#3 of the flaming hearth cycle
originally thought of as just a myth or a cryptid or a myth, this creature is an ambush predator that pretends to be a corpse or roadkill in order to catch its prey by surprise and swallow it whole.
Green, Monster
Alas, i heard a myth!
a rumination that when ingested much,
the spicy, crunchy, worm shaped snacks
covered in a red powdery pain,
would bring about euphoria...
i both doubt and not doubt.
Poetry, bad, cheetos
"you mean the myth? isn't that just a story?" matthias asked despite the fact he had just experienced two of the powers of the sight.
the wolf shook it's head, "that is no myth, just as tor, fenris and their daughter sita aren't myths." it responded.
Clean, Fantasy, Fox, Love, M/F, Wolf
"it's not one i remember as a child or anything, i read it in a book on kobold myths. you know how most kobolds say we come from dragons, right?"
"sure. but without wings and fire it's kinda stretching it don't you think?"
"yeah. but it's just a myth.
Kobold, Kreet, Kreetthekobold, Scaly
_it is a world of life and myth._
_it is a primal thing, it is praalos._
Fantasy, Intro, Story
Scripts dug up from modern day archaeology shows that the myth/monster was described of having several ways to torture his apparent victims.
Adam0800, Origins, Typhek, tyrannosaur
-729912783 "ruins of atlantis - myths reimagined by khialat")
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[https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/143784](https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/143784)
In the royal household...
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Dragon, Ice, Poem, Poetry, Wraith