Hello everyone:I am very interested in sharing part of the folklore of my country with the intention of carrying out comparative analyses with that of other places. I have taken as a beginning the information referring to strange creatures such as shapeshifters, skinwalkers, wolfmen, hairy...

A pouca, or in Irish púca, usually refers to a magical being--a "water sprite,” or "mischievous fairy”--a word adapted by Shakespeare for his character Puck in Midsummer Night’s Dream. [It is said that this] air is about the death of one such spirit. There is a story that this tune was heard by...

Can you help identify this TV show? It was broadcast in the 1970's on the BBC and the time slot would be mid to late morning during the Summer holidays. Same time they used to show things like 'Why Don't You?' and 'The Banana Splits'. My memory tells me that it was presented by David...

The Chonchon is a Chilean/Argentinian folkloric creature. It takes the form of a human(typically masculine) head, typically with feathers in place of hair, and immense ears that serve as wings. It has a cry, sometimes given as "too-ay too-ay too-ay" and is vampiric by diet. It is the...

'Mythical' creatures in Iceland. Last month, the mayor of the 2,200-person town of Egilsstaðir in eastern Iceland matter-of-factly announced that his government had verified video proving the existence of the Lagarfljótsormur, the Iceland Worm Monster. A fixture of Icelandic myth since 1345...

Think this is the explanation behind the unicorn? Ive heard a theory that it was based on the Rhino, but this seems plausable. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/features/29_08_02_a.htm

I always thought it was amazing the number of people who have told me that they also used to believe as children that dragons slept under mountains and hills and recently watching the film, Reign of Fire, has remined me of this. It is a known fact that children see things that adults don't...

What exactly is the point of Garden Gnomes apart from a kind of cheesy ironic form of decoration? Was there some forgotten mystical/pagan reason why people had them, as some kind of garden guardian spirit perhaps? Or was it just a case of some enterprising chap who started selling little clay...

Theories on Jersey Devil The Jersey Devil is probably one of the most long-standing and misunderstood cypto legends...I am interested to hear of anyone's theories on this phenomena that has out lasted Mothman, Goatman etc, and seems to flitter between real creature to superstitious omen to...

guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4311928,00.html Link is dead. Webpage is not archived at the Wayback Machine. I do hope the link works.... Elves are so important to Icelanders that roads are built with bends to avoid disturbing their homes! I'm amazed. Why don't we have such a powerful...

El Chupacabra Article at HowStuffWorks Hello all. I found an accidental link to a new article with new pictures on the Chupacabara this morning at HowStuffWorks. You can't get to it from a regular link but the article still exists at http://www.howstuffworks.com/chupacabra.htm. Weird. :rolleyes:

Fairys Hi I have two questions 1 what do you persive a fairy to be? 2 do you acknolage their posible existance? Wm