Fantasy Creatures - M
Feb 27, 2012 16:34:13 GMT -8
Post by lyraalluse on Feb 27, 2012 16:34:13 GMT -8
Maa-alused (Estonian) - Subterranean spirit.
Machlyes (Medieval Bestiary) - Hermaphroditic humanoid.
Macrocephali (Medieval Bestiary) - Giant-headed humanoid.
Madremonte (Colombian) - Nature guardian.
Maero (Māori) - Savage, arboreal humanoids.
Magog (English) - Giant protector of London.
Maha-pudma (Hindu) - Giant elephant that holds up the world.
Maikubi (Japanese) - Quarreling heads of three dead miscreants.
Mairu (Basque) - Megalith-building giant.
Mājas gari (Latvian) - Benevolent house spirit.
Majin (Japanese) - Magical beings.
Makara (Indian) - Aquatic beings.
Makura-gaeshi (Japanese) - Pillow-moving spirit.
Mami Wata (Africa and the African diaspora) - Supernaturally beautiful water spirits.
Manananggal (Philippine) - Vampires that sever their torsos from their legs to fly around.
Mandi (Medieval Bestiary) - Humanoid with a forty-year lifespan.
Mandrake (Medieval folklore) - Diminutive, animated construct.
Manes (Roman) - Ancestral spirits.
Mannegishi (Cree) -Little people with six fingers and no noses.
Manticore (Persian) - Lion-human-scorpion hybrid.
Mapinguari (Brazilian) - Giant sloth.
Mara (Scandinavian) - Female night-demon.
Marabbecca (Italian) - Malevolent water spirit.
Mareikura (Tuamotu) - Attendant of Kiho-tumu, the supreme god.
Mares of Diomedes (Greek) - Man-eating horses.
Marid (Arabian) - Water genie.
Maro deivės (Lithuanian) - Disease spirits.
Maski-mon-gwe-zo-os (Abenaki) - Shapeshifting toad spirit.
Massacooramaan (Guyanese) - Savage woodland humanoid.
Matagot (French) - Spirit that takes animal form, usually a black cat.
Mayura (Hindu) - Peacock spirit.
Mazikeen (Jewish) - Invisible, malevolent spirit.
Mbói Tu'ĩ (Guaraní) - Snake-parrot hybrid.
Mbwiri (Central Africa) - Possessing demon.
Mekurabe (Japanese) - Multiplying skulls that menaced Taira no Kiyomori in his courtyard.
Meliae (Greek) - Ash tree nymph.
Melusine (Medieval folklore) - Female water spirit, with the form of a winged mermaid.
Menehune (Hawaiian) - Little people and craftsmen.
Menninkäinen (Finnish) - Little people and nature spirits.
Merfolk (Worldwide) - Human-fish hybrid.
Merlion (Singapore) - Combination of a lion and a fish, the symbol of Singapore.
Merrow (Irish and Scottish) - Human-fish hybrid.
Metee-kolen-ol (Abenaki) - Ice-hearted wizards.
Miage-nyūdō (Japanese) - Spirit which grows as fast as you can look up at it.
Mikoshi-nyūdō (Japanese) - Spirit which grows as fast as you can look up at it.
Mimi (Australian Aboriginal) - Extremely elongated humanoid that has to live in rock crevasses to avoid blowing away.
Minka Bird (Australian Aboriginal) - Death spirit.
Minotaur (Greek) - Human-bull hybrid.
Mishibizhiw (Ojibwa) - Feline water spirit.
Misi-ginebig (Ojibwa) - Serpentine rain spirit.
Misi-kinepikw (Cree) - Serpentine rain spirit.
Mizuchi (Japanese) - Water dragon.
Mogwai (Chinese) - Vengeful ghost or demon.
Mohan (Latin America) - Nature spirit.
Mokoi (Australian Aboriginal) - Malevolent spirit that kills sorcerers.
Mokumokuren (Japanese) - Spirits that live in torn shōji.
Momonjii (Japanese) - Old man that meets victims at the fork of every road.
Moñái (Guaraní) - Giant snake with antennae.
Monocerus (Medieval Bestiary) - One-horned stag-horse-elephant-boar hybrid, sometimes treated as distinct from the unicorn.
Mono Grande (South America) - Giant monkey.
Monopod (Medieval Bestiaries) - Dwarf with one giant foot.
Mooinjer veggey (Manx) - Nature spirit.
Moon-Gazer (Guyanese) - Brain-eating spirit.
Mora (Slavic) - Disembodied spirit.
Morgens (Breton and Welsh) - Water spirits.
Morinji-no-okama (Japanese) - Animated tea kettle.
Mormolykeia (Greek) - Underworld spirit.
Moroi (Romanian) - Vampiric ghost.
Mōryō (Japanese) - Long-eared, corpse-eating spirit.
Moss people (Germanic) - Little people and tree spirits.
Mujina (Japanese) - Shapeshifting badger spirit.
Mula Retinta (Colombian) - Malevolent storm spirit that takes the form of a mule.
Muldjewangk (Australian Aboriginal) - Water monster.
Muma Pădurii (Romanian) - Forest-dwelling hag.
Muscaliet (Medieval Bestiary) - Extremely hot hare-squirrel-boar hybrid.
Muse (Greek) - Spirits that inspire artists.
Musimon (Heraldic) - Sheep-goat hybrid.
Myling (Scandinavian) - Ghosts of unbaptized children.
