Beastly Tales

Explore our collection of articles about mythological creatures, legends, and folklore from around the world.

We catalogued more than 3,500 mythical beings, then distilled the best into five illustrated field guides. Here is a fir...

Famous as a Japanese spirit, the nine tailed fox appears in Chinese texts centuries earlier. What happens to a mythical ...

Dragons, griffins and the monsters of the deep. Your gateway to the mythical creatures of world mythology and folklore, ...

Let's look at the secrets of mythical beings, their elemental powers, and enduring cultural significance in this basic g...

In some traditions the word demon signals a malevolent spirit; in others it can mean a more neutral being or even a tric...

Mythical, legendary or folkloric? What separates the three, why the labels blur, and how to tell which kind of creature ...

Mythology has always mirrored our ideals of beauty. Meet the most beautiful mythological creatures from around the world...

The monsters of Greek myth were never only monsters. What they meant, the fears they carried, and why they still hold us...

Early Norse poems depict the Valkyries not only selecting the fallen in combat but also serving those same heroes mead i...