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Tengu – Legendary creatures with human and bird features in Japanese folklore. Tennin – Spiritual beings found in Japanese Buddhism that are similar to western angels, nymphs or fairies. Tikbalang – (Filipino) Tall, bony creatures with the features of a horse. Tiyanak – Vampiric creature in Philippine mythology that imitates the form of ...
Kalavinka – a fantastical immortal creature in Buddhism, with a human head and a bird's torso and long flowing tail; Karura – divine creature with human torso and birdlike head; Kinnara – Half-bird musicians; Lamassu (Mesopotamian) – goddess with a human head, the body of a bull or a lion, and bird wings
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.
Squonk – Ugly and lonely creature capable of evading capture by dissolving itself into a pool of tears; Stihi – Demonic dragon who guards a treasure; Strigoi – Vampire; Strix – Vampiric bird; Struthopodes (Medieval Bestiaries) – Humanoid whose males have enormous feet, and females have tiny feet
Although these next five creatures have been verified by science, it is still hard to believe they exist. The post 5 Deep Sea Creatures That Seem Straight From Science Fiction appeared first on A ...
Alfred Bulltop Stormalong; Amala - Pacific Northwest Coast; Antonine Barada; Beast of Bray Road; Bigfoot; Dzunukwa - Kwakwakaʼwakw mythology; Febold Feboldson; Flatwoods monster; Flying Head - Iroquois mythology
Chareng (Meitei mythology) — Semi-hornbill, semi-human creature; Căpcăun – Large, monstrous humanoid; Carbuncle (Latin America) – Small creature with a jewel on its head; Catoblepas (Medieval Bestiary) – Scaled buffalo-hog hybrid; Cat Sidhe – Fairy cat; Ceasg – Benevolent Scottish mermaids