Origin: Patagonia (South America)
History: This creature is wise like a fox and has the foreparts of a fox as well. However, it uses its serpent's tail to ensare victims. Like a snake, this creature will crush the victim until dead and then eat him or her.
Symbolism: Unknown
Physical Description: This creature is said to look like a fox, but it has the tail of a serpent.
Origin: South America
History: The Ihuaivulu is said to live in volcanoes. He can breathe fire, and thus is harmful to anything that meets him.
Symbolism: Unknown
Physical Description: The Ihuaivulu is said to have seven heads and to be quite massive.
Origin: Hittite Mythology
History: Note: There are two versions of this story, both are listed here.
Illuyankas battled with Teshub and is victorious. Teshub then went to Inaras to get help. She planned to make Illuyankas drunk with a good amount of liquore. She made him drink his fill, and then she bounthim. After this, Teshub appeared, along with some of the other gods, and killed him.
In another version, Illuyankas and Teshub battle, and Teshub ends up losing. With that, Illuyankas takes Teshub's heart and eyes as a prize.
Teshub then raises a son. When he is old, he happens to marry Illuyankas' daughter. Teshub orders his son to ask for this missing part returned as a part of the wedding gift. Think nothing of it, the eyes and heart are returned.
Now that Teshub was restored, he went to prove himself by defeating Illuyankas. When Teshub's son finds out about it, he asks his father to take him with Illuyankas, as he had too much to do with it. So, Teshub kills them both.
Symbolism: Teshub is, undoubtly, a symbol of revenge. In the first story, Illyankas is a symbol of gluttony as well as a reason not to allow yourself to be drunk. After all, it lead to his eventual demise. In the second variation, it appears as if the symbolism is lost.
Physical Description: Unknown.
Origin: Amazon region of Equador
History: The Iwanci is a demonic shapeshifter, always appearing as one srepent or the next. It would change in order to kill its victims. One form, the Macanci, is the water snake. The other form is Pani, the anaconda.
Symbolism: It is likely that the Iwanci was a bogey, a creature used to scare people from doing something.
Physical Description: The Iwanci was a shape shifter. It commonly appeared as a water snake or an anaconda.
- Giants, Monsters & Dragons by Carol Rose
- Giants, Monsters & Dragons by Carol Rose
- Giants, Monsters & Dragons by Carol Rose
- Giants, Monsters & Dragons by Carol Rose
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