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Female evil spirits or malicious monsters in folklore, legends, and mythology. These monstrous women are often portrayed as predatory creatures, who are usually seen seducing male humans or snatching young children in order to kill, eat, or otherwise harm them.
Beowulf (c. 700–1000): Grendel's mother, a monster-woman; Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson (c. 1220): The Valkyries, female creatures (often depicted as winged) of Norse mythology, who choose which fighters live and die in battle; Roman de Mélusine by Jean d'Arras (1392–94): Mélusine, a water spirit of European folklore [1]
Pig-faced women (4 P, 7 F) R. Rusalki (19 P) S. ... Sylphs (12 P) Pages in category "Female legendary creatures" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ...
The mythological Chimera is a terrifying creature that features a fire-breathing lion’s head attached to a goat’s body, ending in a serpent tail. There are varying versions of what a Chimera ...
In Japanese mythology and folklore, futakuchi-onna belongs to the same class of stories as rokurokubi, kuchisake-onna and yama-uba, women afflicted with a curse or supernatural disease that transforms them into yōkai. The supernatural nature of the women in these stories is usually concealed until the last minute, when the true self is revealed.
Poludnitsa is a noon demon in Slavic mythology. She can be referred to in English as "Lady Midday", "Noonwraith" or "noon witch". She was usually pictured as a young woman dressed in white that roamed field bounds. [3] She assailed folk working at noon, causing heatstrokes and aches in the neck; sometimes she even caused madness.
Balor of the Evil Eye – king of the Fomorians, a race of giants, and a cyclops (Irish) Catoblepas; Cockatrice; Gorgon – woman with hair made of living, venomous snakes, and eyes that turned men to stone (Greek): Medusa – once a human, Medusa and her sisters were cursed to be terrible monsters by Athena (Greek)
This ape-like looking creature is probably one of the first mythical creatures you’ve ever heard of. According to the TourismOhio, there are many different kinds of Bigfoots found in Ohio ...