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This week’s mythical creature comes from the Germanic lands… The infamous Krampus. The German legend says that the night of 5 December, the

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In Filipino folklore, the term “Aswang” is used to classify various shapeshifter spirits like vampires, ghouls and witches among others. Accordingly to Wiky, the term is commonly associated with the province of Capiz, in Panay island. Capiz is also nicknamed “Creature’s Homeland” in the Philippines due to its various stories of mythical creatures.

Aswang is an umbrella term for various shape-shifting evil creatures in Filipino folklore, such as vampires, ghouls, witches, viscera sucker

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The Tata Duende, from Belizean folklore, is a small but powerful creature that protects the animals of the jungle. Like many creatures from South and Central America, it is said to have its feet pointed backwards to confuse those who try to follow him.

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La Tulevieja, a half-bird, half-woman ghost eats ashes, which is why Costa Rican folklore tales say you can find its footprints when you make an outdoor bonfire. 🔥

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From Tanzania, the Popobawa is a shapeshifter often described as a half-man, half-bat cyclops.

Popobawa, also Popo Bawa, is the name of an evil spirit or shetani, which is believed by residents of Zanzibar to have first appeared on the

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According to Finnish folklore, the Haltija are guardians, elf-like creatures that take care of things and people. Some say that they gave rise to Christmas elf stories, probably inspired by the Sami peoples.

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The Vibria is a serpentine-tailed dragon, popular in several European regions. According to Andorran folklore, it is a female dragon.

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From Hungarian folklore. The Ördög is a mythical shapeshifting creature. Wiki says it has been in the tales of Hungarians since the early paganism, and later adapted as the devil after christianization.

Ördög is a shape-shifting, demonic creature from Hungarian mythology and early Hungarian paganism who controls the dark and evil forces of t

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The Acalica, a kind of fairy with weather control powers. According to local folklore, they live underground, in caves somewhere in Bolivia.

Acalica are mythological creatures from Bolivia. They are said to control the weather, live in caves, and are very rarely seen. When they do

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Horses have a special place and symbolism in central Asian culture and mythology. The Tulpar here, is a winged horse used as a symbol by Kazakhstan on its coat of arms.

Tulpar is a winged or swift horse in Turkic mythology, similar to Pegasus. Tulpar is also in state emblems of Kazakhstan and Bashkortostan.

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The Rolling Calf is a ghost in the shape of bull that wonders the Jamaican streets of wrapped in chains.

You ever see a Rolling Calf? Me nah stick around nope nope🫣 #duppy #JamaicaTikTok

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From the mythology of northern Spain, Ojáncanu is a hairy cyclops with anger problems who lives in the Cantabrian region.

El ojáncanu es un monstruo maligno de la mitología cántabra.

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The Sasquatch. The British credit explorer David Thompson as the first to have described Sasquatch footprints in 1811. 🦶

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sasquatch

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From North American folklore, the Deer Woman/Lady appears in various forms in different native communities, accordingly to our friend 'Wiky', the Lakota call her Anukite, daughter of the first woman.

Deer Woman, sometimes known as the Deer Lady, is a spirit in Native American mythology whose associations and qualities vary, depending on s

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One of the most famous mythical creatures is undoubtedly Nessy. The origin dates back to August 1933 when a story by George Spicer was published in a newspaper, immediately raising public interest in the brand new Scottish myth.

The Loch Ness Monster, affectionately known as Nessie, is a mythical creature in Scottish folklore that is said to inhabit Loch Ness in the

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Stories of the "Chupacabras" first emerged in Puerto Rico, in fact the name, according to Wiki, comes from a local comedian who began calling the animal that way referring to the rumors of what might was probably a mange coyote.

The chupacabra or chupacabras is a legendary creature, or cryptid, in the folklore of parts of the Americas. The name comes from the animal'

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I spent some years of my life living in Singapore so the Merlion cannot be missing from this list of mythical creatures.

The Merlion is the official mascot of Singapore. It is depicted as a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Being

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