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Abatwa
Said to be the tiniest creatures of human form in existence, these little people coexist peacefully with the ants in the anthills of Southern Africa and live on their foraging from the roots of grasses and other plants. They are very shy and so are elusive; however tend to reveal themselves to very young children, wizards, and pregnant women.

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Abnuaaya (The Wind Man): see also Almas

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Abominable Snowman
A large creature, not human but walking upright, allegedly living in the mountains of Tibet. See also Yeti

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Adaro               
The Adaro is a creature which is half human, half fish, having the upper body of a human and the lower part of its body is like a fish. They live in the sun, and travel to earth on rainbows. While on earth, they travel on waterspouts. This creature is from Melanesia. It is just one of such creatures which are recounted in legends from nearly all parts of the world which can be related to the tales of the Mermaid. Unlike mermaids, they are dangerous to humans, as they shoot them with flying fish, causing unconsciousness and sometimes death.

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Adlivun
The Adlivun are in Eskimo myth (Canada and Arctic) 'Those Beneath Us' or those in the underworld or the Underworld itself. It is the home of Sedna, goddess of the sea. This is where the dead are purified before continuing on to the Land of the Moon.

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Aeval
A Faery Queen of southwestern Munster. In her district a debate was launched on whether the men were satisfying the woman's sexual needs. In a midnight court, Aeval heard both sides and then decreed the men wrong and sentenced them to overcome their prudishness and accede to the woman's needs. (Kisma)

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Afanc
A giant toothed worm that lives in lakes. A fully grown one is 20 yards long and two yards in diameter, and of very frightening appearance. It does not appear to have any eyes, but it sees quite well. It rears out of the water quite suddenly and can attack in the same turn that it sufaces. An anfanc will attack any Being that approaches its area. The teeth are sharp, and there are lots of them. A single bite is almost invariable fatal due to blood loss. They are believed to be degenerate Dragons.

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Afreet: See Jinn.

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Agathion
A familiar spirit which only appears at midday in the shape of a human or an animal, or even within a talisman, bottle or magic ring.

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Ahool
A legendary giant bat, or by other accounts, a pterodon or flying primate. Named for its distinctive triple call, it is said to live in the deepest rainforests of Java.

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Aigypan: See also Vasitri

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Agogwe
Allegedly, another mysterious primate, this time from Tanzania, East Africa. The Agogwe is described as a small (4, 4½ ft tall) rust colored woolly-haired biped with yellowish-red skin.

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Ahuizotl  
This is a creature in the legends of Central America. In appearance it is half human and half monkey, with a hand coming out of the end of its tail. The Ahuizotl is greatly feared as an eater of human flesh, and it particularly likes eyes, teeth and nails. Being a water creature, it uses its tail hand to snatch people walking too close to the water's edge, or fishermen. Sometimes it cries and when people come near it to see what is wrong, it grabs them.

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Aitvaras                
This Lithuanian creature is described as having the appearance of a cock while in doors and the appearance of a dragon out doors. An Aitvaras will lodge itself in a house, and refuses to leave. It brings both good and bad luck to the inhabitants of the house. It brings wealth, but since the money is almost always stolen it causes problems for the family. An Aitvaras can be purchased from the devil, the price being the soul.

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Ajatar                
This is a dragon from Finnish legend. This dragon is known to be evil. She suckles serpents and causes pestilence and disease. It is possible that she is related to the Lithuanian Aitvaras.

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Akalo, Sa'a, Ulawa
(Solomon Islands) The soul of a living man and a friendly ghost of the dead. Every person becomes an Akalo when he dies and is invoked by his own people.

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Akuma                
The akuma is also known by the names Toori Akuma, or Ma. This Japanese creature is terrifying and evil. It has an enormous flaming head with eyes like coals. It flies through the air brandishing a sword. Even the sight of an akuma brings bad luck.

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Al                
There are two versions of the al. In ancient Persian legend they're half human and half beast, having eyes like fire and tusks like a boar, iron teeth brass claws, and copious shaggy hair. They prefer to live in swamps. They are particularity feared for preying on women in child birth, as new-born babies are its favorite food. In Afghan legends, the als are young women with floating hair and very long nails who feed upon the corpses of the dead.

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Alan                
The alan are mischievous half-human half bird creatures from the Philippines. They usually live in forests and spend much of their time hanging upside down from trees. This is because they have fingers on their feet and toes on their hands. They are very friendly towards humans and in several Filipino legends have acted as foster parents to heroes.

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Alaska's Hairy Man: See also Arulataq

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Aleron
A bird the color of fire, with razor-sharp wings

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Algul
This Arabic vampire's name literally means "horse-leech" or "blood-sucking jinn". The incarnation and nature of the algul varies from region to region, its most notable example being found in literature as Amine, in the 'Thousand and One Nights' (also known as 'The Arabian Nights').

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Alkali Lake Monster
Alkali Lake is located in Nebraska. The Indians of this area told the white settlers of a creature dwelling in the lake. In 1923, J.A. Johnson reported in the Omaha World-Herald that he, along with 2 friends, saw the creature. He also states that he knew of 40 others who had also seen the animal. The 3 saw the creature while camping near the lake. The saw the creature 3/4 out of the water and about 20 yards away. They described the creature as being 40 ft long, dull gray/brown and a horn-like object between it's eyes and nostrils. They said it looked similar to an alligator but was bigger and heavier than an alligator. When the creature noticed the men, it thrashed it's tail about and then dove under the water.

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Allghoi Khorkhoi (Mongolian Death Worm)
This creature was first sighted in 1926 in the Southern Gobi Desert in Mongolia. It is described as a thick-bodied worm about 2 to 4 feet long. The creature is reported to be able to spray a acid like substance that causes death instantly. It is also claimed that this creature has the ability to kill from a distance with some sort of super charged electrical charge. Numerous Mongolians have reported seeing this creature including a Mongolian Premier. The creature is reported to hibernate during most of the year except for June and July when it becomes active.

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Almas (Albasty, Alma, Almasty)
Chinese name for 'Yeti'. See also Yeti.

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Alseids
Nymphs of glens and groves. They liked to scare travelers.

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'Alukah
A Hebrew succubus and vampire derived from Babylonian demonology. The 'Alukah bears a close resemblance to the Arab 'Aulak.

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Alux: See also Maricoxi

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Alven
Alvens have bodies that are so light as to make them almost invisible. They are not winged faeries, but they can travel through the air by becoming encased in a water bubble. Occasionally they will show themselves while wearing the skins of otters. Their malice towards humans extends only to those who choose to desecrate their homes and sacred plants.

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Amadán                
This is one of many types of Irish færies. The Amadán are to be feared as even a faint touch from one can cause instant and complete paralysis. They are sometimes known because of this, as the stroke lads. They are particularly dangerous to criminals or to people who walk in the moonlight, and are particularly active in the month of June.

