404 | Legendary Beasts II – Europe, South America, and Africa

We are back for three more rounds of creepy legends from around the globe. This time, we’re visiting Europe, South America, and Africa.

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Kelpie: A shape-shifting water horse told of in Celtic folklore. Whatever form it takes, it is said to lure its victims to their watery graves.
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We are back for three more rounds of creepy legends from around the globe. This time, we’re visiting Europe, South America, and Africa.

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This is the episode that can’t be found, number 404 and I’m your host, Brian Rollins. Let’s go find us some cryptids.

Episode Intro

The Dorky Round

Europe

What Scottish creature resembles a plesiosaur and has sightings going back to the 7th Century?
a. Loch Ness Monster
What giant cephalopod features in Norwegian tales and makes an appearance in Clash of the Titans?
a. Kraken
What Victorian urban legend followed a man with black cloak, claws, fiery eyes, and the ability to make extraordinary leaps?
a. Spring-Heeled Jack
What’s the name of the shape-shifting water horses in Scottish and Yorkshire legends?
a. Kelpie
Bram Stoker’s Dracula is likely a modern interpretation of what Romanian creature of myth?
a. Strigoi
What English water spirt did Remis Lupin keep in a tank in his office in the third Harry Potter book?
a. A Grindylow. They were also obstacles in the second task of the Triwizard tournament
What creature of Swedish legend has a name that means either flexible or soft dragon?
a. Lindworm
What goblin gets its name from dipping its hat into the blood of its victims?
a. Redcap
Found in Scottish lore, what demon resembles a fleshless horse with fins on its legs with a fleshless human head, torso, and arms?
a. Nuckelavee
Roaming the Highland moors, hearing what creature’s bark three times leads to a fatal terror
a. The Cu-Sith

The Geeky Round

South America

What creature looks like an Amazon pink river dolphin, but comes ashore at night disguised as a handsome stranger?
a. Boto Encantado
Don’t make eye contact or what backward-footed ape-man will kidnap you?
a. El Sisimite
According to legend, what snake is longer than the Amazon is wide?
a. Yacumama
Like Nessie, what plesiosaur-like creature has been spotted in an Argentinian lake for over a century?
a. Nahuelito. It lives in Nauel Huapi Lake in Patagonia.
What Central American supernatural dog has two forms: A white one protecting travelers and black form luring people to their deaths?
a. El Cadejo
In Brazil, locals talk about what foul-smelling creature with thick red fur, backward feet, and mouth on its belly?
a. Mapinguari
What is the local name for the Giant Earthworm of Brazil?
a. Minhocao. Supposedly, they’re responsible for riverbeds and uprooted trees.
One of Brazil’s oldest spirits, what creature resembles a flame-haired person with backward feet Kurupira
a. What Brazillian entity rides wild pigs and protects the animals of the forest?
i. Caipora
From Patagonian folklore, what small, armored creature with a gem in its head can be spotted in the Andes at twilight?
a. Carbunclo

The Nerdy Round

Africa

South Africans raise their beds on bricks to avoid what malicious, invisible dwarf?
a. Tokoloshe
In 1995, mass hysteria broke out in Zanzibar over what bat-like humanoid?
a. Popo bawa
Living in a deep cave system, what South African creature has the head and forelimbs of an elephant and the body of a snake?
a. Grootslang. The name means Great Snake in Afrikaans
Associated with female witch doctors, what creature can summon lightning and thunder?
a. Impundulu
What vampire-like creature waits in trees and drops onto its victims and uses iron hooks for feet?
a. Asanbosam
What trickster was likely the inspiration for Br’er Rabbit?
a. Anansi
What vampire-like creature from Ghana and Togo appears to be a firefly, then turns human-like to feed?
a. Adze
Shrines to what water spirit are painted white and adorned with mirrors?
a. Mami Wata. The mirrors are portals.
What is the serpent god of the Zambezi river?
a. Nyami Nyami
In Angola, what demon has two faces: One human and the other a hyena?
a. Kishi. It serves as a warning against deceptive appearances.

Episode Conclusion

And we’re done with legendary beasts trivia. Is there a local creature you think I should have covered? Let me know in the comments.

This episode marks the end of horror trivia for October. Next week, I’ll trivia meant to help folks with NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month.

See you back here on Wednesday. In the meantime, have a great Halloween season. Watch something scary with your friends and family.

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