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Dungavenhooter – a crocodile creature with no mouth and huge nostrils using its tail to pound victims into a vapor, which it inhales for through its nose; Knucker – sea serpent like dragon; Kurma; Loch Ness Monster – sea monster cryptid (Scotland) Loveland frog – Humanoid cryptid (The United States (Ohio)) Makara; Mokele Mbembe
Pages in category "Female legendary creatures" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 212 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Creatures from the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game that come from or are based on real-life folklore or mythology. Note that many of these although taking the name from the mythological version, have very little in common with them, instead being based on modern fantasy fiction.
Mythological objects encompass a variety of items (e.g. weapons, armor, clothing) found in mythology, legend, folklore, tall tale, fable, religion, spirituality, superstition, paranormal, and pseudoscience from across the world. This list is organized according to the category of object.
Kikimora (Ukrainian and Russian: кикимора, IPA: [kʲɪˈkʲimərə]) is a legendary creature, a female house spirit in Slavic mythology. Her role in the house is usually juxtaposed with that of the domovoy. The kikimora can either be a "bad" or a "good" spirit, which will depend on the behavior of the homeowner. [1]
Painting of a nine-tailed fox spirit from Yanju's tomb, Gansu Province. The earliest mention of the nine-tailed fox is the Shanhaijing (Classic of Mountains and Seas), compiled from the Warring States period (475 BC–221 BC) to the Western Han (202 BC – 9 AD; 25 AD –220 AD) period.
Pixiu (Chinese: 貔貅; pinyin: píxiū; Wade–Giles: pʻi 2-hsiu 1; 貔貅, OC: * bi qʰu) is a Chinese mythical hybrid creature. Pixiu are considered powerful protectors of the souls of the dead, xian, [1] and feng shui practitioners, and resemble strong, winged lions.
A bean-nighe ('washerwoman') is a specific type of ban-sìth. [8]Both the Irish bean sídhe and the Scottish Gaelic ban-sìth (both meaning 'woman of the sídhe ', 'fairy woman' or 'woman of peace') are derived from the Old Irish ben síde, 'fairy woman': bean: 'woman', and sídhe: the genitive of 'fairy'.