Do rough drafts of the "books" exist? Any Arcadia Bestiary materials available?
Sadly, no. The only books that shed significant information are Distant Shores and a little section in Inner Sea Races.
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Haven't had much time to do one of my creature updates, but I find myself this weekend with some free time, so here is another alphabetical listing of NA creatures from my master list, ,this time F-H.
Fimiyo/Pehuru Putyu/Uhuajtu/Oneitib = Central/South American; Originally created by an evil spirit as servitors…some now good; buttockless dwarves; banished to the underworld; could become invisible and make people hungry; eat raw meat; associated with bioluminescent fungi
Fürüfühué = Mapuche SA; Monstrous pterosaur-like beast; body of a bird, but a body covered in fish scales; size of a hut; is the source for cold bitter winds in Patagonia
Ga-Git = Haida NA; humanoid monsters, descended from shipwreck survivors who have gone mad from starvation and privation; covered in dark fur with talons for hands; little different from wild animals and do not wear cloths; develop supernatural powers, such as enhanced strength, flight, and shapeshifting. Can be detected by the constant rumbling growl they produce and the strong smell of filth associated with them. Fear water; lair in caves by day and hunt at night; could lull people asleep to kidnap them from their homes for food; can turn there victims into Ga-Git by breathing on their face; flight is limited, and only the most powerful can fly above the level of a house
Gaasyendietha = Seneca NA; River dwelling dragon like creature, capable of breathing fire and flying on a trail of fire; connected to meteors
Gada’zhe = Siouan-Dhegiha NA; Winged 18 inch tall Cyclops, with large heads and feet; dwell within the hill of spirits; wield weapons
Gandayah = Iroquois; guard fruit and grains, most benevolent of the Iroquois fey tribes; small people with sparkling eyes and glowing, round heads; live in tree stumps and mounds; created along with other Iroquois little people to help and protect humans
Gahonga = Iroquois fey of rocks and rivers; strong with excellent night vision; dislike cold; live in Cliffside clefts and caves; considered frogs a delicacy; use nets, war clubs, and blowguns in combat; wear stone shirt armor; enemies of stone giants; stone throwers with control over rock
Ganiagwaidhegowa = Seneca; Large man-eating furless bear; indestructible except for the soles of its feet
Gans = Apache nature spirits, summoned by shamans; protectors of animals and bringers of agriculture; impersonated by dancers during ceremonies, when people would dress up in elaborate costumes with black masks, horn-like wooden slate headdresses, body paint, and wooden swords. Headresses would have the 4 colors associated with the Gans: White (Pollen), Black (eagle feathers), yellow (deerskin), and blue (turquoise)
Genoskwa/Atnayalho/Strendu/Ganehwa/Thunenhyarhen/Ronongwaca/Otneyarheh = Iroquois/Cherokee; Stone-coats; rock-like bigfoot creature with hardened skin which kills its prey by twisting off their heads; twice as tall as humans, and covered in rock-hard scales immune to all weapons; associated with winter and ice; cannibals that feed on humans; either formed from evil humans or primordial monsters
Glawackus = Fearsome critter; A fisher-like beast, resembling a cross between a bear, lion and panther; raids livestock
Goofang = Fearsome critter; a large sunfish with sensitive eyes, who must constantly swim backward to protect them
Gougou/Kuku = Mi’kmaq NA; Monstrous aquatic man-eating giant; covered in scales somewhat bear like in form; Can be mistaken for a boulder when resting; causes earthquakes when she walks; hunts beachs and coastlines
Gowrow = Ozark folklore; green giant reptilian monster, with tusks; dwells in sinkholes and caves; lays eggs but carries young in its pouch.
Grassman = Ohio cryptid; bigfoot like creature used to scare children from wandering off; more human like than bigfoot, lives in groups; raids farms for food; build massive grass nests to live in.
Haakapainzi = Kawaiisu Native American; Giant predatory locust with a taste for children; slain when it ate a magic red hot coal that turned it to stone
Hachai = Selk’nam SA; Horned man-like being, with large pelorovis-like horns emerging from his head; cow-like features and covered in white fur with red bands; pot-bellied; mostly benevolent and protected people from the Halpan; slow moving, and associated with dark cliffs; fierce
Habsha/Halahache = Ona S South America; stout, ugly pot-bellied squat imps; noisy; incredibly strong, with sharp forefinger claws; dwell in dead trees; greedy and like to eat guanaco brains; born of decaying wood which give them their smell; invulnerable to arrows and harpoons
Hadjoqda = Iroquois/Seneca; animated inflated pelt of a murdered human, used to kill enemies and guard dwellings;used by the monster Deadoendjadases
Hagondes = Seneca cannibal monster; humanoid with a long nose; comical and clown-like, whose demeanor he would use to lure away and eat children
Haietlik = Nootka NA; Marine lightning serpent; head sharp as a knife, and can spit lightning from its tongue; striped in red and black; Feeds on orcas; skin provides good luck to hunters
Haibohe = Macro-carib; strong creatures with giant mouths, pointed teeth, and feet right below there jaws; travel by leaping; live in wild, desolate areas, especially coastlines; gnash their teeth and communicate by snorting with their noses
Halpan (F)/Shoort (M) = Selk’nam SA; Matriarchal race of humanoid monsters; communicate in strange shouts; bulky in shape, white in color, with a vaguely human-like piscine head; had an extra long nail on their middle finger which they use to disembowel humans to eat them; dwelled underground
Hantceiitehi = Arapaho NA; race of cannibal man-eating dwarves; swift, muscular, and strong; cruel-looking, with brown skin. Could become invisible; had childlike voices. Thick, matted and dirty hair; dwell in deep woods and high mountains. The Arapahoe were warned by the gods to avoid them; Mostly hunt on nights of the full moon; believe that only those who die violent deaths can ascend to paradise; will reanimate unless head is severed. Use poisonous arrow and carve homes from rock; wear cloths made of goat; also create tepes and tree nests; scared of warriors in body paint. Can remove heart from body to make them invulnerable. Destroying the heart kills them.
He’na = Wakashan NA; Quartz spirit
Hebu/Masisikiri/Idsetti-deha =South American/Central American; Small beings with enormous eyebrows which blind them; teeth located in the stomach and hearts of fire; creatures of ill omen associated with fire, tobacco, and smoke; dwell in armadillo holes; fear wasps and rabbits
Hekura/Hekula = Yanomamo spirits; serve shamans; appear as 3ft tall glowing, brightly dressed Yanomano represent vital life energies; animists beings associated with different animals, plants, and objects; exist in a invisible realm not normally visible by people; fear dirt and hover above ground; a shaman gains his power by stuffing Hekura into his chest; attracted to beauty; powers of Hekura vary based on what they are associated with. Used to battle between different shamans
Herma/Hom = Penutian; Hermaphroditic dwarves associated with the moon. Originally had no eyes or mouth, but were carved out by Coyote. Tiny mouths, which they use to suck the guts from fish; dwell in the sea; lead travelers to danger
Hestovatohkeo’o = Cheyenne/Sioux/Omaha NA; Two-faced Ogres with a second face on the back of it’s head; second face can strike dead or paralyze anyone who gazes upon it; elbow spikes; evil creatures who occasionally eat people, but usually just kill them for pleasure; may leave mutilated victims to scare others, and enjoy tormenting children and pregnant women
Hewi = Mesoamerican; dwarvish beings with backward feet who serve Nakawe, the Huichol Earth Goddess; candle drippings form limestone stalag/stalactites; Ate vapors
Hidebehind /Behinder = Fearsome Critter; mysterious monster that preys on people at night; master of concealment and cannot be seen, will always be behind objects, which it can shrink itself behind; feeds on instestines; aversion to alcohol;
Hiintcabiit = Arapahoe NA; Powerful horned serpent; can be dangerous, but are fair to those who offer them respect; can grant good luck in hunting or war if given offerings; owner of waters
Hinqumemen = Coeur d’Alene NA; Massive ooze like monster that mimics a freshwater lake; lure prey to drink from it, after which it stalks them, engulfs thems, and returns to its lair; hunts over vast territories, and may switch holes and valleys to appear as a new “lake”
Hohnogica/Gicila = Siouan; “Spirits of the Lodge”; horned, tailed little people covered in hair; do not inhabit trees; hang out around camps and spy on people; can be kept in medicine bags
Hokhoku =Kwakiutl NA; grotesque giant man-eating bird; possesses a long, thin strong beak used to smash and extract the brains of its prey; crow-like
Hompathro’tci = Siouan; ancient, long-haired, larged headed dwarf spirits; long flat heads; somewhat solitary
Homshuk/Kauil = Macro-Mayan corn spirits; child-like handsome spirit, with golden corn growing as hair; hatched from eggs; age with the harvest; dwell in nearby forests
Hoop Snake = NA and Australia folklore; large snake which travels by rolling along, after grasping the tip of its tail in its mouth; tail has a highly poisonous stinger, which it uses to stab and instantly kill its prey;
Huallipen/Huecu = Patagonian; Strange amphibious beast found in rivers, lakes, and seasides; deformed beast, with the head of a calf, body of a lamb, crooked front legs, and seal like hindquarters; awkward on land, but a fierce and territorial predator in the water
Huay Chivo = Mayan; half man, half goat creature, with burning red eyes; a sorcerer who can take animal form to prey on livestock
Hueňauca = Mapuche SA; humanoid goat-like creature and lord of volcanoes; yellow hair and long goatee; hermit like, dwells in volcanic caves
Huitranalhue = Mapuche SA; undead giant-like figure; capture people to drink there blood and eat their flesh; only ever found alone; mute; dressed in dark clothes and carries around a wooden sword or club to kill its victims
Hunchu’ts = Macro-Mayan; 4ft tall spirits; females beautiful but males ugly with flat, brainless heads and reversed feet; dwell in caves behind waterfalls; control armadillos and use them as mounts
Huptoli = Hokan/Penutian; one-legged nocturnal demonic cannibal woman; killed by fire; bleeds mescal/agave; made of tar. Also beings with one fishy leg; elusive and dangerous to track; dwell in rocky areas or by water;
Hvcko Capko = Seminole NA; Body of a wolf, but with a horse tail, long ears, and a horrible smell; carrier of disease, and infected all who touched it
Fimiyo/Pehuru Putyu/Uhuajtu/Oneitib = Central/South American; Originally created by an evil spirit as servitors…some now good; buttockless dwarves; banished to the underworld; could become invisible and make people hungry; eat raw meat; associated with bioluminescent fungi
Do you have more information/link of this creature? GOogle isn't really helping.
nope..that is from the American elves book I have mentioned in the past. It's an obscure enough book that I haven't seen its data incorporated much into online sources or google books.
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Haven't had much time to do one of my creature updates, but I find myself this weekend with some free time, so here is another alphabetical listing of NA creatures from my master list, ,this time F-H.
