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freedragon10022
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OBSERVE!
Jul 24 2009, 5:33 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 5:33 PM EDT
yo! peoples here is a list of mythical creatures I have gather from both my own knowledge and extensive research. tell me what you think.
this is the order in which I have plased them: Name of creature(s), were they come from in this --> ( ), and a brief description

Á Bao A Qu (Malay) - Entity that lives in the Tower of Victory in Chitor
Abada (African) - Small type of unicorn reported to live in the lands of the African Congo
Abaia (Melanesian) - Huge magical eel
Aatxe (Basque) - Spirit that takes the form of a bull
Abassy (Yakuts) - Demons that have teeth of iron
Äbädä (Tatar) - Forest spirit
Abarimon (Medieval Bestiaries) - Savage human like creature with backward feet
Aitvaras (Lithuanian) - Household spirit
Abath (Malay) - One-horned animal
Abatwa (Zulu) - basically little people that ride ants
Abura-bō (Japanese) - this are spectral fire from Shiga Prefecture, in which the shape of a monk can often be seen
Abura-sumashi (Japanese) - a creature from a mountain pass in Kumamoto Prefecture
Acephali (Greek) - Headless humanoids
Acheri (Indian) - Disease-bringing ghost
Achiyalabopa (Puebloan) - Rainbow-feathered birds
Achlis (Roman) - Curious elk with no joints in its legs.
Adaro (Solomon Islands) - Uncoolish Malevolent merfolk
Adar Llwch Gwin (Welsh) - This are giant birds that understand human languages
Adlet (Inuit) - Its sorta like a vampiric dog-human hybrid
Adhene (Manx) - A nature spirit
Adze (Ewe people) - An african vampiric forest being
Adroanzi (Lugbara) - Nature spirit
Aerico (Macedonian) - Disease demon
Afanc (Welsh) - Lake monster (exact lake varies by story, soI can't be too shure)
Agloolik (Inuit) - Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen
Agathodaemon (Greek) - Spirit of vinefields and grainfields
Agloolik (Inuit) - Ice spirit that aids hunters and fishermen
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freedragon10022
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Jul 24 2009, 5:44 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 5:48 PM EDT
Not done yet! (and this are only the A's!)

Agogwe (East Africa) - Small, ape-like humanoidy thing
Aigamuxa (Khoikhoi) - Anthropophagous humanoid with eyes in its instep
Ahkiyyini (Inuit) - Animated skeleton that causes shipwrecks
Ahuizotl (Aztec) - Anthropophagous dog-monkey hybrid thing.
Aigikampoi (Etruscan) - Fish-tailed goat
Aigamuxa (Khoikhoi) - They are bassically man-eating Ogres
Aitu (Polynesian) - Malevolent spirits or demons
Aitvaras (Lithuanian) - Household spirit
Ajatar (Finnish) - is a spirit known as "Devil of the Woods". It is an evil female spirit that manifests as a snake or Dragon.
Akabeko (Japanese) - Red cow involved in the construction of Enzō-ji in Yanaizu, Fukushima
Akamataa (Japanese) - Snake spirit from Okinawa
Akateko (Japanese) - Tree-dwelling monster
Akhlut (Inuit) - Its an Orca-wolf shapeshifter
Akka (Finnish) - Female spirits or minor goddesses (depends on who you ask)
Akki (Japanese) - Large, grotesque humanoid
Akuma (Japanese) - Evil spirit
Akupara (Hindu) - Giant turtle that supports the world
Akurojin-no-hi (Japanese) - Ghostly flame which causes disease
Alal (Chaldean) - A Demon
Ala (Slavic) - Bad weather demon I believe.
Alan (Philippine) - Winged humanoid that steals reproductive waste to make children
Al (Armenian and Persian) - Uncool spirit that steals unborn babies and livers from pregnant women
Akkorokamui (Ainu) - Apparently a sea monster
Al Basti (Turkish) - Female night-demon
Alce (Heraldic) - Wingless griffin
Alicanto (Chilean) - Bird that eats gold and silver
Alicorn - I guess its technically a unicorn's horn. In modern times is commonly misapplied to winged unicorns
Alkonost (Slavic) - Angelic bird with human head and breasts
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freedragon10022
freedragon10022
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Jul 24 2009, 5:55 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 5:55 PM EDT
NOT DONE YET!!!!!! (But I am geting tiered....Le phew!)

