Cath Palug was a monstrous cat in Welsh legend, given birth to in Gwynedd by the pig Henwen of Cornwall; the cat was later to haunt the Isle of Anglesey, and was said to have killed 180 warriors when Sir Kay went to the island to hunt it down.
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One of the strangest of the so-called 'fearsome critters' of the folklore of the American frontier, the hodag originates in Wisconsin. During the 1890s, a businessman claimed to have captured not one, but two hodags https://t.co/7dYKvu580c
Often referred to as Operation Cottage, the disastrous Allied invasion of Kiska during the Second World War resulted in over 300 casualties. The Japanese defenders had abandoned the island two weeks earlier https://t.co/wndnwSTvbW
The yew tree’s toxicity may be one of the reasons it was planted in so many churchyards.
Locals would have been put off taking their animals to graze in the churchyard for fear of poisoning.
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What Is a Fairy Fort?
In Ireland, fears about disturbing the fair folk have saved thousands of these mysterious ancient structures. #fairytaleTuesday
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Atalanta of Arcadia is a noted athlete under the protection of the huntress Artemis, and who joined the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece. She fought bravely in the Battle of Colchis, where she was injured and healed by Medea alongside Jason. #FairytaleTuesday
During the inter-war period, German airships known as zeppelins looked set to dominate international flight. The Hindenburg disaster in 1937 quickly ended that possibility as the world's largest airship was consumed by flames in seconds, killing 36 people https://t.co/4d63Vbxt4t
Responsible for as many as 113 deaths, a wolf said to be the notorious Beast of Gevaudan was finally killed by a farmer using silver buckshot. This lead to the common folk belief that a silver bullet is required to kill a werewolf https://t.co/2Kqg23Gxab
A Bolivian man has survived 31 days lost in the Amazon jungle, eating insects and fruit and drinking rainwater collected in his shoes https://t.co/G0lxDmePKV
In 1900, the lighthouse on the reportedly haunted island of Eilean Mor was found abandoned, its three lighthouse keepers having vanished. The logbook recorded the worst storm in living memory, but calm weather was recorded on nearby islands https://t.co/oxYEXU2qTq
One of the most famous ghost ships in history, the Mary Celeste was found largely undamaged and with its cargo intact off the Azores in 1872. The crew and lifeboat were missing https://t.co/KvBhTKgk0o