Legendary Animals

Animals play an important part in mythology, legend, and folktales. This page is dedicated to animals which have never existed in nature (although they may, in part, have been based upon real animals). My cryptozoology page is dedicated to animals which might possibly exist in nature but which have not yet been accepted by modern science.

• Dragonlore Bibliography provides a bibliography about dragons and dragonlore primarily of the Germanic traditions (Beowulf, Siegfried and Fafner, and Old Norse dragons).
• Gargoyles In Cyberspace by Brent Stephen Fusco offers links to gargoyle resources all over the internet.
• Tirya's Gryphons, Griffins, Griffons! discusses these mythological beasts with the forequarters of an eagle and the hindquarters of a lion. Covers gryphon history, symbolism, art, literature, and architecture.
• History of Mermaids offers folklore and mythology of mermaids as well as an art gallery of mermaids.
• Jacqueline Isnani Jacinto's Home Page has a brief description and picture of a unicorn.
• Monsters and Fabulous Creatures in Jewish Legend and Lore is in Hebrew, so you'll need a compatible browser to read it. An english language bibliography is included.
• Myth of the Phoenix provides a picture of this mythical bird which symbolizes immortality, along with a brief summary of the Phoenix legend.
• Phoenix - A Fabled Bird in Greek Mythology briefly recounts the legend of the Phoenix.
• Kurt Cagle's Sea Tails Online: Mermaids, currently being reconstructed at a new Internet site, provides a bountiful collection of information about the seafolk.
• To dream... by Valan Evers offers a picture gallery about mermaids.
• Transparanoia Bros. Gargoyle Quest offers a collection of gargoyle images.
• Bruno Faidutti's Unicorn Web Page provides an iconography, a bibliography, and links to other Web sites with information about unicorns. Faidutti is writing a PhD dissertation on unicorn lore.
• UNICORNUCOPIA offers a nice picture of a unicorn along with a description and a brief discussion of the cornucopia.

Last modified by pib on July 6, 1996.