Nachttoter: German for "Night Killer". See Bluatsauger.

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Nachtzehrer: German for "Night Waster". See Bluatsauger.

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Nagar
Mythical dragon or serpent without legs, which breath fire, and can turn things to ash just by a look.

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Nagas Nagas
Are human from the waist up and snake from the waist down and are often seen wearing hooded canopies or with seven or more heads. Both sexes are extraordinarily beautiful and several royal Indian families claim to be descended from them. They bite humans who are evil or destined to die prematurely. Buddhists regard them as minor deities and door guardians.

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Nagumwasuck                
The nagumwasuck is a færie of North America. In Native American myths of the Passamaquaddy, these færies are quite ugly and are very self-conscious of this. They help people when they are fishing and hunting, but usually try to conceal themselves from people.

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Nain Rouge
French for red dwarf or red gnome, is a mythical creature that haunts Detroit, Michigan. Its appearance is said to presage terrible events for the city. The Nain Rouge appears as a small child-like creature with red or black fur. It is also said to have "blazing red eyes and rotten teeth."

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Nakani (North West Territories): See also Bigfoot

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Nak Puksee
This is a creature of strange combination between a human based Naga and a bird. It has the upper body of a human with Naga (see Nagas Nagas) crown and the lower body of a bird.

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Nak Puksin
This is a mixed creature between a Naga (see Nagas Nagas) and a Hongsa (see this reference). Though the creature's name is similar to another Himmapan creature, Nak Puksee (see this reference), the two are totally different. Nak Puksin has red color with the head of a Naga and the body of a Hongsa.

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Nandi Bear: See also Chemosit

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Nang Ng-uek or mermaid
The marine creature that got mentioned in almost every cultures. Across the world, the creature's described as a beautiful maid and the lower body of a fish.

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Napaeae
A type of shy but mirthful nymph. They lived in mountain valleys, glens or grottoes. They are associated with Artemis, and often accompany her.

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Naree Pons
Thai pod people that appeared to Buddha as beautiful women while he meditated in a secluded area. They disappeared and left a humanoid pod form behind on a nearby tree. There are supposedly two Naree Pon pods in a Thai temple near Bangkok in Thailand.

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Nats
The generic name for the spirits of indigenous Burmese religion and folk belief. They are spirits of the wind, air, rain, sky, earth, forest, rivers and streams, hills, etc., and also of the house and the cultivated fields. The ghosts of the dead are nats, as well as the super naturals of Buddhism. The nats can be harmful unless constantly appeases and propitiated. The Buddhist monks propitiate them as zealously as any nat-cult priest; there is a natsin (nat house or spirit shrine) in the shade of every pagoda, as well as one at the end of every village, where periodic ceremonies are performed. The nats serve as guardians of the house, village, tribe, and personal property. The eleven nat maidens who guard the eleven royal umbrellas in Mandalay are called nat-thami. They also protect boats and treasure. The Burmese have a specific list of Thirty-Seven Nats who, with two exceptions, are national heroes and heroines of five groups of pseudo-historical tales. There were originally thirty-three of them, but their number was expanded with four more in modern times. Their images can be found in the Shwe Zigon pagoda at Pagan.

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Nawao: See also Menehune

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Neuntoter: German for "Killer Of Nine". See Blautsauger.

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Neck
A neck is a shapeshifting water faery who is an expert harper and singer. It is likely they possess no gender or concrete form, but usually appear to humans as poor reflections of themselves. They are seductive and cunning and should be avoided.

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Nereid                
In Greek mythology, the nereids were sea-nymphs, daughters of the nymph Doris and of Nereus. They number in fifty (although it is sometimes said that they number in 100). Sometimes seen frolicking on the surface of the water, the nereids (whose name means 'wet ones') lived in the underwater palace of their father. These virgins had golden hair and each had a golden throne in their father's palace. They wove and spun and often rode on dolphins.

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Ng-eye Sai
This creature has the head like a lion only with two horns growing from the forehead. From the neck downward, Ng-eye Sai has features of a horse and bluish in color. Carnivorous in nature, a Ng-eye Sai generally hunts for small and large animals, including humans.

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Ngoloko (Tanzania): See also Chemosit

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Ngoubou
A powerful, horned quadruped that grazes in the savannahs, makes large beds for itself, and kills elephants. in Cameroon the Ngoubou was readily identified with the picture of the Triceratops. Several eye-witnesses from different villages described the animal’s bony neck frill, beaked mouth, and the heavy tail. It is said to inhabit savannah areas to the west of the Boumba river and is also known in the Sanga region near the Central African Republic. Supposedly the female of the species differs slightly with respect to the neck frill.

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Ngoui Rung
A creature said to inhabit Vietnam, reputedly similar to the bigfoot, sometimes also known as "forest people". It is described as being approximately six feet tall and completely covered with hair except the knees, the soles of the feet, the hands and the face. The hair ranges in color from gray to brown to black. The creature walks on two legs and has been reported seen both solitary and moving in small clans.

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Nibelungen
These Teutonic dwarf faeries live in a hidden subterranean crystal palace. They come to woodlands when the mood strikes, and this is where humans have seen them. They are tricksters and quite capricious, with a temperament most resembling that of the Irish Leprechaun.

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Nicker: See Kelpies

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Nini Muni
A horrible old witch in Indonesian mythology. She lives in Kaseteran, the Forest of Spirits. Visitors come to her for the Obat Hidup, the medicine that revives the dead and heals all wounds. Obtaining the medicine is difficult for she will threaten a visitor unless he brings her dishes of rice, roast chicken and sweet cakes, 77 of each. While she is eating she becomes younger and prettier, and demands that the man makes love to her. Only then will she give the Obat Hidup.

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Nis: See Brownie

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Nisroch                
This human that was taken to be a god in Assyrian mythology, had an eagle's head.

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Nixie                
Nixies are Germanic sprites, beings of the water. Although the male doesn't often show himself to humans. The female however, is often seen sitting in the sun on the banks of their watery homes. Nixie maidens are beautiful with long hair and blue eyes. If a man tries to spy on their beauty, the song of the maiden can cause them to lose their wits.

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Nocticula: Also known as Herodiade
The mysthical sovereign of the Night, she is believed to have ordered human sacrifices, children who were given to the Lamias (see Lamia) to be cut to pieces, avidly devoured and then spewed back, and by Nocticula's mercy, brought back to their cribs.

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Noggles
The Noggle is a solitary faery who lives near the edge of inland streams, which he jealously guards against human encroachment. They look like small gray horses, complete with miniature tack.

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Nok Hussadee
A large bird with the head of an elephant. It's also described as the creature with immense size amd enormous power in many tales. In the legend of Phra Suton-Manora, there's a section which mentions the bird. In the story, the bird is as large as a house.

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Nok Insee or Eagle
A semi-large bird that truly exists in the real world. In the world of Himmapan, however, the creature's a bit different. Nok Insee in Himmapan forest has light green color with brownish wings and a tail like that of Singh's (see reference).

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Nokke
This is a musical river sprite who is often heard but never seen.

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Nok Sadayu
A large bird, he's the son of Garuda and a brother to another great bird, Nok Sumpatee. The bird played an important role in the story as it's a great ally to the kingdom of Ayotthaya and prince Rama. Nok Sadayu is a large bird with greenish body color.

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Nok Thet
The word is most likely shortened from "Nok Kra Jok Thet" which means Ostrich. The bird is described to have red body color with tail feathers like rooster's. Some believe the bird is a made-up bird from an artist's imagination.

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Nok Tuntima
This creature is always equipped with a long pole. In some legends this bird has the face of a human.

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Nora
A small bald humanoid, that would move around on all fours, and was claimed to be invisible. He would attack by jumping on his victim, and sucking on their breasts. The Nora was known mainly in Hungary.

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Nosferat
A Rumanian (Transylvanian) vampire. Any person killed by a Nosferat becomes one. The vampire also acts as both incubus and succubus. Its twin missions are to suck the blood of its victim and to cause nocturnal pollutions. It is the spirit of the stillborn bastard of two parents who were also illegitimates (or, as mentioned, it may have been the victim of another Nosferat). When a woman is impregnated by a Nosferat the child is a witch. Young persons are especially attractive to it and are approached with such insatiable and overwhelming ardor that the boy or girl dies of exhaustion. The Nosferat also causes sterility and impotence in humans.NOSFERAT A Rumanian (Transylvanian) vampire. Any person killed by a Nosferat becomes one. The vampire also acts as both incubus and succubus. Its twin missions are to suck the blood of its victim and to cause nocturnal pollutions. It is the spirit of the stillborn bastard of two parents who were also illegitimates (or, as mentioned, it may have been the victim of another Nosferat). When a woman is impregnated by a Nosferat the child is a witch. Young persons are especially attractive to it and are approached with such insatiable and overwhelming ardor that the boy or girl dies of exhaustion. The Nosferat also causes sterility and impotence in humans.

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Nosferatu
Nosferatu is a modern word derived from Old Slavonic word, nosufur-atu, which was borrowed from the Greek nosophoros, meaning, "a plague carrier". Quite often this word is used to signify your generic run-of-the-mill vampire.

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Nuckelavee
Is surely the most awful of the Scottish sea fairies. A monstrous horse with legs that are part flipper, a huge mouth and one fiery eye and, rising from its back joined to it at the waist, a hideous torso with arms that nearly reach the ground, topped by a massive head that rolls from side to side as though its neck was too weak to hold it upright. Worse than this though is the horrible appearance of the creatures flesh, for it has no skin. Black blood coursing through yellow veins, white sinews, and powerful red muscles are exposed. The Nuckelavee has an aversion to fresh running water and the pursued have only to cross it to escape.

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Nuk-luk (North West Territories): See also Bigfoot

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Nunnehi
Cherokee version of elves. They live in towns beneath the ground. Nunnehi are saddened by the suffering incurred by the Cherokee and occasionally offer assistance. Nunnehi led the Cherokee to Pilot Knob, North Carolina, where they passed through the realm of the Nunnhei and were safe.

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Nguoi Rung: See also Almas

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N’yamala
See also Mokele-Mbembe

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Nymph
Any member of a large class of female nature spirits, sometimes bound to a particular location or landform. Nymphs often accompanied various gods and goddesses, and were the frequent target of lusty satyrs. They are personifications of the creative and fostering activities of nature.

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Oak King, The
The Oak king is usually depicted as wearing a small breech cloth and a crown of oak leaves and acorns. In his right hand he carries a staff of oak wood.

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Oakmen, The
Oakmen are male dwarf faeries with huge heads who are the guardians of sacred oak groves. They are not very friendly towards people, but no one has ever been harmed by one.

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Oannes
Fish headed beings from another world, these were considered to be sea gods by the ancient Chaldeans. Oannes lived among men by day, building the great Sumerian civilization and teaching art, science, and religion, while at night they returned to the Persian Gulf to swim in the ocean.

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Obayifo
A kind of living vampire found among the Ashanti people of West Africa. It is said to be either a male or female human able to leave its body at night to travel about and cause harm. Its main delight is to drink the blood of children, causing their slow, painful death.

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Obur
The Bulgarian gluttonous blood drinker know as the Obur was very loud, capable of creating noises not unlike that of a firecracker, with the ability to move objects like a poltergeist.

