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What are some supernatural creatures medieval people believed in?
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The Unicorn - a white horse (or sometimes a goat) with cloven hooves and a single horn.
The Pegasus - a winged horse borrowed from the more ancient mythologies of Greece.
The Hippocampus - a "sea" horse with the head, and fore-body of a horse and a hind-body and tail of a fish.
The Hippogriff - a creature with the head, fore-body, and wings of an eagle and the hind-body of a horse.
The Dragon - described in one of two forms, reptilian (a winged lizard, usually with four legs but sometimes depicted with only two legs), and serpentine, (a winged snake with no legs). Some but not all versions breathed fire.
The Basilisk (sometimes confused with the cockatrice) - another reptilian monster with the head and legs of a rooster, that was reputed to ooze a poisonous slime that could kill man, beast and vegetation on contact. It was also supposed to be able to kill with a look or the sound of its voice.
The Gryphon - a creature with the head, fore-body and wings of an eagle, and the hind-body of a lion.
The Manticore - a red lion body with a human head, shark-like teeth, and a serpent tail.
The Mermaid (also known as; sirens, and naiads) - a creature with the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish. Said to lure sailors and fishermen to their deaths by shipwreck.
The Harpy - said to be large avaricious birds with the heads and chests of ugly women.
The Sea-serpents - large sea creatures of many and varied descriptions that reputedly captured, crushed and or destroyed sailing ships. Including but not exclusive to: the aspidoceleon, the Kraken, the leviathan and of coarse the Lock Ness monster.
The Phoenix - a bird of legendary beauty that was said to have a lifespan of a thousand years and would at the end of its life built a large nest and ignite the nesting materials. The new phoenix would arise from the ashes of the old one.
The Vampire - a human who was supposedly bitten by another vampire and "turned" into an undead, creature that lives off the life blood of humans.
The Werewolf - a human who was supposedly bitten by another werewolf and would turn into a wolf (sometimes a human/wolf hybrid) under the light of the full moon.
The are also:
The Fairies (also known as the wee folk, the fair folk and/or the ancient ones) - too numerous to list all but some include: brownies, kobolds, pixies, nixies, leprechauns, satyrs/fauns, gnomes, trolls, elves, banshees, Jack-in-the-green, the green man, kelpies, silkies, and pookas,
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What power did Gnomes have over medieval people?
None. Gnomes are mythical and fictional creatures and do not exist in reality.
Why were supernatural elements in a play more frightening for audiences during Shakespeare's time?
Around that era there were many who believed in the existence of witches and ghosts etc
Supernatural Elizabethan times?
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Are there supernatural creatures that eat people's pets?
No but there are plenty of animals that will eat pets - and plenty of dangers that could kill a pet without you knowing about it.
Where the laws a reason people believed in witchcraft?
No. The belief in witchcraft goes back centuries and thousands of years. The Celtic tribes had people they believed were witches and the Greeks had oracles foretell the future. The supernatural has always been part of man's history.
Did the people in medieval Europe believe in childhood?
No, people generally believed children were little adults, and they treated them accordingly until well into the industrial revolution.
What is the most realistic way to become any supernatural creature?
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What part of speech is familiar?
An adjective, in modern usage. It was also used a noun, to mean a supernatural companion of a witch, when many people believed in witches.
How do you explain the rise of the medieval churches?
the religon was roman christian and people like nuns devoted their lives to the church. the people such as pesants all had this same religon and believed and worshiped the same god. all people payed the chirch and were living bytheir religous beleifs.
