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...of images by Japanese artist [[Takehara Shunsen]], published ca. 1841. The book was intended as a followup to [[Toriyama Sekien]]'s ''Gazu Hyakki Yakō'' s [[Category:Japanese mythology]]

A '''nasnas''' is a monstrous creature in Arabian mythology. *[[Book of Imaginary Beings]]

*Lucan [1st century CE] (Pharsalia, book 9, verse 848): "Swift Jaculus there...". (verse 962-966): "Upon branchless *Pliny the Elder [1st century CE] (Natural History, Book 8, 35): "The iaculus hurls itself from the branches of a tree, so that it i

...counters with gigantic fish appear in various other works, including the ''Book of Jonah'' and the 19th century books ''Pinocchio'' and ''The Adventures of *The name Jasconius is used for the whale in the children's book ''The Adventures of Louey and Frank'' by Carolyn White. She attributes the

'''Peckols''' and Patollo were worshipped as gods in pagan Prussian mythology. Both of them were believed as the same gods who takes care of the the unde In Sudovian Book (1520s), Peckols was presented as the god of hell and darkness, while Pocko

In Maya mythology, '''Ah Puch''' (Alternatively '''Ahpuch''' or '''Hun ahau''') was the God o ...to Ah Puch in his book ''Mind Games''. Upon reading the incantation in the book, the reader was claimed by Ah Puch, who absorbed the life force of the read

...Hsigo was probably the source of inspiration for the flying monkeys in the book: ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''. [[category: Chinese mythology]]

...an. Its name is the live-lively. If you eat it, you'll be a good runner.—''Book One--The Classic of the Southern Mountains--Chapter 1'' (p. 3) ...ames of humans. These animals are like hogs, but they have a human face.—''Book Ten--The Classic of Regions Within the Seas-- The South'' (p. 135)

...is information written down in a book called the ''Bai Ze Tu'' (白澤圖). This book no longer exists, but many fragments of it survive in other texts. [[Category: Japanese mythology]]

...ed them as Rokuro-Kubi, an error that also appears in the Fighting Fantasy book, Sword of the Samurai. Rokuro-kubi are another type of Japanese monster ent *Another story that nukekubi have appeared in is the 1998 Hellboy comic book story entitled Heads, collected in the Hellboy anthology The Right Hand of

...画図百器徒然袋, "The Illustrated Bag of One Hundred Random Demons") is the fourth book of Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien's famous Gazu Hyakki Yakō series, publi [[Category: Japanese mythology]]

In the Chilote folklore and Chilote mythology of the Chiloé Island in southern Chile, the '''imbunche''' or '''invunche' ...gives an interesting account of Chilote witchcraft and the invunche in his book ''In Patagonia''.

''Sefer Yetzirah'' The Book of Creation - Aryeh Kaplan - Red Wheel Weiser 1997 [[Category:Jewish mythology]]

In Chinese mythology, the '''xiezhi''' is a legendary creature that act as guardian of holy plac ...symbol of justice and water, due to tits fire-eating qualities. In Chinese mythology, the xiezhi is credited with the ability to distinguish between right and w

...ook: A collection of demons, monsters and dwarfs from the Philippine lower mythology''. Philippines: Giraffe Books. ISBN 971-8832-79-3. *Ramos, Maximo D. (1971). ''Creatures of Philippine Lower Mythology''. Philippines: University of the Philippines Press.

...ook: A collection of demons, monsters and dwarfs from the Philippine lower mythology''. Philippines: Giraffe Books. ISBN 971-8832-79-3. [[Category: Philippine mythology]]

...the sun (helios), whom then they called Apollon. Phanodemos [C4th BC] in [book] 6 maintains that only [the] Athenians both sacrifice to them and pray to t [[Category:Greek mythology]]

In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], '''Minthe''' (also '''Menthe''', '''Mentha''', '''Mintho''', in Greek '' ...[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0239:book=8:chapter=3:section=1|viii.3.14]

Keshi's legend is recounted in the tenth ''Book of the Bhagavata Purana'' (between 500 CE - 1000 CE). Kamsa, the evil king ...ildren, once he realizes Krishna is born. Chapters 15 and 16 of the fourth Book present a detailed account of Keshi's death which parallels the Bhagavata P

...of history", wrote his famous work known as "The histories". In his fourth book he relates some almost incredible stories of cannibalism practised by some [[Category:Greek mythology]]

==Mythology and folklore== In many cultures, mythology and folklore, [[undead]] creatures inhabit the '''realm of the dead''', wh

...om/hin/maha/index.htm MahaBharata in Sacred Text.com] Book 3 section 124 & book 14 section 9. [[Category:Hindu mythology]]

...[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

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]].

* 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.

The Pénghoú is described in an old book called the ''Soushenji'' (搜神記, English "In Search of the Supernatural [[Category: Japanese mythology]]

...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]]

*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]]

...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]]

*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.

...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

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

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]]

...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

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:

...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]]

...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).

...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

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]]''

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.

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Charon''''' was the ferryman of [[Hades]]. ...most accounts, including Pausanias (x.28) and, later, Dante's ''Inferno'' (book 3, line 78), the river was Acheron.

The '''Bonnacon''' (also called the '''Bonacon''' or the '''Bonasus''') is a mythology creature from Asia. ...rlongs 604 m, contact with which scorches pursuers like a sort of fire." - Book 8, 16</blockquote>

...f=sr_1_3/102-0241129-9749767?ie=UTF8&s=books Melton, J Gordon. The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead] ...e=UTF8&s=books Wright, Dudley. Vampires and Vampirism;, then retitled The Book of Vampires]

*[[Centaur|Centaur (mythology)]] *Slavicsek, Bill. ''The Complete Book of Humanoids'' (TSR, 1993).

*In his 2001 Ballentine book [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0804115982 ''Very Crazy G.I. - Strange bu ...that hominid similar to Meganthropus palaeojavanicus lives there. His 1975 book [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345245253 ''IN SEARCH OF THE RED APE''

The story of the Yofune-nushi was recorded by Richard Gordon Smith in the book ''Ancient Tales and Folk-Lore of Japan'', published in 1918. The Yofune-nus [[Category:Japanese mythology]]

...of Imaginary Beings''. Borges claimed that he had found the legend in the book ''On Malay Witchcraft'' (1937), by C.C. Iturvuru. * [[Book of Imaginary Beings]], by Louis Borges, Translated by Andrew Hurley, © 200

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Charybdis''', or '''Kharybdis''' ("sucker down", Greek Χάρυβδι ...s crew rather than lose the whole ship to Charybdis. (Homer's ''Odyssey'', Book XII).

...and Chancellor of the infernal empire. According to [[Collin de Plancy]]'s book on demonology, he became the President of Devils' general council (the Sen In Assyrian mythology the title Baal was a title for many gods and he is described as a son of Se

'''Manaul''' is a mythical bird creature in of Philippine mythology that was cited in the ''Code of Kalantiaw''. Based on the ''Code of Kalantiaw'', (a book ascribed to a fictitious friar named José María Pavon but was actually a

...ptured the creature on video which was sent for analysis. He has written a book about the monster. Yet his video is under constant criticism, with question [[Category:Turkish mythology]]

...tain Beasts (1910)''. Mr. Cox's account is reprinted in Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings (1969). ...s/lumberwoods.htm Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods] (William T. Cox's Book)

In Chinese mythology, '''Hundun''' (渾敦) is the worthless son of the Yellow Emperor, one of t ...jing'' 神異經 "Classic of Divine Wonders" records a later variation of Hundun mythology. It describes him as a divine dog who lived on Mt. Kunlun, the mythical mou

...us lengths; around 45 m for one such creature sighted near Algeria. In his book, On the Nature of Animals (second century CE), Greek military writer Aelian ...early the same term (Great Sea Centipede) to describe these animals in his book The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and other Mystery Denizens

In Book of Tang, the reincarnation of White Tiger 's Star is said to be Li Shimin's [[Category:Chinese mythology]] [[Category: Japanese mythology]]

* Borges, Jorge Luis. ''The Book of Imaginary Beings''. [[Category:Chilean mythology]]

In Akkadian mythology '''Rabisu''' ("the vagabond") or possibly '''Rabasa''' is an evil vampiric The book ''The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria'' by Theophilus G. Pinches describe

* The Two Courts are used in the book ''Tithe : A Modern Faerie Tale'' by Holly Black. * The Two Courts are used in the book ''War for the Oaks'' by

In Sumerian and Akkadian mythology, '''Pazuzu''' was the king of the [[demon]]s of wind, and son of the god [[ *At the beginning of both the book and film ''The Exorcist'', when Father Merrin is at the site of an archaelo

The '''Shang Yang''' is a magical bird from Chinese mythology. * Borges, Jorge Luis. ''The Book of Imaginary Beings''.

