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Monsters
Abominable Snowmanenigmatic yeti of the Himalayas. [Tibetan Lore: Wallechinsky, 443]
gigantic monster with 100 arms, 50 heads. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Wheeler, 5]
small creature with monkey hands and feet, a hand at the end of its long tail. [Mex. Myth.: Leach]
part hippopotamus, part lion, with jaws like a crocodile’s. [Egypt. Myth.: Leach]
two-headed monster, either scaled like a snake or feathered; one head remains awake while the other sleeps. [Roman Myth.: White]
jackal-headed god. [Egypt. Myth.: Jobes, 105]
hundred-eyed giant who guarded Io. [Gk. Myth. and Rom. Lit.: Metamorphoses]
spirit with one nostril, a large projecting front tooth, and webbed feet. [Irish Folklore: Briggs, 14]
lizard supposed to kill with its gaze. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Handbook, 93]
one has ten horns, seven heads, and ten crowns on the horns; the other has two horns and speaks like a dragon. [N.T.: Revelation 13:1,11]
Asian monster with bull’s head and horse’s body, and fatally incendiary excrement. [Gk. & Rom. Myth.: White]
its head is a lump of sugar, its wings are made of thin slices of buttered bread, and its body is a crust. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-Glass]
the three Hecatoncheires (or Centimani), giants each having 50 heads and 100 arms. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 118]
cruel thunder-maker of the three Cyclopes. [Gk. Myth.: Pan finder, 47; Jobes, 251, 400]
has thorny hair and ears, knifelike leg bones, and a branched tail. [Am. Folklore: Botkin]
fire-breathing giant monster. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 49]
misshapen “missing link.” [Br. Lit.: The Tempest]
half goat, half fish. [Gk. Myth.: NCE, 450]
the traditional founder of Athens was half man, half serpent. [Gk. Myth.: Hamilton, 393]
three-headed watchdog of Hades. [Gk. Myth.: Avery, 270]
Poseidon’s daughter; monster of the deep. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey; Rom. Lit.: Aeneid]
mythical creature: goat-lion-dragon; vomited flames. [Classical Myth.: LLEI, I: 325]
half-serpent, half-cock; kills with glance. [Heraldry: Brewer Dictionary, 243]
Poseidon’s sons, each with one eye in the center of his forehead. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]
devils shown as cat-headed men with horns and hooves. [Pers. Myth.: Barber & Riches]
half nymph, half snake; never grew old. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 85]
frightful wolf, grew sinisterly in size and strength. [Scand. Myth.: LLEI, I: 328]
monster created from parts of corpses. [Br. Lit.: Frankenstein]
celebrated monster with three united bodies or three heads. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid]
monsters with serpents for hair and brazen claws. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 114; Gk. Lit.: Iliad]
giant in human shape; lives in a murky pond. [Br. Lit.: Beowulf]
fabulous animal, part eagle, part lion. [Gk. Myth. and Art: Hall, 143; Ital. Lit.: Purgatory]
foul-smelling creature; half-vulture, half-woman. [Gk. Myth.: Mercatante, 212–213]
fabulous marine creature; half fish, half horse. [Rom. Myth. and Art: Hall, 154]
offspring of griffin and mare. [Ital. Lit.: Orlando Furioso]
seven-headed water snake; ravaged Lerna, near Argos. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Hall, 149]
frightful burbling monster with flaming eyes. [Br. Lit.: Carroll Through the Looking-Glass]
the Face of Glory, depicted as a lion’s head, without body or limbs. [Hindu Myth.: Barber & Riches]
giant snakelike sea creature. [Dan. Folklore: Merca tante, 194–195]
dragon who guarded the Apples of the Hesperides. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 145]
scaly, four-legged, hermaphrodite creature. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 260–262]
frighteningly powerful sea serpent. [O.T.: Job 41; Psalms 74:14; 104:26; Isaiah 27:1]
“Nessie”; sea serpent said to inhabit Loch Ness. [Scot. Folklore: Wallechinsky, 443]
the only mortal Gorgon. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 161]
monstrous serpent that encircles the earth. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 723]
beast with bull’s head and man’s body. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 714]
turtle with a calf’s head, hooves, and tail. [Br. Lit.: Lewis Carroll Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland]
semi-divine beings with serpent bodies and human heads of terrible and ferocious aspect. [Hindu Myth.: Leach]
Scandinavian sea monster; whence, “Old Nick.” [Br. Folklore: Espy, 44]
terrible beast in Nastrond; gnaws ashtree, Yggdrasil. [Norse Myth.: Wheeler, 259]
siren-like water-sprite, sometimes fish-tailed, that lured men to drown. [Teutonic Myth.: Barber & Riches]
fabulous amalgam of dragon, camel, and lion. [Heraldry: Brewer Dictionary, 782]
monstrous sea creature; devours human beings. [Ital. Lit.: Orlando Furioso]
two-headed dog; brother of Cerberus. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 186]
huge serpent which sprang from stagnant waters after the Deluge. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 227]
serpent-headed leopard that emitted loud noises. [Br. Lit.: Malory Le Morte d’Arthur]
white bird of enormous size. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights, “Second Voyage of Sindbad the Sailor”]
half man, half beast with eyes of fire. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Handbook, 947]
giant hairy hominid said to lurk about the Pacific Northwest. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 601]
half beautiful maiden, half hideous dog. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey; Rom. Lit.: Metamorphoses]
half-woman, half-bird, enticed seamen to their death with song. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 934]
number of the blasphemous beast with seven heads and ten horns. [N.T.: Revelation 13–14]
head and breasts of a woman, body of a dog, and wings of a bird. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 246; Gk. Lit.: Oedipus Rex]
hundred-headed beast killed by Jovian thunderbolt. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 1111]
tallest of the giants; his arms and legs ended in serpents. [Gk. Myth: Benét, 1034]
a man transformed into a wolf. [Eur. Folklore: Benét, 1082]