K is for… Karnabo
The bastard offspring of a sorcerer and a ghoul, the Karnabo lives in Regniowez in the Ardennes. It has an elephant’s trunk (capable of a chilling whistle) and lethal basilisk eyes. Its misdeeds are many, but it does cure paronychia on Good Fridays.
A Book of Creatures 
I’m always intrigued when monsters have the physical characteristics of non-native animals – in this case a French creature with the signature anatomical feature of an African/Asian species. I’m curious to know what the oldest literary and historical sources for this thing are. Is it recent enough invention that elephants would of been a relatively common attraction in European menageries and such? Conversely, is it antiquated enough that African animals would still be semi-mythical and scary enough to Europeans to be lumped alongside chimeras, griffons, and the like?
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I’m guessing it’s more recent than ancient, more of a bogey type.
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Thanks for the reply! I suspected it was the former rather than the latter. I often wonder how haunting ancient-to-medieval minds found the prospect of mythological beasts. I wonder if they were disturbed by alleged hybrid-creatures from far flung corners of the known world, as we are disturbed by contemporary interpretations of ghosts, zombies, and the ilk.
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I’d be perturbed by an elephant too. Terrifying
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What source is Snufflelupagas over here from?
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Ardenne, Belgian, and French folklore books mainly, don’t have the exact ones offhand right now tho
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Why do I feel….uneasy or grossed out because of this creature
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