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O goncho                
The o Goncho is a dragon from Japan. Every fifty years this white beast turns into a golden bird. The cry of this beast is supposed to signify the coming of famine.

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Ogopogo
The creature that has been sighted in Canada's Lake Okanagan is known to the locals as Ogopogo. This creature is considered the Nessie of North America. The numerous sightings date back to 1850 and still continue to this day. The creature is described as a large, dark colored animal with a long neck and a humped back. In 1968, Art Folden video taped Ogopogo while it swam across the lake. In 1976, the above photo was taken of Ogopogo by Ed Fletcher of Vancouver. On that day he chased the creature up and down the lake for several hours taking pictures of it.

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Ogres
Ogres stand twice as tall as a human and are strongly built with large muscles. Ogres are not highly intelligent creatures but they are not stupid and nor are they evil creatures. They tend to rely on brawn rather than brains. Ogres are good fighters and other races try to recruit them as mercenaries for armies. Ogres don't really care for whom they fight for as long as the moneys good and that they get a good fight.

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Ohdows
A race of small, well formed people with the features of the Native Americans who live underground in North America. They use their magic to subdue the earth spirits who cause earthquakes.

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Oh-mah (California): See also Bigfoot

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Old People, the
Another Cornish name for the fairies.

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Old Yellow Top (Ontario): See also Bigfoot

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Olifiau
A giant black bat has ben reported in the mountains of Cameron. It has been observed by many hunters in the area. A similar creature has been seen in the Jiundu swamp in Zambia, called the Kongamato.

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Oni                
In Japanese myth, the Oni are evil spirits or demons that have monstrous forms. There are many kinds of Oni, but the most recognized are the oni of hell. These creatures are green or red and have either the head of an ox or a horse, with a human body. They capture sinners and carry them in a flaming chariot to the god of the dead. Another group of Oni are perpetually hungry and thirsty with stomachs that are grossly swollen. These Oni have the ability to change their shape. Some oni are invisible, but all are said to be malevolent and the cause of disease.

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Onocentaur                
During the middle ages, a variation of the centaur emerged. In stead of being part horse and part man, the onocentaur is part donkey and part man.

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Orc's
Orc's are green skinned creatures with large sharp K9 teeth and pointy ears. They are taller than humans are but Orc's are broader and more muscular. Orc's have larger heads than humans but have thicker skulls and they have smaller brains. Another biological feature of Orc's is their ability to suffer large wounds that wound almost certainly kill humans or other races. They seem to posses a remarkable regenerative & immune system. Orc's are an aggressive race that forms tribes or war bands. Some times these war bands group together to form mighty armies. Orc's are savage fighters and preferred tactics are to attack in large hordes. Orc's use varying weapons to fight with depending on the intelligence within a particular tribe. Savage Orc's which is a tribe that inhabit forests are poorer developed and tend to use clubs and simple weapons to attack with and do not use armour. A more advanced tribe would be equipped forged weapons and armour. Orc's use an unusual mount to get them around quickly they use giant ferocious Boars. These make good attacking cavalry.

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Oread
Greek. Mountain and hill nymph, also grotto's. The plural form is Oreades in Greek, usually seen as Oreads. The name is from the Greek for "mountain", something like opos. An oread was usually known by the name of the mountain or hill on which she lived. Echo was an Oread nymph.

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Orang Gadang
Or 'Great Man'. Sumatra's giant type of Sasquatch. They are said to stand between 7½ and 12 feet tall (some reports describe slightly taller specimens) and to be covered with bushy dark hair.

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Orang Letjo or Orang Pendek
A Sumatra's version of the Sasquatch.

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Oreads

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Orthus                
Orthus, the brother of the dog Cerberus, is the offspring of Echinda and Typhon. Orthus, a two headed dog, guarded the cattle of Geryon. Orthus was clubbed to death by Heracles.

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Owlman
In the 1970's a silvery feathered birdman was observed by people in the Mawnan in Cornwall, England. The birdman was said to have pincers as feet, reddish eyes and a large mouth. Two sisters watched it fly over a church in 1976. In July of the same year there were more sightings of the creature both on the ground and in the sky. In June through August of 1978 there were additional sightings in the area of the church in Mawnan.

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Paian, The
This is the dwarf faery congress of Scandinavia.

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Painajainen
These faeries look like small white horses who ride through the Alps.

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Pamarindo
This Italian made dwarf faery is very small, mean, and obese. He is a scavenger who kills animals. He wears a hat of fur and red clothes which are stained with animal fat. He is lazy and disliked by other faeries.

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Panorn Maruek
With the upper body of a monkey and the lower part of a deer, this creature possesses the agility of a deer-like animal but able to fully utilize its functional hands for grabbing objects. Panorn Marueks also have exceptional sense of hearing as a trait from monkeys. Like monkeys, Panorn Marueks prefer fruits such as banana and coconuts to grasses. Written in the legend of Himmapan, Panorn Marueks generally have a greenish body color.

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Pard
A swift and deadly beast that kills with a single leap.

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Pans
A class of demigods or spirits derived, it would seem, from the god Pan. They resemble traditional representations of Pan and of Satyrs. They copulate with both humans and nymphs, and also, on occasion, with animals, particularly she-goats.

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Parandrus
An Ethiopian beast. It is the size of an ox and the color of a bear; its hooves are cloven, its horn branch, its head is a stag's and its hair is long. It changes its appearance to conceal itself in its surroundings.

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Payak Kraisorn
This creature possesses combined features of a tiger and a lion. Its head resembling a Bengal tiger's while the body is that of Lion. There are some Payak Kraisorns spotted in real world and are called "Liger" (offspring of male Lion and female Tiger) or "Tigon" (offspring of male Tiger and female Lion).

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Payak Wane Tai
This is a mixed creature between a tiger, a Garuda and a Hongsa (see reference to these terms).

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Peccary                
A peccary, as described by Zappa, is a gregarious, nocturnal, little pig with a white collar. It usually is found anywhere between Texas and Paraguay, sometimes ranging as far west as Catalina. There is a breed that distinguish themselves with a series of markings that look like a wide tie, directly under the white collar. The size of the tie, symbolizes how nimble their mind is. They also have the ability to speak and drive cars, and have been known at times, to work for the government.

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Pechs, or Pehts
The Scottish Lowland names for fairies and are confused in tradition with the Picts, the mysterious people of Scotland who built the Pictish brughs and possibly also the round stone towers. The Pechs were considered tremendous castle builders and were credited with the construction of many of the ancient castles. They could not bear the light of day and so only worked at night, when they took refuge in their brughs or "sitheans" at sunrise. It seems likely that some historic memory of an aboriginal race contributed one strand to the twisted cord of fairy tradition.

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Peewit
A creature that flies in the air. "It has a crest of seven colours, two-fingers-long, which stands up and comes down. It is itself of four colours, as in relation with the four seasons of the year. It is called koukouphas or poupos, as is written on the subject in the preceding work called the Archaic Book. The creature is sacred." From the Kyranis of Hermes and of Harpokration.

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Pegaeae
A type of nymph that lived in springs. One group of them dwelled in the spring of Pegae, and were responsible for the kidnapping of Hylas.

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Pegais                
As recorded by Pliny, the Pegais was a great bird with the head of a horse.

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Pegasus
A winged horse that sprang from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa when the hero Perseus beheaded her.

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Peg Powler
One of the many Green Hags with sharp teeth who drag their victims down to watery graves.

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Pelesit
Malaysian vampiric being that took on the form of a house cricket. If someone was being attacked by a Polong, the pelesit generally accompanied it. The Pelesit would arrive before the Polong, enter the victim's body, and prepare the way for the Polong.

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Penanggalan
The Malaysian Penanggalan was female, with its head separated from its body, and their intestines hanging down. She would live in a tree, and fly from house to house, sucking the blood of newly born children, and sometimes even their mothers.

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Penates
Penates (Pay-not-ayes) are dwarf faeries who wear peasant costumes and small tool belts. They always are seen as males.

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P'eng-niao                
In Chinese mythology, the P'eng-Niao was a creature, part bird and part dragon.

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People of Peace
The Irish often referred to the Sidhe in this manner. The word sidhe means peace. See Daoine Sidhe in Faery Lineage.

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People in the Hills, the
Fairies who live under the green mounds, or tumuli, all over England.

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Peridexion Tree
A tree in India that attracts doves and repels dragons

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Peryton                
Supposedly from Atlantis, the Peryton is a creature that is half-deer and half-bird. The have the head and legs of a deer and the plumage, wings and hindquarters of a bird. Perytons so not cast their own shadows, but rather, the shadows of humans. because of this, they are thought to be the spirits of travelers who have died far away from their homes, and therefor their gods. It is said that these creatures are the mortal enemies of men, and that they are responsible for the fall of Rome.

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Pheng                
Much like the Roc or Arabic lore, the Pheng is a great bird from Japanese legend. It is so large that it eclipses the sun and it can pick-up and eat a camel.

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Phi-Suk
The Phi-Suk wear the ancient native dress of southeast Asia. They are neither good nor bad to humans, but are dispensers of justice and lessons in much the same way as the Moerae of Greece.

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Phoenix                
Most beings spring from other individuals; but there is a certain kind which reproduces itself. The Assyrians call it the Phoenix. It does not live on fruit or flowers, but on frankincense and odoriferous gums. When it has lived five hundred years, it builds itself a nest in the branches of an oak, on the top of a palm tree. In this it collects cinnamon and spikenard, and myrrh, and of these materials builds a pile on which it deposits itself, and dying, breathes out its last breath amidst odors. From the body of the parent bird, a young Phoenix issues forth, destined to live as long a life as its predecessor. When this has grown up and gained sufficient strength, it lifts its nest from the tree (its own cradle and its parent's sepulcher), and carries it to the city of Heliopolis in Egypt, and deposits it in the temple of the sun.

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Phooka
An Irish Goblin with a variety of rough beast like forms. He appears sometimes as a dog or a horse, or even a bull, but is generally jet black with blazing eyes. As seemingly friendly, shaggy, sway backed pony Phooka offers the unwary traveler a welcome lift; but once astride he is taken for a wild and terrifying gallop across the wettest and most thorny country, eventually to be dumped headlong into the mire or deposited in a ditch. The chuckle is that of the Phooka as he gallops away.

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Phynnodderees
The term Phynnodderee is actually Welsh, and sometimes these Manx faeries are called Bugganes instead. The Phynnodderees go completely naked, revealing wizened, emaciated male bodies. Their skin is leathery, and they have small patches of silver hair tucked here and there all over themselves. By human standards they are very ugly.

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Piasa
Incubi who specialize in raping drunken, psychotic, and sleeping women. Its by far the rarest of all beasts either in the web or any other reading materials, very few pictures found; hope that this illustration will breathe life to it here and more people noticing it. Several explorers in 1673 discovered on a limestone cliff, images of a creature which later came to be known as the Piasa. It is described to have beaming red eyes, human facial features, lion's mane, a dragon-like scaly body and the most distinctive of them all; a tail that's twice as long as its body.

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Picts
The original peoples who dwelled in the northeastern coast of Ireland. They were called the "Cruithne" and migrated down from Gaul or Galia (France). As the conquering waves of invaders arrived in Ireland, eventually the Picts retreated to the woods and lived in caves and underground forts. They were a small, dark people and became known as the classic Faery people. See Pechs.

