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Glawackus, the Glossary

Index Glawackus

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

  1. 12 relations: Bear, Cryptozoology, Fearsome critters, Glastonbury, Connecticut, Hartford Courant, Hyena, Lion, Lowell Thomas, Lumberjack, Panthera, Phantom cat, Safari.

  2. 1939 in Connecticut
  3. Connecticut folklore
  4. Fearsome critters
  5. Mythological felines

Bear

Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae.

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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.

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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.

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Glastonbury, Connecticut

Glastonbury is a town in the Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, United States, formally founded in 1693 and first settled in 1636.

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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.

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Hyena

Hyenas or hyaenas (from Ancient Greek ὕαινα) are feliform carnivoran mammals belonging to the family Hyaenidae.

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Lion

The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India.

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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).

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Lumberjack

Lumberjack is a mostly North American term for workers in the logging industry who perform the initial harvesting and transport of trees.

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Panthera

Panthera is a genus within the family Felidae, and one of two extant genera in the subfamily Pantherinae.

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Phantom cat

Phantom cats, also known as alien big cats (ABCs), are large felids which allegedly appear in regions outside their indigenous range.

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Safari

A safari (originally) is an overland journey to observe wild animals, especially in East Africa.

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See also

1939 in Connecticut

  • Glawackus

Connecticut folklore

Fearsome critters

Mythological felines

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glawackus