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A history of bestiality

Hani Miletski

Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Abstract

Human sexual relations with animals, a behavior known as bestiality, have existed since the dawn of human history in every place and culture in the world. Furthermore, an abundance of folklore, paintings, sculptures, films, literature and pornography exists dealing with bestiality themes. This article describes the highlights of the history of bestiality in various cultures, based on Miletski’s recent book (2002).

Based on the literature, bestiality—human sexual relations with animals, has been part of the human race throughout history, in every place and culture in the world. This article describes the highlights of the history of bestiality as it appears in art, folklore, religion, law, and in actual behaviors. All the facts and opinions presented in this article are taken from the literature (Miletski 2002). Most of the material reviewed and discussed is anecdotal, some is unbelievable, and occasionally authors provide conflicting data. It is important to take into consideration that some of the facts and views presented came from works that are questionable with regard to their validity. Nevertheless, the abundance of information from all around the world leaves no doubt that bestiality has been an integral part of human life.

Prehistoric Times

According to Rosenberger (1968), the practice of human–animal sex began at least in the Fourth Glacial Age, between 40,000 and 25,000years ago. Many discoveries of paintings and carvings showing humansand animals having sexual relations have been made in various ancient religious temples, indicating the pre-occupation of ancientman with bestiality. For example, according to Taylor, an engraved bone rod from the cave of La Madeleine, France, from the later Ice Ages (around 25,000 years ago), depicts a lioness lick-ing the opening of either a gigantic human penis or a vulva, and an Iron, Age cave painting from the seventh century BC, from Val Camonica, Italy, portrays a man inserting his penis into the vagina or anus of a donkey. According to Waine (1968), cave drawings of the Stone Age leave no doubt that our prehistoric ancestors enjoyed frequent and pleasurable sexual relations with animals.

Moreover, the fact that these drawings had an integral part in a clan’s family history, indicates it was a common act, or at least a desired act.

Ancient Near East

Archeological findings demonstrate that bestiality was practiced in Babylonia, the ancient Empire in Mesopotamia, which prospered in the third millennium BC. In his famous Code of Hammurabi, King Hammurabi (1955–1913 BC) proclaimed death for any person engaging in bestiality. At other times, according to Waine, during the Spring Fertility Rites of Babylon, dogs and other animals were used for maintaining a constant orgy condition for seven days and nights.

The Hittites, (around 13th century BC), the predecessors of the Hebrews in the Holy Land, had certain rules about which animals were tolerable to have sex with and which were forbidden and punishable by death.

The Book of Leviticus states that bestiality was very wide-spread in the country of Canaan. The Hebrews took issue with all the previous inhabitants of the Holy Land and their customs. Even depicting God with an animal’s head or an animal’s body was an abomination. The Hebrews considered sexual relations with animals a form of worshiping other Gods, as was homosexuality, and the bestialist and the animal were both to be put to death.

The purpose of these taboos was to help maintain and reinforce the boundaries of the group, and enable it to retain its distinctive identity under adverse circumstances. There are four references concerning men who have sexual contacts with animals in the Old Testament (Exodus 22:19; Leviticus 18: 22–24; Leviticus 20: 15–16; Deuteronomy 27:21), and two references concerning women (Leviticus 18:23; Leviticus 20:16). The Talmud, a commentary on the Old Testament, specifically forbids a widow from keeping a pet dog, lest she be tempted to have sexual relations with it.

Ancient Egypt

The ancient Egyptians worshiped Gods with animal shapes almost exclusively in the pre-dynastic period before about 3000 BC. Animal–human sexual contacts are occasionally portrayed on the tombs, and bestiality was recorded in Egyptian hieroglyphics as far back as 3000 BC. Several kings and queens had a reputation of engaging in bestiality, most famous was Cleopatra, who was said to have had a box filled with bees which she had placed against her genitals for stimulation, similar to a vibrator.

Egyptian men often had sexual intercourse with cattle or any other large domesticated animal, while the women resorted to dogs. Sexual contacts with apes were further reported for both men and women, and most interestingly, the Egyptians are reported to have mastered the art of sexual congress with the crocodile. This was accomplished by turning the creature onto its back, rendering it incapable of resisting penetration. This form of copulation was believed to bring prosperity and restore the potency of men. The Egyptians were also known to engage in worshipful bestiality with the Apis bull in Memphis, Egypt and with goats at the Temple at Mendes. The goats were further used as a cure for nymphomaniacs. Having said all that, bestiality was however, punishable in Egypt, by a variety of torture mechanisms, leading to death.

Ancient Greece

Bestiality themes were very popular in Greek mythology. Most notorious are the stories of Leda and the swan (Zeus), and Pasiphae, the wife of Minos, King of Crete, who fell in love with a bull, hid inside a wooden cow and copulated with it. The worship of bulls as fertility symbols was widespread in Crete and elsewhere long before the Greek period in classical times, and the tone of the writers of the day leaves no room to doubt that bestiality was a fairly common occurrence in daily life. The ancient Greeks engaged in bestiality during religious celebrations such as the Bacchanalia, in honor of the God Bacchus, and in the Temple of Aphrodite Parne, the Greek Goddess of Indecent Copulation. As with the ancient Egyptians, ancient Greeks believed bestiality cured nymphomaniacs. Bestial affairs were acted out on the Greek stage, and were the theme of The Golden Ass by Lucius Apuleius, the earliest Latin novel that has remained in its entirety, and has long been censored because of its Pornographic language and bestiality content. Bestiality was never punishable in ancient Greece.

Ancient Rome

Roman mythology is rich with bestiality themes, as is Greek mythology, and the Romans liked to view on stage scenes from the sexual lives of the mythological Gods, including bestial acts. Bestiality was wide-spread among shepherds, and Roman women were known to keep snakes which they trained to coil around their thighs and slide past the lips of their vaginas. It was the Romans who invented the rape of women (and sometimes men) by animals for the amusement of the audience at the Coliseum and Circus Maximus, and bestiality flourished as a public spectacle in ancient Rome. Emperors, such as Tiberius (AD 14–37), his wife Julia, Claudius (AD 37–41), Nero (AD 54–68), Constantinus (a.k.a. Constantine the Great, AD 274–337), Theodora (Emperor Justinian’s wife, AD 520s), and Empress Irene (AD 797–802), had been known to either engage in bestiality or enjoy watching others engage in bestiality, at the beginning of the Roman Empire, legal retribution for bestiality was required only for sodomy, under which bestiality was included. Later, bestiality was distinguished from sodomy and made punishable by death. In any event, as the Empire expanded and grew more powerful and corrupt, punishments for bestiality became almost nonexistent.

The Middle Ages in Europe

Bestiality was most widespread and accepted in Western society during the Middle Ages—from the fall of the Roman Empire in AD 476 to the discovery of America by Columbus in 1492. Animals were common, everywhere, and they often shared the same roof with their owners. Sexual intercourse with animals was further thought to have been healthy and a cure for many diseases. Nonetheless, bestiality was invariably connected with black magic and witchcraft. In the Middle Ages, bestiality received full attention from Catholic jurist-theologians, whose discussions of the matter filled volumes. One of the greatest problems involved the distinction between sexual intercourse with animals and sexual intercourse with demons, which often assumed animal form for the purpose of consorting with witches. According to Salisbury’s (1994) analysis of the relationship between the Church and bestiality, early Christian thinkers inherited two main traditions: (1) In the Germanic myths, heroes were described as having characteristics of strength as a result of having an animal ancestor, as was the founder of the Danish royal house who was said to have been the offspring of a bear and a woman. And, (2) in the classical Greco-Roman tradition, Gods appeared regularly as animals to have intercourse with humans. As the early Church fathers wrestled with this classical heritage and selected those elements suitable for Christianity, they shaped their Christian texts with the notion that humans and animals were separate, and humans should thus not have sexual relations with animals. They made the Hebrews’ laws against bestiality stricter, since bestiality did not serve reproduction, and formal conciliar decrees began regulating sexual behavior, prescribing various penalties for bestiality. The early pagan Germanic secular law did not prohibit bestiality. However, as soon as Christian legislation appeared, prohibitions against bestiality emerged, suggesting that the activity was indeed going on. The penitentials began in Ireland as a way to offer the Churchmen manuals for “healing” the souls of sinful parishioners. The early Germanic world viewed animals primarily as property and food, and this attitude was reflected in the view of the early Irish penitentials, which ranked bestiality close to masturbation, making it a mild sexual sin. For example, an early Welsh penitential, the Preface of St. Gildas (495–570), required a year of penance to expiate the sin of bestiality.

However, if the man had been living by himself when he “sinned,” three 40-day periods of fasting served as sufficient penance. Factors of age, marital status, and ecclesiastical rank served to increase or decrease penances for all sexual sins. The casual attitude toward animals and sexual relations with them began to change as the conciliar legislation from the East began to influence the penitential compilers. The Council of Ancyra equated bestiality with homosexuality, and this association reached Visigothic Spain as early as the late sixth century with Martin of Braga. This shaped the Spanish penitentials from the seventh or early eighth centuries, which gave a 20-year penance for those who committed either sodomy or bestiality. The later Irish penitentials slowly became influenced by the Council of Ancyra. Equating homosexuality with bestiality not only increased the penalty, but it communicated a change in the way people looked at animals. Instead of being an irrelevant object, the animal became a participant as in the equivalent of a homosexual encounter, and it became important to kill the animal, in order to erase any memory of the act.

A major question, which pre-occupied the inquisitors, judges, theologians, and those who condemned witches, was whether the union of male or female witches with the Devil, under the disguise of an animal, was able to produce any offspring. Twelfth-century people seemed to worry more about demons than before, and tales about halfhuman births, which resulted from such unions, began spreading.

By the 13th century, the animal world seemed much more threatening than it had been in the early Middle Ages, and penalties for bestiality increased. The idea that sexual union between man and animal may result in offspring shaped the composition of the Summae Theologica, by Thomas Aquinas (1224–1274), which represented the highest development of medieval thought. St. Thomas identified four kinds of unnatural vice: the most serious sin against nature was bestiality, followed by homosexuality, intercourse in an “unnatural position” (anything other than the missionary position), and masturbation. The attitudes of St. Thomas tended to dominate all thinking on sexual behavior to the end of the Middle Ages, resulting in classifying as deviant any kind of non-procreative sexual activity. Although the courts were more preoccupied with prosecuting homosexuality, Dubois-Desaulle, Niemoeller, Evans, and Dekkers describe the various types of torture accused bestialists endured, usually in the town square in front of a crowd, until they died.

The Renaissance Period in Europe

During the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, authorities were actively prosecuting homosexuals and bestialists, and the high point of bestiality trials coincided with that of the witch-hunts. During the 15th and 16th centuries, sexual relations with animals formed one of the main topics for preachers, and by 1534, bestiality became a capital crime in England and Sweden. In 1683, Denmark passed a law making both homosexuality and bestiality punishable by burning. In 1711, it was decided that those convicted should be strangled as well as burned. During the 17th century, the incidence of bestiality between young boys and cows and sheep became so prevalent that the Catholic Church tried o ban the employment of male herdsmen.

Hundreds of reports have survived from the boom in bestiality trials from the 16th to the 18th centuries, demonstrating that bestiality was well-established in ordinary life in Europe. Tales about monster-Looking births continued to spread, as well as myths about the connection between bestiality and sexually transmitted diseases. One of the persistent legends of history attributes the death of the Russian Empress Catherine the Great to an accident while attempting to have sexual relations with a bull or a horse. The sling broke, and the weight of the animal crushed her.

Europe in the Modern Era and Today

Parisian brothels were known to provide turkeys for their clients. As the men were about to experience orgasm through having intercourse with the turkey, they would break the bird’s neck, causing the bird’s cloacal sphincter to constrict and spasm, clamping down on their penises and creating pleasurable sensations. A similar activity was enjoyed by ancient Chinese men, whose animal of preference was the goose. In 19th century France, bestiality became an organized practice, and at the time of Napoleon III, bestiality was said to have been one of the allied activities of the Society for the 1994), although certain acts continued to be punishable, if they involved violence or occurred in a public place. Many western countries, with the exception of a few such as England and the United States, had followed suit, at least in the elimination of the death penalty.

In 1821, the law in England called for the death penalty for any person who committed the crime of sodomy, either with a man or with any animal. This law was revised in 1861, and the sentence reduced to life imprisonment (L’Etalon Doux 1996). Nevertheless, since in England bestiality has been lumped together with homosexuality as “sodomy;” the prosecution of the former has declined with that of the latter. In 2002, the United Kingdom’s Home Office reported the sentencing to be reduced to a maximum of two years of imprisonment.

According to Dubois-Desaulle, the Hungarian penal code of 1878 carries the maximum penalty of one-year imprisonment for sexual relations with animals. The German penal code of 1871, revised in 1876, in its Article 175 states that acts against nature with animals shall be punished by imprisonment, and the convicted individual shall be deprived of his civil rights. Bestiality stopped being a crime in West Germany in 1969 due to “lack of use”. In the former Eastern (communist) half of Germany, bestiality was not considered an offense. During World War II, human–animal breeding experiments were conducted by the Nazi physician, Dr. Josef Mengele. He was reported to be obsessed with bestiality, and was bent on creating a hybrid that could eventually replace slave labor for menial tasks. He used the large camp source of young Jewish and Polish girls in the Auschwitz concentration camp for this purpose, and forced dogs and ponies on these women. Klaus Barbie, the infamous “Butcher of Lyons,” used to force female prisoners to perform sex acts with animals as a way of egrading them, according to war crimes testimony.

According to Rosenberger, bestiality is very common in Europe. As late as in the sixties, in Sicily and parts of France, Germany, and Poland, priests used to ask in the confessional if one had used an animal for “bestial purposes of sex”. In the forties and fifties, in Sicily and southern Italy, bestiality among herdsmen was said to have been of such proportions that it was considered a national custom. And, Aleister Crowley, the organizer of “Love is the law” cult in Sicily, was said to have his mistress and other female members of the cult engage in acts of bestiality with his selected sacred goat. According to a 10-year-old issue of The Wild Animal Revue, a specialized magazine about bestial sex, interested individuals can find sex shows involving women engaging in sexual activities with a variety of animals, such as dogs, goats, snakes, donkeys, bulls, and ponies, almost all over Europe: in Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Portugal, England, France, Germany, Austria, Norway, and in the Netherlands. Denmark is probably the only place where bestiality videos are legally produced and distributed, while in Hungary, magazines dedicated to animal sex are sold openly in book-stores.

