Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Discover the Ningen, the modern cryptid of the Antarctic and Pacific seas — a giant, pale-white, humanoid sea-creature tens of metres long, reported in
The myth of Heimdall: the ever-vigilant watchman of the Norse gods who guards the rainbow bridge Bifröst, born of nine mothers, with sight and hearing
The myth of Freya: the great Norse goddess of love, beauty, fertility, war and death, foremost of the Vanir and mistress of seidr magic, owner of the
The myth of Njord: the Norse god of the sea, seafaring, wind and wealth, chief of the Vanir and father of Frey and Freya, giver of fair winds and
The myth of Sif: the Norse goddess of the harvest and wife of Thor, famed for her hair of pure gold. Loki's theft of her hair led the dwarves to forge new
Discover the Sheepsquatch (the White Thing), the American cryptid of West Virginia and Appalachia — a large white woolly horned clawed beast with a foul
Discover the Yeren, the “Wild Man” of China — the famous hairy-hominid cryptid of the remote Chinese mountains, especially Shennongjia, the Chinese
Discover the Orang Pendek (“short man”), the Indonesian cryptid of the Sumatran rainforest — a small, upright-walking, ape-like creature reported with
Discover the Ahool, the giant bat cryptid of Java, Indonesia — an enormous bat-like flying creature with a 10-foot wingspan, a monkey-like face, and a
Discover the Ropen, the cryptid of Papua New Guinea — a large, glowing, bioluminescent, pterosaur-like flying creature famous for the controversial claim
