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Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.

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Werewolf of Ansbach
Germanic Legendary Beast
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Werewolf of Ansbach

Wolf of Ansbach, the beast dressed as a man to be hanged in 1685

A real wolf that preyed on the people of Ansbach in 1685. The town believed it was their dead administrator, and once killed they dressed it as a man and hanged it.

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๐Ÿ‘‘Man-Eating WolfLV.65
Doppelgรคnger
๐Ÿ‘ค Germanic death omen
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Doppelgรคnger

The double that appears to foretell a death

An exact replica of a living person whose appearance is held to foretell their death.

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๐Ÿ’€Death OmenLV.20

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