Trivia for Squiggle #XXV
Welcome to the Halloween edition of Trivia for Squiggle. Today's issue deals with folklore and useless facts about monsters, vampire bats, ghosts, werewolves, and (as promised) even one serial killer bit. In lieu of zombie trivia (and in the event you should get attacked by zombies tonight), as a bonus to today's Trivia for Squiggle, I am including the "Top 10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack" from The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks:
1. Organize before they rise!
2. They feel no fear, why should you?
3. Use your head: cut off theirs.
4. Blades don't need reloading
5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair.
6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it.
7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike.
8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert!
9. No place is safe, only safer.
10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.
Now on to the trivia:
601. A child who is born between midnight and one in the morning is said to possess the ability to see ghosts.
602. Wearing silk every day is excellent for warding off potential ghostly visitations.
603. The ancient Egyptians believed that the spirit left the body when it died. These ghosts, known as khu, were considered responsible for illnesses and misfortune of the deceased person's family.
604. Salt is a classic defense against evil spirits.
605. Long ago, Iceland's law provided judicial protection against evil spirits. Victims of ghostly persecution were allowed to summon the poltergeist before the court in order to place a restraining order on the offending party.
606. The Irish would bury the corpse of a person suspected of being the victim of a vampire face down. It was theorized that if the individual did indeed become a vampire then he/she, upon awakening in the grave, would dig him/herself right down into hell rather than up and out of the grave.
607. In Argentina, the werewolf is known as a 'lobisón.' As late into modern times as the 20th century, the seventh male child was always thought to become a werewolf. For this reason, dozens of newborn children were murdered and their bodies disposed of. In the 1920's, to prevent this belief from festering further, the Argentine President gave a reward to parents who preserved the life of their seventh born male child. The reward was a gold medal and a scholarship that lasted until the child’s 21st birthday.
608. A griffin is an ancient mythical winged monster that had the head of an eagle and the body of a lion.
609. In folklore, a lycanthrope (werewolf) was able to alter its appearance from a human being into a vicious murdering wolf.
610. In Jewish folklore, a golem is an artificially created human being (like a statue) that was given life by supernatural means.
611. A cockatrice was mythical monster hatched by a reptile from a chicken's egg and was able to kill with only a glance.
612. A manticore is a mythical monster having the head of man (with devil-like horns), the body of a lion, and the tail of a scorpion.
613. Of Arabian lore, an afrit is the demon spirit of a murdered man who seeks to avenge his death. The creature rises up like smoke from the blood of the slain victim. It can only be stopped by driving a nail through the blood stained ground from whence it came.
614. A pisaca is a flesh eating Indian demon vampire that finds its victims at: cremation grounds, under doorways, and in deserted houses. Seeing one will result in the observer's death within nine months. These creatures become invisible and enter the bodies of the living through their mouths, feeding on the host's intestines and feces.
615. A vukodlak, meaning 'wolf's hair,' is a southern Slavic vampire-werewolf is created 40 days after its mortal death by the entry into its corpse by a demonic spirit. It leaves its grave to drink human blood and have sexual relations with its former wife or girlfriend.
616. A brahmaparusha is an Indian vampire that looks like a male demon wearing a wreath of human intestines around its head. It likes to gnaw the flesh off of a decapitated human head and drink blood from the skull.
617. A mullo is a savage Gypsy vampire whose name means 'living dead.' They are restless spirits who rise from the grave to avenge their deaths. They look human, with hair that drapes all the way down to the ground. They like to feast on the blood of both, humans and animals.
618. Hindu folklore describes the vetala, a vampiric creature, as one who lurks about cemeteries to reanimate the dead. They have human bodies, but their hands and feet are turned backwards. They live in stones, and their eerie singing can sometimes be heard in the dead of night.
619. A nachzehrer is a ruthless creature said to have originated in Silesia (Poland). It likes to prey on its own relatives. While in the grave, it eats its own clothing and flesh, which causes its nearest relatives to sicken and die. It leaves its tomb at midnight each night to search for and convert its remaining family members into vampires.
620. An Aswang Manananggal is a shape-shifting creature found in Philippine mythology. They fly about in the form of disembodied heads with stringy trailing entrails. They feed on the blood and flesh of humans, and are particularly fond of internal organs. By day, they are men or women who are likely to be respected members of their communities. They are often accompanied by birds, searching for prey.
621. To begin feeding on a bird or other large mammal (like a cow or a horse), the vampire bat must first locate a vein in their prey and then make an incision in the skin with their razor-sharp teeth. The bat knows finds the vein under the skin by using a heat sensor on its nose to sniff it out.
622. A vampire bat can live for about 2 days without nourishing themselves with blood. They only need about 2 tablespoons of blood to stay healthy.
623. The wound made by the bat doesn't clot or scab up while the bat is feeding because of a strong anticoagulant contained in the bat's saliva, which is 20 times stronger than any other anti-clotting agent known to man.
624. Werewolf hunters believe that you can obtain sanctuary from a predatory werewolf by climbing into an ash tree.
625. Ed Gein was the ‘serial killer’ known as 'The Plainfield Ghoul' and 'The Butcher of Plainfield.' He shot and killed at least 2 people in the 1950's in the city of Plainfield, Wisconsin. He also robbed graves and made lampshades from human skin and bowls from human skulls. He is technically not a serial killer as he didn’t kill a mass amount of people, but it is what he did with the bodies of whom he killed and the corpses he dug up that make him a remarkable figure in serial killer history.
"It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again."
1. Organize before they rise!
2. They feel no fear, why should you?
3. Use your head: cut off theirs.
4. Blades don't need reloading
5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair.
6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it.
7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike.
8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert!
9. No place is safe, only safer.
10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.
