Fabulous creatures may be beings of folklore, mythology, belief and other animals or monsters of history or legend. In folklore there are frequently long held beliefs, meanings or traditions which follow through from one generation to the next in stories passed down verbally or in written form. Many of these traditions still hold true today, continuing to pass onto future generations.
Sites submitted should predominantly relate to fabulous creatures as referenced around the world in history, folklore, folk beliefs, oral tales and traditions as passed down from generation to generation. This may range from the supernatural and imaginary to mythological beasts and legendary creatures. This may also include the folk tales of shape shifters, werecreatures, vampires, witches and such folklore. Sites about a specific creature or beast may be submitted to the category for that specific one should such be available.
Sites predominantly relating to such creatures or races in modern fiction, new fantasy creations, image galleries, games, film and television and personal fan homepages may be submitted to:
Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/Themes/Fantasy_Races_and_Creatures
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Popularized in Greek mythology, the half-human and half-horse (or half-beast) ideal has existed since ancient times. Greek legend places the centaur as the male version and centaurides as the female versions.
Sites listed in this category should predominantly contain centaur or half-human half-horse content based in traditional folk tales, mythology and legends either Greek, international or of ancient origin. Such content may also include studies, theses and social analysis.
Should the site submitted contain a wide variety of general information, personal pages, image galleries, or otherwise fantastical information about centaurs, then please submit such fantasy sites to the category: Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/Themes/Fantasy_Races_and_Creatures/Centauroids
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This category is for a variety of supernatural beings from folklore including fairies (faeries), nymphs, (Irish) leprechauns, (English) pixies, (Scandinavian) trolls, (Germanic) elves, and (Arabic) jinni.
Sites containing fan, fantasy, and art galleries may be submitted to: Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/Themes/Fantasy_Races_and_Creatures/Fairies
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Frequently believed to be an American hoax created in 1939, the tales of jackalopes, horned hares, and deerbunnies (also known in Latin as Lepus cornutus) travel back hundreds of years under various names.
Sites predominately relating to the history and origins of the jackalope stories may be listed here. Modern fiction and fantasy may be submitted to Fantasy_Races_and_Creatures, and sites about the American hoax may be submitted to Hoaxes.
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Mermaids are commonly half woman (head, arms, and torso) and half fish-like (the midsection and below). In traditional folklore other mer beings or merfolk may be men, spirits, dieties, or have traits more animal than humanoid. Theorized origins of the mermaid range from belief to the health disorder sirenomelia to misconstrued sightings of sea mammals such as the dugong who some believe to be the source of the mermaid legends.
Submitted sites should predominantly include mermaid and merfolk content and similar water-beings found in history, literature, and mythology. Sites may contain folk tales, thesis, social analysis, fan pages, or other traditional folklore related material.
Sites relating predominantly to the fictional, fantasy side of mermaids may be listed under:
Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/Themes/Fantasy_Races_and_Creatures/Mermaids.
Elsewhere on the ODP, mermaid related information may be found on and submitted to collecting and collectors, fantasy cyber pet adoptions, and shops selling collectibles.
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In folklore unicorns have cured the sick, made poison harmless, and sightings have foretold events. These tales and lore go back to ancient times. They have appeared to be not unlike the horse, goat, lion, wolf, or rhinoceros among other creatures and combinations of them all. Unicorns have the common trait of a horn or horns protruding from the head (forwards, backwards or otherwise). Theorized origins range from dinosaurs, to equine mammals, to the narwhal, or simply the imagination. As symbolism they have appeared in heraldry, tapestries, sculpture, jewellery, and other artistic works representing various aspects and emotions.
Submitted sites should predominantly contain unicorn content in relation to folklore. Such content may be studies, theses, social analysis, and oral tradition such as stories passed down from generation to generation.
Should the site submitted contain a wide variety of general information, personal pages, image galleries, or otherwise fantastical information about unicorns, then please submit such fantasy sites to the category: Arts/Genres/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/Themes/Fantasy_Races_and_Creatures/Unicorns
Elsewhere on the ODP, unicorn related information may be found on and submitted to The Last Unicorn, collecting and collectors, fantasy cyber pet adoptions, shops selling collectibles, and the Invisible Pink Unicorn (IPU).
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This category is for tales, lore and history of werewolves, and other werecreatures.
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