Wiki: List of Mythical Creatures. 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] M[edit] N[edit] O[edit] P[edit] Q[edit] R[edit] S[edit] T[edit] U[edit] V[edit] W[edit] X[edit] Y[edit] Z[edit] See also[edit]
Soul-Guidance Devas/Nature Spirits. The Higher Developed Devas Angel-Devas These beings, usually called angels, archangels and so on, are creative intelligences building our world. They know how to manipulate ethereal substances into ever more crystallized forms of which the end result is physical matter. They build vehicles for every life form. They do not have free will, but are very powerful in what they do. Their form changes as they move around, and changes over time. They live in a state of immediate knowledge and are a source of happiness and exaltation. They can create sounds in the ethereal worlds that have a positive effect on humans and their environment.
There are devas which encompass more abstract ideas or concepts like power, healing, music, peace, education. The following, The Deva of Stone, is an example of a cosmic deva at work, a deva where you would least expect it. The Deva of Stone Classification of the Angels The Cherubim (Ophanim or Galgalim) regulate and equilibrate the primordial chaos. Evil Devas 1.
Pheonix. Tortoise. Unicorn. Were- Chimera. Siren/Mer. List of Greek mythological creatures. The following is a list of creatures from Greek mythology. The list does not include gods and other divine and semi-divine figures (see List of Greek mythological figures). Mythological monsters[edit] Greek myth includes many monstrous beings: Mythical animals[edit] These animals possess some fantastic attribute. Giants[edit] Enormous and monstrous human-like creatures. Dragons[edit] The dragons of Greek mythology were serpentine monsters.
Drakons[edit] Drakons ("δράκους" in Greek, "dracones" in Latin) were giant serpents, sometimes possessing multiple heads or able to breathe fire, but most just spit deadly venom. The Laconian Drakon was one of the most fearsome of all the drakons. Cetea[edit] Cetea were sea monsters. Automatons[edit] Automatons or Colossi, were men, animals and monsters crafted out of metal and made animate in order to perform various tasks. Theoi: Legendary Greek Creatures. See also CATEGORIES IN THE BESTIARY (an illustrated index). Greek myth and legend is filled with a wide variety of monsters and creatures ranging from Dragons, Giants, Demons and Ghosts, to multiformed creatures such as the Sphinx, Minotaur, Centaurs, Manticores and Griffins.There were also many fabulous animals such as the Nemean Lion, golden-fleeced Ram and winged horse Pegasus, not to mention the creatures of legend such as the Phoenix, Unicorns (Monocerata) .
Even amongst the tribes of man, myth spoke of strange peoples inhabiting the far reaches of the earth such as the hopping Umbrella-Foots, the one-eyed Arimaspians, the Dog-Headed men, and the puny Pygmies. AMPHISBAENAE see Beasts, African AUTOMOTONS (Automotones) Creatures crafted out of metal and endowed with life by the smith-god Hephaestus. BULLS, BRONZE (Tauroi Khalkeoi) Four fire-breathing, bronze bulls which Hephaestus crafted for King Aeetes of Colchis. BASILISCI see Beasts, African CATOBLEPAS see Beasts, African. The Medieval Bestiary.