Mysterious creatures 2024, April
It is believed that legends, myths and all kinds of inventions are inherent only to the common people, and scientists operate only with facts. Well, I want to present to your attention the mythical tribes, in the existence of which scientists of the past seriously believed
No one can definitely know what happens to the body, mind and soul of a person at the time of death. Even in our technologically advanced age, when supersensitive devices are capable of registering the slightest vibration in the world ether, almost at the level of molecules, the mystery of death remains the same unknown phenomenon
Werewolves occupy a special place in folklore. But if in European they are, as a rule, evil, demonic creatures devouring people, then in Slavic tales everything is much more interesting.The Slavs believed that not only a sorcerer can become a shape-shifter, but also the most ordinary one who learns a "special secret"
Origin of the creatureHalf man, half goat, god of wild groves, shepherds and flocks. Born in Arcadia by Hermes and the Dryad, Pan was a precocious child whose goat legs and horned head delighted the gods but frightened mortals. The nymphs weren't too happy with his appearance either, and as much as Pan loved them, they almost never loved him back
According to the earliest dynastic myths, the nagas belonged to the oldest lunar dynasty of Indian kings, consisting of the indigenous inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent. A long time ago, a nagini princess from this dynasty married a prince from the solar dynasty of Indian kings, giving rise to the development of all the following civilizations (their descendants are the Yadavas, to whom Krishna belonged)
The charming little mermaid from Anderson's fairy tale is known all over the world. Beautiful, sad and bronze, she sits modestly on the pier in Copenhagen, as the sculptor Edward Eriksen saw her like that. In Disney cartoons, the little mermaid appears as a young, big-eyed beauty with outstanding forms
For an adult, a fairy is a creature from the world of childhood fantasies and dreams. Anatoly Solomatin, a resident of the village of Prokhorovka, Penza Region, never thought that he would face them in life - however, it turned out that these wonderful creatures live much closer to us than we think …- Salik.bi
A few days ago, in the vicinity of Humberside Airport, England, we saw a "3-meter creature darker than night", which crossed the A18 highway - first in front of a married couple, and then another eyewitness. The next day, the witness returned to the observation site, where not far on the road he found a pair of severed reindeer legs
Lamia is one of the most cruel, bloodthirsty and ferocious creatures of ancient Greek myths. Nowadays, the image of Lamia is actively used in the fantasy world, in computer games and cinema. As a rule, today Lamia is the personification of absolute, unmistakable evil, the main purpose of which is to commit terrible acts for the sake of the process itself, and not for the sake of achieving any result
Alves (alvins) are relatives of gmurs, but they cannot stand dungeons, therefore it was difficult for them to hide from people. They did not like to fight, therefore they did not resist, but only fled from the human tribe. Alves are sages and wizards, but they only possess good magic, they cannot do evil
Sometimes people see strange things in the sky - UFOs, for example. Or they spot suspicious people on the street with strange features - yellow eyes with vertical pupils and sharp teeth, for example. One of these stories, published on January 3, 2020, in the Humanoidencounters community (social network Reddit), read below
Ancient legends about wild tribes living in the inaccessible wilds of forests and high in the mountains - is it just the fruit of the rich imagination of ancient storytellers? … But no. It turns out that eminent scientists and travelers who lived in those distant times contributed to their creation. R
Who is the boss in the house?Of course, the most famous supernatural creature living in the same house with a person is the brownie. Some believe that it appears from trees felled during the construction of a house. Others believe that the brownie is the soul of a deceased ancestor, that as a punishment it was left to guard its kind
I really like female demons in mythologies - they rarely have uninteresting stories. Childhood Love - Medusa Gorgon.How my disappointment with the artists grew with each new portrait of her! Every picture is an alcoholic with a twisted face
The American Museum of Natural History in New York has opened an exhibition "Fictional Creatures", which tells about dragons, unicorns, mermaids and other animals inhabiting fairy tales and myths
It is capable of killing people from a distance, spraying deadly poison or emitting electrical discharges. Before an attack on a person, the creature appears from the ground and begins to swell