The '''Tigmamanukan''' is an omen bird in Philippine mythology. ....) (1979). ''Readings in Philippine Prehistory''. Manila 1979: Filipiniana Book Guild, Inc.

...age, this spirit is considered an evil fairy. As W.B. Yeats states in his book ''Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland'' she grew restless and carried them away On the other hand W.Y. Evens-Wents, in his book ''The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries'', reports of a similar tale about a

...ers' middle school and begins to work all kinds of nasty mischief. In this book the kobold is described as a bald, scabrous, pus-oozing monster who takes t ...ut two feet tall, brown, and with black eyes. Kobolds as presented in this book also enjoy milk, and the way they drink it is described as cat-like.

...''' is a snake that swallows the sun or the moon causing eclipses in Hindu mythology. Joseph Campbell paraphrased Shiva Purana in his book “The Power of Myth” and cited a myth of Shiva and Rahu:

...''Fiery Flying Serpent''' is a creature or entity mentioned in the Bible. (Book of Isaiah 30:6). [[Category:Biblical mythology]]

...on story himself. It is found in several other works: Jan Perkowski's 1976 book reprinted Vukanović's account, and recent popular books on the topic of va [[Category:Romanian mythology]]

'''Shedim''' is a generic word for spirits or demons in Babylonian and Jewish mythology. ==Babylonian mythology==

In Egyptian mythology, '''Ammut''' (also spelt '''Ammit''', '''Ammet''', '''Amam''', '''Amemet''' [[The Egyptian Book of the Dead]]

A '''vetala''' is a [[vampire]]-like being from '''Hindu mythology'''. The stories of the vetala have been listed in the book ''Vetala-pachisi''.

According to the book of Jubilees, Mastema ''Hostility'' is the chief of the demons engendered by ...e he is Satan, the 'Adversary', but much more the Satan who appears in the book of Job with a function to fulfill under God than the Satan of later traditi

* Geoffrey Chaucer (1368-1372), The Book of the Duchess, line 579: [[Category:English mythology]]

...”) (also '''Kami-kiri''' or '''kamikui''') are ghostly spirits in Japanese mythology. ...elt so sleepy they almost fell asleep. This accident is written about in a book called Hanjitsukanwa , written in the Edo period. [[Image:Kami-kiri 2.jpg

In Irish mythology the '''aos sí''' (older form, aes sídhe) are a powerful, supernatural rac ==Celtic Mythology==

'''Ebu Gogo''' is a race of human-like creature which appears in the mythology of the people of the island of Flores, Indonesia. ...Primates (NY: Anomalist Books, 2006), coauthored with Patrick Huyghe. The book's cover is illustrated with a drawing of the Ebu Gogo.

* ''The Vampire Book'' by J. Gordon Melton * ''Funk and Wagnall’s Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend''

...souls that had departed this world in [[:Category: Celtic mythology|Celtic mythology]]. Annwn is associated with the [[:Category:Irish mythology|Irish]] and Welsh goddess of pleasure [[Bebhinn]], though it is unknown whe

==Comparative mythology== ...n Yam and Baal (the Storm God) resembles the battle in Hurrian and Hittite mythology between the sky God Teshub (or Tarhunt) with the serpent Illuyanka.

...a, Baconaua''', or '''Bakonaua''', is a gigantic sea serpent in Philippine mythology. A modern children's book is written about the creature. The text of the book include the following:[http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~yukosite/DragonMoon.html The

In [[:Category:Irish mythology|Irish]], Scots and Manx mythology, '''Manannán mac Lir''' is the god of the sea. He is often seen as a [[ps ...elsh]] equivalent is '''[[Manawydan|Manawydan ap Llyr]]'''. In the “Yellow Book of Lecan”, there are said to be "four Manannans". The name given for the

*Rawhead and Bloody Bones appears briefly in The Dresden Files comic book ''Welcome to the Jungle #1.'' It's described there as "something formed fro *Rawhead and Bloody Bones appears briefly at the end of the first comic book mini-series ''Courtney Crumrin & the Night Things'' by writer/illustrator T

...ission, as their mission serving God; for example in the narratives of the Book of Job and the Temptation of Christ. According to the [[Book of Revelation]] (Rev 12:9), demons are the angels that fell from heaven wit

In Greek mythology, '''Cacus''' was a fire-breathing monster and the son of Vulcan. It lived i In ancient Roman mythology, Cacus ("bad") was a fire god. He was later demoted to the giant described

...ielu, but not the animals themselves. This is a common misreading from his book and mixed up at a lot of webpages. Possibly the same animal is described in the 1958 book On the Track of Unknown Animals by Bernard Heuvelmans. In 1928 a snakelike

...ght, and the last one is believed to be Vivasvāna. Hymn LXXII of Rig Veda, Book 10, also confirms that there are eight Adityas, the eight one being Mārtan [[Category:Hindu mythology]]

...g age this spirit is considered an evil fairy. As W.B. Yeats states in his book “Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland) she grew restless and carried them away On the other hand W.Y. Evens-Wents, in his book ''The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries'', reports of a similar tale about a

In Norse mythology, '''Surtr''' (modern Icelandic '''Surtur''', sometimes Anglicized Surt) is ...is, under the name of Surtur, a semi-recurring villain in the Marvel comic-book The Mighty Thor.

...ìth''' or '''Cat Sídhe''' is a monstrous fairy cat from Scottish and Irish mythology. As proposed by British cryptozoologist Karl Shuker, in his book Mystery Cats of the World (1989), it is possible that the legends of the Ca

...el and Lilith wherein the symbol of Baphomet is created. Michael W. Ford's book ''Scales of the Black Serpent'' presents an invocation which calls to the D [[Category: Jewish mythology]]

*In the Mercedes Lackey book, ''Fortune's Fool'', one swan maiden (named Yulya) from a flock of six is k [[Category: English mythology]]

...ome representations, the flames that come from the Qilin's mouth contain a book which is actually Buddhist Sutras. ...animated film ''Princess Mononoke'' is also clearly derived from the kirin mythology. Other references can be found in the graphic novel ''Pet Shop of Horrors''

...ry of an alleged actual incident concerning an apparent Akkorokamui in his book The Ainu and their Folklore. [[Category: Japanese mythology]]

...ed by several legends and stories. The drudes belong to [[:Category:German mythology|German folklore]]. Familiars, goblins, and other mischievous demons belong ...emons based on a previous work by Michael Psellus. It was published in his book ''Compendium Maleficarum'' in 1608.

...de-Giles: lung-ma) was a fabled winged horse with dragon scales in Chinese mythology. Seeing a longma was an omen of a legendary sage-ruler, particularly one of * Wilhelm, Richard and Cary Baynes, trs. 1967. ''The I Ching or Book of Changes'', 3rd. ed., Princeton University Press, Bollingen Series XIX.

...thical race of creatures in Chinese mythology. They are described in the [[Book of Imaginary Beings]] by the Argentinian writer [[Jorge Luis Borges]]. - Jorge Luis Borges, "The Fauna of Mirrors", from ''The Book of Imaginary Beings''

...applandische Märchen''. Andrew Lang also included it in ''The Orange Fairy Book''. [[Category:Scandinavian mythology]]

In Maori mythology, the '''Ponaturi''' (also called the horde of Tangaroa) is a coastal specie ...omment in Grey's Polynesian Mythology, the English translation of his 1854 book Nga Mahinga a Nga Tupuna. It appears as a footnote on page 51 of Grey 1956:

In [[:category:English mythology|English mythology]], '''Herne the Hunter''' is an equestrian [[ghost]] associated with Windso ...frequently claimed that Herne is a manifestation of the [[:Category:Celtic mythology|Celtic]] [[Horned God]]. This idea is largely based on connecting his name

...countered a Dzu-Teh. This account is recanted by '''Ralf Izzard''' in his book ''The Abominable Snowman Adventure| journal''. The report was also printed [[Category:Himalayan mythology]]

* In the ''Xanth'' mythology, as written by Piers Anthony, shades have the ability to take over a living * In ''Age of Mythology'', when a player chooses Hades as his/her God, Hades will grant the player

...and Vampires in the Balkans'' in the journal Man (December, 1923) and the book ''Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbs by Woislav''. M. Petrovich (London: G [[Category: Serbian mythology]]

