EDIT:
As promised, I've added the term 'lazy asshole' next to the failees' avatars. You all get gold stars for being so friggin' spacey but some of you are more star worthy than others.


Time's up. Guess what? Five people turned in entries. Out of twenty four. Awesome. Good job. 19 of you failed like a snake with limbs.

No point in using five judges for only five contestants. Winner's . Second place would have gone to but there's no point in having a second place because...you guessed it. Only five people (technically four) get gold stars.
To think. You could have gotten a gold star had you completed an entry. It would have looked like this. --->
How devoid of happiness your life must be now that a gold star is not within your cold dead hands.

Moving on, hope you guys had a happy Halloween.











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Judges: Obviously, the judges can't vote for themselves or anything. Heh.



# of Contestants as of now: 24.
# of Contestants as of now who are finished: 5. Tch. What the fuck.

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Nixes

In Norse folklore, they are water spirits who try to lure people into the water. The males can assume many different shapes, including that of a human, fish, and snake. The females are beautiful women with the tail of a fish. When they are in human forms they can be recognized by the wet hem of their clothes. The Nixes are considered as malignant in some quarters, but as harmless and friendly in others.

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Shellycoat

The Shellycoat is a Scottish bogeyman who haunts the rivers and streams. He is covered with shells, which rattle when he moves, announcing his presence. He enjoys misleading wanderers and often puts them on the wrong track. The Shellycoat is playful, but rather harmless. Generally, the creatures who inhabit rivers are less dangerous than those who live in lakes and seas.

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Agta

A creature from Philippine folklore. It can be seen by anyone who bends low enough to look backwards through his legs (which is also how the dwende can be seen). The agta is a solitary creature, black in appearance, and regarded as benificial to fishermen. It enjoys smoking cigars.

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Hide

A South American monster, described as a flat and circular. It is the embodiment of a mainly malevolent supernatural force.

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Igosha

In Russian folklore an Igosha is a household sprite, a handless and legless monster. Legends say that an Igosha is the spirit of a new-born baby who died without being christened. Igoshas lives here and there and are very fond of cruel pranks. To appease one, people should acknowledge his presence loudly, give him a spoon and a loaf of bread at the table – or a hat and mittens for the winter.

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Bolla

In ancient Albanian folklore, Bolla is a snake-like (or dragon-like) creature that sleeps throughout the entire year. On Saint George's Day, it will open its eyes and look into the world. A human unfortunate enough to be spotted by Bolla will be devoured instantly. At the end of a twelve-year cycle it mutates into another being, called Kulshedra. This creature is a horrible, fire-breathing dragon with nine tongues. Kulshedra is sometimes also represented as an enormous woman with a hairy body and hanging breasts. The monster can cause a shortage of water and it requires human sacrifices to propitiate it. The creature is also known as Bullar in south Albania.

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Swan May

According to the mythology of pre-Roman Britain, if you can get the feather of the Swan May, you can perform great feats of magic, including turning yourself into a swan. But beware the Swan May, if she should get her feather back, she can escape.

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Roc

In Arabian legends, the Roc are gigantic birds, often referred to as 'the Great', and capable of carrying off elephants for food. They are found in various stories of 'The Thousand and One Nights', and are also mentioned to by Marco Polo on his travels. Their eggs, according to Sinbad the Sailor, could measure up to 50 paces in circumference.

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Ozaena

The ozaena means stink-polyp. The creature was named because of its offensive odor. Most Ozaenas were small in size and preferred to remain near the sea bottom. In rare instances, larger species of these polyps attacked swimmers and drowned them. One giant Ozaena that terrorized a village in Spain had a head as large as a ninety-gallon cask, and tentacles thiry feet long.

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Phooka

The Phooka is a harmless Irish kobold who appears in a great diversity of animal shapes. He can be seen in the shape of a dog or horse, usually pitch-black with fiery eyes. As an apparently tame and shabby pony, the Phooka offers careless travelers a ride on its back. But as soon as the traveler mounts the horse, he is in for a hell-ride through marshes and thorn-bushes. Then suddenly, he is thrown into a ditch or mudpool and the chuckling he hears is the Phooka galloping away.
Sometimes he appears in the form of an eagle and carries people away on his back.

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Aitvaras

In Lithuanian folk belief, a house spirit which appears in the form of a dragon. It brings its master stoles goods, such as coins, corn, and milk. An Aitvaras can be obtained from the Devil in exchange for one's soul, but can also be found, or brooded from the eggs of a seven-year-old cock. The spirit, which in the household appears as a cock, must be fed with omelet.
One legend tells of a young bride who was obliged to grind grain with a hand-mill for her mistress. The basket, however, was always full and her work was never done. Following clever advice, she discovered by the light of a sacred candle a cock vomiting the grains. She killed it, much to the distress of the mistress of the house since it was the source of her wealth.

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Vrykolakas

A vampire-like creature from Greek folklore. It is an animated corpse that can leave its grave on any day except Saturday. It can be killed by fire or by a stroke of lightning.

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Garafena
In Russian folklore Garafena is a magical snake. According to the legends, Garafena lies upon a golden artifact on the Booyan island. This snake is called upon in incantations against snake bites.



