A few French Yokai...
The タラスキュ (Tarasque) from France.
Some info scammed from the Fantasy World Myth Dictionary: "A monster in the Celtic mythology of the continent. A stone-carved cannibal monster found in Nove, Vaucluse, France. It is said to be from the 3rd century BC.
Collection of the Rapidale Museum in Avignon, the centre of Provence, southern France.
A monster's forefoot standing on its hind legs, with a shape that is said to be a good example of the theme of "cut neck", a ritual of decapitation peculiar to Celts have.
There is also a legend in La Tarasque that the hero St. Marthe was defeated because a monster on the bank of the Seine devastated the town."
This pic of the Tarasque gave me the inspiration for this post's title.
From Gegege...
A very similar mollusc can be found here.
海馬 (Umi-Uma quite literally, Sea Horse) is a Sea Horse but not a Seahorse.
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Oh man, those Disney Gotcha's are really cool!
Dang, they aren't out yet...
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