Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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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
The Fairy (Fae, Faerie), the supernatural folk of European legend — a race of magical, capricious beings who dwell in an enchanted otherworld, possess
The Gargoyle, the carved stone monster of medieval European architecture and legend — a grotesque figure on the cathedrals serving as a rainwater spout
The Goblin, the small, ugly, malicious sprite of European folklore — a grotesque little creature, mischievous to malevolent, that haunts homes, mines, and
The Basilisk, the dread “king of serpents” of classical and medieval European legend — a small but supremely deadly reptile whose gaze and breath bring
The Cockatrice, the dragon-rooster monster of medieval European legend — a fearsome hybrid of cock and dragon, hatched from a cock's egg incubated by a
The European Dragon, the great fire-breathing, hoard-guarding monster of European myth — a vast scaled, winged reptile that breathes fire, hoards gold,
