They are weak against fire which is considered by many people to be the only way to kill them.Ĭutting the head off or cutting the whole body into pieces are believed to be the other ways to kill a loup garou. Loup garous are very agile and strong creatures. On the other hand, French Catholics believed that a person became a loup garou if he broke the rules of Lent for 7 years in a row. Loup garou is one of the most popular mythical monsters throughout the world joining our list from Cajun and French Canadian folklore.Īlso known as rougarou, this creature is basically French and Cajun counterpart of a werewolf.Ī person becomes a loup garou if he or she is put under a specific loup garou curse. Some other myths suggest that the basilisk could fly, deliver venom by biting its prey and/or breathe fire. There are three ways the basilisk was depicted in the myths: a giant snake, an enormous lizard or a reptile with scaly wings and some features of a roster like feathers, legs and head.Īccording to the belief, the basilisk could kill anything with just looking in its eyes much like Gorgons in Greek mythology. The word basilisk is derived from the Greek word basiliskos meaning “a kind of serpent”. Basiliskīasilisk is a legendary giant reptile in European mythology which was known as the king of serpents. He came back home to find out that his wife gave birth to a stillborn baby. Lincoln was killed right after he was chosen to be the president for a second term.Īlso, John Dunne, the famous English poet said he saw the doppelganger of his wife when he was in Paris. Noah Brooks suggested in his book Washington in Lincoln’s Time that Abraham Lincoln saw his doppelganger and his wife told him that he would not live to serve his second term as the president of USA. Seeing a doppelganger was considered a bad omen. Doppelgangerĭoppelgangers are the legendary creatures that were told to be the double spirits of people.Īlthough they looked exactly the same with the person in question, doppelgangers were not the twins of those people.Īccording to the belief, doppelgangers had no reflections in the mirror or cast shadows. In the old times, people were warned about not to pick a comb if they found one as it might have belonged to a banshee. He actually fell victim to their conspiracy eventually. Image Credit: Īccording to the myth, King James I of Scotland met one of these wailing women who told him that he would be killed by Earl of Atholl and his co-conspirators. They also had red eyes because they wept all the time. BansheeĪ banshee is a female spirit from Irish folklore believed to be the harbinger of death.īanshees, known as “crying/wailing women”, heralded the death of a person, a relative in most of the stories.īanshees looked like young women combing their hair with a silver or golden comb or sometimes old women. The boy came to wrestle with Amarok daily and become so strong that he beat three bears and earned respect from his people.Īlthough its origin is also linked to shunka warakin, hyaenodon and waheela, the myth of Amarok was most likely based on stories about direwolves told by ancient Eskimo people. Knocking the boy down with its tail, Amarok broke some bones in his body and told the boy that he could not move before because of those bones. One of the few legends regarding Amarok suggests that a boy who was unable to move and disliked by his people prayed for the god of strength and Amarok came to his aid. Amarok the WolfĪmarok, also known as Amaroq, is a giant wolf in Inuit mythology which was believed to kill people hunting alone. Image Credit: ĭespite its harmless appearance, this beast could kill creatures much larger than itself by stabbing them with its horn and then devour them.Īccording to the belief, only a true witch could render Al-mi’raj harmless ensuring others to come close and carry the beast away. Al-mi’raj is a mythical creature in Islamic mythology which is basically a hare (rabbit) with a single horn on its forehead much like a unicorn.Īl-mi’raj lived on a mysterious island named Jezîrat al-Tennyn within Indian Ocean. The third creature in our list of mythical creatures hails from the East. Wearing red clothes, bracelets or necklaces is said to provide protection against Acheri. It is believed to lure some children back to its home in some cases. Although it is a revenge spirit, it does not target specific individuals and very rarely adult people. Wandering around mountainsides, Acheri comes down at night to spread death especially among children by making them sick.Ĭasting its shadow is enough for acheri to make children sick. According to the belief, Acheri is a ghost of a young girl that died a terrible death either by being murdered or by being left to die after being abused. Acheri is a mythical creature in Native American folklore which is believed to be a revenge spirit.
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