South and East Asia and Oceania

In its 17 volumes—Thousand Nights and a Night, translated by the British explorer and orientalist, Sir Richard F. Burton, and published between the years 1885 and 1888—bestiality among Chinese with ducks, goats, and other animals, is discussed, According to Waine, in China, sexual relations with canines prospered both in the past and present. In old Shanghai, the exhibit of a young virgin being mounted by a dog was regularly offered in the brothel’s sex shows, and Prince Chien, of the Han dynasty (221 BC–AD 24), was said to have forced women to have intercourse with dogs. Sultans and other leaders of the East were said to use animals to keep the women of their harems happy and satisfied. In ancient days, Pekingese dogs were bred and raised by eunuchs under close supervision of the Emperor himself. The royal preference for Pekingese probably precluded penetration possibilities, but the special treatment given to their tongues by the eunuchs, and the common practice of puppy breast-feeding by privileged ladies, indicate dog–human sexual attitudes “beyond the shadow of a doubt”. The Pekingese was replaced by the Chow Chow as Imperial Dog in following centuries.

As mentioned before, the wealthy and sophisticated men of the East, especially the Chinese, were famous for their intimate relations with geese and other birds, whose necks they wrung at the moment of orgasm in order to obtain added stimulation from the final spasms of the animal’s anal sphincter. In 1933, Dubois-Desaulle stated that bestiality was popular in the “Orient.” Before communism in China, almost any sex show could be seen in Shanghai. Yet, currently no animal sex shows are known to take place in China. However, relates that in Southeast Asia one can find sex shows with barnyard, domestic animals, snakes, and eels. Thailand is notorious for its human–animals sex shows, as are Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, and the former French colonies of the Pacific Islands. Although there is very little bestiality among the Japanese, the ultimate bachelor party extravaganza in modern day Japan is said to be an exhibit of a young woman being mounted by a dog, and underground bestial sex shows can still be found. In Australia and New Zealand, dog, goat, ram, pony, and bull sex shows exist. It is also reported that the Aborigines of Australia are known to practice bestiality. Bestiality was very common among the Hindus, and portrayals of animal–human sexual contacts frequently appear in temple sculptures all over India.

Although the Code of Manu, the first systematic coding of Hindu law, dating from about the first century AD reads: “A man who has committed a bestial crime... shall perform a Samtapana Krikkhra”, according to Donofrio, in ancient India, the belief in transmigration of souls between animals and humans was combined with acceptance toward bestiality. For example, Kautilya fined a person who copulated with animals only 12 panas, which was much less than for anal intercourse among humans. In India too, it was reported that pet dogs and monkeys were kept in harems to service the women. Tantrism often portrays man as a rabbit, bull or horse, and the woman as a doe, mare, or a female elephant, and among the supernatural powers promised to practitioners of various yogic disciplines are those by which a person could become a beast, so that he could have sex with animals and thereby experience sex in its totality. In an early legend, Prajapati was said to have cohabited with the dawn goddess Ushas, who tried to escape him by assuming hundreds of different animal shapes. It was through such copulations that all animal species were produced. In Hindu mythology, Mallika, the wife of Prasenajit, used a pet dog for her sexual gratification, and Prasenajit sought satisfaction with a goat.

According to the Hindu tradition of erotic painting and sculpture, a human copulating with an animal is actually a human having intercourse with a God incarnated in the form of an animal. Copulation with a sacred cow or monkey is believed to bring good fortune. During the Hindus’ celebrations at the Holi festival, to honor the Goddess Vesanti, open human sexual relations are said to be wildly practiced, and Hindu women are reported to masturbate and perform fellatio on bulls in order to be closer to God. “Many city youths have their first orgasm dangling from the rump of a sacred cow”, although in an article on sexual problems of adolescence in India, Nagaraja states that only one percent of the adolescent population suffers from the “abnormal desire” of bestiality. Sex shows with dogs, bulls, and water buffalos can be found in the Indian Ocean area and in the Indian Sub-continent (India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sikkim). Among the Tamils of Sri Lanka, intercourse with goats and cows is said to be very common.

Arab Countries, the Middle East, and Africa

According to Rosenfeld and Rosenberger, the Arabs have long practiced bestiality. They practice bestiality primarily with goats, mares, sheep, sows, asses, and camels, if the latter cooperate. Arab women reportedly have oral sex and intercourse with dogs whenever men are not available to please them. Arab men believe that intercourse with animals increases virility, cures diseases, and enlarges their penises. The Muslims of Morocco have a similar belief, whereby fathers encourage sons to practice anal and vaginal intercourse with donkeys in order to make the penis grow. Boyhood masturbation is scorned in favor of bestiality, and the sight of a group of young Moroccan boys taking turns mounting a donkey is accepted as merely comical. Grown-up men are ridiculed for the practice, but are not punished as long as they perform the act with their own livestock.

Bestiality is considered better than “zina,” which is adultery or fornication. Muslims assume a man has sex with an animal only when he is depraved, or to prevent himself from committing “zina.” If discovered, the animal was to be destroyed and eaten further reports that Algerian boys have sex with she-asses because marital dowries are so high they cannot afford to get married and are deprived of sex with wives.

Although under Islamic law the penalty for sex with an animal is death, and in ancient times bestiality led to death by stoning of both man and animal, bestiality was tolerated in Islam and widely practiced (interestingly enough, according to Edwardes, Masters, and Ramsis, the Koran makes no mention of sexual relations with animals). A popular Arab saying is that “the pilgrimage to Mecca is not complete without copulating with the camel”. Among some nomad tribes, intercourse with cattle is still regarded as a ritual of passage for adolescent males. Bestiality is found only rarely among the Rwala Bedouins, occasionally in Central Arabia, and frequently among the semi-Bedouins of Northern Israel and Mecca. It was also reported that as recently as the early part of this century, the nomads’ practice of bestiality with their cattle constituted an ordinary feature of pastoral life among the Palestinian Arabs. During the 1978 American conflict with Iran, the Little Green Book, with extracts from the writings of Ayatollah Khomeini, was published. This book contains traditional ritualistically correct views on various issues, among them what to do with a sodomized camel. Bestiality is common among the Turks, who are known for having anal intercourse with mares. Some people regard bestiality as sinful only when it involves animals that are edible, such as cattle or sheep. Turks also believe that sex with a donkey makes the human penis grow larger. Today in Turkey, although enforcement of moral laws is very strict, pony, donkey, and dog sex shows are known to run from time to time. The last reported arrests for bestial activity were in 1993 and took place near the Kurdish refugee camps.

There are stories about the notorious side-shows in Aden, Port-Said, Cairo, and Alexandria which offer tourists sex exhibitions of humans and animals, and it is reported that brothels in Cairo provide sex shows of women and mule stallions. Egyptian shepherd boys are well known for engaging in sexual relations with animals in their herd. They especially favor fellatio, and rub honey or candy on the penis to encourage the suckling of lambs and goats.

In Lebanon, Beirut was known as a “hot place” for bestiality in the 1960s, and according to Dubois-Desaulle, in 1933 bestiality was still very popular in Syria. Sexual acts between humans and animals were not punished or even considered socially unacceptable among the Kusai and Masai tribes (inhabitants of Kenya and Tanzania). On the South Sea Island of Kusai, men are reported to use cattle occasionally as sexual objects, and Masai male adolescents frequently use female donkeys as a sexual outlet, and as practice, as they believe it improves their lovemaking. The Suaheli (Bantu people of Zanzibar/Tanzania) and Arabian fisherman along the coast of Africa, near Mombasa, Kenya, used to believe that unless they had anal sex with the sea-cows they netted, they would be dragged out to sea the next day and drowned by the dead sea-cow’s sister. Many people would therefore make the fishermen swear, by the Koran, that they did not have sex with the seacow they were selling at the local market. At El Yemen, trained baboons were popular sex partners for both men and women, and the women in Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and the Sudan were said to smuggle dog-faced apes (girds) into the harem and have sexual relations with them. Among the Manghabei of Madagascar, bestiality with calves and cows has been observed to be practiced openly by children and adults alike. The people of the Hottentot tribe, nomadic people in southwest Africa, do not consider bestiality to be immoral; they do, however, regard incest in the same negative light as Western people. Sex with animals used to be a part of the Ibo (Nigerian tribe) male coming-of-age ritual. Every boy had to “successfully” copulate with a specially selected sheep, to the satisfaction of a circle of elders who witnessed the performance. Among the Yoruba (another tribe in Nigeria), there was the custom that a young hunter had to copulate with the first antelope he ever killed, while it was still warm. Many tribes in Central Africa believe animals to be the ancestors of human beings. In Voodoo ceremonies, as well as in some other religious and magical rituals, individuals believe themselves as transformed into animals, and have sexual relations either with other humans or with animals of the kind they believe themselves to be.

South and Central America

The Inca civilization extended down the Pacific coast, from Columbia to Chile and inland to the Andes. In their sexual mores, bestiality was punishable by hanging. Nevertheless, six percent of Inca archaeological decorated specimens, dated from before AD 1000, depict bestiality.

An ancient law in Peru forbade bachelors from having female alpacas in their homes because of the many reported cases of bestiality. Peruvian men who were unaccompanied by women were further forbidden from herding llamas. In South and Central America, bestiality was said to be so prevalent when the Spaniards arrived, that the priests included the “sin of bestiality” in their confessional protocol. According to Gregersen, sexual contacts with animals play an important part in the sex life of almost everyone in the Kagaba, an agricultural society in northern Columbiam. An ancient pre- Columbian belief among Indians of the Caribbean coast of Columbia relates that adolescent males will not achieve competence in marriage unless they practice intercourse with donkeys. In a study on the gaucho population living on the border of Brazil and Uruguay, Leal found the gauchos to understand bestiality as a legitimate practice within a group where the dominant cultural belief consists of mastering the wild. A sexual relationship with certain animals is not only a sanctioned practice within this group, but is seen throughout south Brazil as a herdsmen’s or rural tradition. “Barranquear” is the regional term used to refer to male sexual relationship with animals, usually mares. There is a sort of hierarchy of animals to be followed in the “barranqueamento.” The sequence starts with the chicken and culminates with the mare. Chickens are for small and young boys, and the act is subject to ridicule. For the gauchos, bestiality shows courage, and the wilder the animal in the animal hierarchy, the more prestigious is the act. Most gauchos do not engage in bestiality as a regular activity, although it is an important part of their sexual initiation. In the towns and cities of this region, bestiality is considered another form of sexual play among male teenagers. It is tolerated by society as part of growing up and as a necessary erotic experience. Bestiality within this more urban context is practiced with hens, ewes, sows, cows, mules, and mares, but not with cats or dogs. A group of boys will hold the animal while one of them has intercourse with it. There is no legislation against bestiality in Brazil, either under criminal or civil law. It is an offense only when it is done in a public area. Brazil is especially known for its sex shows, and some of the latest animal porn films are from this country. In an analysis of Latin American (Mexican, Cuban) pornography of the 1930s through the 1950s, Di-Lauro and Rabkin found that bestiality was a common theme. Films such as Rin Tin Tin Mexicano, and A Hunter and His Dog depict bestiality acts. The Wild Animal Revue further describes a series of 8mm stag films, which appeared during the early 1930s, known as the “Mexican Dog” series. Animal sex shows in Mexico have declined since the days of the 1950s and 1960s, but there are still rumors of the famous donkey shows. Sex shows with animals were common in the brothels of Cuba, but Castro closed down all the brothels. In Balboa, Panama, there used to be night clubs that featured a donkey having intercourse with a woman. There has always been an underground trade in bestiality videos and magazines, and United States Customs occasionally checks tapes coming in from Panama.

Native Americans, Canadians and Eskimos

Among Native Americans, bestiality varied from tribe to tribe (Rosenberger 1968). Married men, among the Navaho Indians (in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah), were known to occasionally engage in bestiality while out herding alone, and unmarried women engaged in bestiality, as well (Deutsch 1948 cited in Donofrio 1996). Bestiality was common among the Crow (native Americans who live in the upper basins of the Yellowstone and Bighorn rivers, in eastern Montana) who had no scruples about having sexual relations with mares and wild animals that had just been killed in the hunt. Although all forms of animal sexual contacts are said to be taboo among the Ojibwa (native Americans and Canadians who live in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ontario), Ojibwa women were known to have sex with dogs, while Ojibwa men had sexual relations with dogs, bears, moose, beavers, caribou, and porcupines (Gregersen 1983). Cases of bestiality among the Mohave (native Americans who live along the Colorado river in Arizona and California) are known to have involved mares, female asses, heifers, sows, and hens Bestiality is fairly common among the Hopi Indians in north Arizona, who consider sex with animals socially acceptable. Hopi men are reported to have intercourse with burros, dogs, horses, sheep, and chickens, and Hopi boys are sometimes directed to animal contacts so they will leave girls alone. The Sioux (native Americans of the Great Plains) and the Apache (native Americans in south-west US and in north Mexico) had similar views. The Plains Indians (a number of native north American tribes that inhabited the Great Plains, and followed the buffalo) were known to experiment with colts and to use freshly slain animals for sexual purposes. In the Canadian Indian tribe of the Salteaux, sexual relations betwend women and dogs are reported. It is also reported that hunters have sex with moose and with female bears they have shot, before the animals get cold. Sexual acts between humans and animals were not punished or even considered socially unacceptable among the Kupfer Eskimos. Among the Copper Eskimos, intercourse between men and live or dead animals is not infrequent and is not prohibited.

The New World — The American Colonies

In Colonial America, a divorce law enacted in 1639, in Plymouth Colony, mentioned bestiality specifically as reason for divorce, and some sexologists and historians believe bestiality was widespread. Colonial laws against bestiality required harsh punishment, since the colonists believed these relationships could have reproductive consequences of monstrous offspring. Therefore, the colonists made sure both the person and the animal were executed. The Colony of Pennsylvania ordered life imprisonment and whipping of the person involved in bestiality, at the discretion of the court, and Colonial Virginia law prescribed castration as a remedy for bestiality. The first recorded cases of bestiality in the New World took place in 1642 in Plymouth and Massachusetts Colonies. Both men were sentenced to death, and the animals were slaughtered and burned

The United States of America

According to Kinsey, Pomeroy and Martin’s1948 study, one American man in about 13 had sexual experience with animals. The authors estimated the number to be eight percent of the male population in the United States. They also stated that animal sexual contacts were largely confined to farm boys, and added that over half of the rural males who had a college education had had some kind of sexual contact with animals. Almost four percent of the women interviewed by Kinsey et al. (1953) reported having had sexual contact with animals after they had become adolescents.

