Mythical Creature/ Haiwan Mitos...

pejalanlangit

crite pasal dragon....Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real
ASTRO, Discovery Channel (50)
Time: 9.00pm
Date: 12 Feb 2006 (this Sunday)....
check it out frens....

~the name's sky~

sephia_liza

kan semua ni haiwan mitos ajer kan... x de le sampai mengarut lak... semua ni imiginasi pelukis tentang haiwan mitos..  terpulang pada kita nak percaya atau tidak...:hatdown:

matmin77

Originally posted by pejalanlangit at 8-2-2006 07:28 AM
crite pasal dragon....Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real
ASTRO, Discovery Channel (50)
Time: 9.00pm
Date: 12 Feb 2006 (this Sunday)....
check it out frens....

~the name's sky~

Go here..

http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/dragons/

hooligan

Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real semalam...betul ker diek org jumpe bangkai nage tuh!!!!

pejalanlangit

hmm...for me, anything's possible..anyway, it's juz a myth...

sephia_liza

:dia:http://www.abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=1648662

junkredish

kebanyakkannya mungkin rekaan semata2.

tp aku rasa mcm naga dgn phoenix tu betul2 ada, cuma yg magik2 tu tambah jek.

pernah terpikir tak knapa dekat eropah ada naga&phoenix, china ada naga&phonenix, kat sini pon ada naga&phoenix ?padahal semua tempat yg jauh2. dulu2 bkn mcm skang. berbulan klu naik kapal. bertahun kl jalan kaki.

sephia_liza

The Scylla was a six-headed sea monster, and each of its heads had three rows of teeth. Its lower limbs were snakes and barking dogs. it was immortal and invincible and lived in a cave. Odysseus had to twice face it, and lost six of his men.

Kappa (a legendary froglike creature)
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The Ushiku Pond is suited for swimming and many children go there to play. According to the legend, a mischievous kappa (legendary frog-like creature) pulled the children into the water and drowned many of them. Infuriated by the incident, the townspeople decided to take revenge. They caught the creature sleeping by the pond and tied him to a nearby pine tree. He begged for mercy and the townspeople let him go. After this incident, he never again pulled a child into the pond.

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Ecology:
A creature of Ethiopia, the catoblepas is found in marshes and swamps, where they forage for water plants and roots. Solitary creatures, they tend to be active in the morning and evenings.

It is also known by the names Catoplepe, or Gorgon.

Personality/Motivation:
Normal animal motivations. The catoblepas doesn't seek out confrontations and certainly doesn't desire anything other than to be left to itself.

Powers/Tactics:
If attacked, the catoblepas has a very potent weapon with which to defend itself; it is capable of striking dead anything which meets its gaze. If attacked or surprised, the catoblepas will raise its head and try and locate the closest target. Once it has done so, it will then look at the target, trying to get the victim to meet the catoblepas's gaze. Once the first victim has fallen, the catoblepas will then repeat this process, until all its attackers have died or fled. If severely pressed or wounded, the catoblepas will retreat into it swamp home, trying to place deep bodies of water between itself and any foes.

Appearance:
The catoblepas is described as a sluggish beast of moderate size, with a long neck and a heavy head. Its head is so heavy, and its neck is so weak that the catoblepas has difficulty in lifting its head, and normally keeps it near the ground. Some have described the creature as having a thick coat of scales.

Designer's Notes:
The name "catoblepas" comes from the Greek and means "that which looks downwards." It is believed the catoblepas is derived from the gnu.

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Ecology:
A native of Ethiopia, the parandus is a herbivore. It is a timid creature and will quickly flee from humans. It is also known as the Parande or the Tarandrus.

Personality/Motivation:
Normal animal motivations. Some say that the parandus is far more aggressive than is thought and it will use it protective coloration to lay in wait for intruders, attacking as they pass.

Powers/Tactics:
The parandus prefers to flee from an enemy, as opposed to fighting. If possible, it will assume the coloration of its background and vanish from sight, not moving until the perceived threat is gone. If pressed it will use its antlers to defend itself.

Appearance:
The parandus is a large, shaggy-coated animal said to resemble either a cow or the ibex. It has the head of a stag, and profusely branching horns. It is normally dark colored, being either black or brown, but it can change its color at will in order to assume the same shades at its background.

