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Pages in category "Medieval European legendary creatures" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Legendary creatures from Europe, supernatural animal or paranormal entities, generally hybrids, sometimes part human (such as sirens), whose existence has not or cannot be proven. They are described in folklore (including myths and legends ), but also may be featured in historical accounts before modernity .
Medieval European legendary creatures (8 C, 65 P) Melusine (14 P) ... Pages in category "Medieval legends" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ...
In European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk (/ ˈ b æ s ɪ l ɪ s k / or / ˈ b æ z ɪ l ɪ s k / [1]) is a legendary reptile reputed to be a serpent king, who causes death to those who look into its eyes.
The most important medieval legend collection was the Latin Legenda aurea or Golden Legend. Around 1400, a German legendary called Der Heiligen Leben ('The Lives of Saints') became the dominant legendary in German, 'unparalleled in its overall popularity in the whole of Europe ... Hardly a work of German literature was read by such a wide ...
Petitcrieu, alternatively spelled Petitcreiu, Petitcru, or Pticru, is a legendary magical dog from Arthurian legend present in the chivalric romance of Tristan and Iseult. In Arthurian legend [ edit ]
The legendary (and almost archetypal) lost continent that was supposed to have sunk into the Atlantic Ocean. Cloud cuckoo land: A perfect city between the clouds in the play The Birds by Aristophanes. Chryse and Argyre: A pair of legendary islands, located in the Indian Ocean and said to be made of gold (chrysos) and silver (argyros).
The bonnacon (also called bonasus or bonacho) (Ancient Greek: βόνασος or βόνασσος) [1] [2] is a legendary creature described as a bull with inward-curving horns and a horse-like mane. Medieval bestiaries usually depict its fur as reddish-brown or black. [3]