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Ammut                
This is an Egyptian monster with the head of a crocodile, a lion's body, and the back end of a hippopotamus. The Egyptians call her the eater of the dead, for her function in the Hall of Double Justice of Osiris. The hearts of the dead were weighed against the feather of truth and those that failed to past the test were fed to Ammut.

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Amphisbæna                
This is a serpent with two heads one at each end of its body, and glowing eyes. Its name means 'goes both ways' in Greek. Pliny recorded medicinal properties of the beast. Wearing a live amphisbæna will protect pregnant women, and wearing a dead one is a remedy of rheumatism.

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Amphiptear (see also Jaculus)
A serpent with wings. It is said to guard Frankincense trees in Arabia.

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Angels
Spiritual being attendant upon God. The Angels are the lowest order of the angels, and the most familiar to men. They are the ones most concerned with human affairs. Within the category of angels, there are many different kinds, with different functions. The angels are sent as messengers to men.

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Angiaks
Children of the living dead of Eskimo lore. In hard times, unwanted babies were taken out into the snow by tribal elders to die of exposure. Unless the tribe would move to a new hunting ground, they would often find themselves haunted by this small, miserable ghost.

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Anguta
Anguta, known as "His Father", is responsible for conveying the dead to Adlivun where they must sleep for a year. The supreme being of the Inuit.

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Anka                
The anka was an Arabian bird of huge size, large enough to carry an elephant. Similar to the phoenix, it had a long life span (in this case 1700 years) at the end of which it burned itself and rose again. The Arabs believed that it was a creation of god, originally as a perfect bird, but over time, according to legend, they devoured all the animals on earth and started carrying off children. The people appealed to Jehovah who prevented the anka from multiplying, thus they eventually became extinct. Because of its huge size, it has also been associated with the roc.

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Ankou
The faerie version of the grim reaper. Sometimes he's portrayed as a benevolent, comforting figure.

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Anthropophagi
A cannibal faerie. He has no head, but his eyes sit atop his shoulders and a mouth may be found in his torso. His lack of a nose allows him to eat human flesh without gagging

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Apparition: See Ghosts

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Archai: See also Archangel

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Archangel
A supernatural being of Zoroastrian Persian, Judaic, Christian, and Islamic theology, counted among the angels.In some (possibly early?) Christian rites, all four of the main archangels (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel) were invoked as guarding the four quarters, or directions, and the colors associated with them are associated with their "magical" properties. The Archangels are usually considered the lowest order of the First Sphere; these angels tend the larger arenas of human endeavor and act as the administrative leaders of the Heavenly beings. An archangel is usually given a task of great importance to men.

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Ardat-Lile
A Semitic succubus; also a class of succubi. They are noted for the voracity of their sexual appetites, and for the delight they take in doing harm to mankind.

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Argus panoptes                
His name means "all seeing" or "bright" he was called this because he had 100 eyes. The eyes were all over his body and even when the others were closed, two stayed open and were watchful. He killed the horrible Echinda in her sleep. Hermes eventually charmed him to sleep and cut off his head. Hera took his eyes and placed them in the tail of the peacock.

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Arimaspi
The Arimaspi are barbaric flesh eaters and would usually hunt alone rather than in groups, they would usually clobbered their prey to death with a club then feast on them raw. They are very selfish and greedy creature that will not share their kill or loot with anyone else, that's why they are not very successful hunter and the later generations of Arimaspi turned to shepharding and rearing sheeps.

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Artulataq: See also Bigfoot
The Eskimo name (meaning "creature who makes a bellowing cry") for the beast that allegedly inhabits the vast tundra around southwest Alaska.

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Asasabonsam
The Asasabonsam are vampyres of Ashanti peoples of Western Africa. Humanoid in appearance with iron teeth. It dwells in the forest, sitting in the trees, using it's hook-shaped feet to ensnare unwary passers-by.

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Asema
An vampiric old man or woman who took the form of a ball of light and traveled at night to drink the blood of people asleep in their houses. (South America)

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Ashrays
Ashrays are both male and female and appear to be about twenty years old in human time, when in fact they are quite ancient. They have whitish, almost translucent bodies, and are often mistaken for sea ghosts. They have been blamed for good deeds and bad, but not enough is known about them to judge their overall intent or temperament where people are concerned.

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Asiman
See Obayifo. (From Dahomeans)

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Asparas
Usually female, also known as sky dancers. They bless humans at important stages in their lives, and are often seen at weddings. They live in fig trees and sometimes appear to scholars or scientists, seduce and exhaust them, making sure they don't venture into areas that the spirit world deems unfit.

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Aspares                
The aspares are beautiful water nymphs from Hindu legend. They often transform into water foul. They are associated with warriors who have fallen during battle.

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Aspidochelone
Latin aspido testudo: the shield-turtle, the sea monster so vast that men take it for an island and disembark their boats upon its back, but when they kindle a fire it dives and they are drowned.

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Asrai
Are small and delicate female faeries who melt away into a pool of water when captured or exposed to sunlight.

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Asoon Puksa
This is a bird based creature which has the upper body of a giant and the lower (from torso down) body of a bird. Some say its lower body is that of a rooster. Believed to be carnivorous in nature due to its upper body characteristics of giant race. The creature is able to fly at great great speed and prey on large animals such as deer, horses, and even humans.

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Assassin Vine
An Assassin Vine is a semi-mobile plant that collects its own nutrients by capturing other creatures and depositing their remains near their roots. The main vine of a fully-grown plant is about 20ft in length and 5 inches in thickness, smaller vines shoot off from the main vine stem. The assassin vines fruit resembles that of wild grapes, but have tougher skins and are poisonous to human and larger mammals. The Assassin vine entangles its prey if they happen to wander into the plant. The Assassin vine automatically reacts to constrict around the ensnared animal. The vine will constrict its victim to death.

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Asura Waypuk
This creature shares very similar traits with Asoon Puksa (see this reference) as both are mixed creature between a bird and a giant. Asura Wayupuk has an eagle's features for its the lower part. In the story the beast is a son of a giant and a bird. The beast was also a governer of Wichian city, a giant city. Malicious in nature, one day the beast spotted and kidnapped prince Rama and his brother.

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Aswang
The story of the Aswang is one that parents in the Phillipines used to keep their children in line. The Aswang most often appeared as a beatiful maiden who lead a normal life during the day. However, the Aswang would engage in vampiric activities at night. The Aswang used an ointment that would bestow them with supernatural powers. When feeding, the Aswang would become a large bird, and land on a prospective victim's roof. It would then let down it's long pointy tongue, prick the victim's jugular vein, and suck the blood through it's hollowed tongue. After feeding, the Aswang would resemble a pregnant woman.

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Attorcroppe
The Attocroppe looks like a small serpent with arms and legs who walks upright. They are very malevolent.

