At the time they were frighten naughty children.
The main motif in mythology is the struggle between good and evil. Each of the parties support a host of creatures. Some of those who “plays” for the evil side is able to intimidate today.
Dibbuk
“The Dybbuk” in Hebrew is translated as “clinging”. It’s an evil spirit in the Ashkenazi Jewish folklore, which is the soul of the dead an evil man. Soul-the Dybbuk can’t part with the earth exist because of man committed serious crimes and sins, for example, if the person committed suicide.
Dibuka mentioned in Kabbalistic literature from the XVII century. The Dybbuk is expelled tzaddik (righteous) and ten other members of the Jewish community, which in this case wearing a funeral shirt. The procedure of expulsion dibuka burn aromatic substances, recite prayers and blow the shofar. Dibuka can be correlated with the demons and spirits that are in the Catholic Church expelled with an exorcism.
Basilisk
Basilisk – zoomorphic creature. Usually he was depicted as a monster with the head of a rooster, toad eyes, bat wings and the body of a dragon. From his eyes or breath petrifies all living things. To kill the Basilisk can only be her own reflection in the mirror, eat these creatures stones.
In the Middle ages it was believed that the Basilisk is born from an egg laid by a rooster and hatched by a toad on a bed of manure.
Even the Basilisk does not tolerate the cry of the cock (which is selected from caves only at night) and is afraid of unicorns, because it is too “clean” animal.
The name of the Basilisk was due to crest or diadem on the head that resembles a crown.
Rakshasas
Rakshasas – extremely unpleasant creatures. They are mentioned in Buddhism and in Hinduism. There is a Rakshasa called man-eating demons and evil spirits. A female Rakshasa is called rākṣasī.
In Hinduism rakshasas are a collective image of the beginning of the dark (Tamas), that is, all that brings suffering, injustice and evil in the present world, violates the Dharmic order.
Rakshasas do is fuck things up: interfere with the conduct of worship, desecrate the grave can possess a person, when he eats or drinks, begin to fester and can even lead to suicide. Also rakshasas capable of being converted into different animals and even to take human form. Always with malicious purposes – to hurt, to quarrel, to lead to trouble…
Abaasy
Abaasy – the common name of countless evil deities and spirits of the upper, middle and lower worlds in Yakut mythology. The word comes from the root “ABA” is evil. In the Yakut epos “Olonkho” of heaven and an underground abaasy often called “adari” (the beast).
In one of the Yakut legends is Legenda that abaasy is born from a stone, black in color, similar to the child. At first, the abaasy is no different from people and eats the same thing, but when it grows up, begins to eat the people themselves.
Abaasy tempt people to bad acts, crimes, instill fear, inflict on them suffering and illness can lead to suicide. Often the patient’s relatives or the deceased sacrificed abaasy animal, as if exchanging his soul on the human soul, which they are threatened.
Abaasy – an absolute evil. All harmful and dangerous things, animals and plants — created abaasy.
Lernaean Hydra
Lernaean Hydra ( “Hydra” from the ancient Greek translates as “water”) is familiar to us childhood – she’s one of those defeats Hercules. This snake-like monster with poisonous breath that lived in the groundwater. In Greek mythology, the Hydra was the daughter of Typhon and Echidna.
Description Hydra are different. Usually it is multi-headed and has a very important application of “skill” – in place of the severed head she grows a few new. One head of the Hydra is immortal.
Hercules lured the Hydra out of the cave with flaming arrows, and then with the help of Iolaus, who seared the places where they chop off the head, defeats the beast. Bessmertnyy head, Hercules buried it and threw a heavy stone. However, due to the fact that we’ve done a hero in a monster is not alone, feat him Europeam not score.
Jinn
The Jinn in Islam and pre-Islamic era real perfume created from pure, smokeless flame. Jinns live in parallel to humans, but not voprinimat any of the five senses.
According to Salafism, the Jinn able to appear to man in human form, animal or plant. They might possess the mind and body of living beings, sometimes they do it to cause harm, or if you fall in love in person.
To protect yourself from unwanted contact with the Jinn, a Muslim should read the Quran at home. If the Genie still dwelt in man, it can be cast out only in the name of Allah. The evil Jinn or devils incline man to Vice, and idolatry. So the Genie couldn’t get into the house, before entering a Muslim says “Bismillah”.
Are the Jinn Iblis, the Islamic counterpart of Satan. He fallen away from God himself, bowed to the fall of the forefathers of the human race, torn away from God to some other spirits; it happened genies, Devas and peri.
In Islamic mythology, the Jinn are the only creatures, besides humans, having free will. Jinn, like people, are born, marry, produce offspring and die. But the Jinn is free to choose to believe in the existence of Allah or not to believe. The Jinn are of various kinds, but especially malicious of them — Ifrit: a giant, winged, vicious and cunning fiends that live underground
The hooks
One of the most prolific on the terrible creatures of mythology – Japanese. So, it is eternally hungry demons called hooks. It is believed that the release gear after death are reborn those who have indulged in gluttony, or throw away edible food.
The hooks are constantly hungry, but unable from hunger to die. They are able to eat everything, including their children, but can not be satisfied. When the hooks get into the human world, we become cannibals.
Sicoma
Other “bad guys” in Japanese mythology, sicoma. Usually they are portrayed as bloodthirsty giants, something similar to the goblins of the European mythological tradition. Sicoma sharp teeth and burning eyes, they did nothing but war and strife, people often lurk in the mountains and caves.
Kumo
In human form the Kumo is a beautiful woman who lures a man into her trap, and then…in his usual guise of Kumo – huge spiders, the size correlated with the person they have poisonous claws on the paws and burning eyes, so what does Kumo with a man who “seduced” the beauty of the clear – eats it.
Hundun
The image of hundun you will not see no eyes, no mouth, no ears, because hundun is the personification of chaos, is absolutely impersonal deity of Chinese folk beliefs. Hundun described as a humanoid creature resembling a living shapeless bag without holes.
Hundun was a malicious creation and brought to life unhappiness. Hundun, meanwhile, quite a tragic fate. They called him ugly Chinese gods Shu and Hu decided to spend over Houndoom plastic surgery and drill his eyes, mouth and nose, but the patient operation is not moved…
