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==== Lady Midday ==== | ==== Lady Midday ==== | ||
- | Lady Midday, noonwraith according to Slavic beliefs, is a malicious and murderous demon hunted | + | Lady Midday |
==== Kobolds ==== | ==== Kobolds ==== | ||
- | The kobold is a character from German folklore, now often found in fantasy literature and role-playing games. Old German miners believed that kobolds surreptitiously exchanged silver for nickel, cobalt, and tungsten, which were then considered useless. This is where the name cobalt comes from. [([[https:// | + | The kobold is a character from German folklore, now often found in fantasy literature and role-playing games. Old German miners believed that kobolds surreptitiously exchanged silver for nickel, cobalt and tungsten, which were then considered useless. This is where the name cobalt comes from. [([[https:// |
==== Unveiling and capping ceremony ==== | ==== Unveiling and capping ceremony ==== | ||
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==== Paul Bunyan ==== | ==== Paul Bunyan ==== | ||
- | Paul Bunyan legendary lumberjack is a significant figure in American folklore. He is most often depicted as a giant, dressed in a checkered flannel shirt and clumsy boots, holding a double-bladed | + | Paul Bunyan, a legendary lumberjack, is a significant figure in American folklore. He is most often depicted as a giant, dressed in a checkered flannel shirt and clumsy boots, holding a double-bladed |
==== Bakeneko ==== | ==== Bakeneko ==== | ||
- | Bakeneko is a cat present in Japanese folklore with supernatural abilities, able to change its form. A domestic cat can become a bakeneko in many ways: it can reach a certain age, be bred for a certain number of years, grow to a certain size, or be allowed to carry a long tail. A bakeneko will haunt any farmyard it is kept in, changing its shape to that of a human, even devouring its mistress to take her place. [([[https:// | + | Bakeneko is a cat present in Japanese folklore with supernatural abilities, able to change its form. A domestic cat can become a bakeneko in many ways: It can reach a certain age, be bred for a certain number of years, grow to a certain size or be allowed to carry a long tail. A bakeneko will haunt any farmyard it is kept in, changing its shape to that of a human, even devouring its mistress to take her place. [([[https:// |
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