Rumors about orgies involving animals among swinging circles have been reported , and according to Dumont there used to be a guest ranch in Texas, as late as 1970, which arranged sexual relations between the guests and various horses trained for performing sexual acts. The Pet Book series, detailing bestiality fantasies, from Greenleaf Classics in San Diego, California, has flourished since the early 1970s. A full length, underground movie was reportedly shown in some San Francisco adult movie theaters about 20 years ago. The film was called Animal Lovers and portrayed the female star engaging in intercourse with various types of animals including a dog, a donkey, and a pig. There are also the Color Climax’ 8mm animal films, such as Dog Fuckers, Horse Lovers, and Horsepower, all from 1970. Another two 8mm stag films appeared in the early 1970s in which porn star, Linda Lovelace, had sex with a large dog. Lovelace, however, has denied her participation in such films. There have been reports of underground, private, local, animal shows in the United States and Canada, but nothing organized. At one mid-Western high school, the football team still gets a “goat show” after “home coming,” reportedly, a tradition for over 20 years. There were also reports about some wild animal sex shows during construction of the Alaskan pipe line. In 1962, Illinois became the first American state to revise its criminal code, and oral-genital contacts, anal intercourse between consenting adults in private, and sexual acts with animals, were no longer considered criminal offenses. In 1997, twenty-five states, the District of Columbia, and the United States Government outlawed bestiality. The sentences ranged from a mere fine of not more than $500 in Tennessee to an indeterminate life sentence in Michigan. The laws in the United States have been changing, and according to Richard, in 2001, three states—Iowa, Maine, and Oregon—passed laws criminalizing bestiality. The late Mark Matthews, in his book The Horseman (1994), helped increase awareness of the existence of “zoophilia” (i.e., in addition to engaging in bestiality, the zoophile, or “zoo,” also feels love and sexual attraction toward the animals). In recent years, the Broadway theater has been increasingly open in its portrayal of the full spectrum of sexual themes and activities. Productions such as, Futz and the very recent The Goat, have depicted the themes of bestiality and zoophilia.

The Internet

Alt.sex.bestiality (A.S.B.) was one of the first Internet news groups which started around 1990 as someone’s idea of a joke. Soon, A.S.B. grew and matured into a discussion and support group, providing information about health issues, laws governing bestiality, bibliographic references, “how to” guides, written, and pictorial erotica, and information about the “zoo community’s” events. Most people in this newsgroup had sexual relations with animals, and many were quite proud of it. There were also many others who have not had any sexual contact with animals, but who were eager to do so. According to Andriette, for most “zoos,” finding other “zoos” has changed their lives. It has given them a new self understanding, and connected them with like-minded friends. Stasya’s Home Page, which was about zoophilia, was initiated in September of 1995, and averaged a “hit” (a visitor) every three minutes. Stasya reported (in 1996) receiving anywhere from two to six messages per day from people saying “thank you for being there”. In January of 1999, according to the Humane Society of the United States’ web site, in one Internet search using the term “bestiality,” it found 85,771 documents. These days, one can find numerous web sites, chat rooms, and pet forums exclusively devoted to bestiality, zoophilia, and related pornography online. And Byrd points out that bestiality/zoophilia has never been more present, even in fashion magazine advertisements and television commercials.

Conclusion

A more in-depth exploration of the history of bestiality is beyond the scope of this paper. However, it is apparent and important to acknowledge that man has engaged in bestiality since the dawn of civilization, in almost every culture and place in the world. Although individuals have been punished, sometimes tortured and killed, for engaging in bestiality, the behavior and the pre-occupation with bestiality has persisted. Even more important are the reports that bestiality is still an integral part of many people’s lives, whether in myth, art, literature, or as actual sexual behavior. Although no one knows how prevalent sexual behavior with animals is, bestiality is unquestionably among us.

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alchemisland · 6 years ago

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The Antiquarian and the Devil's Dog

April 1928.

I, Martin Bryn-Kolkiln, wish to commit to paper the strange events of Friday last, April 9th 1928. For what seems an age I have been chasing time, little tempting pockets of freedom peppered throughout the week, but the crafty seconds evaded capture. My rest too, like the proverbial snoozing hound, has been disturbed to much chagrin, prolonging the day's drudgery.

I had been away for several weeks prior to the incident, pining for home on the sun-cursed dig sites of the Nile delta. Aerial raids destabilized the region, yielding formerly guarded treasures to the gloved hands of fevered antiquarians, creating a scramble the likes of which beaurocrats had not seen since the African pile-on. At one such site, in the frame of a ruined mosque we found an idol, stark and malignant in its shadow-haunted grotto, providing ample fuel for speculation among my uneducated workforce.

My postprandial scribblings, so long a staple of my working week that no servant dares scurry past my quarters upon seeing the glow neath the door signalling occupancy, go neglected of late, my notepad chastely going without flourish.

I have been much beset by idleness, my usual studious nature replaced by bouts of extended procrastination. I do not fear that you will judge too harshly my slovenliness once I recount my adventure in full.

The journey from London towards Matfield is punctuated with occasional wondrous natural vignettes. A journey I had taken many times before, I spurned heirs for comfort and slid far down on my seat, staring out the window. Wild horses cresting grassy knolls against the backdrop of God's own country.

I had informed colleagues of convalescent intentions, two weeks bedridden to document my trip, so it came as a reluctant surprise when a letter arrived requesting my urgent presence at the Powers Estate. It spoke of a strange discovery as work began on a proposed pleasure garden "to rival Xanadu". The author supposed the discovery would be pertinent to my historical interest, and suddenly I was keen to reevaluate my proposed hermitic fortnight.

I set off that same evening with only a light jacket tossed overshoulder. The note's concluding statement disturbed me most. The scribe, generously an amateur, was firm that they had uninterred the skeleton of an enormous hellhound.

I cycled to match Nike's record laps and barely caught the evening train. Upon alighting, a short preamble along a pleasant pebbled path paired with pastures carried me to the estate, its foreboding walls stark and unmissable against the sweeping hillocks. Overhead, through a bore in the wounded firmament, a lance of otherworldly pearlescence triumphed.

The moon in its wane sat stop the rounded domes of the main compound like a crown's centrepiece, its design an eclectic mix of Eastern and Western classical art, rounded arches twinned with dappled pillars, obsidian grotesques with forked tongues freed of their pursed half mouths. Inside, French tapestries decorated the walls, Greek marbles on every landing, enormous canvas features depicting glorious hunts in gilded frames tacked lavishly on every capable surface. Looted Pictish stones inscribed with mysterious runes decorated the fish pond. This was wealth. Old money.

Casement Power, younger brother of late Lord Richard, inherited no property, instead reviving a modest annual wage to fund his excess. The scurrying fox and the baited badger that presumably made up his cost of arms could not satiate his warrior spirit, so he traveled to Africa where the large game roamed.

It crossed my mind while tracing its mighty girdle that perhaps a secret exotic pet had been disinterred, cyclopean only to an amateur.

I found myself frozen at the gates. Some fuedal conditioning told me my sort still weren't welcome here, and I stood hypnotised by its granduer A fortress fit for a martial family.

A buried phalanx of ghoulish hoplites raised their jagged spears to form the gate rails, fearsome black rods as a ward to the timid, a black bas relief in its centre. Pushed its hinges dragged and howled in dull flight, which I took as a sign of reluctance on the house's part.

Once inside I turned right, veering from the cedar-lined drive down a snaking path of trodden grass towards a distant glow. With my forearm raised to tide the eye-hungry branches, I came to stand in a copse offering a clear vantage of the fiddler's kirkyard, where four beacons crudely jammed into the soil guttered, illuminating a profession of loiterers. One waved my shade closer, evidently the letter's author.

The grass grew sicklier in the albumen of my redoubt, tusks of jagged rock bursting through the topsoil. Little wonder this field alone was designated the plebeian pit, it must have been the only infertile patch inside this splendid garden of bulbed delights.

A terrible scream rang out as I took my first ginger step forward. It crowed shrilly, razorlike against the eardrum. Wretched as banshee's wail. Mighty as the seven trumpets sounding to toll the seventh seal's opening. The Djinn's howl. When the screaming stopped, an orb of light rose and hovered about the hungry mouth of an open grave. Unaccustomed to the light, its radiance blinded me, and when finally those briny trickles tamed enough to pry them back open, I found myself back in the copse where I had stood a moment before, the kirkyard beacons up ahead.

I stared to my hands, unable to discern their shape in the darkness. I needed to be positive I wasn't dreaming. It was bitterly cold. Does one feel true cold in the nightland? I surmised then I was not sleeping and in fact alertly experiencing high strangeness. Sudden nausea stole my legs and I keeled over retching.

Prone on the lawn I watched the distant beacons ignite and extinguish in sequence, casting strange shadows, then in unison they doused. Plunged into void, I felt the grass against my cheek mutate into something harder, with many sharp points. I lifted one eyelid and saw the gates. I was outside the compound, as if I had never before entered!

The bas relief's dark contours adopted an ominous aspect, moreso than previous observations yielded. Their bulbous forms tricked me with feigned normalcy. Brushing the stones set in my palm like jewels, I winced to my feet.

One idle lance shone directly on its centre. Beings that at first seemed grecian effigies altered in the pale moontorch. The icons, lacking perspective, still bulged with taut muscle. Lacking the vocabulary to describe the 'otherness' of its shape, Revelations must serve as an imaginative stimulus. The beings were contorted demons with men's bodies and genitals, coated head to toe with coarse black hair.

Where their mouths should have been jutted jaws like that of the snapping Nile crocodiles. One figure above all I was hypnotically drawn to carried by his shoulder a noxious stinger slick with venom poised to strike. Alone was he armed with a pestilent whip, distinguishing him as a leader of sorts, if rank existed within an anarchy of grotesques.

Even as fantasy, this folly was gratuitous, a remnant of the freakshow. The metal itself gleamed as if slick, though no hint of varnish my nostrils scented.

I pushed open the gate as a matter of promptness, again it screeched, reeeeeeeeeeeeeeee - like a vixens wail. Events were unfolding like theatre beats, precisely as they had moments ago, only now where I was sure I had steered right, the dig site was to my left.

I thought voicing the skeptic aloud to might steady frayed nerves. Marsh gases were spirits to feudal farmers before wise men dispelled their ignorance, replicating in micrcosm the binding of the primal flame which elevated our kin above the fierce descendants of Echidna. Perhaps what I experienced was a phenomenon as yet unexplained, wholly within the realms of fact.

Seeing the skeptic permitted entry, the coward tried his charms on the doorman, a masculine fellow with traps the size of roset chickens. Without baudy company to mock my yellow belly, I thought of home, there was time enough yet. Sure, the trains wouldn't run until morning, but a man still might still safely walk the tracks in these leafy byways, and at the station Bucephalus waited.

Whether the men disturbed the rest of a hellhound or bones of a dead doe expanded by the ceaseless freeze-thaw action could a question remain, a chilling inkling to ponder on the Samhain.

A faint dust was visible in the air. A golden sporehaze like foundry sparks taken flight, shifting breezeless. Whether it was the unholy residue of occult practices blighting the gloam or a warning of impending spiritual disaster from the universe itself, I don't know, but I knew to follow my gut, instincts hard-honed.

I sped out the open gate, avoiding its siren keen, and kept a blistering pace until the lane melted where gravel gave to slick grass, then further on nearly stumbling were the tracks, a steel corridor of gnarled teeth. Stemming from negligent workers, trackside grasses growing unwieldy cast ominous shadows, obscuring assailants from the side. I slowed briefly, ensuring my stride matched the distance between planks.

After a time ambling I heard from behind the definite sound of paws plodding, four distinct footfalls increasing pace to match my own, causing me to sprint forward with surprising intensity, flapping like a disturbed bird to keep upright.

Paws clacked against the timbers quick as knuckles on a tabletop, dull heavy thuds, then something emitted a low growl that released the auxiliary adrenaline stocks. Without regard for form I reached my maximum possible speed, tissues, coins and paper scraps falling from my pockets all the while.

I was sure no fevre dream had taken hold, that what gave chase was tangible evil, an anamalous malignance out of another world, an oppressive presence. Some distance at last came between I and it, or least the sound of its routing, but still the aroma of fetid meat wrinkled my nostrils. Intense heat flared across my shoulder blades, as the footfalls came closer than ere before it flared to a searing agony.

I imagined an enormous fissure somewhere along the rows of planks behind, a tunnel hewn from riven flesh, from where mangled fingers rose to grasp my tails, bidden aid Cerberus. The beast thundered along now, terrible jaws searching the air. Teeth, dagger sharp and serrated for tearing flesh clean off the bone, came within inches of my ankles. I felt drops of reeking saliva raining down when the beast's tongue whipped at the empty space I occupied a moment earlier.

In truth I cannot recollect much further, gripped by adrenal berserk time held no meaning. New memories ceased forming. All non-critical faculties were off.

After an eternity I emerged into the dirty light of the station and dared to slow, coughing a lung by a signpost, the chase had not been so rabid these last lengths. The spell which coated those bones in living flesh expired as Sol threatened her wakening divinity, bleaching the hills.

The horizon turned red as iron ore. Hours faded like charcoal met by floodwater. Dawn arrived, silent and chorusless. I found no snapping Cerberus or terrible mastiff, only a dizzying corridor of shifting darkness stretching to infinity, for the dawntorch did not pierce the thicket there. In relief I howled, noting aloud to none in particular that this was likely a record time for this journey, surpassing even the no-stop trains that carried resources to the Hebrides overnight.

In spite of everything, I had to question if a creature ferociously pursued me at all, or merely had some friendly dog trotted alongside for a time. As to whether my own footfalls quickening sent me into a panic I was unsure. Should I be terrified, relieved, embarrassed or a combination of all three?

Next came the darkest revelation. I sat, legs dangling over the lip of the platform, lit a cigarette and inhaled deeply, held it as if the smoke would absorb my woes.

A draft met my back and the sodden shirt plastered thereupon. No, more than a breeze, a pain. I gingerly pawed the raw area, if the phrasing can be pardoned, and found three scrapes stretching hip to hip. At night they vomit pus onto the swanfeathers corset of gauze I have taken since. Another paroxysm sent me spiralling into blackness.

I suppose it was near enough morning when I woke. Some kindly commuter or station man had taken notice and fetched a doctor, I have no memory of this.

The doctors informed say it will be some time before the wounds heal, that I may never recoup my former vigour, and even in miraculous circumstances, there is danger of tetanus.

Tetanus.

