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Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.
Ghaddฤr
Yemeni jinn who tortures desert travelers
Ghaddฤr ambushes lone travelers in the deserts of Yemen and the Hejaz, captures, tortures and leaves them to die; cousin of the ghลซl and siสฟlฤ.
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Strigoi
The Romanian revenant, dead or living
The Romanian vampire proper: the dead man who comes home and the living whose spirit goes out at night.
Upyr
Upyr, the Slavic vampire that rises from the grave to drink blood with a kiss
The upyr is the Slavic vampire that emerges from the grave to feed on living blood through a kiss.
Naiads
Naiads, water nymphs guardians of rivers, springs, and fountains in Greek mythology
Naiads are female spirits of fresh waters, protectors of rivers, springs, and fountains in Greek mythology.
Lilitu
Lilitu, the Mesopotamian succubus spirit that drains vitality in dreams
Lilitu is the Mesopotamian female demon that seduces men in dreams to feed on their vital energy.
Empusa
Empusa, chthonic spectre of Hecate with one leg of bronze and one leg of donkey dung
Empusa is the Greek chthonic shapeshifting demon who seduces and devours the blood of youths.
Zeus
King of the Olympian gods
The cosmos was shared out by lot among three brothers, and the sky fell to him.
Lycaon
Lycaon, the Arcadian king who served human flesh
The Arcadian king who founded Lycosura and defiled his own altar by serving Zeus human flesh.
Fenrir
Fenrir, the monstrous wolf of Norse mythology
Fenrir is the monstrous wolf of Norse mythology, son of Loki and the giantess Angrboda, destined to devour Odin during Ragnarรถk and to be slain by Vidarr.
Moroi
Romanian vampire, living or unbaptised
The Transylvanian name of the strigoi: the soul that leaves the sleeping body and the unbaptised dead child.
Bael
The first spirit of the Goetia
A hoarse-voiced king who grants invisibility and heads the list of Solomon's seventy-two spirits.
Lernaean Hydra
Lernaean Hydra, the multi-headed water serpent that regenerates in Greek mythology
The Lernaean Hydra is the multi-headed water serpent that regenerates when cut, defeated by Heracles in his second labor with Iolaus's help.
Jรถrmungandr
Jรถrmungandr, the World Serpent that encircles the Earth in Norse mythology
Monstrous sea serpent that encircles the Earth and bites its own tail, son of Loki and Angrboda.
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