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Lilyi
Variations: Lilye, Lili Lilyi is the second child of Ana, Queen of the Keshalyi. Like her siblings, she is responsible for an array of ailments that plague humanity, and she had her genesis in the...
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Indus Worm
Variations: Odontotyrannus (allegedly) Deep in the Indus River live worms that resemble those found in figs or rotten wood, only seven cubits (over 3 meters) in length on average, and thick enough that...
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The Making of ABC, episode II: Serendipity (and where to find it)
Last time on the Making of ABC, I discussed the importance of following a breadcrumb trail of references back to its source. This implies a significant amount of scholarly research. But I don’t want to...
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Tçulo
Variations: Tculo, Thulo Tçulo is the third child of Ana, Queen of the Keshalyi. As with his siblings before and after him, he is a vile demon of disease with no redeeming features, and originated from...
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Odontotyrannus
Variations: Arine Hayant Le Tirant, Arine Qui Het Le Tirant, Armez Hayant Le Tirant, Dentem Tyrannum, Dentirant, Dentityrannus, Dent Tyrans, Odentetiranno, Odontatyrannum, Odontatyrannus,...
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Once again, no update today
Once more, the stuff I have going on right now in my life have precluded me from making a bonus Wednesday post. So I ask… are you enjoying them? Are they any good? Should I try to keep doing them or...
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Tçaridyi
Variations: Tcaridyi, Tharidi Tçaridyi, “Hot” or “Burning” is one of the children of Ana, sired unnaturally by the King of the Loçolico as a spouse for Tçulo. As one of the Roma demons of disease, she...
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Kori
The Cuiva of Colombia and Venezuela tell of the Kori, a destructive aquatic monster. It has the appearance of a giant anteater, except far larger, and it lives underwater in the rivers. It uses its...
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Obscure Modern Monsters: Majorette Extranimals
The last time we discussed a short-lived car toyline with a biotechnological post-apocalyptic plotline, it was in the mid-90s. This time our story takes us to the late 80s, when French toy car...
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Qasoǵonaǵa
Variations: Gasogonaga, Kasogonagá, Kasogongá, QasoGonaGa; Lightning; Owner of Storms/Lightning For the Toba of Argentina, lighning takes the form of a small, hairy creature called Qasoǵonaǵa, the...
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Amphisbaena
Variations: Amphisbaina, Alchismus, Amphisilene, Ankesime, Auksimem, Double-head, Double-marcheur (French); Doble Andadora (possibly) The Amphisbaena, “goes both ways”, is one of the many snakes...
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ABC Reviews: Meeting With Monsters
Meeting with Monsters by Jon Baldur Hlidberg and Sigurdur Ægisson This time around the book I’m reviewing is less mainstream than the previous ones. While Rose’s and Dubois’s encyclopedias cover a...
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Scytale
Variations: Scytalis (Latin), Scytall, Scicalis, Sciscetalis, Seyseculus, Picalis, Situla; Caecilia (erroneously) The Scytale (Greek) or Scitalis (Latin), probably derived from scintilla (“spark” or...
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Oókempán
Oókempán is an ogre known to the Tehuelche of Argentina and Chile. He looks like a very large man, but has a shell on his back and moves around on all fours like a pig. Oókempán abducts children,...
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No digressions today
No update today, sorry folks! To tell the tooth, had to go to the dentist’s.
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Okpe
Okpe is a massive, quadrupedal ogre from Argentinian and Chilean Tehuelche folklore. He looks like a pig made of impregnable solid rock, without soft spots or weaknesses. Okpe preys on children,...
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Impundulu
Variations: Lightning-bird, Intakezulu; Chimungu; Ingqungqulu (Bateleur), Insingizi (Ground Hornbill), Inyoni Yezulu (Bird of Heaven), Isivolovolo (White-necked Fish Eagle), Izulu (Sky) The...
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Indombe
Indombe is fire, Indombe is life, Indombe is motherhood, Indombe is a slave to the power of death. She is an enormous copper snake over three feet wide, and several miles in length, and she makes her...
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Schilalyi
Variations: Shilalyi, Shulalyi, Šilali Schilalyi, “Cold” or “Cold One”, is the fifth of the children of Ana, and her third daughter. She and her siblings are the Roma demons of disease, and are the...
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