The lacerations were proved to have been canine in origin. Doctors, veterinarians and trappers consulted have been completely baffled by their length, stating no native creature is capable of inflicting wounds suchlike to a man grown.

With this nightmare put to page I hope the oily tendrils of it are scraped from my mind. I must retire to steam the wound again. Most, my spirit is shaken. I have not felt anxiety like it since the war.

I cannot complain overmuch, but blast sleeping on my front! How anyone finds solace in this repose is beyond my imagining, I feel like a lizard basking on hot stones.

April 20th, M Bryn-Kolkiln

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rallis-fatalis · 6 years ago

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An Onyxpected Catch

On a normal day like any other, Adam decides to go fishing and hope for some good catches. That plan changes quickly when a certain blue dragon gets involved and the man gets more than he asked for. No day is normal when Rallis comes along.

It was just supposed to be a nice bit of alone time, a man and his fishing rod and the quiet river. Well, lava river. An afternoon catching eels in the peace and quiet of Mor-Ul-Rek. Just cast out the rod, pull up a seat, and read a book or something while waiting for an eel to bite. Hope a few had eaten some onyx so he could sell the bits when he smashed them open. An exuberant blue dragon playing with said eels was the last thing he wanted, and was frankly the last thing he expected.

The dragon stopped pawing at the lava at the sound of footsteps and turned around with a smile. "Hi Adam! What are you doing here? And what is that silly thing you're wearing?"

"Hello Rallis," he waved, much less enthusiastically. "Just fishing. And my outfit isn't silly! It's an angler outfit, perfect for fishing." He set up shop, casting the rod into the lava with a satisfying sizzle. Rallis snickered at his funny heavy outfit and the odd colorful spiny things pinned to his hat. "Hope you didn't scare them all away!" he barked at her.

"Nah, not all of them! Why, are you gonna play with them too?"

If playing meant smashing them open, yes. But he wasn't about to say that. "Just catching a few to look at is all," he lied.

"With a stick?" Rallis laughed. "Fish are caught with hands! Not sticks!"

Adam gave the lava a wary glance. "Yeah, I don't think I'm sticking my hand in that." Even with the icy gloves he was wearing, the lava heated the rod in his hands. "How are you here, Rallis? Don't you need a fire cape to get in here?"

The dragon snorted. "Are you assuming I don't have one?"

"You know, I shouldn't put anything past you at this point. You're always full of surprises. How did you manage to do the Fight Caves?"

"Oh it's simple! Jad and everyone are my friends!"

Adam looked at her in amazement. This story promised to be a lot more interesting than the book he brought. "Do tell."

"Alright!" she started with a giggle. "The warden of the Fight Caves told me I had to make my way through a gauntlet of fights and beat what was at the end. So I did just that! The first thing that happened when I started the gauntlet was I bumped into a little bat friend made of fire! They were super cute. And they brought a friend too!"

"Yeah I remember those," he told her. "They make you tired when they bite you."

"Oh they do?" Rallis asked with a tilted head. "They never bit me! They flew around really fast and we ended up playing tag. They were really nice! Soon these big blobby guys showed up, oozing out of the lava. I couldn't pet them, they were too hot, but they did enjoy dancing! They were super jiggly!"

She laughed as she danced around Adam. He just looked at her dubiously, thinking she was making it all up.

"Then two more little ones came and joined us. They were much less jiggly but they still danced with us. But then Xil interrupted us!" She grew pouty just thinking about it. "They shot these big sharp rocks at us and scared the jiggly friends away! So rude!"

"So what did you do?"

"I went over and had a talk! It's rude to just shoot at people and interrupt their day!"

Adam shook his head with a smile. "So you talked with a giant rock monster? Told it you were mad with it? That seems a little hard to believe."

"Well yeah! How else do you make someone stop doing something? You talk! Fix the misunderstanding! Why, do you not believe me?" She pouted. "Just because you can't talk with things that aren't human doesn't mean I can't!"

"Okay, okay, I believe you!" he held up his hands defensively. "What next?"

"Xil went away! And then Kih and Kek came back to play. It was all good!"

Adam was pulled away from the story by his fishing rod finally registering a catch. An eel squirmed out of the lava, Adam deftly unhooking it and dropping it in his bucket with a single smooth motion. Rallis clapped and gave the eel a pat on the head. Adam almost felt bad for what he was about to do to the thing.

"So Miss Pacifist, I have a question." Rallis turned her attention back to her friend. "When you were playing tag and dancing with your molten mates, how many showed up?"

She thought for a moment. "Hmm... I think there were two Kih, three Kek, one Xil. Then there was a big Mejkot, and a red Ket-Zek, an orange Ket-Zek, four small Mejkot, and Jad. So... fourteen?"

"F-fourteen?! You only faced fourteen monsters?!"

"Hey they aren't monsters, they're friends!" she snapped. "And yeah, why? How many did you see?"

He shuddered, remembering trying to keep count wave after wave, thinking it would never end. He wondered if he was even making a dent in their forces, feeling more ragged and beaten as the fighting went on. "I lost count around 80. There were more though. So many more... It was like they never stopped, like the same ones would keep coming back, over and over again."

"Oh, well that's because they do!" Rallis said matter-of-factly. "They're all made of lava and rock and magic, you can't kill them! They reform after a while. You likely did see the same ones a few times. I'd be mad and come back too if you beat me up!"

Adam sighed. So he could have saved himself some trouble if he had paid attention to that sort of thing? Was there a way to beat them so they wouldn't reform? He was starting to get a headache. There was no reason to think so much about it now, though. He had his cape and it was done. Luckily another eel helped snap him out of his inner groaning and moaning.

Rallis continued on. "Then the big Mejkot showed up and I told them they looked like a crocodile! They asked me what a crocodile was so I told them! I think they want to go visit the desert now. Then these two big frog dogs showed up and they were so sweet! They loved to be pet and have their bellies rubbed. Everything in there was so friendly. I'll have to go back some time!"

He ticked off what she described and noticed the lack of the whole reason for the gauntlet. "What about Jad?"

Rallis grinned and bounced. "Jad is a good friend! I was a little scared at first because she was so big and angry, but she stopped being so mad when she saw me with everyone else. Everyone ran off pretty quickly though, I guess they were scared of her too. But I talked with her and had a nice time! She kept sniffing at my pocket and found my candy so I gave her some. Jad has a pretty big sweet tooth, you know!"

"You beat Jad... with candy?"

She pulled out a wrapped gooey ball of taffy for emphasis. "Purple sweets to be exact! Want one?" She tossed him a piece and popped another in her mouth. "I gave her some and she was happy and left afterwards. It was a fun time!"

Adam squished the candy in between his fingers. The heat of the volcano was making it extra melty. "Let me get this straight. You played, danced, talked, and snacked your way to a fire cape? Do I have that correct?"

"Yep," Rallis said between chews. "They said 'make your way' through the gauntlet and 'beat' Jad. They didn't say kill or fight. I made my way through and beat her my own way. Why what did you do?"

'Shot everything with my crossbow.'

Another eel got hooked on the line. He had three now, hopefully one would have some onyx. Rallis poked at the eels in the bucket, scratching one behind the fin on its back. Adam pulled out a hammer and took one out of the bucket and held it in place on the floor. "Sorry little guy."

Rallis shrieked and quickly pulled the eel away, dropping it back into the bucket with the others and holding it away from the man. "What are you doing?!" she shouted.

"Fishing. You're supposed to hit them on the head first."

Rallis looked horrified. "You don't eat eels! That's horrible! They're small leviathans! You can't do that!"

"I'm actually not going to eat them," he told her. "I'm looking for something they might have eaten. Sometimes they eat bits of onyx."

"You're smashing them open for onyx? For money?! Adam you can't do that!"

"Why not?" he growled. "It's just a fish, Rallis, come on."

"Don't you 'it's just a fish' me!" She dumped the eels back into the lava before he could react, the trio happily swimming away.

"What the hell Rallis?!"

She threw the bucket back at him. "You shush! Now come here!" She yanked him along, barely giving him enough time to grab his gear before pulling him away from the fishing spot.

"Rallis I'm really not in the mood for whatever you're doing right now," he said grumpily. She didn't reply. They soon reached a small shop selling various gems and ore. Rallis dug into one of her many pouches and pulled out a hulking stack of tokkul and slammed it on the counter.

"An onyx, please," she snapped. The TzHaar running the shop handed her a beautiful uncut black stone. Rallis slammed it into Adam's hands. "There! A whole onyx! Now never try to smash my eel friends again!"

Adam couldn't believe what just happened. He stared at the gem dumbly. "Whether it's a fire cape or money, you don't have to kill stuff to get what you want." He almost wanted to snap back about that hypocrisy but didn't. She spun around and waved goodbye. "I'm gonna go say hi to Jad again. Bye Adam. Enjoy your onyx!"

After the moment of shock, he laughed to himself and walked away, looking the onyx over. "I should invite Rallis on fishing trips more often if this is how they'll go!"

#osrs #runescape #my writes #oc tag

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saturniandragon · 2 years ago

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How about... the bouquet of flowers and the wheat/grain with OCs if your choice ? Oh and the lil sprout because Adrastea's dwarven spider is important.

💐- Where is this oc's favorite place to relax?

(I hope this is the correct emoji for flower bouquet because I'm not the type to use emojis sdsfdshg)

Zanri: Zanri can relax almost anywhere, even when he's a few treads away from a live battlefield. His favorite though? His personal library in his new home in Summerset. He's always wanted to be a bookworm, and while he doesn't always have the time to read, it gives him a peace of mind that he has a place to temporarily escape from the harsh world. Plus points if he happens to have Summerset gingerose tea at hand.

Vani: Vani is restless, like a constant fire that doesn't want to be put out. But all flames must refuel from time to time to keep it burning, and she happens to find peace in cooking after she has settled with her step brother in Summerset. Which at first slightly concerns Zanri as it means she has access to fire, but so far she hasn't exploded the kitchen.

Adrastea (ESO): Adrastea used to fish as a hobby and a source of income before he was involved in "global three-way fight bullshit." Nowadays he has less patience to wait for a salmon to catch his bait and will rather jump straight into the water to catch it like a bear. Or a crocodile.

Merri'sa: It involves a bow, a handful of arrows and a bunch of empty bottles. Yes, she relaxes by doing archery practices. After finding the "shooting range" behind the Companions building being too small, she resorted to creating her own shooting range east of Whiterun, along the river. Also books. She's a total history nerd.

Adrastea (Saturn): Bedroom. That's it, nothing special. He likes sleeping. If not sleeping, driving his McLaren around the city.

Jesse: Same as Adra. She likes sleeping. And occasionally they sleep together, if you catch my meaning.

🌾- How does this oc get along with people they just met?

Zanri: If you meet Zanri just be ready to get the posh treatment. Years of mingling among the high elves have really bled into his behavior. Minus the superiority complex and condescending demeanor, because he is still humble at heart. He'll probably invite you to afternoon biscuits, evening tea, or other boring things that the Altmer do.

Adrastea (ESO): You've survived this long and Adrastea lets you stick around. Congrats! But don't get expectations too high, because he's still a cunt. Apparently he employs "if you can't handle me at my worst, you don't deserve me at my best" although whether that's intentional or not is another matter. Just be ready to make tea at any given moment.

🌱- Does this oc have any pets? Do they have any pets they want?

Zanri: Zanri has adopted two cats, one is named Ahravani al-Karim (lol). The other is a random stray cat he picked up off the streets of Auridon that's almost as clingy as his sister, and would jump onto his arms whenever he's nearby. More often than not he has to leave it back home so as to not interfere with his assignments.

Vani: A dog. Or that's what she wants, anyway. Zanri wouldn't let her have a dog in the house because there's already a house cat in it. Although secretly she's been feeding stray dogs in Shimmerene with food leftovers.

Adrastea (ESO): If hand-built Dwemer contraptions count as pets, he has two of them. None of them has names, so one can wonder how he exactly communicates with them without confusing the two. He hasn't been seen using a Dwemer control rod or any other apparatus when interacting with them and it almost appears as though he's using telepathy.

The Dwarven spider is powered by a soul gem that accidentally contains the soul of a guar, and while he can easily change it out for a different soul gem, he's already too comfortable with it. Carrying it on his back when he made the run from Morrowind to Valenwood was a chore, but he didn't have the heart to leave it behind.

His Dwarven ebon wolf spends most of its time "sleeping" because it's too high maintenance/power hungry for his liking. He would only wake it up if he needs to travel far or through rough terrain.

#oc: zanri al anaqi #oc: ahravani al karim #oc: adrastea (eso)#oc: merri'sa #oc: adrastea #oc: jesse

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myth-lord · 7 years ago

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Final Monster/Enemies List

Finally, I made up my mind of what creatures do, and which don’t appear in my project. This time it feels more finished than other times. I cut a lot of creatures from the list and added a lot of new faces to the list. I’ve added some small sentence underneath each creature, giving only one small example of what makes them special and awesome in the project.

This list doesn’t contain the bosses/unique creatures and friendly creatures, they will be posted later, working on them.

Again, most of these creatures come from Mythology, Folklore, Fantasy and Cryptid-Sightnings, but in my project “ probably named Mythika” they have other appearances, abilities, stories and forms, while at least a couple of features remain as in the real myth, rarely they are changed beyond recognition.

