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...nly maidens with very long hair and wings. They were clothed with a shirt, a gown, green belt and sleeveless jacket. Their clothes were adorned with fea ...lost or late travelers. Those who join them will die due to exhaustion at dawn.

'''Kunal-trow''' (also called ''king-trows'') are a particular species of [[trow]] in the Shetlands. ...always morose and moribund, as they wandered lonely lands between dusk and dawn. There were no female kunal-trows; they instead married mortal women, who d

The '''Aufhocker''' or '''Huckup''' is a malevolent shapeshifting [[demon]] from German folklore. ...stories it was similar to a [[werewolf]] or, more commonly, the spirit of a wicked person who came back to life to terrorize the living.

Oburs, at the time when they become Oburs, strip mother naked in a large house. ...e to bed, they enter by the chimney, drink the children's blood, and leave a black bruise at the place where they have drunk, and then go.

...ts/ from Mayan /kämäˈsots/) (alternate spellings Cama-Zotz, Sotz, Zotz) is a bat god. [[Image:Camazotz 3.jpg|thumb|Bat god, Zapotec, Period III-A - Mesoamerican objects in the American Museum of Natural History, NYC, USA]

...and Muninn''', (sometimes anglicized as '''Hugin''' and '''Munin'''), are a pair of ravens associated with the Norse god Odin. Hugin's name means "thought" and Munin means "memory". They are sent out at dawn every day to gather information around the world and return in the evening.

...eag sluaigh'', "the people's puff of wind". It is also occasionally called a "furl of fairy wind". ...ick up night travellers and send them careening across the skies, until at dawn they are dropped in some distant and unfamiliar land.

The '''Shellycoat''' is a Scottish bogeyman who haunts the rivers and streams. ...; and schellenkappe is Germ. for cap and bells]. The bells on the dress of a fool still attest his affinity to the shrewd and merry goblin (fol, follet)

[[Image:Echidna1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A modern illustration (author unknown)]] ...er of All Monsters" and described by Hesiod as a female monster spawned in a cave, who mothered with her mate [[Typhon]] every major monster in the Gre

In Belgian folklore, '''Kludde''', or '''Kleure''', is a malicious spirit or [[goblin]] which roams the Flemish countryside. [[Image:Kludde.jpg|thumb|Kludde in its most famous form, a black dog.]]

[[Image:sciapod.jpg|thumb|A sciapod or monopod from Lycosthenes ''Prodigiorum ac ostentorum'' (1557)]] ...skiapods, skiapodes, Monocoli) are mythological dwarf-like creatures with a single, large foot extending from one thick leg centered in the middle of t

In the folklore of southwestern England, a '''pixie''' or '''pisky''' is a tiny elflike spirit or mischievous fairy dressed in green who dances in the Pixies are usually depicted as wingless, with pointed ears, and often wearing a green outfit and pointed hat. Sometimes their eyes are described as being p

...ccult concept representing a distinct non-physical entity that arises from a collective group of people. Historically, the concept referred to angelic b ...o a psychic manifestation, or thoughtform, occurring when any group shares a common motivation—being made up of, and influencing, the thoughts of the

'''Yazidis''' are an ethnical group and a religious sect of Krudistan in the Mosul region of northern Iraq, accused o Yazidis, religion is presumably a combination of Mazdaism, Islam and Christianity, and their theology resembl

...f Imaginary Beings''''' in 1957 as the original Spanish ''Manual de zoología fantástica'', or ''Handbook of Fantastic Zoology'', expanding it in 1967 a ...into the pages at random, just as one plays with the shifting patterns of a kaleidoscope"; and that "legends of men taking the shapes of animals" have

...ssing_genie_Dur_Sharrukin.jpg|thumb|right|Ancient Assyrian stone relief of a genie.]] ..., a jinni (also "djinni" or "djini") is a member of the jinn (or "djinn"), a race of creatures. The word "jinn" literally means anything which has the c

...erm '''Aswang''' (or ''Asuwang'') aswang is a generic term that applied to a variety of mythical or paranormal creatures such as witches (mangkukulam), ...n ugly old woman with long, unkempt hair, blood-shot eyes, long nails, and a long, black tongue. She has holes in her armpits which contain oil. This gi

'''Orion''' (Greek: Ὠρίων or Ωαρίων, Latin: Orion) was a giant huntsman in Greek mythology whom Zeus placed among the stars as the c ...asked Zeus to place Orion among the constellations. Zeus consented and, as a memorial to the hero's death, added the Scorpion to the heavens as well.

...rganic components. The term is often used to illustrate the functioning of a system. ..., skin fragments and hair from any animal of which the homunculus would be a hybrid. This was to be laid in the ground surrounded by horse manure for fo

...are the myths of "Serpents of Wisdom" who enlightened humanity before the dawn of civilization; but it has been noted by mythologists that here "serpent" The Mayan god [[Gucumatz]] was described as a "serpent of wisdom" who enlightened humankind, as was his Aztec counterpart