Animals
These creatures were probably inspired by fossils of dinosaurs.
What are dragons?
Trickster animals are associated with
What is mischief?
This type of shapeshifters are lycanthropes.
What are werewolves?
Mythical Native American bird associated with storms.
What is Thunderbird?
Disembodied souls of the dead, often tied to a place or person.
What are ghosts?
Trio of snake-haired sisters in Greek mythology.
Who are the Gorgons?
This version of Death appeared during the Black Plague.
Who is the Grim Reaper?
Kelpies, Kirin, and Pegasus were magical versions of this animal.
What is a horse?
West African trickster Anansi is associated with this animal.
What is a spider?
In stories, lycanthropy is usually the result of this.
What is a curse?
Female nature spirit whose life is bound to a specific tree.
What is a dryad?
Corpses reanimated by magic in Afro-Caribbean lore.
What are zombies?
Female spirit whose wailing is an omen of death.
What is a banshee?
Norse ruler of the underworld realm that shares her name.
Who is Hel?
Water creatures developed because early civilizations were established close to
What are rivers?
Norse character Sleipnir was born while Loki was in the form of
What is a mare?
Mythical bird that dies and is reborn from its own ashes.
What is a phoenix?
European spirits associated with nature, magic, and liminal spaces.
What are the Fae?
Animated corpses that feed on the living.
What are vampires?
Female creatures feared for luring sailors to their deaths.
What are sirens?
Mythical guide who escort souls from the world of the living to the afterlife.
What is a psychopomp?
Bird creatures' ability to fly connects the earthly to
What is the divine?
Some animals are linked to tricksters because they use
What is camouflage?
This Japanese creature is a nine tailed fox that turns human.
What is kitsune?
Earth, air, fire, and water are the four
What is elements?
Protective apparitions of deceased family members.
What are ancestral spirits?
Wise old women in folklore are often depicted as these.
What are witches?
In Abrahamic religions, Death takes the form of
What is an angel?
Long, serpentine dragons are traditionally from this region.
What is Asia?
This clever animal is common in trickster myths.
What is a fox?
This Celtic shapeshifter turns from a seal into a woman.
What is a Selkie?
Dragons, Djinn, and Onibi are all associated with this element.
What is fire?
Reanimated embalmed corpse linked to Egyptian mysticism.
What is a mummy?
Female warrior spirits in Norse mythology.
What are valkyries?
The Keres - female spirits of violent death - were his sisters
Who is Thanatos?
This insect traditionally represents transformation.
What is butterfly?
Animal traits like mimicry are linked to this characteristic.
What is dishonesty?
This word from ancient Greek means to change, or transform.
What is metamorphosis?
Liminal spaces are those that exist
What is between worlds?
Revenant corpse of a Viking warrior.
What is a draugr?
Mythological weavers are often associated with this.
What are spiders?
This culture's goddess of death became Catholic Santa Muerte.
What is Aztec?
Rhinoceroses may have been the inspiration for these.
What is Unicorn?
Tricksters use temptation as a catalyst for lessons of
What is morality?
Therianthrope is the term for shapeshifters that change from
What is human to animal?
The idea that spirits inhabit all natural things, not just humans.
What is animism?
Undead magic-user who binds their soul to an object called a phylactery.
What is a lich?
Gaia, Pele, Danu, & Pachamama are examples of
What are mother goddesses?
Saja are the "Netherworld Emissaries" of this Asian culture.
What is Korea?