Results for "tall tale"
6 entries found.
🇫🇷 France and 3 moreDahu
A French mountain legend about an asymmetrical goat used in practical jokesFigure · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇺🇸 United StatesHodag
A fabricated American cryptid from Wisconsin folklore and tall talesFigure · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇮🇸 Iceland and 2 moreFur-bearing troutLoðsilungur
A legendary fish with a coat of fur, found in North American and Icelandic tall tales.Figure · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇺🇸 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 StatesAlfred Bulltop Stormalong
A giant sailor from New England tall tales and sea shantiesFigure · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇰🇷 South KoreaSeolmundae Halmang설문대할망
A giant creator figure from Jeju Island who shaped the land and its volcanoes.Figure · Wonder and entertainment Historical
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Dahu: Philippe Semeria, CC BY 3.0, source
- Hodag: Gourami Watcher, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fur-bearing trout: Samantha Marx, CC BY 2.0, source
- Fearsome critters: Coert Du Bois, Public domain, source