List of legendary creatures. This is a list of legendary creatures from various historical mythologies.
Entries include species of legendary creature and unique creatures, but not individuals of a particular species. A[edit] B[edit] C[edit] D[edit] E[edit] F[edit] G[edit] H[edit] I[edit] J[edit] K[edit] L[edit] Mythical and Fantasy Creatures. Race and Races in Fantasy. Since J.
R. R. Tolkien, other races have become a staple of the fantasy genre. Tolkien gave us our modern fantasy version of Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits, Orcs, Ents, and so on. Tolkien was careful not to make his races too monolithic - there is variation within each race - but certain traits generally remained the same. From a very general view, races can be used to flavor a fantasy world, to show that it’s unlike our world, and to push the boundaries of what can exist there. Many, for example, have used fantasy races to explore the concept of the “Other.” In lazy fantasy, race can be a shorthand for character traits.
It’s not just secondary world fantasies that take this approach, either. Even Harry Potter gives us an oppressed non-human race in the form of House Elves. In some ways, fantasy can offer an easier entry into the topic of race and class than directly addressing issues that are often charged and personal for people. I am hardly an arbiter of how this should be handled or not. Template for Creating and Building a New Fantasy Race for your Fictional World. In fantasy world building and writing, the term "race" is loosely used to describe a sentient or sapient life form with a similar degree of intelligence and awareness as that of a human.
Generally a new race will have shared traits and will be aware of its self and its environment. The way your race interacts with its environment will influence the local ecosystems and they will use the world's resources to better their standard of living and interact together in a social capacity. Creating an entirely new fantasy race can be a daunting task for a fantasy world builder or writer. Having a good design template to begin drafting the various characteristics of your race is important for shaping a well rounded creation. Even if your race is not completely unique to your world, you can use this template to record the characteristics for all your races on your fantasy world. Race Name(s)At the top of your race design template you should include the name of your race. 8 Tips on How to Make a Fantasy Race. Edit Article Edited by Teresa, BR, Puddy, 0taku.Storm and 12 others When writing fantasy, many writers choose to set their novels in a fantasy world.
If this is the case, you will need different fantasy races to live there. While some prefer to just stick to well known fantasy races, others choose to create their own race. If you have chosen this option, but are struggling and wondering where to begin, this is how to create a well developed fantasy race. Ad Steps. The Perfect Ten: Best non-traditional MMO fantasy races. Elves.
Dwarves. Humans. Halflings. Gnomes. Hobbits. Are you as tired as I am of the endless regurgitation of stock fantasy races in our MMOs? That's why today I'm standing up to praise 10 MMOs that dare to go above and beyond the stale by offering mostly unique and different races than the rest of the market. 1. Little rat-people aren't a huge staple of fantasy, but they are there -- for example, Narnia's Reepicheep or Warhammer's Skaven. Now I'm a little leery of EverQuest's habit of merely anthropomorphizing anything the SOE crew saw at the zoo the weekend before, but I have to admit, rat-people are pretty cool. 2. This may be a bit of a cheat for this list, as the Spider Weaver is only playable in LotRO's PvMP (Player vs.
While giant spiders are an extremely tired MMO cliche at this point, it's a whole new bag when you're allowed to pilot one. 40 Mythical And Fantasy Forest Digital Art Concepts. Email Share 16 Email Share Forests and jungles are a very much popular setting not only for many fantasy stories, legends and fairy tales but to digital art like 3d and animations alike. Because of the mysteries of the woods or forests and jungles, these old fantasy stories came to life and have been told to many generations. Along with many enchanting places like forest cities, wells, rivers, woods and many others, many mythical creatures like forests gods, animals, fairies, elves or elven creatures , the amazons, tree spirits, old hermits, wood nymphs and a lot more are portrayed to make these fantasy stories and digital artworks come to life.
Many enchanting objects are present to these artworks like talking trees, magical fruits, stones coming to life and many more magical inanimate objects.