Concerning Luridan, we are farther informed from the ''Book of Vanagastus'', the Norwegian, that it is his nature to be always at enmit THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY BY THOMAS KEIGHTLEY (1850)

The '''Emela-ntouka''' is an African legendary creature in the mythology of the Pygmy tribes, and a cryptid said to live in Central Africa. J.E. Hughes published his book Eighteen Years on Lake Bangweulu in 1933, in were he reported that an anima

'''Kroni''' is a mythical figure found in Ayyavazhi mythology. He is the primordial manifestation of evil, and is analagous to Satan in t According to the Akilattirattu Ammanai, the Ayyavazhi holy book, Kroni was born in the first of the Eight Yukams (aeons) with multitudinous

Due to an error made by Lafcadio Hearn in his book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, these creatures are often m [[Category: Japanese mythology]]

...itings. Indeed, so convincing were Lovecraft's references to the tome that book dealers were seeking copies of it even during his lifetime. ...far back as "The Statement of Randolph Carter" (1919). In the stories, the book is dangerous because it is often harmful to the health and sanity of its re

...://www.metrum.org/mapping/cosmol.htm] In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], this world-ocean was personified as a [[Titan]], a son of [[Uranus]] and ...lympian gods]] have their birth, and [[Hera]] mentions twice in ''Iliad'' book iv her intended journey "to the ends of the generous earth on a visit to Ok

In Jewish mythology, '''Mazikeen''' (Shedeem, Shehireem) are invisible tiny demons that corresp Mazikeen is a fictional demon, a comic book character published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Sandman vol. 2 #22,

...old literature such as the Sei Shonagon's tenth-century diary ''The Pillow Book'', and in the ''Taiheiki'' of the fourteenth century. [[Category: Japanese mythology]]

...貘, also known as "dream eaters") are spirits found in Chinese and Japanese mythology that devour dreams and nightmares. *The baku appear briefly in the book '''''Sandman: The Dream Hunters''''', written by Neil Gaiman and illustrate

'''Behemoth''' is a primeval beast mentioned in the Book of Job and identified later as a demon in Christian demonology. In the Old Testament, the earliest description is in the Book of Job, which describes Behemoth as follows:

According to the [[Book of Enoch]], '''Azazel''' was a [[grigori]] (also known as "watchers"), a gr ...an bound there (see Job 1:7 and Job 2:2, although, the ''ha-satan'' of the Book of Job is most likely different from Azazel, given that Job's ''ha-satan''

...ies ''[[Hellraiser]]'', ''Nightbreed'', ''Pinhead'', ''The Harrowers'', ''Book of the Damned'' and ''Jihad''; Eclipse Books' series and graphic novels ''T ...420165?ie=UTF8&s=books ''Imajica'' ''The Great and Secret Show''] (first "Book of the Art")

...Heuvelmans included a sighting of an animal resembling the Ngoubou in his book "On the Track of Unknown Animals". The sighting, apparently from the London [[Category: Pygmy mythology]]

In Aztec mythology, '''Mictlantecuhtli''' ("lord of Mictlan") was the skeletal god of death wh Mictlantecuhtli , in Aztec mythology, was a god of the dead and He was one of the principal gods of the Aztecs

...te that the English derived the name Jack Frost from the [[:Category:Norse mythology|Norse]] character names, Jokul ("icicle") and Frosti ("frost"). Another the *Jack Frost is the alter-ego of Dane McGowan in the comic book series “The Invisibles”, written by Grant Morrison

...lical]] [[sea monster]] referred to in the Old Testament (Psalms 74:13-14; Book of Job 41; Isaiah 27:1). #Book of Job 3:8 "Lo let the night be solitary, let no joyful cry be heard in it.

...toad, or combinations thereof. An illustration in Collin de Plancy's 1818 book ''Dictionnaire Infernal'' rather curiously placed the heads of the three cr [[Category: Persian mythology]]

*[http://www.eco-animals.com/products.html Book: "Pink dolphin, friend of the river"] (Web Site - English & Spanish) .../bookstore/HTML-books/SSC-Dolphins-wales-porpoises/cover.html HTML copy of book-length report]

...dragon") is a dragon with a human head worshipped as a Sun God in Chinese mythology. * Field, Stephen, tr. 1986. ''Tian Wen, A Chinese Book of Origins''. New Directions.

In his book "Myths and Legends of Japan" (originally published in 1926; reprinted by Do [[Category:Japanese mythology]]

In Book of Tang, the reincarnation of White Tiger 's Star is said to be Li Shimin's [[Category:Japanese mythology]]

...ae'''; also equivalent to the Germanic mythology '''Norns''' or the Baltic mythology Goddess '''Laima''' and her sisters. ===The Fates in Roman Mythology===

1. ^ Argonautica, Book IV. [[Category:Greek mythology]]

According to an Irish ''dinsenchas'' ("place-lore") poem in the 12th century Book of Leinster, Crom Cruach's cult image, consisting of a gold figure surround The 14th century Book of McGovern, written in Magh Slécht, contains a poem which states that Cro

* In the ''Spiderwick Chronicles'' (the fifth book), Mulgarath, the primary antagonist, is an evil ogre who wants to enslave t ...ke monsters. Both types are extremely tall and often seem menacing. In her book ''Wolf-Speaker'', the peaceful "breed" are slaves who mine black opals.

...oigmnzhah the "uncle" of Tsathoggua<ref>Will Murray, "Introduction", ''The Book of Hyperborea''.</ref> &mdash; and ascribed this bizarre family tree to the ...rk Ashton Smith|chapter=The Feaster from the Stars|origyear=1984|title=The Book of Eibon|edition=1st ed.|editor=[[Robert M. Price]] (ed.)|year=2002|locatio

...eve him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?" ( Book of Job 39:9–12 trans. KJV) [[Category:Christian mythology]]

Richard Perry, in his book "The World Of The Tiger" reiterated that China's blue tigers were called bl ...Unfortunately, the tiger disappeared. He wrote about the blue tiger in his book "Blue Tiger" in 1925 and noted that other sightings had been reported in th

Another hobgoblin is in Monster in My Pocket #23. In the comic book series, he is a prankster who serves as comic relief among the good monster [[Category: European mythology]]

'''Estries''' are female vampires of Hebrew mythology. ...st have its mouth packed with earth,[5] or be decapitated or burned. Later mythology attributed to estries the same vulnerabilities as are associated with other

...er is the main villain of ''The Beast of Noor'' by Janet Lee Carey. In the book, the creature is the vengeful, shapeshifting spirit of a dog which was betr [[Category:English mythology]]

...called '''drek''' or '''drekalo''' is a mythical creature in south Slavic mythology. *Drekavac is also mentioned in Copic's book [wikipedia:Eagles Fly Early]]. A more recent and much more popular example

A typical reference appears in the Rev Worthington-Smith's book on the folklore of Dunstable, published in 1910, stating ''Another belief i ...k Dogs and the folklore surrounding them is full of tales and stories, but mythology offers a different perspective to them viewing dogs not only as men’s com

...or religion (as in ''Greek mythology'', ''Egyptian mythology'' or ''Norse mythology'') or the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interp ...falsehood — a story which many believe but which is not true. The field of mythology does not use this definition.

...of death (Roman equivalent: [[Mors]]), as well as a minor figure in Greek mythology. According to mythology, Thanatos could occasionally be outwitted, a feat that [[Sisyphus]] twice a

In Maya mythology, '''Camazotz''' (/kɑːməˈsɒts/ from Mayan /kämäˈsots/) (alternate sp ...% of the population of Guatemala. They have a rich history steeped in Maya mythology, and they were one of the most powerful states in the area in the pre-Conqu

In Romanian mythology, '''strigoi''' (same form singular or plural) are either witches or the evi *By Slovenian mythology a "štirga" is most likely a woman but there are exceptions when she is a m

He was called '''The Destroyer''' and in the [[Book of Revelation]] the Evangelist St John called him '''the King of the Grassh ...in Hebrew Abaddon, that is destroying and wasting'', "Occult Philosophy", Book 3, Chapter 18 [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486447170/sr=1-2/qid=11547

...opportunity to behold and hunt them daily." (Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 1646, Book III, Chapter 5, 'Of the Badger'). [[Category: Anglo-Saxon mythology]]

...seek to elevate their lords to godhood through prayer and sacrifice. ''The Book of Vile Darkness'' details a number of prestige classes for mortal disciple ...6; ''Wrath of the Immortals'' boxed set; ''Monster Mythology'', page 88; ''Book of Vile Darkness'', page 125; ''Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss'', pa

There are also many references to necromancy in the Bible. The Book of Deuteronomy (XVIII 9&ndash;12) explicitly warns the Israelites against t [[Norse mythology]] also contains examples of necromancy (Ruickbie, 2004:48), such as the sce

...μαιρα'' (Chímaira); Latin ''Chimaera'') is the monstrous creature of Greek mythology classicaly fought by the hero Bellerophon. Its name can also refer to any m ...Homer's ''Iliad'' (book 6), Ovid's ''Metamorphoses (poem)|Metamorphoses'' (book VI 339; IX 648) and Hesiod's ''Theogony''.

