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Celaeno – name meaning "the dark one" Podarge – name meaning "fleet-footed" Horus (Ancient Egyptian) – deity; Inmyeonjo – bird with a human face; Kalavinka – a fantastical immortal creature in Buddhism, with a human head and a bird's torso and long flowing tail
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 ...
The following is a list of lists of legendary creatures, beings and entities from the folklore record. Entries consist of legendary and unique creatures , not of particularly unique individuals of a commonly known species.
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. Adar Llwch Gwin – Giant birds that understand human languages.
10. Sirens. Origin: Greek Sirens are another mythological species that have found a home in modern times. There are movies and TV shows about the seductresses with beautiful and enchanted singing ...
Nian – Predatory animal; Night hag (Worldwide) – Supernatural creature, commonly associated with the phenomenon of sleep paralysis. Nightmarchers – Warrior ghosts; Nikusui – Monster which appears as a young woman and sucks all of the flesh off of its victim's body; Nimerigar – Aggressive little people
List of legendary creatures. List of legendary creatures by type; List of giants in mythology and folklore; Vampire folklore by region; Mythical.
This list covers the many types of vampires, vampire-like legendary creatures of global folklore or people that were supposedly vampires. It does not include any vampire that originates in a work of fiction .