![]() ![]() To kill the beast, one way is to chop it to pieces, but if you want something easier and a bit less graphic, just give it a bit of salt. But generally, saving the human is not possible.and sometimes you might not want to. ![]() A special medicine, known only to the tribes, can cause them to vomit up the heart of ice and the hearts of those they devoured and become a man once more. Their human-figure-shaped heart is the key to turning a man into a Chenoo and turning a Chenoo back into a man.or just killing the Chenoo, whichever is easiest. They live in the far, icy north and venture down to people of the forest when hungry in order to devour them. It will often cover its flesh in pine resin and roll in leaves and fallen branches to make a camouflage for itself in the forest. In appearance, the Chenoo is like a haggard, naked old man with wolfish eyes and may have chunks of flesh missing where it has eaten its own flesh. Chenoos are giants compared to humans and described as being both man and beast. Once this happens, the person changes into a Chenoo. This caused the human's heart to freeze and turn to pure ice, taking the shape of a small human figure. He was made to explain the cause of precipitation and give farmers a way to ask for it.Īlso called the "Kiwakwa" or "Apotamkin" and bearing some similarity to the Algonquin Wendigo, the Chenoo comes to us from the Wabanaki tribes of the northeast U.S., and it is truly chilling! Part of what makes it terrifying is that it was once a human being.a human being who committed cannibalism or refused to feed the starving. If prayed to, Kuraokami can cause rain or snow to fall to water crops and is generally seen as a benevolent spirit, though his wrath can be incurred. However, temples to Kuraokami and Takaokami almost always show them together, indicating these two gods are either the same god or twin deities. It is said that Kuraokami and his siblings, Takaokami and Kuramitsuha, were born of the blood that dripped from the hero Izanagi's sword after he slew Kagutsuchi, the dragon god of fire. With kura meaning "dark" and okami meaning "water dragon patron," this white dragon is one of the gods associated with the valleys (as opposed to the mountains, hence the "dark" in its name) and is the god of rain and snow. Yet another myth from Japan, Kuraokami is a Shinto dragon deity. But there is one myth that may count as an actual ice dragon legend. Now as I stated before, I love ice dragons, but for the most part, the ice dragon is a modern mythical creature, not really mentioned until 20th century and created only as a foil to the traditional fiery dragon. Yuki-onna appears to be a spirit made to personify the coldness of winter that leads people to freeze to death. One legend even tells of her sparing a young man due to his youth and handsome appearance, and later he discovers that the woman he married is in fact Yuki-onna. There's no mention of a way to escape the Snow Woman, but there are legends that reveal she has a willingness to show mercy. Some say she does it just because, while others say she drinks the blood or "life force" of her victims. And other times, she only kills men who she successfully seduces with freezing kisses. Sometimes she'll even invade people's homes, blowing the door open and freezing them in their sleep. Yuki-onna will freeze anyone who tries to take the cloaked Yukinko from her. This child often wears a yuki mino, a conical straw snow cloak traditional in Japan. Others say she appears with a child in her arms, known as Yukinko. Others say she'll cause snowstorms to freeze travelers to death. Some say she leads travelers astray, leaving them to die of exposure in the cold. Her method of killing varies with the legend. Yuki-onna, translated as "snow woman," is said to be the spirit of a beautiful woman who perished in the snow. Our next myth comes from Japan, and this one is a deadly monster as well. But the #7 and #1-3 are fun and not nightmare-inducing, so maybe just skip to them. Warning: If you are prone to nightmares, this might be a post you want to skip or skim. We're not looking at modern pop culture but only the icy mythologies of the world, both popular and obscure. So no modern ice dragons, icy movie monsters, living snowmen, flying reindeer, Ice type Pokemon, ect. Modern 20th- and 21st-century creations known to be fictional won't end up on this. Rules: Only creatures of folklore, folk legend, and myth will be included here. (After all, my entire DA account is pretty much dedicated to ice dragons.) So, to celebrate the coming of winter, here are my personal top 10 mythical creatures of ice and the winter season! With Thanksgiving behind us and December now upon us with Christmas on its way, I thought it would be fun to share a particular passion of mine! As many of you know, I'm super fascinated with mythical creatures of winter, ice and snow. ![]()
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