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Tatzlwurm / Stollenwurm "Tunnel Worm" / Berstutzen "Mountain Stump" / Springwurm "Jumping Worm" / Daazelwurm / Praatzelwurm / Arassas (France)
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Region: Alps
Time Period:
References in Literature: None
Sources: Many, From Flying Toads to Serpents with Wings pg 86, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons pg 346

Notes:
  • Huge creature with wings, four legs, and claws and that can breath fire.
  • Likes to feast on lost children and meandering cattle.
  • Lives in the caves of the Alps.
  • The Stollenwurm has a face of a cat, lizard head, long ridge, warts, a very long tail, and scales with red veins and bristles
  • Stands on its hind legs to frighten people
  • Called a Tatzelswurm in the Alpine passes from France to Austria
  • Cat-headed serpents have even reported in Switzerland's Frumsenberg Mounting in 1711 and Palermo, Sicily in 1954. "Perhaps southern version of the tatzulwurm."

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