Saturday, October 16, 2010

OtherKin and Mythological Creatures...

     "This place is haunted by us; the other occupants just evade boredom by filling
                     our skies and seas with monsters."    -The Mothman Prophesies.

     Angels...
Angel of Death:             the angel who assists humans upon theyr transition into the afterlife
Archangel:                   the highest ranking angels in the heavens
Cherub:                         portrayed as either a chubby, cupid-like child or less commonly known;
                                     a multi-headed beast
Fallen Angel:               an angel exiled from the heavens, curious of earth and darker
                                     temptations
Gaurdian Angel:           the angel who protects and guides you throughout your life
Nephilim:                     offspring of fallen angels and humans; the gods of sumeria
  
     Non-Physical Beings...
Angels:                        spiritual messenger created by god as a way to communicate
                                    with humans
Apparition:                  a visible spirit; disembodied person, a ghost
Elemental:                    nature spirit that represents one of the four elements
Ghost:                          a disembodied being, ususally human
Phantom:                      an apparition or something that can only be seen in the mind
                                    or a dream
Poltergeist:                  a noisy, mischevious spirit connected to a living person, usually
                                   an adolescent girl
Shadow Cat:               an other-dimensional creature resembling a cat made
                                   from the shadows
Shadow People:         dark, vaprous entities in vaguely, human form; said to be
                                   our darker self
Soul:                           the immortal part of people, seperates from the body at time of death
Spirit:                         an incorporeal being, a faery or angel; the energy of humans
Wraith:                       an apparition of a living or dead person, that appears to portend death
  
     Shape Shifters...
Alp:                            spirit associated with nightmares, oft takes the form of a bird,
                                   cat or other animal
Ecantado:                    a dolphin-being that has the ability to shapeshift into human form
Kitsune:                       japanese trickster that appears in the form of a fox or human,
                                   or human with a fox face
Nix:                             a shape-shifter who can appear as human, snake, fish, horse
                                   or mermaid
Selkie:                        seal-like being that can shapeshift into human form
Skin walker:               a human that has the ability to shapeshift into an animal form
                                   by wearing its skin
Werewolf:                  a human that physically transforms into a wolf
    
     Harbingers of things to Come...
Banshee:                     female spirit or faery who shrieks out at night to portend a death
Bird:                           crow or raven; messenger from the otherworld and harbinger
                                   of all things
Black Dog:                 a canine that foretells death; a black shadow with red, glowing eyes
Church Grim:             a sacrificed animal buried alive beside a new church whose spirit
                                  it haunts
Doppelganger:          an astral duplicate of a living human; an omen of death if you
                                  see your own
Each Uisque:             supernatural waterhorse that predicts death by drowning or bad a weather
Mermaid:                    female being with a fish-like tail, forebodes death and disaster
                                   for sailors
Nix:                            shapeshifter who predicts death by drowning
Reaper:                       a being who harvests souls before theyr time
Witchlein:                   a goblin who announces death by knocking thrice
Woman in White:        a female apparition that portends death
  
      Serpent Creatures and Dragons...
Amphisbaena:             two-headed serpent portrayed as a dragon
Amphitere:                  a small winged serpent closely related to the wyvern
Basilisk:                     small serpent able to liquify flesh with its touch
Drake:                        a fire-breathing dragon
Gorgon:                      winged female being with serpents for her hair; medusa
Hydra:                        a large sea serpent or dragon with more than one head
Jacaras:                      a vampyric snake creature
Jormungandr:             serpent long enough to wrap himself around the world and
                                   swallow its tail
Melusine:                  sometimes winged, a woman with human upper body and fish
                                   or serpent-like lower
Naga:                         divine snake-like being with human attributes
Quetzalcoatl:              aztec feathered serpent deity
Wyrm:                        very olde serpent or dragon
Xiuhcoatl:                  aztec fire serpent
Zaltys:                        a small, guardian snake that brings good fortune
   
     Fantastical Horses...
Ceffyl Dwr:               flying water horse related to the faerys
Centaur:                     a being with the head and torso of a man, the lower half of a horse
Each Uisque:             harbinger shapeshifter that also feeds on the flesh of humans
Karkadann:                a carnivorous unicorn found in the desert regions of
                                  north africa and india
Kelpie:                      supernatural waterhorse found near rivers and lakes of scotland
Noggle:                     small, grrey horse with supernatural powers
Pegasus:                    a flying horse with wings, favoured by the gods
Unicorn:                    pure, white horse with a single spiral growing from its forehead
Xanthas:                    name of the immortal horse with the power of speech
  
    The Vampyre...
Bajang:                     a vampyre with the ability to transform into a cat
Chupacabra:             small creature with large hind legs, a reptilian head and large,
                                oval eyes; feeds on the  blood of small animals and humans
Dearg-due:               an irish vampyric creature with bat wings
Dhampir:                 offspring of a vampyre father and human mother
Langsuyar:               a female vampye that has produced an undead offspring
Lobishomen:            a blood-sucking werewolf
Yuki-onna:               a beautiful, but deadly snow queen with long, black hair
                                and white, white skin
  
     Daemons...
Fallen Angel:          an angel that has fallen into sin and exiled from the heavens
Familiar:                 a spirit, oft in the form of an animal, who assists with magick
                                and witchcraft
Goblin:                   malformed creature, cousin to the faery
Imp:                        small, mischevious daemon related to the faery
Inccubus:                 a male daemon who attempts sexual intercourse with a female;
                               energy drainer, vampyre
Jinn:                        invisible shape-shifter that appears in the form of animal
                               or human; a genie
Nightmare:              a daemon that causes bad dreams
Poltergeist:             noisy, mischevious spirit, a ghost or a goblin
She-daemon:           an evil female being or spirit
Succubus:               female daemon who attempts intercourse with a male and
                              drinks theyr blood, drains theyr energy

**for the faery folk,, refer to section faery witchery!!**

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