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Pie-Annet Bird (See also barnacle geese)
A goose hatched out of barnacles upon driftwood.  

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Pig-Faced Ladies
The tale of the pig-faced lady was a folk story common in Europe during the middle ages. A newly-wed lady of rank and fashion (so the tale goes) annoyed by the pleas of a beggar-woman and her child, exclaimed: "Take away your nasty pig, I shall not give you anything!" to which the beggar-woman cursed her, saying: "May your own child, when it is born, be more of a pig than mine!" And so the lady gave birth to a lovely little daughter afflicted with the face of a pig. This pig-baby thrived and grew, and became a pig-girl and then a pig-woman . . . a lovely dainty lady right up to the neck, you would say, but there her beauties ended; and her manners were in every respect, alas, those of a pig at the trough. No servant would remain in her parents' employ, no fortune-hunter was desperate enough to wed the creature; at last her unhappy family founded a hospital, whose trustees were bound to keep and cherish the pig-faced damsel, and there the poor thing spent the rest of her days. Pig-faced women were often exhibited by showmen: these were bears, their heads carefully shaven, roped upright in chairs like women, and adorned with shawls and gowns, hats and ringlets and flowers.

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Pigsies: See Pixies.

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Pijavica or Pijawica
A Slovenian vampire found in parts of northwestern Yugoslavia, particularly in the region bordering Austria and Italy. The pijavica is created as a result of various evils being perpetrated by the deceased during his/her mortal life, incest being the one that most assuredly guarantees a person's return as a vampire.

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Pillywiggins
Pillywiggins are seasonal faeries associated with spring. They are small winged creatures who resemble Pixies, and they are very playful. Their sole purpose seems to be to tend spring flowers.

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Pisachas
These creatures originate from India, and the word means literally, "eaters of raw flesh." They're hideous in appearance, bloodthirsty, and repellant. They're supposedly products of the anger of the deity Brahma.

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Pishaca: See also above
Lesser fiends than the rakshasa (See this word), the pishaca is a vampire who torments the dead as well as the living. They are also creators of such fould diseases as leprosy.

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Pishauchees
Hindu succubi who cause men to have wet dreams. They are probably female counterparts of Pisachas.

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Pixies, or Pigsies, or Piskies

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Pi-hsi                
This Chinese deity of rivers was part dragon, part tortoise.

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Plant Annwn
Welsh faeries of the underworld. They are guarded by the Cwun Annwn or White Hounds.

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Plant Rhys Dwfen (plant hree thoovn)

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Pla Kwai
The creature has the head of a buffalo (or cattle like) and the body of a fish.

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Pla Seau
The creature has the head of a tiger and the body of a fish.

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Polevik
A Polish faerie, he appears as a two footed goat and helps to bring in the harvest.

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Polong
A very small Malaysian female (1 inch tall), which was believed to be a witch's familiar. In return for daily blood from the witch, the Polong would do many tasks, including attacking the witch's enemies. See also Pelesit.

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Poltergeist
A ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder.

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Poludnitsa
A beautiful Russian succubus encountered in rustic regions.

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Polviks
Poleviks (Poh-leh-vicks) look more like bipedal goats than anything resembling a human. They aid in the growing and harvesting of crops.

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Pontianak
A Malaysian Langsuyar's stillborn child believed to take the form of a night owl. To prevent a deceased baby from becoming a Pontianak, it was treated the same as the Langsuyar.

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Pope Lick Monster< The
A is a mythical creature, or cryptid, said to live beneath the Pope Lick Trestle in Louisville, Kentucky. The Pope Lick Trestle is a long, high, and dangerous railroad trestle over Pope Lick Creek in Metro Louisville. Descriptions of the Pope Lick Monster vary; some describe it as having the body of a man and the head of a goat, while others describe a white-haired, Yeti-like creature.Reported behavior of the Pope Lick Monster includes driving people from its territory by wailing, screaming, or throwing stones. The Pope Lick Monster has also been blamed for the mutilation of sheep.

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Popobawa
Allegedly, a creature described as being a dwarf with a single forehead centered eye, small pointed ears, bat wings and talons, known for raping men at any chance it gets. The beast was first reported in Pemba, Zanzibar, in 1972. Since then, numerous eyewitness accounts and reports of injuries have been attributed to the devilish dwarf, who also tells its victims to report the attack, or else it will comeback to sodomize them again.

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Portunes
Small agricultural fairies. Portunes look like old men and are among the smallest of all faeries, less than an inch tall. They have a trickster's nature. It was their habit to labor on farms, and at night when the doors were shut they would blow up the fire, and, taking frogs from their bosoms, they would roast them on the coals and eat them. They were like very old men with wrinkled faces and wore patched coats.

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Potameides
Graceful nymphs of rivers and streams. They are a type of Naiades.

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Powers (dynamesis)
Angelic beings shaped like hazy fumes in bright colors. They are the bearers of conscience and the keepers of history. The angels of birth and death are in this category. They are academically driven, and are concerned with ideology, philosophy, theology, religion, and documents pertaining to those studies. Powers are the brain trusts: a group of experts who serve as advisers and policy planners. Their duty is to oversee the distribution of power among mankind, hence their name.

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Preyts
Hindu incubi.

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Principalties (archai)
Angelic beings shaped like rays of light. They lie beyond the group of archangels. They are the guardian angels of nations and countries, and are concerned with the issues and events surrounding these, including politics, military matters, commerce and trade. One of their duties is to choose who among humanity will rule.

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Psychopomp
"The leader," or "conductor of the soul". It is an epithet of Hermes as conductor of the souls of the deceased to the realm of Hades. The Egyptian god Anubis also had such a function.

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Pteranodons: See also Pterosaur

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Pterodactyl: See also Pterosaur

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Pterosaur
One of a group of flying reptiles that, while not true dinosaurs, are said to have thrived and become extinct at the same time as the dinosaurs. Pterosaurs are classified in a group called the Ornithodira or "bird necks", which in turn is a subgroup of the Archosaurs, or "ruling reptiles," that includes crocodiles, dinosaurs including birds, and "thecodonts." "Pterosaur" comes from two Greek words that together mean "winged lizard." The word "pterodactyl" is also often used. It means "wing finger" and it is an apt description; the wing of the pterosaur is supported mainly by an elongated fourth digit along the forward edge. Not all pterosaurs were alike. Pteranodons, which came a little later then their cousins, besides not having any teeth, were also tailless. It is believed that they were warm blooded and may have had a thin covering of hair on their bodies.

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Puck , Pwca, Phooka
Thanks to Shakespeare, the most famous of the mischievous shape shifting hobgoblins. He is closely related to the Welsh Pwca and the Irish Phooka.

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Pyrenees
No one has actually seen a Pyrenee, but their energy can animate the ancient standing stones of Cornwall.

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Pyinsa Rupa
It is a combination of 5 animals elephant, bullock, horse, carp, and toenayar. Alternately lion, elephant, buffalo, carp, and hinthar (see reference for term).

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Questing Beast, The
Its appearance is described as that of a leopard with an anguine head, a forked tongue, leonine hindquarters and the hooves of a hart. Like Merlin, it too is the result of the union between a virgin & the demonic incubus. It is said that there's a princess that incestuously lusted for the affection of her brother due to his good look, boyish charm and charisma. One night, she summoned a incubus and made a pact with him to enable her to copulate with her brother. In actual fact, the incubus transformed itself into her brother and before long the princess was impregnated; resulting in the birth of the accursed Questing Beast. The creature is always on the quest for the water to slake its unquenchable thirst; which accounts for its name.

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Rakshasa
Shapeshifting Demon goblins. They can appear as monsters, animals, or beautiful women to seduce holy men and then eat them. They have side tusks, ugly eyes, curling awkward brows, bull's heads, bloated bellies, tangled hair, and backward pointing hands. They can cause leprosy, raise the dead, and regenerate severed limbs. This is one of the more well-known vampiric races from India. They were often described as ogres or demons who would live in cemeteries, disrupt rituals, and interrupt devotions. The slaying of infants was a common pastime of the Rakshasa. Quite often the Rakshasa would take on a half breed form, half humanoid, half animal.

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Ratu-mai-mbula
The Fijian serpent-god who rules the netherworld, where the dead live. Ratu-mai-mbula is also a fertility god for he makes the sap run in the trees and the crops sprout.

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Redcap
Is one of the most evil of the old Border Goblins. He lives in old ruined towers and castles, particularly those with a history of wickedness. He re-dyes his cap in human blood. A Scottish malignant spirit who haunted abandoned castles and other places where violence had occurred. If one slept in a spot haunted by the redcap, it would attempt to dip its cap in human blood. It could easily be driven off with a word from the Bible or a cross.

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Remoras
The bones of the fish remora are sewn in a horse's hide, and being carried aboard a ship, that ship will not budge in the water at hoisting sail or move till the charm is removed. From Harpocration.

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Rhagana
A Lithuanian Hamadryad. They reward with deIightful sexual pleasures those persons who prevent the cutting down of the trees to which their existences are mystically connected.SE´IRIM Demons resembling Satyrs and having similar (sexual) inclinations and habits.

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Roane
Irish name for the Selkie.

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Robin Goodfellow
Robin goodfellow looks like a Greek Satyr, with the head of a young male and the body of a goat. He has a playful, lusty nature, and loves to play pranks on humans. He has small horns on his head, and he carries with him pan pipes which he loves to play while he dances.

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Roc
Legends and stories form all over the world have contained stories of a fabulous huge bird, capable of carrying groups of children, up to three elephants and even Sinbad himself. Our knowledge of the roc (sometimes spelled Rukh) comes from Arabia and China, through the Arabian Nights and the Travels of Marco Polo. The bird, as it appears in Arabian Nights, is described by Sinbad as, "A bird of enormous size, bulky body and wide wings, flying in the air; and it was this that concealed the body of the sun and veiled it from the sun." In the account of Marko Polo the wingspan of the roc was 16 yards and the feathers 8 yards. The bird is usually described as being white. The egg of the roc is said to be over 50 yards in circumference. When Sinbad first saw the egg of the roc, he mistook it for a large domed building. There are four stories about the roc in the Arabian Nights, two involving Abd al-Rahman, and two involving Sinbad. In one story involving Sinbad, the roc unknowingly carries Sinbad to safety after a shipwreck. In the other, and in one of the Abd al-Rahman stories rocs destroy ships by dropping boulders on them. Both of these occurrences were in retaliation for killing a roc chick.

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Rod
creatures said to flit about in the air at such a high speed as to not be seen by the naked eye. Almost all sightings of rods are based on video evidence. Rods gain their name from their rodlike shape. However, they have also been called "skyfish" and "solar entities". They appear to be anywhere from 5 inches to 3 feet in length (about 15 to 90 cm), and to have a thin membrane across their axis that is used for propulsion through the air.

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Rompo
Being made up of many parts, this creature had the head of a hare, the ears of a man, a long body and tail, with the fore feet of a badger and the hind feet of a bear. They are scavenger beasts from Africa and India.

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Ropen
In New Guinea, this creature is described as being a nocturnal creature possessing two leathery wings like a bat, a long tail with a flange on the end, a beak filled with teeth, and razor-sharp claws.

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Rubezahl
They are male dwarf faeries in short black cloaks who each carry a thin, spiky walking stick. They are mean to human travelers. They wear loarge cloaks which hide their faces and seem to not want humans to know just what they look like. Because of this it is believed that they cannot shapeshift.

