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LLANGORSE LAKE - AFANC
15th Century poet Lewys Glyn Cothi wrote that the Afanc lived in what is now Llangorse Lake. Resembling a crocodile or a giant beaver the Afanc is said to prey upon those that swim in its lake, and its thrashings can kill those around it, and flood kingdoms. In Arthurian legend either Arthur or Peredur are said to have slain the Afanc. For Peredur the lake creature was invisible and able to fire poison darts, and only became visible when the Queen of Constantinople, dressed as a maiden, gave him an adder stone to carry into its cave. See on the Map-olah Map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Welsh_Lake_Monster_-_Afanc
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LOCH NESS, SOUTH WEST OF INVERNESS, HOME OF THR LOCH NESS MONSTER - NESSY
Home of Nessy / Nessie the Loch Ness Monster. A large water creature with numerous sightings in the Loch. Numerous attempts have been made to try and find Nessy using fleets of boats and radar / sonar. A lost dinosaur, a floating log, a large sturgeon or a feature of the local water currents? See on the Map-olah Map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Loch_Ness Native American legends tell of Oniare living in the Great Lakes.
The Iroquois gave the dragon-like water serpent, with a horned head, the name Oniare. Hiding in the waters of the Great Lakes it would prey on travellers, overturning their canoes and using its poisonous breath. Travellers could avoid its wrath by making offerings, or by calling upon Oriane's enemy the thunder god, Hinon. Sightings by the descendants of the European settlers, also report a sea serpent creature from the 1800s through to the 1990s, where it is called affectionately, Bessie. See on the Map-olah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Oniare_-_Iroquois_Lake_Monster |
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