==Mythology and folklore==
In many cultures, mythology and folklore, [[undead]] creatures inhabit the '''realm of the dead''', wh
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...om/hin/maha/index.htm MahaBharata in Sacred Text.com] Book 3 section 124 & book 14 section 9.
[[Category:Hindu mythology]]
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...[http://worldwideschool.org/library/books/lit/poetry/Pharsalia/chap1.html Book I].
...ry:Norse mythology|Norse]] [[Thor]], [[Ambisagrus]], the [[:Category:Irish mythology|Irish]] [[Tuireann]] and the Culdee saint Taran. The name Taranis has not y
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This story originates from the Book of Genesis, in which God states that he would spare Sodom and Gomorrah if t
* This belief is recorded in ''The Book of Imaginary Beings'' by [[Jorge Luis Borges]].
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* A science fiction book by Jack McDevitt is titled "Chindi".
* Steiger, Brad. "The Chindi." The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifting Beings. 1st ed. 1999.
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The Pénghoú is described in an old book called the ''Soushenji'' (搜神記, English "In Search of the Supernatural
[[Category: Japanese mythology]]
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...rsions of the same story. For example, [[Ruth Manning-Sanders]]'s book ''A Book of Giants'' contains six variants. In one of these versions, Jack has an u
[[Category:English mythology]]
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*Harry Potter (book) - Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them - In this book, a creature called Lethifold is discussed, which is essentially a cloak tha
[[Category: Japanese mythology]]
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...rsions of the same story. For example, [[Ruth Manning-Sanders]]'s book ''A Book of Giants'' contains six variants. In one of these versions, Jack has an u
[[Category:English mythology]]
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*Ramos, Maximo D. (1990) [1971]. ''Creatures of Philippine Lower Mythology''. Quezon: Phoenix Publishing. p. 76. ISBN 971-06-0691-3.
...Collection of Demons, Monsters, Elves and Dwarfs from the Philippine Lower Mythology''. Giraffee Books. pp. 57. ISBN 9718832793.
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...ook ''Die Ehre des Hertzogthums Crain''(The Glory of Carniola County). The book was published in Nürnberg in 1689 and represented a colossal work of art d
Wright, Dudley (2006) (in English). The Book of Vampires (Second Edition ed.). Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, In
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The masculine of ''lili'' is ''lilu'', a demon attested in [[Akkadian]] mythology. See [[Lilith]] for an etymological discussion.
In the ongoing comic book series ''Lucifer'', the lilim are an army of demons descended from Lilith w
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He appears in the Suske and Wiske comic book "De Zwarte Madam" (The Black Lady). In this story '''Lange Wapper''' is bes
[[Category: Belgian mythology]]
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...e-Giles: t'ien lung; lit. "heavenly dragon") is a flying dragon in Chinese mythology
*Mair, Victor H. 1990. ''Tao Te Ching: The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way, by Lao Tzu; an entirely new translation based on
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The '''Ahuizotl''' is a legendary creature of [[Aztec mythology]]. It is half dog, half monkey, with a hand protruding from the end of its
The mythological creature of Aztec mythology is included within Book 11 of the [[Florentine Codex]], which describes it as:
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...into English by Thomas Keightley and published 1828 in his book "The Fairy Mythology". In 1836 the painter and poet August Kopisch published a famous poem begin
[[Category:Germanic mythology]]
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...n may be a manifestation of earth energy in this place. However in a later book "Modern Mysteries of the World" 1989 they retracted this and stated that th
...Fortean Zoology, (the worlds largest cryptozoological organisation) in his book 'The Owlman and Others' (1997).
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...s''' was a god who combined Hermes (Greek mythology) with Anubis (Egyptian mythology). Hermanubis was popular during the period of Roman domination over Egypt.
...was in Cynopolis, a place whose Greek name simply means "city of dogs". In Book XI of ''The Golden Ass'' by Apuleius, we find evidence that the worship of
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The '''Bennu''' is a legendary firebird in Egyptian mythology parent to the [[Phoenix]].
...Bennu bird, the Heart-Soul of Ra, the Guide of the Gods to the Tuat.”.''[[Book of the Dead]]''
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In the mythology of the Igbo people in West Africa, an '''Ogbanje''' is an evil spirit who i
...s they share with the fairy [[changeling]]s of Celtic and broader European mythology.
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