I’m really sorry for the length of this post! And if you hate long posts this post is not for you! ;-)

A Bao A Qu (Malay) – Elemental / Ooze - These beautiful ooze monsters feed on Charisma, leaving the victim misshapen and ugly, while becoming more beautiful themselves. Aatxe (Basque) – Undead / Spirit - These ghostly bulls target sinners before all other enemies, their aura’s are red and that color makes them furious. Abaia (Melanesian) – Beast / Fish - Abaia view themselves as protectors and mothers of all other lake creatures and destroy unwanted guests with monsoons and tsunami’s. Adaro (Solomon Island) – Humanoid / Beastman / Fish - These marlin-like merfolk become more aggressive and powerful during monsoons and storms. Adaro, Zitiron (French) – Humanoid / Beastman / Fish - Their bodies are protected by an organic form of metal which forms around their fragile bodies when they touch water. Afanc (Welsh) – Beast / Chimerae / Reptilian - Chimerae beasts that combine the features of beavers and crocodiles, sharing the creativity of the beaver with the aggression and power of the crocodile. Afanc, Bunyip (Australian) – Beast / Chimerae / Reptilian - Larger than the Afanc, these combine the features of beavers and ancient reptiles. They have two large sabretooth-like fangs. Agemo (African) – Beast / Reptilian - Rhino-sized Chameleons which use their ability to change color to become invisible and to stalk and hunt for humanoid prey. Agrippa (French) – Construct / Spirit - Summon-based Agrippa can absorb slain creatures into their pages, so they can summon them in future battles. Agropelter (Fearsome Critter) – Aberration - They are champions in throwing, their whip-like arms are very suited for throwing wood splinters, they seldom miss their target. Ahkiyyini (Inuit) – Undead / Skeleton - Whenever the Ahkiyyini plays its infernal instruments the waves begin to dance to the beats, creating destructive tidal waves. Ahkiyyini, Citipati (Tibetan) – Undead / Skeleton - Whenever these twin-skeletons begin to dance, nature seems to dance with them, destroying all in its path. Ahool (Indonesian) – Beast / Chimerae - They are often kept as familiars and pets by evil warlocks that enjoy their kleptomaniac behavior and even make great use of it. Ahuizotl (Aztec) – Beast / Chimerae - Ahuizotl lure prey to the water’s edge with their mimicry ability, then grab and drown them with their bizarre tail which ends in a claw. Ahuizotl, Ugjuknarpak (Inuit) – Beast / Chimerae - An albino cold-based version of the Ahuizotl which has a very tough pelt which is almost impossible to pierce with most weapons. Aitvaras (Lithuanian) – Dragon / Shifter - An Aitvaras appearance and size is always adopted to the environment it is currently in, falling in a river will grant them fins for example. Akaname (Japanese) – Aberration - Disgusting, filthy and pathetic creatures that feed on the filth and garbage of other creatures with their long, acid dripping tongues. Akheilos (Greek) – Beast / Fish - When they smell blood in the water, these monstrous and intelligent sharks fly into a furious frenzy. Akheilos, Tiburon (Philippine) – Beast / Fish - These monstrous sharks use their wing-like fins to levitate out of the water and grab prey which thought they were safe on land. Akheilos, Utelif (M-European) – Beast / Fish - While these monstrous sharks have less evolved teeth, the giant saw-like nose of these fish is feared by even the most brave of sailors. Akheilos, Isonade (Japanese) – Demon / Oni / Spirit - Isonade use their hook-like fins as fishing rods, jumping from the water and hooking victims from ships or even from beaches. Akhekh (Egyptian) – Beast / Chimerae / Avian - The evil cousins of the Royal Griffons, these dark creatures are among the favorite pets of the God of Darkness Set. Akhekh, Keythong (M-European) – Beast / Chimerae / Avian - The male species of the Akhekh, they are without wings and instead have long, poisonous quills running down their backs and tails. Akkorokamui (Japanese) – Aberration / Cephalopod - Enormous octopi which use their eight powerful tentacles to hunt from whales and humanoids in the depths of the dark oceans. Akkorokamui, Migas (African) – Aberration / Cephalopod - This stalking machine often uses one of its eight tentacles to drag prey into its calm lake turning it into a splash of tentacles, blood and gore. Akkorokamui, Lusca (Caribbean) – Aberration / Cephalopod - Lusca love to live in and around black holes in the oceans, where the oceans reach the deepest. Alp-Luachra (Irish) – Aberration / Parasite - Their ultimate goal is to find a host in which they can temporarily live, and then feed on all the food the victims swallows. Alraune (German) – Plant - Enormous roses which crave the blood of other creatures and which grow humanoid clones to lure prey into their thorny vines. Alraune, Abere (Melanesian) – Plant - Clever and cunning carnivorous plants which grow beautiful humanoid clones to lure in foolish prey. Amarok (Inuit) – Beast - Enforcers of Darkness and the night, these giant wolves will hunt and kill anybody foolish enough to travel at night. Amarok, Akhlut (Inuit) – Beast - A magical force of nature, these shapeshifters can shift between the forms of killer whale and giant black & white wolves. Amikuk (Inuit) – Aberration - Amikuk often plant their bizarre bodies in snow, ice or onto ceilings, using their four tentacles to fish for prey above or below, Aniwye (Native American) – Beast - The horrid smell these monstrous skunks spread will never go away, only the most powerful magic can remove the stench from a victim. Asag (Sumerian) – Demon / Amphibian - When an Asag dies while one of its underlings still breaths, it is reincarnated from that underling, the spawn instantly mutates into an adult Asag. Asanbosam (African) – Aberration / Vampire - They use their hook-shaped claws and feet to pull victims into trees or small openings in the rocks. Asdeev (Persian) – Dragon / Shifter - Asdeev are dragons of mist, cold and crystals, their breath-weapon will release a thick mist of utter cold upon its victims and enemies. Aswang (Philippine) – Undead / Vampire - Aswang use their horrid long hollow tongues to drink away the fresh blood of sleeping victims. Aswang, Manananggal (Philippine) – Undead / Vampire - Being able to separate their torso’s, claws and heads from their bodies, these female Aswang make up for a surprise. Aswang, Kubot (Philippine) – Undead / Vampire - Kubot use their horrid, living hair to strangle and hold prey down with, then use their tongue to feed on their blood. Aswang, Berbalang (Philippine) – Undead / Vampire - These winged Aswang varieties can release the souls from their bodies, becoming a team of flesh and spirit. Atuikakura (Japanese) – Aberration - Deep sea cucumbers which grew to an enormous size, after they die they spit their acid, poisonous blood through the water. Awd Goggie (English) – Fae / Vermin - They can swallow victims whole and later disgorge them again in a strange cocoon that instantly opens and releases a small maggot-like creature.

Bakekujira (Japanese) – Undead / Skeleton - Beasts that feed from their spiritual flesh become undead slaves to these skeletal whales. Banshee (Irish) – Undead / Spirit - Their weeping wails can shatter glass and bones, and it instantly kills unlucky souls. Banshee, Pesta (Danish) – Undead / Spirit - Similar to Banshee’s, Pesta let out terrifying wails, but instead of death the wails of Pesta spread horrid pestilence. Banshee, Llorona (Mexican) – Undead / Spirit - These drowned spirits make other creatures suffer a drowning death by wailing and filling the victims lungs with fresh water. Barghest (English) – Undead - Spotting a Barghest curses the victim with a terrible despair, seeing it multiple times makes the curse stronger. Barghest, Gwyllgi (Welsh) – Undead / Shifter - These gloomy hounds become larger when they smell fear and despair in the air, growing to enormous sizes when facing groups of scared enemies.. Basilisk (M-European) – Dragon / Reptilian - It’s gaze contains a powerful poison which saps the strength and will of a victim, their fangs and claws are coated with the same poison. Basilisk, Xhumpedzkin (Mayan) – Dragon / Reptilian - The gaze, aura and fangs of these giant Gila Monsters possess a dangerous psychic toxic which causes extreme headaches and migraine attacks. Basilisk, Whowie (Australian) – Dragon / Reptilian - These six legged lizards use their large frills located around their necks to add to their already powerful fear gaze. Batibat (Philippine) – Plant - Whenever the tree of a Dryad is cut down, the poor creature is forced to transform into a hideous version of its former self named a Batibat. Bauk (Serbian) – Fae / Bogey / Shifter - Because of their unique ability to teleport through shadows these creatures are perfect assassins and spies. Bauk, Nalusa Falaya (Native American) – Fae / Bogey / Shifter - These shadow lemurs love to put friends, lovers and family members against each other with their magical quills. Baykok (Native American) – Undead - These flying undead hunters hunt for powerful warriors, shooting them with their magical arrows and feasting on their livers. Baykok, Mokoi (Australian) – Undead - Mokoi hunt for powerful magic users, they use their own spells against them and all magic is absorbed into their skin. Behemoth (M-European) – Beast - While Behemoths are herbivores, many creatures rather face carnivores than these aggressive elephantine monsters. Behemoth, Hua-Hu-Tiao (Chinese) – Beast / Shifter - These pure white elephant horrors are often used by Horsemen of the Apocalypse to serve as living siege weapons. Berberoka (Philippine) – Plant - To increase their size the Berberoka sucks up tons of water, they release it again by spitting it out at victims on the water’s edge. Berserker (Norse) – Humanoid / Human / Shifter - From birth on Berserkers are put though rough and harsh rituals so their spirit becomes more powerful and they find their inner rage. Berserker, Maenad (Greek) – Humanoid / Human / Shifter - Female Berserkers are known as Maenad, they are rare but in their rage they can turn into ugly ogre-like monstrosities. Berserker, Einherjar (Norse) – Undead / Spirit - It is believed that the most diehard Berserkers keep fighting as spirits after they died, these are known as Einherjar. Berserker, Svinfylking (Norse) – Humanoid / Human / Shifter - Svinfylking ride wild Ypotryll or Reptilians into battle, using their spiky boots to cause the beasts pain and rage. Bezkost (Slavic) – Undead / Vampire / Parasite - Undead skin monsters which feed on blood and skin, looking like some bloated bag when fully fed. Black Annis (English) – Fae / Hag / Shifter - Some say these hags are the opposite of the Nymphs, they represent everything that is ugly in nature. Black Annis, Utlunta (Native American) – Fae / Hag - Utlunta can animate stone statues by touching them with their long, creepy fingers, this also work with the petrified victims of Gorgons. Black Annis, Nocnitsa (Slavic) – Fae / Hag - Nocnitsa are the only Dream-Haunting creatures which can kill you from within your dreams and nightmares. Blemmyes (M-European) – Humanoid / Giant - The cannibalistic Blemmyes will devour their own slain before they continue the battle. Blemmyes, Xing Tian (Chinese) – Humanoid / Giant - Xing Tian rarely use weapon, instead wearing armors which are cruelly covered in large spikes or which have other sharp features. Boobrie (Scottish) – Beast / Avian - These large swamp and sea birds look like enormous, monstrous version of the Hesperornis. Brucha (Irish) – Beast / Vermin / Swarm - Swarms of metallic locusts which are send by the Horseman of Famine to destroy and devour any food they find. Bubak (Czech) – Construct / Bogey / Spirit - If a Bubak can’t find a fresh heart each month they will perish away and become ordinary scarecrows. Buckrider (Dutch) – Humanoid / Human - Buckriders evolve over time, become more demonic in the progress, growing hooves, fangs, claws and even horns. Buggane (Manx) – Fae / Giant - These mole-like ogres often function as other Fae’s bodyguards and beasts of burden. Bukavac (Slavic) – Beast / Amphibian - The most powerful weapon of these six-legged amphibian horrors is their booming voice, which blows a hole in concrete steel. Bulgasari (Korean) – Beast - The saliva of these Baku-like creatures turns any metal to rust, and rust is all these creatures can digest. Burach Bhadi (Scottish) – Aberration / Parasite - Some clever creation of a mad wizard, these leech-like horrors were created with one goal, to drain enemy magic-users of all their magic. Burrunjor (Australian) – Beast / Reptilian - These Allosaurus-like horrors can live anywhere, in cold regions they are often covered in a thick coat of brown fur. Burrunjor, Odontotyrannus (Greek) – Beast / Reptilian - Devourers of demons, these enormous horned Tyrannosaurus-like horrors terrorize the Abyss like no other carnivore or demon ever can. Butatsch (Swiss) – Aberration / Alien / Ooze - Slimy monsters covered in eyeballs which can fire burning rays at their enemies and victims.

Cactus Cat (Fearsome Critter) – Plant - Cactus Cats come in many varieties and sizes, they look like cat-like beasts but are actually mobile plants. Cactus Cat, Splinter Cat (Fearsome Critter) – Plant - Splinter Cats use their spiky hard heads as battering ram, and their spiky club-like tails are also used as weapons. Caleuche (Chilean) – Construct / Spirit - These ghost ships mostly haunt trading routes on sea, so they can sustain a fresh amount of ghostly crew at all times. Carbuncle (Paraguay) – Fae / Parasite - Carbuncles can calm emotions, but they can also worsen them, making other creatures fade away in grief or hatred. Carbuncle, Yamabiko (Japanese) – Fae / Parasite - Their echo-based powers make them very dangerous, they can echo back any ability and spell used against them. Carbuncle, Chagrin (English) – Fae / Parasite - Being stung by their yellow hedgehog-like needles means you become very mad and angry, the only way to heal this is by touching the creatures gemstone. Caspilly (Persian) – Beast / Fish - Monstrous, giant lionfish adapted and evolved to become experts in both defense and offence combat. Caspilly, Swamfisk (Swedish) – Beast / Fish / Ooze / Parasite - These deep sea horror fish use their own stinking ooze-like flesh to lure in prey, the oozy flesh will eat the victim from inside. Caspilly, Marool (English) – Demon / Fish - When they come to the surface they attract sailors by giving away a beautiful but haunting light-show underneath the waters of the ocean. Catoblepas (M-European) – Beast - Catoblepas often have exposed skulls as the poison it breaths takes the toll on its own flesh over time, giving them even more horrid appearances. Charybdis (Greek) – Aberration - A humongous force of gluttony that holds the power to create destructive whirlpools and currents with its bizarre alien maw. Cherufe (Mapuche) – Elemental - Is said to be the will, voice and mobility of the volcano it lives in. Chicheface (French) – Aberration - Cattle of the Horseman of Famine, Chicheface are sickly, extremely thin looking bovine-creatures with canine-like faces. ChonChon (Mapuche) – Undead / Swarm - Victims of these horrid swarms of flying heads become a new member after the rest of the body is eaten away and only the head remains. Chupacabra (Mexican) – Aberration / Alien - Chupacabra are blood-addicts and disease-batteries, each time they drink diseased blood they absorb the disease and spread it further with their bites. Cirein Croin (Scottish) – Dragon / Sea Serpent / Shifter - These beautiful female sea serpents use their beguiling polymorph ability to appear as a beautiful and small silver fish or mermaid. Codrille (French) – Dragon - Probably one of the more feared dragon species in Mythika, these diseased horrors spread plague and illness wherever they go. Codrille, Sruvara (Persian) – Dragon - Even Undead, Spirits, Elementals and Vish Kanya aren’t immune to the poison of these Yellow Dragons, and it is so potent that it creates rust on constructs. Colorobetch (Belgian) – Aberration / Alien - Terrors of the cold mountains, these icy bird aberrations love pecking at frozen flesh. Con Rit (Vietnamese) – Beast / Vermin - These aquatic centipedes are often found near other sea monsters, scavenging on the leftovers which such monsters leave behind. Con Rit, Skolopendra (Greek) – Beast / Vermin - Much bigger than the Con Rit, these enormous sea vermin hunt their own prey, constricting entire ships like some insectoid sea serpent. Cuero (Chilean) – Aberration - Cuero hunt from the riverbeds, surprising creatures that take water from the river by engulfing them and choking them to death, then eat them. Cuero, Lakuma (Chilean) – Aberration - Lakuma use their manta-shaped bodies to appear as large stepping stones in the river, when anybody jumps on them they will sink and devour the victim. Cuero, Vatnsandi (Icelandic) – Aberration / Fish - Also known as the mothers of rays, these enormous manta-like creatures are as majestic as they are vile. Cwn Annwn (Welsh) – Fae / Shifter - All Cwn Annwn in one pack share the same mind and soul, killing one of them turns the others stronger and more dangerous. Cyclops (Greek) – Humanoid / Giant - These one-eyed giants keep herds of sheep or humans and are good metalworkers. Cyclops, Bungisngis (Philippine) – Humanoid / Giant - Enormous savage Cyclops species which destroy more than they create, their huge fangs are too big to fit in their abominable mouths. Cyclops, Papinijuwari (Australian) – Aberration / Giant / Alien - These monstrous blue-skinned Cyclopean giants race through the sky in the forms of meteors, anywhere they crash down, diseases spread.

