The Wendigo of Native American lore, the Sphinx of ancient Egypt, the Kraken said to terrorize the ocean — discover these and ...

They are not often seen by humans as they are so tiny and generally live in leaf litter or under rocks. Named after the mythical Harry Potter creature that sucks out human souls, the Dementor wasp ...

Half-human, half-fish people known as merfolk (or, more commonly, mermaids) are fascinating mythical creatures that live in ...

in which she takes us on "a fascinating journey through 15,000 years of human imagination and mythology, exploring the incredible variety of monstrous creatures we have created and what they can ...