World Mythologies
La Befana is an Italian gift-bringer, an old woman who rides a broomstick to visit children on Epiphany Eve....
Yale is a legendary antelope-like beast in classical accounts and medieval bestiaries, with long horns said to swivel in...
Crocotta is an ancient legendary beast described by Greek and Roman writers as a wolf-dog or hyena-like predator. Tales...
Se’irim are shaggy, goat-like spirits or demons tied to wilderness and desolate places in the Hebrew Bible. Their precise...
The ghoul, Arabic ghūl, is a supernatural being associated with wilderness, deception, and danger to travelers. In Arabic folklore,...
Al-Buraq is the white mount brought by Gabriel for Muhammad’s Night Journey from Mecca to Jerusalem; it is larger...
Adnei haSadeh are humanlike creatures in Jewish tradition. Medieval accounts describe a cord joining their navel to the earth,...
Asmodeus is a demon of Jewish legend and magical texts, feared for destroying marriages. Known as Ashmedai, king of...
Aeshma - a Zoroastrian demon of wrath and violence who disrupts ritual, drives humans to rage and bloodshed, and...
Blemmyes are legendary headless humanoids said to have eyes and mouths on their chests. Greek and Roman writers placed...
Crocotta is an ancient legendary beast described by Greek and Roman writers as a wolf-dog or hyena-like predator. Tales...
Chinawezi is a primordial female serpent in Lunda mythology, governing earth and rivers alongside Nzashi’s sky and rain; her...
Chupacabra is a modern folkloric creature first reported in Puerto Rico in the 1990s. Tales link it to attacks...
In Frank Herbert’s Dune, the sandworms of Arrakis threaten spice harvesters, shape desert travel, and hold religious significance for...
The Borrego Sandman is a Bigfoot-like figure in Southern California desert folklore, linked to mysterious tracks near Harper’s Well.
Boto Cor-de-Rosa, also known as the Pink River Dolphin, is a mythical creature from Amazonian folklore. It is famed...
Introduction Caipora is a forest spirit in Brazilian folklore, best known for protecting wild animals and confronting people who threaten...
Yacumama is an Amazonian water serpent from Indigenous folklore, classified as a supernatural guardian of rivers.
Yowie is a large, hairy, ape-like being reported in Australian folklore and modern cryptid accounts. Stories place this hidden...
Namorrodor is a dangerous spirit associated with Arnhem Land traditions, linked to meteors and feared as a predator of...
Tiddalik is a giant frog with a broad, water-swollen body in Aboriginal Australian Dreaming stories. After drinking all the...