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Vu-Murt
Description:
Man of the Water
Spirit
naked
long, black hair
combs hair by the water and waits for people
can appear as a man or woman
considered bad luck to view him
fishermen and others who depend on water often offer him sacrifices
offers acceptance of gifts to the people in the form of rain, fertility of people and animals, and avoidance of disease
Revered by the Votjak peoples
singular
Location:
Finland
lives in lakes
Possible item list:
hair
water
comb
Musmahhu
Description:
seven headed monster
dragon
heads on snake-like necks
killed by the god Ningirsu/Ninurta
deaceased
singular
Location:
Sumer, Mesopotamia
Possible item list:
items associated with the number seven
scale
tooth
head
bone
weapons made from body
stomach
neck
Gaasyendietha
Description:
enormous dragon
fire-breathing
mistaken for a meteor passing overhead when flying
discovered by the Seneca people
Location:
lives in lakes and rivers
north-west coast of North America
Possible item list:
fire
scale
tooth
horn
leather
stardust
fire water
Con Rit
Description:
aquatic beast
resembling a centipede/millipede, or Chinese dragon
about 60ft. long
sectioned, insect-like body
segments are 3ft wide, 2ft long
segments are hexagonal in shape
tough hide
armored plates
whiskered face
Location:
seacoast of Vietnam
southeast Asia
Possible item list:
leg
segment
scale
hide
whisker
gill
jaw
Biloko
Description:
giants
snouts like crocodiles
adapted to eating humans
sub-species of dwarf Biloko with hands like gorillas, called Eloko
Diet:
humans
prefer females
eyes
liver
heart
Location:
central Zaire, Africa
Possible item list:
scale
tooth
snout
hand
mouth
tongue
Abgal
Description:
merman
Spirits that originally served Ea, god of wisdom
tasked with teaching humanity about the arts and sciences
men above the waist, fish below
fasted and taught during the day, ate at night
Location:
Sumer, Mesopotamia
Possible item list:
scale
pearl of wisdom
seaweed
spirit
cultural artifacts
scientific devices
art devices
Sirena
Description:
huge, white-winged serpent
fast air speed (faster than a galloping horse)
venomous bite that caused no pain
Location:
Arabian Peninsula
Europe
Possible item list:
scale
feather
fang
tooth
venom
local anesthetic
Donestre
Description:
race of semi-humanoid creatures
human in shape
head of lion
huge eyes
furry ears
long mane extending to the waist
know all human languages
lured travelers to kill
only thing left behind from a kill is head of victim
a Donestre will sit and weep by the head of its victim
Location:
empire of Alexander the Great
Possible item list:
fur
tooth
hair
tongue
heads
tears
Sylph/Paralda
Description:
elemental spirit of the air
can be invoked in magical workings
leader is Paralda
Location:
Europe
Switzerland
can haunt graveyards
Possible item list:
bottled air
wind
spirit
Scarab/Dung Beetle/Copri
Description:
comparisons are made between rolling a dung ball and the sun moving across the sky
associated with Khepra, god of creation
emblems buried with the dead help the dead reanimate in the afterlife
form in which the body leaves the soul
Location:
Egypt
Africa
African Transvaal
afterlife
Possible item list:
soul
dung ball
sunlight
emblems
sand
Dev
Description:
race of primordial giants
enormous
seven heads
Each head has a single enormous eye on forehead
very strong
play by tossing boulders at each other
can turn into serpents
Location:
Armenia
Possible item list:
eyelash
fingernail
hair
tooth
rubble
scales
Abatwa
Description:
tiny race of fairies
secretive
usually reveal themselves to children, wizards, or pregnant women
Location:
South Africa
live with ants
Possible item list:
wings
fairy dust
ant parts
whole specimens
Gaborchend
Description:
human body, goat head
among the first races to inhabit Ireland
died out in a war (deceased)
Location:
Ireland
Possible item list:
horns
bones
cultural artifacts
weapons
Bastet/Bast
Description:
cat headed
goddess
mother of Miysis
Mother of Khensu
mother of Mihos
connected with eye of the moon
daughter of Ra
closely allied with Sekhmet
temple became the focus for the cat
associated with lions
singularity
Location:
Egypt
temple in Bubastis
Possible item list:
cat
cat-eye
fur
eye of moon
lion fur
moon dust
bottled up rage
spark of rage
mummified cat
Achiyalabopa
Description:
bird
rainbow colored wings
feathers like knives
celestial creature
may be responsible for all creation
singular
Location:
North America
Mythology of Pueblo peoples
Possible item list:
feather
stardust
beak
talon
Cabyll-Uisge
Description:
water horse
can take shape of a young man
lures madiens and tears them apart
Location:
Isle of Man
Irish Sea
pools
lakes
rivers
Diet:
Livestock
cattle
sheep
Possible item list:
hair
tail
fur
mane
water
hooves
hide
Elle-Folk/Elen
Description:
elves
backs are completely hollowed out
men appear prematurely aged
women are tiny, young, and beautiful
women enchant young human men
have a society similar to that of humans with a hierarchy
an ancient oak forest army
Location:
Denmark
live in Elenmounds (many are actually burial mounds from an older time)
Possible item list:
hair
wood
cultural artifacts
music recordings
bark
dirt
blood