. It is said that the eagle is a large body size so as to cover the sun. Garuda is also often described as the vehicle of Vishnu. According to the Mahabharata, it is said when Garuda was born from their eggs, the earth broke ganjing (such as the time of birth in the sun go kong movie>. <) So that the gods begged him to calm down. Garuda is the son of Kasyapa and Vinata. Vinata has a debt to Kadru, mother of the snake as a gamble. To write off the debt, Garuda Kadru asked to provide medicine of immortality which is called Amrita him.

Amrita Garuda then stole from the gods. Although Garuda facing the gods united, they are not tandinganya. On the way home, met with Vishnu Garuda, Vishnu promised to give immortality even without drinking the Amrita Garuda, Garuda instead become a vehicle of Vishnu.

Garuda then met with Indra and once again he offers. Garuda promised to give Amrita at Indra and Indra will provide Garuda the serpents as food. Garuda finally gave Amrita on the snake to clear her debts, after given Amrita, Indra down from the sky, Amrita seize and kill the snake. Since then Garuda became fellow of the gods, Vishnu pride mounts, as well as the main enemy of the snakes.


20. Echidna

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Echidna is a creature from Greek mythology, often portrayed as a half-snake woman who lived in a cave. With her husband Typhon, Echidna gave birth to various kinds of horrible creatures that appear in Greek mythology, since it Echidna got called Mother of all Monsters. Echidna and Typhon had fought against the gods of olympus but lost. Typhon then sealed under mount Etna. While Echidna and anak2nya left off to be a challenge for the next Greek heroes. But in the end killed by Argus Panoptes Echidnya, hundred-eyed titan. The following are some of the famous echidna boy in Greek mythology:

1. Nemean Lion

2. Ladon

3. Chimera

4. Sphinx

5. Lernaean Hydra

6. Cerberus

7. Orthrus

8. Agathyrsus

9. Gelonus

10. Scytha / Scylla

Tragically almost all echidnya children killed by the Greek hero ......
echidna name is now also used to refer to a type of urchins are hermaphrodite animals.

21. Tengu

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Tengu (天狗, Tengu?) Are creatures of Japanese legend. We are one of the mountain spirits, or Yokai are closely related to hawks or crows. Clothes similar to that forges Yamabushi priest clothes himself in the woods and mountains. Tengu has a long nose, red face, a pair of wings, legs and hands and nails are very long.

Tengu can fly freely in space while carrying a stick is called kongōzue, big sword (tachi), and fan-shaped leaves (hauchiwa). Job blocking those who want to explore Buddhism. [1] Another name is GEHO together (外 法 様, master magic?). Known in Japanese expression tengu ni naru which means "very proud of myself". The phrase is probably derived from the phrase "Takai ga hana" (nose high).

The origins

Long-nosed Tengu as known today is the result of people in medieval depictions. In the story Konjaku Monogatari-shu, mite described could run in the air, and as a ghost-shaped kite makes a man possessed. The depiction of the model is expected to take Temma ghost in the Buddhist concept that depicted the human body and a pair of wings.

Mite early models are likely to change in the first half of the Muromachi period. In the collection of folklore contained stories Otogizōshi Tengu no Dairi (Tengu Palace) is the main character named Kurama Tengu. Additionally, Ushiwakamaru reportedly received lessons in the art of the sword of Tengu Kurama Temple. In the Tale of the Heike, mite was described as "like a human but not human, not like a bird but a bird, a dog but not like a dog, his arms and legs like human hands and feet, his face like a dog, has wings on either side, and can fly."
22. Minotaur


In the Greek mythology, the Minotaur has the upper body of a bull and the bottom of the human body. Minotaur is said to live in the midst of a large maze with streets such intricate construction of King Minos of Crete. Designed by Daedalus and known to be on the site of Knossos. Minotaur looks briefly at the scene Satyricon by Petronius. And killed by Theseus.23. Cyclops


Cyclops is a member of the human race of ancient giants, who had one eye in the middle of his forehead. Cyclops portrayed as Homer and Hesiod. Based on Hesiod, the Cyclops named Brontes, Steropes, and Arges are the children of Uranus (sky) and Gaia (earth), while based on Homer says Cyclops headed the boys Poseidon and Thoosa named Polyphemus who was a Cyclops.


24. Mermaid


Mermaid (or Merman for men) has been discussed since 5000 BC. Even Christopher Columbus said he has seen in his travels. In England they regarded fairy tales as a curse or a disaster warning.

25. Gorgon


Gorgon is a nasty woman with a live snake fangs and hair instead. Legend says if people see the face of the Gorgon would turn into stone. Possibility is the most famous Gorgon Medusa who is the only woman among the greatest 3 brothers (the other is Stheno and Euryale). Due to huge Medusa, Perseus can only kill him by cutting off his head as he saw his own reflection in the shield of Perseus. Greek Gorgon description used to describe the crime.

