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[Winterfang]

Tatzelwurm.





Alpine Cat-snake thingy.

My God.

 

[Hours Left]

Bro fist for werewolves...

but fuck True Blood werewolves. They fucking suck. They're just a bunch of meth head assholes that turn into junkyard dogs.

The werewolves of True Blood generally do suck. Except for Alcide.

He is godly.

 

[Kinyou]

jackalope

That's like childsplay compared to the Wolpertinger

 

[Frost_Ace]

What about the quetzalcoatl? A giant flying snake? FUCK ME.

 

[bengraven]

Krampus. Yuletide spirit, Old German style. Punishes the naughty kids.

Where is his tongue going?

 

[Hugo!]

Well, they're not my favorites but they deserve mentioning:
Curupira
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curupira

Saci-pererê:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saci_(Brazilian_folklore)

Bonus

 

[mkenyon]

Cthulhu

Do not offend a God by calling it a mere creature. You are an insect, human!

 

[J10]

Do genies count?

 

[Coreda]

Well, they're not my favorites but they deserve mentioning:

Reminds me of Stig of the Dump.

 

[Amir0x]

This shit, of course: Satan and his demon minions

So many endless forms, so many personifications, so many powers, and all because Satan asked the right question: "yo, why can't we be like you? All keeping your knowledge and shit? What kind of asshole wants to keep that all to himself and then force people to get on their knees to worship them if they don't want to spend eternity in torture? That mopes around like some depressed emo kid begging people to love them? You some kind of weirdo, God? Well fuck it then. It's on."

 

[Kitsunebaby]

Dragon is the one I want to own the most, so I guess I'll go with that. It just sucks that practically every movie ever made about dragons has sucked ass.

 

[Amir0x]

Dragon is the one I want to own the most, so I guess I'll go with that. It just sucks that practically every movie ever made about dragons has sucked ass.

It is kind of noteworthy that the only halfway decent Dragon movie I could ever think of is HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON...

...there really should better Dragon movies lol

Edit: Oh my god Dragonheart had a sequel!? Dear God why...

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

All the Dragon responses. God damn, I love Dragons too, but they are such a safe choice.

 

[Orrichio]

Ann coulter

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

Ann coulter

She's all too real.

I heard the air freezes solid when she walks into a room.

 

[Aomber]

Manticores are pretty bad ass

I've always thought these were badass.

Hydras too

 

[pillowtalk]

Deep sea creatures freak me out. Thinking about actual possible giant prehistoric sea creatures seem a lot cooler than dragons, and I like my dragons.

 

[suzu]

Gonna go with dragons too. Both western or asian dragons.

 

[Dereck]

 

[KidGalactus]

List from most awesome to least awesome (but they'e all pretty good):

-Gryphons
-Fae-Folk
-Jasy Jatere (and his brother Ao Ao)
-Harpies, of course.
-Sirens
-Yara-ma-yha-who
-Sköll and Hati
-Jormungand

 

[Ultratech]

Damn, tough to say.

Dragons are pretty well up there.

If I want to be silly, I'd go with Zeus.

Lightning powers, King of the Gods, and the ability to shapeshift.

That last one in particular always stood out after hearing the story of him disguising himself as a giant Swan and going down from Olympus to fuck some woman.

 

[Slackbladder]

Dunno about best but a fairly recent one is the Squonk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squonk There are loads of cultural references as well as being used in chemistry. There's even a song about a Squonk.

But as for the best, the Loch Ness Monster. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster

 

[Siegmeyer]

It has to go to one of the creatures from Greek mythology, if only because they have so goddamn many of them - Centaurs, Cyclops, Gorgons, Harpies, Hydra, and the muthafuckin Minotaur.


The Ancient Greeks would have made some badass video games.

 

[wanders]

I love SMT for teaching me all the great mythological creatures

 

[Toxi]

All the Dragon responses. God damn, I love Dragons too, but they are such a safe choice.

Well, dragons don't have to be boring.

