Mythical Beasts
Mythical creatures are a range of fabulous monsters and fantastical creatures, they are from myths, folklore and legends, or in some cases are based upon exaggerated descriptions of real creatures. Other of these creatures origins are from popular modern fiction. This section of the website is broken down into the following sections;
Large beasts these are creatures bigger than horses or bulls they are often elephant size or greater
Medium creatures are those beasts are around the size of a horse or bull
Small creatures go up the size of large dogs and sheep
Plant creatures those creatures that origins are plant like
Bird like creatures are winged beasts that are either birds or are closely related
Sentient creatures are intelligent aware creatures such as Elves, Orcs and Gnomes.
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Adaro
The Adaro is half human; half fish much like that of a mermaid. They are said to live in the Sun and travel to earth by rainbows. Adaro's are said to travel around the oceans on waterspouts. Unlike mermaids, Adaro are not friendly they attack humans by shooting them with flying fish.
Brownies
Brownies are invisible brown elves or household goblins who live in farmhouses and other country buildings within Scotland. While the members of the household are asleep they go about doing labours for the house owners. Brownies are protective creatures and become attached to the families if the family move the Brownie will move with them. If a Brownie is treated badly by the family or is offered payment the Brownie vanishes without trace. Children because of their innocent nature can only see Brownies, though this does not prevent the Brownies from helping adults.
Calygreyhound
The Calygreyhound is a creature from medieval heraldry; it has the body of a deer, the claws of an eagle on its forelegs and the hooves of an ox on its hind legs. The Calygreyhound is meant to symbolise swiftness.
Chinese Fox
The Chinese Fox looks like a typical fox but has a life span between 800 and 1000 years. The Chinese fox has special powers, when it strikes it tail on the ground it can ignite fires. The it is also said that the Chinese fox can see into the future. This animal is a polymorph (can change its shape at will). The Chinese fox often appears as an old man, young girl or an academic. The Chinese fox is a trickster and a sly animal it's thought to be a bad omen to see such an animal. Chinese foxes can be found around graveyards because the souls of the dead can relocate into the body of the fox.
Crocotta
The Crocotta is offspring of a wolf and a dog that can be found in Ethiopia. The Crocotta was said to be able to break anything with its teeth and can eat anything. It is now thought that this creature is in fact a Hyena as they are scavenging canine creatures that live in this part of the world.
Dire Wolf
A Dire wolf is a large wolf, which are usually portrayed as been much more vicious than a normal wolf and also more intelligent. Dire Wolves are usually black though dark greys are popular as well. There is a second description of a dire wolf that says that a dire wolf is a giant wolf that has been brought back from beyond the grave to hunt. Dire wolves tend to hunt in packs like there wolf relatives; a dire wolf can often be found leading packs of normal wolves.
Doppelganger
Doppelganger means double walker which in normal terms is a duplicate of another person or creature. A doppelganger does not necessary have a blood relationship with its double. A doppelganger may therefore be either an astral projection or a ghost. Examples of doppelganger can be found in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde".
Gorgon
A Gorgon is a terrifying creature, they look similar to a human apart from its legs are replaced by a snakes tail, and that the hair of these creatures is made up of snakes. The gaze of a gorgon can turn its victim to stone if only it you look the gorgon in their eyes.
The Gorgon comes from Greek mythology; there were three the first was Medusa who was a mortal gorgon, who was slain by Perseus who killed her by using the reflection that she cast onto his shield. Medusa had two sisters Sthens and Euryule who were immortal.
Gremlins
Gremlins are spirits of tools and machinery. They are thought to be responsible for mishaps and breakdowns with tools and equipment. Each house has a Gremlin which entered the house as an occupant of a household appliance. Originally Gremlins were friendly towards mankind and helped engineers and inventors build things but when these people took all the credit the Gremlins were insulted and from that point on they work against us.
Gulon
The Gulon is mythical creature from Scandinavia, it has the front half of a lion the rear half of a hyena and the bushy tail of a fox. The creature is said to be vicious and has the sharp claws of the lion to attack with. It has been used as a symbol of gluttony.
