Tweet Wiki Commons Black Shuck Sometimes called “Doom Dog,” the Black Shuck has roamed through England since before the arrival of the Vikings. He’s reportedly the inspiration for the novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles. Reports describe him as a large, black ghostly dog, quite hairy, and ranging in size from a dog to a [...]
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Tweet Wikimedia Commons Pangu and the Cosmic Egg In Chinese mythology, Pangu – or Pan Ku – was the first living being and creator of all. The formless chaos of the universe first came together as a cosmic egg. This took 18,000 years. Within it, Yin and Yang became perfectly balanced and Pangu emerged, a [...]
Tweet Wikimedia Commons Mares of Diomedes Beautiful, deadly, and out of control, the four man-eating mares belonged to Diomedes, the king of Thrace. They even had names: Podagros (the fast), Lampon (the shining), Xanthos (the blond), and Deinos (the terrible). For his eighth labor, Hercules set out to steal the mares. In one version, Hercules [...]
Tweet Centaurus Origin: Greece Centaurus is the father of the mythological Centaurs, the beasts with the body of a horse and torso of a man. They drank all the time and couldn’t hold their liquor. They’re known to be wild and aggressive. There are several myths regarding Centaurus, but one centers around Ixion, a [...]
