Top 200 Mythical Creatures and Monsters from Around the World Part 3
150 - Mapinguari
In Brazilian folklore, the Mapinguari, also called the juma, is a monstrous entity said to live in the Amazon rainforest. According to the Brazilian stories, was once an Amazonian shaman who discovered the key to immortality thousands of years ago. He angered the gods and was severely punished as to his discovery, which forced him to be transformed into a wandering, hairy beast for the rest of his life.
149 - Longma
The Longma is a fabled winged horse with dragon scales in Chinese mythology. The Longma is an omen of good luck: seeing one is a sign that a great and wise ruler will soon sit upon the throne. Is said that the creature has the ability to walk on water without sinking or getting wet.
148 - Domovoi
The Domovoi represents a kind of beneficial spirit of the house in Slavic Mythology. It protects the family, and even helps with household chores, usually metamorphosing into the head of the family. If the environment upsets him, and something becomes wrong between the members of the family, or even if a family member harms the pet, it can become harmful and he will manifest like a poltergeist.
147 - Fomorians
The Fomorians are a supernatural race in Irish mythology. They are often portrayed as hostile and monstrous beings who come from under the sea or the earth. Later, they were portrayed as giants and sea raiders. They are enemies of Ireland's first settlers and opponents of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the other supernatural race in Irish mythology.
146 - Dwarves
A dwarf is a mythical creature, appearing most frequently in Norse mythology. Humanoid in form, but short and stocky, they are connected with the Earth and are often said to be miners, engineers, and craftsmen.
145 - Laestrygonians
In Greek mythology, the Laestrygonians were a tribe of man-eating giants. They were said to have sprung from Laestrygon, son of the sea god Poseidon.
144 - Sirin
Sirin is a mythological creature of Russian legends, with the head and chest of a beautiful woman and the body of a bird (usually an owl). At first, Sirin was considered to be a creature dangerous to people, but since the 17th century, Sirin was depicted as a good mythological creature, as it was believed that it lived near paradise.
143 - Ahuizotl
The Ahuizotl is a legendary creature in Aztec mythology. The creature is most likely a water opossum, which possesses dexterous hands as well as a prehensile tail, waterproof marbled black and grey fur, and small pointed ears. It is said it lures people to their deaths.
142 - Cipactli
In Aztec mythology, Cipactli was a primeval sea monster, part crocodilian, part fish, and part toad or frog, with indefinite gender. Always hungry, every joint on its body was adorned with an extra mouth. The deity Tezcatlipoca sacrificed a foot when he used it as bait to draw the monster nearer. He and Quetzalcoatl created the Earth from its body.
141 - Winged Lion
The Winged Lion is a mythological creature that resembles a lion with bird-like wings. It dates back to ancient times. It has origins in Heraldry, Christianity, Mesopotamian, and Greek mythologies.
140 - Argus Panoptes
Argus Panoptes or Argos was a hundred-eyed giant in Greek mythology. "Panoptes" meant "the all-seeing one". He was a servant of Hera; one of the tasks that were given to him was to slay the fearsome monster Echidna, wife of Typhon, which he successfully completed.
139 - Namazu
Namazu is the giant catfish of Japanese mythology held responsible for creating earthquakes. The creature was thought to live under the earth, and when it swam through the underwater seas and rivers there, it caused earthquakes.
138 - Makara
Makara is a legendary sea-creature in Hindu mythology. It appears as the vehicle of the river goddess Ganga, Narmada and of the sea god Varuna. Makara are considered guardians of gateways and thresholds, protecting throne rooms as well as entryways to temples.
137 - Huginn And Muninn
Huginn And Muninn are two crows that appear in Norse mythology that fly all over the world, Midgard, and bring information to the god Odin.
136 - Questing Beast
The Questing Beast, is a monster from Arthurian legend, the subject of quests by famous knights like King Pellinore, Sir Palamedes, and Sir Percival. The strange creature has the head and neck of a serpent, the body of a leopard, the haunches of a lion and the feet of a deer.
135 - Geryon
In Greek mythology, Geryon was a fearsome giant, the grandson of Medusa and the nephew of Pegasus. He was often described as a monster with either three bodies and three heads, or three heads and one body, or three bodies and one head.
134 - Huldra
A huldra is a seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore. Her name derives from a root meaning "covered" or "secret". Though described as beautiful, the huldra is noted for having a distinctive inhuman feature - an animal's tail (usually a cow's or a fox's). and a back resembling a hollowed-out tree.
133 - Norns
The Norns are a group of supernatural beings from Germanic mythology. They were usually represented as three maidens who spun or wove the fate of men.
132 - Tarasque
The Tarasque is a fearsome legendary dragon-like mythological hybrid from Provence, in southern France. It was described as having a lion-like head, a body protected by turtle-like carapace, six feet with bear-like claws, and a scaly tail like a serpent's tail, and issued poison breath.
131 - Redcap
The redcap is a malevolent, murderous little creature, found in Border folklore. He is said to inhabit ruined castles along the Anglo-Scottish border, especially those that were the scenes of tyranny or wicked deeds and is known for soaking his cap in the blood of his victims.
130 - Humbaba
In Ancient Mesopotamian religion, Humbaba was a monstrous giant of immemorial age raised by the god Utu. Humbaba was the guardian of the Cedar Forest, where the gods lived.
129 - Hecatoncheires
In Greek mythology, the Hecatoncheires were three monstrous giants, of enormous size and strength, with fifty heads and one hundred arms. They are best known for the fact that they helped Zeus and the Olympians overthrow the Titans in the Titanomachy.
128 - Ratatoskr
In Norse mythology, Ratatoskr is a squirrel who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil to carry messages between the eagle perched atop Yggdrasil, and the serpent Níðhöggr, who dwells beneath one of the three roots of the tree.
127 - Strigoi
A strigoi is an evil spirit from Romanian Folklore. This spirit is known to rise from the grave after someone dies and has unfinished business on this earth. This spirit will haunt the family of the deceased and neighbours. The only way to kill it is to dig up the body and stake it through the heart.
126 - Ammit
Ammit was a demoness in ancient Egyptian religion with the forequarters of a lion, the hindquarters of a hippopotamus, and the head of a crocodile. In the Hall of Two Truths, Anubis weighed the heart of a person against the feather of Ma'at, the goddess of truth, which was depicted as an ostrich feather. If the heart was judged to be not pure, Ammit would devour it, and the person undergoing judgement was not allowed to continue their voyage towards Osiris and immortality.
