Legends From Around The World
All Cultures have great (and often fearful) Tales and Epics. Read on some of the best found…
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-grim-reaper
11th Dec 2022 - An iconic figure, depicted in some form in just about every Culture, The Grim Reaper is the personification of Death. Depicted as a skeletal be …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/abiku
11th Dec 2022 - From Africa, The Abiku are the spirits of young children who died before attaining adulthood. Their spirits are known to try and possess other living …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/mogwai
11th Dec 2022 - In deference to the lovable creature made famous by the American film Gremlins , Mogwai are Chinese spirits. They are humanoid creatures who wear clot …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/bloody-bones
11th Dec 2022 - From Ireland, Bloody Bones is a spectral spirit depicted as a human skeleton covered in blood or bloody tissue. Also called Rawhead , he will reward g …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/wayob
11th Dec 2022 - An Ancient Mayan (Mesoamerican) word and phrase – ‘’Wayob’’ was used for several meanings. Th first, dealt with ‘& …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/squidicum-squee
11th Dec 2022 - From The American Pacific Northwest fancies of Lumberjacks and deep Woodsmen (as well as Southern Canada), comes The ‘’Squidum-Squee&rsquo …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/the-black-goat-men-of-wittinau
11th Dec 2022 - Western Slavic in origin, The Legend of The Black Goat Men was common to many Towns and Villages. Since Pagan Times, these Beings were associated with …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/amphiptere
10th Dec 2022 - These Medieval Bestiary creature was described in the 14th Century as moderate sized serpentine beasts which had the head of a Dragon, They had no win …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/chiang-shih
10th Dec 2022 - From Ancient China, is The Ch'iang Shih. These creatures are similar with regards to zombies and re-animated corpses. If a persons dies or is killed ( …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/griffin
10th Dec 2022 - Possibly pre-dating Ancient Greece, The Griffin was a legendary monster that was a composite creature. Composed of the body, tail and back legs of a L …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/squonk
10th Dec 2022 - From 19th Century America, come The Squonk. These are small creatures with very loose, ill-fitting skin. They are covered in warts and they do not lik …
https://www.stronghold-nation.com/history/myth/splittercat
10th Dec 2022 - From the Upper North American Logging communities, come the story of Splintercat. Going back to late 18th Century Northwest America, it was said by th …