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** In [[The Bible/Source/Revelation|Chapter 9]] of the [[Book of Revelation]], the first eleven verses describe "locusts" that are summoned from the Abyss, and appear as [[Hybrid Monster|armored horses with human faces, long hair, scorpion tails and leonine teeth]]. Unlike a typical [[Plague of Locusts]], they were sent to torment and harm "those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads" for nearly half a year; they are also led by the angel of the Abyss (known as [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Abaddon in Hebrew, and Apollyon (or "Destroyer") in Greek]]). From Revelation 9:7-10:
{{quote|The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. Their hair was like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They had tails with stingers, like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.}}
* The [[w:Black Shuck|Black Shuck]] of English folklore is a canine apparition that is frequently recorded as an omen of death, and other legends of spectral black dogs have been linked to it in folklore. The Shuck tends to appear as a black shaggy dog of varying description, with consistent traits including fiery eyes ([[Cyclopean Creature|or sometimes ''eye'']], as captured in the image above) and its immense size. In the most notable report, the Shuck burst through the doors of a church with the sound of a thunderclap, killing two people and causing the church steeple to collapse through the roof, and then leaving scorch marks on the north door as it disappeared; the account's author describes it both as a black dog and
* [[Norse Mythology]] has numerous examples:
** Fenrir, or Fenrisúlfr - '''''the''''' [[Big Badass Wolf]] among Big Badass Wolves and one of Loki's three monstrous children by a female ''jötunn'' ([[Our Giants Are Bigger|often translated as "giant", despite not every jötunn being especially large]]). Fenrir is prophesized to break his binds and "go forth with his mouth opened wide, his upper jaw touching the sky and his lower jaw the earth, and flames will burn from his eyes and nostrils"; during Ragnarök, he will aid the forces of Surtr alongside his sibling, the World Serpent (who is another example discussed below), and consume the King of the Æsir, Odin.
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* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'':
** [[Meaningful Name|Discord]], the [[Mix-and-Match Critters|mismatched]] spirit of chaos and disharmony. Possessing [[Reality Warper]] powers so formidable he would be unstoppable if it weren't for [[MacGuffin|the Elements of Harmony]] (not even [[Physical God|Celestia and Luna]] could defeat him without them), within hours he plunges Equestria into a [[World Gone Mad]] ''and'' a [[World of Chaos]], seeking nothing more than [[For the Evulz|his own amusement]] and [[Break the Cutie|thoroughly breaking ponies]].
** The Windigos
** [[Word of Dante]] has it that [[Fallen Angel|Nightmare Moon]] also shows traces of this, as not all of her is Luna.
* Used as a [[Brick Joke]] in ''[[The Owl House]]''. In the first season, Eda tells Luz that giraffes are natives of the Boiling Isles; the "joke" is supposed to be that "giraffes are so silly that they must have originated elsewhere." Or so it seems. Fast forward to season 3 where Amity, Gus, Willow, and Vee (all of them natives of the Boiling Isles themselves) visit a zoo in the human world and take a photo of a giraffe, [https://theowlhouse.fandom.com/wiki/Giraffe causing it to show them its true face.] ''Even they'' are ''terrified''.
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