Creature Catalog Beasts Imaginary beasts lurk in the legends of most countries of the world. Usually they are monsters, described as mutants, or creatures with strange and horrible bodies. Although these beasts can touch our deepest fears, they are very popular. It seems that people like to be scared.
Teratology means the study of monsters .
Armenia These have iron teeth, brass claws and eat babies. A water devil who hides in isolated wetlands and lakes and drowns swimmers. A force in space some 35 million miles from Earth on the way to Mars. It supposedly causes electrical or mechanical problems with spacecraft in the area. An ugly green monster with a monkey's head and a turtle's shell, it drags people into its watery home to eat them.