They bring bad luck to people who pass by them unless they are appeased.Д¬oraniaid вЂ“ the Coraniaid are Welsh dwarves with very sharp hearing who are immune to weapons. In Pueblo Native American traditions, these are supernatural beingsВ from the underworld who bring rainfall.Д¬o-hon вЂ“ in Vietnam, these are the spirits of people who died a violent death and werenвЂ™t buried with ceremony. These myths have some similarities with the abiku, above.Д¬loud PeopleвЂ“ also known as the Shiwanna. Harry Potter fans, take note: a dobbie or dobie is a kind of brownie, and an angry brownie can turn into a boggart.Д«tsan вЂ“ the btsan are fierce sky spirits in Tibet that look like red hunters riding red horses.Д¬erberus вЂ“ this is one of the most dangerous or evil Greek mythological creatures: a three-headed dog that guards the door of the Underworld in Greek mythology.Д¬himera вЂ“ this monstrous mythical beast of ancient Greece has the body and head of a lion, a goatвЂ™s head sticking out of its back, a set of goat-udders just for fun, and a serpentine tail.Д¬hangeling вЂ“ many European countries have stories about the fairies or trollsВ stealingВ human babies and leavingВ sickly or malignantВ magicalВ babies in their place. Sometimes people call them cockatrices.Д«rowniesВ вЂ“ in England and Scotland, these areВ little people who are loyal to human households and will sometimes help out with the chores. Some creatures like this are simply referred to as Black Dogs.Д«asilisks вЂ“ these reptiles can kill a person with a single glance. One of these fantasy creatures shows up when youвЂ™re about to die. The Slavic boЕѕaloЕ›Д‡ are pretty much the same thing.Д«arghests вЂ“ giant demonic dogs with huge teeth and claws who live in northern England. TheyвЂ™re Irish female spirits, and if youвЂ™re about to die, one will show up to wail at you. They will do your dirty work for you if you enter into a pact with them - which is a terrible idea.Д«ansheeвЂ“ youвЂ™ve probably heard the expression вЂњscreaming like a banshee,вЂќ but you may not have known exactly what these supernatural creatures are. To millions of people around the world, these arenвЂ™t mythical creatures at all, of course, but very real divine beings.Д«akru вЂ“ these little gnome-like people in Suriname are half flesh and half wood. I could be wrong, but I think the ogbanjeВ are basically the same thing.ДЄngelsвЂ“ they show up in Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, and other traditions of belief. Save to Pinterest for future reference!ДЄbiku вЂ“ among the Yoruba and Dahomey people in West Africa, these are evil tree spirits that are born as children and die several times, often within the same family. Although I am labeling them as mythical, the line between вЂњmythologyвЂќ and вЂњreligionвЂќ is slippery, and I never mean any disrespect.ДЇor most of these, you can click on the name of the creature and itвЂ™ll take you to a link with more information! And if youвЂ™re a fantasy novel writer, a role game player, or both, you might also like my list of 50 Fantasy Plot Ideas. Some of these supernatural species are very popular, and some are more obscure to most of us.ДЇor each creature, IвЂ™ve made sure I could find at least two sources saying the same thing, but in some cases I may not have landed on the most popular or the most accurate version. IвЂ™ve included many types of mythical creatures, including humanoid creatures and magical animals, from Norse mythology, Greek and Roman mythology, Asian folklore, Native American folklore, and other traditions. I first created this mythical creatures list for writers, but as it turned out, lots of people were interested in fantasy creatures, mythical beasts, and more.

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