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Atu: See also Orang Letjo

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Aughisky / Agh-iski
They are the Irish version of the Each Uisge.

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Auloniads
Nymph who could be found in the mountain pastures and vales, often in the company of Pan, the god of nature.

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Authorities: See also Rulers.

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Azeman                
The azeman are South American vampires. During the day she has the form of a human female, but at night she is transformed into a bat or other animal. there are protections against the azeman. Since she is obsessed with counting, if seeds are scattered on the floor, she will stop to count them. Also, if a broom is placed across the door, she will not enter the room, as she will count the bristles of the broom.

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Aziza                
While færies are usually associated with European cultures, the Aziza are a beneficent færie race from Africa, specifically Dahomey. Living in the forest, they provide good magic for hunters. They also give both practical and spiritual knowledge for people.

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Ba                
In ancient Egyptian belief at death a person was divided into two parts: the ka and the ba. The ka (meaning double) reflects the perishable human body. The ba, on the other hand, is a bird with a human head and represents the imperishable soul. Egyptians practiced mummification because of the belief that after 3000 years, the separate parts would be recombined leading to rebirth.

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Baginis                
Baginis are Australian and are half animal and half human. They are always female. Despite considerable beauty, they have claw-like fingers and toes. The baginis are known to capture men, but seldom kill them, usually letting them go after they rape them.

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Bahamut                
This monstrous fish comes from Moslem traditions. The legend goes that it floats in a vast sea. A giant bull rides on its back and on the bull is a ruby mountain. There is an angel on the mountain over which are six hells, then the Earth, and then seven heavens. The bahamut is so huge and dazzling that human beings cannot look upon it. Its name may have lead to the behemoth.

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Baitala
Half-man, half-bat creature roughly four feet tall.

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Bakru                
Bakru are a South American race of people, approximately half the size of human child, but with oversized heads. They are half flesh and half wood. They are always seen in pairs, and are considered evil creations of magicians. Although they may bring wealth to a human owner, the gods punish anyone who tries to make use of them.

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Baku                
Baku come form Japanese legends. It has the face of a lion, the body of a horse, the feet of a tiger, and the tail of a cow. It is called the 'eater of dreams', as it will devour a person's evil dreams either making them harmless or changing them into good luck.

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Ballybogs
Ballybogs are mud-covered creatures of very small size. Their bodies are almost completely round, with their heads rising from their bulbous bodies without benefit of necks. They have long spindly arms and legs which look too thin and weak to support the weight. These solitary faeries can be helpful or baneful, but are usually said to be so stupid that it is hard to determine their temperament. They speak no known language and grunt and slobber instead of speaking.

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Baloma
The spirit of a dead relative. They are often seen in dreams.

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Banshee                
The banshee in Irish Gælic, is called 'bean sidhe', which means 'supernatural woman'. She is envisioned with a sunken nose, scraggy hair and huge hollow eye sockets. Her eyes are fiery red from continuous weeping. She wears a tattered white sheet flapping around her. She wails outside the door of someone who is about to die, but only for old families. All the best clans have their own private banshee. They are very closely related to the bean-nighe and cointeach.

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Baobban Sith
The Baobban Sith are evil Scottish fairies, who appear as beautiful young women(sometimes ravens or crows, as well) and will dance with men they find (keeping their hooved feet hidden) until the men become exhausted, and then feed upon them.

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Barbary Lamb                
The barbary lamb, or barmotez, is sometimes known as the vegetable lamb or tartary. According to Hebrew legend, the barbary lamb is a lamb like creature that is half vegetable. It is attached to trees by a very short stem, half hidden within the foliage. One they have eaten all the vegetation within their reach, they die of starvation. Barbary lamb is considered a delicacy as its meat tastes like fish, and its blood like honey. Its bones can be used in rituals to give human beings the power of prophecy.

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Barbegazi                
These are shy gnomes who live in the mountains of France and Switzerland. They live in caverns and tunnels that they have excavated near the tops of mountains. The French words 'barbe glacée', which means 'frozen beard' gives them their name. They hibernate all summer and emerge only when the temperature is below zero. They have very large feet which they use as a combination of ski and snowshoe. They enjoy riding avalanches. They can also use their feet as shovels to tunnel into snow drifts. They are generally benevolent to humans, warning of avalanches and digging people out after avalanches.

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Barguest
A kind of Bogie.

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Bar Juchne                
In Hebrew the bar juchne is a bird of enormous size whose wingspan can eclipse the sun. The Talmud mentions an event when an egg fell from a bar juchne nest, shattering 300 trees and flooding 600 villages. This bird, primarily because of its size, has been compared to the roc.

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Barnacle Geese
Trees found in the north of Scotland and the Orchades (presumably the Orkney Islands) on which grow shells of a white color tending to russet, wherein are contained little living creatures; when these shells open and the creatures fall out, those falling over land come to nothing but those which come to water become fowls of the breed called barnacle geese; or in north England, brant geese; or in Lancashire, tree geese. Gerard wrote that he himself had seen a log of driftwood cast ashore on the island in Lancashire called the Pile of Foulders, and on this log were shells like mussel-shells but sharper and whitish, and living in the shells small mussels shaped like birds. As these grown they force the shell open and slowly hang out until the beak alone remains and there is a bird hanging out by its beak, which falls into the sea and there grows feathers and becomes a fowl larger than a mallard but smaller than a goose, with black legs and bill, and black and white feathers spotted like the English magpie; called a Pie-Annet Bird.

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Barometz
The vegetable lamb, which grows (attached by its long tail) head-downward from a tree.

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Bas
The Chewong people of Malaysia believed in the Bas. The food of the Bas was ruwai (translated as soul, vitality, or life). The Bas most often hunted pigs, but would occasionally attack humans, if hunger-driven enough, or by accident. The most common way to keep the Bas away was to build a fire, which it saw as a sign of civilization or humanity, and it would stay away.

