Mythical beings of Europe Archives - Kauno mitas

Strigoi

admin — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 06:45:41 +0000

In Romanian mythology, Striga is a living dead. Sometimes a living person can have qualities of Strigoi, and those qualities are the ability to turn into an animal. Another thing Strigoi can is to become invisible. Finally, he is able to take away life by sucking the blood of their victims.

In Romania, at all times, there was a panic because of a Strigoi, people were armed and went to the suspect’s home or place where they thought Strigoi could be hiding at.

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Morag

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:45:13 +0000

Morag (Scottish Gaelic: Mòrag) is the nickname given to a loch monster believed by some to live in Loch Morar, Scotland. After Nessie, it is among the most written about of Scotland’s legendary monsters. “Morag”, a Scottish female name, is a pun on the name of the loch.

Reported sightings date back to 1887, and included 34 incidents by 1981. Sixteen of these involved multiple witnesses.

A widely reported claim involved two local men, Duncan McDonell and William Simpson, and their boat, with which they claimed to have accidentally struck the creature, prompting it to attack them. McDonell defended with an oar, and Simpson opened fire with his rifle, whereupon it sank slowly out of sight.

They described it as being brown, 25–30 feet long, with rough skin, three dorsal humps rising 18 inches (460 mm) above the loch’s surface, and a head a foot wide, held 18 inches (460 mm) out of the water.

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Lagarfljót Worm

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:43:36 +0000

The serpentine creature is said to live in Lagarfljót, a freshwater, below-sea-level, glacial-fed lake which has very poor visibility as a result of siltation.

It is described as longer than a bus, or 40 feet (12 m), and has also been reported outside the water, lying coiled up or slithering into the trees. It is a “many humps” type of lake monster, rather than the simply serpentine type of, for example, the Loch Ness Monster.

The Lagarfljót Worm has been sighted several times in modern times, including in 1963 by the head of the Icelandic National Forest Service,

A sightseeing boat named Lagarfljótsormurinn, beginning operations on the lake in 1999.

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Pūķis

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:09:58 +0000

Pūķis is the spirit of Latvian homes.
Pūķis helps Latvians protect their homes, carries wealth, but sometimes turns into a dragon with nine heads. Pūķis can also bring wealth, but it is very important not to irritate it, because it will burn the house down…

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Ispolin

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:05:46 +0000

According to Bulgarian myths, dwarves – first settled on Earth. Then the giants came. The giants, Ispolins, lived in the mountains. Some had three heads, but only one eye on the forehead. Some had one leg. They lived in mountain caves and ate only raw meat. He loved the dragon meat, so the dragons were the greatest enemies of Ispolins.
Still, the Ispolins had a very strong voice and could easily talk to each other while standing on top of the mountains. The giants were not afraid of the dragons and other, but they were afraid of.. blackberries. Because the spiked blackberry bushes in the swampy places, would trap the Ispolins and they could not escape and eventually would die.
It’s not easy to see Ispolins these days, because there are no blackberry bushes in swamps left.

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