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In addition to the generally accepted taxonomic name Homo sapiens (Latin: 'wise man', Linnaeus 1758), other Latin-based names for the human species have been created to refer to various aspects of the human character. The common name of the human species in English is historically man (from Germanic mann), often replaced by the Latinate human ...
A race of very powerful, mysterious, and sadistic fish-people (something between eels and viperfish). Capable of survival in salt and fresh water, as well as in the air, they can communicate telepathically with a variety of aquatic species including whales and Cray. Their name comes from a creature of English nursery stories.
Character race is a descriptor used to describe the various sapient species and beings that make up the setting in modern fantasy and science fiction.In many tabletop role-playing games and video games, players may choose to be one of these creatures when creating their player character (PC) or encounter them as a non-player character (NPC).
Top half human, bottom half fish, able to control and predict the weather and travel between the human world and the underworld through water. Anishinaabeg myth refers to one trying to take a human husband, the act of bringing him to their world and going through with the marriage turning him into one of them. Sasquatch – see Bigfoot.
Fictional species and races by work (10 C) Lists of fictional species (4 C, 10 P) A. Fictional Atlanteans (3 C, 11 P) E. Fictional endangered and extinct species (2 C ...
Creates an infobox for a fictional race of any type. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Name name Race name to display in top header (default = PAGENAME). String optional Series series Name of the series in which the race appears. String optional Franchise franchise Name of the fictional world or story in which the ...
An unnamed race from H.P. Lovecraft's The Nameless City - later Cthulhu Mythos tales have named these the Valusians or simply "serpent people". The Race from Harry Turtledove's Worldwar series; The Serpent Men from Robert E. Howard's "The Shadow Kingdom" (also in the Marvel universe) Yig, the serpent god from H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
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