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Supernatural animals, often hybrids, sometimes part human, whose existence has not or cannot be proved and that are described in folklore, but also in historical accounts written before history became a science. For fictional creatures of the United States created with sardonic intent, see Category:Fearsome critters.
Legendary creatures of the indigenous peoples of North America (10 C, 47 P) L. Latin American legendary creatures (3 C, 1 P) M.
Selections from the Journal of American folklore. Ed Cray and Marilyn Eisenberg Herzog (January 1967). "The Absurd Elephant: A Recent Riddle Fad". Western Folklore. 26 (1). Western Folklore, Vol. 26, No. 1: 27– 36. doi:10.2307/1498485. JSTOR 1498485. —the evolution of the Elephant Riddle that entered U.S. folklore in California in 1963
American mythology is the body of traditional stories pertaining to America's most legendary stories and folktale, dating back to the late 1700s when the first colonists settled. "American mythology" may also refer to the modern study of these representations, and to the subject matter as represented in the literature and art of other cultures ...
Pages in category "Folklore of the Southern United States" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The following is a list of lists of legendary creatures, beings and entities from the folklore record. Entries consist of legendary and unique creatures , not of particularly unique individuals of a commonly known species.
Regardless of how the moniker rings a bell, "Cyclopes are other famous monsters from Greek mythology and huge creatures with one eye in the center of their foreheads,” says Conway.
According to Dorson, in Mythical Creatures of the North Country (1969), historian Walker D. Wyman acknowledged the existence of what he called the Alkali Area Jackalope of the western United States. However, he expressed doubt that it predated the Jack-pine Jackalope of Minnesota and Wisconsin , "a mythological throwback that defies even the ...