Mythical & legendary creatures (38 pages found in this category)


Centicore

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Cockatrice

Mythical heraldic beast hatched from a rooster's egg hatched by a toad, said to be able to kill with its stare.

Dunter

Spirits also known as powries, said to haunt the peel towers and castles of the Scottish border with England.

Fachan

Monstrous creature of the Scottish Highlands.

Fetch

Apparition in the form of a double of a living person, often a portent of death.

Gangines

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Grindylow

Malignant Yorkshire water spirit said to lurk in stagnant pools, dragging down into the water those children who venture too close.

Incubus

Demon in male form that seeks to have sexual intercourse with a sleeping woman.

Jenny Greenteeth

Water spirit said to inhabit pools in Cheshire, Lancashire and Shropshire. If children venture too close, then she reaches out of the water and drags them in to their deaths.

Kelpie

Shape-shifting water spirit inhabiting the lochs and pools of Scotland.