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A present-day Tzotzil tale tells why weird creatures called Charcoal Crunchers no longer exist. A long time ago, a man was married to a charcoal crunching wife. Every night her head would leave her body and bounce over to the fireplace to eat hot charcoals. Occasionally the head would leave the house and thud around the neighborhood.
One night, the husband had enough and rubbed salt on her empty neck so that when she returned she could not stick her head to her body again. Annoyed, she bounced up on his shoulder and stuck there, causing him great discomfort. Some days later he convinced his wife to temporarily leave his shoulder so that he could climb a tree to fetch some pine nuts for her. Once up in the tree he refused to come down and she could not bounce high enough to reach him. Banging around the tree she accidentally crashed onto the shoulder of a passing deer and stuck there. The startled deer ran off and carried with it the last Charcoal Cruncher.

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Roblón

"The Big Oak". This is an evil plant from Cantabria (northern Spain) that long ago was a mere old oak, just bigger and broader than its fellows were. One day, a maid seeking refuge from a storm entered its hollow trunk. She was soaked and cold, and pressed herself against the tree for warmth. Sensing her body, the oak embraced her so tightly, that it squeezed her to death. He then absorbed her blood. Not so long afterwards, the tree started growing more and more, until one day, it discovered it could move. Since then, the Roblón has been wandering on the Earth's surface, doing great evil to the woods. Its strides shake the trees until the weakest fall, and it destroys all that lies in its path. He also absorbs all the water it can find, thus emptying the wells and drying up springs and rivers.

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Bicho-Papão

In Brazilian folklore, a man-animal which appears to devour the children when they do not eat rightly or disobey their parents. This type of being or tale is frequently used by parents to frighten their children.
It is originally a character from Portuguese folklore, brought to Brazil by the Portuguese colonists.
Papão is derived from the verb papar, "eat", which is mostly used in conversations with children.

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Death Coach

In Irish foklore when the Banshee wails and someone dies, a headless man comes down from the skies riding a coach with two black horses and picks up the spirit of the deceased.

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Nahuelito

An Argentinian lake monster. Like its counterpart Nessie, it too is named after the lake it supposedly inhabits, the Nahuel Huapi Lake. Descriptions of the appearance of the creature vary rather, as does those of its size.

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Mahr

The ancient Slavish and Teutonic people believed that the Mahr were the spirits of their deceased family members (but also of other living persons) whose soul had left the body at night. These spirits would disturb the night's rest of humans and even drink their blood. The Mahr appear as moths, hairs, or blades of straw. In other sources, the Mahr are a race of giant vampire moths that dwell in the Carpathian Mountains. When a person was bitten by one of the Mahr, the creature would host the body of that person. A Mahr can be killed, and thus returning the soul to the original owner, by driving a wooden stake through its heart, or by finding its lair and exposing it to daylight. In Poland they are called Mora and in Bulgaria Morava.

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Cusith

An enormous hound of the Scottish Highlands. It is said to be a dark green in color, with a long braided tail and the size of a bullock. Whenever his baying was heard on the moors, farmers would quickly lock up their women because the hound's mission was to round up women and drive them to a fairy mound so they might supply milk for fairy children.

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Manticore

A monstrous creature which inhabits the forests in Asia, especially in Indonesia, Malaysia and India. The manticore, considered to be the most dangerous predator in these regions, has the body of a lion and a head with human resemblance. The mouth is filled with three rows of razor-sharp teeth and the scaled tail ends in a ball with poisonous darts. The monster stalks through the forest in search of humans. Upon an encounter with a human, the manticore fires a volley of darts at the victim, who dies immediately. This unfortunate person is devoured completely, even the bones and clothing, as well as the possessions this person carried, vanish. When a villager has completely disappeared, this is considered proof of the presence of a manticore.

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Selkies

The shy Selkies are marine creatures in the shape of a seal. They can be found near the islands of Orkney and Shetland. A female can shed her skin and come ashore as a beautiful woman. When a man finds the skin, he can force the Selkie to be a good, if somewhat sad, wife. Should she ever recover the skin, she will immediately return to sea, leaving her husband behind. The male Selkies are responsible for storms and also for the sinking of ships, which is their way of avenging the hunting of seals.

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Tikbalang

A half-man half-horse creature from Philippine folklore. It lives in secluded areas in swamps. It is said that the knees of the tikbalang rise above its head, hiding its face. The tikbalang is responsible for misleading travelers so that they will get lost. However, a traveler may find his way back by wearing his shirt inside-out. It is also believed that if it rains with the sun fully out, a tikbalang is getting married.

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Puntianak

A female spirit in Malay folklore which feeds on human blood, particularly that of women giving birth. She waits her victims, usually men, along a lonely road or at the edge of the jungle in the form of a beautiful woman. Any man foolish enough to approach her would be killed and devoured by her.
When a woman gave birth in a stilt house, the blood could drip down to the ground. The man of the house would then cover the ground with thorns to prevent the puntianak from drinking the blood. It was believed that the puntianak could only drink blood in her original form, which was that of an ugly human face with disheveled hair and protruding intestines but without a body. When she flew, the intestines would trail behind her like the tails of a kite. If the ground where the blood fell was covered with thorns, she would not dare to drink it for fear that the thorns would prick her intestines.