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Pinaviztli
The Pinaviztli is an insect of ill-omen known to the Aztecs. It looks like a spider the size of a mouse, smooth and hairless and fat-bodied, red and black in color. The entrance of a pinaviztli into a...
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Trochus
Variations: Rota The Trochus, “wheel”, or Rota is a huge sea-monster known to swim close to shore in large groups. Schools (pods?) of these have been seen off Athos and Sigeum. A trochus is fortunately...
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Aderyn y Corph
Variations: Aderyn y Corff, Aderyn y Cyrff, Corpse-bird The Aderyn y Corph or corpse-bird chirps at the door of a dying person in Wales. Its call is dewch, dewch (“come, come”). It has no feathers or...
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Wako
Variations: Waco The Wako are tsawekuri, animal spirits in the folklore of the Cuiva of Colombia and Venezuela. They look like pacas, with spots and long vicious fangs. Wako dig caves with many small...
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Row
Some creatures are too bizarre for even the most credulous and dedicated of cryptozoologists. The Row of Western New Guinea is one of those. Even Bernard Heuvelmans could not accept this particular...
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One-Eyed One-Horned Flying Purple People Eater
Variations: Flying Purple People Eater, Purple People Eater The One-Eyed, One-Horned, Flying Purple People Eater is a creature from North American folklore. The primary source for it comes from Wooley,...
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Great-hand
The Old Town of Edinburgh is honeycombed with cellars, passages, and tunnels. These subterranean labyrinths are home to ancient horrors long forgotten by the residents. Great-hand is one of these....
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Zoureg
The Zoureg is a snake, one foot in length, that lives in the Arabian desert. When it moves it goes through everything in its path like a hot knife through butter; rocks, trees, walls and human bodies...
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Skeljaskrímsli
Variations: Fjörulalli (Beach Walker), Fjörulabbi (Beach Roamer), Fjörudýr (Shore Animal), Rauðkálfur (Red Calf), Saeúlfur (Sea Wolf), Skeljalabbi (Shell Roamer), Skeljalalli (Shell Walker) The name...
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Rumptifusel
Variations: Villosus sumptuosus (Tryon), Rumtifusel (Tryon) There is a common misconception that “owl pellets” are left behind by owls. This belief, spread by highfalutin scientists, is a load of...
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Ichisonga
The Ichisonga is a pachyderm-slayer from the folklore of the Lambas of Zambia, usually found in the Kafue River. It is a herbivorous water beast that resembles a rhinoceros and has a horn on its...
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Xiao
Variations: Raucous-Bird The Xiao or Raucous-Bird dwells on China’s Bridge-Channel Mountain. It is a bird with four wings, one eye, and a dog’s tail. It makes sounds like a magpie. Eating it cures...
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Swamfisk
Variations: Swam-fisk, Swamfisck, Swamfysck, Svvamfysck, Ahunum, Hahanc The Swamfisk described by Olaus Magnus appears off the coast of Norway and is much less common than cetaceans. It is frequently...
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Velachif
The Velachif is a giant and hideous snake found above the lake of Tenochtitlan. It is amphibious like a crocodile, and extremely venomous; death is virtually certain if bitten by one. A velachif has a...
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Nadubi
The Nadubi is one of a variety of evil nocturnal spirits that haunt Australia. Nadubi may be found on the rocky plateau of Arnhem Land. They serve as a warning against traveling alone in the bush...
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Opimachus
Variations: Chargol, Ophiomachis, Ophiomachus, Opimacus, Opymachus, Ibis, Snake-eater; Attachus (probably); Opinicus, Epimacus (probably) There is only one Biblical mention of the insect called...
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Yeah, going to have to rewrite and redraw the swamfisk. Check it out, all curled up in the top right corner.
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Onniont
The Onniont is a huge serpent of Huron folklore that looks like an armored fish. When it travels, it breaks through everything in its path. Rocks, trees, and bears are all grist to its mill. An...
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Öfuguggi
Variations: Öfug-uggi, Reverse-Fin Trout, Fin; Afuggafiskur, Aufuggufiskur (meanings unclear) The Öfuguggi or Reverse-Fin Trout is one of several Icelandic fish distinguished by an extreme toxicity....
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