Topics: Themes : Fantasy Races and Creatures
Fantasy races and creatures are beings with ties to history, religion, legends and mythology as well as imagination and fiction. The lines separating these may not be easily visible. They may also be clearly defined by those who are passionate about them. Where traditional origins are drawn into fantasy and pop culture - past and present - is where this category begins.
Bestiaries
In existence since pre-Christian writings, popularized bestiaries in the middle ages often contained depictions of animals real and thought to be real with their mystical and symbolic properties.
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Centauroids
Centauroids are beings half humanoid and half beast, typically separated at the torso. Fantasy works continue to utilize the half-human half-horse centaurs, while also having elaborated them beyond their traditional depictions.
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Dragons
Dragons are not unlike lizards, and range roughly in size from tiny to gigantic. Of the various versions of dragons, they may also be quite humanoid.
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Elves
Typically, elves are known to have pointy ears and are either as tall as humans or short in stature.
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Fairies
Fairies are considered a supernatural creature which appear similar to a small human with wings, although their size and height may vary.
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Gnomes
Gnomes originated before the creation of the garden gnome statue. This category focuses on the side of the traditional or mythological gnome considered to be possibly of the fae or earth dweller.
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Gryphons
Gryphons are frequently depicted with a lion-type body, bird-type head and torso, wings, feathers or fur, and with various types of creature tails.
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Mermaids
Half human (head and torso) and half fish or dolphin-like (an aquatic tail instead of legs), mermaids are traditionally folklore legends as are mermen and other related merfolk.
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Trolls
Trolls (also known as trows) are generally considered to be vile, gross creatures known for stealing children or a distaste for noise.
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Unicorns
Stories and belief of unicorns are ancient. Though in modern times they are considered to be white horses with one horn protruding from the forehead, they have in history and fiction taken on many different colours and shapes from wolflike to monstrous beasts.
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Winged Equines
Winged horses and other equines in fiction may range from pegasi to zebras with butterfly wings to winged sea-horses able to fly over and through water.
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