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Alkuntane

A species of highly dangerous vampiric mosquitoes from the folklore of the pacific Northwest, the alkuntane are said to look and sound just like regular mosquitoes; however if they mange to crawl into your ear they will then burrow and drill through your head until they reach your brain. The only way to prevent their attack is to keep your ears covered at all times; if ever you should happen to see a dark blue bubble emerging from someone's ear, it is an indicator they are under attack of an alkuntane- grab the bubble and quickly yank it out, then cover your own ears.
Chinthe

The **chinthe** (Burmese: ခြင်္သေ့; MLCTS: *hkrang se.*, IPA: [tɕʰɪ̀ɰ̃ðḛ]; Mon: ဇာဒိသိုၚ်, [cɛ̀atìʔsaŋ]; Shan: သၢင်ႇသီႈ, [sàːŋ si]) is a highly stylized leogryph (lion-like creature) commonly depicted in Burmese iconography and Myanmar architecture, especially as a pair of guardians flanking the entrances of Buddhist pagodas and kyaung (or Buddhist monasteries). The chinthe is featured prominently on most paper denominations of the Burmese kyat. A related creature, the *manussiha*, is also commonly depicted in Myanmar. In Burmese, *chinthe* is synonymous with the Burmese word for "lion."

The chinthe is related to other leogryphs in the Asian region, including the *sing* (สิงห์) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and the *simha* (සිංහ) of Sri Lanka, where it is featured prominently on the Sri Lankan rupee. It is also related to East Asian leogryphs, such as the guardian lions of China, *komainu* of Japan, *shisa* of Okinawa and *Snow Lion* of Tibet.
Blud

Blud - Causing disorientation and confusion in lonely travelers, these Slavic faeries are tasked with misleading and tempting people who are isolated from their communities. This usually means simple misdirection and vertigo, though has also been known to take on more sinister undertones akin to mind control.
Baginis

-Baginis

The Baginis are a species of beautiful hybrid women, part human and part animal; they are described as hiving claw like fingers and toes; sometimes they are considered to be spirits and beings from dreamtime.. The baginis are known for abducting, raping and then releasing men, if they were not kept and consumed as food.
Chullachaki

Chullachaki - Short and ugly, these shapeshifting faeries guard the fauna and flora of jungles and forests across South America, and will attack those who break cultural taboos or abuse the forest's resources. They have been known to transform into a potential victim's loved ones or hunting target, and lure them into the forest. Sometimes, the creatures challenge hunters to a fight, and those who refuse will be cursed with bad luck.
Caoineag

Caoineag - Wailing loudly to foretell the advent of death or great sorrow for those around them, these eerie Scottish faeries dwell around riverbanks and waterfalls, and resemble hybrids of equine kelpies and haggish humanoids. They are thought to be closely related to banshees, and are known to have the ability to make themselves completely invisible.
Aufhocker

A gigantic demon dog in the folklore of Germany. The name Aufhocker may be translated as 'Leap Upon'- and the creature is often seen to do this to its victims. Once it has leapt upon the back of its prey, it grows heavier and heavier until the person is virtually crushed to death. At other times, it will come upon an unwary traveller and walk for a time by his side, then suddenly rise upon its hind legs until it is tall enough to tear out his throat. It is also occasionally portrayed as a black horse, which invites weary travellers to ride on its back. Once mounted, they find that they cannot dismount, while the horse gallops faster and faster, usually ending by throwing them from its back into deep water or a swamp. The Aufhocker almost always attacks at night, and it is believed that if one can survive until morning, they may escape with their life.
Boat Hound

**THE BOAT HOUND**

[ *Navisfur wymani* (Sharpe, 2020) ]

    “Hey!” called Snowshoe Bill, the Big Woods guide, one morning. “The boat is gone. Did one of you fellows go fishing last night and forget to tie it up?”

    The tenderfoot flushed. He was always doing something wrong. “I’m the one that had it last,” he confessed, “and I forgot to tie it up. What do you suppose has happened to it?”

    “Well,” speculated the guide, “My private opinion is that the boat hound got it.”

    “The boat hound! Never heard of suchathing!”

    “Didn’t, huh? Well, he’s about the meanest customer I’ve ever run into. He sneaks along in the dark looking for boats that careless folks forget to tie and when he finds one, he swallows it right down. He has a great long body shaped like a boat, with big froglike feet, and four ears. With the front two he can hear everything in front of h’en, and with the back two he hears everything behind him. He has a big mouth like an alligator’s.”

    “Where does this queer creature keep himself during the day?” the tenderfoot inquired with a little grin.

    “He sleeps on the bottom of the lake in the daytime, but at night he’s wide wake, all right, looking for boats. Just you remember about him next time you take a boat out, young man.”
Burulakaw

Burulakaw - Resembling small women with powerful flames instead of hair, these 3ft tall faeries are found in the forests of the Philippines, and are known to swoop directly upwards from lakes or streams before disappearing when they reach their destination. They are often mistaken for elementals due to their fiery appearance, and they serve more powerful faeries called Encanto.
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Aidakhar

In Kök-köl lake there is a strange phenomena that occurs: the water suddenly starts to swirl and make a line of ripple marks, as if a long creature moves under the water. Kazakhs believe that Aidakhar – the spirit of water - lives in the lake.