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Basilisk                    
The basilisk has garnered a place in the imagination with other monstrous beings like the dragon, unicorn, giants and other well-known fabulous beats. The basilisk is almost always included in encyclopedias or concordances of monsters and mythical beasts, even though there is very little in the way of art and literature throughout the ages that features the basilisk. The dragon, though, for example, features into so many stories, both ancient and modern, and has been depicted countless times, but the same cannot be said of the basilisk. Yet somehow the creature has prevailed and lived on in the collective imagination as an image of monstrosity.There are two terms, both having their roots in Greek mythology, that apply to the basilisk. The evolution of the basilisk is protean, and the creature eventually becomes chimerical. It is fitting that these attributes of the basilisk come from the ancient Greek world as the etymology of the word 'basilisk,' and the origins of the creature are rooted in ancient Greece. The word 'basilisk' is from the Greek basiliskos meaning "little king". The etymology seems to directly relate back to the original description of the basilisk. However, the knowledge of the basilisk is not based on literature from the classical period in ancient Greece. Instead, the main description we have for this beast is found in Pliny's Natural History which was written in Rome in 77 AD. This piece is a compilation of ancient (and mostly Greek) sources. Pliny lists over 60 sources, most of which have been lost. Because the basilisk has a very limited number of appearances in classical literature, Pliny's paragraph about the creature in book XIII is very important in the lore of the basilisk. After discussing another mythical creature the catoblepas, and its ability to kill people with its vision, Pliny describes the basilisk: The basilisk serpent also has the same power. It is a native of the province of Cyrenaica, not more than 12 inches long, and adorned with a bright white marking on the head like a sort of diadem. It routs all snakes with its hiss, and does not move its body forward in manifold coils like the other snakes but advancing with its middle raised high. It kills bushes not only by its touch but also by its breath, scorches up grass and bursts rocks. Its effect on other animals is disastrous: it is believed that once one was killed with a spear by a man on horseback and the infection rising through the spear rising not only the rider but also the horse. Yet to a creature so marvelous as this - indeed kings have often wished to see a specimen when safely dead - the venom of weasels is fatal: so fixed is the decree of nature that nothing shall be without its match.

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Basilosaurus aka Zeuglodon
An extinct ancestor of the whale, thought by some to still exist, which accounts for some lake and sea monster legends.

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Bauchan also Bogan
A type of Hobgoblin. Like most faeries, they are fond of tricks, sometimes are dangerous, and sometimes are helpful.s horns, dangerous teeth and claws, and fiery eyes. It can take many forms, but usually is a shaggy black dog. Upon the death of a prominent figure, it rounds up all the dogs in the community and leads them on a procession through the streets, howling.

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Bayard                
Bayard is the name of a horse found in the legends of Charlemagne. This talking horse was given to the four sons of Aymon by Charlemagne. Although looking like a normal horse, Bayard had the ability to stretch its back to accommodate all four of the sons of Aymon. Bayard was also known for possessing great speed. To win the horse, it was necessary to conquer him by force or skill, this rendering him tame and docile.

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Bean-Fionn
Water Woman. In Germany she is called the Weisse Frau and she is somewhat more Benevolant than her Irish version. The Weisse Frau is very protective of children, and a kiss from her renders a child almost indestrucible. She has also been known to give directions to lost travelers. She will, however, drown those who displease her or hurt children. In England she is called Jenny Greentooth or the Greentoothed Woman, which has become a generic name for these types of drowning faeries in English-speaking counries.

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Bean Nighe / ben-neeya
Similar to that of the Banshee. The Washing women is the type of Banshee who haunts the lonely streams of Scotland and Ireland. Washing the bloodstained garments of those about to die. It is said that these spirits are the ghosts of women who died in childbirth and that they are fated to perform their task until the day when they would have normally died.

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Beansihe
Washer of the Shrouds, Washer at the Banks, Washer at the Ford. Banshee is the Anglicized spelling, the one commonly used in Canada and the United States. She is called Cointeach in Scotland, a word which literally mean "one who keens." The cornish call her Cyhiraeth. The Welsh know her as either Cyoerraeth or Gwrach y Rhibyn, meaning "Hag of the Dribble," and to the Welsh she can sometimes appear as a male. In Brittany they called her Eur-Cunnere Noe.

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Bean-Tighe
No one has ever fully described a Bean-Tighe (Ban-tee or Ban-Teeg), but they are generally thought to look like small elderly women in old-fashioned peasant clothing, with kindly, dimpled faces. They are very friendly to humans and wish to have a friendly human house to watch over.

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Bear-Men:See also Gin-Sung

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Beast of Bodin Moor, The
Also known as Beast of Exmoor. A large black panther-like creature reportedly responsible for the killing of many farm animals in South Molton, Devonshire, England.

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Beast of Bosco
Giant Turtles are common creatures to find in zoos, Galapagos and other such places. However, one would not expect to find one in Churubusco, Indiana. Bosco, sometimes referred to as Oscar, has been spotted several times since 1950. Witnesses have described Bosco as weighing between 100 to 500 pounds and supporting a shell that is 4 foot across. In 1950 two men drained 4 different swamps in order to create more farmland. A culvert was created to allow the swamp water to drain into the Little Calumet River. Another giant turtle was found in 1937 at the Neosho River in Kansas and it weighed a whopping 403 pounds. While it seems unlikely that a creature that large could live so close to humans; remember, his natural habitat was destroyed and like most creatures he adapted to his new environment enabling him to survive.

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Beast of Gévaudan, The
Creature depicted as a gigantic wolf-like quadruped (witnesses reported it as big as a donkey or cow) that over two hundred years ago terrorized people in southeastern France by killing men, woman and children. Many explanations — mutant, prehistoric beast, demon, very large baboon, etc. — were put forward at the time and during the two centuries since, but none has ever been generally accepted. One thing is certain: sufficient evidence remains to prove that 'La Bête' — French for 'The Beast', as the creature became known — really did exist and was not just a myth. This monstrous animal terrorized the people of Gévaudan — a district in Lozère — for more then three years, and it is said it killed about one hundred human beings (and wounded over thirty), without mentioning a large number of cattle and other domestic animals.

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Behemoth                
Behold now behemoth, which I am made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. Lo now, his strength is in the loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a cedar; this sinews of his stones are wrapped together. His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. From these verses, and the verses following (19-24) most scholars believe that the creature being described is a hippopotamus.  Others though, have claimed that the beast is not a hippopotamus, but rather, an elephant. In apocryphal literature and Jewish legend, the behemoth is a monster of formidable strength. Traditionally, the word behemoth can be given to any large, heavy, and otherwise unknown animal. The word behemoth comes from the plural of the Hebrew b'hemah, meaning 'beast'.

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Bekk-Bok: See also Almas

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Belit-Sheri
Babylonian scribe of the underworld who kept the records of human activities so she could advise the queen of the dead on their final judgment.

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Bendith y Mamau / ben-dith uh
Mother's Blessing, which was the name of the fairies of the Carmarthenshire country in Wales; this saying became a prayer spoken to ward off harm.

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Benu                
The Benu bird is another bird that can be linked to the phoenix. This Egyptian sun bird is identified with Ra the sun god. The word Benu in Egyptian means both purple heron and palm tree. Just like the phoenix, this bird was identified with the temple to the sun gods at Heliopolis. Many think that the myths surrounding the phoenix were a misunderstanding of the Egyptian myths of the Benu. This bird was also known to be a symbol of Osiris incarnate, renewing itself. The similarities with the phoenix are numerous.

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Betail: See Vetala.

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Bhootums
Sexual spirits or incubi who copulate with Hindu women.

