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Free mythology resources for the classroom
Printable posters and ready-to-teach activities for ages 7-14+.
A free resource for schools.
Print, display and photocopy freely.
Twenty-five display posters across five mythologies, plus three classroom activities with teacher notes and answers. Everything is print-and-go: no preparation, no login, no watermarks.
We publish illustrated field guides to the creatures of world mythology. These are the classroom versions: the same artwork, the same research, built to go on a wall or in front of a class.
Mythological Creatures is an independent project, and keeping these stories in circulation is the reason it exists. The move from picture books to longer reading is one of the hardest steps a child takes, and it is often where a reader is won or lost. Myths carry a child across it: the artwork pulls them in, and the stories are strange enough to be worth the effort. Every class that meets them keeps the legends alive a little longer, which is why we offer these teaching resources.
What you can download
| Resource | Format | Prep time |
|---|---|---|
| 25 creature posters. Links to each culture's posters are below.Five mythologies, five posters each. Pronunciation, sources and a question on every one. One file per mythology. | One A3 file per mythology, 12 pages | None |
| Comparison taskFive creatures, five cultures, five questions. One lesson, with teacher notes and answers. | One A3 file and one A4 file, each with teacher notes | None |
| Writing framePlanning sheet, writing frame and a blank card so their creature joins the deck. | One A4 file, 12 pages | None |
| Card gameThirty-six cards, six ratings, one game. Print, cut, play. | One A4 file, 14 pages | Cutting only |
Choose a poster set
Five sets, five posters each. Every poster carries the creature's name in its original script, how to say it, where its story comes from, and a question that gets a class talking.
Greek MythsMonsters of Ancient Greece5 posters, A3 and A4
Egyptian LegendsGods and guardians of the Nile5 posters, A3 and A4
Norse SagasBeasts of the Viking world5 posters, A3 and A4
Japanese YōkaiSpirits of old Japan5 posters, A3 and A4
Chinese BeastsCreatures of ancient China5 posters, A3 and A4
Curriculum links
- EnglandNational Curriculum (England, 2014)
- KS2 English on myths and legends, and KS2 History on how we know about the past from sources. KS2 History names Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, the Vikings and the Shang Dynasty, so four of the five poster sets sit in a unit teachers already have to teach. Nothing is claimed above Year 6.
- United StatesCommon Core State Standards
- Grade 4 English language arts, and the C3 source-comparison skill on the comparison task. Only Grade 4 has a standard about comparing myths across cultures, so this column is deliberately narrow.
- AustraliaAustralian Curriculum v9.0
- English and literacy across Years 3 to 8, and History at Years 7 and 8 for the posters. Australia has no ancient-world content at primary; it arrives at Year 7, with the medieval and Asia-Pacific depth studies at Year 8.
These are the year levels where this resource has a named curriculum home. They are not a limit, and much of the material carries across other age groups.
Curriculum links checked October 2026 against National Curriculum (England, 2014), Common Core State Standards and Australian Curriculum v9.0. Codes for every resource
Need a creature we haven't covered?
We hold research on more than 3,500 creatures from mythologies worldwide: Celtic, Slavic, Polynesian, Mesoamerican and more. Tell us which one you need and we'll make the poster. Free, no catch.
About these resources
We publish the Mythological Creatures Field Guide, a five-volume illustrated series for ages 7-12+. These classroom resources use the same artwork and research. All ten editions are catalogued by SCIS.
See all five books and where to buy them
25 posters and three classroom activities. Licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Updated October 2026.