**Aidakhar** (Kazakh**:** Айдаһар) is a freshwater monster, reported from Lake Kök-köl, Zhambyl Region, Kazakhstan. It is 45–50 feet long, with a 6 feet long and 3 feet wide head. It has a long neck and one hump. It is said to have a trumpeting call.

Locals hasten to get water when “the creature sails by”, because it is believed that at this moment the water becomes healthful.
Ayalga

Nymphs that guard vast treasures in caves or palaces, alongside dragons. Some were cursed into the role, but many just do it from the get-go. Only go outside during a single night of every year, and may offer some of their riches to the men that seek them out if they follow certain rituals. A dragon whose Ayalga has abandoned them for good succumbs to despair and abandons the land.
Biasd-na-sgrogaig

**Biasd-na-sgrogaig** (also variously **biast-na-sgrogaig**, **beisd-na-scrogaig** etc.) is a type of an aquatic unicorn peculiar to the Isle of Skye and generally the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It's been compared with a huge ram or a shire horse. The creature is clumsy and inelegant, tall and awkward, with very long legs and a single towering horn. It lives in certain sea lochs. John Campbell believes it to be a bogey invented by parents to make their children quiet. Alexander Forbes sees the origin of the legend in a narwhal that could have strayed south from the Arctic seas. Certain dictionaries mention usage of the term to refer to the heraldic unicorn.

In Scottish Gaelic "béist" or "biast" means as much as "monster"; the former term being stronger than the latter. "Sgrogag" is a humorous term for a horn, especially small or crumpled – "sgrogaig" is the genitive form. The whole name can be understood as "monster of the horn".

One source, unfortunately not scholarly, spells the name of the Scottish unicorn as baiste-na-scoghaigh. According to it, all of its race are male and it mates by taking on human form and copulating with a human woman, siring only sons. The creature cannot tolerate weak men, whom it regards as an affront to its own virility, and is likely to try to dispatch them with its fearsome horn and take their place aiming to sire a more worthy male son.
Bwci Bo

Bwci Bo - Also known as 'Bwgan', these hideous little Welsh faeries act as boogeymen, dwelling in deep wells and other secluded areas with the intention of frightening and possibly kidnapping any children who come too close. They resemble dwarfish goblins, and are sometimes said to be capable of causing poltergeist-like activity in the area around them. There are some sources which indicate that they may be capable of becoming invisible to adults, reinforcing the paranoia of their young victims.
Buggane

Buggane - Native to the Isle of Man, these hairy faeries are capable of manipulating luck and controlling the weather and climate in their surroundings. They have glowing yellow eyes and tusks, and are unable to cross running water or stand on hallowed ground because of their monstrous nature. Due to their superior strength, they are sometimes used as hit-men or assassins by more intelligent faeries.
Abaasy

The **Abaasy** (**Abaahy** or **Abasy**, Yakut: Aбаасы, *Abaası* [abaːsɯ]; Dolgan: Абааһы, *Abaahı*; Azerbaijani: *Abası*; Turkish: *Abası*; Hungarian: *Abaaszi*; Bulgarian: Абааси, *Abaasi*; Russian: Абасы, *Abasy*; cognate of the Turkic word *Abası*) are demons in the mythology of the Sakha (also known as the Yakuts). Yakut Shamanism divides the universe into upper and lower layers, with the earth being "a kind of indeterminate space or matter" in between. The abaasy occupy the lower level, referred to as the underworld or "kingdom of darkness."

The abaasy are alleged to be the spirits of the long-time deceased who dwell near graves or in deserted places who otherwise travel about causing destruction. They serve **Arson-Duolai**, the ruler of the dead, who also swallows people' souls and gives the living diseases. The abaasy can be appeased by blood sacrifices.

The abaasy have been depicted as causing sexual manifestations and madness.

The abbasy are described as "one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged" monsters mounted on "two-headed, eight-legged, two-tailed dragons as steeds." In olonkho they are ugly and horrible man-eating beings. Their chief Alyp Khara Aat Mogoidoon is a three-headed, six-armed and six-legged giant with a body made of iron.
Black Shuck

In Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire and the northern parts of Essex, a black dog known as Black Shuck (also Old Shuck or Shock) is regarded as malevolent, with stories ranging from terrifying people (or killing them outright) to being a portent of death to themselves or a person close to the victim. There are tales that in 1577 it attacked the church in the market town of Bungay, killing two people and appearing on the same day at the church in the nearby village of Blythburgh, taking the lives of another three and leaving claw marks which remain today. In the parish of Overstrand is a dreary lane known as Shuck's Lane from its frequent appearances there. If the spot where it was just seen is examined then one may find scorch marks and the smell of brimstone. There are also less common tales of a similar dog said to accompany people on their way home in the role of protector rather than an omen of misfortune. Among other possible meanings, the name Shuck is derived from a provincial word meaning *shaggy*.
Aspidochelone

The Aspidochelone is a giant sea turtle.