Dactyl (Greek) – Humanoid / Dwarf - These evil dwarves are obsessed with replacing their own flesh with metallic parts, replacing their arms and legs for iron or even adamantine parts. Dalaketnon (Philippine) – Fae / Elf - Also known as Dark Elves, these sinister humanoids can create mirror images of themselves to confuse their enemies. Death Worm (Mongolian) – Beast / Vermin - Death Worms are named after their ability to bring death in many ways, they can swallow you, shock you, poison you and their acid blood burns you. Death Worm, Ice Worm (Icelandic) – Beast / Vermin - After they are slain, these enormous Ice Worms will turn into an ice statue and explode into a barrage of ice splinters. Death Worm, Minhocao (Brazilian) – Beast / Vermin - The black, armadillo-like armor of these Jungle Worm is very tough and can withstand most damage. Dheeyabery (Australian) – Aberration / Alien / Ooze / Parasite - These horrid fleshy oozes can take vaguely humanoid shapes to lure curious prey close and into their ever growing mass. Doppelganger (German) – Aberration / Alien / Shifter - Doppelgangers are perfect shifters that can copy any humanoid creature they have ever seen, they come from the realm of mirrors. Dorotabo (Japanese) – Elemental / Spirit - Created when a human dies within nature and its body doesn’t get a proper burial, the spirit will taint the mud beneath it and create a new elemental. Dorotabo, Ahi At-Trab (Arabian) – Elemental - These living sandstorms are created when an entire caravan perishes together, the spirits of the deceased bound to the hot desert sands. Dorotabo, Land Wight (Norse) – Elemental / Spirit - It is almost impossible to kill a Land Wight as their extreme regeneration will heal any wound that is inflicted to their earth-like bodies. Druj Nasu (Persian) – Demon / Shifter - When one of these hateful fly demons nests in an area, the area will be corrupted into a ugly wasteland full of putrid creatures and plants. Dullahan (Irish) – Undead / Bogey - They roam the forests on their black stallions, hunting for the heads of others while holding their own head as painful reminder of their glorious pasts.

Ebajalg (Estonian) – Elemental / Spirit - Capable size-shifters, these dangerous air elementals can appear as a small dust devil or as an enormous hurricane at will. Ebajalg, Hala (Serbian) – Elemental / Spirit - Evil wind and cold elementals, Hala combine the forces of hail, air and snow into a dangerous living whirlwind of frozen death. Ebajalg, Iya (Native American) – Elemental / Spirit - These evil air elementals have a more humanoid shape and greater intelligence, one of these can destroy an entire town. Echeneis (M-European) – Beast / Fish / Parasite - Intelligent remora-fish which possess a powerful magical ability to slow down time and even temporary stop it. Eintykara (Paraguay) – Beast / Vermin / Swarm - The Eintykara swarms are very protective of their magical honey and take the forms of demons, dragons and humanoid while defending it. Enenra (Japanese) – Elemental / Spirit - To kill a victim, these cruel smoke elementals simple enter the lungs of their victims, slowly choking them to death. Erinyes (Greek) – Demon / Angel - The Angels of Vengeance, they are the Sinlord of Wrath’s favorite daughters and minions, being created from tortured angels. Erymanthian (Greek) – Beast - Always irritated, always aggressive, always in a bad mood, Erymanthians are probably the most nasty of all boar species. Erymanthian, Bonguru (Solomon Island) – Beast - These boars bodies function as living hives for aggressive hornet-like creatures and for all types of parasitic fungi which grow from their backs. Eurynomos (Greek) – Demon - These black demons can control their own bone growth, turning their own bones into dangerous weapons. Ewah (Native American) – Aberration / Alien / Parasite - Dangerous, chaotic evil Tulpa species, they are spawn from the imagination of madmen and the insane.

Fachen (Scottish) – Aberration - Their balance is legendary, and so is their ability to jump great distances on their only leg. Faun (Greek) – Fae / Beastman - They use their magical pan flutes to produce magic tunes that have many magical effects on their enemies, women and wild beasts. Faun, Bocanach (Irish) – Fae / Beastman - These sinister Faun variants haunt lost battlefields, playing haunting tunes which will start new wars as they induce hatred into anyone that hears it. Fear Liath (Scottish) – Aberration / Alien - They release their telepathy upon their victims while following them through the foggy mountains, slowly making the prey doubt its own sanity.. Fossegrim (Norwegian) – Fae / Nymph - These vain, male water nymphs only collect beautiful victims, they instantly attack everything they deem ugly. Fossegrim, Katsura-Otoko (Japanese) – Fae / Nymph - During full moons these charismatic male nymphs with their pink hair come down from their hidden moon castle to hunt for beautiful victims.

Gancanagh (Irish) – Fae / Leprechaun - This purple-wearing Leprechaun’s sweat induces feral feelings of lust, but only towards the Gancanagh himself. Gargoyle (French) – Construct / Spirit - Gargoyles have the ability to turn into a full statue, in this state they can fool even the most powerful magic spells and abilities. Gargoyle, Grotesque (French) – Construct / Spirit - These flying Obsidian Gargoyles love to pick up their victims and drop them from great heights. Gargoyle, Gargouille (French) – Construct / Spirit - These draconic statues can spit water at their enemies, others, mostly found at Moroi castles, can spit diseased blood. Gegenees (Greek) – Humanoid / Giant - Twice the height of a full grown human male, these six-armed giants are as intelligent as they are strong. Gegenees, Virabhadra (Hindu) – Humanoid / Giant - These beautiful eight-armed giant women are actually the female variants of the Gegenees species, each of their 8 hands hold different weapons. Girtablilu (Mesopotamian) – Humanoid / Beastman / Vermin - Girtablilu are very xenophobic, they hate every other race spare for their own, they will never hurt one of their own. Girtablilu, Serket (Egyptian) – Humanoid / Beastman / Vermin - In Girtablilu society, if that even exists, the females are rare and always the leaders, females are much bigger and stronger than the males. Globster (Modern Cryptid) – Aberration / Ooze - These masses of sea ooze are created from whale blubber, they feed on anything they find, and many creatures feed on them. Globster, Ozaena (Roman) – Aberration / Ooze / Cephalopod - Blue or purple Globsters which appear as nothing more than fifty slimy tentacles and the beak of a cephalopod. Gloson (Danish) – Undead - These hellish pigs can release a fiery breath from their nostrils which burns the very souls of their victims. Goblin (M-European) – Humanoid - Small green and yellow-skinned humanoids that are mostly ignored by other races, until their numbers become too big of a pest. Goblin, Chaneque (Aztec) – Humanoid - These tree-gliding goblinoids fill bottles with stinging insects and rain those upon their victims from above. Goblin, Likho (Slavic) – Fae - The embodiments of evil fate and misfortune, Likho use their large single eye to drain away the luck of other creatures. Goblin, Grindylow (English) – Aberration / Cephalopod - Grindylow often hunt in swarms like Piranha do, they use their limited intelligence to break down fisher boats. Goblin, Amadan (Irish) – Fae - Mostly used as fools and jesters by Unseelie leaders, these nasty goblinoids can make a victim laugh itself to death. Gold-Digging Ant (M-European) – Construct / Vermin - When these ants devour something, its magical exoskeleton absorbs the material into itself and eventually the material replaces the exoskeleton. Gowrow (Native American) – Dragon - These Earth Drakes love to burrow through the ground using their enormous tusks like a shovel. Gowrow, Nidhogg (Norse) – Dragon - Their bodies are half flesh and half wood, some scholars believe they are actual plants, but this is false, Nidhogg are among the eldest of dragons. Gulon (Swedish) – Beast - Also known as Dire Wolverines, these voracious eaters have been known to eat themselves to death. Gulon, Taotie (Chinese) – Aberration / Alien - There are ancient legends about these gluttons, which tell about entire planets being stripped of all life by these voracious eaters.

Haietlik (Native American) – Dragon / Sea Serpent - An evil sea serpent with a very typical spear-like head, its blue and black scales crackle with electric sparks and lightning. Hannya (Japanese) – Construct / Spirit / Parasite - Once possessed, a host will turn into a dramatic murderer, which kills anyone who doesn’t give it respect, it’s entire life becomes like a play. Harpy (Greek) – Humanoid / Beastman / Avian - The voice of a Harpy is magical, it hurts the ears and even the soul of anybody who hears it, their screech can be lethal. Harpy, Gamayun (Russian) – Humanoid / Beastman / Avian - The voice of a Gamayun prophets doom, every intelligent creature that hears this voice becomes mad with despair and fear of what the future will hold for it. Harpy, Lechuza (Mexican) – Humanoid / Beastman / Avian - These owl-like Harpies use silence as a weapon, their aura’s bring silence with them so their prey can’t hear their own doom flying down on them. Harpy, Veela (Slavic) – Fae / Beastman / Avian - These blue feathered storm Harpies force their victims to dance with them, most victims won’t survive their wild windy dances. Hidebehind (Fearsome Critter) – Fae / Bogey / Shifter - When a Hidebehind touches a material it will copy the structure into its own skin so the entire skin will transform into the same material it touched. Hongaek (Korean) – Elemental / Spirit - These red mist elementals intensify every illness, disease, accident or poison that is captured within their misty forms. Hrimpursar (Norse) – Elemental / Giant - Their bodies are made of ice, so they are weak to fire and heat and can never travel far from their icy mountains. Hrokkall (Icelandic) – Undead / Fish - These undead eels with razor sharp saw-like fins love to cut through living flesh, separating limbs from bodies with ease. Hyakume (Japanese) – Aberration - These fat, many-eyed monsters love to collect information and secrets, they can send their eyes on spy missions. Hydra (Greek) – Dragon / Reptilian - Starting out with six heads, these wingless dragon-like reptilians are able to generate two lost heads for every head that is cut off. Hydra, Orochi (Japanese) – Dragon - A very dangerous chaotic variant of Hydra, each of the eight heads of this monstrous dragon holds its own elemental venom.

Ichneumon (Egyptian) – Beast - If dragons can suffer from nightmares, these insidious little killers are the reason they probably do. Ichneumon, Leontophone (M-European) – Beast - These small mammalian horrors have a very dangerous poisonous bite, the bigger the victim, the worse the poison becomes. Ifrit (Arabian) – Elemental / Genie / Shifter - It is said that they can fulfill wishes, but the only wishes the Ifrit fulfill will always come out negative for the wisher. Iku-Turso (Finnish) – Aberration / Cephalopod - Humongous disease-worshipping sea aberrations from the depths of the ocean, which herd diseased victims as cattle. Imp (M-European) – Demon - Imps are the favorite familiars of evil spellcasters, they enhance the magic of every creature they have chosen as their master. Imp, Incubus (M-European) – Demon - While looking like ugly black imps in the real world, Incubi take the forms of stunning young men in the dreams of their victims. Imp, Gremlin (Modern Cryptid) – Demon - These chaotic destroyers love to sabotage buildings and machines so dangerous situations and horrid accidents may occur. Imp, Ukobach (French) – Demon - These powerful Imps control and animate fire into any form they desire, they are real pyromaniacs. Impundulu (African) – Beast / Avian - Impundulu hold powers over violent weather, it is said that the weather even reacts and behaves towards their emotions. Intulo (African) – Humanoid / Beastman / Reptilian - While not very evil, Intulo are very xenophobic and they are always stressed and nervous, they can never stand still for long. Inulpamahuida (Mapuche) – Beast / Vermin - These large stick-like vermin fake being fallen trees to lure smaller creatures into a deadly trap. Invunche (Chilean) – Construct / Spirit - The Invunche or Flesh Golem is a terrifying construct made from the flesh of many different creatures, they can attach flesh to their ever-growing forms. Ittan-Momen (Japanese) – Construct / Spirit - Ittan-Momen are often found curled around the necks and/or bodies of powerful evil humanoids or creatures, like a living shawl. Itzpapalotl (Aztec) – Fae / Vermin - While these giant black and purple butterflies look beautiful, they gather around in places where death’s energies are strong.

Jba Fofi (African) – Beast / Vermin - They use their webs to glue leaves and twigs onto their own bodies for camouflage. Jba Fofi, Djieien (Native American) – Beast / Vermin - They are born with necrotic blood, which means they automatically rise as undead solifugid when they die. Jba Fofi, Jorogumo (Japanese) – Fae / Vermin / Shifter - All types of arachnids are drawn to their lairs, fighting a Jorogumo always means fighting an eight-legged army. Jba Fofi, Tsuchigumo (Japanese) – Demon / Oni / Vermin - When the spirit of an Oni enters the body of a Jba Fofi, they transform into one of these dangerous trapdoor spiders. Jenglot (Malay) – Construct / Spirit - By drinking a victim’s blood these animated voodoo dolls create a macabre life-sharing link between it and the victim. Jidra (Arabian) – Plant - They grow bigger by feeding on other plants, other creatures that are eaten will be left behind in a trail of flesh, blood and parts. Jinshin Mushi (Japanese) – Beast / Vermin - These large beetles have the power of vibration which they use for causing earthquakes, landslides and avalanches. Jubokko (Japanese) – Plant / Vampire - Trees growing near battlefields and which drink a lot of blood instead of water are eventually corrupted into these vampire trees. Jubokko, Umdhlebi (African) – Plant / Vampire - A very nasty and dangerous tree which drinks the blood of its victims and which is extremely poisonous. Jubokko, Waldgeist (German) – Plant / Vampire - Instead of blood these horrifying trees drain the spirits of their victims, these spirits become the trees guardians.