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Bhuta
The Bhuta are Indian monsters, who are said to reside in and around cremation grounds, old ruins, and other abandoned locations, especially in deserts. They could transform into either owls or bats. They ate filthy food, and were always thirsty. They liked milk, and often attacked babies who had just fed. They were also said to have the ability to possess people. These creatures might act in a vampiric fashion at times, but were generally just seen as malevolent, not as vampires.

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Biabin-Guli: See also Almas

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Biasd Bheulach (Isle of Skye, Odail Pass)
A revening ghost of a murdered man, hungry for revenge which haunts the highlands; it appears at night as a greyhound or other beast, or occasionally takes the form of a man with one leg. It is only appeased by the taking of blood via vicious bites.

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Bicorne                
This creature, which is sometimes depicted as a both panther-like and cow-like, but in both cases is shown as being fat from overeating. The bicorne eats carefully selected virtuous husbands. The bicorne's counter part is the chichevache.

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Bielebog
Also known as Bylebog, the Slavic god of happiness, order, and luck. He is the opposite of Czernobog. "Bielebog" translates literally from Russian as "white god".

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Bigfoot
Bigfoot, or as it's often called in Canada, the Sasquatch, is mentioned in several native American legends. In fact, the term "Sasquatch" is Indian for "hairy giant." The first sighting of a Sasquatch by a white man apparently came in 1811 near what now is the town of Jasper, Alberta Canada. A trader named David Thompson found some strange footprints, fourteen inches long and eight inches wide, with four toes, in the snow.

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Bishop Fish                
In many ways, bishop fish are like mermaids. These creatures have the shaven head of a Catholic monk and the body of a fish. They have been described as having a mitered head, a scaly body with two claw-like fins instead of arms, and a fin-like cloak.

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Black Angus
Black Angus is a large black dog with yellow eyes and sharp fangs who roams the northern English and Scottish countryside showing himself to those who will die within a fortnight. Scottish Lowlanders claim he has horns on his head, which may have derived from some confusion with the Christian Devil.

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Black Annis: See Hags.

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Black Dogs                
In Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hounds of the Baskervilles, he describes a black dog, just like the ones that appear in British legends. "...there stood a foul thing, a great black beast, shaped like a hound, yet larger than any hound that ever mortal eye has rested upon." It is said, in legend, that if one spied, or spoke to one of these large dogs (the size of a calf or larger) he was bound to die. They are also known to have eyes that shine in the dark. In Scotland, tales of the cu sith, or færie hound was also known to foretell death or illness.

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Black Orcs
Black Orcs are biggest and strongest of the green skins their skin is much darker than that of Orcs, Goblins and Hobgoblins. Black Orcs tend to be better armed than other Orcs so they where heavy armour and carry around larger weapons. Black Orcs are more intelligent as well are often seen to be leading the Orc tribes. Black Orcs tend to be much better organised and infighting within a tribe does not succumb to petty squabbles. Other Orcs tend not to squabble when black Orcs are around either because they don't want to be picked on by their bigger cousins.

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Blemmyae
These monstrous creatures were collectively known as Blemmyae. The Blemmye was presumed to be frightening because his facial feature is found on his chest and is a scary sight when a Blemmye is encountered at night; for it is easily mistaken for a headless figure or ghost. Long before Washington Irving introduced his story of a headless Hessian Trooper that was unable to rest in his grave in the 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow', records and even depiction of a headless race has already existed. Even during the reign of the Pharaohs, it is said that their god Seth is also identified with a sort of headless demon whose eyes are placed in the shoulders, the Akephalos. They are a more cultured race as compared to the Sciapodae or Cynocephali as they have been known to cultivate crops and plant fruit trees. Though they will take up arms and go to war if there were any aggressors imposing on them; but generally they are good farmers and hunters. Medieval maps like the Hereford Mappamundi also depict and even identify the location of these Monstrous race that dwells along the extreme edges of the world. Strangely, the Blemmyae seems to have survived through to modern times but its just that it had probably evolved or mutated into a more alien-like headless entity with a hairy body and a pair of winged appendages that was widely publicised in the media when it was seen in West of Virginia. This headless winged humanoid came to be known as the Mothman. It is also spell as Blemye(singular) or Blemyae. In this picture, rather than giving the Blemye a normal set of human feet, I've decided to use a more personal approach by giving it a hooved feet.

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Bluatsauger
This is the German word for "Bloodsucker". This vampire was created by bizarre death and birth occurances. If a person's name was not removed from their burial clothing, they would become a vampire. When a group of people suddenly died from a similar disease, the first to die was deemed a vampire and was dispatched with. To dispatch this vampire a clump of earth was placed underneath its chin. Other times a stone or coin was placed in the corpses mouth. Another method was a white hankerchief tied around the neck of the corpse. A more brutal method was to cut off the head, drive a spike through the mouth, and a steak through the stomach.

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Blue Hag, The: See Cailleac Bhuer

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Blue Men of the Minch
They dwell in the strait between Long Island and the Shiant Islands. They are responsible for sudden thunderstorms and shipwrecks, but their ship sinking attempts may be thwarted if you are an adept rhymer. Some think they may be fallen angels.

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Blunderbore                
Blunderbore is the legendary giant from the tale of Jack the giant killer.

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Bocan
No description has ever been given of a Bocan; their sole purpose was to attack and mutilate travelers.

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Bodach also Bugbear  or Bug-A-Boo
They slide down chimneys to kidnap naughty children.

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Bogeyman
An imaginary monster used to frighten children

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Boggart
Brownies that have turned evil.

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Bogie
This is the generic name for some different types of Goblins. Their temperaments range the spectrum from benign to malevolent.

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Bogles
Generally evil natured Goblins although they are more disposed to do harm to liars and murderers.

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Bokwus
A fearsome spirit in the great northwestern American spruce forests. He is only seen in glimpses, but has been seen wearing totemic face paints. Hunters are very aware of his presence. He likes to push fishermen off the banks to drown, taking the victim's soul to his home in the forest.

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Bononacon aka the Bonacon or the Bonasus
A mythical animal from Asia. It has curled horns and emits burning dung. The legend may be based on a type of bison in reality.

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Boobrie
A fabulous water-bird of Scottish Highland folk belief. The creature haunts lakes and salt wells.

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Bottle Imp                
The most well-known bottle imp, is the one found in the tales of Aladdin. The bottle imp is a spirit that is contained within a lamp. Some are genies rather than spirits, but all have the ability to grant the wishes of the owner of the lamp, using magical powers when the imp has been temporarily released. If the owner purposefully attempts to lose the lamp (as it has sometimes been said that the owner of a bottle imp could be condemned to hell) the lamp will return itself. The only way to get rid of the lamp is to sell it for less than the owner paid for it.

