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Mysterious creatures

… some legend & myths of our region…

Monsters:

• Barabashka
• Mermaids
• Shubin
• Vodyanoy
• Chupakabra

Barabashka

Barabashka or Domovoy is a protective spirit in Slavic folklore. He is a small hairy creature with a beard. At daytime no one can see him. But when the night comes he appears to do all his undone work about the house. People believe that barabashka guards the house from evil. But sometimes he could be naughty himself. For example he could hide things or break them loudly.

Mermaid

Mermaid or as we call them – rusalka is a water nymph, a female spirit in Slavic mythology and folklore.

It is believed that the soul of a young woman who had died in a river or a lake would come back to haunt that waterway. Her main purpose is to capture young men, seduced by either her looks or her voice. Her body would instantly become very slippery and not allow the victim to cling on to her body in order to reach the surface. She would then wait until the victim had drowned, or, on some occasions, tickle them to death, as she laughed. It is also believed, that rusalki can change their appearance to match the tastes of men they are about to seduce.

Shubin

Shubin or kind Shubin is a mythical character of miner folklore. He looks like gnome , holding pick and candle to light his way. He is called Master of mine. Miners believe that he exist and always help in difficult situations. They say that he is kind but also he could be evil.

Vodyanoy

Vodyanoy is a male water spirit . He is the Master of water area & is said to appear as an old man with greenish beard, and long hair, with his body covered in algae and muck, usually covered in black fish scales. He has webbed paws instead of hands, a fish’s tail, and eyes that burn like red-hot coals. He usually rides along his river on a half-sunk log, making loud splashes. Local drownings are said to be the work of the vodyanoy (or rusalkas).

When angered, the vodyanoy breaks dams, washes down water mills, and drowns people and animals. He would drag down people to his underwater dwelling to serve him as slaves.

Chupacabra

The chupacabra or literally «goat-sucker»; from chupar, «to suck», and cabra, «goat»is a legendary creature in the folklore . The name comes from the animal’s reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats.

Physical descriptions of the creature vary. It is a heavy creature, the size of a small bear, with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail.

Eyewitness sightings have been claimed in Puerto Rico, and have since been reported in countries like Russia and Ukraine too.

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Текст In search of Nessie and other mysterious monsters с переводом.

In search of Nessie and other mysterious monsters
В поисках Несси и других загадочных существ

We’ve all heard well-known stories of ancient mythical creatures such as dragons, unicorns and giants, but to this day, people all over the world continue to report sightings of various mysterious monsters! So… we asked our readers to tell us about any creatures like these from their country …		Мы все слышали хорошо известные истории о древних мифических существах, таких как драконы, единороги и гиганты, но до сегодняшнего дня люди по всему миру продолжают сообщать об обнаружении различных загадочных монстров! Поэтому мы попросили наших читателей рассказать нам о каких-нибудь существах, наподобие этих, из своих стран…
A) I’m Kevin from Inverness, Scotland! I’m sure you’ve all heard of our famous Loch Ness Monster, with its humped back, long tail and snake-like head. But you probably didn’t know that people have been reporting sightings of this strange monster since the 6th century! The first modern sighting was in 1933 when a couple who were driving home saw a creature rolling and diving in the lake. Since then there have been over a thousand recorded sightings and even some photos taken of Nessie. Some people believe that Nessie is a dinosaur called a plesiosaur that somehow survived in Loch Ness but the truth is still a mystery.		Я Кевин из города Инвернесс, Шотландия! Я уверен, что вы все слышали о нашем знаменитом Лох-Несском чудовище с изогнутой спиной, длинным хвостом и змеиной головой. Но, вероятно, вы не знаете, что люди сообщают о встрече с этим странным монстром с 6-го века! Первая встреча в новом времени произошло в 1933 году, когда пара, которая ехала домой, увидела существо, колыхающееся и ныряющее в озере. С того момента существуют свыше тысячи зафиксированных случаев и даже фотографий Несси. Некоторые люди верят, что Несси – это динозавр под названием плезиозавр, который выжил в Лох-Нессе, но истина является до сих пор тайной.
B) I’m Jens from Norway and we have the legend of the Kraken, a horrifying deep-sea monster that was a mile and a half across. As ships approached, the Kraken would wrap its giant tentacles around them or create a violent whirlpool to pull them down to the bottom of the ocean. The Kraken are a species of giant squid. In 2007, fishermen caught a ten-metre long squid with eyes the size of dinner plates and sharp hooks on some of its tentacles off the coast of Antarctica. There’s no doubt that giant squid exist, but exactly how big they can grow to and whether they have destroyed ships still remains a mystery.		Я Дженс из Норвегии, и у нас есть легенда о кракене, ужасном глубоководном монстре размером в одну с половиной мили. При приближении кораблей кракен охватывал их своими гигантскими щупальцами и создавал мощную воронку, чтобы затянуть их на дно океана. Кракен – это вид гигантского кальмара. В 2007 году у побережья рыбаки выловили десятиметрового кальмара с глазами размером с обеденную тарелку и острыми крюками на некоторых из его щупальцев. Несомненно гигантский кальмар существует, но все еще остается загадкой, насколько большими они являются и разрушали ли они корабли.
C. I’m Mary from Oregon, USA. As you probably already know, a strange-looking big hairy creature called Bigfoot (or Sasquatch) has been part of American folklore for years. Since the 1800s, there have been more than 3,000 sightings of Bigfoot, who most witnesses describe as being a two-legged creature two to three metres tall that has long arms and a short neck. Investigators say there’s no way that its footprints, at around 40cm long, could be human prints! Some scientists believe that Bigfoot could be a species of extinct ape, but unfortunately so far no one has found a Bigfoot body, fossil or skeleton.		Я Мэри из Орегона, США. Как вы, вероятно, уже знаете, на протяжении многих лет часть американского фольклора является большое волосатое существо под названием йети (или саскуотч). С 1800 года было более 3000 встреч с йети, которого большинство свидетелей описывало как существа с двумя ногами, высотой от двух до трех метров, имеющего длинные руки и короткую шею. Исследователи говорят, что, несомненно, его следы, длинной примерно в 40 см., не могут быть человеческими следами! Некоторые ученые полагают, что йети может быть видом вымершей человекоподобной обезьяны, но, к сожалению, до сих пор никто не нашел тела йети, его останков или скелета.

Источник: Spotlight, 9 класс