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Rahab
Rahab , in the Bible. 1 Prostitute of Jericho whose protection of Joshua's two spies saved her and her family from destruction. She may be the same woman mentioned in the Gospel genealogy as Rachab. 2 Dragonlike monster that figures in the mythic primordial battle between God and the sea... Read more |
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Dragons
Dragons In myths and legends of the world, dragons are often fire-breathing, reptilelike creatures with wings, huge claws, and a long tail. They are usually portrayed as frightening and destructive monsters. Gods and heroes must slay them in symbolic battles of good over... Read more |
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Loch Ness monster
Loch Ness Monster A persistently reported monster or colony of monsters in the vast area of Loch Ness in northern Scotland. The loch is some 24 miles long and about a mile wide, with a depth from 433 to 754 feet. A monster was reported here in ancient Gaelic legends as well as in a biography of... Read more |
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Athach
athach [ScG, giant, champion; monster; cf. OIr. aithech, boor, serf]. A monster or giant of Scottish Gaelic folklore, thought to haunt gorges and lonely lochans or lakes. Comparable to the bòcan, d'reach, fachan, or luideag.... Read more |
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leviathan
leviathan , in the Bible, aquatic monster, presumably the crocodile, the whale, or a dragon. It was a symbol of evil to be ultimately defeated by the power of good.... Read more |
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Monsters
Monsters On the borderland between superstition, occultism, and science are the many monsters, human or animal, reported from many parts of the world throughout human history. The word "monster," from the Latin monstrum, implies a warning or portent. The term is used derogatorily in reference to... Read more |
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hopeful monster
hopeful monster An individual which carries a macromutation that is of no benefit to that individual (i.e. the individual is a monster) but that may prove beneficial to one of its descendants if it undergoes further, but relatively minor, evolutionary change (i.e. the monster is hopeful). For... Read more |
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behemoth
behemoth [Heb.,=plural of beast ], large, fanciful primeval monster, like Leviathan, evoking the hippopotamus mentioned in the Book of Job. In the Book of Psalms the term occurs in a non-mythological context.... Read more |
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Argus
Argus or Argos , in Greek mythology. 1 Many-eyed monster, also called Panoptes. He guarded Io after she had been changed into a heifer. After Hermes slew the monster, Hera took his eyes and placed them in the tail of her bird, the peacock. 2 Builder of the Argo . He built the ship on which... Read more |
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kraken
kraken, a mythical sea monster of enormous size said to inhabit the waters off the coasts of Norway and Sweden. According to one legend the kraken lies sleeping on the seabed battening on huge sea worms in its sleep; when the waters at the bottom of the sea grow warm from the fires of hell, the... Read more |
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