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Rulers & Authorities
These two types of angels are equal in power and authority. Rulers develop ideologies, while Authorities write the documents and doctrines. Both Powers and Rulers are involved in formulating ideologies; the difference is Powers are all encompassing, and Rulers are more focused on specific lines of thought.

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Rusalki
Rusalkis are lovely female water faeries with long green hair who like to play water games with people. They do not seem deliberately malicious, but sometimes their games get rough and dangerous.

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Sabrookoo (Kenya/Uganda frontier): See also Chemosit

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Sagoon Hayra
This creature with mixed features between a Hayra or a Naga (see reference to these terms) and a bird. Artists sometimes depict the head of Sagoon Hayra similar to a Hayra's or a Naga's with two antlers.

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Sagoon Kraisorn
This creature has the brown body of a lion and a bird's head. If you simply look at the name "Sagoon Kraisorn", it simply means Bird-Lion. Another creature which is a mixture of a bird and a lion is Kraisorn Puksa. The main different is a Sagoon Kraisorn does not possess wings like a Kraisorn Puksa does.

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Sakai: See also Kaki Besar

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Salamander
The salamander (the name possibly coming from the Greek salambe meaning 'fireplace') was often visualized as a small dragon or lizard and is a fire elemental. According to Aristotle and Pliny, the salamander not only resisted fire, but could extinguish it and would charge any flame that it saw as if it were an enemy. Some thought that the reason the salamander was able to withstand and extinguish fire, was that it was incredibly cold, and it would put out fire on contact. The salamander was also considered to be very poisonous, so much so, that a person would die from eating the fruit form a tree around which a salamander had entwined itself.

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Saleerandees
Saleerandees are scaled faeries resembling bipedal lizards.

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Sang Prang
This creature has a yellowish body with claw feet. It's quite uncertain what kind of creature it actually is. In ancient literatures, the word "Sang" can mean several things. It can mean a tiger or even an elephant.

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Saringka Mussaya
A magical fish which was an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The main task of this fish was to help dragging a boat at the time when the world was flooded. The fish is said to have a single horn grows from its forehead.

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Sar Mayee
A large long-haired wild or domesticated ox

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Sasquatch: See Bigfoot

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Satyr: See also Fauns
The Satyrs were creatures who looked like men, but had the hooves and feet as well as the tails of goats. They could be best described as goat-men. Their preferred pastimes were to chase after the wood nymphs and to play nasty tricks on men.

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Satyral: See also Manticore

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Sciapodae or Monocoli
The Sciapodae have a thick and seasoned layer of protective skin at the base of their feet which enable them to leap around the heated ground without any footware needed. When relaxing, these Sciapods would lay on their backs and hold their foot above themselves acting as parasols shielding their body from the intense heat of the sun.

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Scitalis
A serpent whose back gleams so that the pleasure of beholding its markings slows down all who see it, and those it cannot pursue are caught, stunned by the marvelous appearance of the scitalis.

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Scorpion Men
From the Sumero-Akkadian creation myth, scorpion men were born of Tiamat along with the viper, dragon, sphinx, great lion, and mad dog. They are human from the waist up and scorpion from the waist down. The astrological constellation comes from this creature. It often acted as a guard in Babylon.

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Scylla
A sea-monster that guards one side of the straits of Messina. Scylla had six heads, and around her waist is a ring of barking dogs. She seizes sailors as they pass through the strait. Originally she was a beautiful nymph who was transformed by the sorceress Circe out of jealousy. She did this by filling the sea where Scylla was bathing with terrible serpents and by enchantment, they became part of her body.

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Sea-Pig
Sea-pigs dig up the ground under water.

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Sea Serpent
A mythological and legendary marine animal that traditionally resembles an enormous snake.

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Sea Sprites: See Undines

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Sea-Wolf: See also Wasgo

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Sedabo: See also Orang Letjo

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Sedapa: See also Orang Letjo

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Seelie Court
Blessed Court; Name of the kindly fairy host, or benevolent Faery of the positive polarity, and is generally used to describe the Scottish fairies. The malignant fairies were sometimes called the Unseelie Court.

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Sefert
In Egyptian mythology, Sefert was the keeper of Osiris' body parts. He was depicted as having the head of a hawk and the body of a lion, and was also winged.

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Sehité: See also Agogwe

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Selkies
The seas around Orkney and Shetland harbor the Selkies or Seal Faeries (known as Roane in Ireland). A female Selkie is able to discard her seal-skin and come ashore as a beautiful maiden. If a human can capture this skin, the Selkie can be forced to become a fine, if wistful, wife. However, should she ever find her skin she immediately returns to the sea, leaving the husband to pine and die. The males raise storms and upturn boats to avenge the indiscriminate slaughter of seals.

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Senmurv                
In Persian mythology this is a creature that is part mammal and part bird. It is said to be the union of earth, sea and sky. Sometimes it has been called the same bird as the Simurgh.

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Seps
The poison of the seps consumes both body and bones.

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Seraph or Seraphim
First tier of Angels. The word means "fiery ones." They surround the heavenly throne of God with six wings each and a constant proclamation of threefold perfection in God's presence -- "holy, holy, holy."

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Servan
No one has actually seen a servan, but we know they have very mischievous natures.

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Shadowman
A humanoid black shape, believed to be of hallucinatory, illusionary, delusional, or possibly metaphysical origin. Shadowmen are described as all-black figures, with an almost cloak like silhouette, sometimes also with red eyes. Most commonly, people will perceive one at the edge of their field of vision that will disappear upon closer inspection - however many also report seeing them in the center of their vision, appearing to be very close to the witness, and sometimes remain there for several seconds before disappearing, or may act in a menacing enough manner that the viewer literally runs away.

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Shedu
Similar to the Lamassu, this beast that is from Assyrian-Babylonian mythology has a human's head, the body of a bull and wings. It guards temples and palaces.

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Shellycoat
A Scottish bogie who haunts fresh water streams and is festooned with shells which clatter when he moves. He takes pleasure in tricking and bewildering travelers and leading them astray.

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Shi-Ryo
In Japanese myth, a ghost, a dead man visiting the living at night.

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Shiti-Dama
An ancestral spirit in Japanese mythology. Its shape is described as oval or spherical, like a fireball with a bright red color. It is the wandering spirit of a dead person.

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Shivuverre (Kakumega country, Kenya): See also Chemosit

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Shoney: See Kelpies

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Shopiltees
Shopiltees are playful little water horses which have not been reported as having been seen for more than a hundred years.

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Shrieker
A Shrieker isn't from this world. They are born in the Underworld. Nobody knows how. They can only come to this world when somebody opens a gateway between the two. Wessex would know more about them, since his studies have always been towards the darker side of magic. Very powerful and rarely seen.

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Shunka Warakin
In the language of the Native American, Ioway people, the expression Shunka Warak'in means "carries off dogs". This name has been applied to a cryptid that is said to inhabit the great plains of North America.

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Sidhe, Sith, or Si / shee
The Gaelic name for fairie, both in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland. Very tall beings that seem to either shine or appear opalescent. The shining beings belong to the earthly realm; while the opalescent beings belong to the heavenly world. As with any shamanic practice there are three great worlds which we can see while we are still in the body: the heavenly, the earthly, and under worldly realms.

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Silent Moving Folk
The Scottish fairies who live in green knolls and in the mountain fastness of the Highlands. See Still folk.

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Silvani
Silvani are winged wood nymphs who have a very filmy appearance, almost ghostly. They are of no use to humans, but do not seek to harm us. They wear red clothes and animal furs, particularly goat skins.

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Silvan Us
A Latin divinity (and also a class of beings) who physically resembles Pan. He was an agricultural, or arboricultural, god whose father, a shepherd, sired him with a she-goat. According to Saint Augustine, the Silvanus lived in the woodlands and consorted wantonly with women.

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Simurgh                
Related to the roc and the phoenix, this bird that lives for either 1700, 2000 years, or by some accounts is immortal is said to have a nest in the Tree of Knowledge. It is said that this bird is so old that it has seen the destruction of the world three times over. Sometimes it is shown with a human face, the senmurv is most likely the same bird. It is so large that it can carry an elephant or a camel. it is known to take children into its nest to nurse them or foster them. A bird of the same name was an attendant to the Queen of Sheba. It had orange metallic feathers, a silver head, a human face, four wings, a vultures talons and a long peacock's tail.

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Singha Karwee
While only the name "Singha Karwee" may mean the same as "Kraisorn Karwee (see this reference)", the two creatures are a bit different. Both animals are mixed creatures between an ox and a lion. A Singha Karwee, however, is not equipped with a horse like tail like the Kraisorn Karwee has.

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Singha Khak Kar or Sreeha Khak Kar
This creature has a scaly body. The body color is dark purple. Its legs are similar to those of elephant's.

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Singha Panorn
This one has red fur, the upper body has features of a monkey and the lower body of a lion. Its feet, however, are like monkey's.

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Sinta Pakunchorn
This is a greenish horse based creature with the head of an elephant. In the old description, this creature has green body color with black hooves.

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Sinta Panattees
These are inhabitants of rivers and fresh water lakes. The name derived from an Indian Sansakrit word; Sintop which literally means a good breed of horse along an important Indian Sintu river. It’s said that Sintop horses are very strong and magical. They can walk atop river surface by hopping on lotus without even shaking the leaves. Furthermore, the word “Sintu” is also the name of Indian ancient city. This city is believed to be the modern day Indian state, “Sinta” which is also very famous for its horses. A Sinta Panattee has lean horse body with blood red fin grow from the middle of reddish mane, with leg fins attached along the tendon all the way down to ergot, and a fish tail.

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Singto Jean or Chinese Lion
While it bears the same trait as other lions, Singto Jean is a bit furrier than other lion based creatures.

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Sintu Puksee
An odd creature as it has both characteristics of a bird and fish. The creature has bluish bird body with fish tail and fins.

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Siren
The name siren comes from the Greek meaning to bind. the Sirens originally had the bodies of birds and the faces of women. They also had beautiful voices that could seduce any sailor. In Greek origin, Sirens were the daughters of the river deity Achelous, magically born from drops of his blood. They challenged the muses to a musical duel and lost. In losing, the muses plucked out their wings stripping them of their power of flight. From these feathers, the muses made themselves crowns to remind them of their victory. So they were forced to the shore lines where the used there musical talents to lure sailors to them. They then ate the sailors. the island which they live on, just near the strait of Messina where the Scylla and Chaybdis reside, was white with the bones of dead sailors.

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Sirrush                
This Babylonian creature is serpent-like, with the head a scaly head and skin of a snake, with the forefeet of a cat, and birds claws for hind feet.

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Sisiutl: See also Wasgo

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Skaven
The Skaven are mutated race that originate from rats, which fed upon some source of mighty magical power. They are the same height approximately as goblins. Skaven are sneaky and rely on stealth to attack using underground tunnels. Skaven are a quick race, which can be carriers for all sorts of diseases those themselves seem to be immune from

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Skogrsa
Skogrsa are short, hairy, large-nosed wood elves who are very dangerous.

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Skunk Ape (Florida): See also Bigfoot

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Sleigh Beggey / sleigh beargar
The Little Folk. A name given to fairies in the Manx tongue.

