Abada
The Abada is a two-horned, unicorn-like creature from the folklore of the Kongo language area of Central Africa, said to resemble a small do
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Ahuizotl
The Ahuizotl is a small, dog-sized water creature of Aztec mythology with monkey-like hands on its limbs and a fifth, hand-tipped tail; it i
Al-Burāq
Al-Burāq is the celestial steed of Islamic tradition that, according to Hadith narrations, carried the Prophet Muhammad on the Isra and Mi'r
Al-Mi'raj
Al-Mi'raj is a yellow, hare- or rabbit-like creature with a single black horn described in medieval Arabic 'wonders' literature, most famous
Amarok
A gigantic, solitary wolf of Inuit oral tradition that hunts at night and is said to stalk hunters foolish enough to travel alone after dark
Ammit
An ancient Egyptian funerary demon depicted with the head of a crocodile, the foreparts of a lion, and the hindparts of a hippopotamus, who
Anansi
A spider trickster of Akan oral tradition, originating among the Ashanti people of present-day Ghana and carried by enslaved West Africans a
Anubis
Ancient Egyptian jackal-headed deity associated with mummification, the protection of tombs, and the conduct of souls through the underworld
Bai Ze
Bai Ze is a wise, white, speaking quadruped of Chinese (and later Japanese) mythology that, according to legend, instructed the Yellow Emper
Baku
A composite chimera-like creature originating in Chinese mythology (mò 貘) and adopted into Japanese folklore (baku 獏) by the Muromachi perio
Basilisco Chilote
The Basilisco Chilote is a creature from Chilote mythology of the Chiloé Archipelago in southern Chile — a rooster-serpent hybrid born from
Basilisk
A legendary reptile of classical and medieval European tradition, often called the king of serpents, with a lethal gaze, lethal breath, or b
Bulgae
The Bulgae (불개, 'fire dogs') are mythological hounds in Korean folklore sent by the king of the dark realm Gamangnara to steal the sun and t
Ceasg
A mermaid figure of Scottish Gaelic folklore: the upper body of a woman joined to the tail of a grilse (young salmon). Captured ceasgs are s
Centaur
A creature of Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse. Centaurs inhabited the mountains and fo
Cerberus
The multi-headed hound of Greek mythology that guards the gates of Hades, preventing the dead from leaving. Most famously captured by Heracl
Cheollima
A mythical winged horse of East Asian tradition — Korean cheollima, Chinese qianlima — said to gallop one thousand li in a single day. Long
Chimera
The Chimera is a fire-breathing hybrid monster of Greek mythology, with a lion's body and head, a goat's head rising from its back, and a se
Cockatrice
The cockatrice is a legendary medieval European hybrid creature with the head, comb, and wattles of a rooster and the body and tail of a ser
Cyclops
A class of one-eyed giants in Greek mythology. Hesiod's three primordial Cyclopes are divine smiths who forge Zeus' thunderbolts; Homer's Cy
Dragon
A class of large, serpentine or reptilian mythological creatures attested across virtually every culture, ranging from the auspicious water-
Each-uisge
A shapeshifting Celtic water horse of Scottish and Irish folklore, considered the fiercest of all water horses; lures riders into sea lochs
Fenrir
Fenrir is a monstrous wolf in Norse mythology, son of Loki and the jötunn Angrboða, bound by the gods with the magical fetter Gleipnir and p
Garuda
Garuda is a divine eagle-like bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, the mount (vahana) of Vishnu, king of birds, and eternal enemy of the na
Gorgon
The Gorgons are three monstrous sisters of Greek myth — Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale — daughters of the primordial sea-deities Phorcys and Ce
Griffin
The Griffin is a legendary hybrid creature with the body of a lion and the head, wings, and forelimb-talons of an eagle. Attested from Bronz
Haetae
The Haetae (also Haechi) is a legendary guardian beast from Korean and Chinese mythology, depicted as a muscular lion-like creature with sca
Harpy
The Harpies are winged spirits in Greek mythology, originally personifications of stormy winds and divine snatchers. They appear in early so
Iara
The Iara is a beautiful freshwater siren of Brazilian folklore, especially associated with the Amazon basin, who lures men into rivers to dr
Jörmungandr
Jörmungandr is the colossal sea serpent of Norse mythology, son of Loki and Angrboða, sibling of Fenrir and Hel, who encircles the world (Mi
Kirin (Qilin)
An auspicious chimerical creature of East Asian mythology — qilin in Chinese, kirin in Japanese, girin in Korean, kỳ lân in Vietnamese — sai
Lamassu
The Lamassu is a Mesopotamian protective deity depicted as a colossal hybrid figure with a human head, the body of a bull or lion and the wi