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Brag                
A brag is a goblin from England. It is a shape-shifter, but usually takes on the appearance of a horse. It then lures men to mount it. Once mounted, the brag will take the rider for a terrible ride, finally leaving him in a pond.

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Brahmaparusha
These vampire-like creatures had head encircled with intestines, and a skull filled with blood from which it drank. This legend comes from India.

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Brain Sucker: See also Mamlambo

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Brenin Llwyd
(Welsh for "Grey King") is a being believed by some to inhabit the mountains of Snowdonia in Wales. Reports of its appearance vary. It is sometimes described merely as a "presence", but it has also been reported to be large, hairy, man-like creature, possibly related to the American bigfoot or the Himalayan yeti. In this regard, it is similar to the Big Grey Man of Scotland, which is considered by some to be a flesh and blood creature, and by others to be an incorporeal spirit.

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Briaou: See also Almas

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Brosno Monster
Lake Brosno is situated in the European part of Russia, in the Tver region, near the town of Andreapol. There have been many reports of a 'lake serpent' or 'Dragon' living in the lake. Many people think this creature is similar to Nessie. The Brosno 'dragon' was called Brosnya. It is a deep lake with a maximum depth, as discovered by sonar, of 43 meters.

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Brown Man of the Muirs
Protector of wild beasts.

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Brownie
His territory extends over the Lowlands of Scotland and up into the Highlands and Islands all over the north and east of England and into the Midlands. With a natural linguistic variation, he becomes the BWCA of Wales, the Highland Bodach and the Manx Fenodoree. In the West Country, Pixies or Pisgies occasionally perform the offices of a brownie and show some of the same characteristics, though they are essentially different. Border brownies are most characteristic. They are small men, about three feet in height, very raggedly dressed in brown clothes, with brown faces and shaggy heads, who come out at night to do the work that has been left undone by the servants. They make themselves responsible for the farm or house in which they live: reap, mow, her the sheep, prevent the hens from laying away, run errands, and give good counsel at need. A brownie can become personally attached to one member of the family.

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Bruja
Usually seen as a woman, this living person transformed into various animals and attacked infants. (Spain) See also Bruxas.

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Bruxsas
Portuguese succubi who seduce wanderers and also copulate with other demons. They are vampires as well as succubi and may appear only at night.

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Buachailleen
Small faeries that resemble tiny, young men. They wear pointed red hats and can shapeshift; found in Ireland and Scotland.

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Bucca                
The bucca is a hobgoblin from the legends of Cornwall. They are commonly thought to live in tin mines, and in this way are very similar to the kobold of German tales. The bucca are often associated with sailors and stories say they travel on sea breezes. They are considered useful to sailors as they are known for their ability to foretell shipwrecks, but they need to be "paid" with offerings of part of the fisherman's catch or a few bread crumbs.

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Bugbear                
The bugbear is one of the English hobgoblins. Having the appearance of a bear (hence its name), it was considered quite fierce and it was common to use the fear of it to coerce children into good behavior.

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Buggane                
The buggane is a goblin from the Isle of Man. A shape-shifter, it is often seen in the form of a horse or a calf, although sometimes it appears semi-human, with long hair, teeth and nails. It is a water-spirit and almost always lives near a waterfall.

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Buggars
Buggars are so adept at shapeshifting that it is hard to describe their appearance. They are considered very dangerous to humans, but fortunately for us they never leave the astral world.

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Bugul-Noz
He's a forest dweller, a shepherd. He's very unattractive and he knows it, but he yearned for human companionship.

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Buntu Rajasri or Buntu Sura Mareu Kin
One of the four pure lions with uniform yellowish hair covering entire body. Buntu Rajasris are large carnivores that favor large animals like deer, buffalo, elephant, and sometimes even human. In the old story book which tells about the Himapan forest describes a Buntu Rajasri as a large lion with a body as large as a cattle with fallen leaf like yellow color.

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Bunyip                
This is a fierce creature from Australia. Amphibious by nature, it has the appearance of a giant seal or even a hippopotamus, It is greatly feared, for it enjoys the taste of human flesh, particularly the more tender flesh of women and children.

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Burak                
This steed which was given to Mohammed, was a compound creature. Having the face and voice of a man, the ears of an ass, the body of a horse and the wings and tail of a peacock. Its eyes are as blue as sapphires and are as bright as the stars. In size it is larger than an ass, but smaller than a mule. It is one of few animals to be admitted into paradise, as it carried Mohammed to visit the heavens each night.

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Bushman: See also Arulataq

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Butter Cow
Statue made entirely of butter and exhibited each year at the Iowa State Fair.

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Buttery Sprites
Buttery Sprites live in the old abbeys and inns of England, where they wreak havoc on those whom they believe cheat others or live the lives of hypocrites. They especially like to torment unscrupulous priests and abbots. In abbeys they feel free to take any food not marked with a cross- especially fresh churned butter.

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Bwaganod
Goblins who can shapeshift into other animal forms, including humanoid shapes. They do not like humans.

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Bwca, Bwbachod, or Bwbach
The Welsh name for the Brownie. They have slightly nastier tempers and are prone to tantrums if their work is criticized. They also despise tattle tales and people with long noses.               

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Bwciod
The Bwciod (Bu-key'd) is more of a nuisance than a danger, but he can turn nasty if thwarted. He is solitary and moves so fast that he can barely be seen by human eyes. The few accounts of him say he is slender, stands no more than a foot tall, has a long pointy nose, long fingers, and huge flat feet. His eyes are purple and reflect no emotions.

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Caballi
Lustful spirits, still possessed of their earthly passions, who instinctively seek out living persons of similar inclination for the purpose of gratifying their desires. Spiritualists believe that they are especially attracted to lustful and salacious mediums, whose powers permit the Caballi to materialize and so experience more intense pleasures than are possible to them otherwise. However, their sexual practices also take place on the astral planes, where they copulate with a variety of astral beings and with humans visiting the planes in their astral bodies.

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Cadborosaurus willsi 'Caddy'
An alleged "sea monster" living along the Pacific Coast of North America. It is named after Cadboro Bay.

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Cailleac Bheur
The Cailleac Bhuer (Call-y'ac v'fhoor) is one of a kind. She is an old woman who walks by night carrying her walking stick, her carrion crow on her left shoulder. However, her reputation as dangers and ill-tempered may be a mistaken one. It is possible that this fear of her was created by the early Scottish churchmen seeking to eradicate the vestiges of the Old Religion by demonizing its Crone mythology.

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Caladrius
A bird which can tell if a sick man will die, and can cure disease

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Calygreyhound                
This creature from medieval heraldry has the body of an antelope, the claws of an eagle of its forelegs and the hooves of an ox on its hind legs. It symbolizes swiftness.

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Camazotz
A full
fledged god, this deity was central in agriculture, but was feared for his blood
drinking tendencies, fearsome appearance (which included large teeth and claws), and his tendency to dwell in caves where he would attack people for their blood. (Mayan, Mexico)

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Cambions
Offspring of incubi and succubi.