A great sea creature that raises its back out of the water. Sea-sand and vegetation gather in on its rough back, until it looks like a small island. Sailors anchor their ship to the deceptive “island”, disembark, and light a fire. The monster, feeling the fire on its back, immediately dives, taking the sailors and their ship down to a watery grave.
Bánánach

Bánánach - Howling in supernatural grief at the mass loss of life, these ghostly Irish faeries are extremely similar to banshees, but are usually only found on battlefields or the sites of other mass slaughters. Unlike banshees, hearing their screams is not believed to have any ill effect other than causing extreme fear and an inexplicable sense of sadness and loss.
Akkorokamui

The **Akkorokamui** (アッコロカムイ, *At-kor-kamuy*) is a gigantic octopus-like monster from Ainu folklore, equivalent to the Nordic Kraken, which supposedly lurks in Uchiura Bay in Hokkaido. It is said that its enormous body can reach sizes of up to 120 metres (390 feet) in length. Its name can be translated as “string-holding kamuy.”
Buntu Rajasri

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

Bariaua - Originally hailing from Oceania, these shy faeries live inside the trunks of ancient trees, and are well known for constructing a wide variety of water-going vehicles and boats. They abhor the very idea of being seen by human eyes, and will disappear instantly if they are observed. Despite sometimes stealing canoes from fishermen, they usually keep far away from humans, and will become hostile if they are placed in captivity or under forced observation.
Boginki

Boginki - Playing various sorts of mischief on local human populations, ranging from annoyingly tearing fishing nets and spooking cattle to poisoning drinks and luring men into swamps where they will drown, these aquatic Polish faeries are thought to have originally been failed attempts at creating humans by an ancient deity. They are known to attack human women kidnap human children in order to replace them with strange changelings called odmieńce.
Avagrah

Variations: Gara, Graha, Nyan, Tanti-Gaha

In Burmese mythology the avagrah is a monstrous serpentine creature living in rivers; it is described as being between one and two hundred fathoms long (Approximately 550 and 1,100 feet), and looking like an earthworm. this predatory creature is extraordinarily strong and is even said to attack elephants.
A'nasa

Ferdinand von Mueller, when at the town of Melpes in Kordofan (somewhere near Al-Ubayyid), was offered to acquire a specimen of an animal called *a'nasa* (عنزة; *anaza*), described thus: it is a size of a small donkey, has a thick body and thin bones, coarse hair and tail like a boar. It has a long horn on its forehead and lets it hang when alone, but erects it immediately when seeing the enemy. It can be found to the south-south-west from Melpes. The negroes often make shields out of its skin.
Caballucos del Diablu

Caballucos del Diablu - Appearing when fires are used to purify the souls of religious families in a particular Spanish tradition, these demonic faeries resemble horses with giant dragonfly wings. They dart around among the fire, representing the burning souls of sinners, releasing their fury with terrifying screams. The different colors of the monsters resemble different sins that people have committed.
Accordianteater

**THE ACCORDIANTEATER**

[ *Musicacorupus botkini* (Sharpe, 2020) ]

    A strange noise through the tall pines in the Big Woods! A sort of sighing that grows into a wail and dies away. If it is dusk the new-comer to the woods draws a little closer to the cheerful fire. All about him is a wall of shadowy trees.

    “Funny noise the wind makes through the trees,” he says.

    “Wind nothing!” snorts the Old-timer, “That just shows you don’t know a thing about these woods. Why, everybody around here knows that’s the noise made by the accordianteater.”

    “The accordianteater!”

    “Sure. It isn’t likely you’ll get sight of him while you’re up here, as he keeps himself hidden in the dark, shady places. Sometimes you can hear him in the daytime, but mostly he’s out at night. He makes that queer, wailing noise with his body, which is built just like an accordion, and he just pulls himself out and squeezes himself up. Listen! There he goes again!”
Agropelter

Agropelters are violent and aggressive critters found in lumberwoods from Maine to Oregon. Injury and death blamed on freak falling branches are always the work of an agropelter, who hates lumberjacks for their invasion of its territory.

"The Agropelter

Brachiipotentes craniofractans

A peevish quadruped, highly resentful of the logger's intrusion upon his woods home. Common, and well-known from coast to coast, but limited to the Northern forests. The beast's ugly disposition is attributed in part to its diet of hoot-owls, high-holes, and dozy wood.

As with many of these elusive, nimble creatures, a detailed description is lacking. But it is fully established that the Agropelter (sometimes called the Widow-maker) has a sturdy body topped with villainous, ape-like countenance. His outstanding equipment is a pair of long, muscular arms. Stealthily reaching out from his lair in the top of a hollow tree, he can snap off a heavy dead limb and either drop or hurl it with deadly accuracy on the pate of the woodsman passing beneath.

He is a marvellously rapid tree-climber and traveller, swinging himself, acrobat-fashion, from limb to limb. In picking a home site, he selects a tree having numerous dead branches and dozy upper bole, and which stands handy to a frequently travelled trail. He quickly eats out a roomy nest. The pups (born on February 29) always arrive in odd numbers." - Fearsome Critters 1939 by Henry H. Tryon
Aždaja

Aždaja - Regarded as evil incarnate in Serbian mythology, these sluggish dragons resemble serpents with three or nine heads and stumpy limbs, as well as bat-like wings. They create terrible rackets in their cave habitats with their infernal screeching, and spit blue fire from all of their heads. It is said that they come into being when a snake keeps eating other snakes and then develops legs and wings if it lives for a hundred years.
Bogle

Bogle - Perplexing and annoying surrounding humans by playing frustrating tricks and causing general mischief, these curious English faeries usually appear as giant humanoids with porcine features. They have been known to throw objects through the windows of nearby houses, and are often spoken about as bogeymen, used to keep children out of potentially unsafe areas.
Akbuzat

*“Its eyes are sparkling;*

*it is chewing the bits;*

*the foam is dripping from its mouth;*

*If it races, it will fly up in the air.”*

The winged horse Akbuzat has a mild grey tint, copper eyes, the chest of a falcon and nostrils like garlic cloves. It can change the earth’s surface: the horse creates the Ural Mountains and can reduce any sea to the size of a horse eye. The wings of Akbuzat can whip up a storm that destroys mountains and turns everything upside down.

