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The strige is a creature of Roman myth, derived from the earlier Greek strix . It was said to be a nocturnal bird, albeit one that hung ups...

Manticores are creature not of Greek, but of Persian, myth. The name literally means "man-eater", and it's at least possible t...

The mythic origins of griffons lie in Ancient Greece, if not earlier - a combination of the king of the beasts and the king of the birds. Th...

The concept of the mummy as an undead monster is really a 20th-century invention, beginning with the 1932 horror movie The Mummy . While mum...

T he first edition of AD&D includes a number of giant invertebrates, mostly insects. The idea behind these may be influenced by the ...

Brief Plug : I have a book describing a fantasy city out on DriveThru RPG, including over 70 locations that can easily be imported into othe...

Doppelgangers are one of those races that, were they really to exist, would surely have a significant effect on the world and be much on t...