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Sleipnir                
In Norse mythology, this horse was the steed of Odin the Allfather. This gray horse had eight legs and therefore could run faster than the wind. It could travel in the air, on the earth and down into the regions of hell.

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Sluagh / slooa
The most formidable of the Highland fairy people; The host of the Unforgiven Dead. By some scholars, they are regarded as the fallen angels, not the dead, but on the whole their accounts correspond closely to that given by Alexander Carmichael in 'Carmina Gadelica'

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Small People of Cornwall
The Fairies were sometimes spoken of this way in Cornwall.

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Snallygaster
A dragon-like beast known from the state of Maryland. It is said to have an acute sense of smell. The principal concentration of this rare animal is around Frederick County.

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Snotlings
Snotlings are the smallest of the greened skinned races. Orcs & Goblins use them as slaves for simple tasks as they are not intelligent creatures at about the same size of a Gnome. They are not a threat on their own to other creatures. They realise this so they form gangs that again can attack a target with numbers.

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Snow Faeries
Snow Faeries take on many different appearances depending in which land they live in. In some lands they are trooping faeries like the Pillywiggins, who collectively help bring winter to the world. In this instance they are small, winged creatures, dressed in white. As and individual being, such as Jack Frost, he is a solitary male. No record has ever been kept of their attitudes towards humans, but they appear to have no interest in us at all.

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Snow Queen: See Snow Faeries

Sogpa: See also Jungli Admi

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Solitary Fairies
The fairies who are chiefly malignant or ominous creatures, comprise this group, although there may be a few nature spirits or dwindled gods among them. An exception is the Brownie and its variants though there are few family groups among the Brownies some think that they were unacceptable in Faery land because of their ragged, unkept appearance, and that they went off to the Seelie Court when they were properly dressed. However, this is only one school of thought on the subject. Other creatures, such as the Lepracaun, Pooka, and Bean Si, also comprise this group.

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Spirits of the Dead
There are prohibitions, said often violated, against raising the dead and providing them with material bodies for immoral purposes. This sexual necromancy is definitely an abomination of the Left-Hand Path, and is rigorously condemned by white magicians.

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Spriggans
Grotesque and ugly in shape. Although quite small, they have the ability to inflate themselves into monstrous forms which has led humans to believe them to be the ghosts of old giants. Apart from their useful function as guardians of hill treasure, Spriggans are an infamous band of villains, skilled thieves, thoroughly destructive and often dangerous. They are capable of robbing human houses, kidnapping children (and leaving a repulsive baby Spriggan in exchange) causing whirl winds to destroy fields of corn, blighting crops and all manner of other unpleasant mischief.

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Springheel Jack
In 1837-38, the citizens of London were accosted by a mysterious humanoid able to leap across entire streets in a single bound. He was called Springheel Jack, and described as having bony fingers, pointed ears, a metallic helmet, glittering garments and a flashing chest lamp. He would jump out at people as they answered doorbells, trying to scratch their faces and then spraying them with an anesthetic gas. Subsequently, Jack has been sighted flying over rooftops in Aldershot (1877), Liverpool (1904), and Mattoon, Illinois (1844).

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Springwurm: See also Tatzelwurm

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Sprites
A general name for fairies and other spirits such as Sylphs and nerieds.

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Spunkies
Spunkies have never been seen, but they are not friendly faeries. Reports of their appearance varies, but they are all said to be short, ugly, and long-armed.

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Sphynx
Originally in Egyptian mythology, the sphinx was depicted as having the body of a lion, wings and a human face. It is invariably male and is a benevolent creature. It is seen as the embodiment of royalty. There are three types of sphinx. The androsphinx, which is the typical lion with a human face/head. There is the criosphinx which is a ram-headed lion. Finally, there is the hierocosphonx which has the body of a lion and the head of a hawk. In Greek myth the sphinx is female and a malevolent being. It usually represents a form of divine punishment. The name sphinx comes from the Greek sphiggein, meaning to draw tight. Hence, the Greek sphinx is envisioned as a strangler. She would sit on the top of a rock and stop all travelers that came in that direction, challenging them with a riddle. According to Apollodorus, the sphinx is a daughter of Echinda and Typhon.

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Squonk
A legendary creature reputed to live in the Hemlock forests of northern Pennsylvania. It is a very ugly creature, and it knows this. Its skin is ill-fitting, and covered with warts and other blemishes, therefore the squonk hides from being seen, and spends much of its time weeping sorrowfully over its own ugliness. Hunters who have attempted to catch squonks have found that the creature is capable of evading capture by dissolving completely into a pool of tears and bubbles when cornered.

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Srihara Mungkorn
This mixed creature has the head of a dragon with the body of a lion. Its body is said to have dark brown in color. From its feature description, the creature is often be confused with a Kraisorn Jumlang.

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Sriha Subun
This creature has the head of a Singh, the body of a Garuda, and the tail of a Hongsa, similar to Payak Wane Tai. (see references to these terms)

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Still Folk
The Scottish name for the Highland fairies. See Silent Moving Folk.

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Stollenwurm: See also Tatzelwurm

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Strigoi or Strigoica
This is the major Romanian vampire. It's the most common and well-known type of vampire. There is a Strigoi, and a Strigoi Mort (both Romanian vampires). The Strigoi was a live vampire, and Strigoi Mort was a dead vampire. The Strigoi could be discovered by an unusual occrurrence either at their birth (born with a caul or a little tail) or death (suicide or an accident). There's also the Strigoi Vii, witches destined to become a Strigoi Mort vampires after death.

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Strongholds: See also Virtues

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Stryx
Witches who transformed into screech owls at night and, in this form, preyed upon infants by drinking their blood and sometimes eating their internal organs as well. The Latin feminine plural form of "stryx" is "striges". In the modern Italian language, "striga" has become a general word for "witch". Crane in Ovide’s sprinkles the door way with "drugged" water and places a branch of hawthorn in the window. In much later European lore, hawthorn is often considered as effective as garlic for the purpose of warding away or confining the undead vampires and the best material for stakes to pound through their hearts.

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Stymphalian Birds        
In Greek mythology, the Stymphalain birds are a destructive and death dealing creature. Their beaks and claws were made of brass, and they could shoot their feathers as if they were arrows. In some accounts, these birds are vicious man-eaters. It was one of Heracles' twelve labors to rid the lake Stymphalus of these birds.

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Subun Hayra
This creature has the head of a 2 horn-Naga and the body of a Garuda. Quite a strange combination as the two creatures are sworn enemies. (see references to terms)

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Subterraneans (Highland)
Trooping Fairy spirits who live under the Fairy Hills or 'Brochs'; they move their lodgings with each quater of the year. They resemble Roman 'Lemures' in being the spirits of ancestral inhabitants. They are equated with the Slaugh.

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Succubus/Incubus
This is a race in Europe that is sometimes considered a vampiric race. The general way they feed is by having sexual relations with the victim, exhausting them and, then feeding on the energy released during sex. They may enter homes uninvited and can take on the appearance of another person. They will often visit the same victim more than once. The victim of a Succubus will experience the visits as dreams.

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Sucoyan or Sukuyan
From Trinidad, these vampires resemble the Loogaroo. They would leave their skin at night and travel as a blue ball of light in search of blood. If caught, a sukuyan would undergo a transformation into an animal. Without its skin it would be unable to resume a humanoid form.

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Sundal bolong
A Javanese female vampire, the result of the suicide and return of a woman impregnated during rape. She returns as a beautiful woman dressed in white. As revenge for the past outrage, she lures young men to drain them or their blood.

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Suea Peek
This is a mixed creature with the head of a tiger and the body of a bird. In old text, the creature has yellowish color. The creature is similar to Payak Wane Tai. (see reference to term)

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Surma
A monstrous animal that guarded Tuonela, the land of the dead. The monster was perceived with ever-open jaws, ready to catch and devour humans with frightening speed. Thus he became the personification of sudden death. Surma was also seen as a guard who prevented the dead from leaving Tuonela, rather than stopping the living from entering.

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Surubim-Rei: See also Minhocão

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Swarth see Wraith

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Sylph                
Coming from the Greek word sylpha meaning butterfly, Sylphs are air elementals.

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Sylvans
Sylvans are beautiful faeries who lure humans to their deaths in the woods.

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Sz                
The Sz is a Malaysian unicorn.

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Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf
See also: Thylacine

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Tatzelwurm
It is allegedly a cryptid animal described as being anywhere from five to seven feet long with a snake-like form, large clawed legs and a feline appearance in the head region. Similar creatures have been part of Scandinavian folklore for centuries. The first sightings of the Tatzelwurm ("worm with claws" in German) were in the seventeen hundreds by a farmer who claimed that it attacked his livestock, particularly a hog. The farmer was so frightened by the attack that he suffered a heart attack and died that same day. Reports have ranged throughout Switzerland since then till present day.

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Teh-lma: See also Yeti

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Tenatz
The Tenartz of Montenegro were corpses taken over by spirits who would roam around at night sucking sleeping people's blood. They would change into mice to enter and exit their gravesites.

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Tengu
A Japanese spirit. They are winged creatures with large noses or beaks, known to be part human and part bird. They are known to mischievous rather than evil, they enjoy playing tricks on humans. However, if the tables are turned and tricks are played on them, they become extremely angry.

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Teoyaomqui
The god of dead warriors in Aztec mythology.

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Tetramorph
Described in the Bible by Ezekiel as having the face of a man, the face of a lion, the face of an ox and the face of an eagle, each with four wings, and the hands of a man under the wings. The tetramorph also had wheels that "turned not when they went", and eyes everywhere.

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Thai Ghilen
The Thai version is a bit different from its original Chinese Ghilen (see this reference). Equipped with two antlers as a standard, the Thai Ghilen also has different looking hooves.

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Themselves
They, or Them that's in it. The most common Manx names used in place of the word "fairy", which was generally considered an unlucky word to use. It is sometimes said that "themselves" are the souls of those drowned in Noah's flood.

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Thep Kinnanorn or Kinnanorn
This is the male counter part of Thep Kinnaree. The creature has the upper body of a human and the lower body of a Hongsa. (see references to terms)

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Thep Kinnaree
This is one of the loveliest of the Himmapan beings. Described as a beautiful half-woman, half swan, with the head and torso of a woman yet below the delicately tapered waist she has the body, tail and legs of a swan. Kinnaree also has human arms and the wings of a swan. While the Kinnaree has a male counterpart (the Kinnara or Kinna Norn) and is similar in form. The Kinnaree is renowned for her excellence in singing, dancing and her graceful form is often seen in sculpture, traditional architectures, and temple murals.

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Thep Norasr
This creature is a mixed lion which has the upper body of a human. Sometimes it has the lower body of a lion, and in occasions it has the look of a deer's. The females are sometimes called "Upsorn Srihas".

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Thep Puksee
This is a mixed creature between a human and a bird. The different thing between this creature and Thep Kinna Norn and Thep Kinnaree seems to be the human like legs.

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Thirdaks
Believed to have originally come from a world replete with magic, these voracious creatures, resembling a crocodilian with two powerful back legs and no front legs, survive by consuming magic. To the best of anyone's knowledge, it is impossible to harm a thirdak using magic, or even to directly affect it magically. The thirdak simply metabolizes whatever magic is thrown at it. In the wild, thirdaks are voracious predators, hunting any magical creature from pixies to genies. However, they can be tamed, and have become the pet of choice for the antimagical Hipocci.

