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Images of Mythical Creatures

Creatures of Earth

Brownies
Cyclops
Giants
Gnomes
Maenads
Minotaur
Trolls

 

Creatures of Water

Capricorn (Sea goat)
Kelpie
Mermaids, Sirens, Lorelei, and other mer-creatures
Naiads (Water ymphs)
Nerieds
Scylla
Typhon
Undines (Nixe)

Creatures of Air

Anzu
Dragons
Fafner
Garuda
Griffins
Harpies
Pegasus
Simurgh
Sylphs
Valkyries

 

Creatures of Fire

Phoenix (firebird)
Roc
Salamanders (Fire Elementals)
Simorgh (Senmurv)
Seraphim

Composite creatures

Sphinxes
Basilisks

Chimeras
Centaur
s
Cherubim
Minotaur
Simorgh (Senmurv)
Sphinx
Other

Creatures of the Woodlands

Centaurs
Dryads (hamadryads, wood-nymphs)
Fairies
Green man
Lephrechauns
Mandrakes
Phooka, phouka, puca
Satyrs
Trolls
Unicorns

Creatures of misfortune, death, and destruction

Angels of Death
The Beast of the Apocalypse
Vampires, and Succubi
Mors (Grim Reaper, Death)
Fenris Wolf
Four Horsemen
Gorgon (Medusa)
Lamia
Lilith

Maenads
Scylla
Sin, plague

Demons

Judeo-Christian

Lucifer
Lilith

Ancient

Humbaba
Incubus / succubus
Simorgh (Senmurv)

Gnostic/Hermetic Creatures

Abraxas
Baphomet
Basilisks

Ouroboros
Sabaoth

 

Creatures of the Underworld

Cerberus
Jormundgand/midgard serpent
Minotaur
Leviathan

Wraiths, Ghosts, and spirits

Neolithic Headless spirits
Banshees ('Bean-sidhe' )
Ghosts

Controllers of Fate and destiny

Fates
Norns

Mounts of the Gods

Sleipnir
Pegasus
Garuda

 

Great Serpents

Dragons
Fafner

Jormundgand
Leviathan
Scylla
Typhon

From Jennifer Emick,
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