 

[tirminyl]

Seriously, I am part of the Phoenix and Dragons team.

 

[OldKentuckyShark]

DRAGONS!!

 

[Touchdown]

The phoenix of course

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

1. Dracula(count?)

A vampire but better in every way. Only outmatched by Satan, though Dracula always has a coolness about him. even his weaknesses make for entertaining showdowns.

2. Mermaids(not the typical Little Mermaid type)

Don't know why but they have always interested me most.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us2yrXsOUV0


2. any other sea/water 'monster'(ghost ships, Loch Ness, Kraken, etc)

As someone who loves the water I always like this kinda stuff, love the old stories/legends of what sailors thought was out there in the mysterious oceans

 

[sapsari]

I know its not Minotauros after watching One Piece

Cyclops may not be the best but its one of my favorites.

 

[Funky Papa]

The werewolves of True Blood generally do suck. Except for Alcide.

The writers are working hard on that, though.

 

[waypoetic]

Did somebody say Jesus yet?

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

The writers are working hard on that, though.

LOL I was just thinking the same last episode.

 

[elfinke]

I know its not Minotauros after watching One Piece
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Just gonna quote myself from the previous page to show how wrong you are (images removed) (lol):

Oh man, it is absolutely the Minotaur. It is pure masculinity, unadulterated strength, unmitigated sex. Just pass your eyes across this beast:

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Those are appendages that say "I give zero fucks - I can open a tight jar like nothing else". The Minotaur was the Wasp of his era, it's no mistake they looks eerily similar with their oversized glassy eyes and 'fuck-you' 1000yd stare.

Take note of the Taurus attributes; the horns, the hooves, the snout. He can clip clop his way over any ground. What's that, fire on the ground or broken glass? He gives no fucks.

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Those horns? They're not just for looks or for snide remarks about honking if you're horny (though in that particular pose, make no mistake, he is there to fuck bitc... cows and get mon... milk). When they strafe sideways into a tavern after a night of raping and pillaging, no one short of a Viking King questions why they're there.

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Even when getting tea-bagged there is more to admire about the Minotaur than all of the other soft mythological creatures mentioned combined. How many of them were the guardians of an almighty maze, eh? That's right. That motherfucker Cthulu went sliming its way back into the ocean after glancing at the mighty Minotaur*.

So to answer your question and refute you pissy arse answer OP, the Minotaur is unmistakably the greatest (ain't no 'best' about it either. Best is a word worthless goody two-shoes' like the Pegasus or the Phoenix use) mythological creature of all time.

*

Spoiler

probably not true, probably didn't happen

 

[Hours Left]

The writers are working hard on that, though.

He got stuck with a bunch of morons though. Worst inherited family ever.

He needs to do some culling.

 

[RuinerPrime]

The mare from Nordic/German mythologies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

Scroll to the "folklore" section. It's called "Old Hag Syndrome". Or search for any Gaf thread on sleep paralysis. There are tons of them.

Man, reading about that freaks me out. I've "experienced" this before back in 2002, tho it wasn't a nurse, it was a young girl with black hair in a green dress and she had no face(eyes, mouth, nose and so on) in my dream I was standing in the middle of a city highway and I saw her down the road. I approached her, then she jump onto me. Her face was inches away from mine and saying jerbberish and I felt so much weight on top of my chest, I was awake but not in control, and she was holding my left forearm down, and it felt so real, I felt her hand around my arm with her grip getting tighter. Still freaks me out to this day. My mother back then thinks it was my sister who past away two weeks before, even tho I don't believe in that kind of stuff I doubt it was her, it just felt so violent.

 

[Zod the Bear]

The Anubites from Age of Mythology.

I like the cut of your jib.

Anyway, I'm on Team Norse. Split my vote between Fenrisulfr and Jormungandr.

 

[Easy_D]

Anything in Swedish/Norse/Scandinavian folklore. It's hard to choose, they all terrified me as a kid :lol