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Shōjō – anthropomorphic spirit, depicted as furred, somewhat confounded with orangutan (Japan) Shug Monkey – dog/monkey (Britain) Sun Wukong (proper name) – powerful warrior-magician in the form of a monkey who hatched from a stone egg (China) Vanara – humanoid apes or monkeys (India, Hindu)
Aatxe – Bull spirit. Abaasy – Iron-toothed demons. Abada – Unicorn that inhabits the African Congo. Äbädä – Forest spirit. Abaia – Huge magical eel. Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) – Savage humanoid with backward feet. Abath – One-horned animal.
Pixiu – Winged lion; Pi yao – Horned, dragon-lion hybrid; Plakavac – Vampire created when a mother strangles her child; Pok-wejee-men – Tree spirit; Polevik (Polish) – Little people and field spirits; Pollo Maligno – Man-eating chicken spirit; Polong – Invisible servant spirit
A zodiac spirit animal is an animal that shares similar qualities to one of the 12 zodiac signs. Nature's animals reside within the four elements (fire, water, earth, and air).
During the Tang Dynasty, it was introduced to Japan with its name unchanged. In the Book of Song (宋書) in China, there is a record related to Bai Ze called the Bái Zé Tú ‘diagram of (the deity) Baize’(白澤圖): Bai Ze, the divine creature, knows all matters concerning ghosts and gods in the world.
Winged lion; Wirry-cow – Malevolent spirit; Witch (Worldwide) – Person who practices magic; Witte Wieven – Female, ancestral spirit; Wolpertinger – Forest animal comprised from various animal parts (similar to a Chimera) Wondjina (Australia Aboriginal) – Weather spirit; Wraith – Water spirit or ghostly apparition
Griffin – Lion-eagle hybrid; Grigori (Christian, Jewish, and Islamic mythology) – Fallen angels, father of Nephilim; Grim (English and Scandinavian) – Tutelary spirits of churches; Grim Reaper (Worldwide) – Death angel often thought to be God's/Satan's assistant; Grindylow – Malevolent water spirit
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