The capture and taming of the steed is a common plot in various myths. The Bashkir epic hero Ural-Batyr manages to tame Akbuzat on a third attempt and gets the most loyal companion in the horse. In the future,

to call the horse, one has to burn three strays of its mane. In the later myths, Ural-Batyr’s descendant, Hauban, takes a trip to the evil Shulgen’s underwater kingdom to find Akbuzat once again and obtain the diamond sword to gain power that would make him invincible.

***Akbuzat*** (Bashkir: Аҡбуҙат, from *аҡбуҙ* "blue-grey" and *ат* "horse") is the most famous *kubair* (epic poem) of the Bashkirs. It shows similarity to other epics (notably the story of Pegasus).

The main hero of the epic poem *Akbuzat* is Hauban. He travels to the underwater kingdom Shulgen to search for the сurly horse Akbuzat and the diamond sword Ural-batyr. He destroys the kingdom, frees Akbuzat, and returns to liberate his people from slavery under Khan Masim.
Chang Nam

The Chang Nam, or “water elephant”, is native to the jungle streams of Thailand. Its equivalent in Myanmar is called the Ye Thin.

A chang nam looks like a miniature replica of an elephant. It is no bigger than a rat but has a trunk and sharp little tusks and all the hallmarks of elephants.

These water elephants are extremely dangerous. Merely seeing a chang nam’s shadow causes instant death. A chang nam will also stab footprints and reflections in the water with its tusks, bringing about the death to the owner of the footprint or reflection.

It seems uncertain whether the chang nam has a purely supernatural origin or if it has some real animal as its basis. Nonetheless, stuffed chang nam skins are available for sale to gullible tourists; these are manipulated frog or rodent skins with tusks attached.
Cahab

Among Aristotle’s many references to the elephant, we are told that its five toes are not perfectly jointed, its forelegs are larger than its hind ones, and its hind legs have short ankles. It has a trunk that it can use as a hand, drinking and eating with it, pulling up trees with it, and using it to breathe when walking through water. This remarkable appendage is cartilaginous and jointless.

The 1220 Latin translation of Aristotle by Michael Scot was based off an Arabic translation from the Greek. Scot retained various Arabic words in his text, and hence Aristotle’s passage on the elephant’s appendicular anatomy became *et habet duo cahab parva respect magnitudinis corporis sui* – here, *cahab* is Arabic for “ankle”, and the phrase reads “and [the elephant] has two ankles that are short relative to the size of its body”. Scot used *cahab* consistently to refer to the ankle or the talus bone.

Thomas de Cantimpré did not recognize the word *cahab* and assumed it to be the subject of the verb *habet*. From that the sentence became *Caab animal marinum est, ut dicit Aristotiles, parvos habens pedes respectu corporis sui, quod utique magnum est*, “Caab is a sea animal, as says Aristotle, whose legs are small in proportion to its body, which is huge”. Based on that and the remainder of the Aristotelian description, Thomas says that the caab has one leg that is long and which it uses as a hand to bring vegetation to its mouth; this leg is made of cartilage. Thomas also misreads the behavior of the elephant in water and makes his caab a fully aquatic marine animal, one that breathes underwater and then, upon reaching the surface, spouts the water it swallowed while breathing. Finally, he spontaneously gives his animal the feet of a cow.

In turn, Albertus Magnus “borrows” Thomas’ account, dropping the reference to Aristotle. This time it is called cahab, and now all of its legs are cartilaginous and resemble those of a calf. Albertus also makes a logical association with the cetacean act of spouting; his cahab holds its breath underwater and spouts at the surface *sicut delfinus et cetus*.

The last iteration of the cahab is provided by Olaus Magnus, who transposes this odd cartilage-legged sea creature into Scandinavia. He tactfully compares the cartilaginous feet to those of both cows and calves (*vaccae, aut vituli*). Olaus cites Albertus Magnus as the source of the cahab in the Latin version of his *Historia*, but the French and English translations omit this crucial citation.

Finally, the English translation misreads the name of the cahab as “sahab”, decisively casting this elephant adrift in a sea of translation errors.
Blutschinck

Blutschinck - Resembling enormous bears from a distance, these monstrous aquatic animals are found in the cold lakes of Austria, and are known to sometimes haul themselves up onto land and snatch unsuspecting victims. Their swimming ability and their mammalian characteristics suggests a relation to the dobhar-chú.
Chollima

A Chollima (also Qianlima, Senrima, or Cheollima, literally "thousand-li/mile horse") is a mythical winged horse that originates from the Chinese classics and is commonly portrayed in East Asian mythology. This winged horse is said to be too swift and elegant to be mounted (by any mortal man).

