Glawackus, the Glossary
The glawackus is one of the fearsome critters, a group of legendary creatures in the folklore and traditions of lumberjacks during the 19th and early 20th centuries in North America.[1]
Table of Contents
12 relations: Bear, Cryptozoology, Fearsome critters, Glastonbury, Connecticut, Hartford Courant, Hyena, Lion, Lowell Thomas, Lumberjack, Panthera, Phantom cat, Safari.
- 1939 in Connecticut
- Connecticut folklore
- Fearsome critters
- Mythological felines
Bear
Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae.
Cryptozoology
Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated, particularly those popular in folklore, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, or the Mokele-mbembe.
See Glawackus and Cryptozoology
Fearsome critters
In North American folklore and American mythology, fearsome critters were tall tale animals jokingly said to inhabit the wilderness in or around logging camps,Dorson, Richard M. Man and Beast in American Comic Legend. (Bloomington, IN: Indiana Univ. Press, 1982.)Leach, Maria.
See Glawackus and Fearsome critters
Glastonbury, Connecticut
Glastonbury is a town in the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, United States, formally founded in 1693 and first settled in 1636.
See Glawackus and Glastonbury, Connecticut
Hartford Courant
The Hartford Courant is the largest daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Connecticut, and is advertised as the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States.
See Glawackus and Hartford Courant
Hyena
Hyenas or hyaenas (from Ancient Greek ὕαινα) are feliform carnivoran mammals belonging to the family Hyaenidae.
Lion
The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India.
Lowell Thomas
Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981) was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveler, best remembered for publicising T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia).
See Glawackus and Lowell Thomas
Lumberjack
Lumberjack is a mostly North American term for workers in the logging industry who perform the initial harvesting and transport of trees.
Panthera
Panthera is a genus within the family Felidae, and one of two extant genera in the subfamily Pantherinae.
Phantom cat
Phantom cats, also known as alien big cats (ABCs), are large felids which allegedly appear in regions outside their indigenous range.
Safari
A safari (originally) is an overland journey to observe wild animals, especially in East Africa.
See also
1939 in Connecticut
- Glawackus
Connecticut folklore
- Annabelle (doll)
- Battle of the Frogs
- Glawackus
- Leatherman (vagabond)
- Melon heads
- Moodus, Connecticut
- Witch trials in Connecticut
Fearsome critters
- Agropelter
- Axehandle hound
- Ball-tailed cat
- Belled buzzard
- Cactus cat
- Dungavenhooter
- Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods, With a Few Desert and Mountain Beasts
- Fearsome critters
- Fur-bearing trout
- Gillygaloo
- Glawackus
- Goofus bird
- Gumberoo
- Hidebehind
- Hodag
- Hoop snake
- Hugag
- Jackalope
- Jersey Devil
- Joint snake
- Sidehill gouger
- Snallygaster
- Snipe hunt
- Snow snake (folklore)
- Splintercat
- Squonk
- Teakettler
- Wampus cat
Mythological felines
- Aiapæc
- Bakeneko
- Ball-tailed cat
- Blue Mountains panther
- British big cats
- Cabbit
- Cactus cat
- Carbuncle (legendary creature)
- Cat (zodiac)
- Cat-sìth
- Cath Palug
- Cha kla
- Glawackus
- Hombre Gato
- Jaguars in Mesoamerican cultures
- Kasha (folklore)
- Lyncus
- Lynx (mythology)
- Mafdet
- Manticore
- Nekomata
- Nian
- Odontotyrannos
- Onza
- Panther (legendary creature)
- Pard
- Raijū
- Splintercat
- Tepēyōllōtl
- Tezcatlipoca
- The Nunda, Eater of People
- Tiger (zodiac)
- Tyger (heraldry)
- Underwater panther
- Wampus cat
- Werecat
- Werejaguar
- Winged cat
- Winged lion
- Zouyu