• wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        29·
        6 months ago

        Off the absolute top of my head there’s the redcap. Depending on the material it can be depicted as a gnome, goblin, or kobold with a jaunty looking red hat (generally long and pointy like a gnome hat or like Link’s hat in Legend of Zelda).

        It keeps the hat red by dying and regularly re-dying it with its victims’ blood.

        There’s also a number of depictions of pixies as essentially flying piranha.

        But this sort of mythology isn’t some deep secret, it’s everywhere outside of the kid friendly/disney filtered stuff. I’m sure a simple search will net you tons of content.

      • gramathy@lemmy.ml
        28·
        6 months ago

        One of the best jokes I’ve seen is everyone with adhd accidentally answered yes to a fae asking “could I have your attention”

    • LordGimp@lemm.ee
      13·
      6 months ago

      The only thing I vividly remember from this movie is the pretty lady just about sitting on Hugh Jackmans face.

      • Gaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        11·
        6 months ago

        I love this movie. It’s probably one of my favorite schlock fantasy movies. The casting was way better than it had any right to be - Hugh Jackman, sure, but Kate Beckinsale? Well, I guess she was fresh off Underworld, so she was still in that headspace. And Richard Roxburgh doing the perfect amount of scene-chewing for the villain… introducing himself properly as Vladislaus Draculea… and the opening scene, shot just like a 1920s Universal monster movie! I legitimately think it’s the closest we’ll ever get to a live action Castlevania. I could go on, but I’ll spare you. Might be time for a rewatch.

        • iheartneopets@lemm.ee
          3·
          6 months ago

          The sets, the wardrobe, the direction, the acting. All of it is so good without taking itself too seriously. It’s from the same director of the (good) Mummy movies, so go figure

  • conditional_soup@lemm.ee
    22·
    6 months ago

    Tbf, the Europeans have some pretty fucked cryptid lore, it’s just that they’re more chaotic neutral and less chaotic vengeance than the American variety. My favorite american cryptid is an old one you don’t hear much of anymore, and was born from Pacific NorthWest loggers: the Hide Behind. Basically, this mf stalks your shit and will always duck behind a tree when you turn to look at it; it’s fast enough to never be seen clearly, but you can just catch glimpses of it if you’re fast/lucky. Eventually, it catches and eats unwitting loggers who let it sneak up on them.

    Edit: I also like the deer stories. One of my all time favs was a free text about a deer stumbling up the street very clearly saying “BEEP BEEP BEEP” like a car being unlocked, followed by “Honey, I’m home!” over and over. That was the whole story, just a weird fucking deer stumbling up the street and talking to itself. 10/10 would gladly read again.

  • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    13·
    6 months ago

    America’s got some goofy cryptids too. Like the hugag. A large, moose-like fearsome critter with a big floppy upper lip and no elbows or knees. Unable to lay down or kneel, it can only eat bark from trees around the height of its head, and it can’t lay down to sleep so it leans against trees, sometimes causing the tree to lean.

  • Tattorack@lemmy.world
    7·
    6 months ago

    I guess you’ve never heard of German cryptids… Or Polish cryptids… Oooor Nordic cryptids…

  • GluWu@lemm.ee
    6·
    6 months ago

    I keep trying to make friends with skinwalkers but they run away when I try to hug them.

  • motor_spirit@lemmy.world
    94·
    6 months ago

    why have I never encountered the word ‘cryptid’ until 2024, specifically in meme form, multiple times? Odd thing. tf are the kids up to these days