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Cameleopard                
In Egyptian and Sumerian documentation and in records of medieval heraldry the cameleopard is the offspring of a camel and a leopard. The creature is about the size of a camel, but has the skin of a leopard. There is also documentation of a cameleopard that has two large curving horns.

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Cannered-Noz
Breton version of the Bean-Sidhe.

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Caoineag
(Scottish Highlands, 'Weeper') a type of Banshee which is not seen, and cannot grant wishes. She is heard wailing in the darkness at a waterfall before any catastrophe overtakes a clan.

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Caointeach
(Argyllshire, Skye, 'Wailer') A type of Banshee with a loud, lamentable cry, rising at times to a scream. Sometimes she beats clothes on a stone like a Bean-Nighe. She has been described as a child or small woman in a short green gown and petticoat with a high crowned white cap. If someone shows compassion for her, by leaving her a gift, she will trouble the family no more.

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Catoblepas                
In Greek, catoblepas means "that which looks downward". As its head is so heavy, this ironclad bull constantly looks downward. If it was not for this, the creature would have destroyed all life as its eyes cast immediate death, and its breath will do the same, much like the basilisk. This African creature is said to eat poisonous shrubs and bushes, and is quite sluggish. Some have compared it to the gnu, another African creature, as the gnu often holds its head near to the ground. In the middle ages, the catoblepas was sometimes called a gorgon, because of its ability to kill with sight

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Ceasg                
A Scottish mermaid, the ceasg are half-human, and half salmon. They are know to marry humans and the offspring of this combination are great sailors. If captured, a ceasg will grant three wishes. The ceasg is also known to use her beauty to lure sailors to her, and they never return.

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Cecrops                
This legendary first king of Athens, was known to have the body of a human, and the tail of a serpent. The myths revolving around Cecrops can be found in Book 5 of Virgil's Aeneid, book 11 of Homer's Odyssey, book 2 of Pausanias' Description of Greece, and in Hesiod's Theogony.

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Centaur                 
The most famous centaurs are those from Greek mythology. In these myths, the centaurs were a race of creatures that were half man and half horse. They were sired by Ixion and a cloud. By definition, the centaur is a creature, half man and half horse. However, there are many variations of the centaur. Some had a human body terminating in human legs and feet with equine body and hind legs extended behind the waist. Another variation gave the centaur wings. Some times they have equine ears and sometimes they have both equine and human genitalia. Other variations include the onocentaur, bucentaur, and leontocentaurs.

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Cerberus                
The three headed dog from Greek mythology, was the offspring of Echinda and Typhon. It is the brother of Orthus. Cerberus acts as the guard of Hades. It is said to have a serpent for a tail. Some say that the Cerberus, instead of having three heads has fifty. It was one of Heracles' tasks to take the Cerberus out of Hades, which he succeeded in doing. The only other person to foil the Cerberus was Orpheus, who charmed the beast to sleep using his lyre.

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Cerastes
A serpent with four pairs of little horns, which show when the rest of its body is buried in the sand; thus it uses them for bait to draw prey to itself. It is more flexible than other serpents, and seems to have no spine.

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Cetus                
In Greek mythology the sea-monster Cetus was created by the gods. In the myths, Cassiopea thought that she and her daughter Andromdea were more beautiful than the gods. In revenge, Poseidon demanded that Andromeda was to be chained to a rock where Cetus, creature with the body of a dolphin, a forked tail and the head of a greyhound was to eat her. However, Perseus saw the girl, immediately fell in love with her and defended her from the monster, eventually killing it and turing it to stone with the gorgon Medusa's head.

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Champ
Loch Ness-like creature that supposedly resides at Lake Champlain in the Great Lakes area.

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Changeling                
Changelings are the færie children that are left in the place of a stolen human baby. These babies are often deformed. A færie will raise the human child, though the child may be returned if the changeling can be made to laugh or if it is treated so badly that the færie parents are inclined to take it back. Although we associate tales of changelings with Celtic myth, tales of changelings are found in both Chinese and Native North American legend. Some have even associated the modern myth of alien abduction with changelings.

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Chedipe
(Literarlly "prostitute") This vampiric woman was depicted riding a tiger naked, and at night she would entrance a household into a deep sleep, enter, then suck the blood from the man through his big toe. (India)

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Chemosit, Chimiset, Chimisit (these, like Chemosit, mean 'devil'
It is considered by some to be Africa's Bigfoot, although its description varies from those of sasquatch-like creatures. Reports of the creature are numerous in the dark continent, specially in east-central Kenya. It is described as being as large as a man, long reddish to yellow hair, short broad tail, sometimes going on four legs, sometimes on two, and a general appearance of a huge, very fierce baboon. It is said to be as comfortable on the tree tops as it is on the ground, and to attack humans on sight, allegedly being responsible for several killings of men and live stock. According to some tales, it is specially fond of brains. Other names by which the creature is known, depending on the part of Africa.

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Chepi
Spirit informants. They are spirits of the dead who provide information and wisdom to medicine people during trances.

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Cherub or Cherubim
The highest class of angels, having indescribable beauty and power. Cherubim were placed at the east of the Garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life after man was expelled (Genesis 3:24). The cherubim are never termed angels, probably because they are not specifically messengers. Their chief purpose is to proclaim and protect God's glory, sovereignty, and holiness. Satan was apparently part of the cherubim class, making his rebellion and fall all the more significant.

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Chiang Shih
The vampire-like creatures of China were called Chiang Shih. They were created when a cat jumped over a dead person's corpse. They would kill with a poisonous breath in addition to draining blood. If a Chiang Shih encountered a pile of rice, it must count the grains before it could pass on. Their immaterial form is a sphere of light, much like Will-O-the-Wisps.

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Chichevache                
A very thin cow with a human face, this creature fed on obedient and faithful wives. This counterpart of the bicorne was perpetually hungry as there were very few of these virtuous women.

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Chimera
The chimera of Greek myth is the offspring of Echinda and Typhon. From the Greek meaning "she-goat" the Chimera is a fire breathing creature that has the body of a goat, the head of a lion and the tail of a serpent. Some have said that the Chimera has three heads, but the popular myth tells of the single, fire-vomiting head. The Chimera was slain by Belleraphone while he was on the winged horse Pegasus. Some say that the Chimera is the offspring of the Hydra, and others cite the chimera as the mother of the Sphinx and the Nemean Lion by Orthus.

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Chin-Chin Kobakama
Elven-like in appearance, the Chin-Chin Kobakama is either male or female, and appears to be elderly but amazingly spry. They are generally friendly towards humans, but can be a nuisance.

