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It's #HowlAtTheMoonDay so today's #monster is the 1st #Werewolf in #GreekMythology, #Lycaon. He was a king of #Arcadia who, tested Zeus omniscience by serving him the flesh of his own son to see whether Zeus was all-knowing
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1. #Kurnugia/#Kur was the name of the #Dragon of the #Underworld in #Mesopotamian #Mythology. He was said to kidnapp the #goddess #Ereshkigal and when he was killed, she became the goddess of the Underworld.
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In #GreekMythology #Artemis was the #goddess of the #moon, #hunt, #nature, ando #chastity. Daughter of #Zeus and #Leto and sister of #Apollo. #Artemis carries a silver bow with gold arrows and keeps a #deer or #fowl by her side
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In #Irish/#Celtic #Mythology a #Banshee/#fairy woman is a #spirit who can sense #death, usually the death of a #family member. According to #Folklore they expressed this sense by #wailing, #shrieking, or #screaming
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Is there any significance to the #goddess #Amphitrite in the #Classics world at the moment?
The views on my #YouTubeVideo on her is going up daily and I was wondering why.
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In #European #Folklore a #Goblin was a short, human-like #monster with large #bat ears and a hooked nose. They caused trouble and stole from humans and were #greedy and #malevolent. They are scared of #dogs and #horses.
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In #European #Mythology and #Folklore, the #Basilisk is one of the most #poisonous #monsters. It is a #snake said to be hatched by a #cockerel from the egg of a #serpent or #toad. It is know as the "King of Serpents"
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In #Egyptian #Mythology, the #Sphinx was more of a symbol than an entity It was a guardian figure, the protector of the #pyramids, the scourge of the enemies of #Ra It represented the pharaoh and the #pharaoh's divine power
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We are at the cusp of #ScorpioSeason In #GreekMythology #Orion said he would kill every animal The goddesses #Artemis, #Leto and #Gaia sent a scorpion to kill him #Zeus put the #scorpion in the #heavens after it won the battle as #Scorpio
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A #sphinx is a #monster with the head of a human and the body of a #lion with the wings of an #eagle. In #GreekMythology, the sphinx asked #riddles and ate those who got them wrong and was defeated by #Oedipus.
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In #GreekMythology The #Lernaean Hydra/Hydra of #Lerna/#Hydra, is a sea #monster. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the #Argolid. It had 9 heads and if one was removed 2 more grew back in its place. It was killed by #Heracles.
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In #GreekMythology the #Cyclopes were #monsters with 1 eye, they traded the other for the ability to see the #future. The Cyclopes were the children of #Gaia (earth) and #Ouranous (sky) and made the #weapons used by the #gods.
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In #GreekMythology, #Charon is the son of #Nyx and #Erebus. A #psychopomp/#ferryman of #Hades who carries (for a price) #souls of the deceased across the #rivers #Styx and #Acheron that divided the living world from the #Underworld
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In #GreekMythology, #Scylla is a #monster who lives on one side of a channel of water. Sailors would pass close and her 6 heads would snatch them from boats. She had 12 tentacles, a cat's tail, and 4 dogs heads encircled her waist.
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The #Harpies were #monsters in #GreekMythology that had the form of a #bird with female faces; they abducted people and tortured them on their way to the #Underworld, they were employed by the gods to punish the guilty
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Today is #GlobalCatDay, in #EgyptianMythology the #goddess of #cats, #domesticity, #secrets, #fertility, and #childbirth. She protected the home from evil #spirits and diseases
For more information on the #Egyptian goddess: https://t.co/IZ7sDEn6jn
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Although not technically #monsters, today's #Spooktober focus and #FolkloreThursday are The #Erinyes/#Furies: 3 #goddesses retribution who punished men for crimes. They were concerned with homicide, offenses against the gods, and perjury.
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In #NorseMythology, #Jörmungandr, known as the #MidgardSerpent, is a sea #serpent, child of #Loki. #Odin took Loki's 3 children —#Fenrir, #Hel, and Jörmungandr—and tossed Jörmungandr into the #ocean that encircles #Midgard
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#Fenrir from #Norsemythology is the #giant #wolf child of #loki chained to a rock before #Ragnarok destined to break free, eat #Odin and the sun and help destroy the world
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Today's #Spooktober #monster is #Cerberus. In #GreekMythology, #Cerberus is the #hound of #Hades and a #hellhound. He is a #dog with three heads that guards the gates of the #Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving.
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