Bibliography

In the creation of Mythical Creatures List, I have gathered information from a vast array of books, from my own collection to that of the British Library to unearth the most rare and unusual as well as the popular mythical creatures. Below are just some of the books used in this website.

The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures
By John and Caitlin Matthews
Harper Element 2005

Giants, Monsters & Dragons- an Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend & Myth
By Carol Rose
W. W. Norton & Co., New York London, 2001

Spirits, Fairies, Leprachauns and Goblins- an Encyclopedia
By Carol Rose
W. W. Norton & Co., New York London, 1996

Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology
By John Zaffis and Rosemary Ellen Guiley
Checkmark Books 2009

Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic Myth and Legend
By Mike Dixon-Kennedy
ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, Denver and Oxford 1998

Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were
By Michael Page and Robert Ingpen
Paper Tiger, Surrey UK 1985

Mythical Creatures of the North Country
Reprint of Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods
By Walker D Wyman
River Falls State University Press, Wisconsin USA 1969

A Concise Encyclopedia of Maori Myth and Legend
By Margaret Orbell
Canterbury University Press, New Zealand 1998

A Chinese Bestiary
By Richard E Strassberg
University California Press, Berkley and Los Angeles 2002

Folklore, Myths and Customs of Britain
By Marc Alexander
Sutton Publishing, Gloucestershire 2002

A Dictionary of Fabulous Beasts
By Richard Barber and Anne Riches
Macmillan, London 1971

Unnatural History
By Colin Claire
Abelard Schuman, London 1967

European Myth and Legend
By Mike Dixon-Kennedy
Blandford, London 1997

A Complete Guide to Heraldry
By Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
T.C. & E.C. Jack, London Edinburgh 1909

The Vampire Book- The Encyclopedia of the Undead
By J. Gordon Melton
Visible Ink Press, USA 1999

The Element Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Hauntings
Theresa Cheung
Harper Elements, London 2006

Harper's Encyclopedia of Mystical and Paranormal Experience
By Rosemary Ellen Guiley
Harper, San Fransisco 1991

Big Book of Dragons, Monsters and Other Mythical Creatures
By Ernst & Johanna Lehner
Dover Publications, Mineola New York 2004

On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears
By Stephen T. Asma
Oxford Press 2009

Mythical Monsters
By Charles Gould
London, W.H. Allen and Co 1884

Socialization and Social Control in Ethiopia
By Reidulf Knut Molvaer
Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1995

The Darkling: A Treatise on Slavic Vampirism
By Jan L. Perkowski
lavica Publishers, Columbus Ohio 1989

Flaubert Writing: A study of Narrative Strategies
By Michael Peled Ginsburg
Stanford University Press, California 1986

Luciferian Witchcraft: The Grimoire of the Serpent
By Michael Ford
Succubus Publishing, Houston USA 2005

The Sidhe (or Aos Si) The Kings and Queens of the Fairies (Celtic Lady)
By Julie
celticanamcara.blogspot.co.uk 08/03/2010

Lilith Seductress, Heroine or Murderer? (Bible History Daily)
By Janet Howe Gaines
biblicalarchaeology.org 09/04/2012

The Life of Martin Luther Gathered from His Own Writings
By Jules Michelet
Library of the University of Virginia, New York USA 1846

Our Father's Godsaga: Retold for the Young
By Viktor Rydberg (1828 - 1895) and later republished by William P. Reaves
iUniverse, Lincoln 2003

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Background Illustrations (Left top-bottom, right top-bottom): Medusa by Gonzalo Ordonez, Loch Ness Monster by dyb,
Basilisk by JustMick, Shuck by Serphire, Ts Um A Kas - Illustration of a rock painting (from Dover publications).