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at The Medieval Bestiary; Clark, Willene B. (2006). A Medieval Book of Beasts: The Second-family Bestiary : Commentary, Art, Text and Translation. Boydell Press. ISBN 9780851156828. McCulloch, Florence (1962) [1960]. Mediaeval Latin and French Bestiaries (revised ed.). Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807890332.
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 .
Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) – Savage humanoid with backward feet. Abath – One-horned animal. Abura-sumashi – Creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture. Acephali – Headless humanoids. Acheri – Disease-bringing ghost. Achiyalabopa – Huge bird god. Achlis – Curious elk.
Lake monster (Worldwide) – Gigantic animals reported to inhabit various lakes around the world; Lakhey – Demon with fangs; La Llorona (Latin America) – Death spirit associated with drowning; Lamassu (Akkadian and Sumerian) – Protective spirit with the form of a winged bull or human-headed lion; Lambton Worm – Giant worm
Monster may also be Native, but name was given from Native language by local whites & not the original name, if so. Sea goat – Half goat, half fish; Selkie – Shapeshifting seal people; Water bull – Nocturnal amphibious bull; Water Horse – General name for mythical water dwelling horses of many cultures
Sea monk (Medieval folklore) – Fish-like humanoid; Sea monster (Worldwide) – Giant, marine animals; Sea serpent (Worldwide) – Serpentine sea monster; Sea-Wyvern – Fish-tailed wyvern; Seko – Water spirit which can be heard making merry at night; Selkie (Faroese, Icelandic, Irish, and Scottish) – Human-seal shapeshifter
Monocerus (Medieval bestiaries) – One-horned stag-horse-elephant-boar hybrid, sometimes treated as distinct from the unicorn; Mono Grande (South America) – Giant monkey; Monopod (Medieval bestiaries) – Dwarf with one giant foot; Mooinjer veggey (Manx folklore) – Nature spirit; Moon rabbit (Far Eastern folklore) – Legendary animal
George, Wilma and Brunsdon Yapp. (1991) The Naming of the Beasts: Natural History in the Medieval Bestiary. Benton, Janetta Rebold. (1992) The Medieval Menagerie: Animals in the Art of the Middle Ages. Lindberg, David C. (1992) The Beginnings of Western Science. The European Tradition in Philosophhical, Religious and Institutional Context, 600 ...