The Candyman is such a creature, as are many of the more comical creatures that are created by the 'belief surplus' in Pratchett's Hogfather.The term 'Mythago' originates in the work of Robert Holdstock, and the credit for it remains his, but the concept appears elsewhere:.A tulpa is also more intimate, but intentionally constructed rather than arising spontaneously from belief. An egregore is a sort of a smaller-scale, more personal version of a Mythago, created by a community, team or coven rather than entire culture. A myth made real and given life … and being once given life it may grow and change in its own right, becoming something other than it was first imagined to be.ĭrawing its life from the tales that created it a mythago grows or declines with the currency of its legend - and some of the more self aware ones are not above feeding that legend.Ĭompare and contrast to tulpa and egregore. The combined belief of thousands of humans can, occasionally create an image so powerful that it demands a reality on which to be based, even if that means calling a new entity into existence.Īnd such is a Mythago. The human mind is a powerful thing … it imagines things, shapes them, weaves them into the world around us as though they were real, until sometimes the boundary between reality and imagination becomes blurred. The Mythago is more than a mythical creature … it is a creature of myth. 1700s 1800s 1920s abandoned abduction aboriginal acid adventure_seed aesop africa afterlife agriculture aircraft airplane airport alabama alarm alchemist alchemy algae alien aliens alloy alternate_universe alternative_science america american ammunition amphibean amphibious amulet ancient_astronauts ancient_egypt ancient_greece ancient_rome ancient_world android angel angler animal animal_cruelty antarctica antidote antigravity antimatter ape apocalypse apprentice aquaculture aquatic_animal arabia arachnid archaeology architecture archosaur arctic arizona arkansas armor armour armoured_fighting_vehicle arrow art arthropod artifact artist asia assassination assault asteroid astrology astronautics astronomy astrophysics athlete atmosphere atomic australia australian author automobile aviation aviator ax aztec aztec_mythology baby badass balkans ballet baltic bamboo banking bar barbarian barber base bat bear bee

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