BestiarypediaThe bestiary of every mythology
Curated catalog of supernatural beings in 10 languages. Mythology, demonology, cryptozoology and folklore documented with relationships, taxonomies and sources.
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.
Sutoku Daitengu
Sutoku Daitengu, deposed emperor transformed into a vengeful great tengu
Sutoku Daitengu is the spirit of Emperor Sutoku who, after biting his tongue and writing a blood oath of vengeance, transformed into a daitengu and caused disasters in Japan for centuries.
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.
Tenjin
Tenjin, god of lightning and scholarship in the Shinto pantheon
Tenjin is the kami into which Sugawara no Michizane transformed after his death, worshipped as the protector of scholarship and calligraphy.
Amaterasu
Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and imperial ancestor in the Shinto pantheon
Amaterasu is the sun goddess and imperial ancestor of the Shinto pantheon, venerated at Ise with attributes of mirror, ravens and rice.
Iblis
Iblis Fallen King of the Jinn
Iblis is the primordial jinn who refused to prostrate before Adam and became the father of the shayatin and cosmic adversary of humanity.
Shaitan
Shaitan Whisperer Tempter, common soldier of Iblis's rebel legion
Shaitan is the invisible tempter who whispers waswasa into the human heart to turn it away from Allah.
White Lady of Glamis
White Lady of Glamis, vengeful castle specter foretelling death to the Bowes-Lyon
The White Lady of Glamis is the ghost of a woman in white appearing at Glamis Castle foretelling death and misfortune to the Bowes-Lyon family.
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