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Samuel Peterson
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"Amid the forests of Minnesota and Wisconin, there is said to dwell a doglike creature of short stature, with cat eyes and a curious habit of walking backward. Rarely seen but occasionally heard, this being of lumberjack lore gets its name from the steam that emerges from its snout and the high-pitched whistle it makes, not unlike, well, a teakettle." This is the shortest entry I've seen on a creature I've never hear
— Sep 04, 2026 07:08AM
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Samuel Peterson
is on page 118 of 144
Are you...serious? ALMOST THE ENTIRETY OF THE WORKS CITED PAGE IS COMPOSED OF WIKI LINKS! WTAF?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!? Instant 1 star.
— Sep 04, 2026 07:51AM
Samuel Peterson
is on page 116 of 144
So, the author believes in Bigfoot and thinks it could be a whole species? Well, that makes two of us, but I'm of the opinion that it could be an evolved Homo erectus that has spread through Asia, Australia, North America, and South America. How else do you account for the long history of human-like creatures living in the forest but exhibiting signs of human-like intelligence?
— Sep 04, 2026 07:49AM
Samuel Peterson
is on page 110 of 144
Seriously? Yggdrasil is the final entry? I'm sure if you look hard enough, there are creatures in folklore who live in forests with Y and Z.
— Sep 04, 2026 07:45AM
Samuel Peterson
is on page 108 of 144
So, the author looked up the origin of the word "Yggdrasil" but not "troll"? Lazy.
— Sep 04, 2026 07:43AM
Samuel Peterson
is on page 103 of 144
Really? Werewolves barely get an entry? Come on!
— Sep 04, 2026 07:39AM
Samuel Peterson
is on page 100 of 144
This wakwak tree sounds similar to an idea I had in my homebrew DnD world.
— Sep 04, 2026 07:39AM
Samuel Peterson
is on page 99 of 144
"The folklore of the Cherokee Nation features another woman who metamorphosed into the Wampus Cat after she spied on a sacred ritual by hiding under a mountain lion's pelt. As a result, she forever lives deep in densely wooded areas, possessing a bone-chilling scream that strikes fear into the hearts of anyone who hears it." I mean, that's just the usual sounds a mountain lion makes.
— Sep 04, 2026 07:37AM
Samuel Peterson
is on page 98 of 144
I've seen the wampus cat in DnD 3rd party material, but I did not know it came from Native American tribal folklore.
— Sep 04, 2026 07:30AM
Samuel Peterson
is on page 92 of 144
Interesting. I did not know that Turkish mythology had its own version of Yggdrasil called "Ulukayin."
— Sep 04, 2026 07:22AM
Samuel Peterson
is on page 91 of 144
I like how the entry for trolls indicates the gradual changes of how they are depicted and regaled in stories over time. It also shows that the writer did not do research into the word "troll," which comes from "trøll," which is Norse for magic or magician.
— Sep 04, 2026 07:21AM