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Thought-Forms: See also Egrigors

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Thrones (thronoi)
The Thrones are angelic beings shaped like shiny orbs of shifting colors. Their duty is to carry the throne of God around in paradise, hence their name.They are the companion angels of the planets. Thrones are fully equal in authority and power in comparison to the Powers. However, Thrones are politically, militarily and economically oriented, and their main concerns revolve around people and world events. Thrones have authority over major divisions of the world.

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Thronoi: See also Thrones

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Thrumpin
(Northern Counties, Scottish Border); The Thrumpin attends every man like a guardian angel and possesses the power to take away his life.

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Thunderbirds
The Thunderbird lives among the clouds in the sky. The Thunderbird is a monstrous sized bird that is so big it can take whales within its talons. When the Thunderbird beats it wings they crackle with lightening and rumble with thunder. Arrows of lightening flash from its eyes. The Thunderbird comes from Native American mythology.

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Thussers
Thussers are a community of small faeries of both genders and their children who live in earthen mounds near the fjords of Norway. They tend to avoid humans, but they are not malicious.

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Thylacine: aka Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf
The creature is half wolf and half tiger, with a head like a large dog's, hindquarters like a hyena's, and tiger stripes covering only the rear half of its body ending with a long, rigid tail. It also has a pouch like a kangaroo's, except that the pouch opens backwards.

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Tichakorn Jatubod
This is a four legged creature with some features of a bird. Perhaps because the word "Jatubod" means those with 4 legs and the word "Tichakorn" means a bird. Old legends describe the creature as a lion like animal with wings and tail like a bird. Its skin is light green in color with the exception of its tail which is yellowish.

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Tiddy Ones, Tiddy Men, or Tiddy People.
The Lincolnshire fenman's nature spirits, which are also referred to as the Yarthkins or Strangers. Most of them were undifferentiated, a drifting mass of influenced and powers rather than individuals. The one among them personally known and almost beloved was the Tiddy Mun, who was invoked in times of flood to withdraw the waters.

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Tighe Faeries
No one has ever seen a Tighe (Tee or Teeg), but they are believed to be relatives of the Scottish house Brownie and, like their Scottish cousins, they attach themselves to the service of one home.

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Tinna Sriha
They are said to have a red body with horse like hooves. Tinna Sriha is herbivorous in nature.

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Tjangara: See also Yowie

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Tlahuelpuchi
Aztec (usually female) who had the ability to shapeshift into various animals and suck people's blood, most often infants. The most common form was a turkey, but dogs, cats, buzzards, and others were reported.

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To
A lion like creature with two horns above its head. The name "to" is believed to be derived from a mythical Laosian creature name.

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Toenayar or Nayar
Mythical dragon or serpent with four legs.

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Tok:See also Gin-Sung

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Tokolosh
A South African faerie; Tokolosh is a sullen spirit who lives beside streams, throwing stones into the water on still nights. He is famous for frightening lone travelers, usually by jumping on a small animal or bird and strangling it so that the poor animal's panicked cry alarms the traveler. He is described as being something like a baboon, but smaller and without a tail, and covered with black hair.

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Torpedo
A fish whose touch numbs the strongest arms and swiftest feet.

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To Thep Singha Nat
This is a lion based creature white brown body color. The name is believe to be a combination from the word "To" and the word "Singha Nat". Both animals are also lion like creatures.

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To Thep Ussadorn
This is a mixed creature between a lion and a horse. The creature has physical similarity with another Himapan animal, Durong Puksin , which has a horse’s body and the head of a lion. According to the legend, the To Thep Ussadorn has orangish coat, green mane, red hooves, and red tail. The word “Ussadorn” means a good breed of horse or a mixed creature between a mule and a horse. Much like a Durong Kraisorn, the To Thep Ussadorn is a carnivorous animal and prey on small and large inhabitants of Himmapan forest.

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Tomtra
The Tomtra is a Brownie with a somewhat less likable disposition. He always appears as a male wearing a small green cap and brown clothing.

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Treemen
Treemen are ancient fantasy creatures that protect the forests of old. Treemen are gigantic tree looking like creatures they have trunk like legs and have great branches for arms. They have a tough woody skin. Treemen have a fear of fire as this can do much damage to them and their forest homes. Treemen tend to have hatred towards those that go around chopping down the biggest and oldest of trees.

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Triton
The son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, this merman was often depicted with a horn or conch shell. With this trumpet he could raise or calms storms. Of Lybian origin, Triton shared the gift of prophecy with Nereus and Proteus. Losing individual identity, he became a class of sea-beings, tritons and mermen, able to venture onto land.

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Trologdytes
Troglodytes are humanoid reptilian creatures they have basic intelligence. They stand about 5ft in height, have a basic humanoid shape, they have three fingers and a thumb, they have tough leathery skin and a lizard like tail and taloned feet. Their skin pigment tones have the ability to change colour to match their surroundings much like that of a chameleon. Troglodytes are a feudal race having warring tribes. They have very basic technology; they construct crude weapons such as flint axes and javelins. They are ferocious creatures that hunt down other creatures for meat. They were seen to raid human settlements to capture the young for food.

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Trolls
Cave Dwellers, Scandinavian faeries who hate sunlight.

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Trooping Fay or Faery
The Faery have been divided into two main classes: trooping and Solitary. It is a distinction that hold good throughout the British Isles, and is indeed valid wherever fairy beliefs are held. The trooping fay can be large or small, friendly or sinister. They tend to wear green jackets, while the Solitary Faery wear red jackets. They can range from the Heroic Faery to the dangerous and malevolent Sluagh, or to the Diminutive Fairies who include the tiny nature spirits that make the fairy rings with their dancing and speed the growth of flowers.

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Trows
Live on the Shetland Islands, similar to the Scandinavian Trolls and like them, have an aversion to daylight. They are frequently observed performing a curious lopsided dance called 'Henking'

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Trunko
On the morning of November 1 1922, visitors to the beach at Margate, South Africa, were treated to an amazing spectacle out at sea: two whales could be clearly observed engaging in battle with a bizarre sea monster with snowy-white fur and a huge elephantine trunk.As the titanic battle progressed,the monster seemed to weaken, and three hours later it was dead.During the evening it's lifeless body was washed ashore and proved to be truly colossal, measuring just over 14 metres(47 feet) in length,and including a 3 metre (10 foot) tail.Apart from it's luxuriant 20-cm (8-inch) long fur,however, the most remarkable feature abou this creature is that it did not possess a distinct head; instead, it bore only the trunk-like appendage, 1.5 meters (5 feet) long, that had been visible during it's fatal encounter with the whales.This creature was dubbed "Trunko".

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Tuatha de Danann                
Form the Irish meaning Children of the Goddess Danu, Tuatha de Danann is probably the most important race of færies. The had a monarchical society, and they were a magical race. The Tuatha de Danann flew into Ireland with their four magical possessions: The Lia Fail (stone of destiny), the spear of their warrior god Lug, the sword of Nuadu, and the inexhaustible cauldron of the god good the Dagda. They banished the Firbolg and defeated the demonic Fomorians. Many centuries later they were defeated and driven to their otherworldly kingdom, Tir nan Og by the Milesians. There in Tir nan Og, they remain ageless and beautiful, still practicing magic. Many think that all færies are descended from the race of Tuatha de Danann.

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Tukkar Tor
This is a very strange lion based creature with its lower body of a lion and the head of an elephant. The creature is often confused with Kochasri as both has very similar appearance. The differences are Tukkator has beard and its hair flows forward.

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Tulpas (Tibet): See also Egrigors

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Tumudurere
The Wagawaga (New Guinea) god who lives with his wife and children in Hiyoyoa, the land of the dead. He directs the spirits of the dead, telling them where to make their gardens.

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Tundra Moles
A large, furless creature the size of an elephant but only rarely seen. They live below the permafrost level in the far north, tunneling slowly along in search of food. They are omnivorous, and will eat whatever they can find or catch unawares. Generally they are slow moving, contenting themselves with the abundant succulent roots just below the surface of the soil. Occasionally they will sit in wait along animal runs and spring forth with amazing speed to capture a passing elk or reindeer. The will also eat what carrion they come across, eating the entire carcass and leaving nothing behind save a mound of disturbed earth. They are generally not found very far south except in winter, for anything over 50 degrees Fahrenheit would quickly kill them.

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Tylwyth Teg / terlooeth teig
The Fair Family. The most unusual name for Welsh fairies, though they are sometimes called Bendith Y Mammau, in an attempt to avert their kidnapping activities by invoking a euphemistic name. They are fair haired, and love golden hair. They dance and make fairy rings. They are like the Daoine Sidhe, and dwell underground or under water. The fairy maidens are easily won as wives and will live with human husbands for a time. The danger of visiting them in their own country lies in the miraculous passage of time in Faery land. They give riches to their favorites, but these gifts vanish if they are spoken of.

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Typhon
A fire breathing giant with 100 serpentine heads, Typhon was taller than mountains with serpentine legs and thighs and had a feathered and winged body. He fathered on Echinda such beasts as Cerberus, Orthus, the Chimera, the Hydra, the sphinx, the vulture that ate Prometheus' liver, and the Nemean Lion.

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Tzitzimime
The tzitzimime ("Monsters descending from above") were celestial demons in Aztec mythology that continuously threaten to destroy the world. They are said to be the stars that battle the sun each dusk and dawn.

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Ufiti
Another mysterious primate, this time from Malawi, Africa (formerly Nyasaland). The Ufiti, which in the local language means 'ghost of the supernatural', is also known as Fireti. Reports of "black, shaggy monsters" seen in the forest region of Nkata Bay, Lake Nyasa, and of more than 30 mysterious tree-top structures (speculated to be lairs built by these creatures) discovered in the same area by Chief Ranger Oliver Cary and some of his game rangers, made headlines on the February 14, 1960 edition of The Sunday Mail in Zomba, Nyasaland (today's Malawi). The creatures were described as being between 4 and 5 feet tall, black with long hair, a colorless posterior, a baboon-like face, having no tail and a broad chest.

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Uilebheist
The Uilebheist are faeries who appear as multiheaded sea monsters who guard the inlets and waters around the rocky coasts of the Shetland and Orkney Islands.

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Uisge: See Kelpies

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Undines
Undines appear like small seahorses with human faces. They are stern and yet playful, depending upon what they feel is their appropriate role at the time. They are also thought to have a somewhat seductive nature, though their very small size in relation to humans makes them little threat in that regard.

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Unicorn
The first mention of the Unicorn came from Ctesias in 389 BC. He said that the beast was a wild ass that was the same size, or bigger than a horse. They had white bodies, dark red heads and dark blue eyes, with the tell-tale horn on it's head measuring about a foot and a half. Pliny gave the most descriptive early account. He records it as "a very ferocious beast, similar in the rest of it's body to a horse, with the head of a deer, the feet of an elephant, the tail of a boar, a deep, bellowing voice, and single black horn, two cubits in length, standing out in the middle of its forehead." It is almost impossible to hunt; the only method seems to be to take advantage of the unicorn's great love of purity and innocence. If a young virgin is placed in the unicorn's way it will approach with reverence, lie down beside her, lay its head down in her lap, and fall asleep. The hunters can then capture the beast. In the middle ages the unicorn was a symbol of power, magnificence and purity. In ancient China it was the badge of kingship.

