Mongolia
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Tuba/Tubae/Toom Ahr
The Tuba are bizarre creatures from Mongolian folklore thought to live in the Khangay and Altai mountains. They are snail-like creatures measuring a yard long with large, coiled shells and horns like a goat. They travel through mountain caves and can climb walls with the sticky mucus they secrete. This mucus is used to protect them from predators. They consume mold to survive but have occasionally been known to eat small invertebrates. Seeing a Tuba is good luck, as long as it isn’t harmed. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016.
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Leongalli
The Leongalli is a form of dragon from Mongolia. They are often described as having serpentine bodies with the head and front limbs of a lion. Sometimes however they were instead seen as a mixture of a lion and a rooster. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016. Jones, David E.. An Instinct for Dragons. United Kingdom, Taylor & Francis, 2016. Zell-Ravenheart, Oberon, and DeKirk, Ashley. Dragonlore: From the Archives of the Grey School of Wizardry. United States, Red Wheel Weiser, 2006. Zell-Ravenheart, Oberon, and Dekirk, Ash. A Wizard’s Bestiary: A Menagerie of Myth, Magic, and Mystery. United…
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Zamba Zaraa
The Zamba Zaraa is a bizarre cryptid from the West part of the Segs Cagan Bogd Mountains of Mongolia. One was notably sighted sitting on a rock with its head erect. It hit its tail on the rock to make a sound like a galloping camel and inflated itself to the size of a type of tent known as a yurta. Citations: Shuker, Karl. The Beasts That Hide from Man: Seeking the World’s Last Undiscovered Animals. United States, Paraview Press, 2014.
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Alma/Almasti
The Alma is a form of hairy hominid which has been sighted along the Caucasus mountains throughout Asia. They largely live in the mountains or the Gobi Desert. They stand 5 to 6 and a half feet tall and are covered in reddish brown curly hair which covers everything except their hands and faces. They have prominent brow ridges and cheekbones, flat noses, and jutting lower jaws without visible chins. They have long arms, walk upright with bent knees, and the big toes curve inward and are shorter than the other toes. Their fingernails and toenails resemble those of humans. They eat grass and wild vegetables. Its name translates to “wild…