Allocamelus (Heraldic) - Ass-camel hybrid
Allu (Akkadian and Sumerian) - Faceless demon
Almas (Mongolian) - Savage humanoid
Al-mi'raj (Islamic) - One-horned rabbit
Aloja (Catalan) - Female water spirit
Alom-bag-winno-sis (Abenaki) - Little people and tricksters
Alp (German) - Male night-demon
Alphyn (Heraldic) - Lion-like creature, sometimes with dragon or goat forelegs
Alp-luachra (Irish) - Parasitic fairy
Al Rakim (Islamic) - Guard dog of the Seven Sleepers
Alseid (Greek) - Grove nymph
Alû (Assyrian) - Leprous demon
Alux (Mayan) - Little people
Amaburakosagi (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Shikoku
Amala (Tsimshian) - Giant who holds up the world
Amamehagi (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Hokuriku
Amanojaku (Japanese) - Small demon
Amarok (Inuit) - Giant wolf
Amarum (Quechua) - Water boa spirit
Amazake-babaa (Japanese) - Disease-causing hag
Amefurashi (Japanese) - Child-like monster
Amemasu (Ainu) - Lake monster
Amorōnagu (Japanese) - Tennyo from the island of Amami Ōshima
Amphiptere (Heraldic) - Winged serpent. Basically a feathered dragon.
Anakim (Jewish) - Giant
Amphisbaena (Greek) - Serpent with a head at each end
Androsphinx (Ancient Egyptian) - Human-headed sphinx
Angel (Christian, Islamic, Jewish, and Zoroastrian) - Heavenly being, usually depicted as a winged humanoid.
Angha (Persian) - Dog-lion-peacock hybrid
Ani Hyuntikwalaski (Cherokee) - Lightning spirit
Ankou (French) - Skeletal grave watcher with a lantern and a scythe.
Anmo (Japanese) - Ritual disciplinary demon from Iwate Prefecture
Antaeus (Greek) - A giant who was extremely strong as long as he remained in contact with the ground
Antero Vipunen (Finnish) - Subterranean giant
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freedragon10022
freedragon10022
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Jul 24 2009, 6:06 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 6:06 PM EDT
Not even close to done!(my hands are starting to ich though)

Ao Ao (Guaraní) - Anthropophagous peccary or sheep

Aobōzu (Japanese) - Blue monk who kidnaps children
Apkallu (Sumerian) - Fish-human hybrid that attends the god Enki
Apsaras (Buddhist and Hindu) - Female cloud spirit
Aqrabuamelu (Akkadian) - Human-scorpion hybrid
Ardat-Lili (Akkadian) - Disease demon
Argus Panoptes (Greek) - Hundred-eyed giant
Arikura-no-baba (Japanese) - Old woman with magical powers
Arimaspi (Greek) - One-eyed humanoid
Arion (Greek) - Extremely swift horse with a green mane and the power of speech
Arkan Sonney (Manx) - Fairy hedgehog
Asag (Sumerian) - Hideous rock demon
Asakku (Sumerian) - Demon
Asanbosam (West Africa) - Iron-toothed vampire
Asena (Turkic) - Blue-maned wolf
A-senee-ki-wakw (Abenaki) - Stone-giant
Ashi-magari (Japanese) - Invisible tendril that impedes movement
Asiman (Dahomey) - Vampiric possession spirit
Askefrue (Germanic) - Female tree spirit
Asobibi (Japanese) - Spectral fire from Kōchi Prefecture
Ask-wee-da-eed (Abenaki) - Fire elemental and spectral fire
Asrai (English) - Water spirit
Aspidochelone (Medieval Bestiaries) - Island-sized whale or sea turtle
Aswang (Philippine) - Carrion-eating humanoid
Atomy (English) - Surprisingly small creature
Astomi (Hindu) - Humanoid sustained by pleasant smells instead of food
Atshen (Inuit) - Anthropophagous spirit
Auloniad (Greek) - Pasture nymph
Ato-oi-kozō (Japanese) - Invisible spirit that follows people
Avalerion (Medieval Bestiary) - King of the birds
Awa-hon-do (Abenaki) - Insect spirit
Ayakashi (Japanese) - Sea-serpent that travels over boats in an arc while dripping oil
Axex (Ancient Egyptian) - Falcon-lion hybrid
Ayakashi-no-ayashibi (Japanese) - Spectral fire from Ishikawa Prefecture
(almost done A)
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freedragon10022
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Jul 24 2009, 6:08 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 6:08 PM EDT
You guys better be impressed with this! (hands are starting to cramp!)
Azukiarai (Japanese) - Spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides
Azukibabaa (Japanese) - A bean-grinding hag who eats people.
Done the A's! YAY!!!! NOW FOR THE B's!
Azukitogi (Japanese) - yet an onother spirit that washes azuki beans along riversides
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freedragon10022
freedragon10022
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Jul 24 2009, 6:10 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 6:11 PM EDT
Okay this is the start of the B's:

