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A monstrous cat. Hidden just around the corner, off the main streets and in the dark of rarely trodden passages. She lurks, waiting for her prey to wander unwittingly into her clutches.

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It is said that, confronted by this massive creature presenting the citizens' taxes, the terrified collectors thereafter dropped the high tax rates.

He can be understood as a symbol of the fight against Angola's colonial management under the Portuguese.

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Bouncing spiny critters. Resilient things, their thick quills, fur, and skin protect them from the majority of harm in their reckless rebounding.

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A determined, although lingering, soul. There's no telling whether a particular paring pugot's head is even still recoverable. Should you find yourself approached and asked for help, would you choose to try and aid such a wandering spirit?

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Distorted equine souls caught entwined with branches. As part of its surprise, it not only screams out, but may also suddenly drop from its hidden spot to suddenly dangle in front of its victims.

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Untameable power. Their horns were believed to detect and act as an antidote for any poison, as well as cure disease.

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A dragon fascinated to see the court of law in action. His fierce form watches over prisons, a reminder to those within.

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Sudden impossible hunger. After stepping upon the fairy's grass, no matter how much one might eat, all that is left for them is starvation.

Fear Gorta, in turn, may form from this phenomenon, or may form this phenomenon themselves.

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A strange monster. Supposedly, when it disappeared into the mine, it went in alongside another of its kind.

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A blindfolded hag shrouded in night and fog. She steals away the breath of those she happens upon with her rope, practically the embodiment of traveling a watery landscape under low visibility.

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Just a little monster, there are various theories around its nature, including: tsukumogami, frog, and just looking neat on scrolls alongside kanazuchibō.

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Despite the literal translation of its name being "chicken ghost", the Ma Gà is not the spirit of a chicken. Instead, they are named after their favorite food. Should they not be fed properly, the ghost will either enter a family member's body to demand food, or even cause general declines in the health of the family.

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The Devourer of the Dead. She who sits idly near the scales, waiting until truth finds a heavy heart for her maw.

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One notable tale involving Lange Wapper recounts how he disguised himself as a woman who had four suitors. Through the tale, he would trick each suitor into a chain of his pranks. These pranks would end up unintentionally ending the lives of all but the fourth suitor. Then, when the fourth told the real woman the story, she took her own life in her grief. Lange Wapper was rather delighted to hear the results of the whole commotion.

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Perhaps more mundane than a majority of entries I cover, the Hook is an urban legend that has had a notable presence and impact in pop culture compared to his similar, Lovers' Lane terrorizing, peers.

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A small frog who acted upon a large and greedy desire. Tiddalik's guzzling of all water was an issue to everyone, and thus everyone had to come together to deal with the result of his unchecked drink.

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This strange being's origins are unclear, ranging from being a degraded god to one of a variety of ghosts. Said ghosts include that of a woodcutter who lopped off his own leg, a blacksmith, and even the sealed spirit of a wild boar.

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