In the British county of Devonshire, pictures of an unknown beast have been taken In the British county of Devonshire, the legend has lived for centuries about a certain outlandish monster with burning eyes and a blood-chilling howl living on the "Dog's Top" on the Dartmoor plateau
1939, San Diego. A military plane with twelve passengers took off from the local airport. Half an hour later, he sent an SOS signal. An hour passed and the plane returned to the airport. All twelve passengers were dead. The pilot was still alive, but died after a few minutes
The monsters of Lake Tianchi, as they have already been nicknamed by analogy with the "Loch Ness Monster", were filmed by a Chinese journalist. The journalist claims that the creatures look like seals and swim incredibly fast
In Veliky Novgorod, a local resident Aleksey Mokrov filmed a certain waterfowl with his camera
The Shoshone and Crow Indians have laid down many legends about the insidious dwarfs Nimerigars, who in ancient times fought with their ancestors with poisoned arrows. According to myths, with the appearance of Europeans, they took refuge in the mountains, where they survive in small groups
In my articles, I often talk about various ancient civilizations and amazing structures that can cause many questions for archaeologists and historians. Now it is quite difficult to understand what could have happened on the Earth thousands of years ago, and all that remains is to build versions and hypotheses
Where the Mayan king travels is still the subject of controversy among scholars who are exploring the crypt in the Temple of the Inscriptions in Palenque
Tall people are often called giants. There are cases when people grew up to about 2.5 m and more. Professional basketball teams are always happy to meet such giants
An American hunter told the BBC how he shot and killed a 360-kilogram alligator that attempted to kill the cattle of his farm
Scientists believed that megalodons - giant sharks, once living in the world's oceans, became extinct millions of years ago. However, the other day fishermen in Pakistan caught such a monster - shark fifteen tons
Megalodon - Prehistoric Monster Alive The largest carnivorous marine animal that ever existed was in prehistoric times the monster Megalodon - direct relative of the current great white shark
In 1954, the Australian ship "Rachelle Cohen" embarked on a major overhaul in one of the docks in Adelaide. The repair started with "General Cleaning". They began to clean the bottom of the ship from shells, and found 17 huge teeth stuck in the skin
The mummified skeleton of an unknown creature found in the Tovuz region can turn the village into a center for tourism - hundreds of curious residents of the surrounding villages flock here every day
The Elusor macrurus turtle (Mary River turtle) lives in the Mary River in Australia and is listed as an endangered species by the Zoological Society of London
Not all townspeople liked the sensational revelations In the swamps near the Vetluga River in 1930, strange animals lived, similar to huge turtles
On March 16, 2018, many world media reported on a mysterious find that was discovered on the shores of Wolf Island in Georgia. The remains of a strange creature with a tail like a shark, but with a long neck and a small mouth were washed ashore
The life and worldview of a modern person is fundamentally different from the world in which a medieval person lived
As the story of mystical reincarnations goes, incubus and succubus - these are demonic entities that feed on human sexual energy. Incubi - male creatures, succubus - female
During the time of the Holy Inquisition, many women were executed for having sex with creatures called incubus. It was believed that they - fallen angels capable of seducing sleeping women
In the manuscript Demonic Powers, Incubuses and Succubus, written by Ludvicus Maria Sani-strati de Ameno in the 17th century, the following story is described: “When I was a professor of Sacred Theology at the Convent
The goddess of darkness is Hecate. Even in ancient Greece, she was considered the patroness of darkness, nightmares, revenge, debauchery and witchcraft. The goddess has a frightening appearance, snakes fluttering on her head instead of hair
The popular Russian researcher of anomalous phenomena Gennady Belimov in 1994 received a number of letters from a certain Tatyana Anatolyevna Vanicheva, in which she described incredible things - according to her, strange creatures came to her at night and raped
Very often, conversations about such otherworldly entities as incubi and succubi cause a grin, because of the associations with sexual adventures. However, not everything is so simple
In past centuries, people regularly came across creatures that had hooves on their feet. And as a rule, these creatures were attributed to devils or demons. But who are they really? Are they aliens from another world? Aliens? If a wild hairy yeti can somehow be inscribed into the nature of our planet, but how can a bipedal creature with hooves be inscribed there?