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Unseelie Court
Unblessed Court; They are never under any circumstances favorable to mankind. They comprise the Slaugh, or The Host, that is, the band of the unsanctified dead. The Unseelie Court are the malignant Faery of the negative polarity, made up of Solitary Faery.

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Upierczi
These vampires come from Poland and Russia (also called Viesczy). They have a sting under their tongue instead of the fangs. They are active from noon to midnight and can only be destroyed by burning. When burned, the body will burst, giving rise to hundreds of small, disgusting animals (maggots, rats, etc.). If any of these creatures escape then the Upierczi's spirit will escape too, and will return to seek revenge.

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Upierzyca
Ruthenian succubi who visit youths in their beds when the moon is full and "consume them" with hot and ravenous embraces.

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Upirina: See Vrykolakas.

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Upsorn Srihas
Half-human half-deer female creatures. They are abundant in the forest of Himmapan. Sometimes, the creatures are represented as humans with the lower body of a lion.

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Upyr
One of the most common vampire species of Russia. The traditions relating to the species vary from region to region but found most developed in Ukraine and White Russia. The upyr has a fairly bloodthirsty nature, sucking first the blood of the children then proceeding to their parents. They have teeth like iron that they use to chew their way through obstacles, especially during winter when their hands freeze in the cold earth. they wander during the day, usually from noon to midnight.

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Urchins: See Nix

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Urisk
Is a Scottish solitary faerie who haunts lonely pools. He will often seek out human company but his peculiar appearance terrifies those he approaches.

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Ussa Don Vihok
This is a mixed creature between a horse and a bird. The creature has the head and wings of a bird. The neck fur and wings are said to be red in color. Its horse like body's covered with yellow fur. The hooves and tail appear to be black. The creature's able to fly at great speed much like other winged-horse creatures such as Ma Peeks and Durong Puksins (see these references) . Omnivorous in nature, Ussa Don Vihok's main diets include insects, reptiles, small animals, and plant seeds. There's one creature which has the same appearance as Ussadorn Vihok named "Hippogriff".It appears in Western tales instead of Himmapan forest.

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Ussadorn Hayra
This is a half horse half Hayra( see this reference) creature. The body is light purple in color. "Hayra" creature is sometimes depicted as a crocodile. In some cases, the creature looks rather similar to a dragon.

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Ustrel
This is a Bulgarian vampire, who was a child that had been born on a Saturday, and died before baptism. On the ninth day of its burial, an Ustrel was believed to rise from its grave, and attack local sheep and cattle, draining their blood. If an Ustrel was attacking a community's livestock, one could hire a vampirdzhija, or vampire hunter. This person had an ability to see the Ustrels, and could detect whether or not there was an Ustrel in the community(sounds like a good scam to me).

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Vampire
A corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living

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Vampire Hound
Another breed of vampires, this time the hounds that stand guard at castle Dracula. They have eyes that gleams at night and huge bat-like wings that enable it to take flight. By dawn they would tranforms themselves into statues and perched on the balcony and pass off as gargoyles. This vampire guard-dogs are able to transformed into horses when they master decided to go out on some nocturnal feastings, isn't that convenient!

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Vasily
Vasilys are dwarf faeries that are both male and female, though there seem to be more males. They live in barns and make their beds in the hay. They shun human contact, so we have absolutely no knowledge of their feelings toward us.

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Vasitri
Allegedly, another sasquatch-like creature from South America, this time from Venezuela's jungles. It is described as a wild man-like hairy creature that, according to the local Amerindians, constructs primitive huts and crude weapons. These beings are said to be extremely dangerous and carnivorous, eating men but carrying off women for breeding purposes.

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Veo
The Veo is said to be the size of a horse, with large claws, and a long head. Besides its large size, it's most noticeable features are its large overlapping scales. These scales cover its entire body, except for it's head, lower legs, belly, and the end portion of its tail. The Veo seems to be a nocturnal creature that spends its days sleeping in the islands mountains. At night it's said to venture to the islands coasts where it feeds on termites and ants.

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Verry Volk
The name of the fairies in Gower of Wales; little people dressed in scarlet and green.

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Veshtitza
a blood drinking witch who has similarities to the ancient Roman Stryx and the Albanian Shtriga. The soul of a Veshtitza leaves her body at night and enters the body of a hen or a black moth. In the body of such a creature, she flies about until she finds a home where there are infants or young children then she drank their blood and ate their hearts. The veshtitze would join together to form covens. The members of a coven flock together in the branches of some tree at midnight on certain nights to hold a meeting while they snack upon what they had gathered earlier in the dark. Since it was a common Eastern European belief that witches in general became undead vampires after their death, it seems likely that the natural death of a Veshtitza does not end her drinking habit.

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Vetala
This Indian vampire spirit is also known as the Betail. It is said that they inhabited and animated the bodies of the dead. Vetalas are the subject for many Indian stories and legends, but I myself had a bit of trouble finding more information on them.

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Viechtitsa
A succubus with fiery wings who descends on sleeping youths to overwhelm them with lustful caresses and rouse them to fearsome heights of venery. The preferred lover of the Viechtitsa, however, is said to be the Voukodlak, a human somnambule, who drinks blood after the fashion of the Vampire and ravens after flesh like the Werewolf.

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Viesczy: See Upierczi

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Vietnamese Wildman: See also Almas

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Vilas
Vilas (Vee-lahs) are female faeries, mistresses of the forest, and are so beautiful that once they are seen by human males, they are longed after forever. They do not like to get involved with humans, but they have rescued them from Alpine disasters by guiding rescue teams and dogs.

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Virikas
Never more than eighteen inches tall, these unpleasant spectral entities can be recognized by their flaming red color and their horribly pointed, bloodstained teeth. They gather outside the homes of men soon to die and jabber excitedly. To prevent this, people can erect a small shrine in their honor and burn daily gifts of flowers and spices for them.

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Virtues
The Virtues lie beyond the Thrones and are equal to the Principalities. Their task is to oversee groups of people. They are shaped like sparks of light that inspire humanity to many things, may it be art or science.

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Vjesci or Vjesczy
This Polish vampire was a person who was born with a caul (membrane cap) on his head at the time of birth who would later become a vampyre. The cap was removed, dried, ground up, and fed to the person on their seventh birthday to prevent them from becoming a Vjesci. A Vjesci looked perfectly human, was restless, easily excitable, and had a ruddy complexion. At the time of their "death" the Vjesci would renounce God. The Vjesci would never actually die and would rise at midnight after the burial. The Vjesci would eat at the burial clothing and bits of his flesh. He would then leave the grave and attack a family member by sucking out all their blood. Unsatisfied, he would move on to neighbors. To be rid of the Vjesci the people of the town would receive a Eucharist wafer. They would then place a little earth on the coffin to prevent it from returning there. They would place a crucifix or coin in the mouth of the Vjesci and wrap it in a net (the Vjesci was only allowed to untie one knot of the net per year and could not rise until all the knots were untied). The body would be placed face down, so that when the vampyre awoke, it would dig deeper into the earth.

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Vjeshitza
Female spirit with wings of fire, who climbs atop a sleeper's chest, suffocating her victim or rendering him totally insande with her lusty embrace.

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Vodianoy
Vodianoy (Voe'd-ee'ah-noi) are small male faeries who have green hair and are bloated and wet as if recently drowned. They are dangerous and can cause sickness.

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Vodyanoi
A Slavic water spirit capable of assuming a variety of forms. One of these is that of an alluring and naked girl. In such a form the Vodyanoi lures men into the water and there drowns them.

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Voita: See also Almas

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Volkh
The Volkh is a shape-shifting guardian of Kiev. It may take the appearance of an animal or insect, and it posses magical powers.

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Voukodlaks
See above.) Somnambules (occasionally regarded as possessed by demons) who ravish young girls and drink their hot nourishing blood. While in trance the Voukodlaks are exceedingly dangerous and attack with tooth and nail any living creature they may meet (save for the Viechtitsas, with whom they mate).

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Vourdalak
A Russian vampire known to be a beuatiful but evil woman or female spirit.

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Vrykolakas
Vrykolakas(Greek) is pretty much interchangeable with Lampir(Bosnian), Vurvulak(Albanian), Upirina(Serbo-Croatian), and Vukodlak(Croatian). It was basically just an evil being amongst the Southern Slavs that attacked people at night, and it is said that there was one for every Slavic clan.

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Vucub Caquix
In Mayan mythology, Vucub Caquix, Seven Macaw, was a large bird that dwelled on the surface of the world after the flood. He was very vain and proclaimed himself the sun and moon, the lord over everything.

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Vukodlak: See Vrykolakas.

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Vurvulak: See Vrykolakas.

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Wag-by-the-Way
The Wag-by-the-Way got his name because he used to guard the byways of the Lowlands for the noble families of Scotland. He has a long, cat-like tail which wags when he is irritated or angry. He is an extra small-sized dwarf faery usually covered in cinders. Only males have been reported. The Wag is generally friendly.

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Waheela
A large, wolf-like creature said to inhabit Alaska and the Northwest Territories. It is larger and more heavily built than normal wolves, with a wide head and proportionally larger feet, and with long, pure-white fur. The animal’s hind legs are said to be shorter than the front legs, and the tracks show widely spaced toes. Witnesses describe it as being about 3’ 12” at the shoulder. Waheela are never seen in packs, so are presumably solitary. Native legends describe the Waheela as an evil sprit with supernatural powers, and describe it as killing people and removing their heads.

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Waree Kunchorn
This creature has the entire body of an elephant with some body parts like a fish such as fins along the back bone, leg fins attached to each of the 4 legs and a fish tail. A Kunchorn Waree, however, has only the two front legs of an elephant, the rest of the body has fish features. It dwells in the sea and can dive at great speed under water.

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Warlock
Traditionally, male witch or demon having special powers derived from the devil

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Wasgo
It is allegedly a cryptozoological sea-animal of the Pacific northwest coast of the Americas.The creature has been a totem animal of several regional Indian tribes, a distinction shared only with the Thunderbird. Native representations of the beast depict a long, serpentine animal with small forelimbs and a doglike or crocodilian head.

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Water Leaper
Preys on Welsh Fishermen.

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Water Nymphs
Water Nymphs were especially lustful of handsome young men, whom they dragged down into the depths of ponds and lakes and held captive there as their lovers (though by some accounts the humans ran out of breath and drowned). When a youth of comely appearance leaned over the water to drink, or to admire his reflection, he always took the risk of calling himself to the attention of some Water Nymph who would rise up out of the waters and drag him down; or she might appear in the middle of the body of water, perhaps taking a seat on some large lily pad, and lure him by her beauty to his fate. Some said that youths who vainly admired their own reflections and so attracted the attention of amorous Water Nymphs got no worse than they deserved.

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Wee Folk
One of the Scottish and Irish names for the fairies.

