Seems like OP is not familiar with fae mythology.
Could you offer what you know?
Off the absolute top of my head there’s the redcap. Depending on the material it can be depicted as a gnome, goblin, or kobold with a jaunty looking red hat (generally long and pointy like a gnome hat or like Link’s hat in Legend of Zelda).
It keeps the hat red by dying and regularly re-dying it with its victims’ blood.
There’s also a number of depictions of pixies as essentially flying piranha.
But this sort of mythology isn’t some deep secret, it’s everywhere outside of the kid friendly/disney filtered stuff. I’m sure a simple search will net you tons of content.
Shoot, I was just referencing the modern interpretations of fae, but that’s absolutely fascinating! As recompense for unintentionally misleading you, here are a few of my favorite fairy artworks by Arthur Rackham
One of the best jokes I’ve seen is everyone with adhd accidentally answered yes to a fae asking “could I have your attention”
Or basically any European mythology.
Just the sea monsters …
Or the scissor man.
European Crypitids
How europeans deals with them
The only thing I vividly remember from this movie is the pretty lady just about sitting on Hugh Jackmans face.
I love this movie. It’s probably one of my favorite schlock fantasy movies. The casting was way better than it had any right to be - Hugh Jackman, sure, but Kate Beckinsale? Well, I guess she was fresh off Underworld, so she was still in that headspace. And Richard Roxburgh doing the perfect amount of scene-chewing for the villain… introducing himself properly as Vladislaus Draculea… and the opening scene, shot just like a 1920s Universal monster movie! I legitimately think it’s the closest we’ll ever get to a live action Castlevania. I could go on, but I’ll spare you. Might be time for a rewatch.
The sets, the wardrobe, the direction, the acting. All of it is so good without taking itself too seriously. It’s from the same director of the (good) Mummy movies, so go figure
Nipple tassels?
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Someone didn’t play the Witcher
And then there’s Norway.
That brings me back memories of when is was ~5 years old and visiting my father’s cabin in the forest, which had a copy of that painting on the wall. He would put hall of the mountain king on full blast and tell troll stories just to scare me from time to time.
Nøkken was scarier though, kept me from going down to lake alone after dark, which I guess was the original intention of that creature.
Fuck yeah Savatage! Rare to see referenced in the wild.
Edit: wait I didn’t click the link, did you mean this 80s metal classic or Edvard Greig’s lol
I’m speaking about nordic folklore, so Edvard Grieg. I’m not sure the metal music could ever scare the same way Grieg’s symphony did back then.
Tbf while it is great peer gynt isn’t that frightening either, reminds me of Looney Tunes.
Savatage fucking rules too though, and I just remembered Rainbow also has a song by that title too which also rules!
When all you can see outside the window is the pitch black forest and the moon over the looming mountains in the valley, and your dad start telling you tales of dangerous troll lurking in the forest, The Hall of Mountain King got a different mood over it. Especially when your father is telling you that as the music is reaching its prestissimo finale the troll in the tale is running towards your house lol.
Especially with pictures like this on the wall
Savatage fucking rules too though, and I just remembered Rainbow also has a song by that title too which also rules!
Any metal band that want to draw inspiration from the nordics outside of norse mythology are bound to stumble upon Grieg and Ibsen so that checks out.
Just heard that song (and band) for the first time, and it’s great!
Hell yeah!
What is the name of that picture if you kbow perhaps?
The Water Sprite (Nøkken in Norwegian) by Theodor Kittelsen
He was one of the most popular artists in Norway due to his illustrations of Norwegian fairy tales and legends.
Some of his other works includes:
Pesta (personification of the black death)
And The Forest Troll
Ngl the Pesta ones are quite spooky.
The skogtrollet is rad though
That’s Tony Tony Chopper. Don’t be scared, he’s a doctor.
Tbf, the Europeans have some pretty fucked cryptid lore, it’s just that they’re more chaotic neutral and less chaotic vengeance than the American variety. My favorite american cryptid is an old one you don’t hear much of anymore, and was born from Pacific NorthWest loggers: the Hide Behind. Basically, this mf stalks your shit and will always duck behind a tree when you turn to look at it; it’s fast enough to never be seen clearly, but you can just catch glimpses of it if you’re fast/lucky. Eventually, it catches and eats unwitting loggers who let it sneak up on them.
Edit: I also like the deer stories. One of my all time favs was a free text about a deer stumbling up the street very clearly saying “BEEP BEEP BEEP” like a car being unlocked, followed by “Honey, I’m home!” over and over. That was the whole story, just a weird fucking deer stumbling up the street and talking to itself. 10/10 would gladly read again.
Gotta love Not Deer. I know it’s just CWD or similar, but man when you’re alone in the woods and come across one, shit is unnerving
I like that Japanese foot that slams into buildings and demands you wash it
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America’s got some goofy cryptids too. Like the hugag. A large, moose-like fearsome critter with a big floppy upper lip and no elbows or knees. Unable to lay down or kneel, it can only eat bark from trees around the height of its head, and it can’t lay down to sleep so it leans against trees, sometimes causing the tree to lean.
Can’t forget Squonk. The gross pig thing that is so ugly it cries constantly. It can dissolve itself with its tears at will.
These sound like Gen 1 Pokedex entries
why have I never encountered the word ‘cryptid’ until 2024, specifically in meme form, multiple times? Odd thing. tf are the kids up to these days
Funny enough, the term was coined in the 80’s
I guess I’ve been getting all the goblincore posts, not enough cryptid action. I need to switch it up!
Sure, but the fad about them among the kids is recent.
This is so stupid but I only sent that Wikipedia entry to my girlfriend yesterday.
It’s of course because these creatures came from crypto currencies. They just took a while to mature to a point where people started witnessing them
All of the best creatures are on the block chain.
well hell let’s rip into these ripened bastards
Bigfoot doesn’t seem so bad.
Ah, fig boot
Jackalope: Am I a joke to you? I hope so. It’s kind of my thing.
Americans with Cryptids:
This stereotype is just based on Europeans exoticising native American culture