...crowns of gold on their heads, denoting royalty and honour (Rev 4:4). The book of Revelation does not specifically identify who the twenty-four elders are ...the incorrect name Book of Revelations. However, the actual title of the book is '''The Revelation of Jesus Christ ... unto his servant John''', as it is

...jpg|thumb|250px|Tiamat as depicted in the ''Deities & Demigods'' reference book]] ...name is taken from a goddess of the same name from ancient Mesopotamian [[mythology]] which is substantially different (and did not have multiple heads.

...Targum Yonathan) [http://bible.ort.org/books/pentd2.asp?ACTION=displaypage&BOOK=1&CHAPTER=6#C64]. Some commentators have suggested that the nephilim were b ...any Christians, who cite an interpretation of the teaching of Jesus in the Book of Matthew that Angels do not marry; however, they may take the verse in qu

...hisophilus''') is a name given to one of the chief [[demon]]s of Christian mythology that figure in European literary traditions. *''Mefisto'' is also the title of a book by contemporary Irish writer John Banville. The novel treats the descent of

*''Jack in the Green'' is the name of Painting No. 10 in the ''Masquerade'' (book) by Kit Williams. The main character, Jack Hare, appears in disguise on eac * ''The Jack-in-the-Green'', book review in White Dragon #29, Imbolc (March) 2001

...is entitled ''The Country of the Forest (El País de la Selva)''. Carreras' book on this subject is entitled ''The Bad Love (El Malamor)''. [[Category:South American mythology]]

In Egyptian mythology, '''Bast''' (also spelled '''Bastet''', '''Baset''', '''Ubasti''', and '''P ..., gaining her the titles '''Lady of Flame''' and '''Eye of Ra'''. In Greek mythology, Bast is also known as Aelurus. Bast was originally a goddess of the sun, b

..., '''avanc''', '''abhac''', '''abac''') is a [[lake monster]] from [[Welsh mythology]] that also appears in Celtic folklore and British folklore. ''The Welsh Fairy Book'' by W. Jenkyn Thomas [1908]

...le one (such as Gizmo) viewed as an anomaly and hated by other mogwai. The book also states that there are 3 other "minority" mogwai on this planet, hintin *Qiguang Zhao, "Chinese Mythology in the Context of Hydraulic Society," Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 48, No.

...form, and his minions include a judge who holds in his hands a brush and a book listing every soul and the allotted death date for every life. Ox-Head and [[Category: Chinese mythology]]

''Popol Vuh, First Book'' [[Category: Maya mythology]]

The Simurgh is promenantly featured in the Ferdowsi's epic Shahname (Book of Kings), an epic poem that describes the legendary kings of Persia. In th ...rgh.jpg|thumb|Combat between Isfandiyar and Simurgh Shah-nama (Firdawsi's 'Book of Kings') Shiraz, 1330]]

...on, so they were sometimes buried with spells that could destroy Apep. The Book of the Dead frequently described occasions when Ra defeated Apep. ...ting Apep, referred to as The Books of Overthrowing Apep or (in Greek) the Book of Apophis. The chapters described a gradual process of dismemberment and d

*The Leopard Society also appeared in the book ''African Adventure''. [[Category:African mythology]]

-''The Book of Imaginary Beings '' by Jorge Luis Borges</blockquote> *The Shaggy Beast of La Ferte-Bernard, from Book of Imaginary Beings by J.L. Borges [1]

...eature from Chinese folklore that lives in mines. It is mentioned in the [[Book of Imaginary Beings]] by [[Jorge Luis Borges]], but was described prevously * Borges, Jorge Luis. ''The Book of Imaginary Beings''.

...d his personality is similar to that of the devil in [[:Category:Christian mythology|Christianity]]. [[Category:Islamic mythology]]

In Babylonian mythology, '''Tiamat''' is a sea goddess, and a monstrous embodiment of primordial ch ...d to be also cognate with West Semitic tehwom ("the deeps, abyss"), in the Book of Genesis 1.

...late Scottish explorer and adventurer Ivan T. Sanderson. Heuvelmans' 1955 book, ''On The Track of Unknown Animals'' traces the scholarly origins of the di ...[Yeti]] and [[sea serpent]]s, as well as reports of relict dinosaurs. The book's first section ("Myth?") entertains the possibility that some legendary cr

...hat the evil spirit from God came upon Saul..." Later in the Bible, in the Book of Kings, the prophet Elijah is possessed by the spirit of a dead man who i [[Category:Jewish mythology]]

*The Vampire Book by J. Gordon Melton. (Visible Ink Press, 1994, 1999). [[Category:Indonesian mythology]]

...ngs, derived from one of the most famed example: the ''gigantes'' of Greek mythology. ==Giants in Greek Mythology==

...him. When the civil servant showed the man a picture of a pterosaur from a book of prehistoric animals, the man screamed in terror and fled from the servan ...fied it as a pterodactyl after being shown a picture of one from Melland's book collection.

...text of 20th century small-town America. Chiron’s name, and the underlying mythology, serves to inform many of the root words connected with the ancient healing ...be a close friend and mentor to the Amazon Wonder Woman in that DC Comics book.

The '''sirrush''' or '''mushussu''' is a dragon in Babylonian and Akkadian mythology which guards the Ishtar Gate of Babylon. It is also known as the Babylon dr * Book of Fabulous Beasts, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons pg 260, Waterdragon, Dict

...ng the cycle of growth being reborn anew each spring. Speculatively, the [[mythology]] of the Green Man developed independently in the traditions of separate an ...ted that the story of Robin Hood was at least partly born of the Green Man mythology. (A more modern embodiment might be found in Peter Pan, who enters the civi

...Dé Danann''' ("peoples of the goddess Danu") are a legendary race in Irish mythology. In the invasions tradition which begins with the Lebor Gabála Érenn, the ...ted as Danu, which by analogy with Anu is taken to be a female name (Hindu mythology has a water-goddess called Danu). It is also written Donann and Domnann, wh

In Greek mythology, Pegasus (Greek: ''Πήγασος'' (Pégasos)) is the winged horse that wa In Greek and Roman mythology Pegasus sprang from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa when the hero Perseus be

*An old tract found in the Book of Lecain states that a king of the Fomorians, when sailing over the Ictean [[Category: Irish mythology]]

...sh to this remarkable beast appears in Professor Roy Chapman Andrews’ 1926 book On the Trail of Ancient Man, although the American palæontologist (apparen [[Category: Mongolian mythology]]

...'s best-known book, ''War for the Oaks'', is a Púca (spelled Phouka in the book, usually). ...a story called ''The Pooka'' appears in the third entry, ''Bruce Coville's Book of Ghosts''.

Mythology says that tend to haunt old straight roads which may be located on 'Leylin ...there is no official record of injuries caused, the Churchwardens account book mentions that two men in the belfry were killed. The scorch marks left by t

'''Asmodai''' or '''Asmodeus''' is a demon in Jewish mythology. ...ripture. It is nonetheless likely that such a form did exist, and that the Book of Tobit's "Asmodaios" (Ἀσμοδαῖος) and the Talmud's "Ashmedai" (

...nd '''Lindwurm''' in Germany) is a large serpent-like dragon from European mythology and folklore. *[http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/DanishHistory/book9.html Gesta Danorum, Book 9] by Saxo Grammaticus.