Beginning around the 3rd century BCE, Chinese classics mention Bole, a mythological horse-tamer, as an exemplar of horse judging. Bole is frequently associated with the fabled qianlima, which was supposedly able to gallop one thousand li (approximately 400 km) in a single day. Qianlima was a literary Chinese word for people with latent talent and ability; and Spring (1988:180) suggests, "For centuries of Chinese history, horses had been considered animals capable of performing feats requiring exceptional strength and endurance. Possibly it is for this reason that from early times horses have been used allegorically to represent extraordinary people." Bole recognizing a qianlima was a metaphor for a wise ruler.
Ababil

A species of gigantic birds from Korean folklore, the ababil ("Flocks") were said to have dropped sijjil stones upon the army of elephants sent by king Yemen to attack Mecca in the year 571 when Mohammed, the prophet was born. The ababil are described as having dark feathers, green necks, sharp claws and yellow beaks.
Anteros

Anteros - Hideous fae, these ancient Greek creatures feed on feelings of heartbreak and unrequited love in local human populations, and are capable of inducing these feelings in their victims. There are rumors that they were created by an ancient deity in order to provide company for the lonely Eros, though this evidently backfired. If their skin is touched by a human, that human may get lead poisoning.to ancient scripture, the first individual of the species was slain by the guardian deity of rainfall after his worshipers started dying of thirst and he became weakened.
Byakko

Byakko is a celestial white tiger. His home is in the western sky. He spans seven of the twenty-eight Chinese constellations, taking up one quarter of the entire sky. The constellation which makes up the rear of the tiger is located in Andromeda and Pisces. The constellations which makes up the middle of the tiger are located in Ares and Taurus. The constellations which makes up his front legs and head are located in Orion.

Byakko is one of the shijin, or Four Symbols, which are important mythological figures in Taoism. Byakko is the guardian of the west. He is associated with the Chinese element of metal, the season of autumn, the planet Venus, and the color white. He represents the virtue of righteousness. He controls the wind.
Ciguapa

Ciguapa - Seducing male victims and leading them deep into the jungles of the Caribbean, these succubus-like faeries have striking blue skin and glowing eyes, as well as strange backwards-facing feet. They will make love to their victims in the forest, but will then promptly murder them and feed on their flesh afterwards. If a human stares into their eyes for long enough, they will be bewitched and controlled by the monster.
Adze

The adze of Ghana and Togo is a vampiric creature that often takes the form of a firefly. The adze is believed to possess the tribe's sorcerer and feeds on the blood of the most beautiful children in the tribe. If the adze is captured while in its firefly form, it will transform into its human form and can be killed like any other human, though it will attack its captors. The adze can also be pacified by providing it with offerings of coconut milk or palm oil.
Chamrosh

**Chamrosh** is a bird in Persian mythology said to live on the summit of Mount Alborz.

Chamrosh is described as having the body of a dog/wolf with the head and wings of an eagle. It was said to inhabit the ground beneath the soma tree that was the roost of the Senmurv. When the Senmurv descended or alighted from its roost, all the ripened seeds fell to the earth. These seeds were gathered by the Chamrosh, which then distributed them to other parts of the earth. There is a description of the Chamrosh in the Persian Rivayats: "The Creator Ohrmazd has produced on the shores of the sea Vourukasha a tree and two birds who are immortal and without death. Every year a thousand new branches spring up from that tree and all kinds of seeds hang on those branches and all those seeds become ripe. A bird called Amrosh comes and sits on one of the branches and shakes it and scatters down to the ground all the seeds. Another bird called Chamrosh comes and strikes all the seeds with its wings and sides and throws them into the sea. All those seeds go inside a cloud full of rain and that cloud rains on the ground and all the seeds appear on the earth."

Chamrosh is the archetype of all birds, said to rule and protect all avifauna on Earth. According to the Avesta, Persia is pillaged every three years by outsiders, and when this happens, the angel Burj sends Chamrosh out to fly onto the highest mountaintop then snatch the pillagers in its talons as a bird does corn.

Jewish mythology sometimes equates the Chamrosh with the giant bird Ziz.
Behemoth

**Behemoth** (/bɪˈhiːməθ, ˈbiːə-/; Hebrew: בְּהֵמוֹת‎, *bəhēmōṯ*) is a beast from the biblical Book of Job, and is a form of the primeval chaos-monster created by God at the beginning of creation; he is paired with the other chaos-monster, Leviathan, and according to later Jewish tradition both would become food for the righteous at the end-time. Metaphorically, the name has come to be used for any extremely large or powerful entity.
Abbagoochie

The **Abbagoochie** (pronounced abba-GOO-cheez) is a creature resembling a cross between an owl, a fox, and a deer. It is indigenous to Costa Rica, where people refer to it as a "dry land piranha" because it will eat anything, including creatures far larger than itself such as horses and cows. If cornered, an abbagoochie will consume itself "in a devilish whirlwind" rather than allow itself to be captured. They mate only once every 6 ½ years. The creature is very likely a hoax; however there're actual reports of the creature that might differentiate it from more legitimate hoaxes as a more validated cryptid.
Baconaua