Now on to the trivia:
601. A child who is born between midnight and one in the morning is said to possess the ability to see ghosts.
602. Wearing silk every day is excellent for warding off potential ghostly visitations.
603. The ancient Egyptians believed that the spirit left the body when it died. These ghosts, known as khu, were considered responsible for illnesses and misfortune of the deceased person's family.
604. Salt is a classic defense against evil spirits.
605. Long ago, Iceland's law provided judicial protection against evil spirits. Victims of ghostly persecution were allowed to summon the poltergeist before the court in order to place a restraining order on the offending party.
606. The Irish would bury the corpse of a person suspected of being the victim of a vampire face down. It was theorized that if the individual did indeed become a vampire then he/she, upon awakening in the grave, would dig him/herself right down into hell rather than up and out of the grave.
607. In Argentina, the werewolf is known as a 'lobisón.' As late into modern times as the 20th century, the seventh male child was always thought to become a werewolf. For this reason, dozens of newborn children were murdered and their bodies disposed of. In the 1920's, to prevent this belief from festering further, the Argentine President gave a reward to parents who preserved the life of their seventh born male child. The reward was a gold medal and a scholarship that lasted until the child’s 21st birthday.
608. A griffin is an ancient mythical winged monster that had the head of an eagle and the body of a lion.
609. In folklore, a lycanthrope (werewolf) was able to alter its appearance from a human being into a vicious murdering wolf.
610. In Jewish folklore, a golem is an artificially created human being (like a statue) that was given life by supernatural means.
611. A cockatrice was mythical monster hatched by a reptile from a chicken's egg and was able to kill with only a glance.
612. A manticore is a mythical monster having the head of man (with devil-like horns), the body of a lion, and the tail of a scorpion.
613. Of Arabian lore, an afrit is the demon spirit of a murdered man who seeks to avenge his death. The creature rises up like smoke from the blood of the slain victim. It can only be stopped by driving a nail through the blood stained ground from whence it came.
614. A pisaca is a flesh eating Indian demon vampire that finds its victims at: cremation grounds, under doorways, and in deserted houses. Seeing one will result in the observer's death within nine months. These creatures become invisible and enter the bodies of the living through their mouths, feeding on the host's intestines and feces.
615. A vukodlak, meaning 'wolf's hair,' is a southern Slavic vampire-werewolf is created 40 days after its mortal death by the entry into its corpse by a demonic spirit. It leaves its grave to drink human blood and have sexual relations with its former wife or girlfriend.
616. A brahmaparusha is an Indian vampire that looks like a male demon wearing a wreath of human intestines around its head. It likes to gnaw the flesh off of a decapitated human head and drink blood from the skull.
617. A mullo is a savage Gypsy vampire whose name means 'living dead.' They are restless spirits who rise from the grave to avenge their deaths. They look human, with hair that drapes all the way down to the ground. They like to feast on the blood of both, humans and animals.
618. Hindu folklore describes the vetala, a vampiric creature, as one who lurks about cemeteries to reanimate the dead. They have human bodies, but their hands and feet are turned backwards. They live in stones, and their eerie singing can sometimes be heard in the dead of night.
619. A nachzehrer is a ruthless creature said to have originated in Silesia (Poland). It likes to prey on its own relatives. While in the grave, it eats its own clothing and flesh, which causes its nearest relatives to sicken and die. It leaves its tomb at midnight each night to search for and convert its remaining family members into vampires.
620. An Aswang Manananggal is a shape-shifting creature found in Philippine mythology. They fly about in the form of disembodied heads with stringy trailing entrails. They feed on the blood and flesh of humans, and are particularly fond of internal organs. By day, they are men or women who are likely to be respected members of their communities. They are often accompanied by birds, searching for prey.
621. To begin feeding on a bird or other large mammal (like a cow or a horse), the vampire bat must first locate a vein in their prey and then make an incision in the skin with their razor-sharp teeth. The bat knows finds the vein under the skin by using a heat sensor on its nose to sniff it out.
622. A vampire bat can live for about 2 days without nourishing themselves with blood. They only need about 2 tablespoons of blood to stay healthy.
623. The wound made by the bat doesn't clot or scab up while the bat is feeding because of a strong anticoagulant contained in the bat's saliva, which is 20 times stronger than any other anti-clotting agent known to man.
624. Werewolf hunters believe that you can obtain sanctuary from a predatory werewolf by climbing into an ash tree.
625. Ed Gein was the ‘serial killer’ known as 'The Plainfield Ghoul' and 'The Butcher of Plainfield.' He shot and killed at least 2 people in the 1950's in the city of Plainfield, Wisconsin. He also robbed graves and made lampshades from human skin and bowls from human skulls. He is technically not a serial killer as he didn’t kill a mass amount of people, but it is what he did with the bodies of whom he killed and the corpses he dug up that make him a remarkable figure in serial killer history.
"It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again."
posted by Scott at 2:19 PM
3 Comments:
Woah! where do you get all these info??? *_*
~hides from the scary facts~
One Winged Angel: first of all, awesome user name and you have a keen blog, too! I get all the info through various searches on the internet for trivia. Sometimes I seek out a particular subject matter, but more often it's just a bunch of random stuff. There are some good sites that have just the trivia, and then there are others where you have to play a game or answer questions to get all the info. The Halloween stuff came from a bunch of different quizzes I took at cavernsofblood.com.
Squiggle: ah, hiding from the scary facts like how I'm trying to hide from that picture of Axl Rose I posted. I swear, every time I look at it I think he's going to somehow steal my soul through the computer screen...oh wait a minute, I don't have a soul...nevermind...
Cindy: thanks...I didn't have a quote planned out for today and had to remember one on the fly...this was the first one that came to mind that fit with my 'theme'...
INYUATYT!!!
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