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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
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.
The Hereford mappa mundi, a map of the world with Jerusalem at its centre. The Hereford Mappa Mundi (Latin: mappa mundi) is the largest medieval map still known to exist, depicting the known world. It is a religious rather than literal depiction, featuring heaven, hell and the path to salvation.
The result of such cultural contact is visible e.g. in the tradition of the Morris Dance in England, an adaptation of the "moorish" dances of the late medieval period. The result were the related, but regionally distinct, folk traditions as they existed in European society on the eve of the Early Modern period.
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 ...
The text Hic Sunt Dracones on the Hunt–Lenox Globe, dating from 1504 "Here be dragons" (Latin: hic sunt dracones) means dangerous or unexplored territories, in imitation of a medieval practice of putting illustrations of dragons, sea monsters and other mythological creatures on uncharted areas of maps where potential dangers were thought to exist.
The questing beast is a description of the medieval mythological view on giraffes, [citation needed] whose generic name of Camelopardalis originated from their description of being half-camel and half-leopard. [2] Evidence of this is shown in the Arthuriana paper, showing that the beast comes from a mistranslation of the Arabic word Zaraffa.
The name "yale" is believed to be derived from the Hebrew word יָעֵל (yael), meaning "ibex".Other common names are "eale" or "centicore". The Septuagint translation of Job 39:1 rendered the word יָעֵל as τραγελάφων (trageláphōn), which referred to the mythical tragelaphus, a half-goat half-stag, which in 1816 gave its name to a genus of antelope Tragelaphus.