Mythological Origins

A fair deal of the monsters in this series are based on mythological beings, here is a list of their origins, ordered by culture.

Bits with comments shall be written eventually.


Hebrew

Angels

Behemoth

Leviathan

Golem


Persian and Arabic

Simurgh

Rokh

Bahamut


Norse

Elves
Kraken
Valkyries
Dwarfs


Indian

Garuda


Greek

Sphinx

Centaurs

Cyclops

Hekatonkheires

Orthros

Pegasus

Chimera

Griffin

Minotaur


Babylonian

Pazuzu


Germanic and Scandinavian

Goblin
Orc
Fairy

Kobold


Canadian

Ogopogo


Medieval European

Hippogriff
Salamander