Kamaitachi (Japanese) – Fae - Kamaitachi are so fast that they are invisible to most creatures, they use their scythe-like arms fast enough so the wounds aren’t bleeding right away. Karkadann (Persian) – Beast / Unicorn - Beautiful but wild and aggressive Unicorns of the deserts, the Karkadann act as if they are the kings of the deserts, and they know no fear. Karkadann, Indrik (Russian) – Beast / Unicorn - Even most dragons fear the rage of these enormous wild desert Unicorns. Karkinos (Greek) – Beast / Vermin - A blue, aggressive crab the size of a big dog, one of their pincers is much larger than the other. Karkinos, Heikegani (Japanese) – Demon / Oni / Vermin - Whenever a creature attacks a Heikegani, the trapped spirit of a samurai will appear with a spiritual sword and attack the soul of the attacker. Karkinos, Traicousse (Belgian) – Fae / Vermin - Bizarre green crab-like monstrosities with countless pincers and legs, these Fae vermin claim entire rivers as their own. Karkinos, Saratan (Arabian) – Beast / Vermin - These enormous Hermit Crabs place rocks, plants and earth on their backs to merge with their surroundings and hunt for prey. KawKaw (Maltese) – Aberration / Alien - More toothless maw than creature, the KawKaw’s strange body functions as a living bag to trap victims in. Kelpie (Scottish) – Fae / Shifter - These water horses use their shifting powers to lure people on their backs, then jump into a lake and drown the prey. Kelpie, Ceffyl Dwr (Welsh) – Fae / Shifter - The air version of the Kelpie, when mounted the Ceffyl Dwr will fly high and turn to mist so their riders fall to their deaths. Kelpie, Each Tened (Irish) – Fae / Shifter - The fire version of the Kelpie, when mounted the Each Tened will set itself ablaze, burning its rider to ashes. Kelpie, Apaosha (Iranian) – Fae / Shifter - The earth version of the Kelpie, when mounted the Apaosha will cause extreme drought within its victim, turning its rider into dust. Keukegen (Japanese) – Aberration - Under the cover of their uncanny cuteness hides a dark disease, touching their fuzzy hairs will make your skin itch so bad that you scratch it from your flesh. Kikimora (Slavic) – Fae / Bogey / Shifter - These female bogey’s hate clean places, and they are often found helping hags by terrorizing households of the hags enemies. Kobold (German) – Fae / Gnome - Hardworking earth-gnomes that mostly live deep underground and which can control and shape the element of earth to their will. Kobold, Karzelek (Slavic) – Fae / Gnome / Shifter - Karzelek can turn their own cells into crystals and become a being of pure diamond if they wish. Kokogiak (Inuit) – Beast - These ten-legged polar bear horrors are the alpha predators of any arctic region and land. Kongamato (African) – Beast / Reptilian - Named “Breaker of Boats” because they mostly attack fisher boats, not for the fish but for the fishermen which stir them. Kongamato, Ropen (Indonesian) – Beast / Reptilian - Beautiful and deadly cousins of the Kongamato, they have bioluminescence with which they haunts the jungles at nights like a gang of ghosts. Kurita (Philippine) – Aberration - Lacking any legs, these bizarre monsters use their twenty arms for quick locomotion, devouring their current prey while they move over to the next. Kumiho (Korean) – Demon / Oni - Each one of their nine beautiful tails holds a different curse within it, one however grants a blessing of extreme luck and fortune when touched.

Lamia (Greek) – Humanoid / Beastman / Reptilian - Cursed by an forgotten Goddess for killing their own child, these snake-women feed on other creatures children now. Lamia, Gorgon (Greek) – Humanoid / Beastman / Reptilian - The longer a Gorgon gazes into the victims eyes, the older and crumblier the statue becomes, eventually they turn into fossilized dust. Lamia, Ajatar (Finnish) – Demon / Beastman / Reptilian - After biting a victim, the poison of these winged snake-women will transform the victim into a new demon. Lampad (Greek) – Fae / Nymph / Shifter - These dark nymphs are forever drowning in self pity, crying their loneliness away in the dark corners of the underworld. Leshy (Slavic) – Fae / Shifter - These plant-like tricksters love riddles, and may remove their cruel plant-curses from victims that can tell them a good riddle. Leshy, Kayeri (Colombia) – Fae / Shifter - These nature spirits protect the mushrooms, toadstools and other fungi, they harvest their deadly spores to use against their enemies. Leucrotta (M-European) – Beast / Chimerae - Leucrotta have the most powerful bite force of all known creatures, they even create dents in Adamantine when they bite it. Lou Carcolh (French) – Aberration / Cephalopod - Carcolh use their dangerous paralytic tentacles, that can stretch very far, to grab prey and drag the victims back to their underground lairs.

Mahaha (Inuit) – Demon - Insane frost demons with a cold sense of humor, they love to tickle victims to death with their long, sharp and cruel nails. Mahaha, Ninya (Australian) – Demon - These icy demons live in hot deserts and only come out at night to terrorize sleeping caravans. Mahamba (African) – Beast / Reptilian - Enormous Mosasaur-like crocodilians which aren’t afraid to attack much bigger boats and ships. Mahamba, Nguma-Monene (African) – Beast / Reptilian - A freshwater variant of Mahamba, they behave and look the same spare for the bright red sail that runs across these monsters backs. Makhai (Greek) – Demon - Their two fused humanoid bodies dance into battle hitting enemies from all sides, they are the most feared minions of the Horseman of War. Mambabarang (Philippine) – Humanoid / Hag / Vermin - These insect witches can summon vermin of every type and size to make the life of their enemies a living hell. Mambabarang, Mandarangkal (Philippine) – Demon / Hag / Vermin - Looking like a centauric mixture of mantis and stunning woman, the Mandarangkal is an fierce hunter and slayer of male humanoids. Mandragora (German) – Plant - By drinking the blood of a demon, these mandrake roots gained an unnatural conscience, now they need more blood to survive. Mandragora, Devalpa (Iranian) – Plant / Parasite - When the devalpa is fully rooted within the victim’s back it will stimulate the nerves to make the victim do what it wants. Mandragora, Spriggan (Cornish) – Plant / Shifter - Don’t make these small plant humanoids angry, or they may turn into the size of an ogre within the blink of an eye. Manticore (Persian) – Beast / Chimerae - For some reason Manticores hate dragons and dragons hate manticores, they attack and kill each other when they cross paths. Manticore, Sphinx (Greek) – Beast / Chimerae - These cruel monsters love to toy with intelligent prey before they eat them, answering their difficult riddles will gain their respect. Manticore, Piasa (Native American) – Beast / Chimerae / Shifter - These are the offspring of Sphinxes and Manticores, these creatures can become like a living cave painting on the wall. Mapinguari (Brazilian) – Beast - These giant Megatherium-like creatures have the biggest claws of all known creatures, they use them like scythes in battle. Marabbecca (Italian) – Aberration - When children go missing while playing around water wells, this is often blamed on the aberrations called Marabbecca. MbieluMbielu (African) – Plant / Parasite - A bizarre parasitic plant which appears to be nothing more than algae clinging to the bodies of great reptilian monsters such as Kentrosaurus. MbieluMbielu, Muhuru (African) – Plant / Parasite - Muhuru is related to MbieluMbielu, but instead of algae this parasite is mind-controlling moss which clings to a dangerous host called an Ankylosaurus. Minotaur (Greek) – Humanoid / Beastman - The ability to remember everything they have seen helps Minotaurs to never become lost in even the biggest labyrinths. Minotaur, Erchitu (Sardinian) – Humanoid / Beastman / Giant - Erchitu are often found as gladiators in coliseum battles, they flourish in the slaughter and feed on the corpses after the battle. Minotaur, Arzshenk (Persian) – Demon / Beastman - Arzshenk only respect strength, and will never give their services to weaker creatures. Miraj (Arabian) - Beast / Unicorn - They use their rabbit-like appearance to lure in predators, which they then kill with their magical horns and feed upon. Mishibizhiw (Native American) – Beast / Chimerae / Fish - Mishibizhiw are the fastest water creatures, it is for all other creatures impossible to out-swim them Morgawr (English) – Beast / Reptilian - Not a lot of victims get to see these enigmatic plesiosaur-like creatures before it is too late and their huge maws are already too close to evade. Moroi (Romanian) – Undead / Vampire / Shifter / Parasite - These vampires need blood on their skin to appear like pretty, young humans, without blood they turn into horrid, ugly monsters. Moroi, Strigoi (Romanian) – Undead / Vampire / Shifter / Parasite - Elder vampires which need to feed on blood to gain strength and shapeshifting abilities to turn into animalistic forms. Mothman (Modern Cryptid) – Aberration / Alien - Mothmen are attracted towards places where disasters are about to happen like a true moth is attracted to light. Muirdris (Irish) – Aberration / Alien - Getting stung by one of these jellyfish-like monstrosities will deform the victims body beyond recognition, even looking at them isn’t healthy. Muscaliet (M-European) – Beast / Chimerae - They have been known to burn away entire forests with their inner heat, everything they touch will bursts into flames. Musimon (M-European) – Beast - Known as the creatures with the biggest horns, Musimon have little predators, and for good reason. Musimon, Barometz (M-European) – Beast - Instead of wool the Barometz is covered in leaves and twigs, their enormous horns are made from hard magical wood. Myrmecoleon (M-European) – Beast / Vermin - Everything that falls down the sandy pits of a Myrmecoleon is doomed to become its easy prey.

Nekomata (Japanese) – Demon / Oni / Shifter - Nekomata love to transform themselves into the forms of cute little kittens and force a false sense of security in their mostly young prey. Nekomata, Kasha (Japanese) – Demon / Oni / Shifter - Kasha can use their nine lives/souls to animate corpses and create undead minions, they carry those corpses with them in a cart. Nguruvilu (Mapuche) – Beast / Chimerae / Reptilian - Extremely evasive creatures, these Fox-Snakes are almost impossible to hit with ranged attacks. Nosoi (Greek) – Demon / Parasite / Swarm - Looking like any other treasure chests, opening one of these horrors will release pure hell upon the unlucky soul. Nuberu (Spanish) – Fae / Gnome - Grumpy creatures that are easily offended, they fly around on their animated clouds and look out for poor peasants to terrorize. Nuckelavee (Scottish) – Fae / Bogey / Parasite - While most Nuckelavee attach themselves to the backs of horses, rumors tell about Nuckelavee that attached themselves to the backs of Wyverns. Nue (Japanese) – Beast / Chimerae / Shifter - Nue have a terrible aura that causes sleeping creatures that sleep close to the Nue to suffer severe night terrors and nightmares. Nurikabe (Japanese) – Elemental / Ooze / Shifter - Nurikabe can harden their oozy mass until it is as hard as a rock wall.

Olitiau (African) – Beast - The most powerful Olitiau are the Aspects of Camazotz, which are created in the image of the Bat God Camazotz. Omukade (Japanese) – Demon / Oni / Vermin - Omukade are enormous, demonic centipedes from the mountain tops that can hunt dragons easily. Oniate (Native American) – Undead / Swarm - These undead, animated claws and hands of criminals, thieves and murderers work together to bring much bigger prey down. Osschaart (Dutch) – Construct - Osschaart can hover through the air using their gravity abilities, their chains dangling underneath them like the tentacles of a jellyfish. Otso (Finnish) – Plant / Spirit - The aura of an Otso heals plants and plant creatures, it also speeds up their growth. Otso, Drop Bear (Australian) – Plant / Spirit - These plant-like Koala’s are said to be the young of the Otso, they drop themselves from the trees upon trespassers.

Peryton (M-European) – Beast / Chimerae - Their humanoid shadows betray their tragic pasts, Peryton were once cruel humans and were cursed into the forms of these killers. Peuchen (Mapuche) – Fae / Reptilian / Shifter - These winged, feathered serpents love to drink blood of humans and cattle and their minor-polymorphing powers help them with this. Phooka (Irish) – Fae / Fairy / Shifter - Dark fairies that love to prank on other creatures, their pranks are often cruel, dangerous and annoying. Phooka, Adhene (Manx) – Fae / Fairy - These extremely arrogant and vain pixies are easily offended, their punishment for offence is death. Phooka, Ishigaq (Inuit) – Fae / Fairy - The hearts of these Frost Pixies are frozen and they know no emotions other than hate and cruelty. Phooka, Acheri (India) – Undead / Fairy - Undead faeries which spread the most horrid of diseases and which are said to be the daughters of the Horseman of Pestilence. Pixiu (Chinese) – Construct / Spirit - Pixiu can track treasures from miles away, their body also functions as a big magnet for all types of precious metals and jewelry within their reach. Planctae (Greek) – Elemental - These horrid rocks elementals often work in pairs to hunt for prey, crushing the victim between the two of them. Planctae, Nargun (Australian) – Elemental - Nargun use their magnetic powers to rob humanoids of their weapons and armor so they become easy prey, they are made from Magnetite rock. Planctae, Pua Tu Tahi (Solomon Islands) – Elemental - Reef Planctae often have other dangerous creatures, such as stella or moray eels, living within their coralreef-like forms, they aid the Pua Tu Tahi in battle. Polong (Malay) – Elemental / Spirit / Parasite - These horrid blood elementals can enter fresh corpses of all types of creatures and replace their blood, becoming a new version of the creature. Poltergeist (German) – Undead / Spirit / Parasite - Ghosts of psychic children which possess lifeless objects to terrorize people with, in Mythika they appear to be possessed swords. Poltergeist, Dybbuk (Jewish) – Undead / Spirit / Parasite - Much more powerful than the Poltergeist, these psychic ghosts possess much bigger weapons to terrorize their victims with. Poludnica (Slavic) – Fae / Nymph - These half-burned sun nymphs can only exist in the light of day, and when the night comes they magically disappear to an unknown place. Popobawa (African) – Demon / Shifter / Parasite - A Popobawa enjoys nothing more than to start an uproar and watch from a safe distance how the village destroys itself with raw chaos. Psoglav (Serbian) – Demon - They often follow the Horseman of Famine around like a gang of rabid jackals, fighting over the corpses the Horseman leaves behind for them. Pukwudgie (Native American) – Fae / Gnome / Shifter - Every weaker creature they kill with their necromantic quills will be raised as an undead minion for the Pukwudgie which killed it. Pyrausta (Cyprus) – Dragon / Vermin - The breath-attack of these insect-like drakes is a cone of glittering dust which causes temporary blindness and an itching feeling to the skin.

