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SF Dragon: Few creatures of folklore and mythology conjure up the mental images of the dragon. Also known as wurm, wyrm and firedrake, these mercurial creatures pervade almost every pantheon of classical mythology and have become an integral inclusion of an entire genre of fantasy literature. Physical characteristics of dragons also vary but several consistencies are usually present. The beasts are typically depicted as huge lizards, larger than elephants on average. Long fangs are generally accepted as are twin horns of varying length. SF Basilisk: The mythical king of the serpents. The basilisk, or cockatrice, is a creature that is born from a spherical, yolkless egg, laid during the days of Sirius (the Dog Star) by a seven-year-old rooster and hatched by a toad. SF Manticore: A monstrous creature which inhabits the forests in Asia, especially in Indonesia, Malaysia and India. The manticore, considered to be the most dangerous predator in these regions, has the body of a lion and a head with human resemblance. The mouth is filled with three rows of razor-sharp teeth and the scaled tail ends in a ball with poisonous darts. The monster stalks through the forest in search of humans. SF Scorpion: Any of the 1,200 to 1,300 species of arachnids characterized by an elongated body and a segmented tail that is tipped with a venomous stinger. SB Shaitan:aAlso spelled SHEITAN, Arabic SHAYTAN, in Islamic myth, an unbelieving class of jinn ("spirits"); it is also the name of Iblis, the devil, when he is performing demonic acts. SB Nephilim: The nephilim are the mythical Old Testament descendants of angels and humans. They are the reason Jehova wiped out everybody but Noah and his family and are the "men of legend and reknown". Goliath was the last of their kindI couldn't find this one. Thanks to Trak-e23 SB Seraphim: Divine creatures from the Old Testament, associated with the Cherubim, and later taken to be angels. The root of Seraphim comes either from the Hebrew verb saraph ('to burn') or the Hebrew noun saraph (a fiery, flying serpent). Because the term appears several times with reference to the serpents encountered in the wilderness (Num. 21.8, Deut. 8.15; Isa. 14.29; 30.6), it has often been understood to refer to "fiery serpents. ST Azrael: The Muslim theology, Azrael is the angel of death. He will be the last to die, but will do so at the second trump of the archangel. SFr Mephisto:Familiar spirit of the Devil in late settings of the legend of Faust. It is probable that the name Mephistopheles was invented for the historical Faust by the anonymous author of the first Faustbuch (1587). A latecomer in the infernal hierarchy, Mephistopheles never became an integral part of the tradition of magic and demonology that predated him by thousands of years. SFr Asmodeus: In Jewish legend, the king of demons. According to the apocryphal book of Tobit, Asmodeus, smitten with love for Sarah, the daughter of Raguel, killed her seven successive husbands on their wedding nights. Following instructions given to him by the angel Raphael, Tobias overcame Asmodeus and married Sarah. SC Lilith: A female demon of the night who supposedly flies around searching for newborn children either to kidnap or strangle them. Also, she sleeps with men to seduce them into propagating demon sons. Legends told about Lilith are ancient. SC Cain: The eldest son of Adam. According to Genesis (4), God rejected his grain offering while accepting the animal offering of his brother Abel. Cain murdered his brother and was compelled to wander the earth as a fugitive and vagabond. SD Demon: An evil spirit. SD Lucifer: In medieval Christian theology the name of the chief of angels who rebelled against God and was cast down into Hell. He is identified with Satan. SSG Trident: The weapon Poseidon uses, who is the Greek god of the sea and water. |