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Lists Of Legendary Creatures
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. Alphabetical lists * List of legendary creatures (A) * List of legendary creatures (B) * List of legendary creatures (C) * List of legendary creatures (D) * List of legendary creatures (E) * List of legendary creatures (F) * List of legendary creatures (G) * List of legendary creatures (H) * List of legendary creatures (I) * List of legendary creatures (J) * List of legendary creatures (K) * List of legendary creatures (L) * List of legendary creatures (M) * List of legendary creatures (N) * List of legendary creatures (O) * List of legendary creatures (P) * List of legendary creatures (Q) * List of legendary creatures (R) * List of legendary creatures (S) * List of legendary creatures (T) * List of legendary creatures (U) * List of legendary creatures (V) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folklore
Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging from traditional building styles common to the group. Folklore also includes customary lore, taking actions for folk beliefs, the forms and rituals of celebrations such as Christmas and weddings, folk dances and initiation rites. Each one of these, either singly or in combination, is considered a folklore artifact or traditional cultural expression. Just as essential as the form, folklore also encompasses the transmission of these artifacts from one region to another or from one generation to the next. Folklore is not something one can typically gain in a formal school curriculum or study in the fine arts. Instead, these traditions are passed along informally from one individual to another either through verbal instruction or demonstr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Legendary Creatures (P)
* Paasselkä devils (Finnish) – Spectral fire * Pamola (Abenaki) – Weather spirit * Panes (Greek) – Human-goat hybrids descended from the god Pan * Pandi (Medieval Bestiary) – White-haired humanoid with giant ears and eight fingers and toes * Panis (Hindu) – Demons with herds of stolen cows * Panlong ( Chinese) – Water dragon * Panotti ( Medieval Bestiaries) – Humanoid with gigantic ears * Panther ( Medieval Bestiaries) – Feline with sweet breath * Parandrus ( Medieval Bestiaries) – Shapeshifting animal whose natural form was a large ruminant * Pard ( Medieval Bestiaries) – Fast, spotted feline believed to mate with lions to produce leopards * Pardalokampoi ( Etruscan) – Fish-tailed leopard * Patagon (Medieval folklore) – Giant race reputed to live in the area of Patagonia * Patasola (Latin America) – Anthropophagous, one-legged humanoid * Patupairehe (Māori) – White-skinned nature spirits * Pech ( Scottish) – Strong little people * Pegaeae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Legendary Creatures From France
French folklore encompasses the fables, folklore, fairy tales and legends of the French people. In the Middle Ages Occitan literature - were songs, poetry and literature in Occitan in what is nowadays the South of France that originated in the poetry of the 11th and 12th centuries, and inspired vernacular literature throughout medieval Europe. These early recorded songs, poetry and their highest development in the 12th century and includes the well known ''Songs of the Troubadours'': Songs of the Troubadours * Songs of the Troubadour - The songs, poetry and narratives of the troubadours, who were composers and performers during the High Middle Ages, flourished during the 11th century and spread throughout Europe from Southern France. Their songs dealt mainly with themes of chivalry and courtly love. Several established categories of poetry and song were: ** Canso or canson were songs concerning courtly love. ** Sirventes songs covered war, politics, morality, satire, humor, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Legendary Creatures From China
