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The blue men of the Minch are blue humanoids from Scottish folklore who live in the Minch - the water between the Outer Hebrides and mainland Scotland. They will shout two lines of poetry to a ship's captain. If he cannot complete the verse, the blue men will capsize his ship.#FairyTaleTuesday #Mythology #Folklore #Celtic #Scotland #Monster #Merfolk #Mermaid

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In Greek mythology, the snake-woman Echidna gave birth to Cerberus, the Hydra, the Chimera, Ladon, the Sphinx, the Nemean Lion, and the two-headed dog Orthrus. In some versions, the father of all these was the monstrous dragon Typhon, but in others, Orthrus fathered the Chimera, Sphinx, and Nemean Lion. Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire #WyrdWednesday #GothicSpring #Mythology #Folklore #Greece #Monster

In American tall tales, the axe-handle hound is said to be a fearsome critter of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It resembles a dog with an axe-like body, and only eats the handles of axes which have been left unattended. An axe-handle hound travels from camp to camp searching for its next meal, and strongly dislikes axe handles made from red oak. Margaret Tryon#FairyTaleTuesday #GothicSpring #Folklore #Mythology #TallTale #FearsomeCritter #Cryptid #Monster

In the Goetia, Shax is a marquis who commands 30 legions of demons on evil horses. He can be summoned by a sorcerer to rob a person of anything. Sometimes Shax gives sorcerers good familiars, but other times he instead gives them treacherous ones. He is annoyed if summoned too often. Louis Le Breton#WyrdWednesday #GothicSpring #Folklore #Mythology #Demonology #Occult #Witchcraft #Monster #Demon #Devil

"I made up my mind to try again, so I went to the wood where the pool was, where I saw the White People, and I tried again [to call them]. The dark nymph, Alanna, came, and she turned the pool of water into a pool of fire...."- Arthur Machen, "The White People" Anna Vinogradova#BookWormSat #GothicSpring #Literature #Fiction #WeirdFiction #Horror #Monster #Fairy #ArthurMachen

A hulder (or huldra) is a forest fairy in Scandinavian folklore who seduces people traveling through her woods. Once in her embrace, a man will discover the hulder has some inhuman feature, such as an animal's hairy legs and tail or a hollow back (like some old tree). Iren Horrors#FairyTaleTuesday #GothicSpring #Mythology #Folklore #Norse #Scandinavia #Fairy #Faerie #Monster

The redcap (or powrie) is a murderous goblin from Anglo-Scottish folklore. They inhabit ruined castles along the Anglo-Scottish border, especially ones infamous for wicked deeds, and dye their caps red with their victims' blood. While most fairies fear iron, redcaps often wear iron shoes. Alan Lee#MythologyMonday #Mythology #Folklore #Britain #Scotland #Gaelic #Celts #Monster #Fairy #AlanLee