They are also a mainstay of role-playing and video games in general. "Monster" often, but not always, implies that these creatures are larger than or equal to human size. It also almost always implies that the creatures are powerful and hostile to the hero (and consequently evil), and must be defeated to progress. The monster par excellence is the dragon. The villain of the week in the anime version of Sailor MoonSee also:

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The name wildebeest finds its origin in the Dutch words "wild beest" which means "wild animal". Although the name is derived from the Dutch language, the Dutch always use the word "gnoe" (where the Dutch "g" is pronounced as "ch"), "wildebeest" only appears in large dictionaries. 'Gnu' is from the Khoikhoi language (which pronounced the g), which likely imitated it from the grunt- ...

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While many cryptozoologists strive for legitimacy and some are respected scientists in other fields, and though discoveries of previously unknown animals are often subject to great attention, cryptozoology per se has never been fully embraced by the scientific community. A cryptozoologist may propose that an interest in reports of animals does not entail belief, but a detractor might counter ...

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The relationship between science and monstrosity became an important theme in many Victorian-era horror novels, where science was often depicted not merely as studying monsters, but as producing them. Notable examples include Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Frankenstein. This change corresponded with a decline in the popularity of science among the general public. Some traces of this classic relation to monsters can be found in the popularity of tabloi ...

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(Creatures which are known to have existed and are presumed extinct are in bold.) Cryptozoology - Primates and hominids. Almas Biabin-guli Bigfoot (also known as Sasquatch) Brenin Llwyd Bili Ape Fear liath Gin-Sung Hibagon Humanzee Kaptar Kikombo Loys's Ape Mecheny Menehune Minnesota Iceman Mirygdy Moehau Mono Grande Napes (North Amer ...

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Scientists have demonstrated that some creatures of mythology, legend or local folklore were rooted in real animals or phenomena. Thus, cryptozoologists hold that people should be open to the possibility that many more such animals exist. In the early days of western exploration of the world, many native tales of unknown animals were initially dismissed as mythology or superstition by western scientis ...

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Monster - Social concept. At one time, the monster was an important social concept. Monsters were often associated with unknown lands and unknown things. For instance, historically, unexplored areas on maps would be marked indicating that monsters such as dragons lived there. This connection between monsters and the unknown meant that the monster was an important concept in the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, as Western society began to use science and other academic disciplines to try to understand the unknow ...

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Monster - Pre-World War II. During the age of silent movies, representations of monsters were the size of a person played by an actor in a costume: Frankenstein's monster, the Golem, and vampires are the most well-known ones. The film Siegfried featured a dragon that was a giant puppet on tracks. A few dinosaurs were presented by stop-motion animated models, something that was carried over into RKO's King Kong< ...

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As well as a legendary creature referenced by ancient historians and a monster from Greek mythology, the amphisbaena is a heraldic creature. Amphibanes, or Amphibenes is a heraldic term indicating the crest: "on a Saltire or, interlaced by two Amphisbaenae azure langued gules a rose of the last barbed and seeded purpure". This was the crest of Gwilt. In plain English, this means a rose with purple thorns and seeds interlaced by two blue, red-to ...

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The name wildebeest comes from the Afrikaans and means "wild cattle" from the bovine appearance of the animals. 'Gnu' is from the Khoikhoi language (which pronounced the g), which likely imitated it from the grunt-type noise that a wildebeest makes. The pronunciation of '/gnu/' was popularized in English by the comic song 'The Gnu' by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, in which all words starting with n have a g prepended: 'I'm a g-nu, I'm a g-nu, the g-nicest work of g-nature in the zoo.' The g is pronou ...

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Five subspecies of the Blue Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus have been described Connochaetes taurinus taurinus - Blue Wildebeest (Brindled Gnu) Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus - Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus cooksoni - Cookson's Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi - Western White-bearded Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus johnstoni - Nyassa ...

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Out-of-body experiences, near-death experiences, extrasensory perception, ghosts, demonic encounters, poltergeists, as well as sightings of UFOs and reports of alien abductions are phenomena, most of which are not widely accepted as real by mainstream scientists, some of whom go as far as calling the study of them pseudoscience. Sometimes the phenomenon is acknowledged as being real, but then the way it ...

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Legend has it that the creature inhabited the area of Nerluc in Provence, and devastated the landscape far and wide. The Tarasque was a sort of dragon with six short legs like a bear's, an ox-like body covered with a turtle shell, and a scaly tail that ended in a scorpion's sting. It had a lion's head, horse's ears, and the face of a bitter old man. The Tarasque was said to have come from Galatia which was the home of the legendary Onachus, a beast which burned everything it touched. Some speculate that the story of the Onachus may be ...

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Anomalous phenomena seem to lack a clear scientific explanation, and thus are the subject of much controversy, debate, mystery, and potentially fear. However, at the same time, most of them are simply not widely accepted as real phenomena by mainstream scientists, who view them as hoaxes, lies, or conspiracies, perhaps going so far as to call their study pseudoscience. In other cases, the observation or sensing of a particular phenomenon is acknowledged as being a real, personal experience, but its interpretation - or the methods used ...

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As legendary creatures go, Popo Bawa is a fairly recent story. A popular origin story of Popo Bawa proposes that in the 1970s an angry shiek released a djinni to take vengeance on his neighbors. The shiek lost control of the djinni, who took to demonic ways. It is said because of Zanzibar's past as an Arab-run slave market, the story of Popo Bawa is an articulated memory of the horrors of slavery. Many of the legends on Zanzibar came from the colonizers and traders of the past, including Arabs, Portuguese, Hindus, Chinese, Britons, Pe ...

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In the first episode of the series, Ash Ketchum sees a large, shining bird flying above the plain. When he consults his Pokédex, it responds that it has no data on the gorgeous creature, emphasizing that there are many Pokémon that have not yet been identified. Ash later discovers it was Ho-Oh by learning from Morty, Ecruteak City's gym leader, and Eusine, a Suicune fanatic and legendary Pokémon expert. Ash woul ...

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Abatwa:

Legendary South African 'little people' from the Zulu traditions, said to be small enough to ride ants and take shelter under single blades of grass. Folklore states that these people are nomadic hunters capable of killing and consuming large animals. Alleged to be shy and reclusive creatures, the Abatwa sometimes will give advice or aid to human beings.

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Mermaids are a race of legendary creatures bearing the appearance of half-fish, half-human and are featured in Final Fantasy. They have the ability to breathe underwater. They also appear in Final Fantasy III as monsters on the field. See also: Mermaid ...

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