Monster Cyclopedia

A/N: This Monster cyclopedia contains the description of many monsters you'll later find in the story. This is just to help you dear readers to form a proper image of monsters after reading their description.

Antmen – Four weapon bearing arms, red eyes and a crushing jaw.

Azhi Dahaka – Three headed dragon with sharp fangs

Balaur – A balaur is a very large dragon with fins, feet and several serpent heads.

Basilisk – Head and claws of a rooster with a reptile's body and tail.

Bastet – Female human with the head of a domesticated cat.

Bonnacon – Wild bull-like creature with horns. The Bonnacon (also known as Bonasus) is a bull-like beast with a horses mane. It also has two horns that are curved inward.

It protects itself by discharging foul fumes and a long trail of dung. This dung is so hot that it sets fire to and burns anything it comes in contact with.

Bunyip – Large water monster, huge mouth, crocodile tail.

Catoblepas – Large boar's head, small pig's body with wings.

Centaur – Human horse hybrids, top half human with the body of a horse.

Cetus – Large head, clawed forearms, serpent-like body and tail.

Cerberus – Three headed canine with a mane of serpents.

Chimera – Head and body of a lioness, head of a goat, serpent's tail.

Cockatrice – Head, claws and wings of a rooster, reptile's body and tail.

Cyclops- Giants with only one eye.

Dullahan- A horse riding ghost with no head.

Echidna – Upper half of a beautiful woman, lower body of a serpent.

Fafnir – Poison breathing, serpent-like dragon.

Fenrir: A large wolf capable of swallowing everything.

Formorians – Large mythical hybrids with deformed bodies made up of animal parts.

Gargoyles – Grotesque stone statues.

Gorgons – Woman's upper half, snakes for hair and a serpents body.

Golems – Human-like body made of clay, rock or wood.

Goblins: Small green creature.

Gremlins – Small pesky little monsters with point ears.

Grendel – Giant and deformed, troll-like human.

Griffin – Head, claws and wings of an eagle, body and tail of a lion.

Ghouls – Undead, decomposing human body.

Harpies – Top half of a witch, claws and wings of a vulture.

Hippocampi – Horses with a serpentine lower half.

Hippogriff – Head, wings and claws of an eagle – body of a horse.

Hydra: A big snake with nine heads.

Jersey Devil – Deformed body and head of a horse, horns & wings.

Jormungand – Enormous snake with huge fangs and a flat tail.

Kongamato – Large bird with teeth, leathery skin and bat-like wings.

Kraken – Gigantic squid or octopus

Lamia – Woman's head, scaly body, four legs and a tail

Ladon – Multi-headed snake-like dragon

Lambton Worm – Long serpent-like body, huge eyes and large teeth.

Lindworm – Extremely large, monstrous snake.

Leucrota – Horse's head and legs, neck and body of a lion.

Lich – Skeletal looking and extremely clever animated corpse.

Lusca – Large octopus/shark mythical hybrids.

Manticore – Lion's body, human head, poisonous scorpion-like tail.

Mermaids – Beautiful women with a fish-like lower body.

Minotaur – Body of a human male with the head and tail of a bull.

Onocentaur – Top half human & lower half donkey.

Orthus – Two headed dog with a serpent's tail.

Ogre – Large and ugly humanoid with deformed facial features.

Orcs – Evil creatures with long fangs, red eyes and long arms.

Oni – Huge bodies, horns, wide mouths.

Orochi – Enormous evil serpent with 8 heads & eight tails.

Pegasus – Magnificent legendary white horse.

Phoenix – Multi-colored fire bird.

Roc – Gigantic bird with forked tongue.

Sandworms- This large worm is incredibly flexible. It would lie in the sand with only its horns sticking out waiting for its victims. It is described as either having two large ram-like horns or four smaller horns.

Skunk Ape – Large orange and furry beast with long forearms.

Sleipnir – Giant eight-legged black horse.

Sping-heeled Jack – Mask wearing entity that breaths blue flame.

Stymphalian Bird – Large bird with bronze feathers, metal beak & claws.

 Serpopard – The Serpopard had the head of a falcon, a snake-like neck, the body of a leopard and some wings.

Smok Wawelski – Fire breathing dragon with six legs.

Tarasque – Sharps fangs, body covered with scales, a whip-like tail.

Tatzelwurm – Lizard-like dragons with a feline's face.

Talos – Gigantic human-like body made of bronze.

Thunderbird – Extremely large bird that could shoot lightning bolts.

Trolls – Large and ugly beast-like monsters.

Wendigo – Scary undead creatures with crooked teeth and a disfigured face that lurks in the woods.

Wraiths – Shapeless shadows of pure evil.

Wyvern – Serpentine head, winged spiked body with pointed tail.

TBC