The following is a list of legendary creatures recorded from Chinese mythology (中國神話动物清单). A * Ao, a mythological tortoise. * Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea. * Azure Dragon, a dragon that represents the cardinal point East and Spring. B * Bai Ze, a cow-like monster with a human head, six horns and nine eyes. * Baihu * Bai Suzhen * Bailongma * Baku (mythology), a tapir-like creature that lives by eating people's dreams. * Bashe, a python-like snake that ate elephants. * Bixi, a dragon with the shell of a turtle. * Birds in Chinese mythology * Black Tortoise, a turtle that represents the cardinal point North and Winter. * Bovidae in Chinese mythology C * Canshen * Chi (mythology), a hornless dragon. * Chinese guardian lions, traditional architectural ornaments. * Chinese dragon * Chituma, steed of General Lü Bu. * Chiwen, a dragon that protects fires, floods, and typhoons. * Crane in Chinese mythology D * Denglong, a mythical cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legendary Creatures Of The Argentine Northwest Region
{{unreferenced, date=March 2008 The Argentine Northwest region (NOA) is composed of the territory of the Argentinian provinces of Tucumán, Salta, and Catamarca. The region's center is in the area of Santiago del Estero. During the NOA's aboriginal period, the various communities within the area shared a complex culture that was further enriched by constant contacts and exchanges with the Tawantinsuyu or Inca empire, which was part. From this early culture numerous myths and legends arose. Two well known Argentine writers, Ricardo Rojas and Julio Carreras Julio Carreras (h) (born August 19, 1949) is an Argentine author of 12 books and former guerrilla fighter. Born in San Pedro de Guasayán, Santiago del Estero, he studied piano, guitar and the plastic arts from the age of 4 till 14, when he b ..., have written works on these myths. Ricardo Rojas major work on this subject is entitled ''The Country of the Forest'' (''El País de la Selva''). Carreras' book on this sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Legendary Creatures (Z)
* Zahhak ( Persian) – Dragon * Žaltys (Baltic) – Serpentine fertility spirit * Zamzummim (Jewish) – Giant * Zana e malit ( Albanian) – Mountain fairy who bless warriors * Zână (Romanian) – Nature spirit * Zashiki-warashi (Japanese) – House spirit * Zburator (Romanian) – Wolf-headed dragon * Zduhać (Slavic mythology) – Disembodied, heroic spirit * Zeus (Greek) – God of lightning and storms * Zennyo Ryūō (Japanese) – Rain-making dragon * Zhar-Ptitsa ( Slavic) – Glowing bird * Zhulong ( Chinese) – Pig-headed dragon * Zhū Què ( Chinese) – Fire elemental bird * Žiburinis ( Lithuanian) – Forest spirit in the form of a glowing skeleton * Zilant (Tatar) – Flying chicken-legged reptile * Zin (West Africa) – Water spirits * Ziz (Jewish) – Giant bird * Zlatorog (Slovenia) – White golden-horned deer * Zmeu ( Romanian folklore) – Giant with a habit of kidnapping young girls * Zmiy – Slavic dragon * Zombie ( Vodou/Worldwide) – Re-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Legendary Creatures (Y)
* Yacumama (South America) – Sea monster * Yacuruna (Indigenous people of the Amazon) – Mythical water people, with backwards heads and feet * Yadōkai ( Japanese) – Malevolent, nocturnal spirit * Yagyō-san ( Japanese) – Demon who rides through the night on a headless horse * Yaksha (Buddhist, Hindu, and Jainism) – Male nature spirit * Yakshi ( Keralite) – Vampire * Yakshini (Buddhist, Hindu, and Jainism) – Female nature spirit * Yakubyō-gami ( Japanese) – Disease and misfortune spirit * Yale ( Medieval Bestiaries) – Antelope- or goat-like animal with swiveling horns * Yali (Hinduism) – Lion like creature often symbolic for protecting temples * Yallery-Brown (English) – Nature spirit * Yama ( Yama (East Asia and India)) – Wrathful god * Yama-biko ( Japanese) – Echo spirit * Yama-bito ( Japanese) – Savage, mountain-dwelling humanoid * Yama-chichi ( Japanese) – Monkey-like mountain spirit * Yama-inu ( Japanese) – Dog-like mountain spirit * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Legendary Creatures (X)
* Xana ( Asturian) – Female water spirit *Xanthus (Greek) * Xecotcovach (Mayan) – Bird * Xelhua (Aztec) – Giant * Xiao (mythology) ( Chinese) – Ape or four-winged bird * Xing Tian ( Chinese) – Headless giant * Xiuhcoatl (Aztec) – Drought spirit * Xhindi Xhindi is a mythological creature in Albanian mythology.Lurker, Manfred (1984). ''The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons, Taylor & Francis e-Library''. p.38 Appearance Xhindis are usually depicted as invisible spirits, so ... ( Albanian) – Elves {{legendary creatures X ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Legendary Creatures (W)
