Results for "logging"
4 entries found.
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreFearsome critters
Tall tale animals from North American logging camps used to jest and explain the wild.Figure · Wonder and entertainment · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇺🇸 United StatesTeakettler
A shy lumber-camp creature said to whistle like a boiling kettle and walk backwardsBeing · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇺🇸 United StatesAgropelter
An ape-faced beast of lumber tales that pelts passers-by with branches from hollow treesBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇹🇭 ThailandNang Ta-khianนางตะเคียน
A Thai tree spirit said to dwell in the ta-khian treeBeing · Luck and prosperity · Cursing and harm Living
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Agropelter: Fearsome Critters, Written by Henry H. Tryon • Illustrated by Margaret, CC0, source
- Nang Ta-khian: Xavier Romero-Frias, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fearsome critters: Coert Du Bois, Public domain, source