For instance, the dragon Fafnir was originally a dwarf who On huge piles of treasure in burial mounds. In NorseĪnd Anglo-Saxon legends, dragons have a lust for gold and often sleep Off noxious fumes, or some combination of these three traits. Most versions it either breathes fire, has a venomous bite, gives Who can teach men the secret of flying, according to a medieval grimmoireĬalled The Book of Power.) Djinniyeh (Arabic, female djinn, see djinn) Domovoi *Dragon, Western A fire-breathing reptile of unusual size andįerocity, often with a varying number of legs, sometimes winged. Genie, by whom they swear, is named Kashkash. Nights, lived in a rose-domed city called Shadukiam. Dhampir (Serbian vampire) *Djinni (Arabic, also spelled genie) In the Arabian (Judeo-Christian examples: Asmodeus, Belial, Mamman, Grizzel Greediguts,Īcheron, Mephistopholes) Click here for Autumn Roger's bibliography See also Arimaspians Cynocephali (see Canocephali):
Sat upon an abandoned(See Basilisk) Cyclops. Rooster and serpent, a cockatrice was created when poisonous toad Leucrotta Cockatrice Resembling a mixture of Cerberus (classical Greek) Charadrius Cheiron Chemosit Ch'i Lin (Oriental, see Ki-Lin, below) Chimera (Greek) Cinamon Bird (Cinomolgus in bestiaries) Criosphinx Crocotta, cf. It may have originated in a Babylonian water-god, Ea, or the Indian The head and forelimbs of a goat, precursor to the Zodiac symbol. Capricorn: A fanciful beast with the body of a fish and In many medieval legends, Saint Christopher Others they are vegetarians who model their lives on principles akin In some accounts, they are carnivorous, and in Prophetic spirit) Blemiyeh (Headless men, also spelled Blemmyae) Brownie Bucentaur Reptilian creature so lethal it had the power to turn people to stone.īean Sidh (often spelled "Banshee," Irish Basilisk (Compare with Cockatrice, below): A venomous Theįrench word for a barnacle goose ( canard) thus became a common That a species of goose existed that hatched out of barnacles. In one version of the Physiologus, they are used as aīarnacle-Goose (alias a carnard): Medieval bestiaries stated They were notorious for drunkeness andĭebauchery.
Of a donkey and the waist, arms, and head of a human placed where Ass Centaur (alias Onocentaur) A creature with the body In various translations, rendered cethegrande (MiddleĮnglish) Cetus (Latin for whale), a grande (literally a "large"),Īnd even a "sea-pig" by one homilist. Much like a whale, but having a turtle-shell and a snake-like head.Ĭf. Aspidoceleon (also spelled Aspidochelone)-a sea-monster,
Would attempt to steal gold from Griffins in order to adorn their Ant-Lion (See Mermecolion) Arimaspians: a legendary one-eyed Scythian people who Thought to dwell in the East and in Africa.
Amphisbaena A two headed venomous serpent Ananta Anka (alias Angka) giant bird Anthropophagus (plural: Anthropophagi) Cannibal humanoids Alfar (see also Dockalfar and Liosalfar, see Elves): Also transliterated "Afreet/Afreeti"Īnd "Efreet/Efreeti") Arabic fire spirit. Research resources regarding medieval art, literature, history,Įtc. Those students who wish to submit theirīibliographies for the website must send me a copy in electronic format. Those marked with asterisks are the ones that I suspect If you wish, I will attach your annotated bibliographyĪs a link to the monster, so that the entire class will have access For your annotated bibliography, you will pick one of the monsters below
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