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SpiralWorlds bestiary · Creatures of mythic Earth

World Bestiary

Find monsters, animals, ancient peoples, outsiders and supernatural threats by name, through the regional bestiaries, or through the Haunts collection.

Browse A–ZExplore regional bestiaries

The complete catalogue

World Bestiary A–Z

Use the alphabet when you know the creature’s name. The complete established catalogue is formatted within this build. Every linked entry from the existing WordPress catalogue is embedded and reformatted below, preserving the established creature names and destinations.

The alphabet opens the formatted catalogue below. Regional bestiaries and Haunts provide additional routes without duplicating or replacing the definitive monster index.

Creatures in their lands

Regional bestiaries

Use these collections when building encounters for a particular landscape or mythic tradition. Geography explains the lands; these pages show what lives, hunts, guards and haunts them.

Africa

African Bestiary

Deserts, savannas, forests, rivers, coasts and the mythic creatures of a vast continent.

 Asia

Eastern Monsters

Yōkai, oni, rakshasas, spirits, dragons and creatures from eastern traditions.

 Celtic lands

Celtic Creatures

Fae, death omens, water-haunters, giants and wild powers of the Otherworld.

 Finland

Finnish Bestiary

Forest, lake and winter beings rooted in Kalevala traditions and northern folklore.

 Midgard

Midgard Bestiary

Northern monsters, trolls, giants, undead and beings of the nine-world tradition.

 Near East

Near East Bestiary

Legendary creatures and spirits of Mesopotamia, Persia, Arabia and neighbouring lands.

 North America

North American Monsters

Wildland beings, cryptids, spirits and dangers from Arctic shores to southern forests.

 Oceania

Oceania Monsters

Creatures of Australia, Aotearoa, Melanesia and the island worlds of the Pacific.

 Slavic lands

Slavic Monsters

House spirits, forest powers, undead, witches and winter-haunted creatures.

Supernatural encounters

Haunts and manifestations

Haunts are cursed places, recurring apparitions, psychic impressions and supernatural events with triggers, affected areas and ways to lay them to rest. They sit within the wider Bestiary while retaining their own collection and encounter identity.

Use haunts forMurder echoes, sacred trespass, battlefield memory, cursed buildings, restless grief and places that remember.Enter the Haunts collection

Historical and mythic context

From legend to bestiary

SpiralWorlds treats myth as part of the world’s history, while these sources show how real cultures recorded, interpreted and illustrated animals, monsters and fabulous peoples.

Real beasts, inherited marvels and creatures at the world’s edge

Ancient epic, travel writing and natural history preserved accounts of hybrid creatures, strange animals and monstrous peoples. Medieval bestiaries brought real and fabulous beings together in illustrated compendia, adding symbolic and moral readings to descriptions inherited from earlier authorities. The SpiralWorlds catalogue draws on that layered tradition while placing its creatures within a connected fantasy Earth.

British Library — What is a bestiary?An introduction to real, exotic and imagined animals in medieval bestiary manuscripts. University of Aberdeen — The Aberdeen BestiaryA digitised manuscript with page images, transcription, translation and commentary. Getty — Book of BeastsAn exploration of how medieval bestiaries represented both natural and fantastical creatures. Theoi — Greek Mythology BestiaryA structured guide to monsters, hybrids, fabulous animals and legendary creatures in Greek tradition.

Selected video references

Monsters in play and world design

These discussions are retained as compact outbound links rather than embedded players, keeping the Bestiary fast while preserving useful material on monsters, world consequences and creature construction.

Video thumbnail for Realistic Implications of Monsters and MagicWorld consequencesRealistic Implications of Monsters and Magic: Fantasy Re-ArmedConsiders how supernatural creatures and magic would alter warfare, settlement and ordinary life. Video thumbnail for Top 10 Dungeons and Dragons MonstersCreature selectionTop 10 Dungeons & Dragons MonstersA subjective survey of iconic monsters and the qualities that make them memorable at the table. Video thumbnail for Pathfinder First Edition Monster Creation GuideRules and constructionPathfinder 1E Monster Creation GuideA practical ten-step guide to constructing monsters for Pathfinder First Edition.

The complete linked index

All creatures A–Z

Every creature from the existing WordPress catalogue is built directly into this page with its original destination. Open a letter or filter all 2,063 linked entries by name.

Complete catalogue: 2,063 linked entries are embedded in this build, including 533 entries under D.

ACreatures beginning with A153 entries
BCreatures beginning with B98 entries
CCreatures beginning with C117 entries
DCreatures beginning with D533 entries
ECreatures beginning with E71 entries
FCreatures beginning with F87 entries
GCreatures beginning with G119 entries
HCreatures beginning with H64 entries
ICreatures beginning with I27 entries
JCreatures beginning with J18 entries
KCreatures beginning with K59 entries
LCreatures beginning with L59 entries
MCreatures beginning with M103 entries
NCreatures beginning with N41 entries
OCreatures beginning with O52 entries
PCreatures beginning with P63 entries
QCreatures beginning with Q17 entries
RCreatures beginning with R46 entries
SCreatures beginning with S138 entries
TCreatures beginning with T90 entries
UCreatures beginning with U9 entries
VCreatures beginning with V23 entries
WCreatures beginning with W46 entries
XCreatures beginning with X7 entries
YCreatures beginning with Y16 entries
ZCreatures beginning with Z7 entries
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