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Your creature updates are always well appreciated. It's great that you have time to do them.
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Incidently...if anyone wants a good source for more obscure monsters, the sacred-texts.com website is actually a pretty good source. I found info on some Bantu monsters in a book they have online there, and I am currently (very slowly) browsing through a text on Guyana folk beliefs.
Awesome as usual.
The Furufuhue is an instant favorite. Ice Pterosaurs!
I also really like the Hachai and Huenauca. All of them are cool though, and there's a lot I haven't heard of before.
I would really like a Jim Butcher-style Genoskwa.
Had no idea the Gowrow was a marsupial.
I think I would probably sell my soul for a look at that master list.
What can you tell me about Deadoendjadases? I've heard the name before, and google is turning up very little about him other than that he's a cannibal humanoid.
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What can you tell me about Deadoendjadases? I've heard the name before, and google is turning up very little about him other than that he's a cannibal humanoid.
that's about all I have....other than that he was also a magical user. I think he really only features in one story, in which he is defeated. He's a "MotW" for the Seneca and Iroquois.
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Another round of North and South American creatures:
Iara/Uira/Yara = water nymph from Brazil; green hair and pale skin; connected to freshwater; song can enchant men who will devote themselves completely to that person; can be distinguished by blowhole in back of neck; immortal
Ibeji/Eres/erere/minimos = Brazil; impish spirits that possess initiates to local yoruban derived cults; inhabit wooden figurines. Act as messenger servants.
Ichik Ol’quo = Aymara/Quechan; resembles a hairy 6 month old baby; always angry; growls; inhabits the freshwater on high plateaus in Bolivia; pale, naked with round faces and large eyes, bellies, and arms; clear skin; white glowing hair; taloned feet
Iemisch/Hymche = Patagonian water tiger cryptid; otter like beast, covered in a brown fur coat studded with bony armor; no external ears on a short head with large fangs; long depressed and prehensile tail; the size of a big cat, but far stronger; can drag a horse into the water; amphibious in habits, equally capable of moving around on land as in the water;
Ihasikitse = Caddoan; “Lost Elves”; Winged dwarfish beings, strong stout and nocturnal; formed from dead lost people; dwelt in hollow trees and inhabited bamboo thickets; whirlwind magic
Ijiraq = Shadow people/shapeshifters from Inuit folklore; abduct and hide children, spread confusion; believe to exist between life and death, and to be the descendents of humans which traveled to far north and entered the world of the dead; cannot be looked at directly
Ikal-hua = Macro-mayan Death god and his children; skinny, ugly, imp-like beings which stood three feet tall and were covered in curly black hair; erect, animal like ears with a long thing toes and fingers; winged feet; cannibals; associated with the air and black winds; dwell in caves and come out at dusk to look for victims; afraid of holy water
Ikuutayuuq = Inuit; monstrous aquatic brothers; torture and kill victims they capture by drilling into them
Illa/Ylla = Peru; giant golden-horned black water bull; protects cattle and kills rustlers; can hypnotize other cattle; lacks hooves, but has webbed feet; herbivore, but territorial, and known to kill people by upsetting there boats or directly attacking them; sometimes described as having more fish-like hindparts
Imap Umassoursa = Inuit; Giant island like sea creature which resembles a flat island when it surfaces; can be detected by the shallowing of water; capsizes boats to kill their occupants in the freezing water, after which it eats them
Immawari = Akawai South America; bush spirits whose mouths are located in the stomach, and have immense tusks growing from them
Indacinga = Ponca Native American; Forest dwelling giants; destructive, enjoy rooting up trees, destroying houses, and eating children; communicate by hooting
Inipi = Numic Rock Babies; also a name for the soul; black, hairy, androgynous dwarves; can cause whirlwinds; dwell within the earth and gamble with Coyote for doves; can move through solid rock and acted as death omens for infants; can make pictographs which if touched cause sleep or death
Inulpamahuida = Mapuche; monstrous evil walking tree; no roots; climbs and moves about with its long flexible tree limbs; greatly feared by local
Ipupiara = Tupi South American; sea-lion like merfolk; set of forelimbs and a mermaid like tail; 15 feet long and scaly, with a muzzle filled with whiskers; Suffocated and crushed humans by hugging them; primitive and brutal; female form more attractive. Eat the soft parts of their prey
Ishigaq = Inuit; 1 ft tall little people, similar to fairies; so light in weight that they left no footprints or evidence of their passing
Inda’cinga/Istinike = Siouan; Large-headed owl-like trickster beast; long hair; emits owl like hoots; inhabit rugged mountains; creates fruits and vegetables from itself; neutralized by light
Inupasugjuk = Inuit; Arctic sexually dimorphic giant; mysterious; treat humans as play things
Inurulvt-kikit/inuArul v talit/Inuarutdligkat/Inuragudlit/Innuarolit/Inuquillit = Chugash; 1-3 ft tall little people with bald, pointed heads; hairy like fox; crazy; very strong and courageous; bow-legged with small feet; yellow skin with black eyes; coastal and hunt at sea for whales, seals, and salmon; dress like innuit; often friendly and like to smoke, play pranks, sing, and race; could change size at will; dwell in coastal barrows with invisible entrances; can become invisible if a person breaks sight contact with them. Allies of shamans
Invunche = Chilean abberation; occurs in two forms, the Invunche, a giant underground bladder shaped being with twisted limbs, and the Trelquehuecuve, a clawed octopus like creature with many eyes arrayed on ear like fins and on separate tentacles. The Invunche is a vampiric sapient creature, while the Trelquehuecuve serves as it's minions, acting as guards and bringing it food. Also served by Chivatos, Feral cannibals raised from birth from abducted children. Invunche dwell in caverns deep underneath the earth, connected to deep lakes. They are sorcerors, and may also collaborate with human warlocks, who provide them with Chivatos. May also be created from a Chivato
InYuarolliq = Alaskan Innuit; foot high humanoids with bird-like feet and owl heads; dwell underground in the tundra
Iqsiniraq = Innuit Alaska; short troll-like creatures
Ircenrraq = Innuit; animal-faced sprites who inhabit nelson island; give luck and share food with those in need; dwell underground, where seasons are reversed and time moves more slowly
Iskayhuahua Supay = Ge-pano South America; monster with a tiger’s body and the head of an elf
Isserkrat = Innuit; dwarves with one, large eye, that blinks lengthwise
Isti-Papa = Creek/Natchez/Seminole NA; Giant carnivorous monster, described as either bear –like or cougar-like; predator of men
Its'te-ya-ha = Native American "stick indians" dressed in dearskin, long hair, small eyes, and wrinkled skin; disproportionately strong; abduct livestock
Itseke = Kalapalo Brazil; malevolent spirit of sickness; living miasmas of fear and death that seek to steal the souls of the dying; can throw magical darts which cause a range of effects including disease and insanity, and may ally with and hunt alongside witches to bring down victims; fond of skin diseases and targeting children
Jabunni Estan = Navajo; Bat woman, giant human-sized bat with myriad of bats suckling attached to, suckling from her; help the Navajo hero twins after they were stranded on a mesa after defeating the Thunderbirds
Jackalope = Jackrabbit-Pronghorn hybrid; can mimic voices
Jasy Jatere = Guarani SA; fairy like being, child-sized, pale skinned, with blue eyes and blond hair; usually nude, but carries a magical staff; dwells in the wild. Generally benevolent, but takes naughty children into the woods, removes their eyes, and feeds them to Ao Ao. can become invisible; powerless if staff is stolen
Je’-rouge = Haitan; werewolf spirits who can possess people and transform them into cannibalistic canine monsters; attempt to steal children to transform into more of their kind, but must get the mother’s permission; actively spread their curse
Je su chin = Hokan; black imps which inhabit Mount Shasta; punish disrespectful actions by causing a condition of being permanently lost, scaring people, and or driving them crazy.
Jiques/Guijes = Cuban; mischievous, ugly black dwarves, 2ft tall; scaly; flattened and frog-like head; powerful claws, big bellies, short feet, breastlike navals. In build a mixture of monkey and dwarf. Live in river holes.
Jokao = Iroquois/Seneca = humanoid cannibal monsters covered with stony scales. Originally were a tribe of humans who in winter turned to cannibalism to survive, and mutated into monsters
Kacivoreri = Macro-Arawakan; luminous black winged, tailless imps; drip red and yellow glowing globes; feed on blood-sucking insects
Kahino’a = Huron; ancient dwarves with ducklike feets and jointless arms; dwell in the caves of the dead after being driven there by Europeans; dressed in clothes made of hide and hair;
Kajutaijuq = Inuit; nocturnal monster that takes the form of a giant human head which runs about on short stubby cloven hoofs; tattooed; devour all they come across and strong enough to burst through igloo walls in pursuit of prey
Kakaka/Akoka = Hokan; three foot tall spirits with round heads and no noses; dwell in deserts, making Cliffside dwellings with small openings; eat very little food, mostly eat a specific kind of cherry; loud yelling voice; can control the wind and walk up walls; can travel in whirlwind form; can augment another person’s magic; can control deer; secretive, punish those who tell about them with painful cramps;
Kanaima = Carib; Evil spirits which assassins and sorcerers looking to revenge a loved one can take into themselves, turning them animalistic and filling them with rage. Uncontrollable; seeks the slow death of its prey, and will remove tongues and knot intestines together; must be exorcised within three days of the intended targets death, or it drive it’s host insane unto death
Kanontsistontie’s = Iroquois; undead flying heads; appear as huge, disembodied heads with fiery eyes, huge fangs, and long tangled hair; fly through the air to hunt down and consume people; form from murder victims, either the severed head of a person slain, or emerge from mass graves; may also form from cannibals or act as primordial monsters from the dawn of creation; associated with whirlwinds; ravenously greedy and hungry, and sometimes killed if tricked into eating fire
Karaisaba = Warao Venezuala; tree-dwelling one-eyed ogre, with a single luminous eye; nocturnal; sucks the eyes from its human victims
Karuru = Dominican Republic; Dwarfish zombie
Kashehotapolo = Choctaw Deer-woman; two-legged deer below the waist, human above; short; shriveled small heads; dwell in swamps; super-fast
Kasonkati = Macro-Arawakan demon that takes the form of a tapir or little old man; hollow knees that produce eery whistling
Kat/Baruxes/A’lus/katob/Arushes = Macro-Mayan guardian of the mounds; resemble pottery figures; helper spirits made of clay
Kawas = Hokan; small birdlike humanoids with paw like hands; nocturnal bogeymen; communicate with grunts and lack fire; feed on abandoned children
Kawtcho/Ayayema = Alakaluf SA; evil night prowling beast; a tall brawny humanoid figure with sharp claws and covered in nail-like hair; dwelled underneath the ground and emerged at night, hunting along beaches; attacks from behind, devouring the eyes of it’s victims and killing them; marked by a horrid stench of rot, and afraid of light
Kci-Athussos = Maliseet/Passamaquoddy; lake dwelling great horned serpent; eats humans
Keelut = hairless underground dwelling dog beast from Inuit myth; opens up holes in the ground and drags it's victims beneath the earth to feed; can close holes without leaving a trace; cowardly and always ambushes victims, but can be scared off
Kelenken = Aonikenk SA; giant black bird of prey, brother of the evil spirit of the cold; gave its name to a genus of terror bird
Kelok = Miwok; winged giant; can heat objects; when killed by Coyote, his corpse caught fire and burnt the world
Kikituk = Innuit familiar; takes the form of an immense reptilian dog, with a massive maw and numerous teeth. It’s bite could heal or kill; Shamans use them in territorial battles; stored in the stomach of a shaman, which it emerges from at the Shaman’s command
Kfwi-tta/ = Canadian/Alaska NA; “War Feathers”; secretive little folk; warlike and very strong, despite size; drove humans from their lands; dwell in coastlines; hunt caribou and bears; pretty birds
Kilwe = California NaDene; silvery, foot-tall spirits; voices sound metallic and bodies shine-like tin; can become incorporeal; dwell in streams and lakes;
Kin’i /Queng’a skina, Queng’ah dnayi = Canadian/Alaska NA; Household weasel spirit; green and shingled
Kiwahkw/Giwakwa = Passamaquoddy; cannibalistic undead ice giants; created from corpses brought back to life by witches; morphed into ice giants after eating three people; intelligent and can speak, form tribes
Kiwolatomuhsisok/Geow-lud-mo-sis-eg = Native American fey; mischievous little people; sometimes help with household chores; like to braid things; live by water
Kokopelli = Pueblo/Kiowa; race of rabbit/locust/dragonfly creatures; possess antennae, rabbit-like ears and tail; long-pointed nose; associated with the rain; dwell in deserts; represent regeneration and fertility; also considered a game-keeper
Ko-lok = Mewok NA; Winged cannibal giant
Kolowa = Creek NA; Gorilla-like hairy, man-eating ogre
Kolowisi = Zuni; benevolent aquatic feathered serpent; fins the length of his body; save people from the flood, by providing them food and water; dwells underground within the aquifer; considered sacred; shapeshifter who can also change his size
Konakadet = Canadian/Alaska NA; Copper women; spirits of creek heads; appears as a toad or small women with curly gray hair; can kill people who annoy them with volcanic eruptions; can sing a mourning song; consider frogs her children
Koneso = Macro-Carib; small rabbit-folk; good jumpers and powerful shamans; reproduce like rabbits; immune to sticks and arrows; excellent escape artists.