Lernaean Hydra
The Lernaean Hydra is a many-headed serpentine drakōn of Greek mythology, offspring of Typhon and Echidna, slain by Heracles as his second l
Lindworm
A lindworm is a serpentine dragon of Germanic, Norse and Central European folklore — typically wingless, with two clawed forelimbs in contin
Manticore
A man-eating creature of Persian origin, first described in Greek by the physician-historian Ctesias in the 5th century BCE. The manticore h
Māui
Māui is the great culture-hero and trickster of Polynesian mythology, credited across the Pacific with snaring the sun, fishing up islands,
Medusa
In Greek mythology, the only mortal of the three Gorgon sisters, whose gaze turned onlookers to stone and who was beheaded by the hero Perse
Minotaur
In Greek mythology, the bull-headed son of Pasiphaë and the Cretan Bull, kept by King Minos in Daedalus's Labyrinth at Knossos and slain by
Mo'o
Shapeshifting lizard spirits in Hawaiian mythology who serve as powerful ancestral guardians (ʻaumākua) of freshwater sources, manifesting a
Naga
A divine, semi-divine race of serpent beings central to Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain cosmology and to the religious life of South and Southeast
Nian
A beast of Chinese folklore said to emerge at the end of each lunar year to attack villages, scared off by the colour red, fire, and loud no
Nue
A chimeric yokai of Japanese legend with a monkey's head, a tanuki's body, a tiger's limbs, and a snake-tail; famous for the Heian-period ac
Pegasus
Pegasus is the immortal winged horse of Greek mythology, sired by Poseidon and born from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa when Perseus beheade
Phoenix
A long-lived bird of classical mythology that, at the end of its life, builds a nest, ignites, and is reborn from its own ashes. Frequently
Qilin
The Qilin (麒麟) is the most auspicious terrestrial creature of Chinese mythology, a chimeric divine beast whose appearance heralds the reign
Raiju
Raiju (雷獣, 'thunder beast') is a legendary yōkai from Japanese mythology, the companion of Raijin the thunder god, whose body is composed of
Rakshasa
A class of powerful supernatural beings in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain traditions, often depicted as malevolent shape-shifting demons but incl
Roc
The Roc (Arabic: الرُخّ, al-Rukh) is a legendary giant bird of prey from Arabian and Persian mythology, most famously described in the tales
Samjok-o
A three-legged crow that lives in the sun, central to East Asian solar mythology. In Korea, the Samjok-o was a Goguryeo-era emblem of imperi
Satyr
Satyrs are male nature spirits from Greek mythology, depicted as hybrid humanoids combining human torsos with horse or goat features, and ch
Simurgh
The Simurgh is a benevolent mythical bird of Iranian tradition — wise, ancient, and immense — said to nest atop the Alborz Mountains. It is
Siren
Sirens are mythological singers of Greek tradition, originally depicted as bird-women whose irresistible song lures sailors to their deaths
Sleipnir
In Norse mythology, Sleipnir is the eight-legged grey horse of Odin, son of the trickster god Loki and the stallion Svaðilfari. He is descri
Sphinx
The sphinx is a mythological composite creature — combining human and animal features, primarily a human head and lion body — that appears i
Swan Maiden
A widespread folktale motif in which a supernatural woman able to transform into a swan (or other bird) is captured by a man who steals her
Taniwha
Supernatural beings in Māori tradition that inhabit deep pools, rivers, harbours, caves, and dangerous coastal waters of Aotearoa (New Zeala
Unicorn
A legendary single-horned quadruped most familiar in Europe as a horse-like creature symbolizing purity, but with deep roots in Greco-Roman
Ushi-oni
The Ushi-oni (牛鬼, also read gyūki) is a fearsome yokai from Japanese folklore combining the head of an ox with a monstrous body; it inhabits
Valkyrie
Valkyries are female figures in Norse mythology who serve Odin, choosing which warriors die in battle and escorting the chosen slain (einher
Wild Hunt
A widespread northern and central European folk motif of a spectral troop of hunters, hounds, and horses tearing through the night sky or wi
Yamata no Orochi
An eight-headed, eight-tailed giant serpent of Japanese mythology, slain by the storm god Susanoo no Mikoto in the Hi River valley of Izumo
Yara-ma-yha-who
The Yara-ma-yha-who is a small, red, vampire-like humanoid of southeastern Australian Aboriginal folklore, depicted with suckers on its hand
Zmey (Slavic Dragon)
The zmey (Russian zmei, Ukrainian zmiy, Polish żmij, Serbian/Croatian/Slovenian zmaj, Bulgarian zmei) is the dragon of Slavic mythology — a