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Folklore Dictionary
Meet the beings of folklore: explore their names, descriptions and associated traditions, from familiar creatures to less familiar inhabitants of the otherworld.
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110 matching entries
| Creature | Tradition | Description | Map locations |
|---|---|---|---|
| AcephaliGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Headless humanoids. | 3 |
| AericoSpirits and otherworld peoples (suggested) | Greek | Disease demon. | 3 |
| AeternaeGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Saw-horned monster. | 3 |
| AgathodaemonSpirits and otherworld peoples (suggested) | Greek | Spirit of vinefields and grainfields. | 3 |
| AlseidSpirits and otherworld peoples (suggested) | Greek | Grove nymph. | 3 |
| AmphisbaenaGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Serpent with a head at each end. | 3 |
| AntaeusDivine and sacred beings (suggested)Giants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground. | 3 |
| ArachneGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek mythology | Centaurid, human-spider hybrid. | 3 |
| Argus PanoptesGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Hundred-eyed giant. | 3 |
| ArimaspiHumans (suggested) | Greek | One-eyed humanoid. | 3 |
| ArionAnimals (suggested) | Greek | Swift green-maned talking horse. | 3 |
| AstomiGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food. | 3 |
| CabeiriDivine and sacred beings (suggested) | Greek | Smith and wine spirit | 3 |
| Calydonian BoarGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Giant, chthonic boar | 3 |
| CampeGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Dragon-human-scorpion hybrid | 3 |
| CentaurGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Human-horse hybrid | 3 |
| CerastesGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Extremely flexible, horned snake | 3 |
| CerberusGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Three-headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld | 3 |
| CercopesSpirits and otherworld peoples (suggested) | Greek | Mischievous forest spirit | 3 |
| Ceryneian HindGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Hind with golden antlers and bronze or brass hooves | 3 |
| CetusGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Large sea monster | 3 |
| CharybdisGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Sea monster in the form of a giant mouth | 3 |
| ChimaeraGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Lion-goat-snake hybrid | 3 |
| ChrysaorGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Giant son of the gorgon Medusa | 3 |
| ChrysomallusGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek mythology | Golden winged ram | 3 |
| Corycian nymphsSpirits and otherworld peoples (suggested) | Greek | Nymph of the Corycian Cave | 3 |
| Cretan BullAnimals (suggested) | Greek | Monstrous bull | 3 |
| CrinaeaeSpirits and otherworld peoples (suggested) | Greek | Fountain nymph | 3 |
| CyclopsGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | One-eyed giant | 3 |
| DactylSpirits and otherworld peoples (suggested) | Greek | Little people and smith and healing spirits | 3 |
| DaemonSpirits and otherworld peoples (suggested) | Greek | Incorporeal spirit | 3 |
| DrakainaGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Dragons depicted with female characteristics | 3 |
| DrakonGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Greek dragons | 3 |
| DryadSpirits and otherworld peoples (suggested) | Greek | Tree nymph | 3 |
| EchidnaGiants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Half-woman, half-snake monster | 3 |
| EmpusaSpirits and otherworld peoples (suggested) | Greek | Female demon that waylays travelers and seduces and kills men | 3 |
| EpimeliadSpirits and otherworld peoples (suggested) | Greek | Apple tree nymph | 3 |
| ErinyesSpirits and otherworld peoples (suggested) | Greek | Winged spirits of vengeance or justice, also known as Furies | 3 |
| Erymanthian BoarAnimals (suggested)Giants, monsters and fabulous creatures (suggested) | Greek | Giant boar | 3 |
| Eurynomos | Greek | Blue-black, carrion-eater in the underworld | 3 |
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