Designer's Notes:
The parandus is one of the innumerable creatures said to live in Ethiopia. It is unknown what (if any) creature gave rise to belief in the beast. The tarandrus is said to be a native of Scythia.

sephia_liza

Ecology:
Fastitocalon is an immense whale, known for resting at the surface of the ocean, drifting with the waves and currents. While sleeping, the fastitocalon's back will lie exposed to the air, and slowly become covered with sand and plant growth, until it resembles an island. When it wants to feed, all the fastitocalon has to do is open its mouth, as its sweet breath will attract all manner of fish which can then be easily eaten by the island-whale's gaping maw.

Due to its appearance as an island, the fastitocalon is often mistaken for such by passing sailors. This can prove to be a costly mistake, for if the sailors anchor for the night and build a cookfire on the whale's back, the heat of the fire will disturb the whale and cause it to dive to the bottom of the sea, drowning all who are on its back.

Fastitocalon is also known by the following names: Aspidochelone, Cetus, Island-Whale, Jasconis, Leviathan, and Zaratan.

Personality/Motivation:
Typical animal motivations. The fastitocalon doesn't care for extreme heat and open flame, and will dive under the surface to escape its presence.

Powers/Tactics:
If angered, the fastitocalon can attack with its large jaws, or by smashing with its flukes. The whale's jaws are large enough to destroy a small boat, while its flukes can smash entire ships to splinters.

Appearance:
Fastitocalon is an immense whale, its back is described as being gray and rough, like a gravely beach, and is often covered with sand, driftwood and scattered vegetation, such as trees and shrubs. Aspidochelone is a similar creature, except it has the appearance of a great turtle instead of a whale.

Designer's Notes:
Stories of the whale mistaken from an island can be found in many myths and legends, including the Irish tale of St. Brendan and the Arabian Nights. The whale itself, with its ability to attract unsuspecting fish with its sweet breath, was considered symbolic of the devil, who ensnares unwary men with false promises.

The exact size of the island-whale is open to speculation. Paintings and engravings from the period show an animal that was either as big, or far bigger than any ship, giving it a length of 100 to 200 feet. This write-up is for a whale that measures a roughly 900 to 1,000 feet in length, certainly large enough for anyone to mistake it for an island. Game Masters may wish to scale the size of fastitocalon up or down as needed, depending on campaign scale and the needs of the plot.

The life style of the fastitocalon leaves open the possibility some powers not noted on the character sheet. For example, if it can sleep at the surface of the ocean long enough for plants to grow on its back, it must have a very long life-span and could purchase Immunity to Aging. Also, the ability to Summon fish is limited to 0-point animals, GM who want the island-whale to Summon sharks, swordfish, and other creatures of the deep will need to adjust the power accordingly.

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Ecology:
A native of Persia, the calandius is highly sought after, as it is known to be able to recognize illnesses in men. If presented with a sick man, the calandius will stare at the stricken victim. If the man cannot be cured, then the bird will turn its back on him, but if aid is possible, the bird will take the man's illness into itself, then fly up towards the sun and vomit it back out.

It is thought the bird determines whether a man can be saved by the presence of certain fumes coming from a sick body. If the illness is deep inside the body, then it can do nothing, but if it can scent the illness in the air, it will inhale the sickness into itself.

It is also known as the Caladre, Caladrion, or Charadrius.

Personality/Motivation:
Typical animal motivations. It is unknown what benefit the calandius gains from healing the sick.

Powers/Tactics:
Although not known to be a violent bird, the calandius does have a sharp beak with which to defend itself. It is said the meat of the bird's inner thigh can be used to cure blindness. Others say the bird's dung can be used for this.

Appearance:
The calandius is a pure white bird without a spot of black anywhere on its body. It is approximately the size of an eagle, and has a long swanlike neck with a bright yellow beak and legs.

Designer's Notes:
The calandius, with its ability to heal and its pure white body, was a medieval symbol of Christ. It was closely associated with royalty, and thus with jaundice, which was a disease common to those used to rich living.

No mention is made of what would happen to a calandius if it wasn't allowed to vomit out the illness after absorbing it. Nothing was said if the bird would return either. Game Masters should decide for themselves the outcome of denying a calandius its flight up to the sun. It is recommended the bird suffer the same disease effects the original victim was suffering. Since the bird has far less BODY then the typical human, it is highly likely the bird will soon die. Game Masters should also decide if the calandius will return after healing someone or will fly off. In either case, these birds should be extremely rare and highly sought after.

sephia_liza

Ecology:
Found in Asia, the bonnacon is a fairly peaceful herbivore. It seems to be a solitary animal, and tends to flee if confronted. It is also known as the Bonachus, or Bonasus.

Personality/Motivation:
Typical animal motivations. The bonnacon is a fairly timid animal, and avoids humans.

