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A "Shellycoat" is a creature from Scottish mythology that is named for its coat of shells. This sneaky fae haunts rivers and streams, and enjoys pulling pranks on humans. Although relatively harmless, the shellycoat is known for tricks such as pretending to be drowning, and also helping make a traveler lost. This fae often smells of old water, and its coat make a loud rattle as it walks.

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Keukegen- Japanese folklore: a creature covered in black fur that lives in peoples houses. Its name means "rarely seen". It was a disease spirit, inflicting sickness into those who lived in its host house.

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Rakshas by GaudiBuendia: A Rakshasa is said to be a mythological humanoid being or unrighteous spirit in Hinduism. As mythology made its way into other religions, the rakshasa was later incorporated into Buddhism. Rakshasas are also called man-eaters (Nri-chakshas, Kravyads). A female rakshasa is called a Rakshasi, and a female Rakshasa in human form is a Manushya-Rakshasi. Often Asura and Rakshasa are interchangeably used

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In Norse Mythology, Hugin (“thought”) and Munin (“memory” or “mind”) are a pair of ravens that are the shamanic helping spirits of the god Odin. These informants are two of the many sources of Odin’s prodigious wisdom and it is from this associated that Odin is referred to as a “raven-god.” Hugin and Munin are semi-autonomous beings who are simultaneously projections or extensions of Odin’s own being. In Chapter seven of the Heimskringla book Ynglinga saga, which provides an euhemerized...

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A kelpie is a horse like creature that will lure humans to sit on their back and will then drag them underwater to their deaths. Some legends say they can transform into people. Always dripping wet or covered in sea weeds. -Rain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelpie

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Beira, Queen of Winter, a Scottish deity. She freezes the ground with her staff and chases away Spring

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Slav Mythology (a small part of it) - WTF

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A tale as old as time

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Each-Uisge - Far more dangerous than the Kelpie, the Each-Uisge (Ech-ooshkya), a Scottish demon horse, will eat its victims after tearing them into pieces, except for the liver, which they leave. Sometimes they will appear as a handsome man to entice young maidens to the riverbed or the seashore. He can be recognized by a distinguishable piece of seaweed in his hair.

Suzaku. Also known as the Vermillion Bird of the South 南方朱雀. Suzaku (or Zhu Que in Chinese) is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese Constellation, along with Genbu (Black Tortoise) Seiryuu (Blue Dragon) and Byakko (White Tiger). Suzaku represents the South, the summer season and the element of Fire. Art by Vyrilien

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