Category: Fantasy
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Loch Ness Monster
The Loch Ness Monster, which the tourism boom in the 1930s dubbed “Nessie” (sometimes spelled “Nessy”) to remove the scary side it had until then, is a legendary lake creature believed to live, or have lived, in Loch Ness, a lake in the Highlands of Scotland. Characteristics Name Loch Ness Monster Alternative names NessieNessy Group…
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Griffin (creature)
The griffin or grype is a legendary creature present in several ancient cultures. It is imagined and represented with the body of an eagle (head, wings and talons) grafted on the back of a lion (abdomen, legs and tail), and equipped with horse ears. With sometimes variants, the griffin will always keep the recognizable particularity…
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Unicorn (creature)
The unicorn is a legendary single-horned creature. Its controversial origin results from multiple influences, especially descriptions of animals such as the rhinoceros and antelope, from the accounts of explorers. The first attested representations of unicorn animals date back to the Indus civilization. The Sanskrit account of Ekashringa and trade routes may have played a role…
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Phoenix (creature)
The phoenix, sometimes written phœnix (from ancient Greek: φοῖνιξ / phoînix), in the probable sense of “blood red”, is a mythical bird, endowed with great longevity and characterized by its power to be reborn either from its own corpse or after being consumed in flames. It thus symbolizes the cycle of death and resurrection. It…
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Quetzalcoatl (creature)
Quetzalcoatl is a deity in Mesoamerican culture and literature whose name comes from the Nahuatl language and means “feathered serpent” or “quetzal-feathered serpent”. The worship of a Feathered Serpent was first documented in the Teotihuacan in the first century B.C. or the first century AD. This period lies in the period from the Preclassic to…
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Goblin (creature)
The goblin is a legendary, anthropomorphic and small creature from medieval European folklore. Goblins were later popularized as evil imaginary people in J. R. R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit, the main source of inspiration for representations of these creatures in many works related to the medieval-fantasy subgenre of fantasy: role-playing games, literature of the imaginary…
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Leviathan (Creature)
Leviathan (Hebrew: לִוְיָתָן, liviyatan or liwjatan) is, in the Bible, a marine animal that appears in the Psalms, the book of Isaiah, and the book of Job. The Talmud also refers to it, evoking animals rebelling against the Creator and destroyed by the latter. It is a well-known myth from pre-biblical sources relating to the…
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Gnome (Creature)
A gnome is a small legendary humanoid creature from European folklore. It is often confused with goblins and elves, who like it are part of the “little people”. Paracelsus, in the sixteenth century, included it in his list of elementals, as an elemental of the earth. It is characterized by a very small size, an…
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Golem (Mythology)
A Golem (Hebrew: גולם, “embryo”, “formless” or “unfinished”) is, in mysticism and Jewish mythology, an artificial being, usually humanoid, made of clay, incapable of speech and devoid of free will, shaped to assist or defend its creator. Golem Creature Hebrew name גולם Group creature of religions(Judaism) Subgroup Artificial creature Close creature Homunculus Origin Region Middle…
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Farfadet (Creature)
The farfadet or sometimes the fadet or feu follet (or esprit follet) is a small legendary creature of French folklore, often mischievous. The farfadet is present in the folklore of the Vendée and Poitou where it is locally called fradet. It is also present in Occitan mythology and especially in Provence in the form of…