26. Banshee


Banshee comes from Irish mythology and is usually known as the spirit of a woman. They are regarded as the angel of death and is believed to come from another world. They are generally known as part of the ancient Celtic pagan religion in which they are subordinate to God. Spirits, or ancestors. In the UK they are known as fairy. According to legend, the banshee will wander outside the house howling if someone in the house will die.27. Giant


Giant monsters or monsters that have been described as exceptional strength and size greater than human. They appear in the Bible (the story of King David and Goliath). In mythology they are often portrayed as having a conflict with the gods and is usually linked to relate with chaos and the wild. They initially appear similar to ancient Greek culture where they are known by the name Gigantes, Gaia being born from a fertilized with the blood of Uranus when he was castrated.28. Argus Panoptes


Is a male figure with a lot of points. Initially said it had 4 points, but then said to have a hundred eyes. It told a lot and appeared in many adventure stories. He killed the bull-porandakan mempora Arcadia. He killed the satyrs for stealing cattle. He kills Echidna. He was to avenge the death of Apis. Argus was killed by Hermes, as it takes care of Io for Hera. (@ picture who spots)

29. Chimaera



Bred by Typhoeus and Echidna, Chimaera has 3 heads, namely lion, goat and serpent. The body is also a mixture with lion body front, middle, goat, and snake for its tail. He exhale fire. He mempora-porandakan Lycia, killed a cow and burned until he was killed by Bellerophon.

30. Hecatoncheires


Hecantoncheires means "hundred arms". They were great once, with 50 heads and a hundred hands that have great strength. There are three creatures, namely: Briareus also called Aegaeon, Cottus, and Gyges also called Gyes. They are born of Gaia and Uranus. Because of their poor relationship with Uranus, then they are forced to Uranus to Gaia back into the womb.

This led to the revolt against Uranus Gaia. When Cronus has the strength it imprison them in Tartarus. They were released by Zeus and fought with Zeus against the Titans. They can throw the stones are very large 100 times more than his opponent. Briareus one of them be the guardian of Zeus.

31. Medusa


Medusa began life as the daughter of a very enjoyable thus making Athens jealous. Beauty Medusa Poseidon attention. He seduced Medusa, but unfortunately he did dikuil Athens. This makes Athens so angry. He then changed into the Gorgon Medusa. Because Medusa is actually a man then he is not immortal. Deemed insufficient punishment, Athena helped Perseus to hunt down and kill Medusa.Ketika Perseus cut off her head, Pegasus and Medusa with Poseidon Chrysaor son revealed. Blood Medusa falls in Lybian desert and turned into a snake. Later one of the snakes killing Mopsus.

32. Sirens


Siren is a lure fisherman brothers woman to death. Siren Song of the very interesting and irresistible, but they turned out to head-coral kekarang eventually destroy their ship as they tried to reach Siren.33. Chrysaor


Chrysaor was the brother of Pegasus. Little that is known of Chrysaor but then it is known as a strong-hearted patriots and valiant. His name means sword of gold. He whose father Geryon. His appearance is not known, but based on the story it does not look as generally. He likely size of the monster.

34. Jenglot “Monster Kecil” yang Misterius


Several years ago, around the end of 1997, all of a sudden there was a "creature" is so mysterious conversation. Small stature with a body no more than 12 cm and long hair, sparse and stiff through the legs. The creature was named jenglot.

Reportedly, jenglot it is not an inanimate object. It is said that he was alive, but no one ever knows when moving. That said, it's always a mysterious creature spends human blood mixed with oil japaron. However, once again, no one knows when he drank. According to Hendra, the grain eating it, jenglot not use it the way people in general. What is clear, in every 18 hours, a total of 3 cc of blood and perfumes that are presented are reduced by about 50 percent to 60 percent.

Jenglot in the past thousands of years ago is a man (a hermit) who is studying science Bethara Coral. Coral is believed Bethara science as a science of immortality. That is, every person who has the art will live forever in the world. "However, due to the curse, the bodies jenglot not accepted in the world, while his spirit was not accepted in the hereafter. Then the spirit remains as prisoner in this small, "said Hendra. After that, the hermit became emotional and feel as champions. Inevitably, his body was shrinking, and eventually shrink. Four tusks then grow lengthwise, not comparable with the width of its mouth. He said it as a symbol of ferocity and wildness of the "monster".
35. Kuntilanak


