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This is a list of characters—and the actor(s) who played them—featured in the BBC television series All Creatures Great and Small.Over 600 characters were used over ninety episodes, with several actors playing multiple characters during the course of the series.
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
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
According to the Yakuts, White Mother sits at the base of Ağaç Ana, whose branches reach to the heavens where it is occupied by various creatures that have come to life there. The blue sky around the tree reflects the peaceful nature of the country and the red ring that surrounds all of the elements symbolizes the ancient faith of rebirth ...
1478 drawing by Theodoros Pelecanos of an Ouroboros, in alchemical tract titled Synosius.. Obake – Shapeshifting spirits; Obariyon – Spook which rides piggyback on a human victim and becomes unbearably heavy
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 ...
All Creatures Great and Small is a television series set in 1930s and 1940s Northern England, [1] based upon a series of books about a Yorkshire veterinary surgeon written by Alf Wight under the pen name of James Herriot.
Tatzelwurm – (Alpine Folklore) lizard-like creature, often described as having the face of a cat, with a serpent-like body which may be slender or stubby, with four short legs or two forelegs; Tatsu – Japanese dragon; Taurokampoi – Fish-tailed bull; Tavara – Night-demon [citation needed]