Variations: Baonaua, Bakonawa, Bakunawa

In Filipino folklore, Baconaua ("bent serpent", "Man eater" and "Moon eater") is an immense silver dragon said to live in the sea but has giant bat-like membranous wings enabling them to fly through the sky. According to the myth, in the earth's ancient past the planet once had seven moons but greedy Baconaua consumed six of them. Each time there is an eclipse occurring it is believed Baconaua is attempting to eat the remaining moon. in order to prevent this from happening local people would gather together and make loud noises banging metal objects together hoping to scare him back into the sea.
Catabolignes

Catabolignes - Responsible for tempting and leading humans away from respectable life choices and paths, these Etruscan demons are associated with destruction and physical ruin in their local Italian folklore. Once they have tempted their victims away from potential aid, they will crush and break them with immense supernatural force, killing them instantly. There are, however, some sources which suggest that some magic users can interact with them relatively safely.
Agulshap

Abkhazian cannibal dragon. In addition, the kidnapper of young beauties. He appears in many Abkhaz tales. Here is one of them. Once upon a time there were three brothers: very smart, very apt and very strong. And they had a beautiful sister. Once Agulshap carried her away. The brothers vowed to save their sister. The eldest, the most intelligent, found out where she was and led the rest. They walked, walked, looked for a sister ... And finally they found. & Laquo; She was in a clearing in the middle of a large forest, and Agulshap lay curled up next to her. The brothers secretly took their sister. But is it really possible to leave Agulshapapamo? He noticed, flew after them, quickly caught up, took his sister away, rushed like a bullet into the sky and immediately found himself near the sun. Then the middle brother, the most accurate, shot, killed Agulshap, and the sister began to fall down. The younger one immediately ran up, caught his sister on the fly, held him down and put him on the ground. The happy brothers, together with the se-system, went to their house. Meanwhile, the mother sewed a beshmet to reward the one of the sons who distinguished himself with special valor, saving his sister from Agulshap. She called wise counselors and said: — Decide which of my sons deserved the beshmet! The judges sit, decide, still have not decided anything ...
Buata

Buata is a monstrous creature from the West Melanesia island folklore of the island of New Britain. The buata looks like a gigantic boar and having tusks as long as swords, it hunts people and consumes them whole. He is immensly strong and fast, the Buata has rudimentary intelligence and can speak in simple sentences.

Like other creatures of low intelligence it can easily be tricked into not eating its prey. Sometimes it even gets lost in the woods.
Adjule

Adjule - Last seen in 1992, these rare North African canids are said to have reddish skin, and to be able to emit a pheromone that causes discord and contention among humans to allow them to hunt livestock. They hunt in large packs of up to 13 individuals, and are roughly 2.5ft tall at the shoulder. There has recently been some dispute as to whether they represent a different species of monster altogether, or if they are simply supernatural variants of the African wild dog.
Bakru

Bakru - Lurking around derelict structures in the forests of South America, these dwarfish faeries are half fleshy and half wooden, and are capable of using powerful dark magic to discourage trespassers on their territory. They are sometimes known to work for people that pay them, though if they are not paid then they will become murderous and impossible to get rid of.
Bolotnik

Bolotnik - Appearing as a long-armed and tailed creature covered in algae and dirt, these Latvian creatures lurk in swamps and require complete silence from passersby in order to let them live. If the intruders are misbehaving, then the creatures will pretend to be stepping stones and then vanish into the water at the last moment. They seem to derive a sick pleasure from watching their victims drown and desperately call for help.
Bocan

Bocan - Causing poltergeist-like mischief in houses across England and Scotland, these malevolent household faeries play malicious pranks on the occupants of their targeted homes, such as pulling bedsheets off sleeping humans and spooking horses, and even kidnapping or eating people who wander off alone into swamps or marshes. They can be repelled either by hanging a horseshoe above the doors of at-risk houses or by placing piles of salt in the bedrooms of potential victims.
Alp

Alp - Normally attacking female victims, these grotesque German faeries are known to sit astride on a sleeping victim's chest and contort their dreams into hideous nightmares. As well as causing bad dreams, they have been known to kidnap livestock and knot hair, and generally cause mischief around the house. The only way to get rid of an alp is to either use steel weapons, or to shove a lemon down its throat.
Baumesel

Baumesel - Closely related to Feldgeisters and other low-level nature elementals, these vaguely goblin-like faeries usually assume the forms of donkeys or asses, and are found in and around the forests and cornfields of Germany. They are also known as 'Scheunesel', which means 'barn donkey', but aside from this virtually nothing is known about their behaviour or abilities. Like other elementals, they would be expected to aggressively target those that damage their habitat.
Chawgreen

CHAWGREEN: A bear but with a big bushy brush, better befitting a badger or bobcat, bedecked as a barbers-pole. This pirating plunderer pilfers from particular people possessing a plentiful passel of top-notch tobacco. The taker of this treasure then tentatively tastes of it, twitching its teeth. Subsequently, the stealer spits its spoils splattering the substance in several separate spaces.
Akilineq

**Akilineq** is an Inuit language toponym meaning *the opposite country*, which has variously been theorized to be a mythical place, an area in northeastern North America, or possibly even Europe.

One theory notes that the term was used in West Greenland to refer to the territories across Davis Strait, such as the Labrador Peninsula and Baffin Island.