The '''Morrígan''' is a dark goddess from Irish mythology. ...esses from the Morrígan to Cathleen Ní Houlihan'' (Irish Literary Studies, Book 34)

...he English term for the Arabic '''جن''' (''jinn''). In pre-Islamic Arabian mythology and in Islam, a jinni (also "djinni" or "djini") is a member of the jinn (o ==Jinn in pre-Islamic mythology==

In Greek mythology, the white-robed '''Moirae''' or '''Moerae''' were the personifications of ...Mus. Pio-Clem. tom. vi. tab. B.); Clotho mentions a spindle or a roll (the book of fate); Lachesis points with a staff to the horoscope on the globe ; and

...lore aspects of female anger as well as male incapacity to face it. In the book all three basic instincts are taken into consideration, not only rage but f [[Category:Greek mythology]]

...maethon and his brother, Gwydion. The standard text of 'Cad Goddeu' in the Book of Taliesin makes no mention of this, but the Welsh Triads records the Batt [[Category: Welsh mythology]]

*Banbury, Rev. T. ''Jamaica Superstitions; or the Obeah Book''. Kingston: Mortimer C. DeSouza, 1894. [[Category: Caribbean mythology]]

...ek name for the ancient [[god]] in [[:Category:Egyptian mythology|Egyptian mythology]] whose hieroglyphic is more accurately spelt '''Anpu''' (also '''Anup''', ...he ceremonial deeds of embalming. It also became said, frequently in the [[Book of the dead]], that it had been Anubis who embalmed the dead body of Osiris

Since most beings from [[:Category:Scandinavian mythology|Scandinavian mythology]] are said to be afraid of steel, Scandinavian parents often placed a steel *Changelings are mentioned in the book 'TITHE' by Holly Black. Kaye is a changeling. She finds herself in a muddle

*In the book ''Dragon Rider'', written by Cornelia Funke, brownies were depicted as cat ...icted as fun-loving creatures on the lookout for adventure, such as in the book ''Tuppenny, Feefo and Jinks''.

...32 the poem "Jólasveinarnir" was published as a part of the popular poetry book "Jólin Koma" ("Christmas Arrives") by Icelandic poet Jóhannes úr Kötlum [[Category:Icelandic mythology]]

...are said to have made sudden fortunes through him. In the Neapolitan story-book, named the Pentamerone, of which we shall presently give an account, we mee ''THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY'' BY THOMAS KEIGHTLEY (1850)

...The tomte turns the naughty boy Nils into a tomte in the beginning of the book, and Nils then travels across Sweden on the back of a goose. [[Category:Scandinavian mythology]]

...ble to carry off and eat elephants which was popularized by Marco Polo’s ''Book of Travels'' and the ''1001 Nights'' tales, of Abd al-Rahman and Sindbad th [[Image:Roc.jpg|thumb|Roc destroying Sindbad's ship from The Book of Knowledge, The Grolier Society, 1911]]

...ref=sr_1_1/103-2389135-2274242?ie=UTF8&s=books Baring-Gould, Sabine ''The Book of Werewolves''] [[Category:Greek mythology]] [[Category:Vampires]] [[Category:Shapeshifters]]

A '''psychic vampire''', in mythology, is a being said to have the ability to feed off the "life force" of other ...f Japan) may be noted, as can the incubus and succubus of Judaeo-Christian mythology. This concept is purported to be represented in the myths of a number of cu

The book sought to compile traditional lore about all of the saints which were offic ...together, with their repetitious accounts of martyrdoms and miracles. The book is the closest thing we have to an encyclopaedia of the lore of the saints

...m the Old Persian martikhoras meaning 'man-eater'. It passed into European mythology first through a remark by Ctesias, a Greek physician at the Persian court o Pliny's book was widely enjoyed and uncritically believed through the European Middle A

...ed on axe handles left unattended; mentioned in [[Jorge Luis Borges]]' ''[[Book of Imaginary Beings]]''. * Leach, Maria (ed.) Funk & Wagnall's Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend. (New York: Harper & Row, 1972)

...''Bunyip''' ("devil" or "spirit") is a creature from Australian Aboriginal mythology. ...y friendly bunyip called Alexander Bunyip is a character in the children's book ''The Monster That Ate Canberra'' by Michael Salmon. Alexander, along with

...uities at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin, draws attention in his book ''Sheela Na Gigs: Origins and Functions'' to the distribution of sheelas in Barbara Freitag devotes a whole chapter to the etymology of the name in her book ''Sheela-Na-Gigs: Unravelling an Enigma'' and comes up with some earlier re

...n medicinal book. British anthropologist [[Myra Shackley]] noted that "The book contains thousands of illustrations of various classes of animals (reptiles [[Category:Mongolian mythology]]

*Another dhampir is [[Blade]], from the Marvel Comics book series. ...e lines; included in this was the "Vampire: The Masquerade" series. In the book ''Time of Thin Blood,'' weak-blooded Western Vampires&mdash; whose blood wa

...rest of them by Walt Kelly. This served as their introduction to the comic book audience. ...tory Through Air Power|Victory Through Hare Power'' and is amused when the book mentions gremlins, accusing them of "diabolical sabotage". Bugs then hears

A gnome is also called a "Cassie" in a fictitious book written by E.G. Khrenson in 1925. Gnomes tend to live in hilly meadows and rocky woodlands. In Huygen's book, it says they live in three trees, the house itself, with a hidden entrance

...d his collection of legends to make two points: first, that [[legend]]s, [[Mythology|myth]]s, and [[folklore]] do not belong solely to so-called primitive or tr * [[Mythology]]

...he Reformation, whose authentic narratives could be found in John Foxe's ''Book of Martyrs''. Thus "legend" gained its modern connotations of "undocumented <blockquote>''"An essential difference between the legends of heroes and mythology proper, between the myths of the gods and those of the heroes, which are of

...e Greek historian Plutarch (in "The Obsolescence of Oracles" (''Moralia'', Book 5:17)), Pan is the only Greek god who is dead. During the reign of Tiberius ==Roman mythology: Faunus==

...y)''' (Ukrainian: Лісовик, Russian: ле́ший) is a woodland spirit in Slavic mythology who protects wild animals and forests. The Church turned him into an evil c ...irst as a peasant, and then as a gigantic demon-like creature in the comic book miniseries ''Hellboy: Darkness Calls'' by Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo.

The following is a free excerpt from the book Half Human, Half Animal: Tales of Werewolves and Related Creatures: [[Category:Brazilian mythology]]

...the end, a beak filled with teeth, and razor-sharp claws. According to the book ''Searching for Ropens'', it is "any featherless creature that flies in the [[Category: Australasian mythology]]

...''') is a shapeshifter creature in Faroese, Irish, Icelandic, and Scottish mythology. *Jane Yolen incorporated such a changeling as a selkie into her picture book, Greyling.

...tan's angels in Book I, and is given a speech at the parliament of Hell in Book 2:43 - 105, where he argues for immediate warfare against God. He later bec ...ng quoted Flaubert's descriptions as factual in her notorious anti-Semitic book The Plot Against Christianity, re-released under the title The Jewish Relig

* In the comic book series ''The Invisibles'', the character of the Moonchild is said to be the [[Category: Scottish mythology]]

In [[Greek mythology]] a '''Cyclops''', or '''Kyklops''' (Greek ''Κύκλωψ''), is a member o In Homer's ''Odyssey'' (book ix), a scouting party led by the Trojan War hero Odysseus lands on the Isla

...u''' was the first living being and the creator of the universe in Chinese mythology. ...us, ''Chinese Astrology, Early Chinese Occultism'' (1974), from an earlier book by the same author, ''Chinese Thought'' (1907), chapter on “Chinese Occul

...13th century, it probably derives from the ''Yaçi-Yaterê'' of Tupi-Guarani mythology, a magic one-legged child with fire-red hair who would spell-bind people an ...present-day urban culture, mainly due to the immensely popular children's book ''O Saci'' by Monteiro Lobato (1932).

''THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY BY THOMAS KEIGHTLEY'' (1850) *''The Yellow Fairy Book'' by Andrew Lang includes a story called ''The Nixie of the Mill-Pond'' in

[[Image:Frankenstein Cover.jpg|thumb|Book covers for ''Frankenstein'' have taken many forms over the years which emph ...ing and punishment of the character from [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]].) The story has had an influence across literature and [[:Category:Popula

...ons, in turn representing the nations of the Britons and the Saxons in the book Historia Britonum. Neither makes any specific reference to actual physical [[Category: English mythology]]

In Egyptian mythology, '''Apis''' or '''Hapis''' (alternatively spelt Hapi-ankh), was a bull-deit [[Image:Apis.jpg|thumb|Image from the Theban Papyrus of Ani from the Book of Death.]]

