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Chollima – a winged horse too swift to be mounted by any mortal (Chinese) Drapé - (France) Ghostly horse monster who finds and spirits away children wandering at night to an unknown location, never to be seen again. Gytrash- (english) shapeshifting spirit usually taking the form of a horse, mule or other animal. Opposite of a will o the wisp ...
Aeternae – Saw-horned monster. Afanc – Lake monster (exact lake varies by story). Agni – God of fire and sacrifices. Agathodaemon – Spirit of vinefields and grainfields. Agloolik – Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen. Agogwe (East Africa) – Small, ape-like humanoid.
Árvakr and Alsviðr, horses that pull Sól's chariot [1] Blóðughófi, Freyr's horse [2] Falhófnir, a horse of the gods [3] Glað, a horse of the gods [4] Glær, a horse listed in both the Grímnismál and Gylfaginning [5] Grani, the horse of Sigurð [6] Gulltoppr, the horse of Heimdallr [7] Gyllir, a horse whose name translates to "the ...
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
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.
Ethiopian Pegasus (Medieval Bestiaries) – Horned, winged horse; Etiäinen (Finnish mythology) – Spirit being of a living person; Ettin – Three-headed giant; Eurynomos – Blue-black, carrion-eater in the underworld; Ewah – Human-cougar hybrid; Ežerinis – Lake spirit
Re’em – Gigantic land animal; Reichsadler – Eagle, sometimes depicted with two heads; Rephaite – Giant; Reptilian humanoid (Global) – Human-lizard hybrid; Revenant (Worldwide) – Reanimated dead; Roc (Arabian and Persian) – Gigantic bird; Rokurokubi – Long-necked, humanoid trickster
Bukavac – Six-legged lake monster; Bunyip (Australian Aboriginal) – Horse-walrus hybrid lake monster; Bunny Man (American Folklore) Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. Urban Legend – Spirit/Maniac that wears a bunny costume and wields an ax; Bush Dai Dai – Spirit that seduces and kills men