Tuesday, October 7, 2014

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Jaclalope: An animal with the body of a jackrabbit and the horns of a deer or antelope

Jack in Irons: A malevolent giant adorned with the heads of his victims on chains, while carrying a spiked club. He is said to wonder the lone and dark roads.  

Jaculus: A small dragon like creature.

Jasy Jatere: A small nature spirit that appears as little boy with blond hair, always carrying a magical staff. People consider him as a boogieman, but he is guardian of the yerba mate plant.       

Jenglot: Appearing as shriveled little people, they are vampiric in nature. 

Jersey Devil: Said to be the 13th child of Mother Leeds, when it was born deformed with the head of a horse, the wings of a bat, the tail of a serpent and hoofed feet. It is sighted in the Jersey Pine Barens. 

Jentil: Giants known for building megalith monuments.   

Jenny Greenteath: A river hag, known to drown young children victims in the river. 

Jian: A bird with one eye and one wing. It must find a mate to ensure its survival.

Jiangshi: A reanimated corpse from Chinese legend. They are known as the hoping vampire, but more like a zombie with their arms stretched out. These monsters are known to drain their victim’s life force.

Jimmy Squarefoot: This enity takes on the apperance of  a lare pig, standing on his hind legs. But his is harmless and misunderstood.       

Jogah: Faerie like beings from the Iroqois people.

Joro-Gumo: A seductive female youkai with spider like characteristics. In order to ensnare her victims, she must seduce men into having sex with them and then wraps them in her webs.

Jormugandr: An enormous sea serpent from Viking legend.

Jiufeng: A nine headed bird worshiped by the ancient Chinese. 

Jinn: In Islamic folklore, the jinn are said to be spirit  made from smokeless fire by Allah as humans were made of clay. Like human beings, the jinn can also be good, evil, or neutrally benevolent. Many Jinns tend to have unnatural body parts such as bat wings, goat feet, lizard tails, scaled hands or cat eyes.