Kuntilanak (Malay language: vampires, vampire) is a ghost believed to come from pregnant women who died or women who die from child birth and is yet to born. The name "kuntilanak" or "vampire" most likely comes from a combination of the word "pregnant" (pregnant) and "child". well actually kuntilanak the trust of the Malays and viewed in thailand cerita2 we can find people who are in other countries in the world. for example: banshee in mainland europe (kalo in english there is a name Jenny Greenteeth (funny name)). klo we see ciri2nya, banshee and kuntilanak very similar:
1. shrill laugh
2. cry
3. love puing2 ato building half-so
4. often located on the outskirts of the lake outfall ato ato pool
5. anak2 love meat (thus often counted them like baby kidnapping)
In folklor Malay, kuntilanak figure depicted in the form of a beautiful woman who backs hole. Kuntilanak described easily terrorized villagers for revenge.
Kuntilanak during the show always accompanied fragrant frangipani flower. Men who supposedly are not careful could be killed after changed kuntilanak there be blood suckers. Kuntilanak eat too happy baby and injuring a pregnant woman. In a horror movie and horror movie in Malaysian television, kuntilanak depicted kill prey by sucking the blood of the neck, like a vampire. Quite different from the picture in the tradition of Malay, Sundanese kuntilanak according to tradition does not have a hole in the bottom and only bother with appearances only. Kind of a hole in the butt as the above mentioned description sundel vent. Kuntilanak supposedly also like certain trees as "sit", such as the growing waru tilted sideways (popular called "waru inclined").
Antidote: Based on the beliefs and traditions of Javanese, kuntilanak will not interfere with a pregnant woman when the woman always bring nails, knives, and scissors when traveling anywhere. This causes often found unconventional scissors, needles and knives near the crib.
According to the beliefs of the Malay community, sharp objects such as nails can ward off attacks kuntilanak.
When kuntilanak attack, nail holes are plugged in at the back of the neck kuntilanak. Meanwhile in other Indonesian public trust, to hit the nail locations can shift to the top of the crown kuntilanak.
36. Leak


In Balinese mythology, Leak is the wicked witch. Le ak means witches and evil means. Leak can only be seen at night by the shaman hunter leak. In daylight it looks like a normal human being, while at night he was at the cemetery to find the organs in the human body uses to make magic potions. Magic potion that can change shape leak into a tiger, monkey, pig or be like Rangda. If necessary he can also take organs from living people.
Told also that Leak can be in the form of a human head with the organs that are still hanging on the head. Leak said to be able to fly to find a pregnant woman, and then suck the blood of babies still in the womb. There are three famous leak. Two of them are women and one man.
According to Balinese belief, Leak was a human being who practiced black magic and need blood to live embryos. It also said that Leak can transform himself into a pig or a ball of fire, while the actual shape Leyak has a long tongue and sharp teeth. Some people say that Leak magic only works on the island of Bali, so Leak found only in Bali.
If someone stabbed Leak from the neck down to the head when the head separated from his body, then Leak can not be reunited with his body. If the head is separated at a certain period, then Leak will die. Mask leak with sharp teeth and a long tongue is also sometimes used as a home decoration.
Rangda is the queen of the leak in the mythology of Bali. This fearsome creature is told often kidnap and eat children and lead an army against the wicked witch Barong, which is a symbol of the power of good.
Told that most likely came from the queen Rangda Manendradatta who live on the island of Java in the 11th century. He was exiled by the king Dharmodayana for alleged witchcraft against the king's second consort. According to legend he took revenge by killing half the kingdom, which later became his property and possessions Dharmodayana son, Erland. Then he was replaced by someone who is wise. Name Rangda means also a widow.
Rangda is important for Balinese mythology. Battle against Barong or against Erland often shown in dance. This dance is very popular and is an important heritage in the traditions of Bali. Rangda is described as a woman with long hair disheveled and has long nails. Her face is scary and has sharp teeth.
37. Dryad/Peri Hutan


Dryad is a legendary creature from Greek mythology. According to Greek mythology, Dryad is a creature, or a kind of fairy, who inhabit the plants, tangible women. In the Greek language similar terms, drys, meaning oak tree. This arises from the understanding of the Dryad Nymph people who live in the plants. The term is often used to refer to the nymphs who live in trees in general. Dryad character from Greek mythology appear in the fantasy tale The Chronicles of Narnia as an intangible spirit of a woman who comes from trees.

38. Elf


Elf is being born from German mythology. Elf usually very small human tangible and usually have a job as a fertility deity, usually in shooting Elf is a young man or a young and beautiful woman living in forests and underground. They described the privilege of eternal life and strength that is magic.

39. Ogre



Ogre is usually described as a giant, evil monsters and such. We usually see a story about the Ogre in fairy tales and folklore. If in the art world Ogre depicted with the head of a large, long-haired and bearded, greedy, and has a strong body. And the story also they often interfere with humans.

40. Samael
 


Samael is one of 7 Archangel in mythology that spread in the area of ​​ancient Palestine. Samael described as a good angel at once sinister. Samael name means "Poison of God". Samael sometimes also get references to the Angel of Death.

Samael is the ruler of heaven and lead the 5th floor 2 million other angels. Samael live in heaven, 7th floor. Samael figure mentioned as a fight with Jacob, as well as the well as a restrained figure of Abraham going to sacrifice his time.

In the mythology of ancient Palestine area, before Eve (Eve), Adam has another wife that is Lilith. Because perseteruannya with Adam, Lilith expelled from the Garden of Eden. Later became the wife of Samael Lilith into the team and expressed per tonne. Some sources mention that Samael is the original name of Lucifer before he fell to the ground. Snake that appears in the Garden of Eden is also a personification Samael, because the other is described as an angel, he is also often described as winged snakes.
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