Kooshda/kushtaka = Tlingit NA; Land Otter People; shapeshifters who trick people and drown them; carnivorous; may intermarry with people; can turn people into Kooshda if they are fed kelp and fish prepared by a Kooshda; can only eat raw food; sometimes save people from drowning however. whistling speech
Konase’/Black Water People = Yucatan; small female dwarves, with krinkly hair and small feet; prey on humans; pull prey into water and kill them; can control whirlwinds; dwell in caves;
Ku’ksu = Penutian wood spirit; takes the form of one-legged man with feathers, or a long mammal with short legs
Kuil-Kaax = Mexican/Mayan folklore; dwarfish nature spirits; kind and gentle, protected animals in the forests; wore palm leaf sombreros
Kuilob-kaaxob/Zaqui coxol/Uyumil gasob = Macro-Mayan; owners of animals, mountains, and jungles; dwarfish spirits associated with rainbows, spider monkeys, and curassows; resemble tiny, fat humans; wears a red breastplate and sandals, and dresses in silver; can be benevolent but very exacting and dangerous; can control wild boars
Kukwes = Mikmaq NA; greedy and hairy bear-headed man-eating ogre; up to 20-30 feet tall; carry off children to eat in sacs
Kupe-dyeb = Apinaye Amazon; Monstrous tribe of large bat people who encourage human tribes to fight so they can feed on the dead and dying of the conflict; dwell in a remote mountain cave hard to access by travelers; if not kept fed will attack neighboring peoples for food; can use weapons; no one who has ever ventured to their cave and returned alive
Kurupi = Guarani folk beliefs; short, hairy monster that dwells in forests and takes care of animals. Enormous serpentine penis that wraps around his body. Can send it into houses to impregnate young women. Could also lure women into the forest to satisfy their desires.
Kutzcata/Topi = Kariri-Tupi South America; small (six inch high) dwarves with long white beards and body hair; personify rain and thunder; fly swiftly using magic gourds; wear lip ornaments and parrot feathers; make thunder with singing and dancing; fire lightning bolts
Kwanokasha/Kowi Anukasha = Choctaw; forest dwelling little people, often associated with light; reclusive and only typically seen by shamans; will lure lost children into their caves, where they offer the choice of a knife, bad herbs, and good herbs to the child; if they choose the knife, they will grow up to be a murderer; the bad herbs a worthless person who will not accomplish anything, and the good herbs a powerful doctor or shaman
Kwayu/Chaup/Cuy-a-ho-marr = Fire Ogre of the southwest; boyish looking demon associated with ball lightning and meteors; could take the form of a flaming fish, comet, or small boy; feeds on the ground up bodies of children; death omen; originally only one individual, but made more of his kind with white rock and fire
Thanks for the list, mostly dwarves and whirlwind-summoners, but this is a true pearl: Inulpamahuida = Mapuche; monstrous evil walking tree; no roots; climbs and moves about with its long flexible tree limbs; greatly feared by local
Totally awesome list as always. Immawari and Istinike are instant favorites. I really do appreciate all of the fey. I had no idea Kelenken was named after a mythical creature.
Question: Do you know in what way the Inupasugjuk are dimorphic? Would the genders be distinct enough to receive separate stats?
Edit: Nevermind, I found the answer myself. It seems the males are larger, and much rarer. Hmm.
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I'm not a big fan of direct analogs, but there is some inspiration there.My bad, there wasn't much about it and she was the only goddess mentioned about them. Are Razatlan and Kazutal based off of the Aztecs or the Mayans by any chance?.... it mentions the southern nation of Razatlan and their patron goddess, Kazutal, the goddess of community, liberty, and safety. ....Minor clarification: Kazutal is a goddess worshiped in Razatlan, but she is not *the* patron deity.
Adam, is you team going to do more campaign guide info for cities and ethnicities in Arcadia (including some of the gods and goddesses)?
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Okay another round of updates of Arcadian monsters
First some caveats, since it's been awhile since I started posting these:
Some entries I list are a bit sanitized from my actual notes, mostly because I don't want to post a 6 page list of critters that gets deleted because the creature's modus operandi is "triggery" or because a large chunk of the creatures description involves...um how endowed it might be (Seriously...this is a recurrent theme with male dwarf-like fey from South America).
Mama Dlow and the Maereboe are so so much more worse than they come across here
Secondly I try to make these notes as neutral as possible, but it's not impossible some of my own flavoring accidentally got left in. I mostly want to bring this up based on the Invunche reference: I am not sure the two creatures I describe are different types of the same thing, but they are often associated and linked so I described it that way. I also may overemphasize a few unique traits to help differentiate a creature from "variant dwarf #242" I may also group very similar entities together, which may in fact have some subtle differences or have independent origins from one another.
Third, don't consider this super complete; I mostly go through one source at a time, and generally target more obscure stuff first. I haven't really even intentionally hit up sites like Native American Languages or wikipedia listings, so I know I am probably missing some well known things.
Finally, I mostly post these because A) it gives an appreciation hopefully on how rich and diverse new world folklore is, which I think is important given the number of encyclopedias on the topic out there which neglect this area of the world but include every slight variant of celtic fairy/named nymph/slavic vampire. I don't expect all of these would make good or novel monsters but hopefully some will. B) I have received quests for my research so this is my way of sharing it.
Lake People = Canadian/Alaska NA; thumb-sized little people who dwelt around northern lakes; hunt mice and fish with agate spear heads; would not eat a creature which killed a sapient; wear conical hats; ruled by chiefs; avoid people, but will reward those who help them; can be resurrected when wrapped in a loved ones cloths
Lakooma = Tierra Del Fuego SA; mysterious giant sea and lake monster that dwelled near caves; pulled people underwater with it’s great “five-fingered hand”
Lampalagua = Chile; Reptilian monster, with a cat-like head reptilian forelimbs, and serpentine body; ambush predator which creates shallow tunnels just underneath the surface, from which it bursts out to attack prey; has a long dart-shaped tongue, which contains a venomous spike with which it uses to kill prey; ravenous beast which kills livestock and people; can create droughts by drinking up rivers and streams
Lawalawa = Coos NA; small invisible creatures who throw rocks and wrestle people, and live along rivers; can be identified by their tracks
Lenapizka/Mishibizhiw/Water Panther = Miami/Illini /Great Lakes region Native American; Water tiger which resembles a cross between a lynx and dragon; size of tiger; pale fur, antlers, armored scales, and dorsal spines; dwelt at the bottom of lakes and caused drowning; most powerful of the underworld beings; enemies of the Thunderbirds; can create storms and must be placated with rituals; hoards vast amounts of copper, resulting in local taboos against the metal’s use;
Letiche = Honey Island Swamp Monster; hairy humanoid reptile creature; lays eggs; aggressive; three-toed; covered in shaggy gray hair and scales; seven feet tall with amber-colored eyes. capable swimmer. can commune with alligators.