* In Alan Moore's and Ian Gibson's comic book series Halo Jones, the Rat King was a weapon of war, a super-intelligent co [[Category:Germanic mythology]]

...the [[Spear Luin]], and is similar to the [[Bleeding Lance]] of [[Grail]] mythology, which was eventually claimed to ''be'' the Spear of Destiny. ...d Colonel with the U.S. Army who served in World War II, and had written a book on the Dachau massacre as a witness to the event. He was presented by the p

...alleus Maleficarum'', adopted an intermediate position. According to their book, demons did not feel love for [[warlock]]s or [[witch]]es, because sexual r The first story of this type is narrated in the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit. This story tells that the demon [[Asmodeus]] either fell in love

...micon|Simon's Necronomicon]], which is a fiction based loosely on Sumerian mythology, among other things. ''Cthulhu'' is often preceded by the title ''Great'' o ...vid E. Schultz call the "anti-mythology" of Lovecraft's fiction. In most [[mythology|mythologies]], man's significance in the universe is validated by his conne

==Ifrit in contemporary popular mythology== Ifrits in contemporary popular mythology are jinn spirits that embody fire. They consider themselves superior to all

'''Jewish mythology''' is a body of stories that explains or symbolizes Jewish beliefs. ''Jewis ...ylon, Sumerian and Akkadia. This is discussed in the article on [[Biblical mythology]].

...American continent shortly after his resurrection, as is depicted in ''The Book of Mormon''. *In the comic book "Tom Strong" an alternate dimensional empire is run by an Aztec-like cultur

...his short-story ''El Grimorio'' (The Grimoire), included in the eponymous book. Anderson Imbert refers to the Wandering Jew as ''El Judío Errante'' or '' In the post-apocalyptic science-fiction book ''A Canticle For Leibowitz'', written by Walter M. Miller, Jr. and publishe

The [[Siren]]s of Greek mythology are sometimes portrayed in later [[folklore]]; in fact in some languages th Other related types of [[mythology|myth]]ical or [[legend]]ary creature are [[water fairies]] (e.g. various [[

In [[Category:Greek mythology]] the '''Sirens''' or '''Seirenes''' were [[Naiad]] (sea [[nymph]]s) approa ...am,' much like [[Banshee]], her father. Both characters' names come from [[Mythology|mythological]] characters best known for their vocal abilities.

...e the ''Kitêba Cilwe'' (Book of Revelation) and the ''Mishefa Reş'' (Black Book). However, scholars generally agree that the manuscripts of both books publ [[Category: Middle Eastern mythology]]

...on, demonology is found in the pseudepigraphal writings, such as the First Book of Enoch, and in the post-New Testament writings of the early fathers such ...ll embedded in Pentecostal history particularly through Jessie Penn-Lewis' book War on the Saints arising from the Welsh Revival in the early Twentieth cen

...y. Crowley identified Baphomet with [[Harpocrates]] (the [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek]] version of the child-form of the Egyptian god [[Horus]]) and also w ...eld, one of the scholars who worked on the Dead Sea Scrolls, argued in his book, ''The Essene Odyssey'', that the word "Baphomet" was created with knowledg

The mythology of the twins is only attested in the post-Sassanid Syriac and Armenian pole ...ch states Ahriman "has never been and never will be."[1] In chapter 100 of Book of the Arda Viraf, which is titled 'Ahriman', the narrator sees the "Evil s

...re of Seville has picked up Augustine's reference, for his ''Etymologies'' book viii: ...ten applied to beings that seem more human than ape, or that have strong [[mythology|mythological]] or supernatural overtones.

...ted person is, or has, transformed into an animal. It is named after the [[mythology|myth]]ical condition of lycanthropy, a [[supernatural]] affliction in which ...rist Lucien Malson collected more than fifty alleged cases in his landmark book ''Wolf Children and the Problem of Human Nature''. More cases have been rep

...'''bunyip''' is a mythical creature or a malevolent spirit from Australian mythology. Various accounts and explanations of bunyips have been given across Austra ...amtime." The story also features references to other Indigenous Australian mythology, such as Uluru.

*Knuckers are described as a type of dragon in the Dragonology fiction book. Dragonology knuckers attack with venom or constriction. [[Category: English mythology]]

*In Gene Wolfe's ''Book of the Long Sun'', Echidna appears as the Great Queen of the gods and the w [[Category:Greek mythology]]

...word also appears in the Christian scriptures, occurring six times in the Book of Revelation, where it is conventionally translated not as “the deep” [[Category:Jewish mythology]]

...yana wrote a short piece entitled ''Queen Mab'' which appeared in his 1922 book Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies. This particular soliloquy con *In Martin Millar's book ''Dreams of Sex and Stage Diving'' (1994), the heroine, Elfish, wants to ca

[[Image:Hades (Greek Mythology).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hades, Greek god of the underworld, enthroned, with ...well as [[Dis Pater]] and [[Orcus]], in [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]]; the corresponding Etruscan god was '''Aita'''. "Hades" is employed by so

...or draugen (Norwegian meaning the draug) is a corporeal undead from Norse mythology. Draugar were believed to live in the graves of dead Vikings, being the bod ...Frodo's spectral struggle with the "barrow-wight" in [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s book The Fellowship of the Ring, in the chapter "Fog on the Barrow-Downs."

...ings perceived as cycles that begin anew as soon as they end (See Phoenix (mythology)). It can also represent the idea of primordial unity. The Jungian psycholo ===Norse mythology===

...on bears similarity to the [[Mannegishi]] creature, which is native to the mythology of the Cree Indians in Canada. Coleman also notes that cryptozoologist Mar ...of the witnesses and the case has increased. In his 2001 revision of his book, <i>Mysterious America</i>, he updates the status of the case, follows up w

...d. One version, from Shropshire, recounted by Katherine Mary Briggs in her book ''A Dictionary of Fairies,'' refers ''Will the Smith''. Will is a wicked bl ...sles, and is often a malicious character in the stories. Wirt Sikes in his book ''British Goblins'' mentions a Welsh tale about a Will o' the Wisp (''[[Pú

...he abode of the ''Álfar'' '[[Elves]]' in [[:Category:Norse mythology|Norse mythology]] and appears also in northern English ballads under the forms '''Elfhame'' According to Saxo Grammaticus' ''Gesta Danorum'' (Book 8), the sons of King Gandálf the Old joined King Harald for the battle of

In the Olympian Pantheon of classical [[Greek Mythology]], '''Hêra''' was queen of the Gods and Goddesses, as well as wife and sis ...three cities I love best" the ox-eyed Queen of Heaven declares ('’Iliad'', book IV) are Argos, Sparta and Mycenae of the broad streets." Her other main cen

...ased on the tales of the golem created by [[Judah Low ben Bezalel]]. This book inspired a classic set of expressionistic silent movies, Paul Wegener's Gol ...y Shelley]]'s ''[[Frankenstein]]'' and the alchemical homunculus. In Norse mythology, Mökkurkálfi (or Mistcalfa) was a clay giant, built to help the [[troll]]

First known by a name that was blotted out in Heaven's "book of life," but associated with [[Lucifer]], the morningstar, he was a proud ...s not eager to learn, being absent from Adam and Raphael's conversation in Book VIII, and Adam's visions presented by Michael in Books XI and XII. Eve does

===Norse/Germanic mythology=== In [[:Category:Norse mythology|Norse mythology]], '''Svartálfar''' ("Swartelves" or "[[black elves]]"), sometimes conside

In the Book of Job, ''ha-satan''("the adversary") is a prosecuting attorney against man <blockquote>"Such a view is found, however, in the prologue to the Book of Job, where Satan appears, together with other celestial beings or "sons

In [[Irish mythology]], the '''Fomorians''', '''Fomors''', or '''Fomori''' (Irish '''Fomóiri''' ...rm and one leg , according to an 11th century text in Lebor na hUidre (the Book of the Dun Cow), or have had the body of a man and the head of a goat, but

...ppearance of Phoenician literary texts, Dagon has practically no surviving mythology. ...f the monuments is positive for the Phœnician city of Arvad; moreover, the Book of Josue mentions two towns called Bethdagon, one in the territory of Juda

'''Centaurs''' are human-horse hybrids in Greek mythology and the followers of the wine god Dionysus. Alexander Hislop in his book The Two Babylons theorized that the word is derived from the Semitic Kohen

...]] or supernatural being that is found in the legends, [[folklore]], and [[mythology]] of many different cultures. They are generally humanoid in their appearan ...ly beings with mystical abilities (either the [[elves]] (or equivalent) in mythology or their insect-winged, floral descendants in English folklore), while "fae

...ka''' (Avestan Great Snake) is a dragon or demonic figure in the texts and mythology of Zoroastrian Persia, where he is one of the subordinates of [[Angra Mainy Zahhak or Zohhak is a figure of Persian mythology, evident in ancient Iranian folklore as Aži Dahaka, the name by which he a

...ka''' (Avestan Great Snake) is a dragon or demonic figure in the texts and mythology of Zoroastrian Persia, where he is one of the subordinates of [[Angra Mainy Zahhak or Zohhak is a figure of Persian mythology, evident in ancient Iranian folklore as Aži Dahaka, the name by which he a

...d John Milton's ''[[Paradise Lost]]'', led to the common idea in Christian mythology and [[folklore]] that Lucifer was a poetic appellation of [[Satan]]. ...though still this is a poetical personification of the Light-Bearer, not a mythology:

...nt or other reptile, with [[magic]]al or [[Spirit|spiritual]] qualities. [[Mythology|Mythological]] creatures possessing some or most of the characteristics typ ...rse exceptions to these rules). Malevolent dragons also occur in [[Persian mythology]] and other cultures.

