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Yeti/Abominable Snowman/Metoh Kangmi/Metch Kangmi
The Yeti is a cryptid from the Himalayas. It is known of in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim. The name “Abominable Snowman” was a mistranslation made by Henry Newman in a 1921 column of the Calcutta Statesman newspaper. He mistakenly wrote Met-Tah Kangmi as Metoh-Kangmi, and the newspaper then changed it to Metch Kangmi. The name gained notoriety and led to a boom of expeditions. A yeti was first sighted by the Western world in 1921 by Lieutenant Colonel C. K. Howard Bury and his team. They saw the creature on a twenty-thousand-foot snow field on the Tibetan side of the mountains. They seem to live in stream filled valleys…
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Yeitso
Yeitso was born from a woman and a stone in Navajo myth. He was a scaly giant that lived by a lake. His name means “great genius” or “great god.” He could hurl lightning bolts. He was killed by Nayenezgani and Thobadzistshini with the help of Tsohanoai and they took his scalp. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016. Matthews, Washington. Navaho Legends. United States, American Folk-Lore Society, 1897.
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Yehwe Zogbanu
The Yehwe Zogbanu is a giant from the folklore of the Fon people. While Yehwe Zogbanu is an individual giant, it’s a part of a species of giants called Yehwe. Several of these giants were encountered by Ayigbili. They have thirty horns on their heads and bodies and live in the forest. They are territorial and hunt down humans that enter their terrirtory. The house of Yehwe Zogbanu specifically has a wall that opens only for people who have not eaten intestines. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016. Herskovits, Frances Shapiro, and Herskovits, Melville Jean. Dahomean Narrative:…
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Yegorov Alien Monkeys
The Yegorov Alien Monkeys were sighted in Inner Mongolia in August 1945. They were sighted by a Soviet fighter pilot named Vasiliy Yegorov who got out of his ship before it crashed. He laid down in the brush and fell asleep, only to awake being unable to move his arms or legs. He lifted his head to see he was restrained by semi-transparent tape and around him was a sound like twittering birds. There were hundreds of small monkey-like humanoids holding knives that took him away. They stood 45 cm tall and lived in underground mazes. They claimed they were a part of the “Khanyangi” tribe. He lived among these…
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Yara-Ma-Yha-Who
The Yara-Ma-Yha-Who is a creature from Australia. They are short human like creatures with red skin, no teeth and oversized heads. They can greatly stretch their mouths to swallow their victims whole. They are nocturnal and dislike the sun. They spend the day in caves by the water, but they live in fig trees. They hold onto branches with their octopus-like fingers, wait for people to pass underneath their trees then scoops them up. They use the suckers on their fingers and toes to drain them of blood. After they drain them, they swallow them whole, then later regurgitate them alive. This process repeated multiple time turns the victim into…
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Yaguareté Abá/ Jaguar-Man/ Jaguareté/ Jaguarete Ova
The Yaguarete Abá is a therianthropic creature from Paraguay and Argentina. They’re thought to be shapeshifting sorcerers capable of transforming into jaguars. They transform themselves into jaguars at night through use of sorcery. Even while in animal form, they maintain human intelligence, and possess supernatural strength. They may stalk, kill, and eat humans while in the form of a jaguar. 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. Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016.
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Yagis
The Yagis is from the Kwakiutl people in Vancouver. It is a sea monster and has been described as a giant snake, an aquatic fire breathing horse, or a man-eating turtle. It flips boats by creating massive waves and then eats the sailors. 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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Xwixwiyá:ye
The Xwixwiyá:ye is a water dwelling creature from the stories of the Pilalt Native Americans. They are described as black in color, shaped like a crab larger than a human hand, and with large pincers. They live in fairly shallow water and resemble flies in their actions, but only crawl around. They have a strong poison similar in deadliness to a rattlesnake that can kill people very quickly. Citations: Wells, Oliver. The Chilliwacks and Their Neighbors. Canada, Talonbooks, 1987.
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Xtabay
The Xyabay is a form of Nature Spirit from Mayan myth. They resemble beautiful women with bright red skin. They live in caves and forests and were often consorts to minor deities. They were known to sing to men offering to bear a child. If he accepted, he would need to light incense and pray to Kanank’ax. This prayer would ensure seeing more Xtabay, and failing to do so would guarantee the opposite. The location where the human and Xtabay conceived would become barren and have a boulder there. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016.
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Xipe-Topec
Xipe-Totec is an Aztec deity known as the “flayed one.” He personifies spring as well as life and death. He is symbolized wearing freshly flayed human skin. He would be honored by taking out the hearts of sacrifices, flaying them, and dying them yellow to wear. Other sacrifices would be rained on by sacred arrows. Xipe-Totec is considered one of the gentler gods. 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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