La Llorona/Churile (Caribbean) = Mexican "Weeping Woman"; a woman who killed her children in order to be with her lover, who ended up rejecting her. Out of grief she committed suicide, but was barred from Heaven since she didn't know where her children were; a death omen; found near water (she drowned herself); tries to abduct children to replace her own
Lofa/Yagnaca = Chicksaw; three feet tall pygmies who dwell in the earth and serve the giant Yagansha; drive off game and act as spies for the giants
Lox/Loks = Passamaquoddy/Micmac NA; malevolent wolverine spirit; gluttonous, rude, and impatient, with a bad temper; may steal souls
Luison/Lobizon/lobison/Lobishmen = human-like ghoul/wolf from Guarani/South American folklore; covered in dirty long hair; pale; ugly, with a smell that reeked of decay and death. dwell in cemeteries; nocturnal, often a death omen or psychopomp
La Lupuna = Peru; Giant Amazonian rainforest trees, and also the spirits associated with them; powerful spirits who guard the land; if disrespected can strike down violators with disease
Lutin = NA/French; Brownie-like household spirits; can take the form and attributes of pets, but also appear in the form of ten inch tall humanoids; typically travel in pairs; some have single eyes or reversed feet; dislike/fear snakes who bite their toes; gray in appearance; if turn evil will sometimes smother people in their sleep; may form from souls in purgatory; take the form of little old men in red hats; hats protect them from harm; move with families; may also inhabit areas near running water, bayous, and caves; repelled by salt, sickles, crosses, red wool, or bells; OCD…must count and pick up any spilled ash or grain;
Machudo = Chiloe SA; degenerate nocturnal goat-like beast; roams around at night making creepy goat noises
Machukuna = Quechuan; People of the moon; former inhabitants of earth, who venerated the moon; were wiped out in a cataclysm formed from the appearance of the sun; lair in caves and emerge at night to warm themselves under the moon; jealous of living people, and react with wrath if anyone raids their tombs; control of weather
Mad Gasser of Mattoon = NA folklore; a masked assailant that mid last century sprayed isolated homes with gas; no fatalities, but victims described swelling, nausea, weakness, and numbness of limbs; assailant was dressed in tight-fitting black clothes, cape, and gas mask. Slight of frame, maybe female; Some have linked the being with aliens or interdimensional beings
Madremonte/Marimonda = Columbian; incarnation of Mother nature, a spirit associated with protecting the forest and its animals; possesses glowing eyes, large teeth, and large bony hands; body covered in moss and plants; ruthless against those who would enter her domain and abuse nature; can control nature; emits bloodcurtling screams and can change forest paths and slay with water diseases; hair a source of disease; insults, tobacco smoke, and religious icons can ward her away
Maereboe = Bororo Brazil; the undead spirits of evil shamans; maliciously attack members of their own communities, stealing items of importance to people and using them to draw out, capture, and consume their souls; burns and cooks souls to feed them; turn children into animals; attacks seem like a never waking nightmare
Mahaha = Innuit; stupid tickling maniacal demon; ice blue in color, cold to touch with long stringy hair; white eyes and always smiling and giggling; doesn't wear cloths and not affected by the cold; tickles it's victims to death with its long nails
Mai d’agoa = Amazon; Mother of the waters; massive anaconda like spirit fathoms long; shapeshifter that can take many forms
Maihisikiri/Mansinskiri = Warao/Arawak Venezuala; shapeshifting jungle spirit who takes the form of an absent husband to seduce women; causes hopeless infatuation forcing women to run away and become the spirit’s plaything; dissolves and feeds upon its victims bones; can be differentiated from those they mimic by the absence of a big toe on the left foot
La Malogra = Hispanic folklore; “The evil hour”; demon which haunts crossroads at night; takes the form of a golden fleece which blows in the wind; rarely takes human form, but when does is an evil omen; drives all who see it insane; can change size at will; tricks people into wearing it or handling it, than strangles or otherwise murders them
Mama Dlo = Trinidad; “Mother of waters”; attractive woman from the waist up, but enormous anaconda from the waist down; traps men for husbands violates, crushing them in her coils, only to revive them and to repeat the process again and again. Found in swamps and similar habitats; if encountered, you must sacrifice your shoe and walk backward away; punishes those who despoil the environment
Mami Wati = African/Caribbean/South American Spirit of the Water; mermaid-like spirits, usually female; long black hair, with a serpent-like lower body; usually nude; can take human form; may abduct people and take them to her paradise like realm; people who return from this realm usually are wealthier and wiser. Devotees selected by her must remain sexually faithful to her, or lose favor; can visit dreams; associated with sex and lust and may take the form of prostitutes; usually benevolent, but can create undertows which drown people or cause langorous illness; may possess people in trances during religious rites; may be catered to with gifts of food, drink, fragrant objects, and jewelry; can make barren women fertile; worship widely spread throughout Africa and regions of the African diaspora, with local spirits merged into her worship
Mamlab/Maam = Macro-Mayan; human sized androgynous beings; retired lightning gods who now control thunder; use whips, machetes, and stone axes; can produce rain from their gourds; may form from people who have sacrificed themselves for rain; can control jungle animals. As they age their voices become childlike and and they turn into marine disease spirits, and enjoy beating and dancing to music drummed on a bloated animal corpse
Mannegishi = Native American fey/dover demon; 6-fingered, thin with lanky legs/arms; big head with no nose, and large red eyes; live between rocks in rapids; enjoy capsizing people
Manogemasak/Wana-games-ak/Nagumwasuck = Abenaki/Maliseet-Passamquody; River elves with narrow, hatchet like faces, narrow mouths, slit-like eyes, and large noses; can only be seen in profile; fiercely territorial of their stretch of river; cause mischief by tearing nets, capsizing boats, etc; use ggood and housing out of clay. Geometry to mark out territory/writing; cause patterns in nature that resemble people/objects. Can put people asleep. Only can leave the water at certain times of year.
Mapinguari/Isnashi = Brazil; cryptid ground sloth; 7 feet tall when bipedal, but usually walks on four limbs. Covered in dense red matted fur, over a caiman like hide. Powerful claws; won't cross water
Mare’t = Geh-pano South American; a foot shorter than native tribesmen; immortal, wealthy, with white hair and red beards; dwell in the sky
Maripill = Mapuche; draconic-like beast; vaguely horse-shaped body, whose back is topped with a sharp spine. Has a long neck, lizard-like head, long clawed arms, and vicious fangs; kill prey by running at great speed underneath them, slicing open their bodies with their razor sharp back ridge; associated with volcanoes, lakes, and streams; also grabs prey, often children, with its long claws
Massacooramaan: Guyana: aquatic giant hairy hominid with sharp teeth; lives in rivers and capsizes boats
Mastopogon/Aegomastus/Houperou = Medieval heraldry; fabulous fish derived from descriptions of sharks from South America; Large carnivorous fish, often accompanied by pilot fish, distinguished by salmon or pike like body covered in sandpaper like skin, sharp teeth, and a long backward projecting spine on it’s dorsal fin; beard like structure like a goat’s udder under it’s chin;
Matlose = Nootka NA; evil hobgoblin, humanoid in shape and covered in black bristles, with a strange deformed skull reminiscent of a man, sharp teeth, and claws like a bear; his shrieks can strike a person dead, while a slash from his claws can explode a person
Matintaperera – Hispanic South America; evil spirit with phosphorescent face; may be the same as Yaci-yatere; no mouth or genitalia, with black bird on it’s head; also a shapeshifting witch; associated with cuckoos; thin and yellowish; can’t open locks and repelled by prayer and holy water; can steal shadows, causing death; may foretell disaster; bird form by day, human form by night; hate and war with Duendes over children
Mazacame/Tepewane = Mesoamerican; evil dwarfish creatures; eat people and the dead; live in caves; repelled by tobacco smoke; mislead people and lure them away to their caves to eat them; more similar to worms than people; control powers of decay and sickness; can also possess people in attempts to trick and eat their families; look for human allies to provide them with food; malicious tricksters.
Mboi Tu’I = Guarani; spawn of Tau and Kerana; monstrous serpent with the head of a parrot; protector of aquatic animals and wetlands; fond of humidity and flowers; can create a loud squawk that echoes for miles
Mekumwasuck = Maliseet/Passamaquoddy; hairy-faced, stony, red dwarfs, with upright, animal like ears, and long white beards; male and sexless, made of stone; dressed like local native Americans, but more flamboyantly; will harm people without cause; dwell in caves and on sandbars and isolated islands; only come out at night; love to sing and play flutes; tame animals and enemies of hags, giants, and evil magicians
Melon Heads/Wobbleheads = Deformed child-like creatures reported from the Midwestern US. Hydrocephalic, with no external ears and large eyes; quick and spritely , only come out at night. Descendents of medical tests subjects and possible cannibals
Memegwesi = Ojibwa/Ottawa; three-four feet tall dwarves; ugly and ashamed of their appearance; had hairy bodies and faces and no noses; sweet smelling; bowed legs, short arms, horns, and no neck; dwell in tribal bands; dwell near waters; enjoy playing pranks; can be hired as mercenaries, enemies of serpents and Windigo; worship gods which take the form of white stones; have stone age technology and are hunter and gatherers; can walk on water and create storms over water; can not be harmed by gods and and protect the Manitou; can create lightning from stones; can turn rock to water or air; can take an illusion of a bird; can be death omens; can disappear by blinking or emerge from the earth; might form from dead people
Mi-Ni-Wa-Tu = Sioux; Beaver-like monster, covered in red fur, with one eye and one horn, and a spiked, beaver-like tail; aquatic and a fast swimmer
Mikumwesu = Maliseet-Passamaquoddy; Tiny Marten spirit, who can change size at will; has magic arrows which can pass through solid objects; guardian spirit of geese; can restore beauty to those who have lost it.
Millalonco/Millalobo/Pincoy = Mapuche mer-being; offspring of a “sea wolf” and a human, and lord of the sea; lower half a sea lion, with a humanoid torso and arms and a human face with seal-like properties; golden-skinned; “two faces”; wise and generous ruler of the sea and some lakes
Mimakwisiwuk/Mee’megwee’sii/Maskadisiquag = Algic/Cree NA; ugly noseless dwarves sometimes known as God Boys, thick hair on head; hollow eyes; small skinny bodies; sometimes snouts; can be malicious; inhabit rocky rivers and marshes; dwell at “Death’s Door”. Wear cloths made from mouse fur. Can swim through rock and sometimes act as psychopomps. Incredibly strong….afraid of running water. Masters of bears; dwell in colonies formed of extended households; dress like old time Cree; make homes of birch bark which are conical; have voices like children; use stone technology, including stone canoes; use magic to hide settlements; stone magic
Minhocao = South American cryptid; Giant, burrowing like creature, with scaly black skin and two sensory tentacles on it’s head; inhabits swampy/wet areas. Combines elements of caecilians with armadillos
Mishen Imokinakog = Ojibwa/Ottawa; “dancing turtle spirits”; humans cursed into bird form and then into spirit form; fairies attracted to romantic scenery; large spirits associated with the Turtle spirit, and associated with the earth and quick communication
Mo-yo = Macro-Mayan = ancient little people with baby-like faces; dwell in mountain caves; can not touch the ground, but rather float above it using whip-like serpents
Mojanes = Nicararagua; shapeshifting spirits; natural form is white and blonde, but can change to red or black
Momo = Missouri Monster; 6-7 foot tall sasquatch-like humanoid; black fur, shaggy, with face concealed by fur; not neck and large pumpkin-shaped head; yellow eyes and three toes; carnivorous; abhorrent smell which is strong enough to cause nausea and vomitting
Monai = Guarani; Spawn of Tau and Kerana; Massive serpent, with long, shark teeth and a pair of antennas; can hypnotize prey with his attennas; One of the most powerful Guarani monsters, and lord of open fields and wildernesses; enjoys to steal items from villages and return them to his lair
Montuna/Mae de Seringa = South America; beautiful short woman, with long hair; wears a skirt and flowers in her hair; Mother of Rubber Trees; light skin crossed with gashes that mimic cuts similar to those made by rubber collectors on trees; possess a faint glow; lives underground and can burrow through the ground faster than a person can dig; can shapeshift into a vine or tree;
Moogie = American folklore; Lizard like creature that inhabits the Ozarks
Moon-gazer = Guyana; tall muscular appearing man who appears on nights of the full moon along roads; if disturbed sucks out brains through hands
Moon-eyed People = Cherokee; pale, large-eyed Pygmies with blue eyes and white beards; nocturnal; daylight hurts them and can cause blindness; build homes of mud and branches; hunter and gatherers
Muhkeahweesug; Algic NA little people; nymph-like; associated with Whip-poor-wills;
Mukwitch = Numic “Dead Ones”; evil dwarfish beings with pointed ears; dwell underground; make pictographs;
Muqui = Quechuan; “He Who Suffocates”; old, three foot tall dwarves; red hair, white skin, metallic eyes, and long gray beard; shiny small horns; inhabit abandoned mines and wells; dress in green and wear helmets and carry lanterns; can change into dogs or phase through rocks; if removed from underground turn into stone and water; evil
Mura (M)/Pura (F)/Mist People = Macro-Arawakan; servants of mama di-di; little men with red faces and long beards; Mura give birth by having their wombs cut open then sewn back together; dwell in the sky; do not marry as considered inappropriate by their god; created humans from wood; shed skins to regain youth; can produce thunder and lightning
Mwono = Alakaluf Patagonia; Snow man who dwell in remote fjords and high mountains; reclusive; only really known from footprints
Epic as always.