Haunt
The Haunt are dog like creatures, they are usually black. Males have two deep set red eyes and female's two dark blue eyes. They live in caves deep in mountains and can live with little food and water. Every full moon the males come down into nearby cities and towns to hunt. They have Poisonous saliva and claws that can drip with poison.
The Haunt
These creatures of the darkness come down from the mountain,
Hunting for prey,
For they need to feed I hear them growling,
Scratching at the door,
With their powerful legs they chase you till death,
And a powerful jaw crushes your bones,
Fangs and claws drip with a poison touch,
They hide in the darkness,
Ebony fur As black as night,
Eyes as Red as fire,
They lurk the streets,
And stalk the lost But then dawn breaks and the sun rises,
They bound to the distance, back to the caves.
Hellhounds
Hellhounds look like a well-built canine with rusty red fur. Hellhounds have glowing red eyes which a used to terrify prey their eyes also enable them to see in the dark. Hellhounds stand about four and a half foot in height. Hellhounds have the ability to breathe fire. They are very aggressive beasts and are expert hunters. They have a pack structure like wolves.
Howlers
Howlers are four legged dog like creatures. They are furless but have tough skin. They are equipped with long claws, and are covered in hard spikes along its back. They live in dark places and are often associated with evil. They are intelligent creatures that haunt in packs like wolves. There tactic for taking down prey is to charge it as a pack then back away then charge it again, they do this until the prey has succumbed.
Jack Frost
Jack Frost is an elfish creature who personifies crisp, cold weather. Jack is said to leave patterns in the autumn leaves and the patterns in the frost that are left on windows. It is thought that Jack Frost comes from Norse mythology as Jokul who was the cause of icicles.
Lamia
Lamia's are a cross between an attractive human and a lion. The body part is lion, with a human torso rising from where the lions head would be, they look not unlike centaurs but lion instead of horse. Lamias are evil and cruel creatures that get pleasure in causing pain and suffering. Lamias have the magical ability to drain knowledge from those that they attack.
Leprechaun
A Leprechaun is a small sprite that lives in farmhouses or wine cellars. Like Brownies they aid humans and accomplish small labours for them, they ask humans for supplies and furniture in return they give objects that bring luck and fortune. Leprechauns are described as merry little fellows that dress in old-fashioned green clothes with buckled shoes and they wear a red cap. They are known as fairy cobblers, as they make shoes for other elves. They never make a pair of shoes they only make one. Popular belief is that a leprechaun possesses a treasure, which a human can obtain if they succeed in capturing one, which is very difficult. Leprechauns are mainly found in Irish folklore but do appear in other countries.
Pixies
Pixies or Piskies are small people who live on the dons and moors of Cornwall and Devon in the South of England. According to the myths Pixies were originally druids who resisted Christianity that they resisted the influences and the Pixies grew smaller. Another myth tells us they were a race of people who were not good enough to go to heaven but nor were they bad enough to go to Hell and were doomed to walk the earth forever. Pixies are known to steal horses and make nocturnal trips on them over the moors. Pixies like to trick humans such as throwing objects around the house. Pixies are hardworking; they work in the fields the entire night to earn some food.
Snotling
Snotlings are the smallest of the greened skinned races. Orcs & Goblins use them as slaves for simple tasks as they are not intelligent creatures at about the same size of a Gnome. They are not a threat on their own to other creatures. They realise this so they form gangs that again can attack a target with numbers.
Vegetable Lamb
The Vegetable lamb or otherwise known as Tartary, Barbary Lamb or Barmotez comes from Hebrew legends. The Vegetable lamb is a lamb like creature that is grown from a tree, it remains attached to the tree and they eat the foliage in the area around the tree once there is no food left they die of starvation. The Vegetable lamb is a delicacy the meat from it is meant to taste of fish, its blood that is like honey. Its bones were used in rituals to give humans the power of foresight (predicting the future).