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Note the capitalization of only the first word in this list ("Entry 1 ..."), regardless of coding style. Words that are normally capitalized, like proper names, would of course still be capitalized. A benefit of {} is that it can be wrapped around an already-existing bullet list.
The point is that it has nothing to do with whether it is mythical or supernatural or not: indications of species are not capitalized with proper names unless they would be capitalized independently. So we can have "the African Desmond Tutu", which is properly capitalized because "African" is a proper noun, but "the bishop Desmond Tutu", which ...
In a list, if each item of the list is a complete sentence, then it should be capitalized like any other sentence. If the list items are sentence fragments, then capitalization should be consistent – sentence case should be applied to either all or none of the items. See WP:Manual of Style § Bulleted and numbered lists.
Other points concerning capitalization are summarized below. Full information can be found at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Capital letters . The central point is that Wikipedia does not capitalize something unless it is consistently capitalized in a substantial majority of independent, reliable sources .
The bullet point is unusual in terms of punctuation in that it is often used in multiple contexts with the same shape. It is the user who needs to understand their use: for example bullet points can be used to indicate the start of an item and also the end. The bullet point is most common as a circle or square but many symbols can be used.
Generally acronyms and initialisms are capitalized, e.g., "NASA" or "SOS". Sometimes, a minor word such as a preposition is not capitalized within the acronym, such as "WoW" for "World of Warcraft". In some British English style guides, only the initial letter of an acronym is capitalized if the acronym is read as a word, e.g., "Nasa" or ...
When reproduced for their content, inscriptions that were originally set in all caps should be transcribed according to standard rules of English capitalization. However, simply undoing caps may result in incorrect orthography; for example, capital V may represent either the consonant v or the vowel u .
Wikipedia:Writing better articles – guidance on how to improve articles; Wikipedia:Dos and don'ts#Dos and don'ts pages – summaries of Wikipedia's policies, guidelines, and formatting standards in a bullet-point format; Help:Cheatsheet – a page that provides the most commonly used wiki markup