New favorites include La Lupuna, Monai, and Matintaperera.
I've also been referring to the Dover Demon and the Honey Island Swamp Monster as the Mannegishi and Letiche.
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Another round before I head off to a conference for a week...
Nagumwasuk = Passamaquoddy NA; race of hideous sprites which dwell near Native American settlements; 7 inches tall, thin, with large noses, deep-set eyes, and little hair; self conscious and try to hide from sight; punish those who laugh at them or are rude, but will bring great fortune to those who respect them; dress in soft black bark clothes
Na’hnias = Penutian; dwarves who walk with a weird swinging gate and shiver uncontrollably; have big legs and feet and tiny hands and arms; can move as fast as lightning; made of dense stone; dwell in mountain caves and forests;
Nahuelito = Argentinian lake serpent cryptid; large and serpent like, with characteristics of other "typical" lake monsters; usually described as plesiosaur-like
Nalusa Chito = Choctaw NA; large black devil creature which emerges from caves to steal people for food; preys on depressed people, whose souls it can steal
Nalusa Falaya = Choctaw NA; strange small humanoid creatures; slinky long bodies with black fur, pointed ears, long noses, and small eyes; have sharp spines on their back, which they can project; can shed their skins to become luminious will-o-wisps to attract prey. Human sized; Cause extreme fear in those who see them; Spines covered in poison, which can turn a person into an evil berserker if infected; inhabit swamps
Necedzaltara = Canadian/Alaska NA; goblins which serve the bringer of death; monster animals, covered in hair and with long tails; small in size; can shapeshift into bear, moose, or caribou; could enter people and eat there souls, or induce madness; thinking of them attracts their attention; mostly abroad at night and communicate by whistling;
Nibanabas = Ojibwa/Ottawa; male nymph godlings, which aid people in war and can merge with them to lend them their powers; afraid of loud noises
Nida = Siouan NA; elf like being associated with fossils who creeps out of the earth
Night Doctors/Needleman = African American folklore/urban legend; white doctors who would experiment upon, rob the graves of, and murder and intimidate African Americans; used to intimidate slaves by white owners, to prevent them from fleeing north; may anonymously inject people with diseases and poison in public, via needle
Nihniknoovi = Kawaiisu NA; monstrous bird with enormous talons; carries off its human prey to its lair; drains the blood from its prey into a pond before eating them
Nimambitz = Numic; shoulder high, heavy-set, cave ogres; fierce; have secret entrances to caves which only they can open; kill with sticks and stones
Nimerigar = 14inch tall rocky mountain arrow shooting pygmies, no sense of altruism, killed elderly members of race by bludgeoning; brown-skinned with broad noses, carnivores
Ninimpi/Toyanum = Numic NA 3 ft tall mountain dwarves who wear buckskin; teach Shoshone culture; can be wild and dangerous; herd rabbits; dwell in caves; hunt with bow and arrow; arrows can spread sickness;
Ninumbee/Nunumbi/Nomorika/Tugupi/Pituguf = Numic NA; two and a half feet tall green muscular trolls; resemble old men with large heads, small bodies and feet, and short legs; tailed; females can be beautiful with long black hair; wear brightly painted mountain sheep skins and have large red noses; may form from dead people; dwell amidst boulders and high mountains; can spread disease and misfortune with magical arrows; may give people powers on vision quests, but may also scare them away. Can give good luck in dreams
Niwaxsax = Blackfeet; tobacco spirits; formed from sticks placed in a tobacco field; inhabit small gardens and grant magic power to tobacoo; one foot high dwarven creatures; can cure the sick
Niwinche/Ifunche/machucho/Chivato/Butamacho = Mapuche; deformed swollen, child-like creature with twisted feet, backward twisted neck and feet, and a leg emerging from his shoulder; covered in bristly white hair; shining; can only utter guttural cries; Made from corpses; fierce fighters who travel via underground caves
Numhyalikyu = Kwakwaka’wakw Pacific Northwest; Giant monstrous halibut; camouflaged as a beach; seal like head with shining eyes; possesses a magic gem (a tlugwi) in its head; makes a deep humming sound that vibrates through land and water, which also causes it to be hard to detect; can create storms; sometimes is mistaken for an island when resting at the sea surface
Nunga/Nungui = Jivaroan South America; Earth mothers; three ft high and very fat; masters of animals and gods of plants. Dwell in caves and topsoil; wear black cotton kilts; taught farming and domestication of dogs; song can prevent pottery from cracking; dance at night; symbolize fertility and help men hunt
Nunnehi = Cherokee; spirits which resemble Cherokees and live among them; guide the dead; handsome, invisible, and immortal; predate humans and dwell in hidden kingdoms within the mountains and mounds; ruled by a queen; could shapeshift to resemble specific humans. Ride white deer
Ochukullkos/Suripchaquin = Quechuan; Hairy little men as big as corncobs, with ostrich-like feet; dwell in a dark underworld of mirrors where everything is reversed; dress in wool ponchos and blankets; herd vicunas and chinchillas;
Octopod Tree = Brazil; cryptid tree; large and shaped like a willow; found admist dense thickets; hides branches underground forming a snare; if touched, the branches emerge from the earth and snare any victim in its tightening grasp
Odhow = Iroquois fey in charge of controlling the spirits of the underworld; up to one foot tall; dusky or saffron-skin color; luminous stalked eyes sensitive to sunlight; pointed chins, froglike legs with webbed hands and feet; generally look after animals and sources of freshwater, but often malevolent towards humans; dwell in caves where they tend massive gardens; can become invisible at will; race of Jogah
Ohi = Selk’nam SA; large flightless bird like beast, with the hindquarters of a guanaco and the forquarters of a bird; fast runner; possible legend of now extinct Rhea population
Omar = Macusi British Guiana; water monster in the form of a giant crab or fish; kills victims by drowning; prefers the taste of rotting wood, and will capsize ships to eat there boats; large enough to swallow prey whole; dwells near rapids
Oniate = Seneca/Cayuga NA; disembodied mummified undead arm; inhabits deserted places and punishes badly behaved people; can fly and will cause anyone touched by the fingers to wither, be struck blind, and suffer disease, until the victim dies
Oókempam/Goshg-e = Aonikenk SA; Monstrous man-eating armadillos; covered with a super-hard carapace, invulnerable to damage; possessed claws as sharp as a puma; only weak points were its ankles
Oriyu = Arawak; Water spirits which often accompany coriats; shapeshifter, may have a horse or a fish head; generally female; sometimes help people by providing charms against disease; strong sexual drive, and will take human form to seduce men and women; must keep relationships secret lest the Oriyu kill them; can introduce full term fetus’ into a women’s womb, causing rapid pregnancy;
P’uz = Macro-Mayan; hunch-backed dwarfish creatures; two feet high; built vast cities and stone pyramids before the sun appeared, and later disappeared; died or were petrified by a global flood, survivors becoming racooons and monkeys;
Paakniwat = Takic NA; white-skinned and haired dwarves that control water dogs
Paiyuk = Ute NA; violent water elk with magical powers who hunt humans as food
Parlangua = Cajun; 10ft tall swamp dwelling gatorman; bullet-proof hide, powerful tail and talons, and red eyes; capable of producing a deafening roar
Pach-an-a-ho = Yakima NA; Brown 7ft tall Diatryma-like birds
Pah-ho-ho-klah/Te-chum-mah = Native American; dwarves that look like miniature Native Americans; hunt at night and communicate via birdsong; inhabit mountains/cliffs
Pains/Akeki/Axeki = Pacific coastal NA guardian spirits; may take the form of animals or appear as 2ft tall pixies like spirits; may provide power to Shamans; some are evil and cause disease and pain; may possess people to cure them; dwell in little houses; reside in all environments; can cure disease by sucking out the bad blood; can pass through solid objects and like gifts of tobacco; hover above the ground; can be detected by the presence of a localized buzzing noise; observing one can induce headaches
Pal-rai-yuk = Yupik; freshwater crocodile-like predator; six legs, the longest in the back, and the middle legs short; musk-ox like horns; small eyes; fine dense fur; body like a elongated shrew; incredibly light, but after death increase in density and weight; dwelled in Alaskan rivers back when Alaska was warm and tropical
Pangam Kiktam = Takic NA; Lizardlike water-babies; could only be killed by an arrow to the chest; cries were death omens
Papa Bois = Trinidad; forest spirit and protector of animals; heals and helps sick and trapped animals; Appears as a hairy old man of African descent with feet ending in cloven hooves, small horns on his head, and a beard of leaves; dressedin ragged trousers and with a bamboo horn on its belt; Shapeshifter who can take the form of a stag or opossum; generally kind but can curse people into animal form if irritated; married to Mama Dlow
Papamasryam = Chumash, Swordfish-like fairy spirits
Patagon = Medieval writing; race of giants which inhabited southern South America, and who gave their name to Patagonia; 9-11 ft tall, and dress in furs and animal skins; vaguely canine-like features in the face; large somewhat misshapen feet; great strength, capable of pulling out trees and using them as weapons; cannibals; expert bowmen
Peyak = Ge-Pano South American; winged ostrich –like beings, made of wind and light; cause droughts and storm, can possess women and cause disease;
Piasa = Cahokian; monstrous dragon, described as having a head like a bear, antlers of an elk, giant fangs, and a scaly body with bird like claws and wings; head and neck covered in a whispy mane; Tail tipped with a spear; antlers red and body black; destructive beast that preys on people, and would occasionally leave it’s Cliffside lair to terrorize the land
Pihuchenyi = Mapuche; Green or Black Demon covered in poisonous bristles; drinks blood and leaves bloody footprints, vomit, and feces; name for vampire bat and can also turn into a giant frog or flying snake; dwell in hollow trees.
