BestiarypediaThe bestiary of every mythology
Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.
Durga
Ten-Armed Warrior Goddess
Durga is the Hindu goddess with ten arms who rides a tiger and defeats demons like Mahishasura.
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Kosodate-yūrei
Kosodate-yūrei, maternal spirit that returns to care for her baby
Maternal spirit from Japanese folklore that returns at night to care for her baby.
Tiyanak
Tiyanak, the deceptive vampire infant of Filipino folklore
The tiyanak is a Filipino vampire that takes the form of an abandoned newborn to lure victims with innocent crying and attack with sharp teeth.
Tikbalang
Tikbalang, the equine trickster of the Philippine trails
Equine-human shapeshifter who disorients travelers in the mountainous Philippine forests.
Sōjōbō
Sōjōbō, daitengu mountain king of Mount Kurama
Sōjōbō is the daitengu mountain king of Mount Kurama, master of the hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune and lord of storms and kenjutsu.
Konoha-tengu
Konoha-tengu, yamabushi ascetic of the sacred mountains
Intermediate phase of the tengu lineage that after centuries of shugendō asceticism adopts a humanoid form with prominent nose and complete yamabushi attire.
Karasu-tengu
Karasu-tengu, the bestial crow tengu of early Japanese folklore
Anthropomorphic giant crow spirit that inhabits mountain forests and abducts lost children.
Moroi
Moroi, the living vampire from Romanian folklore that drains vital energy
The moroi is a living vampire from Romanian folklore that feeds on vital energy instead of blood.
Strigoi
Strigoi mort / viu – The Romanian Revenant
The Strigoi is the foundational vampiric being in Romanian folklore. It exists in two forms: Strigoi mort (the dead), who rises from the grave, and Strigoi viu (the living), who lives among humans and transforms into a vampire at night.
Belphegor
Belphegor, demonic prince of sloth and invention among the Princes of Hell
Belphegor is the demonic prince of sloth, lord of the mines and discoverer of artillery.
Pontianak
Pontianak, vengeful spirit of a mother who died in childbirth
Nocturnal flying spirit that seduces and devours newborns after dying in childbirth.
Enoch
Enoch, the patriarch taken to heaven and transformed into Metatron
Enoch is the biblical patriarch who walked with God and ascended to heaven without dying, becoming the angel Metatron.
Yamauba
Yamauba, anthropophagous crone of Tōhoku Japanese folklore
Supernatural crone who offers daytime shelter and devours at night in Tōhoku forests.
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