Qalupalik (Inuit) – Aberration - The touch of a Qalupalik causes the victim to change into a Goblin-like creature that after the transformation sees the Qalupalik as his mother. Qinyuan (Chinese) – Beast / Chimerae / Avian / Vermin / Swarm - Half wasp and half hummingbird, these shoot themselves like darts through the air, piercing anything that stands in their way.

Rahara (Venezuela) – Plant - Few creatures come close to these root-like anaconda’s crushing power. Raiju (Japanese) – Elemental / Shifter - Raiju are more playful than evil and don’t understand the harm they can do with their lighting abilities. Rakshasa (Hindu) – Demon / Oni - Rakshasa crave wealth, power and status and will do anything to obtain it, their powerful veil illusions help with that. Rakshasa, Raktabija (Hindu) – Demon / Oni - They can harden their own blood and turn it into weapons, shields or arrows, they drain other creatures to regain their lost blood. Rakshasa, Brahmaparush (India) – Demon / Oni - These vile black-skinned Rakshasa demons feed on the brains of their victims, gaining more intelligence while they do so. Rat King (German) – Beast - These giant rat creatures are covered by swarms of smaller rats, these swarms form a living barrier around the Rat King. Rat King, Lavellan (Scottish) – Beast - These deformed giant rats spread a deadly poison through the air with their poisonous aura’s. Rat King, ColoColo (Mapuche) – Beast - These monstrous rats feed on the breath and saliva of sleeping creatures, it becomes harder to breath when these horrors are near. Rawhead (English) – Fae / Bogey - Rawhead are the torturers and butchers of the Unseelie Fae courts, they wear their victims skin as decoration. Redcap (Scottish) – Fae / Gnome - Redcaps love to slaughter other life, they gain more strength by dipping their caps in the victim’s blood. Rokurokubi (Japanese) – Aberration / Hag - The most powerful and bizarre Hag species, their extremely long necks have enough crushing power to break all the bones in a victim’s body. Rougarou (Native American) – Beast / Beastman - Skinwalkers who become stuck in their hybrid wolf forms are known as Rougarou, they are half wolf and half man. Rougarou, Adlet (Inuit) – Beast / Beastman - Their pure white pelts blend in with the snow, Adlet love to ambush prey in the snowy forests in which they live. Rougarou, Kludde (Belgian) – Beast / Beastman - These bat-winged lycanthropes spread terrifying hallucinations with their bites and gazes, this made people believe they are shapeshifters.

Salamander (M-European) – Elemental / Amphibian - Salamanders can control the temperature around them, turning it extremely hot or extremely cold. Salawa (Egyptian) – Beast - It is said that Set’s destroyed body and soul turned into the Salawa, now Set lives on within these cruel beasts. Sazae-Oni (Japanese) – Demon / Oni / Shifter - Oni spirits which possessed Merfolk turn into horrid Sazae-Oni, these look like half sea slugs and half humanoid women. Scorpios (Greek) – Beast / Vermin - Large Scorpion horrors of the desert, there are also aquatic versions called Tidewalkers, and the elephant sized Sandwalkers. Scylla (Greek) – Aberration / Cephalopod - Scylla often stalk narrow cliff-sides, hiding in caves and using their six tentacle moray-like maws to snap juicy morsels from ships. Scytalis (M-European) – Dragon / Reptilian - It uses its dazzling colorful scales to bewitch its prey, making curious creatures come to it in admiration and becoming easy snacks for the dragon. Seps (M-European) – Beast / Reptilian - The vile venom of the Seps will turn a victim into nothing more than a pile of acid goo within minutes. Shadhawar (Persian) – Fae / Unicorn - Shadhavar are too weak to fight themselves and need others to kill for them, their haunting, enchanting melodies help them with this. Shellycoat (Scottish) – Fae / Bogey - These beach and river bogey’s use their shells as clothes, jewelry, weapons, shields and to lock the voices of their victims in. Sianach (Scottish) – Fae - Hags decorate these carnivorous stags huge antlers with all types of ritualistic relics, runes, and bones that boost the Sianach’s powers. Sigbin (Philippine) – Demon - Sigbin are psychically weak creatures but their ability to drain away shadows makes them feared by many. Skinwalker (Native American) – Humanoid / Human / Shifter - Human tribes who found a deep spiritual connection with wild, feral animals, their connection is so deep, they can wear their pelts and change into them. Skinwalker, Nagual (Aztec) – Humanoid / Beastman / Shifter - These Skinwalkers are obsessed with big feline creatures, they are able to stalk the jungle in the form of a Jaguar or other big cat. Skinwalker, Raven Mocker (Native American) – Humanoid / Beastman - The most evil Skinwalkers are known as Raven Mockers, they wear the skins of ravens and they feed on the souls of dying humans. Skinwalker, Selkie (Scottish) – Humanoid / Human / Shifter - Though extremely rare, aquatic Skinwalkers are known to exist, they wear the skins of seals or leopard seals, they are known as Selkie. Sluagh (Irish) – Undead / Spirit / Swarm - These souls are not wanted by either heaven nor hell and they now terrorize the lives of the living in a forever twisting whirlwind of hungry souls. Stella (French) – Aberration / Cephalopod - These starfish creatures of many sizes and shapes can make the water around them boil, burning their prey before they eat it. Stray Sod (Irish) – Plant - Green Stray Sods are also known as Fairy Grass, they give the victim the curse of forgetfulness when stepped on. Stray Sod, Hungry Grass (Irish) – Plant - Victims of the Hungry Grass will eat whatever is around, if nothing is around they will even eat their own flesh. Stymphalian (Greek) – Construct / Avian - Many Stymphalians join the Horseman of War in his many battles, raining their feathers over the battlefield and torturing wounded soldiers of all sides. Stymphalian, Asipatra (Hindu) – Construct / Avian - Asipatra have adamantine feathers, talons and beaks, their feathers and beaks can pierce any known armor and magic barrier. Succarath (Patagonian) – Aberration - Their many young are protected by their huge hairy tails, a Succaraths psychic abilities are enhanced by every young that is carries on its back. Succubus (M-European) – Demon / Shifter - Succubi are lust demons that can look into another creatures wildest fantasies and desires, then use that same desire against them. Succubus, Empusa (Greek) – Demon - Unlike their cowardly sisters that rather charm their way out of fights, the powerful Empusa doesn’t mind to fight with its burning whip. Suiko (Japanese) – Demon / Oni / Chimerae / Reptilian - Suiko love to corrupt and torture the otherwise friendly Kappa into hateful murderers.

Tenome (Japanese) – Aberration - Terrifying eaters of bones, the Tenome lack any eyes in their faces but instead have eyes inside the palms of their claws. Terra-Cotta (Chinese) – Construct / Spirit - Created as a gift for the Horseman of War, they resemble human-sized golems made from Terra-Cotta clay, fueled with the spirits of ancient warriors. Tesso (Japanese) – Humanoid / Beastman - Their teeth and claws are made from iron, they often put iron weapons around their whip-like tails. Tiamat (Mesopotamian) – Dragon - Inside their huge dragon bodies reside portals to the abyss, they can spit out minor demons from these portals which serve them. Tiamat, Dahaka (Persian) – Dragon - These 3 headed dragons are almost impossible to kill, and they are the most powerful of the non-unique dragons. Tikbalang (Philippine) – Fae / Bogey - Tikbalang turn the forest into a maze with their illusion abilities, causing victims to walk in circles as the forest keeps changing around them. Tiyanak (Philippine) – Undead - It was unwanted by its mother and left for dead in the forest, after it died an undead energy awakened it and now it thirsts for vengeance. Tiyanak, Myling (Finnish) – Undead - Looking like five year old children, these undead horrors jump on the backs of their victims and then increase their weight to crush the life out of them. Tiyanak, Munkur (Turkish) – Undead / Parasite - These horrifying undead children grow from the bellies of huge monstrous ogres, they command their ogre-hosts to choke the life out of victims. Tupilaq (Inuit) – Undead / Skeleton - Small, puppet-like skeletons made from the bones of powerful beasts and monsters, these are used as small assassins by their creators. Tupilaq, Mekurabe (Japanese) – Undead / Skeleton / Swarm - Made from skulls from all type of beheaded creatures, they can merge together to form a giant skull monster. Tupilaq, Gashadokuro (Japanese) – Undead / Skeleton - While most Gashadokuro appear as giant skeletons, they can take many forms, some take the skulls of dragons and become a bone dragon. Tuyango (Argentinean) – Beast / Avian - Also known as Terror Birds, these giant flightless birds prowl the Savannah, forests and jungles in search of prey to tear apart.

Umibozu (Japanese) – Elemental / Spirit - Umibozu are created when a large crowd has drowned together, their negative emotions merge together and form a fresh Umibozu. Unhcegila (Native American) – Dragon / Alien - These vile horned lake dragons love to toy with their humanoid prey, they use their antlers and horns in battle. Unhcegila, Amhuluk (Native American) – Dragon / Alien - Amhuluk corrupt the lakes in which they settle, turning the waters into a mutant goo which mutates any creature that drinks from it. Unhcegila, Gaasyendietha (Native American) – Dragon / Alien - Gaasyendietha travel the cosmos in the form of a burning meteorite, crashing down on random planets and reaping away all life they find.

Valravn (Danish) – Fae / Avian / Shifter - Whenever these vile ravens feed on the hearts of other creatures they transform into Raven Knights, humanoids dressed in black feathered armor. Valravn, Nachtkrapp (German) – Undead / Avian - If a Valravn by accident devours the heart of an evil individual they perish and their corpse grows into a huge crawling monstrous raven. Veo (Indonesian) – Beast - Veo are very aggressive dire pangolin creatures, they hunt for giant vermin and attack humanoids by rolling over them. Vish Kanya (Hindu) – Humanoid / Human - From young age Vish Kanya’s expose their children to all types of venoms and poisons, so they eventually grow immune to them. Vodyanoi (Slavic) – Humanoid / Beastman / Amphibian - These grumpy and mostly cruel humanoids combine the features of amphibians with those of humans. Vodyanoi, Bagiennik (Slavic) – Humanoid / Beastman / Amphibian - These salamander-like humanoids can shoot poisonous, heated oil from their nostrils, this oil heals allies and burns enemies. Vodyanoi, Bolotnik (Slavic) – Humanoid / Beastman / Amphibian - These fat toad-like humanoids have limited control over mud and can turn water into mud, they love to create quicksand traps.

Wanyudo (Japanese) – Construct / Spirit - The more fear they smell, the faster their wheel can roll, so chasing frightened victims is what they do best. Water Leaper (Welsh) – Beast / Chimerae / Amphibian - Annoying amphibian horrors the size of large dogs that combine the features of a bat and a tadpole. Water Leaper, Aglebemu (Native American) – Beast / Chimerae / Amphibian - The adult form of the water leaper looks like a huge bulging frog with dragon wings, it has a strong poisonous skin. Wendigo (Native American) – Fae / Spirit - These were once humans, but a cannibalistic curse turned them into horrid monsters that crave the flesh of their former kin. Wendigo, Atshen (Inuit) – Fae / Spirit - The more human flesh these gluttonous horrors devour, the larger and more powerful they become. Will o Wisp (English) – Elemental / Spirit / Parasite - They love to work together with other evil creatures such as Ahuizotl, luring the unknowing victims into a deadly den of horrors. Will o Wisp, Adze (African) – Elemental / Spirit / Parasite - Jungle wisps which glow with a bright red color because of all the blood they have drained from victims. Will o Wisp, Brollachan (Scottish) – Elemental / Spirit / Parasite - Engulfed in creeping fog, these black wisps first feed on the fears of their victims and then summon illusions of their worst fears. Wyvern (M-European) – Dragon - Wyverns always feed on female flesh, they mostly ignore male enemies and target the females first, male flesh is poisonous to them. Wyvern, Cuelebre (Spanish) – Dragon - The scales of a Cuelebre are metallic and very powerful, each year they harden until they eventually turn into indestructible adamantine. Wyvern, Vouivre (French) – Dragon - Unlike their male Wyvern counterparts, the Vouivre is very intelligent and uses her ruby crystal to lure men to their doom.

Xan (Mayan) – Beast / Vermin / Parasite - Cat-sized mosquito horrors which can drain a full-grown human of its blood with alarming speed. Xan, Alkuntane (Native American) – Beast / Vermin / Parasite - They enter the mouth of their victims, corrupt and drain their brains and transform them into half-mosquito, half humanoid horrors.

Yale (M-European) – Fae - Nature’s way of cooling down, putting all its wild energy into a single creature, Yale can control the direction and forms of their own flexible horns. Yara-Ma-Yha-Who (Australian) – Aberration / Vampire - These bright-red, frog-like tree creatures love to swallow humanoids whole and turn them into new Yara’s by spitting them out again. Ya-Te-Veo (African) – Plant / Alien - These walking trees are actually alien plants that found a way into the jungles and forests of Earth. Yuki-Onna (Japanese) – Undead / Nymph - The handmaiden of the Snow Queen, these undead women were frozen to death by a broken heart.

Ziphius (M-European) – Beast - These small whale creatures use their extremely sharp beaks to break the shells of giant clams and the bones of other creatures. Ziphius, Hrosshvalur (Icelandic) – Beast - Also known as Horse-Whales as they have so much power, Hrosshvalur use their heads as battering-ram against the ships they hate. Ziphius, Sverdhvalur (Icelandic) – Beast - These bizarre whale monsters have an enormous sharp dorsal fin, which with they can cut boats and other creatures clean in half. . Ziphius, Skeljungur (Icelandic) – Beast - Enormous monstrous whales which are covered in hard shell-like barnacles, they let ships crash against their bulky bodies. Zirnitra (Slavic) – Dragon / Shifter - Their breath is a creeping, almost living liquid darkness which disables any vision and which attacks any source of light until only darkness remains. Zombie (African) – Undead - The weakest undead, but also the most numerous, in great numbers they can really do damage, and they are easy to create. Zombie, Fext (Slavic) – Undead - A Fext is very hard to kill without obsidian weapons, their bodies are often covered in arrows and weapons of former enemies and victims. Zombie, Aerico (Greek) – Undead / Parasite - The most numerous minions of the Horseman of Pestilence, these appear like zombies covered in some bizarre living sickness. Zombie, Draugr (Norse) – Undead / Shifter - While most Draugr spawn in the sea as groups, there are also solitary Draugr that haunt lonely swamps and lakes. Zombie, Mummy (Egyptian) – Undead - Ancient, monstrous undead which command the very sands of the desert to do their horrid bidding.

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