#and idk if it would even count but one of my Serious wips features the callanish stones and stonehenge

[hella1975]

What's your favorite cryptid/legend?

you ever get an ask that makes u gasp in excitement and if it was a physical object you'd be holding it very close to ur chest? that's me with this omg GET IN LOSER WE'RE GETTING INTO ONE OF HELLA'S OLDEST HYPERFIXATIONS

okay you should have seen this coming but unfortunately i can't just give you ONE so you can have a top 5 list. i've had to research this shit for as long as i've been writing fantasy aka YEARS so i am super super nerdy on this. like my niche knowledge of legends both globally and locally is..... extensive

1) very basic but DRAGONS - the fact that almost every single culture mentions some form of dragons despite never communicating it with each other is something that absolutely FASCINATES me. same hat with mermaids bc you can find them in almost every culture's mythology in some form or another but i just really fucking love dragons so they get to be on the list <3

2) the legends of king arthur - god i was about to say how OBSESSED i was with this when i was younger but spoiler alert i still can't get enough of it and bbc's merlin did NOTHING but exacerbate it. i went to cornwall this summer with my friends and a lot of arthurian legend stems from that area, the way i DRAGGED those girls on a tour lmfaooo. and i already knew all of it too

3) witches - ask me about their history. ask me about witchcraft through a feminist lense. ask me about witch trials all over the globe. i can give you names and death tolls. i can-

4) black dogs - i think these are also called hellhounds? but one of the first stories i ever wrote that was properly set out as an actual book featured black dogs and ever since i've thought they are the COOLEST thing. and people have used it as a metaphor for depression too and my mum really liked that idea so she tends to use it a lot and idk i just think they're neat

5) the hyrda - wayyyyy before i even got into percy jackson and became absolutely obsessed with mythology, specifically ancient greek mythology, my primary school had a book on myths and legends and i thought it was the COOLEST thing, and one page i really vividly remember is the page on hydras. to this day i still think the concept of them is fucking batshit and i shove them into every story i can shamelessly