Bashe (Chinese) - Elephant-swallowing serpent
Bagiennik (Slavic) - Malevolent water spirit
Baba Yaga (Slavic) - Forest spirit and hag
Backoo (Guyanese) - Malevolent little people

Now I must stop before my fingers swell three times their original size.
Bahamut (Arabian) - Giant fish
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onyxpearl
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Jul 24 2009, 6:25 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 6:25 PM EDT
alright...that's a lot. you might want to put that on a page, and make sure you sort out the creatures we already have pages on. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

onyxpearl
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Jul 24 2009, 6:25 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 6:25 PM EDT
...or i guess i can do it, if you want. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
freedragon10022
freedragon10022
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Jul 24 2009, 6:27 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 6:27 PM EDT
I don't know how to do it. I think raven Knows how to, but I don't know how to put them on the list or make them link to a page. I still got hundreds of more beasties. 2  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?    

AVMidian
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Jul 24 2009, 6:30 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 6:30 PM EDT
Very in-depth dragon! I would follow onyx's advice, find the ones we don't already have info on and make a new page. I'll help as much as I can after tomorrow if you and onyx would like. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

onyxpearl
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Jul 24 2009, 6:32 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 6:32 PM EDT
yeah, i'll start on it, and try to get more info on all of them. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
freedragon10022
freedragon10022
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Jul 24 2009, 6:32 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 6:32 PM EDT
Tell you what. You add the pages in the list and link them and I fill them. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

onyxpearl
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Jul 24 2009, 6:34 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 6:34 PM EDT
i'll just start doing it my way, and we can work from there... 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
freedragon10022
freedragon10022
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Jul 24 2009, 6:36 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 6:36 PM EDT
okay but add them to the list Aand I will help you fill them with info. hell if you want I will fill them out my selff. I will get started on a word document so that I vcan just paste it later on okay? 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

onyxpearl
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Jul 24 2009, 6:42 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 6:42 PM EDT
whatever. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
freedragon10022
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Jul 24 2009, 6:45 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 6:45 PM EDT
nice. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

dracojewel1
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Jul 24 2009, 8:08 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 24 2009, 8:08 PM EDT
Wow...and this is only the A's and beginning of B's? You have a lot of information! 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
Dous777
Dous777
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Jul 25 2009, 3:49 AM EDT | Post edited: Jul 25 2009, 3:49 AM EDT
We'll help freedragon but you'd better not just put in the wikipedia information under these entries, that would be redundant. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
Dous777
Dous777
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Jul 25 2009, 4:47 AM EDT | Post edited: Jul 25 2009, 4:47 AM EDT
Abada is under unicorn ready, wasn't sure if A Bao A Qu counted as a story. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

stonepony83
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Jul 25 2009, 6:36 AM EDT | Post edited: Jul 25 2009, 6:36 AM EDT
When you get to M, don't forget the Japanese myth, Mu'onna 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
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