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Chinese Fox
Looking like a typical fox, the Chinese fox has a life span that is between 800 and 1000 years. Each part of this fox's anatomy has special powers. Its tail when struck on the ground can start fires, it can see into the future and it can change its shape. Often appearing as an old man, young girl or a scholar. The Chinese fox is a trickster and so its appearance can be a bad omen. These foxes often are found around graveyards and it is said that the souls of the dead can transmigrate with the body of this fox.

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Chinese Ghilen
The creature is said to have the head of a dragon with a single antler, the body of a deer covered with scales, a tail of an ox, and horse-like hooves. The creature was a result of combination of 5 primary elements; earth, water, fire, wood, and metal. Some say a Ghilen can live up to several thousand years.

Civateto
Vampire witch (Mexico)

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Chi Spirits
No one has ever seen a Chi Spirit, as they are pure energy and have no physical confines.

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Chontamenti
The Egyptian god of the dead and of the land of the west. He was portrayed as a dog, or as dog's head, with horns.

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Chordewa
A woman from the Oraons, a hill tribe of Bengal, capable of turning her soul into a type of black vampire cat. In that form, she finds her way into the home of the sick and dying

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Chthonic Gods (see also psychopomps)
Chthonic divinities are associated with the earth and/or underworld. Usually they are fertility gods and/or rulers of the dead, and the opposites of the sky gods. Due to their rather demonic appearance, their cults are usually surrounded with much mystery. Some chthonic gods are for instance the Egyptian Anubis, the Greek Hades, the Roman Mars, the Etruscan Voltumna, and the Hindu Yakshas.

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Chuchunaa
Siberia's Bigfoot. The Chuchunaa (outcasts or fugitives) were reported by a branch of the Soviet Academy of Science as recently as the 1950s in the bitterly cold and forbidding region of northeast Siberia, who speculated that they might represented the last surviving remnants of paleo-asiatic aborigines that retreated to the upper reaches of the Yana and Indigirka rivers.

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Chuiaels (or Cijurreyls)
Hindu succubi who perform fellatio until the very life is sucked out of the enraptured victim. The Churreyl is said to be the spirit of a woman who has died in childbirth (women dying in that circumstance becoming demons and vampires according to the lore of many times and places).

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Churel
Also called churail, this vicious and vengeful ghostlike female vampire found in India is normally the result of a woman who died while pregnant during the 'Devali Festival' or unclean at any time.

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Churn Milk Peg and Melch Dick
These are small dwarf faeries - Peg is a woman and Dick is a man. They wear the peasant clothing of fifteenth century England and their nature is very capricious.

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Chuti: See also Yeti

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Cihuateteo or Civatateo
Aztec women who died in childbirth, as well as their babies. They wandered the night and attacked children, leaving them paralyzed or diseased. Described physically as having white faces, and very chalky arms and hands. They wore the garb of Tlazolteotl, goddess of sorcery, lust, and evil.

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Cinnamolgus
An Arabian bird, so called because it makes its nest from the fruit of the cinnamon tree. Because merchants esteem this cinnamon more than any other kind, men gather these nests by shooting arrows weighed with lead to bring them down; for they cannot reach the nests because of the height and fragility of the branches.

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Cizin
A Mayan (Yacatec) god of death. He burns the souls of the dead in the Yucatec underworld Metnal.

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Clap-Cans
This is a Lancashire bogie that tends to be on the more harmless side of its class. Clap-cans are called so because the spirits takes two objects like pots or cans, and bangs them together. Clap-cans cannot be felt or seen, only heard.

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Cluricaun
After his day's labors the Leprechaun enjoys a night's revelry and then becomes known as the Cluricaun (kloor-a-kawn). He raids wine cellars and is known to take wild drunken rides through the moonlight on the backs of sheep or shepherds dogs.

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Clutchbone, The
Described as being black in color, between 190 and 230 cm tall and with leathery skin, the Clutchbone is said to have a head consisting of a lit torch positioned within a large, raised collar of material resembling rawhide. Violent events featuring the Clutchbone often followed previous sightings of lightening balls created by severe weather conditions leading some to assume that such a creature might arrive into this dimension or world by way of these natural phenomena.

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Coblynau
Welsh Mine Goblin. Cousins to the Cornish Knockers. These creatures using mining tools, are seen working industriously at the seam faces. The knocking of their picks and hammers is lucky, a sign of heavy ore content.

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Coche-Mares
Sexual beings apparently related to both incubi and succubi and to nightmare demons. Coche-Mares were sent by witches to persons whom the witches hoped thus (by sexual pleasure) to enslave or make dependent on them. They appeared only at night, usually while the recipient of their embraces was sleeping.

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Cockatrice: see Basilisk

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Cocoto
West Indian deities or demons who have carnal intercourse with human females.

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Compusae
Succubus demons.

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Con Rit
Long sea serpent is sighted mostly in southeast Asia, especially near the coast of Vietnam. The con rit is very odd. It resembles a gigantic millipede, with jointed, armored segments. The con rit's body is about 50 feet long and a few feet wide. The topside is brown, the underbelly yellow. In Vietnamese folklore, it is a revered water dragon.

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Coot
An intelligent bird that stays in one place.

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Corpse Candles
These are will-'o-the-wisps seen in the countries of Cardigan, Caermarthen and Pembroke and in other parts of Wales. One little light seen betokens a stillbirth or an infant's death; a larger light means the death of an adult; two or more of different sizes mean many deaths, of perople of various ages together. In Cambria, in the archdiocese of St. David's, corpse candles are called canwyll corpt and are believed to be a light which issues from a dying victim's house (sometimes from his very bed!) and travels to the church where he will soon be buried.

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Corrigan
Malignant nature spirits found in Brittany, often associated with phantoms of the dead.

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Corybantes
Asiatic spirits noted for their orgiastic rites and wild dances.

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Crick
Snake like beasts they have a snake like body. Their head is nothing like a snakes it is made up of a sharp bird like beak which is surrounded by four tentacles, which have suckers on. Cricks are stealthy underground predators, they can grow up to about 3 foot in length which tentacles up to about 2 foot in size. Cricks are an ambush predator they wait for there prey to come to them, they then lash out with their tentacles and ensnare there prey before constricting its victim to death, then eat its prey at leisure.

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Crinaeae
Nymph associated with fountains.

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Crnobog or Czernobog
The black god of the dead in Slavic mythology. The opposite of Bylebog.

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Crocotta
Documented by Pliny, this offspring of a wolf and dog can be found in Ethiopia. It is said that this creature can break anything with its teeth and can also eat anything. It may be just an exaggeration of a hyena which has very powerful jaws.

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Cucui
Appearance and temperament: Cucui (Coo-coo-ee) has almost become a generic term for "monster" among Mexicans and American Hispanics. If the Cucui had a characteristic look, it has long been lost to us. He is not friendly, nor is he considered safe to be around.

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