Pim-skwa-wagen-owad = Abenaki NA; small mischievous water spirits that like to pinch people
Pin-i-ni = Pueblo/Kiowa; foot high, tailed beings who dwell in trees and have enormous strength; attack people; serve witches; can steal the hearts from people
Pinuychen/Piwichen = Mapuche SA; chicken-sized flying snake; parrot like wings and beak; anyone who gazes upon it is instantly killed; feeds on blood
Pishtaco/Kharisiri/Nakaq = Peruvian/Bolivian folklore; monsterous humans who kills people for their fat; usually outsiders and white, sometimes blue-eyed; may disguise himself as a monk; uses a lariat made of human skin to capture prey; behind conspiracies to exploit indigenous people in order to harvest them.
Plat Eye = Gullah folklore; road spirit; can appear as a black hound or a black man, but always with glowing plate-sized eyes; hides in trees where it grabs travelers; often stalks its victims but does nothing to them; can create madness; those targeted by the spirit are never heard from again
Poira = Hispanic; small, naked spirit who takes the form of a black bear or is invisible; vulnerable to salt; golden, can create gold; cause horses to throw riders; nocturnal and dwells in mountains
Pombero = Mischevious black dwarf from Guarani culture of SA; unattractive, short with white hairy hands and feet; typically wears a hat and has a sack he carries around. Smells of incense; Dwells in the forest; enjoys stealing food, frightening horses, and causing chaos, but can be induced as a guardian with gifts of rum and tobacco. Protector of birds; communicate in whistles. Fight with whips; Can become invisible or squeeze through very small spaces. Doesn’t sleep; dwelt in secret places within mountains and estuaries; can shapeshift into capybaras, but also dogs and birds; repelled by garlic and a cross made of knives; like lemons
Pomola /Pamola/Bemola = Penobscot NA; giant bird spirit with a moose head; inhabits the top of mountains and is responsible for cold weather
Punalka = Mapuche SA; Evil spirit of the night; sometimes depicted as a monstrous water serpent associated with small water bodies like ponds, and sometimes as a sapient wolf-like creature, which takes a human mate and turns her into a Punalka; can breed with humans
Putrahilu/Cagua-Cagua = Mapuche SA; giant arboreal serpent, with a hairy tail; could create whirlwinds to drag prey to it; could swallow prey in one gulp; horrid smell
New favorites include the Putrahilu, Parlangua, Na'hnias, and Ookempam. VERY surprised that we have yet to receive a Piasa. It occurs to me that a lot of these dwarves might make nice gremlins.
Oókempam/Goshg-e = Aonikenk SA; Monstrous man-eating armadillos; covered with a super-hard carapace, invulnerable to damage; possessed claws as sharp as a puma; only weak points were its ankles
That is my favorite creature, too bad there is nothing about them on internet in the picture department, they remind me of enemies in The Witcher 3 Blood & Wine, called Shaelmaar
I don't understand the Nida? I know that creature as a mammoth-fossil or a giant bear, not an elf controlling fossils?
Oókempam/Goshg-e = Aonikenk SA; Monstrous man-eating armadillos; covered with a super-hard carapace, invulnerable to damage; possessed claws as sharp as a puma; only weak points were its ankles
Sounds like a glyptodon, if high AC can stand in for "invulnerable to damage". Unless they aren't supposed to be Large.
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Oókempam/Goshg-e = Aonikenk SA; Monstrous man-eating armadillos; covered with a super-hard carapace, invulnerable to damage; possessed claws as sharp as a puma; only weak points were its anklesSounds like a glyptodon, if high AC can stand in for "invulnerable to damage". Unless they aren't supposed to be Large.
It wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't actually a distorted memory of glyptodonts, given they lived in that region and the extinction chronology of South American megafauna is pretty poorly known.
With the main difference that the creature is a carnivore in the story, and glyptodons are mainly plant eaters.
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Q’eq/Kek = Macro-Mayan; ugly, black, hairy, 3ft tall dwarves with backward bending knees and horse hooves; active at night
Qiqirn = Inuit; large, hairless dog spirit; tufts of hair on its feet, ear, mouth, and tip of tail; skittish and foolish; mostly harmless, but its presence causes epilepsy in all humans who stand near it
Quanganjaat = Northwest NA tribes; Shrew-Woman; tiny grandmother who is guardian spirit of animal-spirits; dwell in the earth; works hard to keep to world orderly; disciplines those who take too much game; teaches people to deal with sea beings
Quechronamun = Mapuche; penguin-like dwarf which walks like a penguin on one webbed foot
Quemanta = Selk’nam SA; living tree spirit, generally benevolent but greatly feared by women
Quinametzin = Aztec giants that lived during the age of the Sun; venerated Tlaloc the sun god, but were destroyed or punished for failing to respect the gods enough
Rattle Jaguar = Warao Venezuala; evil spirit in the form of a humanoid jaguar; rests in a hammock over a pile of bones whose strings he strums, enticing and enthralling human prey into his clutches
Raven Mocker/Kalona = Cherokee; undead witch-like creature; Hunt the dying and the sick, tormenting them first before devouring their hearts; Their appearance was foretold by the sound of crying ravens and wind; attacks leave no marks on victim, and with every heart eaten they gain an extra year of life; can become invisible, and can only be seen by powerful medicine men
Raw Gums = Arapaho NA; Cannibalistic baby; resembles normal child, but leaves it’s crib at night to prey on people; immortal; can raise the undead as skeletal soldiers which it can command; can transform into adult form
Rawhead = American folklore; former witch’s familiar in the shape of a boar; bipedal hog skeleton topped by an ugly boar head; weaponized with the sharp teeth of panther and the claws of a bear
Ripi-bi-ri = Tarachahitan; small piglike spirits
Rock Swallows = Navajo; Anaye destroyed by the Twins; took the form of a swarm of fast moving swallows to fast to be struck with arrows; swarm opponents like giant angry bees; had to be destroyed via magical storms
Romsiwamnari = Serente Brazil; shapeshifting monsters, whose true form is that of a large flabby bat-winged bird flightless bird; long razor sharp beak that opens and closes like scissors; can shapeshift into the form of humans or tapirs; in human form often resembles the pope; inhabit forests and caves; feed on the living but also consume the souls of the dead; can be slain in the afterlife by shamans
Roperite = Fearsome Critter; bipedal fast predator; incredibly fast and bounds on two hind limbs; bird like face but long prehensile beak-like snout; Uses snout as a lasso to capture prey, which is then dragged to death through the brush; impervious hide; long rattler-like tail; First formed from the spirits of early Spanish explorers, but later hatched from eggs; can not be outrun by any human
Rougarou/Rugaru = Cajun; swamp-dwelling werewolf-like creature, body of a man with the head of a wolf; a human cursed by a spell, who must maintain his monstrous form until he is able to transfer his curse when he drinks the blood of another; targets those who do not follow the rules of lent;
Sa-Yin = Toba Pilaga NA; Aquatic centaur with black hair; inhabits desert lake
Sa’aitl = Pacific NW Algic; “Spirit people”; dwarfish spirits with elongated heads and long mouths. Sometimes called wood devils; shoot miniature flaming arrows valued by human sorcerers; live in areas overgrown with brush
Sacdijo’l = Navajo Anaye of old age; appeared as an old man or woman so withered in age that are shrunken and nearly incapable of movement; lie on the grown, curled up in a ball; had a magic ax whose touch would kill anyone who held it; allowed to live so that people could age and die in the proper amount of time
Sacha cuca waira = Quechuan; Evil wind of the forest; human sized evil spirit which dresses in leaves and branches
Sachamama = Giant Earth diety of Peruvian legend; Resembles a giant snail with black flesh and tentacles; hibernates for long periods of time; can suction engulf prey from a distance; capable of rolling over and decimating villages in its path
Sacharuna /DiDi = Northern South American cryptid; manlike beast which kidnaps young girls in the jungle. Covered in black/red hair; whistle and neigh as a means to communicate. Mate for life and monogamous; will seek revenge if mate dies
Saci = Brazilian Folklore; one legged urban/swamp prankster fairy with a red cap; Dark skinned Saci are malicious, whilewhite Saci are more benign; Ride around in dust storms, like to smoke pipes; and can become invisible; able to grant wishes if hat is stolen fiery eyes and snorts flame when laughs; small horn on head; wear red clothes colored by animal blood; bird-like speech; can bilocate; trackless; like to braid manes; fear religious symbols
Sand Squink = fearsum critter; canine-like creature with the pattern of a bobcat, jackrabbit like ears, and squirrel-like tail; lay eggs; feeds on electric eels to acquire an electric charge, when its ears and tail form an arc; used this ability to lure travelers to their doom
Scalp Mannikin = Pimic; dirty spirit incubi that dressed as tiny Apache; may appear as furry little animals; form from human scalps; can be controlled by given food and other offerings
Scoliophis = Gloucester serpent cryptid; giant serpent like creature; turtle like head; sheathed in armored fish scales, black in coloration; enjoys basking onshore; foot like horn emerging from back of skull
Shampe = Choctaw NA; monstrous man-eating beast, part windigo, part vampire, and part sasquatch; nocturnal; vulnerable to sunlight and fresh air; foul smelling; attracted to blood and will stalk hunters with fresh kills; poor vision but keen sense of smell
Sheepsquatch = Virginian cryptid; resembles a wampa, with low set eyes, sheep like horns, raccoon like paws, and a shaggy white coat; quadruped; can rear up to 6 feet in height; reeks of sulfur
Shiru/Halingo = Andean; race of evil 4 foot tall dwarves covered in short, brown fur; Nocturnal and inhabit high mountains
Shunka Warakin = cryptid/American folklore; long-legged, red-furred, plains dwelling, hyena like creature
Siat (M)/Bapets (F) = Ute Native American; giant cannibal humanoids; females possessed large breasts full of poison milk, which they give to children they would kidnap to kill them; Could only be killed with obsidian arrows; theropod dinosaur named after it
Siaskel = Selk’nam SA; underground dwelling monstrous giant, who ate people; had poisonous blood, disheveled hair, and a cape that deflected arrows. Slayed by the hero Kwanyip at the dawn of time
Sierpa = Yaqui; Giant underground dwelling shapeshifting rattlesnakes; formed from people who once committed incest; dangerous; Born and dwell on land, but evetuntually return to the sea; Can cause earthquakes
Siguanaba/Cigua/Cegua = Latin America; shapeshifter that appears as an attractive woman with long hair, but has the face of a horse or skull; appears at night, often bathing, or near empty roads; hides her face until the last second; her gaze causes insanity and death; may also take the form of a man’s girlfriend or a child’s mother; her touch causes madness; will lure children in the wilderness and leave them lost and insane; can be warded with the sign of the cross or iron; formed from the soul of a woman who tried to steal the throne from her son using black magic
El Silbon = Columbian boogeyman; A tall, gaunt man, who carries around a bag of bones; created from the the soul of a spoiled teenager, who killed his father when he did not grant him his wish of torturing an animal; cursed to wander the earth with the bones of his father; stalks and kills drunkards and partiers; his presence is marked by silence, while his whistling can be heard from far away
Sisiutl = Pacific NW Native American; Great two-headed sea serpent with a human head and limbs in the center of it's body, each head horned. may have been inspired by the rubber boa; can change size, from tiny to colossal; slime can cause sickness and death; gorgon like petrification powers; if killed can have great healing powers; natural enemy of Thunderbirds; guardian of the gods
Sisimite = Macro-Mayan; reversed foot, hairy ape-like dwarves with huge eyes; only come out at night; eat people and are fond of carrying off children; dwell in tropical lowlands and inside cave springs; guard rocky areas from humans; herd crabs and snails, and sneak into houses to eat ash; do not close eyes while sleeping; hide immune to all attack except bullets; contact with sisimite skin can cause disease; can only be killed with fire
Skahnowa = Seneca; enormous monstrous aquatic turtle which acts as the spy, hunter, and scout of the horned serpent Doonongaes
Skalalatoot = Cherokee; Little people; come in brown, white, black and golden skin tones; under two feet tall; women appear to resemble porcelain dolls; men look like ruddy, wrinkled old men, with mustaches, long white beards, and gray hair to their feet; strangely shaped eyes, often different colors; divided into three tribes; Rock people hate intruders and kidnap children; Laurel people make children laugh; Dogwood people guard humans; dress like traditional Cherokee; eat food raw, hunt bison and fight off birds with blowguns and bows and arrows; consider wasps a delicacy and will barter for them; love music and ball games; organized by clans which meet on mountain balds; each clan had a chief; can become invisible; associated with butterflies; predate humans; could resurrect the dead
Skatene = Choctaw NA; Shapeshifting Ogress who resembles an old woman; can transform into an owl to enter an abode, them decapitates the head of the family; boogeyman character
Skusiskwaq = Micmac NA; Weasel women; have skin the color of snow in winter, but brown in summer; Have the magical power necessary to call upon star people for husbands.
