26) GORAM. An English giant with a twin named Vincent. The twins fell in love with the same woman, who offered her hand to whichever could drain a nearby lake. Goram drank a huge amount of ale and fell asleep before finishing. After his failure, he drowned himself in the Severn.
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"Goram began digging the nearby Hazel Brook Gorge in Blaise Castle estate, but consumed too much beer and fell asleep." — "The Avon Gorge in Medieval mythology," The National Trust.
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27) ASCAPART. A 30-foot giant of English myth, with the head of a dog. He was defeated by Bevis of Hampton after getting his club stuck in the mud; rather than kill him, Bevis made him his Squire. Ascapart later betrayed his master and attempted to kidnap Bevis's lady love.
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"'Me name,' a sede, 'is Ascopard: Garci me sente hiderward, For to bringe this quene aghen And thee, Beves, her of-slen.'" — Beves of Hamtoun (1300).
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28) LUDWIG THE BLOODSUCKER. An obese, hairy German-American vampire who had a shock of tangled black hair. He frequented dingy bars in New York City, where he acquired most of his blood through winning brawls.
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"A squat, swarthy German, with an enormous head crowned with a shock of bristly black hair… He quaffed human blood as if it were wine." — Petronius, New York Unexpurgated (1966).
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29) FENODYREE. A fairy of Manx myth, Fenodyree was a former knight of the Fairy Court, disgraced and cursed with a grotesque satyr-like appearance as punishment for falling in love with a mortal girl and missing the annual harvest festivities.
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"A fallen fairy, who was banished from fairyland for having paid his addresses to a Manx maiden, and for deserting the fairy court during the harvest moon to dance with her in the Glen of Rushen." — Elizabeth Mary Wright, Rustic Speech and Folk-lore (1913).
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30) BLUE BEN. A dragon which made its lair in Somerset, England. It lived in a cliff-cave and built a path to the sea to help it descend. It was captured by the Devil, who rode it through Hell; when it escaped back to its home, it strayed into the mud and sank without trace.
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31) HÖDEKIN. A fairy of German myth who wore a face-concealing hood, kept watch over the German town of Hildesheim, and was an advisor to its Bishop. Though at first he seemed helpful, he was easily angered, and when a servant-boy teased him... (1/2)
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