![]() ![]() Doppelgangerĭoppelgangers are the legendary creatures that were told to be the double spirits of people.Īlthough they looked exactly the same with the person in question, doppelgangers were not the twins of those people.Īccording to the belief, doppelgangers had no reflections in the mirror or cast shadows. In the old times, people were warned about not to pick a comb if they found one as it might have belonged to a banshee. He actually fell victim to their conspiracy eventually. Image Credit: Īccording to the myth, King James I of Scotland met one of these wailing women who told him that he would be killed by Earl of Atholl and his co-conspirators. They also had red eyes because they wept all the time. BansheeĪ banshee is a female spirit from Irish folklore believed to be the harbinger of death.īanshees, known as “crying/wailing women”, heralded the death of a person, a relative in most of the stories.īanshees looked like young women combing their hair with a silver or golden comb or sometimes old women. The boy came to wrestle with Amarok daily and become so strong that he beat three bears and earned respect from his people.Īlthough its origin is also linked to shunka warakin, hyaenodon and waheela, the myth of Amarok was most likely based on stories about direwolves told by ancient Eskimo people. Knocking the boy down with its tail, Amarok broke some bones in his body and told the boy that he could not move before because of those bones. ![]() One of the few legends regarding Amarok suggests that a boy who was unable to move and disliked by his people prayed for the god of strength and Amarok came to his aid. ![]() Amarok the WolfĪmarok, also known as Amaroq, is a giant wolf in Inuit mythology which was believed to kill people hunting alone. Image Credit: ĭespite its harmless appearance, this beast could kill creatures much larger than itself by stabbing them with its horn and then devour them.Īccording to the belief, only a true witch could render Al-mi’raj harmless ensuring others to come close and carry the beast away. Al-mi’raj is a mythical creature in Islamic mythology which is basically a hare (rabbit) with a single horn on its forehead much like a unicorn.Īl-mi’raj lived on a mysterious island named Jezîrat al-Tennyn within Indian Ocean. The third creature in our list of mythical creatures hails from the East. Wearing red clothes, bracelets or necklaces is said to provide protection against Acheri. It is believed to lure some children back to its home in some cases. Although it is a revenge spirit, it does not target specific individuals and very rarely adult people. Wandering around mountainsides, Acheri comes down at night to spread death especially among children by making them sick.Ĭasting its shadow is enough for acheri to make children sick. According to the belief, Acheri is a ghost of a young girl that died a terrible death either by being murdered or by being left to die after being abused. I will keep looking, but I thought I'd ask if you guys know of a good resource.Acheri is a mythical creature in Native American folklore which is believed to be a revenge spirit. Sure, it has expansive list and some of the filters I'm looking for, but it also seemingly thinks those creatures are real? And I'm not just talking about its "Does X exist?" bar, entries like bigfoot have more cryptozoological information in them than actual mythology. It has sections by origin of the myth, but that's about it. Mythical Creatures Guide has a huge list of creatures, most of which have reasonable entries. #LEGENDARY CREATURE GREEK MYTHICAL CREATURES ARCHIVE#Mythical Archive is exactly what I am looking for in terms of presentation, except its database is laughably small. List of Greek mythological creatures only looks great until you realize that most of the entries are names. Place of origin wise lists aren't any better. "Animals, creature associated with" section seems promising until you start actually reading it. Wikipedia's List of legendary creatures by type is basically worthless, as it only lists a handful of creatures per habitat. Habitat (cave dwellers, forest creatures, underworld) Ĭreature type (serpent, insect, whatever). ![]() Origin (greek myths, norse legends, contemporary fantasy) What I'm looking for is a resource with a lot of entries, some pictures and filters by ![]()
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