Myōbu (Japanese) - Fox spirit.
Myrmecoleon (Medieval Bestiaries) - Ant-lion hybrid.
Machlyes (Medieval Bestiary) - Hermaphroditic humanoid.
Macrocephali (Medieval Bestiary) - Giant-headed humanoid.
Madremonte (Colombian) - Nature guardian.
Maero (Māori) - Savage, arboreal humanoids.
Magog (English) - Giant protector of London.
Maha-pudma (Hindu) - Giant elephant that holds up the world.
Maikubi (Japanese) - Quarreling heads of three dead miscreants.
Mairu (Basque) - Megalith-building giant.
Mājas gari (Latvian) - Benevolent house spirit.
Majin (Japanese) - Magical beings.
Makara (Indian) - Aquatic beings.
Makura-gaeshi (Japanese) - Pillow-moving spirit.
Mami Wata (Africa and the African diaspora) - Supernaturally beautiful water spirits.
Manananggal (Philippine) - Vampires that sever their torsos from their legs to fly around.
Mandi (Medieval Bestiary) - Humanoid with a forty-year lifespan.
Mandrake (Medieval folklore) - Diminutive, animated construct.
Manes (Roman) - Ancestral spirits.
Mannegishi (Cree) -Little people with six fingers and no noses.
Manticore (Persian) - Lion-human-scorpion hybrid.
Mapinguari (Brazilian) - Giant sloth.
Mara (Scandinavian) - Female night-demon.
Marabbecca (Italian) - Malevolent water spirit.
Mareikura (Tuamotu) - Attendant of Kiho-tumu, the supreme god.
Mares of Diomedes (Greek) - Man-eating horses.
Marid (Arabian) - Water genie.
Maro deivės (Lithuanian) - Disease spirits.
Maski-mon-gwe-zo-os (Abenaki) - Shapeshifting toad spirit.
Massacooramaan (Guyanese) - Savage woodland humanoid.
Matagot (French) - Spirit that takes animal form, usually a black cat.
Mayura (Hindu) - Peacock spirit.
Mazikeen (Jewish) - Invisible, malevolent spirit.
Mbói Tu'ĩ (Guaraní) - Snake-parrot hybrid.
Mbwiri (Central Africa) - Possessing demon.
Mekurabe (Japanese) - Multiplying skulls that menaced Taira no Kiyomori in his courtyard.
Meliae (Greek) - Ash tree nymph.
Melusine (Medieval folklore) - Female water spirit, with the form of a winged mermaid.
Menehune (Hawaiian) - Little people and craftsmen.
Menninkäinen (Finnish) - Little people and nature spirits.
Merfolk (Worldwide) - Human-fish hybrid.
Merlion (Singapore) - Combination of a lion and a fish, the symbol of Singapore.
Merrow (Irish and Scottish) - Human-fish hybrid.
Metee-kolen-ol (Abenaki) - Ice-hearted wizards.
Miage-nyūdō (Japanese) - Spirit which grows as fast as you can look up at it.
Mikoshi-nyūdō (Japanese) - Spirit which grows as fast as you can look up at it.
Mimi (Australian Aboriginal) - Extremely elongated humanoid that has to live in rock crevasses to avoid blowing away.
Minka Bird (Australian Aboriginal) - Death spirit.
Minotaur (Greek) - Human-bull hybrid.
Mishibizhiw (Ojibwa) - Feline water spirit.
Misi-ginebig (Ojibwa) - Serpentine rain spirit.
Misi-kinepikw (Cree) - Serpentine rain spirit.
Mizuchi (Japanese) - Water dragon.
Mogwai (Chinese) - Vengeful ghost or demon.
Mohan (Latin America) - Nature spirit.
Mokoi (Australian Aboriginal) - Malevolent spirit that kills sorcerers.
Mokumokuren (Japanese) - Spirits that live in torn shōji.
Momonjii (Japanese) - Old man that meets victims at the fork of every road.
Moñái (Guaraní) - Giant snake with antennae.
Monocerus (Medieval Bestiary) - One-horned stag-horse-elephant-boar hybrid, sometimes treated as distinct from the unicorn.
Mono Grande (South America) - Giant monkey.
Monopod (Medieval Bestiaries) - Dwarf with one giant foot.
Mooinjer veggey (Manx) - Nature spirit.
Moon-Gazer (Guyanese) - Brain-eating spirit.
Mora (Slavic) - Disembodied spirit.
Morgens (Breton and Welsh) - Water spirits.
Morinji-no-okama (Japanese) - Animated tea kettle.
Mormolykeia (Greek) - Underworld spirit.
Moroi (Romanian) - Vampiric ghost.
Mōryō (Japanese) - Long-eared, corpse-eating spirit.
Moss people (Germanic) - Little people and tree spirits.
Mujina (Japanese) - Shapeshifting badger spirit.
Mula Retinta (Colombian) - Malevolent storm spirit that takes the form of a mule.
Muldjewangk (Australian Aboriginal) - Water monster.
Muma Pădurii (Romanian) - Forest-dwelling hag.
Muscaliet (Medieval Bestiary) - Extremely hot hare-squirrel-boar hybrid.
Muse (Greek) - Spirits that inspire artists.
Musimon (Heraldic) - Sheep-goat hybrid.
Myling (Scandinavian) - Ghosts of unbaptized children.
Myōbu (Japanese) - Fox spirit.
Myrmecoleon (Medieval Bestiaries) - Ant-lion hybrid.
