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Fabulous Creatures

This category is for supernatural and imaginary (fabulous, mythical, legendary, marvelous) creatures that appear in folktales (myths, legends, tales of magic) and folk beliefs, such as monsters, dragons, unicorns, fairies, and mermaids. Also included here are shape shifters, such as vampires and werewolves.

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• - Legends and sightings.
  
• - Comprehensive information on the gryphon, a fabulous creature part lion and part eagle.
  
• - Covers lore and legend for a whole range of creatures such as dragons, unicorns, and faeries of different types.
  
• - Short encyclopedia article on jackalopes.
  
• - Pictures and bibliography on this fictitious animal, first imagined by cowboys.
  
• - More than 200 monsters that haunt our history and culture, including aliens, vampires, and demons.
  
• - Short descriptions from Abatwa to Ziz.
  
• - Cross-cultural exploration of vampires, shapeshifter, and witches in ancient and modern times.
  
• - Short encycopedia article on centaurs.
  
• - Brief descriptions of creatures such as dragons and vampires, and of several deities.
  
• - Japan's shape-shifting and mischievous racoon-dog spirit.
  
• - Overview article by Charles C. Goodin .
  
• - Exploration into the darker side, such as vampires, witches, werewolves, demons and halloween.
  
• - Essay by Sabine Baring Gould offering a cross-cultural overview of swan maidens.
  
• - Illustrated sketch of some large flying creatures present in stories of the ancient cultures of the world.
  
• - Spirits of the mystical and real worlds, including faeries, apparitions, ghosts, and beings from the otherworlds.
  
• - Contains information on dolphins, mermaids, fairies, angels and the Living Goddess.
  
• - Short encyclopedia article on gryphons.
  
• - Short encyclopedia article on the phoenix.
  
• - Brief description of some Brazilian mythical and legendary creatures.
  
• - An online resource for everything pertaining to succubi.
  
• - Brief account on tengu (Japanese crow spirits).
  
• - Brief presentation of supernatural sea creatures, with links and forum discussions.
  
• - Brief information on fabulous creatures such as the phoenix and the dragon, with artwork.
  
• - Site for were beasts, dragons, Jar Jar Binks and Ewoks.
  
• - Details the phoenix from several different cultural angles.
  
• - Legends and folklore concerning dragons, sea serpents, unicorns, and the Chinese phoenix, by Charles Gould (1886) (PDF files).
  
• - Origins of the centaur, and links.
  
• - Encyclopedia article on appearance, behavior and origins of the Japanese spritis known as tengu.
  
• - A graphical interpretation of J. L. Borges' "Book of Imaginary Beings", covering fabulous creatures from folklore and literature.
  
  

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