Snawfus = Ozark folklore; tree-dwelling white deer; antlers are blossoming dogwood branches; winged; bird like call; hooves split and grasping; creates tree top mists; can transit between the mortal world and the afterlife; anyone who kills it immediately dies
Snee-Nee-Iq = Kwakiutl NA; Mountain dwelling nursery boggle; monstrous bony female ogre, who collects misbehaving children in her giant basket; later smokes their flesh for food and hangs it from trees around her lair; not very smart
Snoligoster = American folklore, legless marsh crocodile like beast, with a propeller like tail which can be used to spear prey
Somberon = Hispanic; hand-sized spirits with sombreros, mustaches, and waistlength black hair; household spirits which become attached to families and move with them; made from children transmuted by demons; can be trapped by stealing his hat;
Sompallwe = Mapuche; thumb-sized dark fairy with curly hair who rules the ocean
Squaunit/Granny Squaunit = Algic NA; little old powerful fey woman; rabbit feet, long white hair and a narrow long face; related to river elves?; catlike, cyclopean, or square eyes; no visible nose; inhabit’s a coastal cave; greatly feared, her name was only spoken with respect lest it bring negative attention; could disappear/teleport
Squonk = tiny morose humanoid with fur, loose, saggy skin, and warts. Can dissolve into tears to escape pursuers
Stcemqestcinct = Coeur d’Alene Native American; race of people who wore nothing but buffalo skins and smelled bad; could hide from people by turning into trees; if in tree form too long, they couldn’t change back;
Suague = Arawak; fragile prehuman pygmies with little culture; minor spirits
Sumpall = Mapuche water dwarf; females beautiful with long golden hair; half-human half fish; volatile temperament; kidnaps evil people and punishes those who despoil rivers and lakes
Surem = Tarachahitan; Three-foot tall pygmies; dress in parrot and eagle feathers; after the coming of Christianity vanished into hills or sea; Born of a sea goddess; danced where no grass grows and later became ants
Sheepsquatch really is a cool monster, I just wish it had a name that was even remotely intimidating.
So the Squonk can turn into a liquid state by deliberately melting itself and surviving? Is that an embellishment or accurate to the myth? I was under the impression it just dies. If that's an embellishment it's a very clever one though, and really improves the creature.
Sa-Yin = Toba Pilaga NA; Aquatic centaur with black hair; inhabits desert lake
Is there any more information about this creature?
If sheepsquatch comes to Bestairy 6, but Drop Bears aren't i'm going to sue Paizo. :-p Of all names in mythology, Sheepsquatch is my least favorite, really a joke name.
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Sheepsquatch really is a cool monster, I just wish it had a name that was even remotely intimidating.
So the Squonk can turn into a liquid state by deliberately melting itself and surviving? Is that an embellishment or accurate to the myth? I was under the impression it just dies. If that's an embellishment it's a very clever one though, and really improves the creature.
well death is kind of an escape? But no I think the Squonk just dies when it melts into tears, I just didn't use the best phrasing there.
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Raw Gums is quite an interesting beast, along with the Somberon which could easily be made by just reskinning and slightly tweaking a brownie.
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Tachwüll = Aonikenk SA; race of bola-using dwarves, who fashion tools of stone; first race to settle the Andes, their cities destroyed in a volcanic cataclysm; rather animal-like, with sharp claws; built cities of gold
Tailypo = US folklore; cat like monster with yellow eyes; sapient; loses its tail to a hunter, than returns to it, killing the hunter to remove the tail from his stomach.
Takwish = Penutian/Takwish; wife-stealing meteor spirit; giant who takes the form of a meteor or blue flame; eats people; power over ball lightning, meteors, and thunder; can turn a person’s heart into a star by ritually eating a person’s shoulder; stole souls
Tapire-iauara = Amazon; “Tapir nymph”; aquatic cow-sized jaguar, with red, waterproof fur with a cream patch on its chest, a thick mane, long droopy ears half a m in length; and an overwhelming stench; may be variable in color, including red, gold, and black; may have the limbs of jaguars or horses, and the paws of a jaguar, otter, or duck; putrid odor nauseates prey and can cause them to faint or die of shock; may also mesmerize prey into standing still before it pounces on them; resilient to damage; often catch and drag fishermen into rivers to feed on them; stench may cause a victim to lose there souls; Carana resin repulses them, and they can also be evading by climbing into a tree, as they can not climb
Tapugi = Macro Carib; sexually dimorphic giants; huge males and child-sized females (or vice versa)
Taquatu = Tierra Del Fuego; Invisible Giant who travels around via a canoe; can levitate over the tops of trees with no sign of his passing; collects and carrys away inattentive humans it encounters in its travels
Tariaksuq = Half man, half caribou monster from Inuit myth; can also appear as a humanoid shadow creature; powers of invisibility and control of shadows; invisible if viewed straight on; have complex human like societies and families
Tcetin = Athabaskan NA; apelike creatures, which rule over and created wolverines, wolves, dogs, foxes, and martens; dwell in dens and originally came across the ocean; spirit stored in his tail, which can allow him to resurrect.
Tcipitckaam/Jipijka’m/Chepechcalm = Alqonquian/Micmac NA; horned serpent with a single, unicorn-like red and yellow horn; horn has magical powers; body like a crocodile; inhabits lakes and eats people; can shapeshift into human form
Teakettler = Fearsome critter; stubby-legged dog like creature, with cat like ears; makes a sound like a whistling tea kettle; walks backward; shy and elusive forest denizen
Teakiak'k/Goga'ne/Na'hnias = Native American; fey; resemble young boys but size of babies; long-waist length hair; can run down trees upside down; decorate with red woodpecker feathers
Teehooltsoodi = Navajo; giant monstrous otter with bull-like horns; can control waters and create floods
Te’e’i = Navajo; Anaye of poverty; spirits which appear as a filthy old man and woman, dressed in rags; allowed to exist so people had an excuse to give away old cloths and items and buy new ones
Telek’um/Swau’waut/Tub-ta-ba/Tubsadad/Tubca’dad = Salish NA; gurgling two-three foot tall hunchbacked dwarves; provide dance power to people on vision quests; mean but can heal the sick; can possess people and make them crazy; avoid humans and dwell along damp creekbeds and and gullies, and hid amidst plants; hunter-gatherers; dressed like local native Americans and held potlucks
Tepictoton = Mesoamerican; legless mountain dwarves;
Teyu Yagua = Guarani; spawn of Tau and Kerana; chimeric beast, with the body of a lizard and the head of a dog; clumsy and slow; covered in gold and gems from rolling in the treasure of Itayu; sometimes given 6 heads; considered the lord of caverns and protector of fruits; although scary in appearance, it is benevolent, and feeds on honey and fruit
Thunder Horse = Sioux; immense horses who create thunder with their might hoof beats, and who leap down to the earth during storms. Based on remains of Titanotheres found
Tihwo’bi/Itsee’bi = California NaDene; Small, stinky, black dwarves of the wild; evil;
Tisikh Puk = Inuit; Colossal worm like creature, with the body of a caterpillar and the head of a human; could take human form
Tlahuelpuchi = Mexican vampire; born that way; females more powerful than males. feeds on the blood of infants/children can be distinguished by glowing aura while hunting. Sheds legs when hunting, and can shape shift into a vulture; usual vampire rules
Tlaloc/Tlacoques /Danzantes= Mesoamerican god and class of spirits; god of rain, fertility and water; toppled the Toltec empire when not appeased; goggle-eyed and fanged; dark-skinned and bearded; depicted with snakes around eyes, eyebrows, nose; made servitors such as Tlaloques which are dwarves tasked with delivering rain; held up the skies; may have had wings; Aztecs who drowned went to Tlalocan, the domain of Tlaloc; Tlalaques dwell in peaks and mountain caves and under water bodies; wears snake masks a crown of heron feathers; green and red jewelery,and sandles; carries a jade hatchet and can throw lightning; can be agents of retribution, and when angry will shatter water jars which contain bottled lightning, or thunder; can cause floods, snow, or droughts
Tlaltecuhtli = Aztec creator god; immense fanged sea monster that symbolized primordial chaos that the gods tore apart to form the heavens and earth; has both female and male properties; humanoid covered mouths with sharp teeth, which spit blood; clawed feet and hands; often depicted with a human exiting it’s nether regions; was propitiated with human sacrifice to keep it from eating the sun. blue, red and ochre; somewhat frog-like; lower half has a thick tail that ends with a massive crocodile head
Tlanowa = Cherokee/Natchez NA; Giant birds covered in impenetrable metallic feathers
Tlanusi’yi = Cherokee; monstrous giant leech with red and white stripes; would create giant spouts of water to wash people into the water, where it ate their ears and nose; aquatic, but sometimes returns to land
To-ya-nu-mu = Numic Na; Pygmies which live above treeline and whose dancing creates the snow seen in summer
Tonop = Algic NA; half a body and head, lives in trees and makes tracks like an axe strike; if wrestled and loses, will grant magic shaman powers; communicates by whistling
Toonahyannas = Taruma SA; Water people; humanoid who adapted to a life in the in the water due to encroachment of white men; build aquatic stockades and sleep underwater;
Totochtin = Aztec rabbit gods who enjoy partying and alcohol
Trempulcahue = Mapuche; a group of four flying mystical baleen whales who transport the souls of the dead to the afterlife; take the form of old women during the day, and hide from men; Like charon took payment to assist the dead in there travels
Trelquehuecuve = Chilean; ray like monster, with a thick hide with multiple eyes and claws around the exterior edges; brown splotched with white; creates whirlpools that suck people down, where it drowns and eats them by wrapping around them. Feeds on blood and can leave the water for short periods; Minion of the Ivunche
Tripodero = Fearsome critter; odd kangaroo like creature, with telescoping legs, prominent and long snout, and long balancing tail; stalks the chapparal, shooting clay bullets from it’s snout to kill its prey; nearly perfect aim
Trueno = Central and northern South American; Thunder Jaguars; fierce race of cannibals 4 feet tall with long beards; generally nude; linked to thunder and rainbows; suck blood; inhabit deep lakes; can shapeshift into serpents and are master shamans; related to olmec jaguar dwarves?