*Mike Mignola, the author of the ''Hellboy'' comic book series, includes a short story entitled ''Iron Shoes'' which depicts Hellbo [[Category:English mythology]]

...st famous story recollection of the Noppera-bo comes from Lafcadio Hearn's book ''Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things''. The story of a man who [[Category: Japanese mythology]]

*Sargent, Carl. ''Monster Mythology'' (TSR, 1992). *Slavicsek, Bill. ''The Complete Book of Humanoids'' (TSR, 1993).

...sk was featured in ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'', yet in the book the basilisk was portrayed as a much larger creature than the true mytholog * The main villain of ''The Book of the Dun Cow'' is a cockatrice, aided by an army of serpentine basilisks.

...(天狗, "heavenly dogs") are mountain and forest goblins or yokai in Japanese mythology, sometimes worshipped as Shinto kami (revered spirits or gods). ...e, long ears, and long teeth that can chew through swords. An 18th century book called the ''Tengu Meigiko'' suggests that this goddess may be the true pre

...[[Necronomicon]]'', the ''[[Cthulhu Mythos arcane literature#Book of Eibon|Book of Eibon]]'', or the ''[[Unaussprechlichen Kulten]]'' of [[Cthulhu Mythos b ...e'') is first referenced in [[Brian Lumley]]'s short story "The Sorcerer's Book" ([[1984 in literature|1984]]). Mnomquah is trapped inside the [[Dreamlands

*'''Draugrs''', from '''Norse mythology''' *[http://zombies.cjb.net The Ultimate Zombie Book List] - Huge listing of zombie novels, anthologies, collections, comic book

...that has generally been described as a malevolent [[spirit]], or [[Daemon (mythology)|daemon]] and [[Jinn]]. A demon is frequently depicted as a force that may ...'' that passed into Christian culture are discussed in the entry [[Daemon (mythology)|daemon]].The Hellenistic "Demon" eventually came to include many Semitic a

...l Cronos replaced Ophion and Rhea replaced Eurynome. By the time classical mythology came around, Eurynome had shrunk to being one of Zeus' many loves (mother o :[Paradise Lost, Book IX, Line 581]

Hell appears in several [[mythology|mythologies]] and [[religion]]s in different guises, and is commonly inhabi ...ry:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]] and [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]], but [[Hades]] also included [[Elysium]], a place for the reward for thos

...k merchants with these vessels <ref>[http://rbedrosian.com/Gmyth.htm Greek Mythology - Myths Concerning Aia]</ref>. ...r traditional Greek role of escorting the spirits of the dead in Pullman's book, and Lyra persuades them to help guide the dead out of limbo/hell to peace.

...ervations about flora, fauna and native inhabitants related in his lengthy book, Bonaventure claimed to have seen enormous footprints in the region. The cr ...ormally published, portions were included in later works, including a 1959 book by Ley; von Stein wrote:

...ly featured in the Japanese children's story Momotaro (Peach Boy), and the book The Funny Little Woman. [[Category: Japanese mythology]]

...tative early description is given by the Swede ''Jacob Wallenberg'' in his book ''Min son på galejan'' ("My son on the galley") from 1781: ...which can reach many miles. Could one doubt that this is the Leviathan of Book of Job?''</blockquote>

...tion document, as well as many technical papers, that was published as the book ''Deliver Us From Evil''. The conference papers indicate some tensions in o [[Category:Christian mythology]]

==Akkadian mythology== ...a witch who steals children, similar to the Breton [[Korrigan]], in Greek mythology described as a Libyan queen who mated with [[Zeus]]. After Zeus abandoned L

...presence of the aswang. This type of aswang is described in ''The Vampire Book'' by J. Gordon Melton (1994, 1999) and in ''The Vampire Encyclopedia'' by M ...ner published in ''The Journal of American Folk-Lore'', 19 (1906) and the book ''Supernatural Tales from Around the World'' edited by Terri Hardin (Barnes

...ncarnation of the Cenobite spirit Xipe Totec, an entity derived from Aztec mythology. ...s seem more demonic as in later installments. In the ''Hellraiser'' comic book series, it would seem that Leviathan might be considered the overlord of th

...depictions of griffins included hunting scenes. Divine figures in egyptian mythology, despicted as griffins, include Sefer, Sefert, and Axex. ...hology, in particular during the Achaemenid dynasty, griffins called Homa (mythology)|Homa were used widely as statues and symbols in palaces. Homa also had a s

..., and wandered around graveyards at night. The "draugr" of medieval Norse mythology were also believed to be the corpses of warriors returned from the dead to The first book to expose modern western culture to the concept of the zombie was ''The Mag

...gures. A few examples might be [[Cernunnos]] and [[Brigit]] from [[Celtic mythology]] or [[Hecate]], [[Lugh]], [[Diana]] and many others. ...re [[Cernunnos]] and [[Aradia]], as these names are used in the protoype [[Book of Shadows]] known as "Ye Bok [sic] of Ye Arte Magical".

...e intelligent, supernatural, or highly developed reptile-like humanoids in mythology, popular fiction, and speculative fringe theories. They also appear in some In pre-columbian mythology from Colombia, ''Bachue'' (the primordial woman) transformed into a big sna

In Zulu and Bantu mythology, '''Tikoloshe''', '''Tokoloshe''' or '''Hili''' is a mischievous and evil s ...ww.struik.co.za/book.book.detail.action?id=1917 "Tales of the Tokoloshe"], book

...e skin-walker is known mainly from Navajo folklore, analogies exist in the mythology of other tribes, including the Mohawk, Hopi, and Aztecs. The Yaqui have a s *According to Mythology, the Norse hero Sigmund and his son Sinfiolti became Skinwalkers for a shor

...anslation of the word ''[[Azazel]]'', the name for a fallen angel in the [[Book of Enoch]]. It is interesting to also note that in satanism a goat is used *Perera, Sylvia Brinton ''Scapegoat Complex: Toward a Mythology of Shadow and Guilt (Studies in Jungian Psychology By Jungian Analysts)'' (

*A strix makes an appearance in the ''Vampire: the Requiem historical book Requiem for Rome''. In contrast to the more traditional vampires presented [[Category:Roman mythology]]

...of Cynocephali in his ''Liber de Monstruosis Hominibus Orientis'', xiv, ("Book of Monstrous men of the Orient"). [[Category:Chinese mythology]]

In Greek mythology, the '''Lernaean Hydra''' was an ancient serpent-like chthonic water beast ...ras appear as Myth Units in Age of Mythology and its expansion pack Age of Mythology: The Titans.

...ath personified''' is a figure or fictional character which has existed in mythology and popular culture since the earliest days of storytelling. Because the re *[[Yama]] (Buddhism and Chinese mythology)

...rthikeya is said to have been born to destroy the Asura Mahisha. (In later mythology, Mahisha became the adversary of Durga.) Indra attacks Karthikeya as he see * [http://www.dlshq.org/download/shanmukha.htm Swami Sivananda's book on Lord Kartikeya; also available on PDF.]

...''Διόνυσος'' also known as '''Bacchus''' in both Greek Mythology and Roman mythology and associated with the Italic '''Liber'''), the Thracian God of wine, repr ...e Greek pantheon and was often associated with orgiastic rites. Throughout mythology he also became known as a cultivator of the soil, a lawgiver, a peacemaker,

...e the divine tribunal {{bibleverse||Zechariah|3:1|JP}}. Similarly in the [[Book of Job|Job]] the ''bnei Elohim'', sons of God, appear as attendants of God, ...Ameshaspentas ([[Amesha Spenta]]), or seven great spirits of the [[Persian mythology]].

