Certain South American rain forest natives believe in the "mosquito-man", a mythical creature of their folklore that pre-dates modern chupacabras sightings. The mosquito-man sucks the blood from animals through his long nose, like a big mosquito. Some say mosquito-man and chupacabras are one and the same. Notable sightings in the United States include one reported by multiple eye-witnesses in Calaveras County, California, and at a recent birthday celebration of a Development Team member of a local charity in Houston, Texas. According ...

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The Chimera is a monster, depicted as an animal with the head of a lion, the body of a she-goat, and the tail of a dragon, sometimes with multiple heads. The Chimera originates from Greek mythology. In Final Fantasy V, there was a basic Chimera called Kimaira sprite which got dummied, leaving two other monsters as the only "official" Chimeras left. They are Kimabrain and Quadraharpy. In Final Fantasy X-2, the only monster containing the word Chimera appearing is Proto C ...

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A Chocobo (pronounced choh-koh-bo) is a large fictional chicken-like ratite which was first featured in Final Fantasy II, and then in all subsequent installments, plus their own merchandise. Chocobos have also starred in several spin-offs, including Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon and Chocobo Racing (both for the PlayStation) and in Legend of Mana by Shiro Amano. Final Fantasy III introduced the Fat Chocobo, a Chocobo whose main role is to keep items; the ChocoboSee also:

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One of the deadliest enemies in the original Final Fantasy (called WarMech in the 1990 translation) this walking Robotech-like figure was the first optional boss in the Final Fantasy series. No backstory is given to this character; but because it makes its appearance in a futuristic floating castle, it is perhaps a mechanical guardian of an ancient civilization. Death Machine has appeared in the following games: Final Fantasy as Death Machine/Warmech Final Fantasy VII as Death Machine Final Fantasy Lege ...

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The Demon's Gate appears as a demonic being meshed within a wall. Demon's Gate has appeared in the following games: Final Fantasy IV as EvilWall Final Fantasy VII as Demon's Gate ...

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The Cockatrice is a legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with some lizard-like characteristics. It was supposed to be born from an egg laid by a Cock and incubated by a toad or serpent. A female Cockatrice is, by analogy, sometimes termed a Chickatrice. Its reputed magical abilities include turning people to stone by either looking at them, touching them, or sometimes breathing on them, like a dragon breathing fire. The Cockatrice is very ...

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Usually, Chupacabras are said to appear in three specific forms: The first and most common: a lizard-like being, appearing to have leathery or scaly greenish-gray skin and sharp spines or quills running down its back. It stands approximately 3-4 feet high, and stands and hops in a similar fashion as a kangaroo (in at least one sighting, the creature hopped 20 feet). This variety is said to have a dog or panther-like nose and face, a forked tongue protruding from it, large fangs, and is said to hiss and screech when alarmed, as w ...

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The Biblos is a large stereotypical looking monster with two protruding horns. It first appears in a library in Final Fantasy V, thus it is likely that the name originates from Byblos, the Greek name of the Phoenician city Gebal. It is even called Byblos in Final Fantasy Tactics, but still Biblos in the Japanese version. Biblos has appeared in the following games: Final Fantasy V as Biblos Final Fantasy Tactics as Byblos See also:

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The dragon of the modern period is typically depicted as a huge fire-breathing , scaly and horned dinosaur-like creature, with leathery wings, with four legs and a long muscular tail. It is sometimes shown with feathered wings, crests, fiery manes, and various exotic colorations. Iconically it has at last combined the Chinese dragon with the western one. Asian dragons are long serpent like creatures which possess the scales of a carp, horns of a deer, feet of an eagle, the body of a snake, a feathery mane, large eyes, and can be holding a pe ...

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It it is theorized that western dragons have descended from Roman dragons. Roman dragons evolved from serpentine Greek ones, combined with the dragons of Persia, in the mix that characterized the hybrid Greek/Eastern Hellenistic culture. From Babylon, the "Dragon of Marduk" in molded glazed terracotta bricks that was part of the 6th century Gate of Ishtar has come to rest at The Detroit Institute of Arts. [1]. The later Babylonian dragon worshiped by the court of the Persian Cyrus the Great, in the Hebrew narrative in Bel and the DragonSee also:

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Dragons of Slavic mythology hold mixed temperaments towards humans. For example, dragons in Bulgarian mythology are either male or female, each gender having a different view of mankind. The female dragon and male dragon, often seen as brother and sister, represent different forces of agriculture. The female dragon represents harsh weather and is the destroyer of crops, the hater of mankind, and is locked in a never ending battle with her brother. The male dragon protects the humans' crops from destruction and is generally loving to humanity ...

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The Beastmen are fictional humanoid races from the massively multiplayer online role-playing game Final Fantasy XI. The beastmen are a group of semi-intelligent beings that seek to rid the world of Vana'diel of the five humanoid and playable races; the Humes, the Galkas, the Elvaan, the Tarutaru, and the Mithra. They are constantly launching attacks on the Human cities, trying to des ...

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Replacement people, also known as substituted people, shapeshifters, and/or changelings, appear in a number of modern works of fiction - books, films, television, games, and elsewhere. Literature: Refer to Brothers Grimm numerous fairy tales. Uther Pendragon took on the appearance of Gorlois Duke of Cornwall in the Arthur stories. Movies and television: Roger Zelazny, Changeling (1980). Movie depicting the adventures of both changelings, maladapted in their respecti ...

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In parts of Ireland, left handed people were sometimes thought to be changeling fae. ...

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The griffin is often seen as a charge in heraldry. A heraldic griffin (or gryphon) has the hind parts (including legs and tail) of a lion, the upper parts (including feathered neck, wings, claws, and head with beak) of an eagle and also ears. It is the ears which distinguish the griffin's head from an eagle's head in heraldry, which is important because, as well as the full griffin, the griffin's head is also often found in heraldry and would oth ...

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The Behemoth is named after a Biblical creature from the Book of Job. In many of the Final Fantasy games, the Behemoth is a large, purple beast that uses its horns and lightning magic to kill its opponents. When attacking, it normally dashes on all fours, but when returning to an idle state it will usually stand upright. A Behemoth is estimated to be ten to twelve feet tall when standing. The Behemoth is typically a high-level monster that appears in the final areas of games. In battle it rarely attacks of it ...

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In Wales the changeling child (plentyn newid) initially resembles the human it substitutes, but gradually grows uglier in appearance and behaviour: ill-featured, malformed, ill-tempered, given to screaming and biting. It may be of less than usual intelligence, but again is identified by its more than childlike wisdom and cunning. The common means employed to identify a changeling is to a cook a family meal in an eggshell. The child will exclaim, "I have seen the acorn before the oak, but I never saw the likes of this," and vani ...

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The Coeurl is a fictional immortal alien predator which sustains itself by feeding upon the Id of other beings. Its resemblance is comparable to a panther or a leopard. Its best known attack is Blaster that either petrifies or deals instant death. Coeurl has appeared in the following games: Final Fantasy II, Final Fantasy X/X-2, Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles as Coeurl Final Fantasy IV as See also:

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