Tsamtas/Tosetax = Nivakle Paraguay; immense sky serpents that radiate heat and feed on rain bringing thunderbirds, causing droughts. Red and gree, with three mouths, one in the head, middle and tail; build nests in the sky
Tse’cabe = Siouan; black spiderlike fairies
Tsenahale = Navajo; Giant draconic eagle or harpy creature and progenitor of all other eagles; One of the Anaye; partly featherless, with feathers on its back and shoulders; capture humans to feed to it’s offspring at the top of the mesas; can create whirlwinds with it’s wingbeats
Tsemaus = Haida/Tsimshian NA; an immense fish whose dorsal fin is sharp enough to cut someone in half; personification of river snags; dorsal fin has the appearance of a snag; can be bear like, killer whale like, frog like, dogfish like, or sea lion like in form; often found in rivers
Tsenayai = Navajo; Sentient rock which rolled after people, crushing them to death; chips of stone from his body eventually formed the various pigments used in sandpainting as well as geological features; contact with the original fragments can drain the life force from a person; Escaped from the Monster Slayer by diving into a river, where it appeared as a rock gleaming with fire; promised that if it was allowed to exist it would ensure the flowing of rivers
Tsetahotsiltali = Navajo; Cliff dwelling Anaye monster who would butt travels off of the cliffs with it’s head or legs, killing them and feeding them to it’s scavenging young; can not be knocked from it’s ledges, as it’s long hair burrow through the mountain like roots; after it was destroyed vultures were formed from its flesh
Tshenkutshen = Ecuador arboreal rainbow hued cat; deadly predator; jaguar like build
Tsi-noo/Chenoo: Native American Abenaki; a person/giant with a heart of ice and no soul, who gains power through eating the souls of others. Originally a human but turned into a monster through a great crime motivated by greed
Tsi-Sgili = Cherokee; undead witch associated with owls; can be any sex or age; keep dogs, wolves, owls, and lizards as demonic familiars; power derived from lizards that inhabit the witch; will devour the witch if not regularly fed with human flesh; violate sacred spaces and can soar through the sky or shrink in size to enter any dwelling; psychic powers including the ability to make there thoughts real.
Tsiahk = Wakashan NA; nocturnal spirits with yellow hair covering their shoulders and horns on ther temples and behind their ears; placated by dance
Tsiatko = Stick Indians; Tall, thin, atheletic, uncivilized humanoids who inhabited the wilderness and lived like animals; frequently stole from humans; stole children to use as slaves. Communicate by whistling; will swear vengeance against any who hurt them; superstitious and won’t cross water; have an aura of fear and can cause people to go into a deep sleep; excellent archers
Tuniit = Short stocky arctic people; peaceful but very strong; use primitive technology
Tunkasila = Siouan; three feet tall, mud-daubed pygmies, with bare feet and dressed in breech clothes; smell like sweetgrass; hunt with bows and arrows; watch over ceremonies and teach the sun dance; can heat rocks; dwell between earth and sky and were driven from the earth by white people;
Tunrak = Innuit; monstrous creatures of varying shape and sizes; evil; tried to tempt people; derived from the souls of bears, wolves, and foxes
Tzitzakien/T’si T’son Kia Deneh = Canadian/Alaska NA; “chickadee folk”; change into chickadee’s in the winter; hunt rabbits and owls; start forest fires; pick the eyes out of people; can be as tall as three feet;
U’tlun’ta/Spearfinger = Cherokee; crone-like figure with stone-like skin and a long sharp finger on her right hand; mouth stained with blood; uses her finger to remove the livers of her human prey; only weak spot was in the palm of her left hand, where her heart was located; produces thunder as she hunts, warning of her coming; all animals flee her presence; enjoy shapeshifting into the form of her child victims, to infilitrate families; can only shapeshift when not observed; control of stone; invulnerable to weapons; victims may no realize their liver is initially eaten, and die days later; prefers to feed on children
Uahti/Wax-ti = Macro-Tucanoan; dark, hairy, ugly pot-bellied dwarfish creatures, with no toes; covered in ash; eat humans; associated with Whip-poor-wills, vampire bats, and morpho butterflies; cause echos; dwell in dark, secluded, abandoned buildings; enjoy strangling prey; strike down trees; formed from the spirits of the dead
Ucumar = Quechua Argentina; large-bigfoot/bear like creature, with prominent fangs, razor sharp claws, and thick black fur; small eyes, with prominent jowls and a huge mouth with protruding teeth; lack a soul
Ugjuknarpak = Inuit; giant rodent monster, with unpiercable skin and a long scaly tail, which it uses to snare it's victims. found near aquatic environments.
Uissa/Uissuit= Innuit; Deep sea dwarves; sometimes seen on ice
Uktena/Uhcegila/Misi-kinepikw = NA Horned Serpent; giant serpent with glowing iridescent crystalline scales and a single large crystal horn in it's forehead, with magical powers. Also stag horns; pestilence breath; glow can blind and confuse people; enemies of the Thunderbird; not evil, but avoid humans and may be a death omen; can control game
Urayuli = Alaskan Native American hominid; gray fur, 10 feet tall; very long arms which extend past his knees; shy and gentle, but often steals fish; good swimmer. Form from children who become lost in the forest.
Urkuyaya = Quechuan; Mountain Father who can kill trespassers with his gaze
Utano = Ge-Pano South America; 3ft tall, wild men with animal like skin from before the flood
Awesome list. Great Anaye, great Aztec creatures, great fey. Have you by any chance ever come across a servitor race to Tezcatlipoca? Just curious.
Takwish = My Papinijuwari just gained a leader.
Trelquehuecuve = Cuero said thank you for this cool (too bad its name is so long) upgarde.
Tse’cabe = This is by far the best in this list, a spider-fairy, that is awesome.
Tsenayai = This rolling rock monster reminds me of a old D&D monster called the Bowler.
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MMCJawa, cool lists!
If you ever decide to formalize the list, email me at gogomax forty-nine (use numbers instead) at gmail dot com and I'll give you the spellings of Mi'kmaq names using the contemporary orthography. I can also help clarify some of the stories around Mi'kmaw entities.
Nmultis,
Jay
MMCJawa, do you mind if I sent this list to the guy who runs A Book of Creatures when it's finished? I'd like to see some of these creatures get entries and artwork.
Be my guess, but it's been months since that site has been updated so I fear the worst...
A friend on tumblr has send him questions and he said its still a thing
I hope that's true. It's still worrying though.
Do you think you'll have a chance to post the last of the creatures anytime soon?
Reposted from the bestiary wish list thread due to relevance here, several Mayan horrors of note:
Che Uinik: Flabby, plundering, giant with no bones and backwards feet. Ambush predator, can be defeated by being toppled over.
Ek Chapat: Seven-headed centipede that speaks in riddles.
Mesa-hol: Demon bird, nocturnal, flies upside down, smashes buildings by landing on top of them like Rodan.
Ekuneil: Fat toxic serpent that injects venom through its victims nostrils with its twin tails.
Kakasbal: Furry monstrocity with horns, massive ears, and a body formed from the organs of the creatures it devours.
Ua Ua Pach: Giant with three bladed Akaname like tongues that wears it's victim's kidneys as necklaces.
Xhumpedzkin: Lizard-like assassin beast that kills by poisoning its victims shadows.
K'awiil: Reptilian humanoid with a mirror on its skull and a flaming crocodilian snout. Associated with lightning, can transform into a magical axe and is wielded by the god Chaac.
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Creatures that represent trickster gods would be interesting to make into special creatures or even spirit animals. We have spiders, coyotes, and ravens/crows as common trickster animals in North American mythos.
That would be really cool. They would make nice Chaotic Outsiders, or possibly fey.
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I could see either one, yeah.
You've got spider tricksters probably named after Iktomi of Lakota folktales. Ravens would be harder to name, since there is so many names of Raven from different tribes. Same with Coyote.
Going more south, rabbits were also thought to be tricksters. Could name them after the Aztec Centzon Totochtin.
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Just thought I'd link in case anyone is planning on using Iara as a monster in their campaign/game: The "Rejected Princesses" website did Iara!
I'll have to take a look at that. Sounds interesting.
I'll have to take a look at that. Sounds interesting.
From the brief skimming I did of it the article is pretty good. I recommend it.
Since it's South American I'm going to post this creature in this thread as well as the Bestiary wish list:
Kori.
MMCJawa, do you think you'll get a chance to post the last of the American creatures soon? Sorry to bug, it would just be really awesome to finally have them all here.
In the mean-time I have some more Mayan stuff I'll post when I get a chance. Those ones I listed a while back are definitely real, and I found a source documenting them all and a couple more.
I'll see what I can do, but I am at the annual paleo conference, and post conference I have:
5 job apps
1 book review for a scientific journal to write
contributions for two different scientific papers that my colleagues and I need to submit ASAP
And a bunch of morphometric analysis stuff to start up so I can wrap up a paper in the next two months.
A lot on your plate then. Sorry to bother you about it.
That's actually really awesome stuff you're working on though. I hope the paleo conference goes well.