Powers/Tactics:
Although its horns are of some use in a confrontation, the bonnacon prefers to flee any possible enemy. It pursued, it will excrete a acrid and volatile discharge from its hindquarters that can cover three acres and is capable of burning the hair off of a hunting dog and setting trees and shrubs alight.

Appearence:
The bonnacon is described as a large ox-like creature covered in long thick hair. It has the head of a bull, and horns that curl in on themselves leaving no projecting points.

Designer's Notes:
A very bizarre creature, the origins of the bonnacon seem to be in somewhat confused descriptions of the bison or Cape Buffalo. It should be noted, however, that there are animals that will empty their bowels if put to flight by an attacker. Apparently, the bonnacon's ability was to compensate for it relatively useless horns.

Game Masters should be aware that accounts of the bonnacon's destructive power varies. Most agree that it was capable of setting trees alight, while a few state that any hunter caught in the area of effect was consumed by the flames. Thus, Game Masters may want to adjust how much damage the bonnacon does with its discharge, or even make in a Killing Attack. One can also consider linking a Flash Attack -- that affects both the Sight and Smell groups -- to the discharge, to further increase its potency.

sephia_liza

Ecology:
A creature capable of living both on land and in the water, the Norway Sea Serpent usually lairs in the caves lining the rocky sea coast of Norway. On clear summer nights the Serpent will crawl ashore and devour cattle, pigs, and sheep. Otherwise, it will go to sea and feed on fish, giant squid and, if possible, sailors from passing ships. The creatures are also known by the names of Leviathan, Sea Monster, Sea Snake, and Water Horse.

Personality/Motivation:
Normal animal motivations.

Powers/Tactics:
The Sea Serpent attacks by biting. When assaulting a ship, its usual tactic is to rise up out of the water and snatch a victim from the rigging or off of the deck. If attacked, the Sea Serpent will smash the ship assaulting it and then nose around in the wreckage for survivors. If founded, the Serpent will dive under the water and swim away quickly.

Rumor states the appearance of the Norway Sea Serpent foretells a great change in the local kingdom.

Appearance:
The Norway Sea Serpent is described as being 200 feet in length, and 20 feet wide. It is black in coloration, and has a thick mane of hair hanging off of its neck, while its eyes shine like flame. Similar sea serpents found elsewhere are said to be dark in color, with horse-like heads and thick manes.

Designer's Notes:
The Norway Sea Serpent was described by Olas Mangus in his 1555 history of Scandinavia and is the perfect example of a "typical" sea serpent. There are many other forms of sea serpent, reports of which were quite common in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Most modern researchers believe most sea serpent reports can be attributed to surface sightings of giant squid, debris, whales, and thick mats of sea weed. A few scientists have advanced the theory that still-surviving specimens of serpentine primitive whales (known as zeuglodonts) are the answer.

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sephia_liza

The Tranquil River Dragon is your guardian.
Powerful, wise and creative, understanding the
balance of life and death like no other.

Gryphon
Earth and Air

This shadow is irrational and unreasonable. They are plagued by a sense of uncertainty and are especially concerned about theft and loss of property. They can become quite paranoid about the motives of other people and despite being sociable in nature they have issues relating to trust. They are prone to bizarre delusions centering on lack of personal security. They are in different ways both self-neglecting and self-indulgent, ignoring genuine physical needs while simultaneously exhibiting hypochondria. Their frenetic lifestyle often reflects a neurotic need to escape a sense of insubstantiality. The biggest obstacle of weak Air is to overcome prejudice and ignorance; the biggest obstacle of weak Earth is to overcome self-centeredness and greed.

Chimera
Water with Fire

Astrologically associated with Cancer and the Fourth House

Chimera types are motivated to achieve and maintain emotional closeness between themselves and those they are close to. They are among the most outgoing of all the types. They have a strong sense of community, harmony, and cooperation. They are devoted to their family, whether this is an actual family or a specially chosen group of like-minded individuals. They thrive in company and are rarely alone. They find personal fulfillment in supportive, nurturing, and caring roles, but they emphasize self-reliance for all. They are intensely protective of those they love and are both perceptive and intuitive regarding their needs. They can seem at times to be in a world of their own because of a capacity for reflection. They are very emotionally expressive, which can seem like "gushing" to other, more restrained types

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Kappa(Kappa (??, Kappa?), sometimes Gataro (???, Gataro?), are mythical creatures, water imps found in Japanese folklore)


Most depictions show kappa as child-sized humanoids, though their bodies are often more like those of monkeys or frogs than human beings. Some descriptions say their faces are apelike, while others show them with beaked visages more like those of tortoises or with duck beaks. Pictures usually show kappa with thick shells and scaly skin that ranges in color from green to yellow or blue.

