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Name Your Favorite Myth-Folklore Monsters
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The Giants from Norse Mythology. Surtr and Ymir are the stuff of nightmares.
The Yule Cat, the terrifying Icelandic Christmas monster.
The Aswang, the half vampire half wereworf from the Philippines
For disgusting/terrifying I would say goblins like Gollum that have scared me since I was little but my favorite mythological monster would be the Benu Bird AKA the Egyptian Phoenix that created everything and can change everything at its will. A really powerful and beautiful creature.
I don't know, I think some of those Greek snake ladies are pretty creepy. Like the Echidna. Yugh. Also the Sirens -- in the traditional sense, with lady chests and faces and bird bodies. Creeptastic.
Medusa, no two ways about it. Sara: I adore the old Hammer Studios movies. I even blogged about 'The Gorgon' last week when it came on the retro channel.
Michele wrote: "The Krampus, hands down."A Bao A Qu is a deadly monster from Malay Peninsular. Oh, and also he loves to suck out the life force of pilgrims
Katie wrote: "A Bao A Qu is a deadly monster from Malay Peninsula. Oh, and also he loves to suck out the life force of pilgrims..."Go Borges!!
The Six Headed Scylla for sure...I once read that she had barking dogs melded into her body! I would not have relished sailing past her!
Hmmmm...I was frightened of Ursula in the little Mermaid. Refused to watch it after the first time I saw it I think my mother had said.
nice. I always hated the little mermaid. So inaccurate. and boring. the people at my pre school mad us watch it once a week. ugh
Celtic- DonestreEpic monster. Morbid, but cracks me up.
This creature has the head of a lion and the body of a man. It decapitates its victim and then...
wait for it...
WEEPS about it
HAHAHA!
Barghest (celtic) are pretty cool/creepy too
um, Yallery Brown is pretty creepy. Only monsters I've ever had actual nightmares about are vampires though. I had nightmares about Bunnicula as a child.
Dragons have always been, and always will be, my favorite. I like both the evil ones and the not-so-evil ones.I'm also fascinated by kappa, though I haven't learned nearly enough about them.
Oh, wait...not our favorites, but the ones we thought were the most creepy and disgusting? That'll teach me to read the post as well as the title. *facepalm*
I must be weird because none of the ones on this list have ever struck me as creepy and/or disgusting.
I've always been a little creeped out by Pan. Just too many different parts and he's supposed to represent sex. eeeewwwI've only recently learned of Baba Yaga. Really creepy.
My favorite monster is Fenris. A son of Loki who can shapeshift into a wolf. He is, however, not really a werewolf because he can shift at will. Destined to kill Odin, he is potrayed as quite fearsome. Jormungandr is my second favorite. He is also known as the Midguard Serpent. He is feared because he is destined to kill Thor.
Kevis wrote: "The Giants from Norse Mythology. Surtr and Ymir are the stuff of nightmares."Surtr is the fire giant destined to set Yggdrasil on fire, right?
Eve wrote: "the Kraken or any kind of giant spider"Yes the Kraken is so scary like in the Pirates of the Caribbean
Valkyrie wrote: "Kevis wrote: "The Giants from Norse Mythology. Surtr and Ymir are the stuff of nightmares."Surtr is the fire giant destined to set Yggdrasil on fire, right?"
Hey I'm writing a book called Yggdrasil
Really? Is it about how Yggdrasil grew or the norns who water the roots to keep them from decaying or the Eagle at the top who argues with Nidhogg at the bottom with a squirrel who carries the messages?
Chinese ghosts are pretty evil. If a person dies far from home, they can't get back to be laid to rest and haunt the area. They used to hire people to walk the land, whistling, to call the ghosts and bring them home... I have a friend who was recently smacked upside the head for whistling at night! "Don't you know you'll call the ghosts!"
I like the tzitizmitl- Aztec demon star goddesses!
My favorites are from the Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts(1963), and Clash of the Titans(1981) films....Cyclops, Dragon, the mythical Hydra, Medusa, Harpies, Skeleton army, the massive statue of Talos, and the Kraken.
So I was looking for one I had come across a couple years ago and found a new yuck/creepy!Akaname from Japanese folklore. It's a *eerrrp* filth licker that comes out at night, in the dark to lick up *uurrp* filth from the floors of unclean bathrooms. This brings back that scary, fluke-man fear X-files instilled in me decades ago.
definitely the 9 muses, the sirens of the sea and the gorgons
Any form of giant spider, no matter what part of the world. Those things creep me out every time. Books, movies....::shudders::
Snakes creep me out. So for me, it has to be the hydra.
Where to start?Pishtaco from Supernatural are pretty creepy. Although, that said, a monster than can make me lose weight instead of my life would probably be at the top of my list to make friends with :)
I hate fly monsters. I don't know if they have a name but I've seen them in cartoons and stuff where they are like these giant freaking flies. I think there's a The Simpson's episode where Bart's head gets replaced with that of a giant fly?
Kraken obviously, and I'm also in the camp of "no giant spiders".
Also, the Basilisk from Chamber of Secrets had me terrified of bathrooms for years.
The Twrch Trwyth is pretty cool. He is a monstrous wild boar that King Arthur is obliged to hunt in the Mabinogion story Culhwch and Olwen. He is huge and brutal and leads a team of seven wild boar. He was once a human king but was turned into a wild boar for being evil and really violent. Interestingly he has a golden comb and shears between his ears.
The most terrifying... Kelpies. I think of them each time I visit a lake. And wendigos. Creeeeeepy. Favorites? I honestly can't pick one. Sirens, kitsune, or the firebird maybe?
The Twrch Trwyth from the Arthurian story Culhwch and Olwen is pretty scary. Huge and heartless with the ability to spit poison out of his hackles. But he does have a rather splendid comb and scissors between his ears (that have to be snatched as part of the story, of course). If you are looking for something a bit more sophisticated than huge, hairy and violent there is always Y Widdon Orddu ferch y Widdon Orwen (The Very Black Witch, Daughter of the Very White Witch) who lives in an Otherworld cave. Arthur has to go in and face her at the end of the story.
The Wendigo and Skinwalkers. Legendary.
I'll lead off with that old Irish favorite, the Banshee.