Our experiments combined these existing procedural paradigms to show, for the first time, that observing an efficiently goal-directed event that violates intuitive principles of gravity and continuity triggers expectations of social dominance.’Ĭo-first author Dr Yo Nakawake, of the Kochi University of Technology and also research affiliate at the University of Oxford, added: ‘Further research is needed to explore the inferences made by young children with regard to other properties commonly attributed to supernatural agents such as shapeshifting, omniscience or immortality. They also expect objects to fall earthwards and move in continuous trajectories. They expect characters who have relatively larger body-size, more allies, or who are located at a higher elevation to prevail in situations of conflict. Further experimental manipulations showed that infants’ expectations were not simply motivated by how efficiently goals were achieved, but whether supernatural capabilities were deployed in any given scenario.Ĭo-first author Dr Xianwei Meng, of the Graduate School of Human Sciences at Osaka University, said: ‘Studies in developmental science have shown that from the first year of life infants are sensitive to both social dominance and to events violating intuitive understanding of the physical world. The children generally found the events unexpected (they looked longer at the screen) when the character using physically intuitive methods of propulsion outcompeted the one employing physically counterintuitive methods, expecting the latter to ‘win’ instead. In each scenario, one character displayed physically counterintuitive methods of making progress across the screen – flying or teleporting in the direction of the reward the other moved more intuitively in continuous paths sticking to the ground, thus lacking any special powers. #Supernatural creature seriesIt appears as a whale skeleton and swims accompanied by strange birds and fish and allegedly brings misfortune wherever it is spotted.As part of the study, 48 infants aged 12 to 16 months watched a series of animated videos in which two characters competed for a reward. The bake-kujira, which means ‘ghost whale,’ is, surprisingly, a ghostly whale, native to Western Japan. Her shriek has been likened to the call of a fox. She is described as wearing red or green and having fiery red hair. She is said to haunt only five major Irish families: the O’Briens, the O’Neills, the O’Gradys, and the Kavanaghs, though other sources say she will herald the deaths of members of any families descended from the Milesian Stock, beginning with O’ or Mac/Mc. They’re murderous and drink the blood of their victims.īanshee, from the Irish bean (woman) and sí (fairy), refers to an Irish spirit who announces the death of a family member by ‘keening’ or howling near the home of the deceased. Draugr have superhuman strength and they can grow at will. One of the earliest forms of zombie, Draugrs, native to Scadinavia, live in their graves, often guarding treasure which has been buried with them. Almost every large body of water has a kelpie myth associated with it and it has been offered as an explanation for the Loch Ness Monster. The kelpie lures unsuspecting people to their deaths in the water, where it devours them. Though usually appearing as a horse, the kelpie can also take a human form, retaining its hooves. Kelpies are a shape-shifting water demon native to Scotland. The Irish Oscar-nominated animated film Song of the Sea centers around a young boy dealing with his selkie mother’s return to the sea, and the music is gorgeous. These tales almost always end with the selkie’s retrieval of their skin, often many years later, and their immediate return to the ocean. They’re said to be very beautiful, being forced into relationships with humans who steal their skins. They are native to Ireland, Scotland, Iceland, and the Faroe Isles.There are many tales of selkies. Selkies live as seals but can shed their skins and become human in order to come onto land. Vampires, vamoose! Here are five lesser-known but equally amazing (sometimes terrifying) mystical creatures from around the world.
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