*Waldgeist (German) – Forest spirit * Wana-games-ak (Abenaki) – Water spirits * Wani (Japanese) – Crocodilian water monster * Wanyūdō (Japanese) – Demon in the form of a burning human-headed ox cart * Warak ngendog ( Indonesian Muslim) – Egg-laying bird * Warg (English and Scandinavian O.N. ''vargr'') – Giant, demonic wolf * Warlock (Worldwide) – Male witch * Wassan-mon-ganeehla-ak (Abenaki) – Aurora spirits * Water monkey ( Chinese) – Water spirit * Water sprite (Alchemy) – Water elemental * Wati-kutjara ( Australia Aboriginal) – Goanna spirits * Wa-won-dee-a-megw (Abenaki) – Shapeshifting snail spirit * Weiße Frauen (German) – Female spirit * Wekufe (Mapuche) – Demon * Wendigo ( Algonquian) – Anthropophagous spirit * Wentshukumishiteu (Inuit) – Water spirit * Werecat (Worldwide) – Feline-human shapeshifter * Werehyena (Africa) – Hyena-human shapeshifter * Werewolf (Worldwide) – Wolf-human shapeshifter * White Lady (Worldwide) – Gho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Legendary Creatures (V)
* Vadātājs ( Latvian) – Spirit that misleads people * Vahana (Hindu) – Divine mounts * Vaibhavi (Indian) – Deadly snake * Valkyrie ( Norse) – Female spirit that leads souls of dead warriors to Valhalla * Vâlvă (Romanian) – Female nature spirit * Valravn ( Danish) – Supernatural raven * Vampire ( Slavic) – Reanimated corpse that feeds on blood * Vanara (Hindu) – Human-ape hybrid * Vântoase (Romanian) – Female weather spirit * Varaha (Hindu mythology) – Third Avatar of Vishnu in the form of a boar * Vârcolac (Romanian) – Vampire or werewolf * Vardøger ( Scandinavian) – Ghostly double * Vedrfolnir ( Norse) – Hawk sitting between the eyes of an eagle in the crown of the World Tree Yggdrasil * Veļi ( Latvian) – Ghost, shade, formed after a death of a human * Věri Şělen – Chuvash dragon * Vetala (Hindu) – Corpses possessed by vampiric spirits * Víbria (Catalan) – Dragon with breasts and an eagle's beak * Vielfras (German) – Glut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Legendary Creatures (U)
* Ubume (Japanese) – Ghosts of women who died in childbirth * Uchek Langmeidong (Meitei mythology) – Semi human, semi hornbill creature * Uma-no-ashi (Japanese) – Horse's leg which dangles from a tree and kicks passersby * Umibōzu (Japanese) – Ghost of drowned priest * Umi-nyōbō (Japanese) – Female sea monster who steals fish * Undead (Worldwide) – Dead that behave as if alive * Underwater panther ( Native American) – Feline water spirit *Undine (Alchemy) – Water elemental * Unhcegila (Lakota) – Dragon * Unicorn ( Medieval Bestiaries) – Horse-like creature with the legs of an antelope, the tail of a lion and a single magical healing horn. * Unktehi (Lakota) – Serpentine rain spirit * Unktehila (Lakota) – Reptilian water monster * Upinis ( Lithuanian) – River spirit * Ur (Mandaean) – King of the World of Darkness, often portrayed as a dragon or snake * Urayuli ( Native American) – Hairy giant *Uriaș ( Romanian) – Giant *Urmahlullu ( Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Legendary Creatures (T)
* Tachash (Jewish) – Large land animal * Tailypo (American Folklore) (Appalachia) – Powerful animal, that takes revenge on those who steal its tail * Taimatsumaru (Japanese) – Tengu surrounded in demonic fire * Takam ( Persian) – Nature spirit * Taka-onna (Japanese) – Female spirit which can stretch itself to peer into the second story of a building * Talos (Greek) – Giant made of bronze * Tangie ( Scottish) – Shapeshifting water spirit * Taniwha (Māori) – Water spirit * Tantankororin (Japanese) – Unharvested persimmon which becomes a monster * Tanuki (Japanese) – Shapeshifting raccoon dog * Taotao Mona (Mariana Islands) – Ancestral spirits * Taotie ( Chinese) – Greed spirit * Tapairu (Mangaia) – Nature spirit * Tapio (Finnish) – Forest deity * Tarantasio (Italian) – Dragon * Tarasque (French) – Dragon with leonine, turtle, bear, and human attributes * Tartalo (Basque) – One-eyed giant * Tartaruchi (Christian) – Demonic punisher * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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