Legends From Around The World

All Cultures have great (and often fearful) Tales and Epics. Read on some of the best found…

Sharabha

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/sharabha 1st Jan 2023 - Of Hindu Mythological origins – The Sharabha was an ''extreme'' Hybrid. The Beast consisted of no less than (8) Legs, with the body of a Lion an …

Kuman Thong

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/kuman-thong 1st Jan 2023 - From Thailand – comes the very strange Legend of The Kuman Thong. It was said, Centuries ago, that Necromancers would pay great prices to acquir …

Krahang

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/krahang 1st Jan 2023 - Thai Culture has many Legends dealing with The ''Krahang''. This is a Demon Spirit what masquerades as a Human Male during the daylight hours. At nigh …

Gundro Bonga

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/gundro-bonga 1st Jan 2023 - As if the previously Bengali Spirits and Demons were NOT enough – The Gudro Bonga Mythology may well have been ''transplanted'' by European Expl …

Besho

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/besho 1st Jan 2023 - The Besho are harmful Spirits in Bengali Culture, that inhabit Bamboo Gardens or Shoots. The Besho will (as a Shoot), lay on the ground and wait for t …

Penchapechi

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/penchapechi 1st Jan 2023 - The Penchapechi are Bengal (India) Evil Spirits, said to reside in deep woods and forests. These Entities were never Human and their origins are unkno …

Pholus

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/pholus 1st Jan 2023 - The ''Pholus'' as an Ancient Greek mythological Being, related to The Centaur (or Half-Human, Half Horse). Pholus was a Being of ''great wisdom'' who …

''Styx''

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/styx 31st Dec 2022 - The Grecian mythical River ''Styx'' was the ''physical barrier'' between The World of The Living and The Dead. Traversed only via a ''fare'' to an imm …

Lua O Milu

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/lua-o-milu 31st Dec 2022 - In Hawaiian Mythos, ''Lua-O-Milu'' is The ''Realm of The Dead''. This ''Afterlife'' can only be crossed into – by deceased Souls, by the use of …

''Mjolnir'', The War Hammer of Thor

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/mjolnir-the-war-hammer-of-thor 31st Dec 2022 - The mythological Norse God of Thunder's War Hammer. So powerful was Mjolnir, it was aid to be able to level mountains with a single blow. Thor (God of …

Burning Cheeks

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/burning-cheeks 31st Dec 2022 -  This ''Custom'' appears all over many Medieval Texts, found in many Countries. It was thought in the 13th Century onward, that if a Woman had &l …

Black Cats

https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/black-cats 31st Dec 2022 -  You did NOT want to be a ''Black Cat'' in The Middle Ages. Your “life expectancy” was VERY low. Many in the Early to Late Middle Age …