Sailors said ... was a giant sea monster so huge that people mistook its back for an island. If ships landed on it, the creature would dive underwater — and everyone would panic., the Kraken (Scandinavia), .... was a magical bird that, when it grew old, burst into flames and was reborn from its own ashes — basically mythology’s reset button., The Phoenix (Ancient Egypt / Greece), People believed that if you heard a .... crying outside your house at night, it meant bad news was coming. Not exactly the soundtrack you’d want., a banshee (Ireland), .... is a forest spirit that looks like a beautiful young woman. She can sing, dance, and lure travelers deep into the woods. In some stories she protects nature; in others, she’s dangerous if disturbed., A Mavka (Ukraine), In the mountains of Himalayas, travelers told stories of a huge hairy creature leaving giant footprints in the snow — ....., the Yeti (Himalayas), .... was a fox spirit that could turn into a human, usually to trick people. The older and wiser the fox, the more tails it had — up to nine., A kitsune (Japan), .... was a half-man, half-bull monster trapped inside a maze on Crete. Visitors sent into the labyrinth usually didn’t get a second opinion., The Minotaur (Ancient Greece), ..... is a water spirit living in rivers and lakes. People said he could pull careless swimmers underwater or damage fishing nets if angered., The Vodyanyk (Ukraine) , .... were tricky little beings who hid pots of gold. Catch one, and he might grant wishes — or outsmart you before you can ask., Leprechauns (Ireland) , ..... was a serpent so deadly that a single look could kill. Medieval people really knew how to make eye contact stressful., The basilisk (Europe) .

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