World Bestiary · Creatures of Earth

World Bestiary

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

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The complete catalogue

World Bestiary A–Z

Look up a creature by name, then open its entry for behaviour, habitat, encounters and rules. Choose the labelled edition used by your campaign.

Choose a letter to browse creature names, a regional bestiary to explore a land’s inhabitants, or Haunts for supernatural dangers tied to places.

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.

 Hollow Earth & Lemuria

Lost World Bestiary

Dinosaurs, ancient sea life, cavern creatures and primordial colossi for expeditions into hidden regions.

 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

These sources show how 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. This catalogue draws on that layered tradition, with creatures inhabiting 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

Explore how monsters change settlements, warfare and encounters, and how to construct creatures for Pathfinder First Edition. Preparing a monster encounter? Compare encounter-design PDFs and monster-tactics books, with formats and rules editions explained before you choose.

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

Open a letter or filter more than 2,000 creatures by name. Each link leads to the creature’s own entry.

Complete catalogue: 2,061 creature entries. Use the name filter or open a letter to begin.

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 G120 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 P64 entries
QCreatures beginning with Q17 entries
RCreatures beginning with R46 entries
SCreatures beginning with S138 entries
TCreatures beginning with T89 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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