Renee Fosset notes that Gustav Holm of the 1880s Danish polar expedition recorded east Greenlanders as describing Akilineq as a land far to the east, which by evidence Holm took to refer to Iceland.

The term was also used to refer to one or several trading sites where the Inuit and neighbouring peoples would meet, by the Akilineq Hills at the mouth of the Thelon River, or on the north shores of Lake Aberdeen.
Aamon

**Aamon** (also known as **Amon** and **Nahum**), in demonology, is a Grand Marquis of Hell who governs 40 infernal legions, and the 7th spirit of the Goetia. He is the demon of life and reproduction.

*"Amon, or Aamon, is a great and mighty marques, and commeth abroad in the likeness of a Wolf, having a serpents tail, [vomiting] flames of fire; when he putteth on the shape of a man, he sheweth out dogs teeth, and a great head like to a mighty [night hawk]; he is the strongest prince of all other, and understandeth of all things past and to come, he procureth favor, and reconcileth both friends and foes, and rule forthy legions of devils."*

*"The Seventh Spirit is Amon. He is a Marquis great in power, and most stern. He appeareth like a Wolf with a Serpent's tail, vomiting out of his mouth flames of fire; but at the command of the Magician he putteth on the shape of a Man with Dog's teeth beset in a head like a Raven; or else like a Man with a Raven's head (simply). He telleth all things Past and to Come. He procureth feuds and reconcileth controversies between friends. He governeth 40 Legions of Spirits. His Seal is this which is to be worn as aforesaid, etc."*
Chickcharney

The **chickcharney** (also known as the **chickcharnie** or **chickcharnee**) is a legendary creature in the folklore of Andros Island in the Bahama Islands. It is said to live in the forests, is furry or feathered, and about 3 feet (0.91 metres) tall, with an ugly appearance resembling an owl. In common legend, if a traveler meets a chickcharney and treats it well, they will be rewarded with good luck, while treating a chickcharney badly will result in bad luck and hard times. Sightings have continued into the present. It is said that the birds make their nest by bringing several pine trees together and making their nest in the middle. Several of these tree formations have been sighted.
Bedcat

**BEDCAT:** Bedcats are bed bugs by birth brought up in the blistful boscages beside the wooded and wonderful winter work locales of the lively, lyrical, loquacious lumberjack. Taking to the taste of thriving things, they began to bite at the bountiful blood of bobcats. It was then these infinitesimal insects increased and forever following flourished. However, having hearty helpings of the same substance for a several spans, subsequently, they suffered a serious and strange side-effect. The little louses lamentably attained the attributes of the animals they ate. They came to be covered in a corresponding coat and grew greater by any good guess. Erelong, ears extended, whiskers were worn, then tails turned up! Inevitably, the insects invariably imitated the exact entities they had an eagerness for eating. By and by, bonafide bobcats they had become! The animals are almost alike in their altogether anatomy apart from added appendages. For the fearsome four feet of the former are further connected with a couple in combination. The creature currently sporting a savage sum of six for serious strolling.
Anqa

'*Anqa **(Arabic: عَنْقَاء‎, romanized:*** **ʿanqāʾ*), also spelled* 'Anqa** , or *Anka*, or ***Anqa Mughrib*** or ***Anqa al-Mughrib*** (Arabic: العَنْقَاء المُغْرِب‎) is a large mysterious or fabulous female bird in Arabian mythology. She is said to fly far away and only appear once in ages. However, it is also said that she can be found at "the place of the setting of the sun".
Amphisbaena

The **Amphisbaena**, **Amphisbaenae**, **Amphisbaina** and various other names, is a mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head at each end that lives in the desert. According to Greek mythology, the amphisbaena was spawned from the blood that dripped from the Gorgon Medusa's head as Perseus flew over the Libyan Desert with it in his hand. Cato's army then encountered it along with other serpents on the march. Amphisbaenae fed off of the corpses left behind. The amphisbaena has been referred to by various poets, such as Nicander, John Milton, Alexander Pope, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and A. E. Housman, and the amphisbaena as a mythological and legendary creature has been referenced by Lucan, Pliny the Elder, Isidore of Seville, and Thomas Browne, the last of whom debunked its existence.
Aso Zusta

In Persian folklore aso zusta ("Being loved of Asa") was species of bird capable of speaking Holy Scripture in it's own language, enabling it to scare off devils, even when encountered in barren and isolated places. Nail clippings are offered to the Aso Zusta to guard over as it can prevent the clippings from being stolen by demons and turned into hostile weapons against the person they came from.
Bendith y Mamau

Bendith y Mamau - Stunted and ugly humanoids, these Welsh faeries are said to ride horses in processions known as Faery Rades, and are sometimes customarily offered bowls of milk left outside houses that they pass on their journeys. They replace children with changelings, which can be banished through a specific ritual. First, a raw egg must be cracked and stirred while the changeling watches, and then a Faery Rade observed, and finally an unplucked black hen should be roasted over a fire.
Abaia

**Abaia** is a huge, magical eel in Melanesian mythology.

According to Melanesian mythology the Abaia is a type of large eel which dwells at the bottom of freshwater lakes in the Fiji, Solomon and Vanuatu Islands. The Abaia is said to consider all creatures in the lake its children and protects them furiously against anyone who would harm or disturb them. It is said that those who are foolish enough to try to catch the fish from a lake containing the Abaia are immediately overwhelmed by a large wave caused by the thrashing of the Abaia's powerful tail.