Kappa inhabit the ponds and rivers of Japan and have various features to aid them in this environment, such as webbed hands and feet. They are sometimes even said to smell like fish, and they can certainly swim like them. The expression kappa no kawa nagare ("a drowning kappa") conveys the idea that even experts make mistakes.

The kappa's most notable feature, however, is the water-filled depressions atop their heads. These cavities are surrounded by scraggly hair, and this type of bobbed hair style is named okappa atama for the creatures. The kappa derive their incredible strength from these liquid-filled holes, and anyone confronted with one may exploit this weakness by simply getting the kappa to spill the water from its head. One trusted method to do this is to appeal to the kappa's deep sense of etiquette, for a kappa cannot help but return a deep bow, even if it means losing its head-water in the process. Once depleted, the kappa is seriously weakened and may even die. Other tales say that this water allows kappa to move about on land, and once emptied, the creatures are immobilized. Stubborn children are encouraged to follow the custom of bowing on the grounds that it is a defense against kappa.

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Off the coast of Ireland on July 30th, 1915, the German submarine U-28 torpedoed the British ship Iberian. It went down rapidly, stern first. As the crew of the U-28 watched there was a large explosion that sent water and wreckage a hundred feet into the air. A "gigantic sea animal" was thrown to the surface and remained visible for about fifteen seconds before it sank. It was shaped like a sixty foot long crocodile with webbed feet

Excerpt from the log of the ship General Coole, around 1780:

"A very large snake passed the ship. It was 3 or 4 feet in circumference. The back was of light color and the belly yellow." - S.H. Saxby, Master Mariner, Bouchurch, Isle of Wright.

In 1808 an Australian three-masted bark was attacked by a sea monster that, "had climbed across bow and bitten or chewed, one of the hands." It's eyes were the size of a "warrior's shield." The attack continued until the captain went below and returned with guns. He fired them into the animal's eyes and the monster returned to the ocean.

On December 7th, 1905 at about 10:15 am the oceanographic research yacht, Valhalla, was cruising off the coast of Florida and a "large fin, or frill, sticking out of the water," was spotted. The frill was six feet in length and projected almost two feet out of the water. "A great neck rose out of the water in front of the frill," noted Mr. Meade-Waldo, a scientist on board. The neck appeared to be about the thickness of a man's body. The creature moved its head and neck from side to side in a peculiar manner.

Three days after the Valhalla incident the Happy Warrior, a merchant sailing ship, reported a "sea snake of great magnitude appeared off our port bow. Was several lengths of our ship. Had long neck. Sounded after few minutes. Estimated speed six knots." The Happy Warrior was cruising only 80 miles from where the Valhalla sighted it's creature.

A sea serpent, 45 feet long and 15 inches in diameter, was reported off the coast of Maine by Captain George Little in 1780:

"I was lying in Round Pond, in Broad Bay, in a public armed ship. At sunrise, I discovered a large serpent, or sea monster, coming down the bay. It was on the surface of the water. The cutter was manned and armed. I went myself in the boat. We proceeded after the serpent. When within a hundred feet, the mariners were ordered to fire on him. Before they could make ready, the serpent dove."

A U.S. Navy nuclear submarine left it's home port to start it's patrol. Mysteriously the boat's delicate sonar mechanism failed without warning only a few days into the voyage. The sonar was so critical to the sub's operations that the boat was forced to return to port for repairs.

Examination of the sonar revealed that the rubber-like outer cover of the device had been torn off. Embedded in the tattered remains were enormous hooks. Scientists determined that these hooks, several times larger than had ever been seen before, were from a giant squid that had apparently attacked the sub, thinking it was a whale.

Toward the end of World War I the German submarine UB-85 was caught on the surface, during the day, and sunk by a British patrol boat. The crew abandoned the sub and was picked up by the British. The U-boat commander, Captain Krech was questioned about why he had been cruising on the surface and he told this tale:

The sub had been recharging batteries at night on the surface when without any kind of warning a "strange beast" began to climb aboard from the sea. "This beast had large eyes, set in a horny sort of skull. It had a small head, but with teeth that could be seen glistening in the moonlight." The animal was so large that it forced the U-boat to list greatly to starboard. The captain feared an open hatch would drop below the waterline, flooding the sub and sinking it.

"Every man on watch began firing a sidearm at the beast," Krech continued. The animal had hold of the forward gun mount and would not let go.

The battle continued until the animal dropped back into the sea. In the struggle, though, the forward deck plating had been damaged and the sub could no longer submerge. "That is why you were able to catch us on the surface," the Captain concluded.


