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Guyascutus/Guyascutas
The Guyascutus is a bizarre creature from Lumberjack Folklore. They are sometimes described as large dragons. Sometimes they’re described as ten-foot-long alligators with armadillo shells and horns running down their spine. Others times they are described as whitetail deers with sharp teeth and rabbit ears. Sometimes they resemble forty foot long monstrous lizards with long necks covered in scales, teeth large enough to grind boulders to dust, red smoke billowing from their nostrils, and writhing tails covered in yard long dagger-like horns. They are often thought to be so dangerous that simply seeing one could scare a person to death. Often the legs on one side of their body were…
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Gumberoo
The Gumberoo is a creature from Lumberjack Folklore. They are larger than bears and looks like walking footballs with leathery skin. Their skin can withstand any attack, even bullets. They can be killed if you set them on fire and wait for them to explode. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016. Matthews, John, and Matthews, Caitlin. The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures: The Ultimate A-Z of Fantastic Beings from Myth and Magic. United Kingdom, Harper Element, 2009. Rose, Carol. Giants Monsters and Dragons: An Encyclopedia Of Folklore Legend And Myth. United Kingdom, WW Norton, 2001.
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Gulon/Jerff
The Gulon is a creature from Swedish folklore, also called called Jerff in Northern areas of Sweden. It was described by Olaus Magnus in 1555. They have long bodies covered in fur, are shaped like hybrids of lions and hyenas and have fox tails and massive claws. They live in snowfields and consumes carrion. When they eat, they are ravenous and eat so much that their bodies swell from the gasses released from the rotting flesh. They then squeeze their bodies between two trees to relieve the swelling and improve their movements. They are incredibly vulnerable when squeezing their bodies and may be killed for their fur. The meat of…
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Guivre
The Guivre is from French myth. They have serpentine bodies with horned dragon heads. They live in swamps, pools, woods, and generally damp places. They would often hunt and kill humans. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016.
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Grootslang
The Grootslang is from the Dahomey people of West Africa. They are thought to be the size of elephants with snake tails. They live in caves and swamps on the west coast. There have been some sightings of a creature resembling a Grootslang. These creatures are large and dark, but whether or not they are thought to have legs is not consistent. Many sightings of Grootslangs come from the Orange River. The earliest recorded sighting is from 1867 by Hans Sauer who saw a large dark snake in the Orange River. Sightings of the creature are almost always just large serpents without any elephant features. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of…
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Grindylow
The Grindylow is a creature from Yorkshire, England. They live in marshes, swamps, and stagnant ponds. They wait for travelers or children to come too close to the water’s edge and leap up and drag victims into the water. They then either hold victims underwater until they drown, or they strangle them with their fingers, which are long and bony and bulbous at the ends. They consume the flesh of those they kill. Citations: Maberry, Jonathan. Vampire Universe: The Dark World of Supernatural Beings That Haunt Us, Hunt Us, and Hunger for Us. United States, Kensington Publishing Corporation, 2006.
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Gremlin
The Gremlin is a common mythical creature from more modern folklore, originally British. Stories of this came about in the mid-twentieth century during times of war. and were blamed for causing machine failures. They’re known for mischief, troublemaking, and sabotaging things, especially aircraft. While they could be kind in some circumstances they are far more likely to cause problems. They’re thought to be similar in size and stature to an imp. They are thought to be anywhere from one to seven feet tall, often having grey skin or being covered in fur. Sometimes Gremlins are thought to be invisible. Citations: American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales [3 Volumes]: An Encyclopedia…
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Goryō/gGoryo/Goryo-Shin
The Goryō is a Yokai and a form of ghost from Japanese myth. They are commonly known from the Heian period of 794-857. They’re believed to be the vengeful spirits of people killed as the result of political intrigue, accidents, or unusual circumstances. Some believe anyone could choose to become a Goryo at the moment of their death. It’s thought they bring disease, natural disasters, and wars. They can be identified through necromancy and divination or can be appeased by making them into Goryo-Shin, or Goryo deities. Goryo can be warded off by reciting Buddhist nembutsu, which sends the spirit to the afterlife, or through the use of Inyo magic.…
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Sugar Bundle
The Sugar Bundle is an alien sighted in Jicotea Las Villas, Cuba 1915. Two men patrolled a sugarcane field on horses when the horses suddenly refused to move and seemed afraid. They saw something resembling a small white sack, or bundle, on the ground near a trail. They determined this was a living creature, and their horses panicked as it approached. One man fired on it with a pistol, but the creature grew larger with every bullet that hit it, seemingly absorbing the mass. When it grew to the size of the horses, the men fled on foot, finding their horses later the next day completely unharmed. Citations: Rosales, Albert.…
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Good Hoop/Tasmanian Bunyip/Universal Eye
Good Hoop is an alternate name for the Bunyip, commonly from Tasmania. They often have serpentine forms and may have small or non-visible ears, a sheepdog head, small wing-like fins, shaggy black hair, and/or crooked feet. They measure between 1.2 and 1.35 meters in length and are thought to move 50 km per hour. One was sighted in Lake Tiberias in 1952. It was first viewed in shallow water and quickly disappeared into deep water. Citations: Bayley, Harold. The lost language of symbolism; an inquiry into the origin of certain letters, words, names, fairy-tales, folklore, and mythologies. London, Williams and Norgate, 1912. Hargreaves, Joyce, and Hargreaves, Beryl Joyce. Hargreaves New…
