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...s specific in meaning than the Sindarin, meaning "bogey". For the specific creatures called yrch by the Sindar, the Quenya word orco, with plurals orcor and orq [[Category: Fairy creatures]]

==='''Serpents, dragons and fantastic creatures'''=== ...d snakes of the first creation myths to the legendary hybrid and fantastic creatures

...most any humanoid creature. In ''D&D'', doppelgängers are lazy but cunning creatures, who kill or dispose of people then assume their place. They are not downri ...d leave the servants working for them. Doppelgängers are believed to be an artificial race, created by some mad wizard, and to this day have a fondness for worki

...sides of the mouth are manipulated to give it a more human appearance, and artificial eyes are inserted into the nostrils. The pectoral fins are clipped and pull :"two-footed creatures with very small wings, which one could scarcely deem capable of flight, wit

'''Kobolds''' are goblin-like creatures of German folklore that can be found either in houses or in underground min ...en's novel Protector has much of the action take place in a small, secret, artificial world named "Kobold", part of which was built to resemble M. C. Escher's fa

...nely eight-year-old boy named Max who sails away to an island inhabited by creatures known as the "Wild Things", who declare Max their king. [[Category: Artificial monsters]]

...elia Funke. This homunculus is also artificial; he is created by combining artificial ingredients and a small living creature (probably a small insect). ...nd a [[devil]]. These are clearly intended to be homunculi, based on those creatures described by Emil Besetzny's ''Sphinx,'' as translated and presented in Fra

...odern light of an alien abduction scenario, some have speculated a form of artificial insemination being implemented. ...eandertalensis''. Therefore, it is conceivable that a folk memory of these creatures survived by way of mythology. In addition, it appears that the very last Ne

...atures ''The Princess and the Goblin''. He coined the word 'Orcs' for such creatures in ''The Lord of the Rings''. ...lins as oppressed by presumptuous "heroes" who assume the goblins are vile creatures and kill them for loot and experience.

...ds in Egyptian mythology (such as [[Ra]], [[Sobek]] and others) as well as creatures like [[centaur]]s and [[mermaid]]s. ...r some time, as a reference to other part-human, part-animal shapeshifting creatures of legend, such as [[Werewolf|werewolves]], weretigers and the like, but is

...e detailed reports of the grey beings anatomy. The information about these creatures varies from source to source. ...is typically described as being extremely smooth, almost as if made of an artificial material like rubber or plastic.

...bservations of the giant squid. In the earliest descriptions, however, the creatures were more crab- than octopus-like, and generally possessed traits that are ...rs, the fact that they attacked at all shows that it is possible for these creatures to mistake a vessel for a whale.

...reptilian humanoids. Common in numerous mythologies are tales of reptilian creatures (usually not humanoid) who are hostile to human beings. Also rather common ...ounter; alien abduction narratives sometimes allege contact with reptilian creatures.

==Mythological creatures== * [[Artificial mythology]]

...n). According to Gnostic belief, by worshipping the cosmos, nature, or the creatures of the world, one worships the True God. Gnostics do not seek salvation fro ...ually rendered in English as Geber). Jabir's ultimate goal was takwin, the artificial creation of life in the alchemical laboratory, up to and including human li