The Alecton attempts to capture a giant squid in 1861.

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On August 10, 1817 a strange creature was sighted in the harbor of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Reports of it began to spread throughout New England.



The creature in this image matches the description of the Gloucester sea serpent, including the horn on the creature's head. General David Humphreys, a former member of George Washington's staff, travelled down to Gloucester to interview witnesses. According to the testimony he gathered, the creature's head, which it held above the water, was "much like the head of a turtle... and larger than the head on any dog." From its head there rose "a prong or spear about twelve inches in height, and six inches in circumference at the bottom, and running to a small point." In a compilation of sightings printed in the Boston Weekly Messenger it was further reported that the creature was sixty to seventy feet in length, that it was about as wide as a barrel, that it moved rapidly in a serpentine fashion, that it was able to double back upon itself instantaneously, that it was "full of joints and resemble[d] a string of buoys on a net," and that all attempts to kill or capture it, including shooting a musket at it from close range, failed.


On August 18, 1817 the Linnaean Society of New England appointed a special committee to "collect evidence with regard to the existence and appearance of any such animal." This committee soon thereafter published a pamphlet in which it announced that the sightings of the creature represented the discovery of an entirely new genus, the Scoliophis Atlanticus.

However, the society's pamphlet met with ridicule, and inspired the production of numerous fake accounts of the creature. The account was particularly ridiculed in the South, where it inspired the Charleston playwright, William Crafts, to compose a play titled The Sea Serpent; or, Gloucester Hoax: a Dramatic jeu d'esprit in Three Acts. The premise of this play was that the serpent was a hoax, designed to promote the reputation of the town of Gloucester.

Others, however, took the reports of the creature seriously. Jacob Bigelow composed an essay about the creature for Benjamin Silliman's prestigious American Journal of Science, and Arts. Interest in sea serpents reached an even greater pitch in America when there were mass sightings of a serpent off the coast of Nahant in 1819.

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This mythical creature is only existent in sea tales and sailor reports, however no one can ensure that the beast is real, as it is usually seen before either great fortune or folly. The Sea Horse is said to prefer the sea bottom, but will come to the surface from time to time. While the beast is called Sea Horse in the Tharian tongue, the elves have named it M醩yr'Ph't骻 (Styr醩h: M醩yr'Ph't骻, lit. "fish-horse") and the merfolk, who tell the most tales of the creature call it the caapriicoorn (capricorn). The term "Capricorn" by the way may also be used in Tharian tongue now aside from the typical name "Sea Horse".



Appearance. The Sea Horse resembles a horse on its upper half; a mesh of green fin makes his mane, cloven hooves, and a slick hide not unlike the dolphune. Its eyes are green as the deepest sea, a glint of silver in its depths. Other than the green tint of its horse hide, the Sea Horse could be mistaken for a true steed swiming among the waves. The lower half of the Sea Horse resembles much of the merfolk; a scaled green fish-tail, with elaborate curled fins capable of being as long as its body.

The Sea Horse moves along the sea floor by either flicking its strong fish-tail or crawling along the sea-bottom with its front hooves.

Mating. No one has observed more than one Sea Horse at any time, so their mating rituals have not been observed. Furthermore, sailors cannot conclude if the Sea Horse has more than one sex (and how it could reproduce therefore), or even if there is more than one at all. Well, does it surprise that people doubt that it really exists?

Origin/History. Tales abound that the Sea Horse was created when Baveras, the Goddess of the Sea, became jealous of the land-locked horse. She pushed a heavy wave ashore, scooping up a herd of the maginficent beasts, then dragged them back to the ocean. With her power, she twisted their hind legs to form a fish-tail, ran her webbed fingers through their manes to make it fin-like, and breathed sea-water into their lungs. This gave the half-horses the ability to breathe underwater. Baveras called them the Capricorns and set them free along the ocean floor, where she could watch them.

Interesting Facts. The Sea Horse is considered a signpost to sailors; the sign of fertile and active sea movement. If one is sighted, it can be assumed that the surrounding ocean is clean, pure and stocked with fish. Unfortunately, the Sea Horse has time and time again been recorded to appear before a great storm, typhoon or tidal wave. Beautiful as they are, they are more of a warning than a blessing.

There has been a shore-tale that seems to be heard at every sea-port; of an innocent girl who attracts a Sea Horse close to shore and befriends it. Unfortunately every tale ends with a brutish man hurting the beast, causing it to never return. However, no one ever seems to know who exactly the girl was... some assume it to be urban legend.