![]() ![]() Achelois - name meaning "she who drives away pain", surname for the daughters of Achelous.Siren ( Greek) – Bird-women known for theirs compelling singing.Kinnara ( Buddhist) - Half-bird musicians.Karura ( Japanese) - divine creature with human torso and birdlike head.Kalavinka ( Buddhist) - a fantastical immortal creature in Buddhism, with a human head and a bird's torso and long flowing tail.Inmyeonjo ( Korean) – bird with a human face.Harpy ( Greek) – ugly winged bird woman, steals food.Gumyōchō ( Yōkai) – twin-headed human-bird.Alkonost ( Slavic) – female with body of a bird.Bare-fronted Hoodwink ( Cryptid) – bird with the ability to be "almost seen".Anzû ( Mesopotamian) – massive bird who can breathe fire and water.Anqa ( Arabian) – large mysterious or fabulous female bird.Alicanto ( Chilean) – bird with luminescent feathers which feeds on gold or silver.Avalerion ( English) – only a single pair was said to live at any time.Adarna ( Phillippine) – has healing powers, put people to sleep, and turn people into stone.Vetala ( Hindu) – Vampiric entity that takes over cadavers.Tjinimin ( Australian Aboriginal) – Ancestor of the Australian people.Minyades ( Greek) - Three sisters who refused to take part in the worship of Dionysus, and turned into bats by Hermes.Leutogi ( Polynesian) – Samoan princess rescued by bats.Camazotz ( Mayan) – Bat spirit and servant of the lords of the underworld.Balayang ( Australian Aboriginal) – Bat-god and brother to Bunjil.Tsuchigumo ( Japanese) – Shapeshifting giant spider.Selket ( Ancient Egyptian) – Scorpion death/healing goddess.Scorpion man ( Babylonian) – Protector of travellers. ![]() Pabilsag ( Babylonian) – Sagittarius-like creature with scorpion tail.Myrmidons ( Greek) – Warriors created from ants by Zeus.Mothman ( American cryptid) – Man with moth wings and features.Khepri ( Ancient Egyptian) – Beetle who pushes the sun.Jorōgumo ( Japanese) – Ghost woman who shapeshifts into a spider.Gold-digging ant ( Greek) - Reported by Herodotus to live in either Ethiopia or Indian subcontinent.Carbuncle ( Chilote) – one of its many descriptions is a greenish-red fiery light reminiscent of fireflies.Arachne ( Greek) – Weaver cursed into a spider.Anansi ( West African) – Trickster spider.Tangie ( Scottish) - Shapeshifting sea water horse.Nuggle ( Scottish) - Mischievous male water horse.Nuckelavee (Orcadian) - Skinless oceanic water horse with pestilent breath.Nixie ( Germanic) - Shapeshifting water being, known for appearing as horses.Morvarc'h ( Breton) - Legendary horse that could gallop on the waves.Ichthyocentaurs ( Greek) Upper body of a man, the lower front of a horse, tail of a fish.Hippocampus ( Greek) - Horse with a fish tail.Enbarr ( Irish) - Manann's horse, capable of traversing land and sea.Each-uisge ( Scottish) - Malevolent shapeshifting oceanic water horse.Water Horse - General name for mythical water dwelling horses of many cultures.Water bull ( Scottish) - Nocturnal amphibious bull.Selkie ( Scottish) - Shapeshifting seal people.Sea goat ( Greek) - Half goat, half fish.Makara ( Hindu mythology) - half terrestrial animal in the frontal part (stag, deer, or elephant) and half aquatic animal in the hind part (usually of a fish, a seal, or a snake, though sometimes a peacock or even a floral tail is depicted).Glashtyn ( Celtic) - Horse goblin from the sea. ![]()
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