Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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The Incubus, the male sex-demon of medieval European demonology — a fiend that comes to women in the night, lying upon and pressing the sleeper, draining
The Succubus, the female sex-demon of medieval European demonology — a fiend in the form of a beautiful woman that seduces men in their dreams and drains
The Mermaid, the fish-tailed sea-maiden of European legend — a beautiful woman above the waist and a fish below who sings with bewitching voice, an omen
The Ogre, the man-eating giant of European fairy tale and folklore — a huge, brutish, ugly humanoid that dwells in castles and caves, preys on people and
The Salamander, the fire-dwelling elemental creature of classical and medieval European legend — a lizard-like being so cold it can live in and extinguish
The Vampire, the blood-drinking undead of European legend — a corpse that rises from the grave by night to feed on the blood of the living, spreading
The Manticore, the man-eating monster of Persian and medieval European legend — a beast with a man's face, a red lion's body, and a scorpion's tail that
The Hippogriff, the eagle-horse of European and Renaissance Italian legend — a noble winged creature, offspring of a griffin and a mare, with an eagle's
The Phoenix, the immortal fire-bird of classical and medieval European legend — a magnificent bird that lives for centuries, then burns on a nest of
The Unicorn, the pure white horned horse of classical and medieval European legend — a beautiful, untamable beast with a single spiralling horn whose horn