...never meant to create a canonical mythos but rather intended his imaginary mythology to serve merely as a background element. Thus, Lovecraft's "pseudomythology ...Hence, since Lovecraft made passing reference to Clark Ashton Smith's ''[[Book of Eibon]]'', Derleth added Smith's [[Ubbo-Sathla]] to the mythos. Because

'''Jorge Luis Borges''' wrote and edited the '''''Book of Imaginary Beings''''' in 1957 as the original Spanish ''Manual de zoolog In the preface, Borges states that the book is to be read "as with all miscellanies...not...straight through.... Rather

...nt. Illustration from the Jean d'Arras work, ''Le livre de Mélusine'' (The Book of Melusine), 1478.]] [[Category:Celtic mythology]] [[Category:Water]] [[Category:Hybrids]] [[Category:Snake people]]

...n, the Accuser of Job, the tempter of the Gospels, and the dragon in the [[Book of Revelation]]. Many modern, liberal Christians view the devil metaphorica ...ter, health, but he still stays faithful to God. At the conclusion of this book God appears as a whirlwind, explaining to all that divine justice is inscru

...otype for the demon [[Kroni]] and his incarnation [[Kaliyan]] of Ayyavazhi mythology. The authors of the book Science in Culture reason the child looked like the Brahmin because Varuthi

...pedition to West Africa. Their sighting was first published in Sanderson's book ''Animal Treasure'' (1937). Jørgen Birket-Smith, a comparative anatomist a [[Category: African mythology]]

In Irish mythology, a '''leprechaun''' (Modern Irish: ''leipreachán'') is a type of male faer ...rking on a single shoe. Originally coined by Thomas Keightley in The Fairy Mythology (1850)

In popular Chinese mythology, '''Chiang-shih''' (or kiang-shi, but also known as jiangshi), sometimes ca ...es and Noble, 1995) as an excerpt from Religious Systems of China, vol. 5, book 2, by Jan de Groot (E.J. Brill, 1907.). It also can be found in The Vampire

...which displays both human and animal characteristics, either as a part of mythology or as a [[spirituality|spiritual]] concept. The word is derived from Greek In [[folklore]], mythology and [[anthropology]], therianthropy can be used to describe a character tha

*In Roman mythology, [[Aeneas]] lulled Cerberus to sleep with drugged honeycakes. A similar dog, '"Garm'", is guarding the house of deaths in the Norse mythology. These monsters were all probably inspired from the dogs that haunted the b

:''Some of the late writers on mythology, such as Cornutus and Cleomedes, and some of the modern, such as Preller an ...ncient cosmos even though she is both relatively minor and foreign. In the book (see bibliography) ''Restless Dead: Encounters Between the Living and the D

...st dies with the longing. Lizzie finally manages to cure Laura. Though the book was not originally written for children, many have read it and enjoyed it. *The book is said to have been a childhood favorite of J. R. R. Tolkien, who populate

...ntine'' (2005) is a movie with Keanu Reeves, based on the DC/Vertigo comic book ''Hellblazer''. * Malachi Martin, ''Hostage to the Devil''. ISBN 006065337X.<!--what sort of book is this? A horror novel? Nobody is too sure - it is supposed to document a

...a manuscript of the Book of Psalms written by a priest who transcribed the book from Glagolitic into Cyrillic for the Novgorodian Prince Volodymyr Yaroslav ...al wolf that could devour the sun and moon (similar to [[Fenris]] in Norse mythology), and later became connected with werewolves rather than vampires. The pers

...Tree of Life", "The Hebrew Goddess", by Raphael Patai, and the forthcoming book "Magickal Judaism: Blending Pagan and Jewish Practice", by Jennifer Hunter. ...elf, or three aspects of consciousness. [[Wicca]]n author Starhawk, in her book ''Spiral Dance'', describes these as the ''Talking Self'' (the conscious mi

...culpted head attached. The details of how it was done have been given in a book. Essentially, it was a toy submarine with a head and neck made of plastic w ...r the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau). A single frame was published in his book The Elusive Monster; before he retired. Dr. Roy P. Mackal, a biologist and

...ny connection with the mythical beings. Moreover, in the sources for Norse mythology, ''troll'' can signify any uncanny being, including but not restricted to t ...m that they were hunted by Thor, one of the last remnants of the old Norse mythology, who threw Mjolnir, his hammer, causing lightning bolts to kill them. Thoug

A '''werewolf''' (Or '''Lycanthrope''') in [[folklore]] and [[mythology]] is a person who [[Therianthropy|shapeshifts]] into a wolf, either purpose *In Norse mythology, the legends of [[berserker]]s may be a source of the werewolf myths.Berser

...ythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. In Hindu mythology, Garuḍa is the name of a lesser Hindu divinity, the mount (vahanam) of V

...se fictional depictions often do not bear much resemblance to the original mythology. ==The Wendigo in Native American mythology==

...come into conflict with a variety of [[monster]]s from [[folklore]] and [[mythology]]. One of the game's more prominent monsters are the various races of '''[ ...d, daemon are something close to a muse, a divine inspiration in the Greek mythology and so effectively do not fill in the role of evildoer).

...xotic beliefs to Europeans at this time. [[Hinduism|Hindu]] and [[Egyptian mythology]] frequently feature in nineteenth century magical texts. The late [[19th c ...cognised as the ''founder'' of [[Wicca]], to publish his first non-fiction book ''Witchcraft Today'', in which he claimed to reveal the existence of a [[wi

...Forbidden Archaeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race. Bhaktivedanta Book Publishing. [[Category:Indonesian mythology]]

...e, with an estimated 20 million players worldwide and over US$1 billion in book and equipment sales (according to a BBC news report). Products branded ''D ...s of early D&D versions reflect this history. The game was influenced by [[mythology]], pulp fiction, and contemporary fantasy authors of the 1960s and 1970s.

In Irish and Scottish mythology, the '''Cailleach''' (Irish plural cailleacha, Scottish Gaelic plural caill *According to the Yellow Book of Lecan (c.1400 a.d.), a 14th century manuscript, the Cailleach Bheara was

An '''elf''' (pl. ''elves'') is a creature of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of minor nature and fertili ...ively, a connection to the ''[[Rbhus]]'', semi-divine craftsmen in Indian mythology, has also been suggested. Originally ''ælf''/''elf'' and it's plural ''æl

*4) Everyday objects, like a book or a bowl. Some objects are generally carried by wrathful deities, while ot However, the symbolism of the previous mentioned mythology is often seen as antiquated and misogynistic. The more thoughtful and Tant

...sner claimed to have come face to face with a yeti. He has since written a book, My Quest for the Yeti, and also claims to have actually killed one. Accord [[Category:Himalayan mythology]]

...ese isles, similar to the eight-headed dragon Yamata no Orochi of Japanese mythology. But, the three-headed Ghidorah in this film is said to be underdeveloped, * King Ghidorah was declared a winner in Maddox's book ''The Alphabet of Manliness''.

Farther back there is a medieval Welsh poem "Pa Gwr" in the Black Book of Carmarthen which mentions a Cath Palug "Palug's cat" or "clawing cat" wh [[Category: English mythology]]

...umaru'' after the ship exploded and sank during the First World War in his book, ''The Wreck of the Dumaru'' (1930). ...ible and reflexive approach to anthropological research. At any rate, the book ushered in an era of rigorous combing of the cannibalism literature. By Ar

In ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology, the '''phoenix''' is a mythical bird and associated with the Egyptian sun- Greek mythology places the phoenix in Arabia, where it lives close to a cool well. Every mo

...e House" parables which convey—contrary to the conventional reading of the book of genesis—a world belonging entirely to God, where man's place is that o ...be in many ways a non-dual view of existence. Ramesh Balsekar comments<ref>Book: ''Who cares?''</ref> on nonduality and mysticism, that it is in order for

...oth, as Manbo Katherine Dunham reports from her personal experience in her book ''the Possessed Island''. [[Category:Haitian mythology]]

...hic and the British Broadcasting Corporation, and is also discussed in the book ''The Scientific Study of Mummies'' by Arthur C. Aufderheide. [[Category:Popular culture]][[Category:Egyptian mythology]][[Category:Corporeal undead]]

...chemists to borrow the terms and symbols of [[Bible|biblical]] and pagan [[mythology]], [[astrology]], [[kabbalah]], and other mystic and esoteric fields; so th ...in ancient times, ran the great university of Nagarjuna Sagar. His famous book, Rasaratanakaram, is a famous example of early Indian medicine.