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Wendigo
A mythological creature in the lore of the northeastern tribes of Algonquian Indians that is oddly seemed to be a cross between a Sasquatch and a werewolf; but it should not be mistaken for a werewolf. It is said to be a human initially and that he was transformed into a fearsome, cannibalistic, beast after being forced by circumstances beyond his control causing him to regress to eating human flesh in an effort to survive the harsh conditions of the wilderness. There are many tales about hunters who are lost in the bush without food or provisions for a long time and had to regress into cannibalistic predators that prey on fellow human beings. The taste of human blood and flesh caused them to be cursed by the Manitou, spirits of the wild, and are then said to transform these former hunters into Wendigos, a creature that preys on unwary fellow human beings. Many of those who regress into animalistic behavior have found it difficult to revert to normal human behavior,exhibiting cannibalistic tendencies even after months of therapy. It is possible that such incidences, especially during the pre-colonial times when psychological therapy was non-existent, may have given rise to the myth of the mysterious transformation of normal human beings into Wendigos. Among the Ojibwa tribe, the term wendigo is used to refer to an Ogre or a sort of a hulkish troll-like creature which has often been used toscare children for misbehaving. To the Ojibwa, the wendigo is not necessarily cannibalistic. For them, the wendigo is just one of the evil spirits that live in the depths of the wilderness.

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Were-Creatures
These creatures come in many shapes and forms. In fact, were-creatures may be a whole group of creatures, not just a single one. Tales tell of them as demonic, or completely animalistic, or normal. Theirs is a lot of variation in this curse, if it is even a curse. Some have complete control over the degree of their form. Others are governed by cycles of nature; usually tied to the movement of the sun or the moon. Some have a morphed form, some do not.

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Werewolf
The werewolf moves around on two legs much as a human would. And that they would only transformed when there's a full-moon; the only way to killed them is by means of a silver objects. Even if its shot on the arms or legs, the traces of silver is fatal to this nocturnal hunters; they will eventually die of silver poisoning and return to its human form; this is unless they are able to severed off the part that is being hit.

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Wether
The wether is named from the worms in its head.

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White Ladies, the
The use of White Ladies for both ghosts and fairies is an indication of the close connection between fairies and the dead. The White Ladies were direct descendants of the Tuatha De Danann.

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White River Monster, The
Allegedly, a creature described as being sea-serpent-like and at least thirty feet long that supposedly inhabits the White River (a tributary of the Mississippi) in the area near Newport, Arkansas.

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Wichtlein
From Southern Germany behave in much the same way as goblins. They announce the death of a miner by tapping three times. When a disaster is about to happen they are heard digging, pounding and imitating miners work.

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Wichtin
Wichtln (Veech-l'n) look like very tiny elves all dressed in brown fur coats. Their bodies are very bublous and their arms and legs are much too long for their bodies. Their mischievous nature borders on downright meanness.

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Wilde Frauen
Wilde Frauen (Veel-duh Frow-in) literally means "wild women," and they are the female wood sprites of the Germanic and Scandinavian forests. They stand about three feet high and represent all the ages of women from childhood through old age. Wild in this context does not describe their temperament any more than it does that of any other wood faery. Wild in this case refers to their living conditions among the roots of the oldest trees in the depest part of the forests.

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Wild Man of China, The
Mysterious creature, half-human, half-ape, allegedly living in the remote forests of central and southern China. .The creature is said to stand an average of six and a half feet tall and to be covered in thick brown or red hair. It is bi-pedal and has a hefty abdominal region as well as an ape-like muzzle, large ears and eyes like that of a human, leaving behind large footprints, up to sixteen inches long, with five toes, four small toes held close together and a larger toe that points outward slightly.

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Will O' the Wisp aka will-with-the wisp, willy wisp, will o' the wykes (Norfolk), jack-a-lantern, jack o' lantern, jacky lantern, spunkie, ellylldan (Welsh)
No one is quite sure what these distant floating balls of flame are, but they are generally associated with and are sometimes thought of as faeries in the British Isles. They are sometimes thought to be the souls of children who have died and like to cause mischief.

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Winged Ghilen or Ghilen Peek
A strange looking animal. Its physical features are totally different from the other 2 types of Ghilen. With no antler, the Winged Ghilen has a pair of wings and claw feet.

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Winged Snakes
As documented by Heroditus, winged snakes were serpents with wings that guarded spice-bearing trees in Arabia.

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Witch
A being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil

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Wizards
People throughout many legends gifted in the use of magic. They are known for their use of spells and potions.

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Wolpertinger
A mythical animal supposedly living in the alpine forests of Bavaria in Germany. It has body parts of various animals — generally wings, antlers and fangs, all attached to the body of a small mammal. The most widespread description is that of a horned rabbit or horned squirrel. It is similar to the Elwedritsche of the Palatinate region, which resembles a chicken-like creature with antlers, and to the American invention of the jackalope.

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Wood Elves
Wood Elves are like their High Elf and Dark Elf kin they are a slender noble race with pale skin. Wood elves live deep with the forests and are guardians of the natural world. Wood elves work with the forest they try not to damage the forest like other races do. Wood elves are extremely agile, there main method of attack is the bow, but they will use hand-to-hand fighting. Wood elves like to use stealth as there are fewer of them compared to the High Elves and Dark Elves. Wood Elves prefer not to wear armour this allows them to move more rapidly through forests.

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Wookie (Louisiana): See also ABigfoot

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Wraith aka Swarth
(Cumberland) A ghostly form which appears at a distance to warn that a person's death is imminent.

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Wyvern
Appearing quite often in heraldry, the wyvern is a serpent-like dragon with wings. It has two legs on which talons that look like an eagles talons. It has a tail that ends in a barb. the wyvern symbolizes war, pestilence, envy and viciousness.

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Yaa-loo: See also Bunyip

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Yakshas
Benevolent nature spirits; they are the guardians of treasures hidden in the earth and the roots of trees. Their ruler is Kubera, who lives on a mountain in the Himalayas. They are deities of cities, districts, lakes, and wells, and are thought to have originated from a cult of the ancient Dravidians.

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Yale
In book 8 of his Natural History, Pliny describes the yale as a black or tawny creature, the size of a hippopotamus with horns. These horns could be moved depending on what the yale intended to do with them.

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Yama
In Brahmanism, Yama is the god of death and time and the son of the sun-god Vivasvan. He is the king of the realm of the dead and judge of the death. When judging the deeds of man, he is assisted by Chitragupta, a kind of bookkeeper. Yama's wife is Dhumorna, the personification of the fire which burns the dead. His realm is guarded by two four-eyed dogs.

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Yama-Uba
A female Japanese mountain demon, the Yama-uba, has the appearance of a woman with long hair. She can transform her hair into serpents, with which she uses to catch human prey, drawing her victims to her mouth which is on the top of her head.

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Yann-an-Od
Kindly old shepherd who tends sheep. He might have once been a faerie king. He's rather shy of humans.

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Yay-ho: See also Yowie

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Yara-ma-yha-who
In Aboriginal cultures in Australia, there existed the Yara-ma-yha-who, a vampire-like being who was described as a small red man, about 4 ft tall, with no teeth, an exceptionally large head and mouth, and having the tips of its fingers and toes shaped like that of an octopus'. It was said to drop down from trees and drain people of blood with their fingers and toes, leaving them weak and helpless, and would come back later to swallow them whole.

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Yatu-Dhana
These are, in short, Indian sorcerors that devour the remains left by the Rakshasas.

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Yeck
A small shape-shifting spirit from India, the yeck frequently appear as small furry creatures, wearing white caps. They are strong creatures, strong enough to lift mountains. The enjoy leading humans astray. If a human steal their cap, the human gains the power of invisibility.

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Yeren (Philippines): See also Wild Man of China, The

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Yeti
In the forests and plains of Siberia and China and in the mountains of the Himalayas, live two races of mysterious hairy wild people. Called "Alma" by the Chinese and Soviets and "Yeti" by the Nepalese and Tibetans, these creatures average five feet in height and are covered from head to toe by a coarse hair -- silver and white in the mountainous regions, and orange and brown in the forests. These creatures are seen only at random, and the evidence for their existence is mostly hair samples, footprints, and vague sightings. Scientists believe the Alma and Yeti are surviving ancestors of our own species; but until specimens are caught, living or dead, final proof is missing.

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Yoser: See also Yowie

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Yowie
Yet another cousin of the Bigfoot, this time from down under. Reports of a Sasquatch like creature are also numerous throughout Australia, ever since European settlers first entered the continent. Before the coming of the settlers, Yowie sightings were made by the Aborigines and remembered in their folklore. An earlier name for the creature was 'Yahoo', which according to some accounts was an aborigine term meaning "devil", "devil-devil" or "evil spirit." More likely, the indirect basis for the name was Jonathan Swift, whose Gulliver's Travels book (1726) includes a subhuman race named the Yahoos. Learning of the aborigines' fearful accounts of this malevolent beast, nineteenth-century European settlers in all probability applied the name Yahoo to the Australian creature themselves. The term "Yowie" stared to be used in the 1970's, apparently because of the aborigine word 'Youree', or 'Yowrie', apparently the legitimate native term for the hairy man-monster. One can easily assume the Australian accent could distort "Youree" into "Yowie."

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Yppotryl
A legendary creature featured in heraldry. It's a type of chimaera with the tusked head of a boar, humped body of a camel, legs and hooves of an ox or goat and tail of a serpent.

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Yucci Onna
The Yuki Onna, or Snow Woman, is Japanese female demon. She inhabits snow storms and causes travelers to become lost. Eventually the travelers become exhausted and freeze to death.

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Yuksee The most beautiful, voluptuous, and sexually insatiable of the many Hindu succubi. Her lovers become eroticly exhausted and not infrequently impotent as a result of her gluttonous demands. Only Kokah Pundit, an immensely virile minister of state in the eleventh century, is credited with having been more than a match sexually for a Yukshee.

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Yumboes
Located on Goree Island, south of the Cape Verde Peninsula in Senegal, West Africa. They are two feet tall with pearly skin and silver hair. They are also called the "Bakhna Rakhna" which translates to "The Good People." They enjoy dancing and feasting by moonlight and live in magnificent subterranean dwellings in the Paps, groups of hills about three miles from the coast. Guests to their homes report lavishly decorated tables and servants invisible except for their hands and feet. They like to eat fish.

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X
Unimaginative name given by Jacqueline Roumeguere to the African man-beast, in 1978, when she made in-depth research on the subject, collecting 31 accounts of sightings in 11 different Kenyan forests. She was able to identify 4 separate types of "X".

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Xueren (Philippines): See also Wild Man of China, The

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Zaltys
The Lithuanian grass-snake deity and a symbol of fertility. It was kept as a pet and considered to be a divine envoy that played an important part in prophecies. It was the favorite animal of the sun goddess Saule, who would weep upon seeing a dead Zaltys.

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Zips
Zips (pronounced Seeps) are thin male faeries of very small size who wear tiny helmets and carry tiny spears. For all their fierce and battle-ready appearance, they are very shy and have always avoided people.

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Ziz
A bird mentioned in the book of Psalms, the ziz is a bird of enormous size, much like the roc. It can block out the sun with its wings and has incredible strength. It is said that it was created to protect all the small birds, and without its protection, these birds would have died a long time ago. The ziz is said to be kosher by the Jews. It is supposed to be one of the things served at the messianic banquet at the end of days along with the behemoth and the leviathan.

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Zmeu
In Transylvania, the zmeu appeared in the shape of a young girl, a maiden of the woods who has no back. She tempted shepherds by offering to lead them and their sheep to greener pastures if they would make love to her.

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Zombies
They haunt graveyards and horror movies. The Zombie is an undead creature that appears to be half-rotting and is said to like the eat the brains of the living.

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Zuibotschnick: See Lesidhe