Another version of the legend states that if someone were to harm a creature living in the Abaia's home, the Abaia would cause a great rain storm flooding the land and drowning those who had caused the harm. One example of this ability is illustrated in the following story:

Although it would seem that the magical powers of the Abaia are the byproduct of human imagination and its fear of the unknown, it has been suggested[*according to whom?*] that the Abaia legend may have stemmed from encounters with an actual undiscovered species of giant eel living at the bottom of these remote lakes.
Agta

Agta - Usually found inside trees across the forests of the Philippines, these faeries appear as humanoids with oily black skin, and will warn fishermen of impending maritime disasters. If the fishermen do not heed their warnings, they will push logs into the water from their trees to prevent them from launching their boats.
Bodach

Bodach - Crawling down chimneys and poking children with their bony fingers, these British boogeymen are thought to be related to Trows and other faeries, and are known to steal misbehaving children and leave changelings in their place. This is a common occurrence in the Scottish Highlands, where these changelings will usually give themselves away by their outspoken and mature nature. There are some other variants of this species which act as wraith-like death omens.
Basmu

In Akkadian mythology the dragon Basmu is described as being a horned serpent with two forelegs; he appears in the story of the slaying of labbu which recounts the victory of the god Tishpak over Basmu, Labbu and Mushussu, servants of Tiamat. Venomous Basmu roams the countryside devouring birds, fish, men and wild asses, eventually he is slain by Nergal.
Bayfart

The Bayfart is a frightening fish. Its two anterior legs have claws, like a lion. Its posterior legs are flat and made for swimming. It has two small ears and one largh horn on its head, surrounded by a tuft of fur. Around its nose it also has some hair.

The Bayfart is an animal whose existence is reported by the inhabitants of Finnmark. It is something like a seal, roughly the same size and shape. Its fur is greyish. It has small ears and a single horn on its head surrounded by hair, and hog-like bristles around its nose. Its forelegs have claws as long as a lion’s, while its has two flippers for hind legs. Thevet received a bayfart skin from a Scotsman, who obtained it in Denmark in 1570. It had been caught in the Northern Sea.
Bregdi

A malicious sea monster from Shetland waters, the Bregdi is feared for its habit of chasing boats. Once it has caught up with a boat, it wraps its long fins around it, putting them up over the gunwales, and dives with the boat in its deadly embrace.

Fortunately a bregdi’s attentions can be deterred in two ways. Like many other supernatural creatures, the bregdi hates the touch of cold steel. A simple *skuni* (knife) is more than enough to combat it. Slashing the fins as soon as they appear over the gunwales will make it let go and flee. It is also terrified of amber beads, and a single amber bead thrown at a bregdi is enough to scare it off.
Bergsrå

Bergsrå - Related to trolls, these Swedish mountain-dwelling faeries live in tightly-structured cities and societies, usually surrounded by trolls and goblins as either hunting companions or guards. They can be both male and female, and are known to kidnap humans and take them into their mountain dwellings, where they will experience sensations of lost time.
Bianselu

"Bianselu

the colour changing deer

Nomenclature: Literally, 'colour-changing deer'.

The Bianselu is a deer-like hoofed mammal, reportedly from the Shennongji Forestry District (SFD) that is said to be able to significantly shift it's own colour according to the four seasons.

This animal appears similar to a sika deer (Cervus nippon). It is well-proportioned, has a loping gait, and can quickly leap over wide mountain streams and scamper among precipitous cliffs. Notably, the colouration of it's fur and antlers constantly changes with the seasons: light green fur with pinkish antlers in spring; yellowish fur with green antlers in summer; golden fur with reddish-brown antlers in autumn; pure white fur with golden antlers in Winter.

One spring in the 1980s, a hunter from Xujiashan Township, SFD, found an injured, greenish-furred fawn in the wild. The man brought the animal into his home and raised it. It's colour changed to yellowish in the summer, became golden in the autumn, and shifted to pale as winter approached- it turned back to green again the following spring."

- "Mystery creatures of China : The complete cryptozoological guide" by David C. Xu
Boger Owl

BOGER OWLS: A huge and horrendous horror that hovers on high habitually holding a human in its horrid hooks. This prodigy of protostrigidae partakes of people and pecks its prey into pieces. Its physiognomy and phizog parallel the owl in overall order. The only objection is owning to its obvious onslaught and oversize outgrowth.
Bòcan

Bòcan - Akin to hobgoblins, these hairy Scottish faeries are usually mischievous and sometimes dangerous, but are known to maintain love-hate relationships with the human inhabitants of the households in which they dwell. Although they are well-known for causing destructive poltergeist-like activity, they are also said to help rebuild households or possibly even clear the space for new developments planned by their human co-inhabitants.
Aghoy

Aghoy - Always walking around barefoot, these beautiful but manipulative faeries are found in the forests and jungles of the Philippines, where they may appear to be helpful to lost travelers. They will take small amounts of their food, and offer perplexing gifts in return. However, if these gifts are accepted, their victim will be dragged to the Faery Realm, from which they will never return.human form to camouflage among populations.